About the game
Dating from 1983, Close Encounters of the Worst Kind for C64 is preserved in the VG90 archive as a catalogue entry — a factual marker of a release that belonged to the early cartridge-and-arcade boom.
The years around 1983 belonged to the early cartridge-and-arcade boom, when the arcade was king and the first home consoles were racing to catch up. VG90 groups titles like this one by era and platform so those connections are easy to trace.
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Why it matters
This entry is worth keeping because the early cartridge-and-arcade boom is easy to flatten into a few famous names, when in truth the arcade was king and the first home consoles were racing to catch up. Preservation archives exist so lesser-known releases are not lost between the landmarks.
Technical notes
Recorded platform(s): C64 (1983). VG90 stores this as factual reference data; richer media may be added over time as legally sourced material becomes available.
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