Vocab
Cheat Codes
Potpourri
Pretest Questions
Systems
100
Part of the Wii controller that reads how fast the remote moves.
What is Accelerometer?
100
Dedicated. Performs a special or specific function.
What is Dedicated?
100
Converting computer code from one system to work on a different system
What is Porting?
100
The visual images you see on the screen.
What is a graphic?
100
It was the first generation 7 system released.
What is the Xbox 360?
200
Memory chip that retains stored information even when power is turned off.
What is Flash memory?
200
Resources and technology used by existing firms that are difficult to obtain by others who would want to compete in the market.
What is Barrier to entry?
200
Allow the player move in real space to affect game play.
What is Motion Based Controller?
200
The technology for storing high-definition video on a disc; the laser reader is 405 nanometers in width and is violet blue.
What is a Blu-Ray?
200
It had the most advanced user interface at the time of its release.
What is the WII?
300
Colloquial phrase for a broken Xbox 360 that displays a red ring around the power button.
What is Red ring of death?
300
Imaginary bright spot in a game that projects virtual light in a single direction.
What is a Lamp?
300
Burned spot on an optical disc that occurs when the disc gets too close to the laser or the disc stops spinning allowing the laser to stay in the same place for too long.
What is a Laser Burn?
300
The video game generation dominated by three big manufacturers in the video game console market: Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.
What is generation 7?
300
Generation 7 video game console manufactured by Sony.
What is the Play Station 3 (PS3)?
400
First game console produced by Microsoft; became a major player in the market.
What is Xbox?
400
Measurement equal to 1/1,000,000,000th of a meter.
What is a Nanometers?
400
Games played on a personal computer instead of a dedicated game system.
What is PC gaming?
400
Memory chip that retains stored information even when power is turned off.
What is a flash memory?
400
Its USP is greater player immersion.
What is the WII's USP?
500
How experimental gaming technology is later used in mainstream products.
What is a Technology transfer?
500
Wireless technology that relays information via radio frequency signal.
What is Bluetooth?
500
Very small or narrow market segment.
What is a Niche market?
500
Nintendo's generation 7 video game console.
What is the Wii?
500
One of Microsoft's biggest proprietary game.
What is Halo?