A strange little side quest
One reason arcade history keeps producing good game ideas around Maduro's Escape is that its history is full of strange turns. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. 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. Grombi files that under: small game, surprisingly large backstory.
