/vr/ - Retro Games

>SNK Japan literally makes a cabinet with the word candy in the name to capitalize on the the popularity of real candy store cabinets.
>exports it to the rest of the world in the early 90s
>foreigners, who don't know anything about the origin of the name assume it refers to the glossy sheen of the casing and the colorful buttons and gumdrop joystick
>this becomes standard nomenclature for the community for 25+ years
>autistic anon discovers the **true** origin of the term and has a predictable autistic shitfit when someone is wrong on the internet, makes 20 posts about it in one night
>he's technically right, but he's still an asshole
>nothing will actually change
>some ESL can't follow the basic logic and shits up the thread arguing with him
We about caught up here?
Fun fact: SNK made some of those little orange woodies before they made metal cabs.