Deck 8: The 3D ERA

Question 1

Sega's first polygonal racing & fighting arcade games that helped pioneer the genre:

A) Hard Drivin' and Pit Fighter
B) Ridge Racer and Tekken
C) Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter
D) Mario Kart and Smash Bros.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The arcade mega complex GameWorks was formed by three companies, except:

A) Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks
B) Sega Enterprises
C) Sony Pictures
D) Universal Studios

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Who was not directly responsible for creating the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer?

A) Atari Lynx designer Dave Needle
B) Atari Lynx designer R. J. Mical
C) Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins.
D) Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following was not a trait of the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer system?

A) The first 5th generation, 32-bit console
B) Original launch price of $299.99
C) 3DO did not manufacture its own hardware
D) No regional copy protection on its games

Question 5

In addition to the 64-bit Jaguar, Atari was initially planning a 32-bit console called:

A) Leopard
B) Lynx
C) Panther
D) Tiger

Question 6

Which of these reasons have been blamed for Jaguar's sparse third-party support?

A) Complex, multiple processor architecture
B) Incomplete developer instructions
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above

Question 7

In order to give North American gamers a 32-bit experience before the U.S. launch of Saturn, Sega introduced an add-on to the Sega Genesis called the:

A) 32X
B) Nomad
C) Power Base Converter
D) None of the above

Question 8

Due to Saturn's early launch in the U.S., which store did not carry the system?

A) Toys "R" Us
B) Kay*bee Toys
C) Electronics Boutique
D) Software Etc.

Question 9

Who was the main designer of the Sony PlayStation?

A) Konosuke Matsushita
B) Akio Morita
C) Masaru Ibuka
D) Ken Kutaragi

Question 10

Which game publisher produced Final Fantasy VII as a PlayStation exclusive?

A) Namco
B) Squaresoft
C) Psygnosis
D) Rareware

Question 11

Prior to launching the N64, Nintendo released a portable, 32-bit table-top console capable of displaying monochrome 3D graphics using red LED technology called:

A) Game Boy Color
B) Project Reality
C) Ultra 32
D) Virtual Boy

Question 12

Why did Nintendo likely stay with a cartridge format for the N64?

A) Cartridges were harder to copy/pirate
B) Faster to boot up/with little to no load times
C) Production control/profit
D) All of the above

Question 13

Had exclusive titles NiGHTS into Dreams, Panzer Dragoon Saga, & Guardian Heroes:

A) 3DO
B) Saturn
C) PlayStation
D) Nintendo 64

Question 14

Which two consoles included internal storage memory for saving game data?

A) 3DO and Jaguar
B) Jaguar and Saturn
C) Saturn and 3DO
D) PlayStation and Nintendo 64

Question 15

Based its marketing campaign on targeting gamers around the age of 19:

A) Panasonic REAL 3DO
B) Sega Saturn
C) Sony PlayStation
D) Nintendo 64

Question 16

This console's controllers included 3.5mm headphones jacks and could also be "daisychained" for multiplayer gaming:

A) Sega Saturn
B) Nintendo 64
C) Sony PlayStation
D) Panasonic REAL 3DO

Question 17

The only 5^th generation system to only use cartridges as the sole format for its games:

A) Sega Saturn
B) Nintendo 64
C) Sony PlayStation
D) Panasonic REAL 3DO

Question 18

This system dominated the fifth generation in worldwide console sales:

A) Panasonic REAL 3DO
B) Nintendo 64
C) Sony PlayStation
D) Atari Jaguar

Question 19

Sega Saturn's demise in the U.S. was primarily because of:

A) Entering the fifth generation market too late
B) Fragmented marketing of platforms and sub-platforms like 32X
C) Too many product recalls due to bad chip sets
D) Direct competition from the N64 at its launch

Question 20

This console's "control stick" and force feedback (rumble) pioneered the way future video game controllers would be made:

A) Panasonic REAL 3DO
B) Sega Saturn
C) Sony PlayStation
D) Nintendo 64

Question 21

The 3DO used interpolation, a computer algorithm that essentially upscaled its graphics to 640×480 resolution.

Question 22

Around 200 games were released for the Atari Jaguar in the U.S., with more than 100 additional games that were released exclusively in Japan.

Question 23

With its two Hitachi SH2 32-bit RISC CPUs, the Sega Saturn was the first self-proclaimed 64-bit home console.

Question 24

The PlayStation initially began as a Super Nintendo CD add-on unit that was being developed by Sony.

Question 25

Compared to game cartridges, CD-ROMs are cheaper to manufacture.