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The original design concepts of the DVG came out of Atari's off-campus research lab in Grass Valley, California, in 1978.

The prototype was given to engineer Howard Delman, who refined it, productized it, and then added additional features for Atari's first vector game, Lunar Lander.

When it was decided that Asteroids would be a vector game as well, Delman modified a Lunar Lander circuit board for Ed Logg.

More memory was added, as was the circuitry for the many sounds in the game.

That original Asteroids prototype board still exists, and is currently in Delman's personal collection.