A strange little side quest
A small trivia drop for Exotic Birds Pet Shop: M.U.L.E. arrived in 1983 with multiplayer competition built around gathering resources and keeping a colony alive, an early example of resource-driven strategy play. The timeline takes another interesting turn: Pac-Man went on sale in 1980, and its creator Toru Iwatani famously linked the character's shape to a pizza with a slice missing. So a round of Exotic Birds Pet Shop is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer simulation games timeline.
