1st + 2nd Gen Video Games
First game console with removable cartridges
What is Odyssey?
Full name of Nintendo's Famicom
What is Family Computer?
5th gen console that continued to use game cartridges because they were child friendly and harder to pirate.
What is Nintendo 64?
This game console was known for its bright colors, portability, and family-friendly appearance.
What is the Gamecube?
Shovelware
Poorly made games made by interdependent developers looking to make a quick buck off the game industry. Shovelware plagued the early American games market in the early 1980s and heavily contributed to the Games Crash of 1983.
First independent game developer and distributer
What is Activision?
This 1991 game revitalized the arcade scene.
What is Street Fighter II
5th Gen console that dominated worldwide sales from 1994 to 2001.
What is Playstation?
This 6th gen console used a special GD-ROM media format to play games
What is the Sega Dreamcast?
Famicom
Famicom or Family Computer was Nintendo's first home gaming console, which was later renamed and redesigined as the Nintendo Entertainment System for Western Markets. The Famicom symbolized Japan's technical prowess in games development and would serve as the primary platform by which Japan would try to penetrate the American market post 83 Crash and revitalize the games industry in America.
Game Consoles with Built-in Games
This person is famous for creations such as Donkey Kong, Zelda, and Mario
Who is Shigeru Miyamoto?
This toy store chain did not particpate in selling the Sega Saturn after its surprise launch in 1995.
What is KayBee Toys?
These two 6th gen consoles could also play DVDs
What is PS2 and Xbox?
Region Protection
Refers to either physical or digital means in enforcing which region a game can be played. Video game companies like Nintendo have special hardware restrictions that prevent their games from being played outside a given country in which games are marketed. Region protection prevents video game piracy and increases the game's quality. Region Protection was introduced in the aftermath of the Games Crash to implement more quality control in games production.
Decline of the video game market due to competition with computers, shovelware, and oversaturation.
What is the Video Game Crash of 1983?
First 4th gen console to feature a CD-ROM expansion.
What is PC Engine or TurboGrafx?
Sega Genesis add-on that served as a 32-bit stop gap before the proper release of the Sega Saturn
What is the Sega 32X?
Three reasons for how arcades in the late 1990s and early 2000s remained relevant and different from 6th gen home consoles.
Emphasis on food and beverage choice
Inclusion of various prize and redemption games
Motion controlled cabinets, 3D shooters, and rhythm games
CD ROM
Also known as Compact Disc. This is a revolutionary new media format that apeared in the late 1980s and 1990s. CDs were originally designed for use in Computers but would also find a home in the home console realm. CDs, unlike cartridges, were cheaper, lighter, and could hold more memory. This mean better, more ambitious, and graphically superior games.
MIT Student who developed "Spacewar!"
Who is Steve "Slug" Bushnell?
3rd Gen Console not renamed or redesigned for American market
What is Atari 7800?
This 5th console was an "interactive multiplayer". It could play different times of media from CDs to VCDs.
What is the 3DO?
The name of Nintendo Gamecube's first-party wireless controller
What is Wavebird?
Local Area Network
Also known as a LAN. Refers to a network of compnnected computers or game consoles within a small geographical aeras such as a home, computer lab, or campus. LAN allowed for early local multiplayer in PC and console games and dramatically altered the connectivity of the gaming industry and community as well as game design.