Atari-Era Home Video Games Trivia Quiz
Atari-era video game trivia explores the years when cartridge consoles brought arcade-style play into millions of living rooms. The questions cover competing systems, third-party publishers, early programming credits, controllers, movie tie-ins, and the industry's turbulent early 1980s.
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Rankings
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Strohs | 8 / 10 | 1:19 |
| 2 |
B
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Bsodek | 7 / 10 | 1:35 |
| 3 |
C
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Casie | 7 / 10 | 44:04 |
| 4 |
A
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Al | 6 / 10 | 1:24 |
| 5 |
W
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Wizard | 6 / 10 | 1:49 |
Top 5 today
| # | Player | Score | Time | |
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| 1 |
S
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Strohs | 8 / 10 | 1:19 |
| 2 |
B
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Bsodek | 7 / 10 | 1:35 |
| 3 |
C
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Casie | 7 / 10 | 44:04 |
| 4 |
A
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Al | 6 / 10 | 1:24 |
| 5 |
W
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Wizard | 6 / 10 | 1:49 |
Top 5 this week
| # | Player | Score | Time | |
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| 1 |
S
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Strohs | 8 / 10 | 1:19 |
| 2 |
B
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Bsodek | 7 / 10 | 1:35 |
| 3 |
C
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Casie | 7 / 10 | 44:04 |
| 4 |
A
|
Al | 6 / 10 | 1:24 |
| 5 |
W
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Wizard | 6 / 10 | 1:49 |
Top 5 of all players
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What This Quiz Covers
The quiz covers an early cartridge console, influential arcade conversions, competing home systems, independent game publishing, a jungle adventure, a hidden programmer credit, and a notorious movie-related release.
Trivia Study Guide ›
- Which successor system used analog-style joysticks with numeric keypads but struggled against its predecessor's enormous game library?
- Which company became the first major independent publisher of cartridges for Atari's home console?
- Which arcade game was bundled with ColecoVision and helped showcase the console's graphics?
- Which maze game's 1982 Atari home version became notorious for looking and playing very differently from the arcade hit?
- Which jungle adventure by David Crane became one of the biggest third-party hits for Atari's home console?
- Which toy company introduced the Intellivision home game system?
- Which console was originally sold as the Atari VCS before later receiving a numerical name?
- Which programmer hid his own name inside Adventure, creating a famous early video-game Easter egg?
- Which arcade conversion helped drive early sales of Atari's cartridge-based home console?
- Which heavily produced movie tie-in became closely associated with the 1983 North American video game crash?
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