A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Superhero Tycoon is anything but tiny. M.U.L.E. arrived in 1983 with multiplayer competition built around gathering resources and keeping a colony alive, an early example of resource-driven strategy play. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. So a round of Superhero Tycoon is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer simulation games timeline.
