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Video Games Basics

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Best-selling in U.S. - Namco sued Midway for modification of Pac-Man (no permission from original copyright holder)






2. Arcade ports; not good






3. Competes with Nint- fail






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






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






6. Arcade ports; not good






7. PC game; interactive fiction: all text and typing






8. FCC regulates the valuable - public resource of airwaves and is obligated to follow community standards for decency. Exempt: cable - satellite TV and radio; Obscenity (legal term): miller test= community standards - media value (artistic value)






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






10. Interactive movies; appealed to wider audience; fell from popularity






11. Exclusive control or supplier of goods and services; lack of competition (stifles innovation - ability to set own prices - high barrier for entry)






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






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






14. Japanese company that made games for Nintendo






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






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






17. 1st popular console






18. 1st popular handheld; created by Gunpei Yokoi; created market






19. Japanese company that made games for Nintendo






20. PC action games






21. 1st video game - @ MIT - 1962






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






23. Increased data storage - more realistic sound; cheaper than cartidges






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






25. 1st huge FPS game






26. Politicized her views






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






28. 1st true color arcade game






29. Mods (kept game going); multi-player via LANs; shareware (part of game free - pay for complete game)






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






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






32. Expensive home computer






33. Most popular - reasonably priced comp






34. 30 y/o






35. 1st U.S. company to be a Nintendo licensee






36. First mass produced computer






37. EA; licensing of live athletes






38. Company that owns console also creates games






39. Patented work; father of video games






40. First mass produced computer






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






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






43. Easter egg: hidden message/bonus






44. After a certain amount of time anyone can use int. prop when copyright expires (DK and King Kong)






45. Killer app for Nintendo NES






46. Family oriented; just a fad; critiques: violence - addiction - delinquent kids hangout out at arcades; games unwinnable






47. Famous game designer for Sega; mostly arcade games






48. Easter egg: hidden message/bonus






49. Expensive home computer






50. A business model in which the complementary goods (blades/games) are sold to make the profit - not the original item (razor/console)