Introduction to Game Design and Development

The cathode ray-tube amusement device was considered to be the first video game.

• True

• False

Nimrod was an early computer custom-built to play Dim

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It was Nim, a traditional mathematical strategy game.

The cathode ray-tube amusement device was a missile simulator game based on radar displays from World War II.

• True

• False

OXO was created by Alexander Sandy Douglas as part of his research on human-computer interactions.

• True

• False

Tennis for two was the first computer game to be created purely for entertainment.

• True

• False

When was Nimrod built?

• 1949

• 1950

• 1951

• 1952

Spacewar! was developed by?

• Steve Russell

• Ralph Baer

• Nolan Bushnell

• Ted Dabney

He is often referred to as the "Father of Video Games"

• Steve Russell

• Ralph Baer

• Nolan Bushnell

• Ted Dabney

First commercial home video game console

• Magnavox Odyssey

• Atari 2600

• Nintendo Entertainment System

• Brown Box

It was released in Japan as Famicom

• Magnavox Odyssey

• Atari 2600

• Nintendo Entertainment System

• Brown Box