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1. The objective of Atari's "Asteroids!" was to destroy a field of, you guessed it, asteroids floating across the screen. What other objects did you need to destroy before they destroyed you?
2. In answer to 1978's "Space Invaders" by Taito, rival company Namco released their own version of aliens attacking. Improvements on the original included alien ships that could divebomb and actual RGB colours! What did they call it?
3. Atari's "Lunar Lander" had you maneuvering your module to set down on the lunar surface as gently as you could. This was simply done using magnetics.
4. From Vectorbeam, this racing game was the earliest first-person driving game to use vector graphics. Quick! What was it called?
5. Atari's arcade version of this sport utilized an angled side view for the first time. What game?
6. Another popular game from Vectorbeam had you at the back of a spaceship shooting down enemy spacecraft to prevent them from slipping past your cannons. Named for your position on the ship, what was the game called?
7. Considered a precursor to "Pac-Man", in this game from Sega you had a car driving in one direction around the screen with five different lanes, collecting dots along the way. You could change lanes, which was a good thing, because there was a car going in the opposite direction. What the type of collision you had to avoid, which was also the name of the game?
8. Logitec Corp's "Ozma Wars" put you in a spaceship with a scrolling vertical screen where you had to shoot meteors, comets and alien spaceships coming towards you. Rather than having 'lives', what renewable power source did you have that, once depleted, meant the end of your game?
9. Suspiciously similar to the trench run on the Death Star from "Star Wars: Episode IV", this game from Cinematronics was unique for the 3D effect it managed to produce using vector graphics. What was it called?
10. Also known as "Bandido", this Nintendo game involved the rescue of a 'damsel in distress' by vanquishing sixteen bandits keen on shooting you. Named for your law-upholding character, what was the game?
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