Week 7 Questions

1) Who invented the first computer game on the PDP1?

Steve Russel, Martin Graetz, Wayne Witaenem

2) What was the name of the game?

Spacewar!

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?

Soylent Green

5) What was the name of the man who developed the first TV tennis game?

Willy Higginbotham

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?

A geometric equation for shapes and images that allows the designer to enlarge or edit the image without sacrificing data.

9) What types of games do vector graphics lend themselves to?

Pong, Asteroids, and Night Driver

10) When home computers were first made available, how did owners load games into them?

It was played on the actual console with the instructions attached onto the console.

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?

Octopus, squids, and crabs.

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?

Australia