A strange little side quest
Junkyard Keeper belongs to a much longer story of play than a browser tab might suggest. Silverstone hosted the first Formula 1 World Championship round on May 13, 1950. A second detail makes the picture even better: SimCity grew out of Will Wright's enjoyment of the map editor he had built for an earlier game; the act of shaping a city became the game itself. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.