Video Gaming Worlds Celebrated

Since the eighties, the world of video or computer games has exploded as one of our favourite pastimes – from shooters to racers to fiendish puzzles, there’s no end of ways to entertain yourself with a device or a joystick or a console…but how much do you know about the history of computer games? Answer all 15 questions correctly and you could score one of six $50 we’re giving away. Winners to be announced on 06 May 2025

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    1. Which company developed the first home video game console that was released in 1972?

    2. What was the name of Atari’s co-founder who designed the original Pong arcade game?

    3. In the arcade game Donkey Kong, what was the original name of the character who would later become known as Mario?

    4. Which hardware limitation of the original Nintendo Game Boy contributed to its long battery life compared to color handhelds?

    5. The Virtual Boy, released by Nintendo in 1995, used what type of display technology to create its 3D effect?

    6. The Atari Jaguar was marketed as a 64-bit console. What was the actual architecture that made this claim controversial?

    7. Which 1980 arcade game was the first to feature continuous background music during gameplay?

    8. The famous Konami Code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A) was originally created for which game?

    9. Which company manufactured the chip known as the “Ricoh 2A03,” used in the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)?

    10. What is the name of the infamous “kill screen” level in Pac-Man that causes the game to crash due to a programming bug?

    11. Which arcade game introduced the trackball controller to allow more precise control of the player’s movement?

    12. Which retro console was the first to include wireless controllers, released in 1983?

    13. In the Metroid series, what is the name of the parasitic organism that Samus Aran fights throughout the games?

    14. Which 16-bit console was the first to feature a dedicated sound chip capable of producing FM synthesis audio?

    15. Which visual puzzle inspired Q*bert’s unique isometric cube-based gameplay?

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