Sega Test
From Sega Retro
The Sega Test was a series of three examinations held by Sega over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of January, 2021, at the website https://segatest.sega.com. The three tests were part of Sega's celebration of its 60th anniversary, and as such covered Sega titles and projects from 1960 all the way to the present day. All three tests consisted of sixty multiple-choice questions with a 1 hour time limit, and were available in both Japanese and English. They were styled like a Japanese university examination; with a pre-registration process, and with four seminars held by Sega employees from around the world for "revision" before the dates of the tests themselves. Entrants were ranked based on their score, with a weighted marking system giving your "SEGA IQ" - i.e. scoring the same result on two different tests gave a different "SEGA IQ" for each one. Entrants could take as many of the three tests as they wanted, with their score for each being stored. All entrants were entered into an initial prize draw, with everyone who got a "SEGA IQ" of 60 or higher as their best result getting an additional special medal graphic, with their name and "SEGA IQ" on it. Those with 60 or above were also entered into a second prize draw, for an additional prize, and there was a third prize draw for autographed photos of Sega Shirou. However, only Japanese-based entrants were able to receive the prizes if they won.
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Initial announcement
The Sega Test was announced on Monday the 30th of November 2020, with the first "Sega Seminar" video uploaded at the same time. Entrants could look around the front page of the site at https://segatest.sega.com and get a feel of what was going to happen (including a brief summary of the test layout and rules), but were not able to pre-register until the 12th of January 2021.
Sega Seminars
Before the tests were held, Sega uploaded 5 videos to YouTube, or "Sega Seminars", on various topics that showed up as some of the test questions.
Seminar 1
Uploaded on the 30th of November 2020, Hiroyuki Miyazaki held a talk in Japanese (with English subtitles) on consumer hardware, focusing on the Planet codenames system used by Sega, entitled "「セガい共通テスト」公式対策オンライン講座「セガゼミ」 第1回 コンシューマ：ハード ミヤヒロ先生 (～This winter, you get to know SEGA more.～)" [1] Also shown in this video was a prototype of the Sega Nomad hardware, labelled up with the system's codename of Venus, that had never been seen before.
Seminar 2
Uploaded on the 7th of December 2020, Yosuke Okunari held a talk in Japanese (with English subtitles) on consumer software entitled "「セガい共通テスト」公式対策オンライン講座「セガゼミ」 第2回 コンシューマ：ソフト 奥成先生 (The 2nd Session of SEGA SEMINAR: Consumer Software Lecture by Prof. Okunari)"[2], focusing on Saturn software that had also been given astronomy codenames, this time based on constellations. Most of these were previously unknown.
Seminar 3
Uploaded on the 14th of December 2020, Kensaku Nishimura held a talk in Japanese (with English subtitles) on arcade and trading card games entitled "「セガい共通テスト」公式対策オンライン講座「セガゼミ」 第３回 アーケード 西村先生 (The 3rd Session of SEGA SEMINAR: Arcade Games Lecture by Prof. Nishimura.)"[3] This covered WCCF and Mushiking, amongst others.
Seminar 4
Unlike the previous three seminars, Seminar 4 consisted of two videos, both uploaded on the 21st of December 2020.
The first was a talk by Katie Chrzanowski in English (with Japanese subtitles) entitled "「セガい共通テスト」公式対策オンライン講座「セガゼミ」 第4回 バーチャ留学 「セガ オブ アメリカ：WHO IS SONIC？講座」(The 4th Session of SEGA SEMINAR, “Virtua Study Abroad” 『WHO IS SONIC?』Lecture by Sega of America)"[4], on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
The second was a talk in English (with Japanese subtitles) by Ibrahim Bhatti, Marta Camillo and Chris Bailey entitled "「セガい共通テスト」公式対策オンライン講座「セガゼミ」 第4回 バーチャ留学 「セガ ヨーロッパ：EUROPE STUDIOS講座」(The 4th Session of SEGA SEMINAR, “Virtua Study Abroad” 『EUROPE STUDIOS』Lecture by Sega Europe)"[5], on Sega's various European studios and properties.
