Gaming Companies
What company created the PS 1-5?
Sony
What is Tennis for Two?
(Considered) The first ever video game
What is the Magnavox Odyssey?
The first at-home console.
What does HTML stand for?
Hypertext Markup Language
What does JavaScript create?
Interactive effects on the webpage.
What company created XBOX?
Extra 50 points: What is the game that was exclusively released for XBOX when it first came out?
Microsoft
Extra points: Halo
What does RPG stand for?
Role-playing games
What makes the Fairchild Channel F notable?
It was the first console to use swappable cartridges.
What is a tag that has both an opening and a closing?
Paired tags
What does JavaScript commonly assist?
Extra 50pts: What is the percentage of webpages use JavaScript?
HTML
98.7%
What are the major online expansions offered by XBOX and PlayStation?
Live/Gold Pass, Plus (Extra or Premium)
What does MMO stand for?
Massive-multiplayer online.
What is one thing the NES introduced?
Platformers, RPGs, and adventure games.
What are empty tags?
Tags with no closing.
What kind of programming language is JavaScript?
Object-oriented programming.
What notable consoles did Sega create?
The Master System & Saturn
What are Platformers?
2-D games where your character runs/jumps on flat surfaces, usually an adventure game.
What generations are symbolized by the Nintendo 64?
Gen X & Millennials
What does the <body></body> tag display?
Content the user sees.
What do basic commands do?
Make an object do an action.
Name the 3 gaming companies that helped to pave the way for all other gaming companies.
Sega, Atari, Namco
What were the most common types of games in the 1950s and 1960s? Think of what was happening historically during this time period.
Outer space/ spaceship simulator games.
What are two examples of handhelds?
PSP, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advanced, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo DS (2DS or 3DS)
What is the difference between the <DOCTYPE!html> tag and <html></html> tag?
The DOCTYPE tag tells the program what HTML type is being used.
The html tag tells the program when/where the HTML code is starting.
What does a variable definition command do?
Sets the variable to a new value/name.