WorksheetsVideo Game History
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 26mins
What console was introduced in North America in 1995?
The PlayStation
The Sega Saturn
The Virtual Boy
The Game Boy Color
What video game, released in 2013, was developed by Naughty Dog?
LittleBigPlanet 3
The Last of Us
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Ratchet & Clank Collection
What Nintendo console began using plastic casing instead of cardboard boxes?
The Wii
The Game Boy Advance
The DS
The GameCube
What console was the first to use CDs?
The Turbografx-16
The 3DO
The Sega CD
The PlayStation
What was the best selling SNES game?
Super Mario Bros. 3
Donkey Kong Country
F-Zero
Super Mario World
What console beat the NES in sales during 1988?
The Sega Master System
The Game Boy
The Sega Genesis
None
The Game Boy was less powerful than all these consoles except____
The Sega Game Gear
The Atari Lynx
The Sega Nomad
The Atari 5200
What console did the Sega Saturn outsell?
The Sega Dreamcast
The Wii U
The GameCube
The Sega Game Gear
What console made Sony lose $241.35 to produce one?
The PS2
The PS Vita
The PS3
The PS5
What is Nintendo's best selling home console?
The Wii
The NES
The SNES
The Switch
What is Microsoft's best selling console?
The Xbox 360
The Xbox
The Xbox One
The Xbox Series X/S
What is the best selling portable console of all time.
The 3DS
The PSP
The DS
The Game Boy and Game Boy Color
When did the Atari 2600 discontinue?
1986
1992
1983
1995
What was the best selling Xbox 360 game?
Halo 3
Gears of War 2
Kinect Adventures
Bioshock Infinite
What game in an RPG series sold 10 million units on the PlayStation?
Final Fantasy VII
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Tales of Symphonia
Dragon Quest IV
What combination caused the PS Vita to fail?
A terrible screen and no 3rd party support.
Terrible online service and a lack of compelling software.
The rise of mobile gaming and overly expensive forms of data storage.
The 3DS taking customers away and the need for AT&T sim cards to access cellular data.
What was the first all digital console released in North America.
The PSP Go
The Xbox One S All Digital
The PS5 Digital Edition
The Xbox Series S
What console was the first Spider-Man game on?
The PlayStation
The Atari 2600
The PS4
The N64
The PlayStation 4 released with how many launch titles?
14 Games
15 Games
22 Games
7 Games
What generation did Microsoft enter in the console market with the Xbox?
The 5th Generation
The 6th Generation
The 7th Generation
The 8th Generation
What video game caused a legal battle between Universal and Nintendo?
Super Mario Bros.
Tetris
The Terminator
Donkey Kong
When was Pong made?
1972
1958
1976
1983
How old is Tennis for Two as of 2022?
32 years old
64 years old
58 years old
60 years old
What is the naming choice behind the Xbox One?
It is the number one video game console.
It is the all in one video game console.
It is the only video game console.
It was Microsoft's first console.
Who was the first DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
Min Min
Mario
Byleth
Joker
In what order did each Nintendo home console come out?
NES, SNES, GameCube, N64, Wii U, Wii, Switch
N64, NES, SNES, Wii, GameCube, Wii U, Switch
NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, Switch
All are incorrect
What was the first 3DS model after the original?
The New 3DS
The 3DS Lite
The 2DS
The 3DS XL
What DS model does not have backwards compatibility with Game Boy Advance games?
The Original DS
The DS Lite
The DSI
The DS Portable
What came first Galaga, PAC-Man, or Centipede
Galaga
PAC-Man
Centipede
All came out in 1981
What was Nintendo's first handheld?
The Game Boy
The Game & Watch
The Nintendo Color TV
The Famicom
What video game company did Microsoft purchase in 2021.
Rare
Bungie
Bethesda
Activision Blizzard
All of these are official Nintendo add ons except...
The Famicom Disk System
The Super Game Boy
The Game Boy Advance Internet Connector
The Wii MotionPlus
The Game & Watch was first to use the form factor of what Nintendo Handheld?
The Game Boy
The Game Boy Advance SP
The DS
The Virtual Boy
What game was a launch title for the Xbox in 2001?
Dead or Alive 2
Shrek 2
Project Gotham Racing
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
The PS Vita's prototype name was named...
The PSP2
The PSPN
The NGP
The PSN
The DS and PSP are how many units apart and the winner was?
The DS won with around a 24 million unit difference.
The PSP won with around a 13 million unit difference.
The DS won with around a 74 million unit difference.
The PSP won with a 1.3 million unit difference.
Who was the father of the PlayStation?
Ken Kutaragi
Nobuyuki Idei
Shigeru Miyamoto
Jim Ryan
What console was the first to use interchangeable cartridges?
The Atari 2600
The Magnavox Odyssey
The Magnavox Odyssey 2
The Fairchild Channel F
How many Mario games were on the NES?
18
19
20
21
The Atari 2600/VCS used what type of video cable?
RGB cables.
RCA cables
RF cables
AV cables
What is the maximum storage for a Switch cartridge?
4MB
32MB
32GB
64GB
What was the best selling game on the PS2?
Gran Turismo 4
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Metal Gear Solid 2: Twin Snakes
Final Fantasy X
What PC game was originally going to be ported to the Dreamcast before being cancelled?
DOOM 3
Half-Life
Portal
Diablo
What year did the Xbox 360 S model release?
2005
2006
2008
2010
The original fat PS3 was able to play what games through backwards compatibility?
Only PS1 games
Only PS2 games
Both PS2 and PS1 games
Neither
The Wii's power level is closest to what console?
The N64
The PSP
The GameCube
The 3DS
What console did Sega use cardboard boxes for their games?
The Sega Master System
The Sega Genesis
The Sega 32X
The Sega CD
What console did the Souls series of games start on?
The Xbox 360
The PS3
The Xbox One
The PS4
What console is this?
The Colecovision
The Intellivision
The Atari 5200
The Atari Jaguar
What disk format did the Xbox 360 use?
HD DVD
Blu-Ray
CD
DVD
What console was the first to sell 100 million units?
The NES
The PlayStation
The PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 4
