History of Video Games Quiz

What was the name of the first commercially successful video game?

• Pac-Man

• Space Invaders

• Asteroids

• Pong

Which company released the game console Odyssey in 1972?

• Midway

• Atari

• Ralph Baer

• Namco

What was the earliest U.S. video game patent referred to as?

• Electronic interface

• Home game console

• Arcade game

• Cathode-ray tube amusement device

Which game company licensed the arcade game Space Invaders?

• Nintendo

• Namco

• Midway

• Atari

What was the name of the pet ape in the game Donkey Kong?

• Mario

• Jumpman

• Donkey Kong

• Pac-Man

Which game marked the beginning of the beat-them-up genre?

• Dragon's Lair

• Double Dragon

• Frogger

• Mario Brothers

In which year did color come to arcade games?

• 1972

• 1978

• 1980

• 1987

Which game company released the game Donkey Kong in 1981?

• Nintendo

• Namco

• Midway

• Atari

What was the name of the Japanese company that brought Pac-Man to the U.S.?

• Atari

• Midway

• Namco

• Nintendo