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21 Space Invaders arcade game ran faster as enemies died due to Intel 8080 bottleneck — expert coder asserts 'hardware accident' to blame

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Tom's Hardware · today 10:51 EDT

Space Invaders arcade game ran faster as enemies died due to Intel 8080 bottleneck — expert coder asserts 'hardware accident' to blame

The adrenaline-pumping rising intensity of Taito’s arcade classic was not due to genius level coding but an Intel 8080 bottleneck.

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