Q 01/05

Sega's name is an abbreviation of which earlier company name?

A) Sega Enterprises

B) Standard Games

C) Service Games

D) Seagull Amusements

Answer · why

C) Service Games

It was first used in 1954 on a slot machine called the Diamond Star, built for US military bases.

Q 02/05

In which city was Sega's forerunner, Standard Games, founded in 1940?

A) Tokyo

B) Los Angeles

C) Manila

D) Honolulu

Answer · why

D) Honolulu

Three American businessmen set it up to supply coin-operated machines, including slots, to military bases.

Q 03/05

What was Sega's first self-made arcade machine, a submarine simulator released in 1966?

A) Periscope

B) Pong-Tron

C) Head On

D) Zaxxon

Answer · why

A) Periscope

Its success in US malls helped standardise the 25-cent-per-play price for arcade games.

Q 04/05

Which American conglomerate bought Sega in 1969?

A) Warner Communications

B) Gulf and Western

C) Bally

D) RCA

Answer · why

B) Gulf and Western

David Rosen stayed on as CEO; Gulf and Western later became Paramount's parent.

Q 05/05

Which 1982 Sega game was the first with isometric graphics?

A) Head On

B) Frogger

C) Zaxxon

D) Hang-On

Answer · why

C) Zaxxon

Three years earlier, Head On had introduced the eat-the-dots gameplay Namco later used in Pac-Man.