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I've always thought this was inspired by the depiction of food in earlier arcade games like Bubble Bobble.
by bjt12345 9mo ago
I've always thought this was inspired by the depiction of food in earlier arcade games like Bubble Bobble.
- smokel 9mo agoAnd Castlevania [1] (also from 1986) and don't forget about Pac-man, who probably started it all :) [1] https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Food https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Food
- lelandfe 9mo agoWall chicken is obliquely referenced in the article
- SethMLarson 9mo agoI would love to see a list of inspirations for keeping the food 2D even in a 3D environment! Pacman or Bubble Bobble seem like good places to start.
- AshamedCaptain 9mo agoAnd (Kirby's) Gourmet Race with its food sprites, the clear ancestor of all the Kirby racing games... and from the same designer. Even if its sprites are not photo-realistic, I am bit surprised it was excluded from TFA.