A strange little side quest
Even a quick game like Brick Builder: Police Edition sits on top of decades — and sometimes centuries — of ideas. The first crossword puzzle book appeared in 1924 in a cautious initial printing of 3,600 copies, complete with a free pencil. The same trail leads to another fact: Reader Rabbit's 1986 arrival was part of a major expansion of educational computer software before the CD-ROM boom of the 1990s. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Brick Builder: Police Edition feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
