A strange little side quest
Even a quick game like My Pocket Pets: Kitty Cat sits on top of decades — and sometimes centuries — of ideas. M.U.L.E. arrived in 1983 with multiplayer competition built around gathering resources and keeping a colony alive, an early example of resource-driven strategy play. The timeline takes another interesting turn: Nintendo's Donkey Kong arrived in 1981 and introduced the character first known as Jumpman, who later became Mario. So a round of My Pocket Pets: Kitty Cat is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer simulation games timeline.
