A strange little side quest
One reason archery keeps producing good game ideas around Friday Night Funkin Vs Whitty is that its history is full of strange turns. Archery first appeared at the Olympic Games in 1900 and returned permanently to the programme in 1972 after a long absence. A second detail makes the picture even better: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.