A little ARCADE QUIZ

[tymawrcymru]

OK,

A little quiz ..... just for fun ..., but nobody likes to lose eh ?

1) What was the video arcade machine to use stereo sound ?

2) What was the first video arcade machine to use a colour monitor ?

3) What was the first arcade game to have speech ?

4) What was the first video arcade game licenced from a Japanese company to an American company, what was it called and it what year was it licenced ?

5) What was Williams first cockpit arcade machine?

6) What was the worlds first sit down video arcade machine ?

7) What was the name of the company that manufactured the worlds first video arcade machine ?

8) What was the similarly named company as 7) that manufactured their range of electro-mechanical games in Milwaukee ? and what is the link between the two companies?

9) What is the most valuable (pre 1990) arcade machine today ? (this is open to debate, of course)

10) Who did Steve Jobs get to re-engineer an early arcade game pcb, what was the name of the game and why was the re-engineering rejected?

11) What was the first machine to have a 'highscore of the day' feature ?

12) What was the first vector game to use a pseudo 3D perspective ?

Answers on a postcard.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Emm, I tried honest but know not one

 

[DanP]

I'll have a stab, don't have a postcard so I'll post here. All guessed without any reference to google or wikipedia

1) What was the video arcade machine to use stereo sound ?
Gyruss

2) What was the first video arcade machine to use a colour monitor ?
Galaxian

3) What was the first arcade game to have speech ?
Astro Blaster

4) What was the first video arcade game licenced from a Japanese company to an American company, what was it called and it what year was it licenced ?

Gee Bee

5) What was Williams first cockpit arcade machine?

Sinistar

6) What was the worlds first sit down video arcade machine ?

Night Driver

7) What was the name of the company that manufactured the worlds first video arcade machine ?

Nutting Associates

8) What was the similarly named company as 7) that manufactured their range of electro-mechanical games in Milwaukee ? and what is the link between the two companies?

Pass

9) What is the most valuable (pre 1990) arcade machine today ? (this is open to debate, of course)

Blaster cockpit

10) Who did Steve Jobs get to re-engineer an early arcade game pcb, what was the name of the game and why was the re-engineering rejected?

Steve Wozniak, Breakout, it was too complicated to replicate

11) What was the first machine to have a 'highscore of the day' feature ?

Asteroids

12) What was the first vector game to use a pseudo 3D perspective ?

Tailgunner

Cheers,

Dan

 

[tymawrcymru]

Some excellent answers from Dan,

But some are incorrect also ......

Asteroids is not the first arcade game to have a highscore of the day ...... unfortunately

gee bee is not the first licenced game japan->USA, I am afraid.

There are some other incorrect answers also ...

keep those postcards coming in.

Dan's answer 10) is CORRECT. Excellent answer

tymawrcymru2011-11-01 14:06:59