A strange little side quest
Even a quick game like Egg Hill Climb sits on top of decades — and sometimes centuries — of ideas. By 1987, fantasy role-playing had become a major computer-game direction, with Zelda, licensed Dungeons & Dragons games and other story-led adventures expanding the form. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: A top Formula 1 tyre stop can happen in under two seconds; McLaren set a 1.80-second pit-stop record. So a round of Egg Hill Climb is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer role-playing games timeline.
