A strange little side quest
Here is a rabbit hole for the next loading screen in Last Stand One: Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.