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A strange little side quest
The next time Slide Master asks for one more try, remember that game ideas rarely appear from nowhere. Barbie Fashion Designer became a major software hit in 1996, selling more than 500,000 copies in two months and proving there was a large audience for fashion-focused computer play. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. So a round of Slide Master is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer fashion and style timeline.
What you are getting into
Slide Master features a masked hero named mysterious boy, with a six-pack body and dressed up with an even more mysterious outfit, that has a passion for sliding down building at night to steal other people outfits! This game requires high skills to keep on a momentum where you have to jump at the right moment to grab all the outfits you can on your way down the building, while making sure to avoid numerous obstacles like women robes, drone, billboard, bat, angry residents, etc. While you will get coins by collecting mans' outfits, you will also lose some if collecting women's robe, and finally touching any other obstacles will guarantee you a free fall and a game over.
