Steve Russell
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?
Sensarama
4. What early 1970s movie does an arcade console machine of Spacewar appear?
Spacewar! appeared in the 1973 movie Soylent Green.
5. What was the name of the man who developed the first TV tennis game?
Ralph H. Baer
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?
Graphic shapes created by connecting lines to specific points through mathematical equations. They can be scaled indefinitely without loss of quality or clarity because the information saved is not specifically pixel based.
9. What types of games do vector graphics lend themselves to?
3-D or first person shooter games like Battlezone and Asteroid where you move towards objects. Vector graphics can change in size without altering the image or quality of the line.
10. When home computers were first made available, how did owners load games into them?
By programming the games themselves from prewritten instructions and code.
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, and it was in 1983.
12. From what sources did the designer of the Space Invaders aliens draw inspiration?
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells for the octopus looking aliens, then expanded it to include other sea creatures as inspiration.
13. What is the name given to the contemporary subculture of 8 bit music made with gameboys and other 80s game technology?
Chiptunes - http://8bc.org/
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
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