A strange little side quest
A small trivia drop for FreeCell Solitaire Classic: Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. That is only half the story. 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. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.