Q 01/05

Unlike the PlayStation, the Nintendo 64 stored its games on what?

A) ROM cartridges

B) CD-ROMs

C) MiniDiscs

D) Zip disks

Answer · why

A) ROM cartridges

Nintendo cited faster loading and piracy concerns for ROM cartridges, but the small, costly format pushed Square toward Sony.

Q 02/05

Sony's PlayStation grew out of a failed deal to build a CD-ROM add-on for which console?

A) Sega Genesis

B) Atari Jaguar

C) Neo Geo

D) Super Nintendo

Answer · why

D) Super Nintendo

Sony engineer Ken Kutaragi had already designed the Super Nintendo's sound chip, and when the CD-ROM deal collapsed, Sony built its own console.

Q 03/05

At the first E3 in 1995, which console did Sega surprise-launch in US stores that same day?

A) Sega Saturn

B) Sega 32X

C) Sega Nomad

D) Sega Game Gear

Answer · why

A) Sega Saturn

The Sega Saturn's $399 surprise launch soon backfired when Sony's Steve Race walked on stage, said just '$299', and walked off to cheers.

Q 04/05

Who waits on Super Mario 64's castle roof after all 120 stars?

A) Yoshi

B) Toad

C) Peach

D) Wario

Answer · why

A) Yoshi

Yoshi waits there with a message from the developers, 100 extra lives and a fancier triple jump.

Q 05/05

In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, what is the name of the fairy who guides Link?

A) Tatl

B) Ciela

C) Fi

D) Navi

Answer · why

D) Navi

Designer Yoshiaki Koizumi wanted more than a plain targeting marker, so he made a winged ball of light called the Fairy Navigation System, nicknamed N...