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Console History Quiz: 12 Questions on Gaming Hardware

Gaming · 12 questions · Hard

Console history is a story of format wars. Cartridge against disc, sprite against polygon, motion control against raw power. Each generation was decided as much by launch line-ups and pricing as by the hardware inside the box.

These twelve questions cover the machines themselves: release years, the games that sold them and a few hardware details that only get remembered by people who owned one. This is the hardest quiz in the set so far, so do not be discouraged by an early miss.

Explanations include the context that makes each answer stick.

Before you start

  • Anchor yourself with a few release years and work outwards.
  • Pack-in games are often the giveaway for a console's identity.
  • Handhelds and home consoles are treated as separate lines here.
  • One question per page. Choose an answer and you will see whether you were right, plus why.
  • Restarting is only available after you reach the final results page, so your level reflects a complete run.
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