Tek-No-Krazy Game, 1935-1950

The old peg-jumping game of Solitaire was modernized with a futuristic-sounding name and an image of robots playing the game on the box. In the early-to-mid twentieth century, robots -- a term first coined in the 1920s -- caught Americans' fascination. Toy companies tried to capitalize on this interest, even if it meant only small, superficial changes to their product.