Video Games and Their Platforms Quiz

Answer: Nintendo

"Super Mario Brothers" was the first of the "Super Mario" series of games. Originally Mario was going to be called Jumpman and he was a carpenter, not a plumber.

Answer: Commodore 64

"Tetris" was invented by a Russian programmer, Alexey Pajitnov. Tetris was first published for the Commodore 64 computer. In 1989, the game came free with the Game Boy which helped to make the Game Boy extremely popular.

Answer: Arcade

"Pac-Man" was created by a Japanese video game designer, Toru Iwatani, and released in 1980. Iwatani stated that the reason he created Pac-Man was "to attract female gamers" because, at the time, video games were very much a masculine pursuit.

Answer: PlayStation

"Final Fantasy Tactics" was created by Yasumi Matsuno, a Japanese video game designer. Matsuno states that his game design was heavily influenced by the original "Star Wars" trilogy. "Final Fantasy Tactics" is set in a fictional medieval kingdom called Ivalice.

Answer: Xbox

"Halo: Combat Evolved" was the first game of the "Halo" franchise. It was released in 2001 and was created by Bungie, a subsidiary of Microsoft at that time, for the original Xbox game console.

Answer: Genesis/Sega Mega Drive

"Sonic the Hedgehog" was created for Sega by a Japanese team consisting of Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara. Sonic is a blue hedgehog because the Sega logo is blue and Sega wanted Sonic, their mascot, to be the same colour.

Answer: PC

"Doom" is a science fiction and horror-themed game which originated as a "tie-in" with the movies "Aliens" and "Evil Dead II". The actual title, "Doom", was inspired by a line from the movie, "The Colour of Money".

Answer: GameCube

"Metroid Prime" is a science fiction/adventure game in which the player assumes the role of a bounty hunter battling space pirates. It is the first story in a trilogy. The second and third games in the trilogy are "Metroid Prime 2: Echoes" and "Metroid Prime 3: Corruption".

Answer: Wii

"Super Mario Galaxy" is a 3-D action/adventure game which was developed by Nintendo for the Wii console. Mario has to travel across galaxies to rescue Princess Peach and save the universe.

Answer: PlayStation 3

"Journey" is a single- or multi-player game created by an "indie" (independent) developer, Thatgamecompany, and published by Sony for the Play Station 3. Journey's Creative Director, Jenova Chen, wanted to get away from the "defeat/kill/win" mentality of most games.

He said "Our focus for 'Journey' was to make the player feel small and to feel wonder, so when they run into each other in an online environment, rather than thinking about how am I supposed to use my gun on the other player, we wanted them to feel a connection to another player".