• 1. 
    As early as 1950, it was proposed that computers could be programmed to play chess.

  • True
  • False
  • 2. 
    The game Spacewar! began in 1962 as a public display for visitors to the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.

  • True
  • False
  • 3. 
    Spacewar! inspired engineering student Nolan Bushnell to create the next big computer game: Snake.

  • True
  • False
  • 4. 
    Several historically important games were originally developed as “after hours” amusements by technical students and staff, and functioned as technology demonstrations.

  • True
  • False
  • 5. 
    Soon after it was founded, video game corporation Atari received a contract to develop an electronic version of Ping-Pong.

  • True
  • False
  • 6. 
    Atari created the “coin-op” game industry that became perhaps the main source for innovative electronic games well into the 1980s.

  • True
  • False
  • 7. 
    In 1966 Ralph Baer designed circuitry to display and control moving dots on a television screen, leading to the simple chase game Fox and Hounds

  • True
  • False
  • 8. 
    Before Atari had the chance, Ralph Baer and his team created an at-home version of Pong, which previously existed only as a coin-operated game.

  • True
  • False
  • 9. 
    Home video games experienced a sharp decline by 1983, with consumer backlash about the games’ unpredictability at an all-time high.

  • True
  • False
  • 10. 
    One of the first computer games based on the text, networking, and other capabilities available in academic laboratory computers was Hunt the Wumpus.

  • True
  • False
  • 11. 
    Most video games were not equipped to run on home computers until the late 1990s.

  • True
  • False
  • 12. 
    In the 1980s, Nintendo and Sega introduced a new generation of video game consoles with graphics that equaled or exceeded the capabilities of personal computers.

  • True
  • False
  • 13. 
    Sega was the first to introduce battery-powered storage cartridges that enabled players to save games in progress so that they could later continue playing right where they had left off. 

  • True
  • False
Report Question
warning
access_time
  Time