Scrabble

Scrabble was invented in the USA during the 193s by an architect named Alfred Mosher Butts. First he called it Lexiko, then It and Criss – Cross, before hitting on the name Scrabble. Well over 100 million sets have been sold in more than 130 countries. The numbers of letters included vary according to the language. In Dutch, for there are 18 Es, 10 Ns and two Js. The Slovak version has 41 different letters – more than any other version. The first computer games were played on televisions and appeared in the 1970s. They were basic arcade games like PONG (1972), an electronic table – tennis game, and Pac – Man (1980), in which a yellow blob is steered round a maze, gobbling up everything in its path. As computer technology advanced, games and consoles improved, with better graphics, sound and choice of themes.