Exam 14: Mobile and Casual Change the Game

The N-Gage Platform (also called "N-Gage 2.0") was a flip phone version of the original, dedicated N-Gage gaming phone.

The first generation of iPhones did not include Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) support for sending or receiving multimedia messages.

Which of the following titles is not an "endless runner" style of game?

By this year, high end smartphones began to be released with 2,560×1,440 "Quad HD" resolutions and there were more than double the number of Android users compared to iOS users:

In the mobile gaming world, "fragmentation" is the result of different platforms using different operating systems, which results in more work for developers to port games.

One of the biggest mobile releases of 2016, bringing augmented reality (AR) to mainstream audiences and its social element led to a phenomenon of players going for walks together and/or meeting other players in the physical world:

In 2017, Sony introduced a series of __________ titles (such as Hidden Agenda by Supermassive Games) allowing players to use iOS or Android devices as controllers.

Early mobile games used the primitive Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) as the standard technology for connecting to the Internet.

Pioneered the smartphone revolution with its multimedia features and App Store:

Which of the following was not true of the Tiger Telematics Gizmondo?

Aside from ports of Tetris, this game programmed by Finnish developer Taneli Armanto for the Nokia 6110 was one of the first mainstream mobile games:

Helped lead the mass adoption of the first smartphones in Japan with its subscription-based online gaming platform called i-mode in 1999:

Which of the following is not a common characteristic of a casual game?

A common monetization method used by modern mobile games:

Considered the first smartphone, with features like an address book, appointment scheduler, calculator, calendar, notepad, and world time clock:

Popularized the tile-matching genre on mobile, often called "match three" games:

Today, Android commands more than __________ of the mobile OS market share across the globe, with just below a 60 percent market share in the U.S.

A common trend with early mobile games was to develop games first on Android and then port them over to iOS after the bugs were worked ouT

The original Nokia N-Gage featured a game card slot that was located:

The first mobile service provider used by Apple for the iPhone: