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| What company continued to make a profit selling hardware in the early 1980s? |
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| Commodore (Commodore 64 and VIC-20s) |
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| What game compay was founded by Trip Hawkins? |
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| Where did Steve Jobs see pop up menus on a machine? |
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| What did EA revolutionize when they started making games? |
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| What did Trip Hawkins want to challenge about the distribution of games? |
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| Wanted to pay distributors a smaller commission. |
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| What sports figure was the first to have his likeness in a sports game? |
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| Name of the game with the first sports star name connection? |
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| Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One-on-One |
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| What went on to become one of the most enduring sports series in computer game history? |
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| What did Morgan do first at Atari to trim costs? |
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| cut from 9k to 3k employees. Sent manufacturing overseas. Sold extra buildings 4 buildings down from 49 |
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| What company designed the atari 7800 |
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| who purchased atari when warner sold it? |
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| What part of atari did warner keep and what did they name it? |
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| Coin operated games renamed Atari Games |
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| Nolan Bushnell's company manufacturer of high tech toys? |
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| What bear did Axlon make that was greatly outsold by teddy ruxpin? |
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| What company helped fund Nemo? |
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| What was the first interactive movie made by Isix? |
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| What was Nintendo's game system called in Japan? |
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| Conflict over what game spoiled the deal between Atari and Nintendo over Nintendo's new console? |
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| Donkey Kong rights sold to Coleco |
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| What venue did Nintendo choose to showcase it's new game console? |
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| CES Consumer Electronics Show |
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| What did Nintendo change the name of the Famicon to? |
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| AVS (Advanced Video System) |
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| What shooting game was the back to the future character addicted to? |
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| What was the toy robot sold with the nintendo system called? |
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| ROB (Robot Operating Buddy) |
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| What was the third name of the Famicon? |
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| NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) |
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| What console did ACG publish games for? |
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| What game sold 300k copies on the sinclair spectrum? |
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| What city did Nintendo decide to do a test run of the NES in? |
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| What term did they use in place of video game for the NES? |
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| What did nintendo offer with the first sales of its game system? |
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| In what game did Jumpman's name change to Mario? |
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| The camera following the character as it runs across screens is called |
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| What toy company did 5 ex atari executives create? |
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| What two toys made Worlds of Wonder a sucessful company? |
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| Teddy Ruxpin and Laser Tag |
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| What company created a system to compete with the NES? |
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| What game did nintendo made to break out of the mario style game? |
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| Who was the first US company to sign a licensing agreement with Nintendo? |
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| an abreviated form of Servie Games |
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| When the US passed laws restricting the use of slot machines in the US where di Mary Bromley take the confiscated machines? |
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| Japan set up game rooms for servicemen |
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| What business did Rosen find success with in Japan? |
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| Photomat booths with people to develop the photos |
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| What luxury product did Rosen import to Japan? |
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| Coin operated electro-mechanical games |
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| What indoor sport did Rosen bring to Japan? |
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| What was SEGA's first game? |
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| What American Arcade company did SEGA aquire? |
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| What were people protesting in regards to the Nintendo NES system? |
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| Japanese-American trade imbalance |
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| What other protests of the NES system were there? |
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| That children were spending too much time, third dungeon in Zelda was a swastika. The zapper light gun |
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| What were the four insufficiencies of older game systems that lead to their demise? |
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- Limited graphics and depth of play
-Played best in arcades
-too few colors
-poor audio and limited sound effects |
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| What was the first game sold as a conversion only? |
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| What 3 sigificant games did Nintendo release in 1987? |
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| The legend of zelda/ mike tyson's punch out/ metroid |
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| What was the first game to include an internal battery? |
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| What were the first games Konami made for the NES? |
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| Gradius, Track and Field, Rush N attack, Castlevania and double dribble |
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| What were the first games Taito made for the NES? |
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| Elevator Aciton legend of kage, araknoid |
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| which of Nintendo's early licensees had the most staying power? |
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| What device did Sega make for their console in 1987? What one did Nintendo? |
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| 3d glasses/ pot holder maker |
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| What was the first video game magazine called? |
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| What was nintendo power's most popular feature? |
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| What contest did Nintendo create to cast the company in a pro-education light? |
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| Invent te ultimate video game |
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| What game was putting a hamster in a microwave hidden in? |
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| What was super mario brothers 2 in Japan? |
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| What features in the Japanese Mario brothers 2 did they think american audiences woudln't like? |
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| poison mushrooms, driving rain and wind that knocked you while jumping |
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