Week 7 Lecture Questions

Christopher Diaz-Mihell

DAI 227, David Cox

March 16, 2011

Week 7 Lecture Questions

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

            - 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?

            - Sensorama

 4) What early 1970s movie does an arcade console machine of Spacewar appear?

            - None, but the coin-op video game “Computer Space” appeared in the 1973 release of the film “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?

             - Lines made on a plane through coordinates of a computer.

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

            - Space (Lunar Lander, Asteroids), FPS 3D (Battlezone)

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

            - Cassette tapes

 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?

            - From the octopus like aliens from H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” and from see creatures such as 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

            - 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