Quoted from WaddleJrJr:Well the 80s Bally games aren't really alphanumeric, they're just numeric, right? Usually I classify those games as "early solid states", and then I classify games from '86 - '91 as alphanumerics.
That's how I understand things: if it's just numeric scores on the display, there's no "alpha" involved.
I figure Alphanumerics can provide more clarity and information to the player, and whether such was the intent or not, gameplay enhancements resulted leading to a different class of game. Otherwise the displays themselves would be unnecessary overkill...
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