Q 01/05

Unlike the PlayStation and Sega Saturn, 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, but the small, costly format pushed third-party publishers such as 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 supplied the SNES sound chip; when the CD deal collapsed, Sony turned the project into its own console.

Q 03/05

At the first E3 in 1995, Sega surprised retailers by launching the Saturn in the US that day at what price?

A) $249

B) $299

C) $399

D) $349

Answer · why

C) $399

Sony's answer from the same stage was a one-word price for the PlayStation, $299, and stores left out of the early launch such as KB Toys refused to s...

Q 04/05

How many Power Stars are there to collect in Super Mario 64?

A) 60

B) 120

C) 90

D) 100

Answer · why

B) 120

Collect all of them and Yoshi appears on the castle roof with a message from the developers and 100 extra lives.

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

Navi's job was partly to explain Z-targeting to players, and pressing the top C-button calls her for a hint.