You know, I don't think the history made it popular. You could have put in any historical event so long as it was sometimes funny and an adventure. The real poi

You know, I don't think the history made it popular. You could have put in any historical event so long as it was sometimes funny and an adventure. The real point was that you got to stop doing boring stuff in class and play games for a bit. For me, at least - as a child in the mid-to-late 80's, these were kind of a novelty. At some point, we had an NES at home - but this didn't take away from the novelty. It was the same with, say, Carmen and her world adventures.