Game Design - Unit 1 Quiz exam study guide questions and answers(latest update)

Atari 2600 was one of the first game consoles to become widely used. What type of controller did it introduce to the gaming market? joystick Games of all types (electronic, board games, outdoor games) make use of which of the following components? positive competition Which of the following describes a game console? the hardware that runs video games Which of the following is a type of game controller? gamepad Jess likes to play Mario Bros on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). In what era were these gaming systems first released? 1980s Which of the following controllers is the MOST ergonomic controller for a racing game? steering wheel Which of the following is in the console chipset? GPU Corby is playing a video game, but the screen keeps glitching and the graphics are not rendering correctly. Which part of the console chipset is most likely malfunctioning? GPU Gerard has a newer console that can combine the CPU and the GPU. What type of processing unit allows the console to do this? APU In which era were 3D video games introduced? 1990s What was the largest processor used in the 1990s? 64-bit When newer consoles are being released, companies make the consoles compatible. What does this mean? the new consoles can play the games made for the older consoles as well as new games. Sophia plays her favorite game on her phone, where the game uses the phone's camera to overlay images on real-world scenery. What type of game is Sophia playing? augmented reality The gaming philosopher Bernard Suits came up with the term "lusory attitude," which means: the way the player accepts the rules of the game. Deshawn is beginning the process of creating his own game. Which of the following should he create first that will give the player a goal? an objective