Why are food imagery (particularly fruits and vegetables) so common in classic games?

I've been told that stuff like Pac-Man eating fruits and pretzels for bonus points or weird out of place health drops like fountain drink cups in Bad Dudes is moreso done for the sake of practice for the folks doing the spritework than any practical reason but I've never read anything like an article or an interview to reflect this. Does anyone here have any idea why food imagery always seem to pop up as often and as strangely as it does in vidya?

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Pac man had a better than average appeal with women

Fruits are good for your health but I can guess how you'd be the kind of person who finds eating fruit "out of place"

how do people even eat pic related? its fuckin gross

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Yeah I know I know, I'm not expecting muh realism from video games. Castlevanian wall chicken or oil drum fresh Metro City barbeque or Gene eating giant oranges and strawberries in between mudhole stompings isn't the issue. I'm just wondering why the "let's have the player pick up assorted fruits, veggies and other snacks for reasons" is as common as it is. The "art department just likes drawing food" excuse sounds like it makes sense if you ask me, though. I just wish there was an article or interview from some jap developer about it.

i've only had it a few times. it's just plain. texture kind of sucks but it's edible

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Easy to make and still recognizable I guess.

Filler vegetable.

Doesn't taste bad sauteed. Supposed to be very nutritious.

Is it true that koohii (TL note: koohii means coffee) is good, or even great, for you?

humans were food motivated similar to animals before data gave everyone the big picture

Graphical context made them very ideal for game design. They're easily drawn and recognized; the color scheme makes it okay to make them colorful and bright and shiny. This helped them stand out when you've only got like 16 colors in your palette and only 16 pixels so there was little resolution. Probably looked good or were ideal for CRTs too or something. Plus everyone loves fruit.

Basically see Fruit are some of the first imagery and words you teach a child because the colors and shapes are so immediate to recognize. With a reduced color palette and sprite size, it's an optimal object to create.

simplistic shapes that are easily reconiable as good things you want

roasted eggplant is fucking delicious

I want to feed nep my eggplant if you know what I mean

>Fruits are good for your health
Barely, vegetables are much better.

This looks non-consenual and makes me really uncomfortable.

shut the fuck up faggot

>ha ha rape is cool
That's you, nigger.

>Fruits are good for your health
nigga its all just sugary shit

>chad_yes.tiff

this is the worst conspiracy. you are dumb as fuck.

People eat food in real life so it's relatable
Do you have autism?

I don't eat food in real life, only in video games

*proceeds to chug a liter of soda*

drink water instead

I like eggplants in my ass

what the fuck

Based.

Ur a retard

I'd eat Gabriel.

Incredibly based.

>fruits are good for your health
"Good for your health" is such a vague statement that I know you don't know anything about nutrition. Reminds me of the retarded shit where people will only eat salads because it's "healthy." My dad had this period of his life where he ate a fucking bag of clementines a day because he heard fruit was "healthy" and he thought it would help him lose weight. The concept of these very broad groups of items being "healthier" than other broad groups of items is completely false and needs to stop.

parm. i hate eggplant too

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>Retard with no education whatsoever on the subject has to try to simplify the argument
Fruits have tons of nutrition. Sugar isn't bad for you either, just don't be a fatass and eat in moderation.