A strange little side quest
Desert Rifle belongs to a much longer story of play than a browser tab might suggest. Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. That is only half the story. In 1958, Tennis for Two used an analog computer and an oscilloscope to turn simple physics into a playable tennis-like demonstration. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.
