Trivia
HardWhat Was The World’s First Handheld Electronic Game?
Answer: Auto Race
The world’s first handheld electronic game was introduced by the Mattel corporation in 1976. Although incredibly simple by today’s handheld gaming standards, it was a revolutionary departure from the mechanical handheld amusements of the time.
Auto Race was at heart, literally, a calculator. Designers from Mattel approached Mark Lesser, a circuit design engineer at Rockwell International in their micro-electronics division. They challenged him to create a game that could use existing calculator microprocessors to drive a completely electronic game. The outcome of the project was Auto Race, a completely electronic game which was driven by tiny calculator processor, written entirely in assembly language, and that required less than 512 bytes of ROM space.
Players controlled the game via three electric switches used to start/reset the game, shift gears, and change lanes on the tiny monochromatic screen.
Although Auto Race is officially the first handheld electronic game, it lived in the shadow of Football, Mattel’s wildly successful second foray into the electronic handheld market released shortly after Auto Race.
Trivia
EasyWhat Was The First Console Video Game To Save A Player’s Progress?
Trivia
HardWhich Country Was The First To Launch A Domestic Non-Military Satellite?
Trivia
Very HardThe Bird With The Shortest Migration Route Is The?
Trivia
HardDuct Tape Was Originally Invented To Seal?
Trivia
Very HardMickey Mouse’s First Spoken Words Were?
Trivia
HardWhich Of These Actors Has Appeared In Star Trek, Star Wars, And Doctor Who?
Trivia
EasyMembers Of Which Of These Species Are Known To Cannibalize Each Other In The Womb?
Trivia
EasyThe Process Of Inserting Reversed “Hidden” Messages In Music Is Known As?
Trivia
HardThe Handkerchief Was Popularized By?