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Pre-registration
Pre-registration for the tests commenced on the 12th of January 2021, and required you to log into the Sega Test website using either Twitter credentials or Facebook ones. Once this process was completed and authentication granted using the social network chosen, the entrant was shown a confirmation page, and reminded to keep studying until the date of the tests, which were also shown, along with the start times in JST. Also available to show that you'd signed up were Twitter, Facebook, and LINE share buttons.
Test details
Each of the three Sega Tests consisted of sixty multiple choice questions, with a 1 hour time limit. Provided you had pre-registered, the entrant logged into the Sega Test website with the same credentials in advance of the test time, and were greeted with a Japanese-university-style exam paper cover page holding screen, with a Javascript button that enable itself at the exact start of the test time. The entrant had to click that button within 5 minutes of the test start time, or they were not allowed access to take the test. While most questions consisted of picking a single choice from the 4 available, some questions required you to pick multiple answers, and some to arrange all 4 answers into a requested order. The first three questions were the same on all three tests, with questions 4 to 60 being unique between all three tests. A Javascript countdown timer enforced a limit of 60 seconds per question - when 60 seconds had elapsed, the test moved on to the next question regardless of whether or not the entrant had selected an answer or not. At the end of each test the user was congratulated on finishing, told they would learn the results at a later date, and the time of the next test (in JST, regardless of local timezone). There was also an option to share your completion of the test on Twitter, Facebook, or LINE.
The first Sega Test was held on Saturday the 23rd of January 2021, at 11AM UTC / 8PM JST. The Javascript-based time limit script was actually broken on this first test: it started at 600 minutes and counted down from there, and as such the auto-advance did not work correctly. This issue was resolved by the time of the second test, and worked as intended on Tests 2 and 3. The second Sega Test was held on Sunday the 24th of January 2021, at 1AM UTC / 10AM JST. The third and final Sega Test was held on Sunday the 24th of January 2021, at 8AM UTC / 5PM JST.
Post-test translation controversy
Following the completion of the third test, Yuji Naka shared an image on Twitter of question 18, a question asking about what Sonic the Hedgehog's name was during development.
What was the name originally given to Sonic the Hedgehog, one of SEGA's main mascots, before he was introduced to the world?
- A) Mr. Needlemouse
- B) Mr. Speedy Mouse
- C) Mr. Rocket Mouse
- D) Mr. Blue Mouse
A brief conversation then took place between Naka-san, Yosuke Okunari (who was heavily involved with the test creation to the point of being one of the Sega Seminar hosts), Mayumi Moro, and a bilingual English/Japanese fan by the name of A.M.
| Tweet author | Japanese text | English translation | Source link |
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| Yuji Naka | 悔しいのでもう一度挑戦しましたがもっと判らなかった感じです。「セガの看板キャラクターであるソニック。世に出る前に彼に付けられていた名前を選べ」と言う問題が判りませんでした。作った人なのにね セガい共通テスト受験終了！ https://segatest.sega.com/segatest/share/jp/finish.html | I was frustrated, so I tried again, but I didn't understand more. I didn't understand the problem of "Sega's signature character, Sonic. Choose the name he was given before he went out into the world." Even though I was the one who made it, I finished taking the Sega common test! https://segatest.sega.com/segatest/share/jp/finish.html | https://twitter.com/nakayuji/status/1353259189389332480 |
| Mayumi Moro | A.ミスター・ニードルマウス！ | A. Mr. Needle Mouse! | https://twitter.com/MORO_M/status/1353260678350426112 |
| Yosuke Okunari | これ、大島さんのラフの横に書かれた「Mr.ハリネズミ」という文字をアメリカ人が英訳した表現を言っているので、「ミスター・ニードルマウス」だと生みの親であっても日本人には？？？となりますよねw | This is an English translation of the word "Mr. Hedgehog" written next to Mr. Oshima's rough, so even if it is the creator of "Mr. Needle Mouse", is it for Japanese people? ?? ?? It will be lol | https://twitter.com/okunari/status/1353265118465822720 |
