215: Understand computer game architecture and components!

List the core components that all video game systems have in common:

• User control interface

• CPU

• RAM

• Software kernel

• Storage medium for games

The user control interface allows the player to interact with the?

• Video game

• Screen

• Joypad

• Your friend

Without a user control interface, a video game would be a?

• Active medium

• Passive medium

• Dorment medium

• Live medium

Early game systems used

• Paddles

• Joysticks

• Roller ball

• Light pen

The software kernel is the console's?

• CPU

• Operating System

• RAM

• ROM

Video game systems have relied on...............

to provide temporary storage of games as they're being played. Without RAM, even the fastest CPU could not provide the necessary speed for an interactive gaming experience.

• RAM

• ROM

• DOM

The software.................... is the console's operating system. It provides the interface between the various pieces of hardware, allowing the video game programmers to write code using common software libraries and tools.

• Kernel

• Cornel

• Kernnel

The PlayStation 3 uses a Cell .............. Developed by Toshiba and IBM specifically for the game system, the concept behind this processor was to create a chip that acted like a biological cell in an organism. It's distributed computing on a single chip

• Processor

• Chip

• Memory

• Drive

The Sega ............. was the first console to implement online play over a phone line, calling the system Sega Net.

• Dreamcast

• Mega Drive

• Genesis

The Microsoft ...... was the first video game system to provide full support for HDTV.

• Xbox

• Xbox One

• Xbox2 X