Hi Tom

Thank you very much for this post.
I appreciate this feedback.

I am especially happy when professionals like you can watch my videos and sometimes learn something new.

Switzerland is not only very close to Germany, the language is also related. However, the Germans understand us Swiss less well than we understand the Germans;-)

When you worked for Astrocade in Germany, I was 12 years old and was a big fan of these games. Did you work as a developer?

Best regards from Switzerland Stefan

I didn't work as a developer then. I was the "Chief Galaxian Killer" for the company, which meant I was the game demonstrator in the marketing department and handled the game testing.

That job was a dream because the control systems and developers for our game system were so wonderful. I would often demonstrate a game on three different systems (Atari, Mattel and Bally Professional Arcade) to show how responsive our system was.

Back then i was pretty good at wiping out invading hordes of aliens; but, not nearly as good as some of our users.

My travels to Germany are some of my best memories.