A strange little side quest
One reason action games keeps producing good game ideas around Hitstick 5 - Redemption is that its history is full of strange turns. Gun Fight reached arcades in 1975 and became the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Atari's Gran Trak 10 from 1974 is recognized as the first arcade racing video game. It is a good reminder that simple game mechanics can carry a surprising amount of history.