Sean the Gamer

Gaming History, Delivered Daily.

This is a new blog dedicated to providing gaming history content to my fellow video game lovers.

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Final Fantasy was named that because Hironobu Sakaguchi intended to quit the industry if it failed. #FinalFantasy #SquareEnix #JRPG #GamingHistory #GamingFacts

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Dragon Quest established the template for nearly all Japanese RPGs. #DragonQuest #JRPG #GamingHistory #SquareEnix #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Metroid featured Samus Aran, one of the first female protagonists in gaming. #Metroid #SamusAran #Nintendo #GamingHistory #WomenInGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: The Legend of Zelda was the first game to allow players to save their progress via a battery. #Zelda #Nintendo #NES #GamingHistory #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: The NES "Seal of Quality" was created to rebuild consumer trust after the market crash. #NES #Nintendo #GamingHistory #RetroGaming #GamingFacts

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Super Mario Bros. was so large it didn't fit on the cartridge; developers had to reuse the cloud sprite as the bush sprite (colored green). #SuperMarioBros #Nintendo #GameDev #GamingFacts #NES

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Punch-Out!! used two monitors stacked vertically in arcades. #PunchOut #ArcadeHistory #Nintendo #GamingHistory #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Duck Hunt’s second player could actually control the ducks with a controller. #DuckHunt #NES #Nintendo #GamingTrivia #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Tetris was the first software exported from the USSR to the US. #Tetris #GamingHistory #USSR #PuzzleGames #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: The video game crash of the early 80s saw the industry’s revenue drop by 97%. #GamingHistory #Atari #VideoGameCrash #RetroGaming #GamingFacts

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Mario Bros. introduced Luigi, Mario’s younger brother. #MarioBros #Luigi #Nintendo #GamingHistory #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Dragon’s Lair used LaserDisc technology to provide movie-quality animation. #DragonsLair #ArcadeHistory #DonBluth #LaserDisc #GamingFacts

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: The Famicom (NES) launched in Japan on the same day as a massive product recall. #Famicom #NES #Nintendo #GamingHistory #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was developed in just 5 weeks to meet a holiday deadline. #ETGame #Atari #GamingHistory #RetroGaming #GamingTrivia

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: The Commodore 64 launched; it remains the best-selling single computer model ever. #Commodore64 #C64 #GamingHistory #RetroComputing #PCGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Dig Dug’s music only played when the character was moving. #DigDug #Namco #GamingHistory #RetroGaming #ArcadeHistory

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Pitfall! was the first "platformer" where you didn't just move upward (like Donkey Kong). #Pitfall #Activision #Atari2600 #GamingHistory #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Galaga allowed enemies to capture your ship, which you could then rescue for dual-fire power. #Galaga #Namco #ArcadeHistory #GamingHistory #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Centipede was the first arcade game designed by a woman, Dona Bailey. #Centipede #Atari #GamingHistory #WomenInGaming #RetroGaming

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Historical Gaming Fact of the Day: Mario's hat was added because hair was too difficult to animate with 8-bit pixels. #Mario #Nintendo #GamingHistory #CharacterDesign #RetroGaming