Bullet Bill

A strange little side quest

Put Bullet Bill next to the history of action games and a few unexpected connections appear. Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. And the history keeps stacking up: Women competed in Olympic archery as early as 1904, making it one of the early Olympic sports to include women. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.