A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Helicopter and Tank is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. Gun Fight reached arcades in 1975 and became the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Midway's Gun Fight from 1975 was the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. So a round of Helicopter and Tank is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer action games timeline.