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Yes, the game is called Seaman. Yes, you do use the microphone attachment to talk to the sea man. Yes, the narrator is Leonard Nimoy. I don't make the rules, but I would like an explanation.

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[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The explanation is that in the 90s things like Call of Duty franchising or WoW addictiveness feedback loops or being nickeled and dimed by excessive micro transactions didn't really exist yet, so publishers had to take risks on weird and innovative stuff, especially on disc based systems because printing discs is dirt cheap compared to cartridge manufacturing.