Q.1
The PS1's first fighting game, Battle Arena Toshinden, was very quickly overshadowed by its contemporaries, primarily Tekken. However, it will always have the distinction of being the first what?
Fighting game to feature polygonal characters
Fighting game with FMV ending movies
Fighting game to be weapons-based in 3D
Fighting game with multiple female characters
Q.2
Probably the most forgotten of the U.S. launch titles, Philosoma is what type of game?
Puzzle
Adventure
RPG
Shooter
Q.3
What was the first PlayStation Ridge Racer game to feature a multiplayer mode?
Ridge Racer
Ridge Racer Revolution
Rage Racer
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Q.4
What was the ONLY first-party Sony sports game released in the PlayStation's first year (1995)?
NFL GameDay
NHL FaceOff
MLB Pennant Race
NBA ShootOut
Q.5
Between creating and putting in several years on Sega's Shining Force series and spending the rest of their careers making games for Nintendo, Camelot Software Planning took a brief detour into PlayStation development with Hot Shots Golf and what PS1 RPG?
Revelations: Persona
The Granstream Saga
Beyond the Beyond
Vandal Hearts
Q.6
Twisted Metal 2 has secret levels not only from its predecessor, but from what other early PlayStation game?
Destruction Derby
Jet Moto
Aquanaut's Holiday
Jumping Flash!
Q.7
True or false: The symbols on the PlayStation controller buttons were actually meant to represent their intended uses in games.
True
False
Q.8
Nintendo and Sony worked together for several years on an SNES CD add-on (that would eventually evolve into the PlayStation) until Nintendo announced an 11th-hour deal with what rival electronics company?
Panasonic
JVC
Toshiba
Phillips
Q.9
According to Phil Harrison, what was Ken Kutaragi famously most upset by upon first seeing PlayStation's short-lived North American mascot "Polygon Man?"
That he looked like an amalgam of Nintendo and Sega's iconography, having a spiky blue head like Sonic the Hedgehog and being purple like the trim color of the SNES console
That not having a body made him difficult to turn into toys and figurines
That he wasn't Gouraud shaded
That he'd remind people too much of The Lawnmower Man from the 1992 horror film.
Q.10
Why did a lot of owners of early PS1 consoles turn their systems upside down?
To prevent overheating
To "trick" the system into playing import or pirated games
To offset a design flaw that was making discs unreadable
To make the system run more quietly (based on a magazine's April Fool's Day joke)