Love Tester: Fun Love Calculator

A strange little side quest

A small trivia drop for Love Tester: Fun Love Calculator: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. The timeline takes another interesting turn: Nintendo's Donkey Kong arrived in 1981 and introduced the character first known as Jumpman, who later became Mario. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.