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Classic Coin-Op Videogames

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Classic CoinOp Videogames game quiz
"A quiz on some of the classic coin-operated videogames of the 1970s and 1980s."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What was the first coin-operated video game?
    Pong
    Computer Space
    Space Invaders
    Gunfight


2. Who was the primary founder of Atari?
    Bill Gates
    Steve Jobs
    Nolan Bushnell
    Steve Wozniak


3. Released in the U.S. in 1978, which game had been so popular in Japan that it caused a national shortage in yen?
    Asteroids
    Space Invaders
    Galaxian
    Pong


4. Atari supposedly developed a version of which coin-op classic for use in training U.S. Army personnel?
    Missile Command
    Tempest
    Asteroids
    Battlezone


5. Which company was known for a handful of classic black and white vector graphics games in the late 70s-early 80s such as Armor Attack, Space War, Rip Off, and Star Castle?
    Atari
    Exidy
    Bally-Midway
    Cinematronics


6. Which game - the first popular laser disc game - featured the efforts of Dirk the Daring to rescue the princess from the evil wizard's castle?
    Atomic Castle
    Dragon Slayer
    Dragon's Lair
    Dragon's Castle


7. Which game featured battles against enemies called the 'Yllabian Space Guppies'?
    Space Tactics
    Asteroids
    Stargate
    Dig Dug


8. In which game did you play a clown who burrowed through the ground digging up cherries while trying to destroy his enemies by dropping apples on them or shooting them with his magic power ball?
    Dig Dug
    Crazy Climber
    Donkey Kong
    Mr. Do


9. A teenager supposedly died while playing which game in a Chicago area arcade in the early 1980s?
    Berzerk
    Space Invaders
    Asteroids
    Galaxian


10. What was the first talking video game?
    Stratovox
    Gorf
    Berzerk
    Space Invaders


11. Which game was the first game to let the top ten players enter their initials for high scores, was one of the first color games, and was the first 'total environment' game (where the player was totally surrounded by the game cabinet)?
    Space Invaders
    Asteroids
    Star Fire
    Missile Command


12. Which game, based on a movie, featured rounds that pitted you against light cycles, tanks, spiders, and the MCP cone?
    Death Race
    Donkey Kong
    Krull
    Tron


13. Released in 1976, this game drew national criticism for its violent game play in which the player tried to run down pedestrians with a car.
    Gunfight
    Death Race
    Demolition Derby
    Pedestrian


14. In which game did the player control a knight riding on an ostrich fighting against monsters such as vultures and the lava troll?
    Joust
    Defender
    Dig Dug
    Make Trax


15. What videogame character was named after the landlord of the company's Seattle warehouse?
    Mario
    Dig Dug
    Zelda
    Pac-Man


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Compiled Jun 28 12