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