| Mayumi Moro | そういうことなんだ？！？！ | What is that? !! ?? !! | https://twitter.com/MORO_M/status/1353266053275475968 |
| Yuji Naka | なんだそれ。Mr.ハリネズミだとMr.hedgehogになるのでは？誰がミスターニードルマウスと言ったのかなあ | what is that. If it is Mr. hedgehog, it will be Mr. hedgehog? I wonder who said Mr. Needle Mouse | https://twitter.com/nakayuji/status/1353274025393352705 |
| Yosuke Okunari | 多分ソースは北米ファンサイトがどこかの雑誌か映像から拾った画像かと思われます http://info.sonicretro.org/Mr._Needlemouse | Perhaps the source is an image picked up by a North American fan site from some magazine or video. http://info.sonicretro.org/Mr._Needlemouse | https://twitter.com/okunari/status/1353275479625588737 |
| Yuji Naka | これファンが言っていたのだとすると、世に出る前と言う問題はおかしいよね？まあ「はり」「ねずみ」をそれぞれ英訳したんだろうけど、使った覚えのないミスターニードルマウスって違和感あるよ。まあ正解はしたけどね。 | If this is what the fans were saying, the problem of before it came out is strange, isn't it? Well, I guess I translated "hari" and "nezumi" into English, but Mr. Needle Mouse, which I don't remember using, feels strange. Well, I got the correct answer. | https://twitter.com/nakayuji/status/1353276720011386881 |
| A.M. | 米セガはその情報を受けて、ニードルマウスフィーバーを作った時代もある。コミック版にも入れて、ソニック4の時でも、その原点回帰感を示すために、仮題「プロジェクトニードルマウス」と発表までして、言われ続けていたため欧米ではその「初期名前」がもうすでに常識とかしてしまった（笑） | There was a time when US Sega received that information and made a needle mouse fever. Even in the comic version, even at the time of Sonic 4, in order to show the feeling of returning to the origin, even the announcement of the tentative title "Project Needle Mouse" was continued, so that "initial name" is already common sense in Europe and the United States. I've done it (laughs) | https://twitter.com/DVDfan1/status/1353986028189716480 |
| A.M. | 本当に、誰の訳だったんでしょうね… 「Mr.ニードルマウス」が初めて世間に公開されたのは1upと言う大手米ゲームニュースサイトが、2004年で投稿された中山隼雄元社長視点からソニックの初期のころを語る記事らしい。記事（英語）→ https://web.archive.org/web/20040822083659/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3134008 | Who was it really ... "Mr. Needle Mouse" was first released to the public by a major US game news site called 1up, which seems to be an article posted in 2004 that talks about the early days of Sonic from the perspective of former president Hayao Nakayama. Article (English)→ https://web.archive.org/web/20040822083659/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3134008 | https://twitter.com/DVDfan1/status/1353985779563978752 |
| Yosuke Okunari | 「Mr.ハリネズミ」の画像なら、1994年にソニック3が日本で発売される際に配られたVHSテープ「ソニックヒストリービデオ」の中に大島さんの絵として出てきますね。ここの記事で使われている画像も、多分そこからの取り込みじゃないかと。 | The image of "Mr. Hedgehog" appears as a picture of Mr. Oshima in the VHS tape "Sonic History Video" distributed when Sonic 3 was released in Japan in 1994. The images used in this article are probably taken from there as well. | https://twitter.com/okunari/status/1353988107838791680 |
The gist of the whole discussion seems to boil down to a simple mistranslation: someone at 1-Up in 2004 while writing an article saw the name "Mr Hedgehog" written down in Japanese on the early concept art, and mistranslated the Japanese word for hedgehog harinezumi literally as "hari" and "nezumi", or "needle" and "mouse": two words instead of one, an error a native Japanese speaker wouldn't have made. For better or worse, this stuck around long enough that when Sega was making Sonic the Hedgehog 4 in 2010 they used "Project Needlemouse" as the codename, and it eventually led back to being included on the test for Naka-san to find.
Test contents
Below are the contents of the three English language version tests, as they were written (including grammatical/typographical errors). Some questions had image(s) on the test, some did not. Most were simply picking one choice from the list of four supplied, but some required selecting multiple choices, or arranging the 4 choices into a requested order. All questions also had a "Level" value, of either S, A, C, D, or E: interestingly, there were no Level B questions on any of the three tests. Also included in the tables below is the matching data from the results pages Sega released on the 5th of February 2021: these are the answers to each question, a Trivia fact, and image(s) included for any given question (like the test itself, some had image(s) and some did not, but they were different to the ones from the test). Additionally, a notes field is included for further information regarding specific questions.
