A strange little side quest
TPS Shooting Zombie Apocalypse may feel immediate, but the ideas around archery have been evolving for a very long time. Archery first appeared at the Olympic Games in 1900 and returned permanently to the programme in 1972 after a long absence. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Gun Fight reached arcades in 1975 and became the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.