Q 01/05

Peppy Hare's most famous Star Fox 64 line, now an internet meme, tells Fox to do which maneuver?

A) A loop-the-loop

B) A barrel roll

C) A U-turn

D) A nosedive

Answer · why

B) A barrel roll

A barrel roll makes the Arwing spin and deflect enemy laser fire. Pilots point out that the spin shown in the game is really an aileron roll.

Q 02/05

Which company's search page spins when users type Peppy Hare's famous instruction from Star Fox 64?

A) Yahoo

B) Microsoft

C) Google

D) Baidu

Answer · why

C) Google

Google added the hidden trick in November 2011 as a tribute to the Nintendo 64 game. The whole results page appears to turn a full circle on screen.

Q 03/05

Star Fox 64 was the first game to support which Nintendo 64 add-on, bundled in its box?

A) Rumble Pak

B) Expansion Pak

C) Controller Pak

D) Transfer Pak

Answer · why

A) Rumble Pak

The Rumble Pak brought force feedback to Nintendo consoles. It ran on two AAA batteries and plugged into the controller's memory cartridge slot.

Q 04/05

Star Fox's creator, a fan of TV's Thunderbirds, built what to photograph for the first game's cover?

A) Clay models

B) Paper cut-outs

C) Puppets

D) Wood carvings

Answer · why

C) Puppets

Puppets of Fox and his team were built and photographed for the box art. Larger ones made for a promotional video were destroyed once filming ended.

Q 05/05

Which Nintendo designer created Star Fox after regular visits to a fox shrine near the Kyoto office?

A) Satoru Iwata

B) Gunpei Yokoi

C) Masahiro Sakurai

D) Shigeru Miyamoto

Answer · why

D) Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto often walked to the shrine, about fifteen minutes from the office. He chose furry heroes because a standard science fiction cast of h...