Test 1
| Level | Question | Test Image | Choices | Answer | Answer Image | Trivia | Notes | ||
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| C | Q1) Choose the correct name of the young, tall and slim actor who plays Sega Shirou and is serving as SEGA's 60th Anniversary Ambassador. | A) Makoto Fujioka B) Akito Fujioka C) Maito Fujioka D) Hiroshi Fujioka |
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(none) | Maito Fujioka is the son of Hiroshi Fujioka, the actor who originally appeared as the character Segata Sanshiro in SEGA commercials. | Question 1 was the same on all three tests. | |||
| C | Q2) Which is the correct spelling of the name of famous actor who is the father of Sega Shirou, and portrays Segata Sanshiro disguised as Sega Hatanshiro in the "Sega Shirou: Ketsui-hen (Sega Shirou: The Decision)" episode of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Movie series of commercials. | A) Hiroshi Fujioka B) Hiroto Fujioka C) Hiromi Fujioka D) Maito Fujioka |
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Hiroshi Fujioka portrayed the character Segata Sanshiro, which appeared in SEGA commercials from 1997 to 1999 in Japan. He performed alongside his real son, Maito Fujioka, in the "Sega Shirou: Ketsui-hen (Sega Shirou: The Decision)" episode of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Movie commercial series. | Question 2 was the same on all three tests. | ||||
| C | Q3) Choose the name of the company founded in 1960 that would later become SEGA. | (none) | A) Kyokuto Goraku Seizo B) Nihon Goraku Bussan C) Nihon Kiki Seizo D) Sekai Gangu Hanbai |
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Nihon Goraku Bussan, established on August 3, 1960, started business as an importer and vendor of jukeboxes and amusement machines. Following that, after repeated changes to its name, the company continues as today's SEGA. | Question 3 was the same on all three tests. | |||
| A | Q4) In SEGA's former company song "Wakai Chikara", what does the phrase "warera ga shimei" refer to? | A) Creating tomorrow B) Anticipating the times C) Contributing to society D) Creating worlds |
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All of the phrases given as choices are used in the song. A SEGA employee is credited with writing the lyrics. | |||||
| C | Q5) What was the world's first function on "Homestar," the home planetarium series released by SEGA Toys in 2005? | A) Had built-in artificial intelligence B) Powered itself with solar panels C) Rendered cloudy skies D) Optical projection |
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(none) | Before Homestar appeared on the market, most home planetariums used pinholes to project stars. Homestar was the first to adopt projection plates and an optical projection system. | ||||
| C | Q6) SEGA has at times offered appealing video game hardware employing the best technology available. Choose the console that SEGA actually produced. | (none) | A) SG-3000 B) SC-3000 C) SC-1000 D) SG-1000H |
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The SC-3000 was released in 1983 as a low-cost, high-performance PC with the ability to play video games. Later, it was sold as the SC-3000H with an improved keyboard. | ||||
| A | Q7) What was the first video game that Sonic the Hedgehog, one of SEGA's best known characters, appeared in? | A) Sonic the Hedgehog B) Rad Mobile C) Sonic Boom D) Quiz Syukudai wo Wasuremashita |
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Sonic's first appearance was in the arcade title Rad Mobile as an ornament hanging from the player's rearview mirror. | |||||
| A | Q8) Which of these game titles did Alex Kidd, another famous SEGA character, not make a guest appearance in? | A) Shenmue-Chapter 1: Yokosuka B) SGGG (Segagaga) C) Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf D) Bonanza Bros. |
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(none) | Alex Kidd appears as a toy prize in Shenmue, and as the manager of BUG's Otorii video game store in SGGG (Segagaga). He appears in the ending of Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf. | ||||
| C | Q9) Put the following SEGA arcade system boards in the order they were released (from oldest to newest). | image | A) NAOMI B) Chihiro C) MODEL 3 D) LINDBERGH |
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(none) | The MODEL 3 debuted with Virtua Fighter 3 in 1996, NAOMI in 1998 with The House of the Dead 2, Chihiro in 2002 with The House of the Dead III, and LINDBERGH in 2005 with The House of the Dead 4. | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. | ||
