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Shovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

To be fair, it was like that in the actual NES era too.

Unless you're an actual enthusiast, there are TONS of NES games that you've never heard of, that inspired the gameplay of other games.

Then there's the games that were japan only, never got an outside release. But then a later game that DOES get an outside release uses elements from those games. From out perspective, that 2nd game invented that formula. You find out years later it wasn't.