A strange little side quest
Find the Dog has plenty of company in a long tradition of players chasing timing, patterns and better decisions. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. The timeline takes another interesting turn: Reader Rabbit's 1986 arrival was part of a major expansion of educational computer software before the CD-ROM boom of the 1990s. Not bad for a few facts hiding behind a Play button.