A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Two Colors is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. A major archery competition held at Finsbury in England in 1583 drew about 3,000 participants. A second detail makes the picture even better: Computer Space reached arcades in 1971 and became one of the earliest commercial electronic arcade games, even though its controls proved demanding for many players. So a round of Two Colors is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer archery timeline.
