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CFA #3: Second Generation of Consoles

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Aliens

b)

Pac-Man

c)

Mario

d)

Donkey Kong

2.

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

a)

Popeye

b)

Mario Brothers

c)

Donkey Kong

d)

E.T.

3.

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

a)

Ray Kassar

b)

Ralph Baer

c)

Bill Gates

d)

Trip Hawkins

4.

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

a)

Electronic Arts

b)

Blizzard Entertainment

c)

Activision

d)

Nintendo

5.

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

a)

Space Invaders and Asteroids

b)

Asteroids and Pac-Man

c)

Space Invaders and E.T.

d)

E.T. and Pac-Man

6.

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

a)

Intellivision

b)

Atari VCS

c)

Colecovision

d)

Odyssey2

7.

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:

a)

Intellivision

b)

Atari VCS

c)

Colecovision

d)

Odyssey2

8.

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

a)

Intellivision

b)

Atari VCS

c)

Colecovision

d)

Odyssey2

9.

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

a)

1978

b)

1980

c)

1983

d)

1985

10.

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

a)

Floods of new consoles

b)

Renewed interest in going to the movies

c)

Growing number of home computers

d)

Poorly made games by smaller companies

11.

This computer programmer went on to form Apple with Steve Jobs:

a)

Steve Wozniak

b)

Ray Kassar

c)

Nolan Bushnell

d)

Trip Hawkins

12.

Apple's first commercially produced computer system for the mainstream home PC market:

a)

Apple I

b)

Apple II

c)

Macintosh Core

d)

Core Macintosh

13.

Founded Electronic Arts, with a focus on crediting programmers on its album-like box art; also paved the way for athlete and celebrity endorsed games:

a)

Steve Wozniak

b)

Rod Holt

c)

Trip Hawkins

d)

Jack Tramiel

14.

This computer manufacturer released many versions of its 8-bit computer lineup, including the XL series, XE series, and the XE Game System (XEGS):

a)

Apple

b)

Atari

c)

IBM

d)

Commodore

15.

Founded Commodore International in 1954 as a typewriter assembly plant and went on to produce computers "for the masses, not the classes":

a)

Steve Wozniak

b)

Rod Holt

c)

Trip Hawkins

d)

Jack Tramiel

16.

All three original 8-bit computers by Apple, Atari, and Commodore contained a CPU manufactured by:

a)

Microsoft

b)

MOS Technology

c)

Minolta

d)

Magnavox

17.

This computer won the early PC market by a wide margin and is regarded as the best-selling single computer model of all time:

a)

Apple II

b)

Atari 400/800

c)

Commodore 64

d)

VIC 20