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Sixty years ago, the first computer games were ______.
sold
broken
made
Back then, people didn’t have ______ in their homes.
computers
games
TVs
Computers were huge and very ______.
cheap
expensive
fast
Early computers played simple games like ______ or checkers.
Fortnite
Minecraft
tic-tac-toe
Then in the 1960s, an engineer named ______ Baer had an idea.
Robert
Richard
Ralph
Most homes had ______.
TVs
phones
fridges
Ralph Baer made his first “Brown Box,” which let users play different ______ on their TVs.
movies
games
songs
In the 1980s, families began to buy ______.
computers
motorcycles
smartphones
Today, millions of people play computer games on their ______ and ______.
tablets / radios
TVs / computers
phones / books
Ralph Baer's invention allowed people to play different games on their TVs.
true
false
Some of the early computer games were slow and not very interesting.
false
true
The author's mom encouraged playing computer games for more than one hour each evening.
true
false
The author mentions using a laptop for both games and homework.
false
true
The "Brown Box" was created before the 1960s.
false
true
In the 1980s, only schools had access to computers.
true
false
The author enjoys computer games about robots.
true
false
