A strange little side quest
The mechanics around Spiderette Solitaire Html5 have roots that stretch far beyond modern browsers. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Spacewar! appeared on MIT's PDP-1 in 1962 and became one of the earliest influential computer games shared among programmers. The details change, but the appeal of learning a system and trying again is remarkably persistent.
