File:Hero-Atari2600-gameplay.gif

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	Footage of screen scrolling and gameplay in the video game H.E.R.O. officially released in 1984.
Author or copyright owner	Published by Activision
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Footage of playing the game emulated. Video footage is from the game attract screen
Date of publication	1984
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	H.E.R.O. (video game)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	This video is created to illustrate the gameplay. The prose notes the influence
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	The software or website from which the screenshot is taken is copyrighted and not released under a free license, so the creation of a free image is not possible.
Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1)	Text is limiting where video can illustrate several gameplay elements. It is used next to prose indicating how "moving freely in all directions instead of being forced into climbing ladders or jumping over obstacles" made it an important and breakthrough game in the platformer genre.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low-resolution screenshot from software or a website will not impact the commercial viability of the software or site.
Other information	The footage is captured by myself, cropped, and edited from longer gameplay footage.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of H.E.R.O. (video game)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hero-Atari2600-gameplay.giftrue

Licensing

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to visually identify the game in question
on the English Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

constitutes fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use

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