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| What happened to NES sales the year Genesis released (1990)? |
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| NES had its most lucrative year to that point. |
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| What companies did Nintendo allow to produce more than the maximum 5 games per year, and how? |
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| Acclaim and Konami, by publishing extra titles under different names. Acclaim = LJN, Konami = Ultra |
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| What two games did Ultra create in 1990, and who was Ultra really? |
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| Metal Gear, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Ultra was Konami |
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| Who replaced Michael Katz at Sega of America? |
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| Where did Tom Kalinske get his start? |
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| Mattel where he made Malibu Barbie |
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| How did Mattel get around mistreatment by networks regarding advertising? |
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| By creating TV shows to push toys to kids. Shows like HeMan and the Masters of the Universe |
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| What was Sega's slogan with the Genesis? |
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| "Gensis does what Nintendon't!" |
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| What were Kalinske's four point strategy for making the Gensis a success in the US? |
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1. Drop the price from $189 to $149
2. Replace Altered Beast with Sonic the Hedgehog
3. Assemble a US team to make more US-suited titles.
4. Attack Nintendo in advertisements |
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| The creator of Sonic also created... |
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| Phantasy Star and Ghouls n' Ghosts |
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| Who created Sonic the hedgehog? |
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| How did Sonic come about? |
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| Sega put out a company wide call for a mascot character similar to Mario. |
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| What was the scene like in japan when the Super Famicon released? |
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| A frenzy that slowed down Tokyo and forced to police to ask companies to only release game systems on the weekend. |
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| What game came packed in with the SNES? |
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| Super Mario World (AKA the best one, you know it.) |
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| What TV show had a son running off to play genesis with friends while his parents played SNES? |
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| What baseball team did Yamauchi (Nintendo) purchase 60% of? |
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| What was the response to a Japanese corporation buying an American baseball team? |
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| Resentment from both Americans and Japanese citizens |
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| How many games did Yamauchi attend after buying an MLB team? |
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| Who did Yamauchi suggest as a pitcher that was passed on by his team, and what was the result? |
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| Hideo Nomo, and went on to get Rookie of the Year with the Dodgers |
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| What happened when Acclaim execs went to Germany? |
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| why did Acclaim execs go to germany? |
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| To break off exclusivity with Nintendo. |
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| After Acclaim broke ranks with Nintendo, who all left, and who stayed? |
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| Everyone not Squaresoft, and Squaresoft. |
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| What happened to Rare in the early part of the 16-bit era? |
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| They fell off the map, taking time off from game to re-examine their stance on creativity as a company. |
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| Who created Street Fighter II? |
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| How did Okamoto become a game designer? |
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| he was "tricked" into it by being hired as a graphic designer |
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| What game inspired Okamoto to make Gyruss and Time Pilot? |
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| What company did Okamoto work for, and who did he leave that company for? |
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| Konami, Capcom. he left Konami because they wanted to give him a tiny raise. So small. |
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| What was the first fighting game Okamoto made, and what inspired it? |
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| Final Fight, Double Dragon II. |
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| what three big elements did the team behind Street Fighter II keep from street Fighter 1? |
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1. Energy Blasts
2. ken
3. Ryu |
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| What home console was Street Fighter II exclusive to? |
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| What was the Genesis advantage of the SNES? |
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| Lots more games, and a much lower sale price |
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| What was the ratio of Genesis games to SNES games? |
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| What was the Sega Loony Bin? |
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| A room where Sega would invite company employees in for loose reviews of games. |
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At the end of commercials, somebody would look into the camera and yell, "SEGA!"
(Imagine if they yelled, "SERVICE GAMES!") |
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| What did research by Sony reveal about the views of teenage boys on Nintendo? |
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| Those who owned Nintendo products would not admit to owning it. |
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| The Japanese name of the Sega CD. |
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| How did the first people to boot up a Sega CD go about it? |
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| The Sega of America team had to rig one up because Sega Japan didn't send them a working unit. |
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| T/F: Sega CD was meant to upgrade the graphic quality of the Genesis. |
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| -=FALSE=- It was really just a storage expansion. |
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| What happened to the Nintendo Play Station? |
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One day after letting Sony announce they were working with Nintendo, the big N announced a partnership with Phillips, igniting a raging vendetta that would see this world scorched!
Also, it never came out. |
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| What CD-ROM game was Nintendo interested in for the Nintendo Play Station? |
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| What company did Tom Zito start after renewed interest in his interactive-videos? |
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| What two games did the Sega-CD obtain from the failed Nemo project? |
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| Sewer Shark and Night trap |
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| Which two celebrities were in some of Digital Picture's CD-ROM games? |
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| Corey Haim, Debbie Harry. (OK, so not great celebrities..) |
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| What made PC games rise up in the latter part of the 16-bit era? |
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1. Better sound cards
2. CD-Rom drives |
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| What made PC games rise up in the latter part of the 16-bit era? |
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1. Better sound cards
2. CD-Rom drives |
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| What 3 killer apps put PC games into the mainstream in the early 90's? |
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1. Myst
2. The 7th Guest
3. Doom |
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| What was id's first release? |
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| How did id distribute their titles? |
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| Giving a portion of the game to consumers, luring them to buy more. |
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| What did Doom do to the University of Wisconsin? |
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| Crashed their computers because so many people were hitting it for doom. |
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