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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-08 · 17 entries checked · 11 flagged · 22 issues confirmed · 11 corrected · 11 still open
Game balance — The first established use of the term 'nerf' was in the MUD community, not Ultima Online.
Game controller — The claim that the earliest video game controller was a simple dial and single button used for Tennis for Two is inaccurate because Tennis for Two used two separate controllers with knobs and buttons, and earlier controllers like the cathode-ray tube amusement
Game controller — The statement that paddle controllers were the first analog controllers is factually incorrect because analog controllers predate them, such as the analog joystick used in the 1962 game Spacewar!.
Game engine — The claim that the smooth side-scrolling engine developed for Excitebike (1984) was later employed for Super Mario Bros. (1985) is factually incorrect.
Game studies — The earliest known use of the term 'ludology' is incorrectly attributed to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 1982; the term was actually coined earlier by Mihai Spariosu in his 1982 book 'Literature, Mimesis and Play'.
Game studies — The claim that the International Board Game Studies Association grew from a 1990 colloquium organized by Irving Finkel is inaccurate; the colloquium was organized by David Parlett and others, not Irving Finkel.
Level (video games) — The LORE section states 'In the early days of video games (1970s–2000s)'. The 2000s are not considered 'early days' of video games; the early era typically ends in the 1980s or early 1990s. This is a factual inaccuracy in periodization.
Level (video games) — The DID YOU KNOW section says 'the first Half-Life's penultimate chapter 'Interloper' featured multiple moving platforms high in the air with enemies firing from all sid'. The chapter name is 'Interloper', but it is not the penultimate chapter of Half-Life; th
Interactive fiction — The claim that Adventure was included with MS-DOS 1.0 is incorrect; MS-DOS 1.0 did not include Adventure.
Incremental game — The claim that the first idle game on Kongregate was titled 'Kongregate Chat' is incorrect; 'Kongregate Chat' was a chat room feature, not a game, and the first true idle game on the platform is generally recognized as 'Progress Quest' or 'Kongregate Idle Game
Incremental game — The claim that 'Make It Rain' became the first major mobile idle game success is misleading; 'AdVenture Capitalist' is more widely recognized as the first major mobile idle game success.
First-person (video games) — The entry states 'Kasco's Indy 500 (1968)' as an electro-mechanical racing game, but it was released in 1969, not 1968.
First-person (video games) — The entry says 'Nürburgring 1' as a driving video game from 1976, but it was released in 1975, not 1976.
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