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Intel 4004 in 1971 - correct answer ✔First microprocessor was invented in what
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/year and by whom?
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Pong by Atari in 1972 - correct answer ✔First commercially successful video
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game
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Fairchild Channel F - correct answer ✔First console system to use ROM
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cartridges and a microprocessor
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Atari 2600 - correct answer ✔Extremely popular console system in the 1980s
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that popularized use of microprocessors and used ROM cartridges
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1983 Video Game Crash - correct answer ✔What year was the home console
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video game crash?
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Bugginess, poor quality, games too similar, advent of PC games - correct answer
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✔Reasons for the 1983 home video game console crash
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Altair 8800 in 1975 - correct answer ✔Early personal computer sold as a kit
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Nintendo NES in 1986 - correct answer ✔System that brought about the rebirth
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of console games and changed the way games were produced and sold
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, strictly controlled game developers, instituted quality standards, instituted
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content standards (for children) - correct answer ✔Differences in how Nintendo
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NES delivered
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IBM PC in 1982 - correct answer ✔What year was the IBM PC introduce?
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badly designed for gaming, weak color graphics, no real sound (beep), 16 bit -
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could address more RAM, ran faster - correct answer ✔Characteristics of first
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IBM PC
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Apple Macintosh in 1984 - correct answer ✔What year was the Apple Mac
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introduced?
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More expensive than PC, not popular for games, well designed hardware, black
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& white screen - correct answer ✔Characteristics of the Apple Macintosh
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CD-ROM in early 1990s - correct answer ✔Ideal game distribution method
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(couldn't be copied at the time), eliminated casual piracy. Manufactured
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quicker and cheaper than floppy disk, held 650MB vs 218k on floppy. Allowed
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creation of larger games.
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The 7th Guest - correct answer ✔1st game to be distributed only on CD-ROM,
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helped push sales of CD-ROM drives
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Only allowed network play, supported only 2 players, connection made via
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modem - correct answer ✔Properties of online games in 1980s
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