1P/Halley, simple but ingenious video games

1P/Halley is a comet discovered in December of 1758 and reobserved in the years 1835, 1909, 1982, 1986 and 1994. It has a perihelion of 0.59 AU and an aphelion of 35.1 AU (Mercury/Venus-Kuiper belt combination). The first known observation goes back to -239.

Orbital resonance:

• 9:8 with Uranus (99.9%)
• 11:5 with Neptune (99.7%)

• 1:14 with Interamnia (99.8%)

The comet 1P/Halley is related with the sensorial experience of playing a video game, were the graphics, the sound and the music, becomes an interactive experience through the control by the game pad (Mercury/Venus-35 AU).

"Flower" (PS3, 2009)

The last appearance of the comet 1P/Halley, which reached its perihelion in February of 1986, clashed with the golden age of arcade video games (1982-1986), with "Pac-Man" (1980) as the most successful video game. (Wikipedia: History of video games)

In previous appearances of the comet (1909, 1835 and 1758), the video game interactive experience of 1P/Halley was reduced to simple playing a musical instrument. During the actual generation of video game consoles (2006-2013), the experience of 1P/Halley was expanded with the communication on line with other players by the headset.