Consoles, Classics & Code
Ten questions from the arcade era to the modern console, each with the reason the title or machine mattered.
About this topic
Games are an enormous field with a short history, which makes the landmarks unusually easy to identify. This quiz covers the studios and consoles that defined each era, the handful of titles that changed what was commercially possible, and the genre abbreviations that get used without explanation. The explanations supply the context rather than just the date, since what makes a game historically important is rarely when it came out. No play experience required.
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