A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in Hidden Valentine's Fairytale. A major archery competition held at Finsbury in England in 1583 drew about 3,000 participants. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.