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  1. What was the first coin-operated video game?
    Computer Space

  2. What was the first coin-op to integrate laserdisk stored background images with realtime computer generated images?
    Astron Belt

  3. On the TV Program Taxi, what game did Jim once become addicted to?
    Pac-Man

  4. What coin-op game did The Who bring with them on each stop of their 1980 United States tour?
    Space Invaders

  5. What was the first videogame based on a movie?
    Tron

  6. Give both names of each of the four ghosts in Pac-Man
    Inky (Shadow), Pinky (Speedy), Blinky (Pokey) & Clyde (Bashful)

  7. What was the first ever coin-operated game to feature the designer's autograph on the cabinet, and who was it?
    Berzerk - Alan McNeil

  8. Who invented Pong and founded Atari, Sente and Pizza Time Theater?
    Nolan Bushnell

  9. Two of Atari's most popular games were created by the same programmer, Dave Theurer. What two games?
    Tempest and Missile Command

  10. What are the four stages in each level of Tron?
    Light cycles, CPU, spiders and tanks

  11. What was the second Tron video game released?
    Tron Deadly Discs

  12. What video game is based on the story of the three little pigs?
    Pooyan

  13. What percentage of the screen must be filled in order to advance to the next level in Qix?
    65%

  14. In Pac-Man what happens when you reach the 257th key?
    Half the screen becomes garbage. The other half stays normal, making it impossible to complete.

  15. How do you get bonus points in Frogger?
    Jump on a lady frog and convey her safely to the end

  16. What was the sequel to Defender called?
    Stargate

  17. What game appears on the cover of "It's Hard" by The Who?
    Atari's Space Duel

  18. How do you get 300 points for the saucer in the coin-operated version of Space Invaders?
    First saucer on a screen: hit it with your 23rd shot. Each saucere thereafter, your 15th shot.

  19. What is the name of the indestructible smiley face in Berzerk?
    Evil Otto

  20. Name two coin-operated games which featured music written by Henri Mancini.
    Spy Hunter (Peter Gunn Theme) and Crazy Climber (Baby ElephantWalk and Pink Panther)

  21. What coin-operated game featured music by Queen?
    Vanguard (used "Vultan's Theme" from Flash Gordon)

  22. What two ZZ Top album titles have also been coin-operated games?
    Afterburner and Eliminator

  23. The bass riff from what Beatles song appears in Donkey Kong?
    The Ballad of John and Yoko

  24. At least two coin-ops have used music by Tchaikovsky, Name one.
    Crystal Castles, Battlezone

  25. Other than laserdisk imaging, there are two main imaging systems which operate in all video games. One creates images composed of dots, the other images composed of straight lines. What are these two systems called?
    Raster (Rasterscan) and Vector (Vectorscan)

  26. Videoquotes! -- Identify the game:

    "Chicken! Fight like a robot!" Berzerk
    "Total Carnage! I love it!" Smash TV
    "Go for it!" Crazy Climber
    "Great shot kid! That was one in a million!" Star Wars
    "Sensors detect fuel globes." Road Blasters
    "Cowabunga!" TMNT
    "Rise from your grave!" Altered Beast
    "Uppercut! Uppercut! Body Blow!" Punch Out
    "$%&#*@!" Q-bert
    "Welcome aboard, Captain" Star Trek Mission Simulator

  27. Which games featured the following creatures?

    Scorpions Centipede
    Coily Q-bert
    Flippers Tempest
    Vultures Joust
    Landers Defender
    Sparx Qix
    Killer hot dogs Burger Time

  28. Describe the controls for the following games:

    Defender Up-down Joystick, Thrust, Fire, Reverse, Smart Bomb
    Tutankhamen 4 way joystick (move), left-right joystick (fire)
    Battlezone Two Up-down joysticks
    Tron Joystick, fire, dial
    Joust left-right joystick, flap

    Home Games

  29. When Atari first released its Sword Quest saga, it offered a $25,000 jeweled treasure for finishing each of its four levels. What were the four levels and what was the prize for each?
    box (air), crown (water), goblet (fire), broach (earth)

  30. What was the $50,000 prize awarded for the first person to complete all four levels?
    jeweled sword

  31. Going from left to right, what are the six selection levers on an Atari 2600?
    on-off, b/w - color, left difficulty, right difficulty, game select, game reset.


