Template:Did you know nominations/Superman (1979 video game)

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:44, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Superman (1979 video game)

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... that the video game Superman was one of the first video games with multicolored sprites and was among the first console games with a pause feature? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20141114201210/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=8594&tab=review , https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/02/you-wouldnt-be-able-to-pause-your-video-games-today-without-jerry-lawson/ , Montfort, Nick; Bogost, Ian (2009). Racing the Beam. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01257-7. Page 105
- ALT1: ... that Superman's appearance in the video game Superman made him the first published superhero to feature in a video game? Source: Kent, Steven L. (2021). The Ultimate History of Video Games. Vol. 2. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1984825438. Page 497
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Among Us VR

Improved to Good Article status by Indrian (talk) and Andrzejbanas (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 16:56, 8 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Superman (1979 video game); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

ALT1 might be redundant and I think the original hook may be just a bit too technical and complicated (and the pause feature might catch more attention anyway). How about these alternatives?

ALT0a: ... that the 1979 video game Superman was among the first console games with a pause feature?
ALT2: ... that Superman's appearance in a 1979 Atari 2600 game made him the first published superhero to feature in a video game?

I'm not really sure what "published superhero" means in the context of the hook, but I kept that wording since it's in the article. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:21, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

New enough, long enough. ALT0a short enough and sourced; Allgame is yellow on WP:RSP, and it is not in Ars Technica, but I'm happy to AGF Racing the Beam. Every paragraph has a reference. No neutrality problems found, no copyright problems found, no maintenance templates found. QPQ done. Care to explain why Earwig claims a 90.7% similarity with [1]?--Laun chba ller 20:48, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

can't conclusively ascertain who got there first... theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 18:40, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: Still needs your input. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:10, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

@Launchballer: I don't know. It could be a case of WP:MIRROR but i can't figure out if that's the case. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:45, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Internet Archive only goes back to last month, and I can see our version being developed. They nicked from us. Good to go.--Laun chba ller 18:24, 13 July 2023 (UTC)