A strange little side quest
Zoom out from Police Assault for a moment and the timeline gets surprisingly deep. Gun Fight reached arcades in 1975 and became the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Computer Space reached arcades in 1971 and became one of the earliest commercial electronic arcade games, even though its controls proved demanding for many players. So a round of Police Assault is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer action games timeline.
