1) Who invented the first computer game on the PDP1?
Steve Russell
2) What was the name of the game?
Computer Space
3) What was the name of Morton Helig's amusement device that let you smell, hear and see in 3D filmed experiences?
Sensorama
4) What early 1970s movie does an arcade console machine of Spacewar appear?
Spacewar appeared in Soylent Green (1973).
5) What was the name of the man who developed the first TV tennis game?
William Higinbotham
6) Who was the man whose company Atari commercialized the idea of the arcade computer tennis game?
Nolan Bushnell
7) What was the name of this version of the game?
Pong
8) What are vector graphics?
The use of points, lines, curves and shapes based on mathematical equations to represent computer graphics.
9) What types of games do vector graphics lend themselves to?
Space Shooter games
10) When home computers were first made available, how did owners load games into them?
Users entered source code they found print media such as magazines
11) What is the name of the 1985 film in which a young Matthew Broderick starts World War III with his home computer and modem?
WarGames
12) From what sources did the designer of the Space Invaders aliens draw inspiration?
Tomohiro Nishikado drew inspiration from Breakout, War of the Worlds and Star Wars.
13) What is the name given to the contemporary subculture of 8 bit music made with gameboys and other 80s game technology
Chiptune
14) "Escape from Woomera" was a videogame which was used to draw attention to the plight of inmates at a remote detention center in desert town in what country?
A dessert town in Australia.
Steve Russell
2) What was the name of the game?
Computer Space
3) What was the name of Morton Helig's amusement device that let you smell, hear and see in 3D filmed experiences?
Sensorama
4) What early 1970s movie does an arcade console machine of Spacewar appear?
Spacewar appeared in Soylent Green (1973).
5) What was the name of the man who developed the first TV tennis game?
William Higinbotham
6) Who was the man whose company Atari commercialized the idea of the arcade computer tennis game?
Nolan Bushnell
7) What was the name of this version of the game?
Pong
8) What are vector graphics?
The use of points, lines, curves and shapes based on mathematical equations to represent computer graphics.
9) What types of games do vector graphics lend themselves to?
Space Shooter games
10) When home computers were first made available, how did owners load games into them?
Users entered source code they found print media such as magazines
11) What is the name of the 1985 film in which a young Matthew Broderick starts World War III with his home computer and modem?
WarGames
12) From what sources did the designer of the Space Invaders aliens draw inspiration?
Tomohiro Nishikado drew inspiration from Breakout, War of the Worlds and Star Wars.
13) What is the name given to the contemporary subculture of 8 bit music made with gameboys and other 80s game technology
Chiptune
14) "Escape from Woomera" was a videogame which was used to draw attention to the plight of inmates at a remote detention center in desert town in what country?
A dessert town in Australia.
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