Q 01/05

The 1981 arcade Donkey Kong helped establish which video game genre?

A) Maze games

B) Platform games

C) Fighting games

D) Shoot 'em ups

Answer · why

B) Platform games

Platform games got their name later: when Donkey Kong arrived, American magazines simply called its ladders-and-girders style a 'climbing game'.

Q 02/05

In the instructions of the 1981 arcade Donkey Kong, the hero later renamed Mario was called what?

A) Jumpman

B) Pitfall Harry

C) Mr. Do

D) Dig Dug

Answer · why

A) Jumpman

Jumpman was renamed during the American launch, too late to reprint the instructions, so the machine's own paperwork and its sales flyer disagreed abo...

Q 03/05

Who designed the original Donkey Kong arcade game, his first as a game designer?

A) Takashi Tezuka

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

C) Satoru Iwata

D) Masahiro Sakurai

Answer · why

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto was a staff artist who could not program, so he drew the game on paper and engineers built it; he went on to create The Legend of Zel...

Q 04/05

The 1981 Donkey Kong was created to salvage unsold cabinets from which failed Nintendo arcade game?

A) Sheriff

B) Space Firebird

C) Radar Scope

D) Space Fever

Answer · why

C) Radar Scope

Radar Scope flopped in America and left a warehouse full of unsold cabinets, so Nintendo's US boss asked Japan for a new game that could be fitted ins...

Q 05/05

What was the name later given to the woman Donkey Kong kidnaps in the 1981 arcade game?

A) Daisy

B) Peach

C) Pauline

D) Rosalina

Answer · why

C) Pauline

Pauline was just 'Lady' in Japan; Nintendo of America's small staff renamed her after Polly James, the partner of the man who ran its warehouse.