| S | Q10) Choose all of the titles that Opa-Opa, the main character from Fantasy Zone, has appeared in. | A) LET'S GO ISLAND 3D B) Shenmue-Chapter 1: Yokosuka C) Turbo OutRun D) Planet Harriers |
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(none) | Opa-Opa appears in one of the two SEGA logo intros for LET'S GO ISLAND 3D, as a capsule toy in Shenmue, and as a hidden playable character in Planet Harriers. While Opa-Opa isn't in Turbo OutRun, the background music from the item shop in Fantasy Zone is used in the game. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | |||
| D | Q11) In the Making Club series, which was developed after the hit Print Club, which of the following supplies was ordered in such large quantities that it was said that "an aircraft carrier's worth was left over in stock?" | (none) | A) Stamp Club stamps B) AROMA CLUB oils C) Aura Photo Club photo paper D) Name Club paper |
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(none) | While the specific amount of surplus stock of paper is unknown, if the analogy used refers to an aircraft carrier's displacement, then that would mean several tens of thousands of tons was left over (the standard displacement of a Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is currently in service, is nearly 73,000 t). | |||
| C | Q12) What is the nationality of 2020 DARTSLIVE Official Player Jose Justicia? | A) Dominican Republic B) Spain C) Portugal D) Venezuela |
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Mr.Justicia is a talented darts player with more than 15 years experience. His highest COUNT-UP score is 1,257. | |||||
| S | Q13) Choose all of the people who have visited SEGA's Head Office. | (none) | A) Michael Jackson B) Steven Seagal C) Steven Spielberg D) Ayrton Senna |
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(none) | Ayrton Senna visited the Head Office in 1991, Steven Spielberg in 1996 and Steven Seagal in 1997. Michael Jackson visited SEGA numerous times both publicly and privately. | |||
| C | Q14) The following titles were released in Japan as part of the SEGA AGES series during the early years of the Sega Saturn. Put them in the order that their SEGA AGES versions went on sale in Japan (from oldest to newest). | (none) | A) Out Run B) After Burner II C) Space Harrier D) Shukudai ga Tant-R |
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(none) | Volume 1 of SEGA AGES for the Sega Saturn was entitled Shukudai ga Tant-R, and included Quiz Shukudai wo Wasuremashita and Puzzle & Action: Tant-R. Volumes 2-4 were released in the order given in the answer. | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. Note that "Quiz Syukudai wo Wasuremashita" has been spelt as "Quiz Shukudai wo Wasuremashita". | ||
| C | Q15) Which of the following produced by SEGA is playable in the Japan-only PlayStation®2 version of Die Hard Arcade? | (none) | A) Deep Scan B) Lunar Rescue C) Rifleman D) Periscope |
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(none) | Deep Scan is a video arcade game that was included in the original Sega Saturn version of Die Hard Arcade. Periscope is an electromechanical arcade game released in 1966. Its overwhelming popularity established SEGA's name worldwide. | |||
| C | Q16) Which of the following characters is not playable in the Yakuza 4? | image | A) Goro Majima B) Shun Akiyama C) Taiga Saejima D) Masayoshi Tanimura |
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Goro Majima is a playable character in Yakuza: Dead Souls, Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami 2. | ||||
| A | Q17) Choose the theme song for the rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA, which went on sale in Japan in 2009. | A) The Secret Garden B) Cumulonimbus Graffiti C) Tsumi no Namae D) Kocchi Muite Baby |
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(none) | "Cumulonimbus Graffiti" is the theme song for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Extend, "Tsumi no Namae" is the theme song for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X, while "Kocchi Muite Baby" is the theme song for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd. | ||||
| A | Q18) The smartphone game Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: Lost in Memories enables players to relive the story of Re:Zero as well as experience the game's own original adventure. Which of the following is the title of the 13th chapter of the 1st volume? | A) Jisho Kishi Natsuki Subaru (Self-Proclaimed Knight, Natsuki Subaru) B) Tada Sore Dake no Monogatari (That's All This Story is About) C) Zero Kara Hajimaru Isekai Seikatsu (Starting Life from Zero in Another World) D) Nakitaku Naru Oto (The Sounds That Make You Want To Cry) |
