Game Design Final Review

King Tut was buried with a variety of items that he might need in the afterlife, but what specific item was he buried with that would lead us to believe he was the original 'gamer'?

• four ornate sets of the ancient board game that was called Senet

• several ancient books about gaming

• a PlayStation^® remote control

• notebooks filled with his brainstorms about creating video games

What type of television is pictured in the image below?

• microprocessor television (MPTV)

• cathode ray tube (CRT) television

• processing power television (PPTV)

• bitmap television (BTV)

The Magnavox Odyssey became the first commercially successful video game, ultimately sold 350,000 units, and subsequently began… what?

• the Golden Age of Arcade Games

• the New Age of 3D Games

• the Intrinsic Age of PC Games

• the Strategic Age of Atari^®

What was the first commercially successful, cartridge-based video game console that introduced the concept of housing game software separate to the game console, making the release of new games cheaper?

• 3D Tic-Tac-Toe

• Atari^® 2600 VCS

• Tennis for Two

• Sega Genesis^®

The first video games date back to the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. What dates do the first generation of video games span across?

• early 1970s to early 1990s

• late 1970s to 1985

• 1958 to early 1970s

• early 1980s to 1991

Senet is one of oldest games in history and dates all the way back to when?

• 1820 CE

• 1200 BCE

• 3500 BCE

• 570 CE

What is a bitmap?

• the physical components of computers

• an image or display created from small units known as pixels

• the tiny, integrated circuits that contain the CPU's functions

• the basic units of programmable color in an image or a display

Raster graphics use the CRT's beam to rapidly sweep the screen with a series of lines which creates a grid, dividing the screen into a network of tiny squares. What are these tiny squares called?

• pixels

• vectors

• cathodes

• sprites

Raster graphics are never used in video games that are made today because they are unable to produce complex images.

• True

• False

How are 2D objects defined?

• by their mathematical model of shapes, lines, and curves

• in terms of their position on the X-, Y-, and Z- (depth) axes

• by their position on the X- (horizontal) and Y- (vertical) axes

• by their grid that divides the screen into a network of tiny squares