Retro Technology
Instructions: Test your knowledge of the gadgets and technology of yesteryear!
- 1.
What was the name of the first commercially successful home video game console, released by Atari in 1977?
AAtari 5200BAtari LynxCAtari PongDAtari 2600 - 2.
What device, introduced by Sony in 1979, revolutionized portable music listening?
ASony DiscmanBSony BoomboxCSony WalkmanDSony Hi-Fi - 3.
Which early home computer, introduced in 1977, was one of the 'Trinity' of personal computers along with the Apple II and TRS-80?
AIBM PCBCommodore PETCCommodore 64DAltair 8800 - 4.
What was the standard speed of a vinyl record album (LP)?
A16 RPMB78 RPMC33⅓ RPMD45 RPM - 5.
Which format won the 'videotape format war' of the late 1970s and early 1980s?
AVHSBVideo 2000CLaserDiscDBetamax - 6.
What year did color television broadcasts begin regularly in the United States?
A1954B1965C1960D1948 - 7.
What was the name of the first mass-produced electronic calculator, introduced by Texas Instruments in 1967?
ADatamathBCal-Q-LaterCCal-TechDExactra - 8.
Which telephone feature, introduced in the 1960s, replaced operators for long-distance calls?
ADirect distance dialingBSpeed dialingCTouch-tone dialingDRotary dialing - 9.
What was the Polaroid camera famous for?
AUnderwater photographyBExtremely long zoom lensesCInstant self-developing photosD360-degree panoramas - 10.
Which IBM product, released in 1981, set the standard for personal computing?
AIBM PCBIBM ThinkPadCIBM SelectricDIBM System/360 - 11.
What was the name of the popular electronic game from 1978 that featured colored buttons you had to press in sequence?
ASpeak & SpellBSimonCMerlinDLite-Brite - 12.
What company introduced the first commercially successful microwave oven for home use in 1967?
AGeneral ElectricBWhirlpoolCKenmoreDAmana - 13.
What early word processing device was known as a 'memory typewriter' when IBM introduced it in 1964?
AIBM ComposerBIBM MT/STCIBM SelectricDIBM DisplayWriter - 14.
Which portable music format, introduced in 1963, featured a continuous loop of tape in a plastic cartridge?
ADAT tapeB8-track tapeCCassette tapeDReel-to-reel tape - 15.
What was the name of the first widely available electronic handheld game, released by Mattel in 1977?
AColeco Head-to-HeadBMattel FootballCGame BoyDMerlin