Deck 1: The First Video Games

Question 1

Which of the following was not part evolution of games that predated video games?

A) Bagatelle
B) Baffle Ball
C) Pinball
D) Speedball

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Often credited for developing the first electronic game called Tennis for Two in 1958:

A) Nolan Bushnell
B) Steve "Slug" Russell
C) Willy Higinbotham
D) Ralph Baer

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What type of monitor was Tennis for Two originally displayed on?

A) CRT television
B) Oscilloscope
C) Movie screen
D) Personal computer monitor

Answer 3

B

Question 4

MIT student who developed Spacewar!:

A) Nolan Bushnell
B) Steve "Slug" Russell
C) Willy Higinbotham
D) Ralph Baer

Question 5

The "Father of Video Games" whose Brown Box console game system became the Magnavox Odyssey:

A) Ray Kassar
B) Ralph Baer
C) Willy Higinbotham
D) Steve Russell

Question 6

Which product was not developed for the original Magnavox Odyssey system?

A) Game card
B) Joystick
C) Light gun
D) Plastic overlay

Question 7

These two gentlemen were the original founders of Atari:

A) Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
B) Ray Kassar and Ted Dabney
C) Trip Hawkins and Ted Russell
D) Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney

Question 8

What year was the first Pong arcade machine produced?

A) 1960
B) 1972
C) 1978
D) 1987

Question 9

Which of the following was not a feature of Pong implemented by Al Alorn:

A) Using less expensive parts
B) Adding deflection angles to the ball when it hit sections of the paddles
C) Enhancing the game with ball acceleration
D) Crowd noises such as applause and boos

Question 10

Pong led to Atari being sued by ________________ for copyright infringement.

A) Syzygy Engineering
B) Sanders Associates and Magnavox
C) Nutting Associates
D) Brookhaven National Laboratory

Question 11

Atari's first home version of Pong was licensed by retailer _______________ under the Tele-Games label.

A) Sears, Roebuck & Company
B) K-Mart
C) J.C. Penney
D) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following was not a business Coleco had a hand in before video games?

A) asphalt roofing
B) leather
C) plastic molding
D) swimming pools

Question 13

The first home video game system to use the General Instrument AY-3-8500 chip:

A) Odyssey
B) Pong For Your Home TV
C) Telstar
D) Color TV Game

Question 14

Subsequent consoles such as Ranger, Combat!, and Gemini were developed by:

A) Magnavox
B) Atari
C) Coleco
D) Nintendo

Question 15

Which of the following was not one of the three sections of the Telstar Arcade?

A) Joysticks
B) Paddles
C) Light gun
D) Steering wheel & gear shift

Question 16

This company's game systems were sold partially assembled, where the consumer usually had to attach the paddle knobs and apply the decorative stickers onto the console:

A) Magnavox
B) Atari
C) Coleco
D) Nintendo

Question 17

The first gen console with removable cartridges for different games to be played:

A) Odyssey
B) Super Pong
C) Telstar Gemini
D) Telstar Arcade

Question 18

Nintendo produced a successful series of single-game home consoles in Japan called:

A) Game and Watch
B) Color TV-Game
C) Game for TV
D) None of the above

Question 19

Which first generation U.S. home console series sold the most units overall?

A) Odyssey
B) Pong
C) Super Pong
D) Telstar

Question 20

Systems with the game(s) built in, rather than using removable media are called:

A) All-in one consoles
B) Dedicated consoles
C) Solid state consoles
D) Stand-alone consoles

Question 21

Spacewar! by Nolan Bushnell was the first coin operated arcade video game in 1971.

Question 22

The original Magnavox Odyssey was not capable of producing sound in its games.

Question 23

The sound on the home version of Pong was only emitted from a built-in speaker in the center of the console, which could not be sent through the television speaker.

Question 24

The name "Coleco" was derived from the words "California Leather Company."

Question 25

Fourteen different models of the Telstar were manufactured between 1976 and1978.