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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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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

I dunno about "everything" being a new idea. There definitely were some, but there were a lot of clones of other games and genres being beaten to death just like now.

Mario-style platformer? Side-scrolling beat-em-up? Couldn't count them all.