A strange little side quest
Here is a rabbit hole for the next loading screen in Doomsday Protocol: Eradicate Mission: Sonic the Hedgehog launched in 1991 and turned speed itself into a defining platform-game mechanic. A second detail makes the picture even better: Gun Fight reached arcades in 1975 and became the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. So a round of Doomsday Protocol: Eradicate Mission is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer platform games timeline.
