A strange little side quest
The rules may be simple on screen, but the backstory around Compact Conflict is anything but tiny. Midway's Gun Fight from 1975 was the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Chess changed dramatically in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries when the queen became the board's most powerful piece. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.
