Q 01/05

In what year was the Famicom released in Japan?

A) 1983

B) 1984

C) 1985

D) 1986

Answer · why

A) 1983

It launched on July 15, 1983, the same day as Sega's SG-1000.

Q 02/05

Where did the NES first go on sale as a US test market in October 1985?

A) Los Angeles

B) New York

C) Chicago

D) Seattle

Answer · why

B) New York

Los Angeles followed in February 1986 and the nationwide launch came that September.

Q 03/05

Which engineer designed the 8-bit Famicom?

A) Gunpei Yokoi

B) Shigeru Miyamoto

C) Genyo Takeda

D) Masayuki Uemura

Answer · why

D) Masayuki Uemura

Uemura headed Nintendo Research & Development 2 from 1978.

Q 04/05

Which Nintendo president demanded a simple, cheap console that ran arcade games?

A) Hiroshi Yamauchi

B) Satoru Iwata

C) Fusajiro Yamauchi

D) Tatsumi Kimishima

Answer · why

A) Hiroshi Yamauchi

He personally decided the controller layout, casing shape and red-and-white look.

Q 05/05

The Famicom's hardware was based on that of which Nintendo arcade game?

A) Popeye

B) Mario Bros.

C) Radar Scope

D) Donkey Kong

Answer · why

D) Donkey Kong

The team even took a cabinet to chip maker Ricoh for analysis.