A strange little side quest
Steps Solitaire may feel immediate, but the ideas around arcade history have been evolving for a very long time. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Nintendo's Donkey Kong arrived in 1981 and introduced the character first known as Jumpman, who later became Mario. So a round of Steps Solitaire is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer arcade history timeline.