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(none) | The 13th chapter is the final chapter of the 1st volume. "Jisho Kishi Natsuki Subaru (Self-Proclaimed Knight, Natsuki Subaru)" is the title of the 13th episode of the 1st season of the Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World- anime. Tada Sore Dake no Monogatari (That's All This Story is About) is the title of the final episode of the anime's 1st season. "Nakitaku Naru Oto (The Sounds That Make You Want To Cry)" is the title of the 13th episode of the anime's 2nd season (38 episodes total). | Tada Sore Dake no Monogatari (That's All This Story is About) is not in quotes in the trivia, and there is a double-space directly after it. | |||
| E | Q19) What is the IQ of Dr. Eggman, the main villain of the Sonic the Hedgehog series? | A) 180 B) 200 C) 250 D) 300 |
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(none) | With an IQ of 300, Dr. Eggman's biggest weapon is his brain. Despite being an extremely intelligent person who can create a variety of robots, he sometimes tends to slack off. | ||||
| E | Q20) What was the theme used for the codenames given to games being developed for the Sega Saturn? | (none) | A) Names of the Solar System's planets B) Names of countries C) Names of constellations D) Names of people |
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(none) | While names of planets in the Solar System were assigned as hardware codenames during the development of the Sega Saturn, software for the console was developed under constellation codenames. | |||
| E | Q21) Though the Dreamcast's codename was KATANA, choose the name given to it when it was still under development. | A) AKIRA B) WOLF C) KAGE D) DURAL |
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(none) | Initially, development of the Dreamcast was carried out under the project name "DURAL." Later, hardware being researched in Japan was called "GUPPY," while North American hardware was called "BLACKBELT." To avoid confusion, the Dreamcast was ultimately given the codename "KATANA." | ||||
| E | Q22) Fill in the blank: Due to its extreme popularity since its release in 2002 in Japan, WORLD CUP Champion Football, a soccer trading card arcade game produced by SEGA, has spawned a series of updates and shipped approximately ( ) cards in total. | A) 100 million B) 300 million C) 500 million D) 1 billion |
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(none) | The total number of cards shipped for the series is around one billion. Stacked on top of each other, they would reach the International Space Station. | ||||
| C | Q23) Choose the sword and sorcery style Action RPG co-developed by SEGA and Atlus for the Sega Saturn. | (none) | A) Princess Crown B) Purikura Daisakusen C) Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner D) RONDE ~Rondo~ |
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(none) | Princess Crown is the foundation of our current Atlux x Vanillaware brand. 22 years after its original release, Princess Crown was included as an early bird preorder bonus for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. | |||
| C | Q24) Edel Sand used a technology that was extremely unusual for arcade machines at the time. What was that technology? | A) Augmented reality B) Motion sensors C) Projection mapping D) 3D printing |
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(none) | One of the game's selling points was a feature that projected different scenery, insects and other CG imagery based on the height of special sand that covered the top of the machine's cabinet. | ||||
| C | Q25) One of the departments at SEGA Logistics Service is called "DS Sales". What does the "DS" mean? | (none) | A) Discount store B) Driving school C) Driving simulator D) Nintendo DS |
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SEGA Logistics Service produces not only 3D driving simulator for four-wheeled vehicles for driving schools called "SLDS-3G", but also simulators called "SLRS" for motorcycles and "SLDS-SJ" for the elderly. | ||||
| C | Q26) Choose the color used for SEGA's corporate logo before the current eye-catching one in a shade of blue also called "SEGA Blue." | (none) | A) Green B) Yellow C) Purple D) Red |
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While there are cases where the corporate logo was monochrome (black, white, or another color), it was normally red. | ||||
| D | Q27) Choose the name of Sega's first medal game-only amusement centers, which opened in 1972 in Japan. | A) Sega World B) Joypolis C) Apollo Vegas D) Hi-Tech Land Sega |
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(none) | Apollo Vegas amusement center continues to operate in Osaka under the new name SEGA WORLD Apollo. | ||||
