On: The Finder’s GUI tax can be very expensive

[TazeTSchnitzel]

The N64 in turn took the start screen thing from the Super Famicom and Famicom before it.

I assume title screens are just that: title screens, and the developers want to show off. Maybe it's a legacy of arcade machines, though.

[frik → TazeTSchnitzel]

PC games never had a title screens, until the first bad console ports around 2003 came along.

Instead of a title screen, PC games used to go to the main menu directly.

Even today, some console games like GTA V don't have a title screen, but many smaller games feature a useless title screen.

[abritinthebay → frik]

My copy of Alley Cat from 1983 disagrees with you.

[jamesgeck0 → frik]

Tons of PC games have had title screens going way back. Ultima IV (1985) and Commander Keen (1990) spring to mind.

[TazeTSchnitzel → frik]

What about DOOM (1992)? That had a title screen of sorts.