Developers & History

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1. 1.What term describes the 1983 collapse of the North American home video game market?

   • A. The cartridge shortage
   • B. The byte recession
   • C. The great console war
   • D. The video game crash of 1983
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   The video game crash of 1983

   Did you know? Commonly cited figures show the market falling from billions of dollars in 1983 to a fraction by 1985.

2. 2.Which video game developer is the developer of the main Pokémon role-playing games?

   • A. Guerrilla Games
   • B. Game Freak
   • C. SNK
   • D. Bethesda Game Studios
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   Game Freak

   Did you know? Game Freak began as a gaming magazine before making games.

3. 3.Which Core Design designer created Lara Croft in 1996?

   • A. Warren Spector
   • B. Shinji Mikami
   • C. Toby Gard
   • D. Jonathan Blow
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   Toby Gard

   Did you know? Toby Gard directed the original Tomb Raider.

4. 4.Which company's name comes from the words "Service Games"?

   • A. Namco
   • B. Atari
   • C. Taito
   • D. Sega
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   Sega

   Did you know? Sega began by supplying amusement machines to American military bases.

5. 5.Which 1978 arcade game is often credited with opening the industry's golden age?

   • A. Pong
   • B. Pac-Man
   • C. Space Invaders
   • D. Donkey Kong
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   Space Invaders

   Did you know? Taito's Space Invaders created a template for arcade shooters.

6. 6.In which year was the first Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, held?

   • A. 1996
   • B. 1993
   • C. 1995
   • D. 1994
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   1995

   Did you know? The first E3 took place in Los Angeles in May 1995.

7. 7.Which video game developer is the Belgian studio behind Divinity and Baldur's Gate 3?

   • A. Larian Studios
   • B. Namco
   • C. Crystal Dynamics
   • D. Valve
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   Larian Studios

   Did you know? Baldur's Gate 3 was released in full in 2023.

8. 8.Which pulled Atari game was found buried in a New Mexico landfill during a 2014 excavation?

   • A. Pac-Man
   • B. SwordQuest
   • C. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
   • D. Custer's Revenge
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   E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

   Did you know? Atari had buried unsold cartridges in Alamogordo in 1983.

9. 9.Which video game developer is the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds?

   • A. Namco
   • B. Bethesda Game Studios
   • C. Supergiant Games
   • D. Obsidian Entertainment
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   Obsidian Entertainment

   Did you know? Obsidian Entertainment was founded in 2003 by former Black Isle developers.

10. 10.Which video game developer is the PlayStation studio behind God of War?

    • A. Valve
    • B. Santa Monica Studio
    • C. Rockstar Games
    • D. Game Freak
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    Santa Monica Studio

    Did you know? Santa Monica Studio also supports other external PlayStation projects.

11. 11.Which video game developer is the studio behind Spyro the Dragon and Ratchet & Clank?

    • A. Insomniac Games
    • B. Rockstar Games
    • C. Blizzard Entertainment
    • D. SNK
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    Insomniac Games

    Did you know? Insomniac Games was founded in 1994 in California.

12. 12.Which video game developer is the Tokyo company behind Castlevania and Metal Gear?

    • A. Square Enix
    • B. Namco
    • C. Konami
    • D. Supergiant Games
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    Konami

    Did you know? Konami was founded in 1969, beginning in amusement machines.

13. 13.Which video game developer is the studio behind Bastion, Transistor and Hades?

    • A. Game Freak
    • B. BioWare
    • C. Mojang Studios
    • D. Supergiant Games
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    Supergiant Games

    Did you know? Supergiant Games was founded in 2009 in California.

14. 14.Which video game developer is the British studio that created Tomb Raider in 1996?

    • A. Taito
    • B. Team Cherry
    • C. Core Design
    • D. BioWare
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    Core Design

    Did you know? Core Design was part of the Eidos group.

15. 15.Which video game developer is the British studio behind Donkey Kong Country and GoldenEye 007?

    • A. Insomniac Games
    • B. Rare
    • C. Game Freak
    • D. Core Design
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    Rare

    Did you know? Rare was founded as Ultimate Play the Game in 1985.

16. 16.Which video game developer was founded in 1979 by former Atari developers?

    • A. Electronic Arts
    • B. Activision
    • C. Bethesda Game Studios
    • D. Taito
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    Activision

    Did you know? Activision is often called the first independent third-party console developer.

17. 17.Which video game developer is the Osaka company behind the Neo Geo and King of Fighters?

    • A. Square Enix
    • B. Larian Studios
    • C. BioWare
    • D. SNK
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    SNK

    Did you know? SNK was founded in 1978.

18. 18.Which video game developer is the Finnish studio behind Max Payne and Control?

    • A. Supergiant Games
    • B. Rockstar Games
    • C. Remedy Entertainment
    • D. BioWare
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    Remedy Entertainment

    Did you know? Remedy Entertainment was founded in 1995.

19. 19.Which video game developer is the studio behind Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect?

    • A. BioWare
    • B. Capcom
    • C. Obsidian Entertainment
    • D. Team Cherry
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    BioWare

    Did you know? BioWare was founded in Canada in 1995.

20. 20.Which video game developer released Space Invaders, the 1978 arcade landmark?

    • A. SNK
    • B. Capcom
    • C. Taito
    • D. Larian Studios
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    Taito

    Did you know? Taito became part of the Square Enix group.

21. 21.Which company held the patents behind Atari's early Pong settlement?

    • A. Magnavox
    • B. Midway
    • C. Coleco
    • D. Taito
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    Magnavox

    Did you know? The Magnavox patents came from Ralph Baer's Odyssey work.

22. 22.Which video game developer is the studio behind Flow, Flower and Journey?

    • A. Tectoy
    • B. Blizzard Entertainment
    • C. thatgamecompany
    • D. Bungie
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    thatgamecompany

    Did you know? thatgamecompany was founded by Kellee Santiago and Jenova Chen.

23. 23.Which 1962 program developed at MIT is widely considered an influential first computer game?

    • A. Tennis for Two
    • B. Colossal Cave Adventure
    • C. Pong
    • D. Spacewar!
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    Spacewar!

    Did you know? Spacewar! spread through early university computer labs.

24. 24.Which video game developer is the long-time Nintendo partner behind Kirby?

    • A. FromSoftware
    • B. Konami
    • C. Mojang Studios
    • D. HAL Laboratory
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    HAL Laboratory

    Did you know? HAL Laboratory's name references HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

25. 25.Which video game developer took over the Tomb Raider series from Core Design?

    • A. Konami
    • B. FromSoftware
    • C. Crystal Dynamics
    • D. Epic Games
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    Crystal Dynamics

    Did you know? Crystal Dynamics is based in California.

26. 26.Which video game developer is the small Australian studio behind Hollow Knight?

    • A. Activision
    • B. Ubisoft
    • C. Team Cherry
    • D. Obsidian Entertainment
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    Team Cherry

    Did you know? Hollow Knight was funded through a 2014 Kickstarter campaign.

27. 27.Which video game developer is the Nintendo studio behind Fire Emblem?

    • A. Intelligent Systems
    • B. Blizzard Entertainment
    • C. Larian Studios
    • D. Guerrilla Games
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    Intelligent Systems

    Did you know? Intelligent Systems also develops the Paper Mario games.

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