A strange little side quest
Put Solitaire 12 in next to the history of arcade history and a few unexpected connections appear. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. And the history keeps stacking up: Midway's Gun Fight from 1975 was the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.