Why did 80’s arcade machines mostly only allow 3 character names on the high score leader boards?

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I’ve played quite a few arcade games recently and there seems to be a limit on how many characters can be entered on to the leader board this is usually limited to 3 characters, why is this?

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If I haven’t been out of math for too long:
3²⁶ is 2,5 trillion (in european numbers) possible different entries.

I guess it’s a combination of memory space and the thought of why anyone would need more combinations or would feel the need to enter their entire name.

Probably ease of use.

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