A strange little side quest
The next time Space Carnival 18 asks for one more try, remember that game ideas rarely appear from nowhere. Humans did not see the Moon's far side until a Soviet spacecraft flew past it in 1959. That is only half the story. Space Invaders arrived in 1978 and helped turn electronic games from an arcade curiosity into mainstream entertainment. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.