Posted by Andy Geez on 13, 2000 at 6:44 AM:
In Reply to: So how did the original games work? posted by Bugfinder on 10, 2000 at 2:32 PM:
They where Vector displays, not raster based.. everything was drawn by using X/Y locations, so the lines where extremely sharp and high-res.
Actually XY monitors are extremely prone to breaking down or overheating, maybe this is why they aren't used since '84 onwards.