mike tyson's punch-out!! (1987) is a rhythm game
@mavica_again arguably more of a rhythm game than the other occasionally-cited NES title Dance Aerobics which doesn't seem to care about timing as much...
I still have a hard time believing that there's *nothing* between these and PaRappa The Rapper on PS1. The formula was feasible since the NES, and the SNES had good enough audio.
@clyde it's less a case for lack of technological capacity and more "nobody thought about this until parappa" i think
@mavica_again though TBH my actual quest isn't something as academic as "fill in the gaps in the historic record left by anglocentric reporting"
I'm just searching for prior art to connect with in preparation for making a rhythm game on a certain low res 8-bit system... 👀
@mavica_again this minigame from Miracle Piano Teaching System on NES might as well have been a Rhythm Heaven minigame 16 years early.
https://youtu.be/V-6H35mwOsQ?si=xJxwtotF6LPItBDW&t=20437