A strange little side quest
If Puppy Star Doghouse sends you down a curiosity rabbit hole, start here. Barbie Fashion Designer became a major software hit in 1996, selling more than 500,000 copies in two months and proving there was a large audience for fashion-focused computer play. And the history keeps stacking up: Midway's Gun Fight from 1975 was the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. Grombi files that under: small game, surprisingly large backstory.