A strange little side quest
A little context makes Space Pinball more fun to place on the gaming map. Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891 at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. That is only half the story. Street Fighter II, released in 1991, turned head-to-head arcade fighting into a worldwide phenomenon and helped define the modern fighting-game genre. So a round of Space Pinball is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer basketball timeline.
