Lesson #03: Space Invaders Quiz

What color does Dustin Hansen, the author of Game On!, claim that the firing button is on the Space Invaders arcade machine?

• Black

• White

• Red

• Green

Who is the man entirely responsible for designing, programming, and engineering the Space Invaders game?​

• Al Alcorn

• Ray Kassar

• Shigeru Miyamoto

• Tomohiro Nishikado

To what part of the creation of Space Invaders was Japanese (or all human) culture a strong influence?

• It influenced the game's music.

• It influenced the game's level design.

• It influenced the characters of the game.

• It influenced the game's scoring system.

Which game was played at the first video game tournament held on October 19, 1972?

• Space Invaders

• Spacewar!

• Pong

• Tetris

Who developed the game Spacewar! in 1962 while a student at MIT?

• Nolan Bushnell

• Stewart Brand

• Steve Russell

• Tomohiro Nishikado

What was a feature of Space Invaders that resulted from the technical limitations of its hardware?

• The color of the aliens

• The movement speed of the aliens

• The number of aliens on screen

• The sound effects used in the game

Which U.S.-based company was the group that brought Space Invaders arcade cabinets from Japan to the United States?

• Activision

• Atari

• Midway

• Taito

What did the first game developers, like Tomohiro Nishikado and others, do in the development of their games?

• They focused only on programming.

• They specialized in game design only.

• They did everything in the development of their games.

• They outsourced technical construction.

By the time Atari ported Space Invaders to their VCS 2600 home console, the game's popularity had waned. The game did not help the sales of the VCS 2600 console.

• True

• False

Having the background soundtrack get quicker as the game progressed, like the speed of the invaders, is possible because destroying enemies freed up processing power to allow the game to run faster. This was discovered by accident and kept as a feature of the game.

• True

• False