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Lich
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Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale
Lord of the Flies?
postexitus
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Definitely relevant and maybe inspirational, though I find "fight to death game show" format quite distinctive, so much so that it created its game genre 15 years later even with the same name as the movie.
sitkack
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game
postexitus
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interesting, had no idea!
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Yeah, that was the oldest reference to humans hunting humans I could muster.
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The term predated the movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royal_(professional_wre...
kevin_thibedeau
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Smash TV arcade game is from 1990. Not that distinctive in gaming.
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Big money! Big prizes! … IIIII LOVE IT!
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