A strange little side quest
Lost City 3D belongs to a much longer story of play than a browser tab might suggest. 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. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Lost City 3D feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
