A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Zip Me Up Halloween is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. Sonic the Hedgehog launched in 1991 and turned speed itself into a defining platform-game mechanic. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Zip Me Up Halloween feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
