Space Invaders was the REAL truning point (Score 1)

I noticed a few people lower down the thread actually mentioned Space Invaders which is good and I can tell they were from my era. Space Invaders was the first game that was actually taken seriously by many kids (me included). I remember when it first came out, I used race down to the local fish & chip shop with my 10c (yes folks 10 cents) and pile them up on the glass cover over the game machine. I wasn't going to let anyone get in until I had dropped every coin down the slot :) All the other kids just used to watch and wait until my turn was up so that they could pile their coins on the glass. Those were the days!! Eveyone used to get so excited about it all and we even gambled a little to see who could get the highest score on the day. The loser between friends often had to shout a drink or some chips hehehe.... Anyway, Space Invaders as far as I'm concerned was the game that really got people thinking and was a major turning point in terms of having fun. It made kids turn away from doing other activities such as playing basketball or handball after school. Heck, Space invaders even made it on tele with it's own song that made the top 10 Count Down charts and had many many news articles written about it. What other game has EVER achieved that ??? Ausmosis