4th wall broken
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Breaks the fourth wall by addressing the player, admitting player's existence or admitting that they're actually in a game (or that they're fictional characters).
Notable people involved: 'Guzusuru', Dean Dodrill, Joe Rumsey 'Ogre smash', 'Tuyoki' and 'easynam'
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See also: no 4th wall
These range from "consciousness" of the player and the fact that they're fictional character in a game to offhand comments about the player or game functionality that the characters don't understand. Character crashing on the view screen is also commonly employed.
Tutorials should be ignored for this.
Tutorials should be ignored for this.
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The first 4th wall broken video game was released in 1981.
Vblank Entertainment and Activision published most of these games.