Video Game Design Review Exam Questions
And Answers
What was one of the most profound evolutions that the Nintendo
Entertainment System presented when compared to arcade games?
-
correct answer ✅The NES was able to feature narrative as a hook
to propel interest.
Nolan Bushnell, the creator of Pong, knew that in order for his
game to be successful, the following condition needed to be true. -
correct answer ✅It would need to be so simple that any drunk in
any bar could play it.
This early system stirred incredible controversy for being the first to
charge extra for a system peripheral (a rifle), in some ways
prefiguring the current issues surrounding downloadable content
and in-game purchases in modern video gaming. -
correct answer ✅Magnavox Odyssey.
Also known as the worst video game of all time, E.T., the Extra
Terrestrial, was famous for how the publisher unloaded all of the
extra copies that did not sell. How might that have been? -
correct answer ✅All remaining copies were buried in a landfill in
New Mexico.
, Video Game Design Review Exam Questions
And Answers
The Donner Model 30, an early computer, was able to perform
highly complex mathematical calculations such as wind resistance,
force, and trajectory in order to create which of the first simulation
games? -
correct answer ✅Tennis for Two.
Video games began to come into their own and become a reality as
soon as computers gained GUI's. What does that acronym stand
for? -
correct answer ✅Graphic User Interface.
Students from this university were the first to deploy the coin
operated model for gaining revenue from Spacewar! ? -
correct answer ✅Stanford University.
The early 1980's was often referred to as the ___________ of
gaming. (Type your answer in the box to the right.) -
correct answer ✅Golden Age.
Howard Scott Warshaw, the creator of E.T. the video game, was
given how much time to program the entirety of the game? -
correct answer ✅5 weeks.
And Answers
What was one of the most profound evolutions that the Nintendo
Entertainment System presented when compared to arcade games?
-
correct answer ✅The NES was able to feature narrative as a hook
to propel interest.
Nolan Bushnell, the creator of Pong, knew that in order for his
game to be successful, the following condition needed to be true. -
correct answer ✅It would need to be so simple that any drunk in
any bar could play it.
This early system stirred incredible controversy for being the first to
charge extra for a system peripheral (a rifle), in some ways
prefiguring the current issues surrounding downloadable content
and in-game purchases in modern video gaming. -
correct answer ✅Magnavox Odyssey.
Also known as the worst video game of all time, E.T., the Extra
Terrestrial, was famous for how the publisher unloaded all of the
extra copies that did not sell. How might that have been? -
correct answer ✅All remaining copies were buried in a landfill in
New Mexico.
, Video Game Design Review Exam Questions
And Answers
The Donner Model 30, an early computer, was able to perform
highly complex mathematical calculations such as wind resistance,
force, and trajectory in order to create which of the first simulation
games? -
correct answer ✅Tennis for Two.
Video games began to come into their own and become a reality as
soon as computers gained GUI's. What does that acronym stand
for? -
correct answer ✅Graphic User Interface.
Students from this university were the first to deploy the coin
operated model for gaining revenue from Spacewar! ? -
correct answer ✅Stanford University.
The early 1980's was often referred to as the ___________ of
gaming. (Type your answer in the box to the right.) -
correct answer ✅Golden Age.
Howard Scott Warshaw, the creator of E.T. the video game, was
given how much time to program the entirety of the game? -
correct answer ✅5 weeks.
