RETRO VIDEO GAMES
In 1972 the world was astounded by the first video game, ‘Pong’, which was basically two bats hitting a ball (well, a square) back and forth across the screen. But what about the other 70’s and 80’s classic games that we all remember from our youth?
QUESTIONS
1. ‘Pong’ is considered the first commercially successful video game, but which , soon to be world famous, video gaming and console company released this classic to the unsuspecting public in 1972?
2. How many colours were displayed on screen in the original coin operated Space Invaders video game?
3. In 1987 ‘Street Fighter’ was the video game taking our money in the arcades, but which giant of the computer gaming world was behind it?
a. Atari
b. Capcom
c. Nintendo
d. Konami
4. Which company released the Game Boy handheld console in 1989?
5. Who was trying to save the character of Pauline from the clutches of Donkey Kong?
6. In the ongoing and enduring video game, ‘The Legend of Zelda’ originally released in the mid-80s, what is the name of the main character?
7. What colour did the ghosts turn in Pac-Man after he ate an energise pellet, which enabled him to ‘eat’ the ghosts instead of having to run from them?
8. In ‘Asteroid’ the controls you could use were: Fire/Shoot, Thrust, Direction (Up/Down/Left/Right) and what other control?
9. What is the world’s best selling video game ever, which had us trying to create unbroken lines of blocks to make them disappear from the screen?
10. Winning the ‘Coin-Operated Game of the Year’ award in 1982, which film-based game had four stages of play which saw you guide the title character through the, I/O Tower, The MCP Cone, Light Cycles and Battle Tanks?
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ANSWERS
1. ‘Pong’ is considered the first commercially successful video game, but which , soon to be world famous, video gaming and console company released this classic to the unsuspecting public in 1972?
ATARI
2. How many colours were displayed on screen in the original coin operated Space Invaders video game?
TWO – Black & White (Later versions added orange and green cellophane to add colour to certain parts of the image, but the display was always black and white)
3. In 1987 ‘Street Fighter’ was the video game taking our money in the arcades, but which giant of the computer gaming world was behind it?
a. Atari
b. Capcom
c. Nintendo
d. Konami
B. CAPCOM
4. Which company released the Game Boy handheld console in 1989?
NINTENDO
5. Who was trying to save the character of Pauline from the clutches of Donkey Kong?
MARIO (Originally simply named, Jumpman)
6. In the ongoing and enduring video game, ‘The Legend of Zelda’ originally released in the mid-80s, what is the name of the main character?
LINK
7. What colour did the ghosts turn in Pac-Man after he ate an energise pellet, which enabled him to ‘eat’ the ghosts instead of having to run from them?
BLUE
8. In ‘Asteroid’ the controls you could use were: Fire/Shoot, Thrust, Direction (Up/Down/Left/Right) and what other control?
HYPERSPACE/TELEPORT
9. What is the world’s best selling video game ever, which had us trying to create unbroken lines of blocks to make them disappear from the screen?
TETRIS
10. Winning the ‘Coin-Operated Game of the Year’ award in 1982, which film-based game had four stages of play which saw you guide the title character through the, I/O Tower, The MCP Cone, Light Cycles and Battle Tanks?
TRON