Q 01/05

In which country did the Game Boy go on sale first?

A) United States

B) Canada

C) Japan

D) Germany

Answer · why

C) Japan

It launched there on April 21, 1989, three months before North America.

Q 02/05

In which year did the Game Boy first go on sale?

A) 1991

B) 1989

C) 1993

D) 1995

Answer · why

B) 1989

Japan got it on April 21 and North America on July 31 of the same year.

Q 03/05

Which puzzle game was bundled with the Game Boy outside Japan?

A) Dr. Mario

B) Columns

C) Kirby's Dream Land

D) Tetris

Answer · why

D) Tetris

Henk Rogers argued it would appeal to everyone, while Mario mainly appealed to young boys.

Q 04/05

Which Nintendo engineer led the division that designed the Game Boy?

A) Gunpei Yokoi

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

C) Hiroshi Yamauchi

D) Masayuki Uemura

Answer · why

A) Gunpei Yokoi

His assistant Satoru Okada pushed for cartridges and took day-to-day charge of the project.

Q 05/05

Which handheld line did Nintendo's 1989 console succeed?

A) Virtual Boy

B) Pokémon Mini

C) Color TV-Game

D) Game & Watch

Answer · why

D) Game & Watch

Each of those earlier devices was locked to a single game on a pre-printed segmented LCD.