Chapter 10 Review Questions

Not enough arcade games were being made

Arcades declined in the United States for all of the following reasons, except:

Microsoft

Chose Toys "R" Us in the heart of Times Square for its launch party, handing out Krispy Kreme donuts as customers waited in line:

GameCube

Introduced the earliest first-party wireless controller with the WaveBird:

the internal "Katana" project by longtime Sega console designer Hideki Sato

Sega's Dreamcast began as two separate projects. In the end, the company went with:

Vector processing units

The PS2's CPU took some time for programmers to grasp, since it operated best in tandem with the console's:

128-bit "Emotion" RISC processor

The central processing unit for the PlayStation 2:

GameCube

This compact, portable, friendly-looking system included a curved handle for easy carrying:

Microsoft

This company acquired game developer Bungie Studios in June 2000.

Nintendo GameCube

This console never fully realized the importance of online gaming:

Microsoft Xbox

This console's version of cross-platform games typically looked sharper—often containing extra details such as lighting and bump mapping effects not included on the other systems:

Electronic Arts

This third-party developer decided not to develop games for the Dreamcast:

all of the above

Venues like Chuck E. Cheese's and Dave & Buster's have been successful from their:

GD-ROM (Gigabyte Disc, 1.2GB)

Which format did Dreamcast use for its game media?

Sony PlayStation 2

Which game console totally dominated the generation in total number of units sold?

Its GPU could run eight simultaneous effects layers to a polygon

Which of the following features was not a characteristic of the Microsoft Xbox?

GameCube and Dreamcast

Which systems were incapable of DVD playback?