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1. One of Williams' earliest entrants into the video game industry, this one outdid all other game controls of its time with six different controls to operate the spaceship on the screen. The objective was to protect ten humanoids on a planet surface from invaders attacking them and bringing them to the top of the screen where they would mutate and attack the ship directly. Introduced in 1981, what was this first major video game from Williams?
2. Williams was involved in the pinball industry for years before they got into the video game business. One of their biggest successes in the pinball industry in the late 1970s featured a large red demon on the back panel. Your task in the game was to "injure" and "kill" the demon by scoring enough points. What was this pinball machine which took its name from the name of the demon?
3. Williams added another popular video game to their repertoire in 1982. Its controls were unique as there were no buttons. Two joysticks created the movement and the firepower on the 2D Screen. Your goal was to prevent the kidnapping of the last human family by destroying all the robots attacking them. What was this frenetically paced game?
4. Released in 1982, this Williams game was one of the first to feature stereo sound if you were lucky enough to find a sit-down version of it. Your object was to create a set of bombs by shooting planetoids and catching the crystals that they released. Worker ships would try and gather these crystals as well, for they used them to build the head of the main antagonist of the game, who would then chase after yelling "I hunger", among other phrases. What game was this?
5. Flying air battles between mounted ostriches and buzzards highlight this very popular video game from 1982. This game also featured one of the earliest chances in a video game to team with another player. What was this video game called?
6. 'Pac-Man' (not a Williams game) is often looked at as the pinnacle of arcade video game success. Williams tried to cash in on that success with a similar game requiring the player controlling a paint brush to "paint" the maze in full they traveled on, all the while being chased by two fish. What was the name of this knock-off of the classic 'Pac-Man'?
7. This colorful 1982 video game had a small all-terrain buggy traveling to the right on the screen, avoiding mines, aerial attacks and craters. You only moved to the right, and your control on the buggy was faster or slower, jumping, and simultaneously shooting up and ahead of you. It added a timer which rewarded you on whether you completed a stage faster than the average. What was the name of this Williams video game classic?
8. "Total Carnage! I love it!" This was one of the catchphrases from this popular Williams video game created in 1990. Drawing comparisons to the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "The Running Man", you played a game show contestant, controlled by two joysticks, surviving the myriad of enemies hellbent on killing you. As you played you collected weapons and random game show prizes to improve your score. What was this video game, one of the few Williams games made in the 1990s?
9. While pinball machines never reached the mega unit sales that video games did in their heyday in the early 1980's, Williams did strike a nerve with a pinball machine released in 1991. It corresponded with a movie release featuring Angelica Huston and Raul Julia. What was the name of this pinball machine?
10. Opening up a new era of ultra violent video games, this 1989 creation put you on the metropolitan streets preventing drug crimes by arresting or killing drug offenders all while trying to locate and take down Mr. Big. Labeled as an anti-drug game, what game put many parental organizations into boycott mode?
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