- 1. Which game released in 1978 is credited with helping arcades gain momentum?
A) Space Invaders
B) Pong
C) Pac-Man
D) Donkey Kong
- 2. What type of circuitry was used in Atari's Pong, which preceded the use of CPU microprocessors?
A) Analog switches
B) Vacuum tubes
C) Transistor-transistor logic
D) Magnetic tape
- 3. Which game released in 1979 introduced a tile-based graphics system?
A) Space Invaders
B) Galaxian
C) Asteroids
D) Missile Command
- 4. What technology fell out of favor with arcade companies due to high repair costs?
A) Monochrome screens
B) Laserdisc players
C) Vector displays
D) Raster displays
- 5. Which game is cited as the first to feature a third-person rear view racing format?
A) Pole Position
B) Indy 800
C) Speed Race Twin
D) Turbo
- 6. Which game introduced isometric graphics and shadows in 1982?
A) Turbo
B) Donkey Kong
C) Zaxxon
D) Pole Position
- 7. Which company released the first laserdisc video game, Astron Belt, in 1983?
A) Cinematronics
B) Sega
C) Namco
D) Atari
- 8. Which 1984 game was the first to be rendered entirely with real-time 3D computer graphics?
A) Interstellar
B) Cube Quest
C) Star Rider
D) I, Robot
- 9. What processor did Namco's Pole Position use in 1982?
A) Motorola 68000
B) Zilog Z8000
C) MOS 6502
D) Intel 8080
- 10. In what year did the arcade video game industry revenue reach $8 billion in quarters?
A) 1982
B) 1985
C) 1980
D) 1978
- 11. Which game is considered the highest-grossing arcade game of all time?
A) Donkey Kong
B) Space Invaders
C) Pac-Man
D) Asteroids
- 12. What was the main reason cited for the wane of the arcade golden age starting in 1983?
A) Technological stagnation
B) Lack of electricity
C) Market saturation with clones
D) Government bans on arcades
- 13. Which mascot was introduced in the 1981 game Donkey Kong as 'Jumpman'?
A) Mario
B) Sonic
C) Pac-Man
D) Q*bert
- 14. How did arcade game revenues in 1982 compare to the combined revenue of major sports?
A) They earned ten times as much
B) They earned the same
C) They earned three times as much
D) They earned half as much
- 15. What was the average life span of an arcade game during the golden age?
A) Four to six months
B) Five to seven years
C) Two to three years
D) One month
- 16. Which film was closely tied to an arcade game of the same name released in 1982?
A) Star Wars
B) WarGames
C) Tron
D) The Last Starfighter
- 17. Which company created the popular game Pac-Man?
A) Namco
B) Nintendo
C) Taito
D) Atari
- 18. What happened to the number of video game arcades in North America between 1980 and 1982?
A) It dropped by half
B) It tripled
C) It doubled
D) It remained the same
- 19. Why did the game Robby Roto fail in the arcade market?
A) It was too expensive
B) It was only available in Japan
C) It was too complex to learn quickly
D) It had poor graphics
- 20. By 1982, what percentage of commercial game sales in the United States were accounted for by video games?
A) 50%
B) 87%
C) 25%
D) 99%
- 21. Which game used vector display technology to rise to prominence in 1979?
A) Frogger
B) Centipede
C) Asteroids
D) Defender
- 22. What industry did arcade video games surpass in popularity during the golden age?
A) Board games
B) Newspaper publishing
C) Pinball
D) Radio
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