Q 01/05

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

A) Sendai Gaming

B) Standard Games

C) Service Games

D) Seagull Amusements

Answer · why

C) Service Games

Service Games was named for its customers: it sold slot machines to US servicemen on military bases. The first two letters of each word gave the brand...

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

Which 1960s Sega submarine shooter was such a hit that it helped make 25 cents the standard US arcade price?

A) Periscope

B) Sea Wolf

C) SubRoc-3D

D) Zaxxon

Answer · why

A) Periscope

Periscope's cabinet was so large and costly to ship that Sega urged arcade owners to charge a premium. Players paid it, and the profits turned Sega fr...

Q 04/05

Which American conglomerate, already the owner of Paramount Pictures, bought Sega in 1969?

A) Warner Communications

B) Gulf and Western

C) Bally Manufacturing

D) RCA

Answer · why

B) Gulf and Western

Gulf and Western kept co-founder David Rosen in charge, then lost its nerve after the 1983 video game crash and sold Sega's Japanese arm back to him a...

Q 05/05

Which early-1980s Sega space shooter was one of the first games drawn in an angled isometric view?

A) Head On

B) Astro Blaster

C) Zaxxon

D) Space Fury

Answer · why

C) Zaxxon

Zaxxon tilted the playfield so that height mattered: players watched their ship's shadow and an altitude meter to judge whether they would clear each ...