A strange little side quest
Zoom out from Spades Spider Solitaire for a moment and the timeline gets surprisingly deep. Nintendo's Donkey Kong arrived in 1981 and introduced the character first known as Jumpman, who later became Mario. A second detail makes the picture even better: Atari's Gran Trak 10 from 1974 is recognized as the first arcade racing video game. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.