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Video Games Basics

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Japanese company that made games for Nintendo






2. 1st video game - @ MIT - 1962






3. 1st U.S. company to be a Nintendo licensee






4. Created by Atari - Atari's 1st hit arcade game






5. Biggest arcade hit following Pong - revived biz (Midway)






6. 1st video game - @ MIT - 1962






7. Laser disk technology (cartoon/Disney graphics) - last hoorah of arcade era


8. Created by Atari - Atari's 1st hit arcade game






9. Best selling arcade game world-wide - pop culture phenomena - nonviolent






10. Very popular; had good details - graphics - and SOUND b/c of CD-ROM; adults played; no violence; art section of NY Times article






11. Low quality game (glut causing crash) due to the poor graphics in comparison to the arcade version






12. Creator: Nolan Bushnell - 1st most popular console (Atari 2600) - big arcade player






13. Game developer for Nintendo that put out a lot of popular games






14. Outside companies that do not own rights to the console create games






15. Polygon graphics (3D) vs. typical sprite (2D)






16. First 3rd party developer






17. 1st true color arcade game






18. Glut of low quality video games; mostly Atari's open market; retailers less willing to carry products; U.S. starts to focus on the PC






19. Pixel/cartoon/sprite graphics vs. 3D graphics (square vs. cube)






20. Laser disk technology (cartoon/Disney graphics) - last hoorah of arcade era


21. Photo-based graphics; fatalities; controversial; movie; cited in 1993 Senate Hearings on vg violence






22. Company that owns console also creates games






23. Biggest arcade hit following Pong - revived biz (Midway)






24. Filtering out content by those who control/own the console






25. Different interface (controllers vs. keyboard a/o mous); OC can save which allows there to be different games (Myst: puzzle/adventure)






26. Creator: Nolan Bushnell - 1st most popular console (Atari 2600) - big arcade player






27. Japanese company that made games for Nintendo






28. Japanese company that made games for Nintendo






29. Terrible; part of crash of 1983






30. Vector graphics: line graphics; high-resolution outlines; 3D like effects






31. Made PC games - adventure games: story - narrative - puzzle solving (King's Quest)






32. Surgeon general; harmful to youth: can be addictive and cause negative behavior and nothing constructive in vg






33. Lack of imagination; audience of 8-14 y/o boys (other media geared towards this age group)






34. Outside companies that do not own rights to the console create games






35. Vector graphics: line graphics; high-resolution outlines; 3D like effects






36. Made Doom (FPS)l shareware; mods; multi-player on LAN (local area network)






37. Competes with Nint- fail






38. Longest running company - 1st party games led to their success - ONLY did games






39. Adventure game


40. Avoided glut of low quality games via lock and key model= no unauthorized source could create games






41. First 3rd party developer






42. Adventure game


43. Expensive home computer






44. Expensive home computer






45. 1st person tank game - vector graphics - U.S. military requested for training purposes - e.g. of vgs used for things other than entertainment purposes






46. Lack of imagination; audience of 8-14 y/o boys (other media geared towards this age group)






47. Competed with Atari






48. Most popular - reasonably priced comp






49. Patented work; father of video games






50. 2nd most popular next to Pac-man - saved Nintendo - 1st appearance of Mario - lawsuit b/t Nint and Universal for their remake of King Kong (intellectual prop) -> copyright ran out - open to public