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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by Lich on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:55AM (#42657387)
Lord of the Flies?
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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by postexitus on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:00PM (#42657446)
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.
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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by kevin_thibedeau on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:17PM (#42657603)
Smash TV arcade game is from 1990. Not that distinctive in gaming.
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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by MrFoof on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:33PM (#42657774)
Big money! Big prizes! … IIIII LOVE IT!
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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by sitkack on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:05PM (#42657486)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game
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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by postexitus on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:17PM (#42657607)
interesting, had no idea!
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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by JKCalhoun on Friday January 10, 2025 @01:28PM (#42658427)
Yeah, that was the oldest reference to humans hunting humans I could muster.
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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by dllthomas on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:31PM (#42657758)
The term predated the movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royal_(professional_wre...

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Re:Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale by rubatuga on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:59PM (#42660150)
Manhunt?
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