Classic Video Game History Quiz with 10 Questions

Test your knowledge of early arcade games, the first home console, Atari and Nintendo with 10 fact-checked questions.

Choose one answer per question. There’s no timer. You can skip a question; unanswered questions count as incorrect.

QUESTION 01Which game debuted on the PDP-1 at MIT in 1962 and let two players pilot spacecraft?

PongSpacewar!Computer SpaceSpace Invaders

QUESTION 02Who began developing the Brown Box television game prototype in 1966?

Al AlcornSteve RussellRalph BaerShigeru Miyamoto

QUESTION 03Which coin-operated video game did Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney design before Pong?

Computer SpaceDonkey KongPAC-MANSpace Invaders

QUESTION 04Which system introduced in 1972 is described by the Computer History Museum as the first home game console?

Atari VCSNintendo FamicomMagnavox OdysseyNintendo Entertainment System

QUESTION 05Which Atari engineer designed the arcade game Pong?

Ralph BaerNolan BushnellAl AlcornSteve Russell

QUESTION 06What later name is commonly used for Atari's 1977 Video Computer System?

Atari 7800Atari 2600ColecoVisionGame Boy

QUESTION 07Which company released the arcade game Space Invaders in 1978?

NintendoAtariTaitoNamco

QUESTION 08In which year was PAC-MAN originally released as a coin-operated arcade game?

1972197719801985

QUESTION 09Which 1981 Nintendo arcade game featured a hero initially called Jumpman?

The Legend of ZeldaDonkey KongMetroidPong

QUESTION 10What was the name of Nintendo's 1983 Japanese home console that became the NES in North America?

Game & WatchAtari VCSFamily Computer or FamicomSega Master System

Keep your curiosity going.