Which 1994 game was the first in the Warcraft series, developed by Blizzard Entertainment?
Answer
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
99 History Of Video Games Trivia Questions with Answers
99 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1986 Nintendo game was the first to use a battery-backed save feature in its cartridge?
Answer
The Legend of Zelda
What was the first home video-game console to use interchangeable cartridges, released by Fairchild in 1976?
Answer
Fairchild Channel F
What was the first console add-on to use CD-ROM technology for video games?
Answer
PC Engine CD-ROM²
What was the first video-game magazine, launched in the United States in 1981?
Answer
Electronic Games
Which console was the first to include a built-in modem as standard equipment?
Answer
Sega Dreamcast
What was the name of Nintendo's first home console released outside Japan?
Answer
Nintendo Entertainment System
Which 1981 arcade game introduced Nintendo's character Donkey Kong?
Answer
Donkey Kong
What was Sega's first home video-game console?
Answer
SG-1000
Which 1993 video game helped prompt the creation of the ESRB ratings system?
Answer
Mortal Kombat
Which 1994 PC game was the first title in Blizzard’s Warcraft real-time strategy series?
Answer
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Which 1998 Nintendo 64 game introduced players to the Zelda world in three dimensions?
Answer
Ocarina of Time
What was Nintendo’s light-gun accessory for the original NES called?
Answer
NES Zapper
Which video game was the first to include a battery-backed save system?
Answer
The Legend of Zelda
What was the first hidden video-game Easter egg, placed in Atari's 1980 game Adventure?
Answer
Warren Robinett's name
What was the codename for Nintendo's Wii console during its development?
Answer
Revolution
Who created Tetris, the puzzle video game first developed in the Soviet Union in 1984?
Answer
Alexey Pajitnov
Who created Tennis for Two, the 1958 computer game often cited as an early video game?
Answer
William Higinbotham
Who created Minecraft, the sandbox video game first released publicly in 2009?
Answer
Markus Persson
Who created Space Invaders, the 1978 arcade game that helped popularize the shoot-'em-up genre?
Answer
Tomohiro Nishikado
What was the name of the first commercial home video game console, released by Magnavox in 1972?
Answer
Magnavox Odyssey