A strange little side quest
A little context makes Zoo Mysteries more fun to place on the gaming map. Nintendo's Donkey Kong arrived in 1981 and introduced the character first known as Jumpman, who later became Mario. There is another connection worth keeping in the same mental pocket: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.