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The first computerized pinball game was called Humpty Dumpty and was created in ______ by George Gomez.
The first computerized pinball game was called Humpty Dumpty and was created in ______ by George Gomez.
1947
The game Western Gun was released in ______ by David Nutting Associates.
The game Western Gun was released in ______ by David Nutting Associates.
1975
Pac-Man, created by Toru Iwatani, was released in ______ by Namco.
Pac-Man, created by Toru Iwatani, was released in ______ by Namco.
1980
The classic game Donkey Kong was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto and released by ______ in 1981.
The classic game Donkey Kong was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto and released by ______ in 1981.
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The video game crash, known as the Video Game Crash of ______, caused a significant downturn in the video game industry.
The video game crash, known as the Video Game Crash of ______, caused a significant downturn in the video game industry.
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Dance Dance Revolution, a popular home gaming dance simulation game, was released in ______.
Dance Dance Revolution, a popular home gaming dance simulation game, was released in ______.
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The Royal Game of Ur was played in _______ BC.
The Royal Game of Ur was played in _______ BC.
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_______ is considered the first track game.
_______ is considered the first track game.
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_____ is the year when Chess was invented.
_____ is the year when Chess was invented.
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_______ is known as the father of Dungeons & Dragons.
_______ is known as the father of Dungeons & Dragons.
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Computer Space, the first commercially available arcade video game, was released in _____.
Computer Space, the first commercially available arcade video game, was released in _____.
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The ENIAC, one of the earliest computers, was developed by the University of Pennsylvania and Brookhaven National Lab in _____.
The ENIAC, one of the earliest computers, was developed by the University of Pennsylvania and Brookhaven National Lab in _____.
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Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease
Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease
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Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease
Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease
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Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex ______ 1977 ______ VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of ______ 1978 Breakout ______ Ray Kassar CEO of ______ after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 ______ 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease
Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex ______ 1977 ______ VCS/2600 Nolan Bushnell - Founder of ______ 1978 Breakout ______ Ray Kassar CEO of ______ after Nolan Bushnell was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 ______ 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease
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Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 ______ - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after ______ was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease
Baer 1968 - The Brown Box - Ralph H Baer - Bill Harrison Sanders Associates 1972 - Odyssey Magnavox Associates 1972 - Pong 1975 - Odyssey 100 1976 - Odyssey 200, 300, 400 1977 - 2000, 3000, 4000 1978 Odyssey 2 Fairchild Channel F 1976 Channel F Jerry Lawson 1975 - Sears Tele Games - Pong Connected Leather Company - Coleco 1976 Telestar 1982 Coleco Vision Jamie Fenton The Professional Arcade 1981 Bally Computer System 1982 Astrocade Mattel - 1983 Intellivision 2 Milton Bradley/GCE 1982 Vectrex Atari 1977 Atari VCS/2600 ______ - Founder of Atari 1978 Breakout Atari Ray Kassar CEO of Atari after ______ was fired 1980 Space Invaders 1981 Missile Command 1982 Defender 1982 Atari 5200 Warren Robinett (Not on quiz first easter egg name) 1982 ET 1983 North American Video Game Crash (1983 3.2B - 1985 100 Mil) 96.876 Decrease
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Study Notes
Early Video Games and Developments
- Humpty Dumpty, the first computerized pinball game, was created by George Gomez.
- Western Gun was released by David Nutting Associates, an early arcade game from the 1970s.
- Pac-Man, developed by Toru Iwatani and released by Namco, became a cultural icon in 1980.
- Donkey Kong, created by Shigeru Miyamoto, was released by Nintendo in 1981.
Industry Trends and Events
- The Video Game Crash occurred in 1983, leading to a major downturn in the video game industry.
- Dance Dance Revolution, a popular dance simulation game for home gaming, emerged in the late 1990s.
Historical Games and Their Origins
- The Royal Game of Ur was played as early as 2600 BC, making it one of the oldest known board games.
- Chess is believed to have been invented around the 6th century AD.
- Dungeons & Dragons is credited to Gary Gygax, who is often referred to as its father.
Technological Milestones
- Computer Space, the earliest commercially available arcade video game, was released in 1971.
- The ENIAC, one of the first electronic general-purpose computers, was developed by the University of Pennsylvania and Brookhaven National Lab during the 1940s.
Home Entertainment Systems and Consoles
- Ralph H. Baer created the Brown Box in 1968, which led to the development of the first video game console, the Odyssey, released in 1972.
- Key systems in the early 1970s included Pong in 1975, and the Odyssey series from 1976 to 1978, with several models like the Odyssey 100 and Odyssey 2.
- The Fairchild Channel F was released in 1976 and is notable for being one of the first home consoles to use cartridges.
- Major brands included Coleco with its Telestar and the Coleco Vision released in 1982.
Game Development Milestones
- Notable game developers included Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, and Warren Robinett, recognized for creating the first video game easter egg.
- Significant games released during this period include Space Invaders (1980), Missile Command (1981), and Defender (1982).
Market Impact and Decline
- The North American video game market faced a steep decline, from $3.2 billion in 1983 to $100 million by 1985, marking a dramatic 96.87% decrease.
Noteworthy Companies and Leaders
- Ray Kassar served as CEO of Atari after the departure of founder Nolan Bushnell.
- Mattel introduced the Intellivision in 1983, continuing the evolution of home video gaming.
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Take a trip through the early history of video games from 1954 to 1971, exploring key milestones and influential figures such as Douglass Black, Arthur Samuel, Willy Higinbotham, and Nolan Bushnell. Test your knowledge on this foundational period in video game history.
