Natalie's Winter Treats

A strange little side quest

Even a quick game like Natalie's Winter Treats sits on top of decades — and sometimes centuries — of ideas. The Oregon Trail mixed travel, supplies, risk and survival decisions decades before resource-management systems became common in mainstream games. The same trail leads to another fact: Atari's Gran Trak 10 from 1974 is recognized as the first arcade racing video game. That gives Natalie's Winter Treats a little more company than it first appears to have.