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Alpha Blaster

Alpha Blaster is a fixed shooter video game developed by Dave Aron at Sumlock for the VIC-20 and published by LiveWire Software in 1983. Aackosoft published an MSX adaptation of the game in the following year.

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Alpha Blaster is a fixed shooter video game developed by Dave Aron at Sumlock for the VIC-20 and published by LiveWire Software in 1983. Aackosoft published an MSX adaptation of the game in the following year.

Key claims

  1. publication date: 1983 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1983". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325747621

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