A strange little side quest
Between one round of Cat Clicker and the next, this is worth knowing: Computer Space reached arcades in 1971 and became one of the earliest commercial electronic arcade games, even though its controls proved demanding for many players. And then there is this: Spacewar! appeared on MIT's PDP-1 in 1962 and became one of the earliest influential computer games shared among programmers. That long chain of experiments is part of why video-game history still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.
