A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Funny Pull The Beard is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. Computer Space reached arcades in 1971 and became one of the earliest commercial electronic arcade games, even though its controls proved demanding for many players. And the history keeps stacking up: Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. So a round of Funny Pull The Beard is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer video-game history timeline.
