A strange little side quest
One reason platform games keeps producing good game ideas around Freddy at Obby World is that its history is full of strange turns. Sonic the Hedgehog launched in 1991 and turned speed itself into a defining platform-game mechanic. A second detail makes the picture even better: 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. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Freddy at Obby World feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
