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Leaderboards are older than video games themselves. The leaderboard, as we know it, goes back to the days of the original pinball games of the 1950s. The makers of these pinball games soon realized that adding a high-score list increased competition, which translates to more time played and more money earned.
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Richter, K. (2011). Leaderboards. In: Beginning iOS Game Center and Game Kit: For iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3528-6_3
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