“Nostalgia plays a significant role, especially because many people who grew up in the '70s and '80s have romantic memories of spending hours playing games like Mario Bros, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong ...

To find out that Prince of Persia, Sim City, or Metroid began in this decade might come as a surprise. '80s kids had to play games that were less user-friendly.

In the ‘80s, kids left aside the sport balls, toys, and bicycles in their gift requests and began to ask for video games. This technological advance completely redefined entertainment.

Finding the best PC games for children is more an art than an exact science, though there are certainly still plenty of choices available for parents.

Pinball machines were invented in the 1930s, leading to the development of electromechanical games in the 1960s, which paved the way for arcade video games in the early 1970s.