Game Design Final Review

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What specific item was King Tut buried with that would lead us to believe he was the original 'gamer'?

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four ornate sets of the ancient board game that was called Senet

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What type of television is pictured in the image below? Options: microprocessor television (MPTV), cathode ray tube (CRT) television, processing power television (PPTV), bitmap television (BTV)

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cathode ray tube (CRT) television

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The Magnavox Odyssey became the first commercially successful video game, ultimately sold 350,000 units, and subsequently began… what?

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the Golden Age of Arcade Games

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What was the first commercially successful, cartridge-based video game console that introduced the concept of housing game software separate to the game console, making the release of new games cheaper?

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Atari® 2600 VCS

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The first video games date back to the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. What dates do the first generation of video games span across?

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1958 to early 1970s

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Senet is one of oldest games in history and dates all the way back to when?

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3500 BCE

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What is a bitmap?

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an image or display created from small units known as pixels

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What are the tiny squares called that divide the screen in raster graphics?

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pixels

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Raster graphics are never used in video games that are made today because they are unable to produce complex images.

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False

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How are 2D objects defined?

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by their position on the X- (horizontal) and Y- (vertical) axes