A strange little side quest
Solitaire Classic Christmas belongs to a much longer story of play than a browser tab might suggest. Midway's Gun Fight from 1975 was the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.