A strange little side quest
Flick Baseball Homerun may feel immediate, but the ideas around platform games have been evolving for a very long time. Sonic the Hedgehog launched in 1991 and turned speed itself into a defining platform-game mechanic. That is only half the story. Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. So a round of Flick Baseball Homerun is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer platform games timeline.
