Atari Asteroids Cabaret (1979) Cameras book-sized computer could reasonably replace

book-sized computer could reasonably replace a heavy stack of paperbacks for the tech-savvy traveler of the late 90s

Ditching the longer USB stick shape of the first model

While its completely flat keyboard made typing up school papers a bit of a challenge

With its increased complexity and social edge

including Bugs Bunny

Atari Asteroids Cabaret (1979) Cameras book-sized computer could reasonably replaceAtari Asteroids Cabaret Atari Asteroids, released in November 1979, was the "lightning in a bottle" moment that catapulted Atari into a dominant global force and effectively ended the reign of Space Invaders. Designed by Lyle Rains and programmed by Ed Logg, the game utilized high contrast vector graphicsdrawn with a "Digital Vector Generator" rather than standard pixelsto provide a level of visual sharpness and "physics based" rotation that was years