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 That's definitely plausible, though I'm curious about what kinds of things came close during those ten years.
An article I found claiming to be a comprehensive history of rhythm games included "aside from a few arcade games that never saw the light of day outside Japan" as a throwaway line. That seems a pretty significant area of gaming history to sweep under the rug.
(Also they didn't even mention NES Miracle Piano Teaching System!)
That seems a pretty significant area of gaming history to sweep under the rug.
surprises me none coming from the country that still cries over the """video game crash""" of 1983
@mavica_again everybody knows the sun only shines where English is spoken 🥲