CFA #3: Second Generation of Consoles

Credited as the first mascot and/or iconic arcade video game character:

• Aliens

• Pac-Man

• Mario

• Donkey Kong

The lead character in Super Mario Bros. first appeared in which game?

• Popeye

• Mario Brothers

• Donkey Kong

• E.T.

Who took over as the president & CEO of Atari Inc. in 1978?

• Ray Kassar

• Ralph Baer

• Bill Gates

• Trip Hawkins

This company was the first independent developer and distributor of console games:

• Electronic Arts

• Blizzard Entertainment

• Activision

• Nintendo

Two poorly received games produced by Atari that damaged the company’s reputation:

• Space Invaders and Asteroids

• Asteroids and Pac-Man

• Space Invaders and E.T.

• E.T. and Pac-Man

This second-generation console was the world’s first 16-bit home video game system:

• Intellivision

• Atari VCS

• Colecovision

• Odyssey2

One of this console’s successes was securing exclusive rights to reproduce Nintendo’s arcade classic Donkey Kong game and bundling it with every system:

• Intellivision

• Atari VCS

• Colecovision

• Odyssey2

The first console to develop an adapter to play Atari VCS games:

• Intellivision

• Atari VCS

• Colecovision

• Odyssey2

In what year was the video game crash in the United States?

• 1978

• 1980

• 1983

• 1985

Which one of the following is not a cause of the video game crash?

• Floods of new consoles

• Renewed interest in going to the movies

• Growing number of home computers

• Poorly made games by smaller companies