The Weird World of Microgames (Before and After WarioWare)
54Let's take a look at the games that helped to lay the foundation for the microgame madness of WarioWare, and then let's look at as many games as we can that were inspired by WarioWare!
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Play Major Havoc:
https://archive.org/details/arcade_mhavoc
The Bizarre Music and Sound Design of Wario Land 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ih-1kP6DE
Play Peter Panic:
https://www.marion.games/play-peter-panic
Games tagged “WarioWare” on itch.io:
https://itch.io/games/tag-warioware
00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:56 Act One: Before WarioWare
00:07:27 TRON (1982)
00:08:21 Major Havoc (1984)
00:10:20 Lazy Jones (1984)
00:11:50 Puzzle & Action: Tant-R (1993)
00:14:36 Point Blank (1994) & Tenkomori Shooting (1998)
00:18:21 Bishi Bashi Champ (1996)
00:22:14 Office Women Power (2001) & Euratchacha Mu Daeri (2003)
00:22:57 Iwotabi Penguin (1997)
00:23:27 Denki Groove Jigoku V (1998)
00:28:56 Work Time Fun (2005)
00:34:05 Incredible Crisis (1999)
00:36:19 Mario Artist: Polygon Studio (2000)
00:38:30 The WarioWare Series
00:40:39 The Rhythm Heaven Series
00:42:30 Act Two: After WarioWare
00:42:47 Lizzie McGuire 3: Homecoming Havoc (2005)
00:45:48 Candy And Clyde (2007)
00:46:43 Dumb Ways To Die (2013)
00:47:56 Peter Panic (2016)
00:50:38 NitorInc.: Touhou Microgames! (2017)
00:51:57 KUUKIYOMI: Consider It (2020)
00:55:09 Game Soup (2019)
00:56:17 The Spookware Series
00:59:36 Atari Mania (2022)
01:01:41 SUPER 56 (2023)
01:03:49 DUCK: Dangerous Ultimate Cartridge Kidnapper (2023)
01:05:09 Games from itch.io and Scratch
01:14:03 Diner Bros Inc (2021)
01:14:23 Pureya (2021)
01:14:53 Dude, Stop (2018)
01:15:47 Family Guy Video Game! (2006)
01:16:19 Frobisher Says! (2012)
01:17:37 Spongebob SquigglePants (2011)
01:18:51 Duck Dynasty: Battle of the Beards (2014)
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