Wk7 Questions

1) Who invented the first computer game on the PDP1?
 Steve Russel
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?
 The 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?
 Ralph 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?
 Graphics which are representative of geometric forms, points, and lines.
9) What types of games do vector graphics lend themselves to?
 Those tending to be more realistic, simulations.
10) When home computers were first made available, how did owners load games into them?
 They were loaded via cassette tape.
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?
 War Games
12) From what sources did the designer of the Space Invaders aliens draw inspiration?
 H.G. Wells' “War of the Worlds.”
13) What is the name given to the contemporary subculture of 8 bit music made with gameboys and other 80s game technology
 Chiptunes
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