This is the GlassTTY VT220 TrueType font by Viacheslav Slavinsky. This repository contains the font itself and files used for making it. Download the font: Glass_TTY_VT220.ttf.

I’m guessing that was a function of your age more than the games industry at the time. I had the exact experience you described, but in the late 70s-early 80s. I’d get a new game for my Atari ...