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005 is the most influential game you’ve never played. (atomicpoet.org)
submitted 10 months ago by atomicpoet@kbin.earth to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Now, why is it super unlikely that you’ve played this game? Because it was only ever released in arcades. And it wasn’t exactly a huge runaway success. But in terms of actual gameplay mechanics, this game had some monumental firsts.

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Very valid, I also noticed he goes off talking about the motivations for a cartridge-based deployment system, and he misses the mark completely.