  32. What cartridge for the Oddysey2 home system sparked a lawsuit from Atari, on the grounds that it infringed upon Atari's exclusive license to produce a home version of the original game?
    KC Munchkin

  33. Commodore ran a parody of a particular Intellivision ad which was itself a parody of an Atari ad. What well known actor appeared in this ad for the Vic-20?
    Bill Shatner

  34. What celebrity was the spokesperson for Mattel's Intellivision line?
    George Plimpton

  35. The Intellivision came with a rather unusual joystick/ controller. Describe it.
    numeric keypad and a disc that worked like a joystick

  36. What cartridge originally came with the Atari 2600 package?
    Combat

  37. What was the name of the add-on computer available for the Colecovision?
    Adam

  38. What is the object being searched for in the Atari cartridge Adventure? In Haunted House?
    golden chalice, an urn.

  39. What slogan did Mattel use to publicise its new home game Burger Time?
    "To beat our new home video game, you've got to move your buns."

  40. The company Arcadia manufactured a game for the Vectrex Graphic Computer System with a rather odd title. What was it?
    Communist Mutants from Space

  41. In Super Mario Brothers 3, what are the names of Bowse, King of Koopa's children?
    Larry Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., Wendy O. Koopa
    Roy Koopa, Lemmy Koopa, Iggy Koopa, Ludwig Van Koopa

  42. What three elements combine to form the rainbow bridge in Dragon Warrior?
    The stones of sunlight, the staff of rain, the rainbow drop.

  43. In Dragon Warrior, what sort of creture guards a) Princess Gwaelin and b) Erdrick's armor?
    a) green dragon, b) axe knight

    Infocom Games

  44. Infocom games thrive on both realism and packaging. Most of their games come with loads of extraneous, sometimes useless, paraphenalia. What items are included in the boxes of each of the following games? (aside from the disc and the book of instructions!)

    Witness - Daily Paper, Telegram, Suicide Note,Matchbook
    Spellbreaker - Plan to Enchanter's Guild, Three Enchanter collector cards
    Sorcerer - Official field guide to the Creatures of Frobozz
    Wishbringer - Glow in the Dark stone, postal map of town, mysterious sealed envelope
    Enchanter - Ancient scroll
    Planetfall - Stellar patrol recruitment brochure, Task force ID card, 3 intergalactic postcards, personal diary
    Stationfall - Blueprints, Stellar patrol pouch, 3 "Highly bureaucratic" forms
    Starcross - map of outer space, "What to do when you meet aliens"
    Zork 0 - Flathead calendar, Scrap of Parchment
    Trinity - Map of Trinity site, sundial, intructions to make an origami crane
    Bureaucracy- Credit card application forms, skinny pencil, bank brochure, membership offer for Popular Paranoia magazine
    A Mind Forever Voyaging - map of Rockvil, SD, 21st century skinny plastic pen, Class 1 security mode access decoder

  45. What animal is featured in Wishbringer?
    A duck billed platypus

  46. What are the spells "Frotz", "Gnusto" and "Resvov" used for in Enchanter?
    light, writes magic, open locks

  47. What is the name of the sidekick in Planetfall? Where does it take place?
    Floyd, Gallium

  48. What are the three passwords used in the original adventure game Advent?
    Plugh, Plover, Xyzzy

  49. Finally, we'd like you to use the back of these sheets to draw the following schematics:
    A Q-bert board, the Zaxxon robot, the first Venture level (label rooms) and the Donkey Kong pie factory.