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Video Games Basics
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Subject
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Line graphics (3D effects) vs. pixels graphics/sprites (2D cartoon)
Asteroids
Nintendo Game Boy
Avg age of gamers according to ESA
vector vs. raster graphics
2. 1st popular handheld; created by Gunpei Yokoi; created market
Virtua series
Nintendo Game Boy
Ralph Baer
Cutscene
3. Easter egg: hidden message/bonus
Fair use
Full Motion Video
Adventure games
Sega Master System
4. EA; licensing of live athletes
Dr. J and Larry Bird
Tetris
Pong
Ms. Pac-Man
5. 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
Donkey Kong
Adventure games
Sega
E.T.
6. Surgeon general; harmful to youth: can be addictive and cause negative behavior and nothing constructive in vg
Dr. J and Larry Bird
NES
C. Everett Koop
Pong
7. EA; licensing of live athletes
Pong
Dr. J and Larry Bird
Nintendo
Doom
8. First 3rd party developer
games & culture in early arcade/console generation 1 era
Atari Lynx
Nintendo and 10NES licensing
Activision
9. Competed with Atari
Colecovision
Konami
Myst
Ultima
10. Competes with Nint- fail
Sega Game Gear
Pong
Activision
Adventure games
11. After a certain amount of time anyone can use int. prop when copyright expires (DK and King Kong)
Acclaim
Public domain
Full Motion Video
Doom
12. 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
Dr. J and Larry Bird
Asteroids
Crash of 1983
Ms. Pac-Man
13. Low quality game (glut causing crash) due to the poor graphics in comparison to the arcade version
Pac-Man (Atari 2600)
Broderbund
Fair use
Super Mario Bros
14. Competes with Nint- fail
NES
C. Everett Koop
Sega Game Gear
Zork
15. Pixel/cartoon/sprite graphics vs. 3D graphics (square vs. cube)
raster vs. polygon graphics
Avg age of gamers according to ESA
Apple Macintosh
Acclaim
16. Increased data storage - more realistic sound; cheaper than cartidges
Super Mario Bros
Activision
CD-ROM technology/impact
Street Fighter II
17. PC (open) vs. consoles (closed); PC: low cost of entry - freedom from content restrictions - no quality control (might not run properly or on other comps) - more competition due to easy entry - piracy----Console: piracy less - less competition - stan
PC game innovations/popularization from id
games and culture in 8-bit era
difference b/t open and closed system
Pac-man
18. 1st game console; created by Ralph Baer
Cutscene
Commodore64
Magnavox
vector vs. raster graphics
19. 1st huge FPS game
Doom
Full Motion Video
Intellevision
Ultima
20. Vector graphics: line graphics; high-resolution outlines; 3D like effects
King's Quest
Donkey Kong
Konami
Asteroids
21. 1st true color arcade game
Nolan Bushnell
Galaxian
Pitfall
Tetris
22. Photo-based graphics; fatalities; controversial; movie; cited in 1993 Senate Hearings on vg violence
Shigeru Miyamoto
id Software
Mortal Kombat
Virtua series
23. A business model in which the complementary goods (blades/games) are sold to make the profit - not the original item (razor/console)
3rd party developer
Ms. Pac-Man
Razor & Blade model
Mortal Kombat
24. Father of industry
Nolan Bushnell
Zork
Spacewars
Electronic Arts EA
25. Arcade ports; not good
Sega Master System
Space Invaders
PC vs. console games
Gatekeeping
26. 1st huge FPS game
Ronnie Lamm
Street Fighter II
Mortal Kombat
Doom
27. 10NES: lock and key system; stringent licensing; restored console industry; monopolized; super app: Mario
3rd party developer
Dr. J and Larry Bird
NES
Adventure games
28. 1st video game - @ MIT - 1962
Konami
Mortal Kombat
Spacewars
Dragon's Lair
29. Exceptions to copyright/extent to which you can use someone's int. prop.; protected= parody and education
games and culture in 8-bit era
Fair use
Street Fighter II
Adventure games
30. Pixel/cartoon/sprite graphics vs. 3D graphics (square vs. cube)
C. Everett Koop
Razor & Blade model
raster vs. polygon graphics
Apple II
31. Graphic interface making more accessible to public
Apple Macintosh
Myst
Intellectual property
Razor & Blade model
32. PC (open) vs. consoles (closed); PC: low cost of entry - freedom from content restrictions - no quality control (might not run properly or on other comps) - more competition due to easy entry - piracy----Console: piracy less - less competition - stan
Broderbund
Pac-Man (Atari 2600)
Virtua series
difference b/t open and closed system
33. Type
King's Quest
Monopoly
Atari
Genre
34. Most popular - reasonably priced comp
Apple Macintosh
Spacewars
Electronic Arts EA
Commodore64
35. Biggest arcade hit following Pong - revived biz (Midway)
Space Invaders
Nolan Bushnell
E.T.
John Carmack
36. Made by Activision; high quality
games & culture in early arcade/console generation 1 era
Spacewars
Pitfall
Dr. J and Larry Bird
37. Avoided glut of low quality games via lock and key model= no unauthorized source could create games
Nintendo and 10NES licensing
Nolan Bushnell
Zork
PC vs. console games
38. Japanese company that made games for Nintendo
Capcom
Magnavox
Yu Suzuki
Sierra Online
39. Made PC games - adventure games: story - narrative - puzzle solving (King's Quest)
Sierra Online
Shigeru Miyamoto
Dr. J and Larry Bird
E.T.
40. Outside companies that do not own rights to the console create games
Doom
Mortal Kombat
3rd party developer
Street Fighter II
41. Competed with Atari
NES
Acclaim
Intellevision
Genre
42. RPG (role playing game)= fantasy element; electronic version of table top games
Razor & Blade model
Super Mario Bros
Atari 2600
Ultima
43. Surgeon general; harmful to youth: can be addictive and cause negative behavior and nothing constructive in vg
Mortal Kombat
C. Everett Koop
Nintendo Game Boy
E.T.
44. Made PC games - adventure games: story - narrative - puzzle solving (King's Quest)
Ralph Baer
Gatekeeping
games & culture in early arcade/console generation 1 era
Sierra Online
45. Company that owns console also creates games
1st party developer
Donkey Kong
Ultima
Tetris
46. 30 y/o
Monopoly
Zork
Atari Lynx
Avg age of gamers according to ESA
47. Japanese company that made games for Nintendo
E.T.
Konami
id Software
Shigeru Miyamoto
48. 1st U.S. company to be a Nintendo licensee
Shigeru Miyamoto
Apple II
Acclaim
Full Motion Video
49. Very popular; had good details - graphics - and SOUND b/c of CD-ROM; adults played; no violence; art section of NY Times article
Space Invaders
Pokemon
Sierra Online
Myst
50. Legal protection for intangible ideas protected via copyright: covers authored work (games); patents: covers inventions (software); trademark: sign or symbol associated with biz
Atari Lynx
Razor & Blade model
Intellectual property
Genre