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Re:The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday December 09, 2016 @12:05PM (#13139932)
The N64 in turn took the start screen thing from the Super Famicom and Famicom before it.

I assume title screens are just that: title screens, and the developers want to show off. Maybe it's a legacy of arcade machines, though.

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Re:The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive by frik on Friday December 09, 2016 @12:15PM (#13140000)
PC games never had a title screens, until the first bad console ports around 2003 came along.

Instead of a title screen, PC games used to go to the main menu directly.

Even today, some console games like GTA V don't have a title screen, but many smaller games feature a useless title screen.

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Re:The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive by abritinthebay on Friday December 09, 2016 @04:15PM (#13141915)
My copy of Alley Cat from 1983 disagrees with you.
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Re:The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive by jamesgeck0 on Friday December 09, 2016 @01:34PM (#13140707)
Tons of PC games have had title screens going way back. Ultima IV (1985) and Commander Keen (1990) spring to mind.
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Re:The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday December 09, 2016 @01:14PM (#13140520)
What about DOOM (1992)? That had a title screen of sorts.
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