| D | Q28) How many playable characters were there in the initial arcade version of Virtua Fighter? | A) Six B) Seven C) Eight D) Nine |
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(none) | There were eight playable characters: Akira Yuki, Pai Chan, Lau Chan, Wolf Hawkfield, Jeffry McWild, Kage-Maru, Sarah Bryant and Jacky Bryant. Dural was an unplayable character. | ||||
| A | Q29) Which of the following is not the name of an actual conference room at SEGA's Head Office in Nishi-shinagawa, Tokyo? | (none) | A) Print Club B) Blast City C) UFO CATCHER D) Robo Pitcher |
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Only two conference rooms are named after games: Hang-on and Virtua Fighter. | Hang-On is spelt here with the On uncapitalised. | |||
| S | Q30) Answer the number of songs that could be selected on the SEGA1000, the first domestic jukebox in Japan released by SEGA in 1960. | A) 18 B) 28 C) 38 D) 48 |
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(none) | This product marked the first appearance of the name "SEGA." It was named after the initials of "Service Games." It was installed in many bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and drive-ins all over Japan. | ||||
| A | Q31) Which arcade racing game released in 1998 supported networked competitive play between up to 16 players? | (none) | A) Virtua Formula B) Daytona USA 2 C) F355 Challenge 2 D) SEGA World Drivers Championship |
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(none) | Virtua Formula and F355 Challenge 2 supported up to 8 players, while SEGA World Drivers Championship allowed up to 10 players to compete (online). | |||
| C | Q32) Choose all of the game titles that are part of the Tsukurou! (make your own team) franchise, which was derived from the soccer club management simulation game series J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! | (none) | A) Pro Baseball Team o Tsukurou! B) Derby-Ba o Tsukurou! C) Pro Golfer o Tsukurou! D)Pro boxer o Tsukurou! |
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(none) | Pro Baseball Team o Tsukurou! and Derby-Ba o Tsukurou! also became their own series. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| C | Q33) Choose the magic skill from Atlus titles that has the ability to heal. | (none) | A) Agi B) Dia C) Tarukaja D) Zio |
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(none) | Agi and Zio are offensive magic skills. Tarukaja is a buff that increases a player's Attack power. | |||
| A | Q34) The online RPG Phantasy Star Online 2 celebrates its 8th year of service in 2020. Which weapon can the Hunter class, which appears in the game, not equip? | A) Swords B) Gunslashes C) Partizans D) Katanas |
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(none) | Hunters have appeared in the game since the game went online started eight years ago. Only Bravers and Phantoms can equip katanas. | Trivia grammar as written on the site. | |||
| A | Q35) What is the name of the department that was responsible for developing Mushiking: The King of Beetles and Oshare Majo Love and Berry, two extremely popular arcade card games? | image | A) Family Card Game R&D B) Amusement Plus R&D C) Family Entertainment R&D D) Entertainment Amusement R&D |
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(none) | Family Entertainment R&D pioneered the market for arcade card games targeting children with these two titles. | |||
| C | Q36) Choose the names of all of the video game arcade locations that SEGA has operated up to today. | (none) | A) Hi-Tech Land B) GiGO C) SEGA Game Land D) Club SEGA |
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(none) | SEGA Game Land is a fictional location. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| E | Q37) During the SEGA 60TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE event, which was streamed online on December 19, 2020 to commemorate the company's 60th anniversary, which of the following songs was sung as the encore? | A) Burning Hearts: Hono no Angel" B) Wakai Chikara (SEGA HARD GIRLS MIX) C) Ai ga Tarinai ze 2004 D) DANCING SHADOWS |
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(none) | "Wakai Chikara (SEGA HARD GIRLS MIX)" is SEGA's former company song, "Wakai Chikara," sung in an endearing manner by SEGA video game consoles anthropomorphized as cute girls. There is also a passionate cover of the song by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi. | ||||
| C | Q38) Puyo Puyo!! Quest, a puzzle RPG available for smartphones, is celebrating its 8th year online. What is the maximum star rarity for characters appearing in the game? | (none) | A) ★★★★★ B) ★★★★★★ C) ★★★★★★★ D) ★★★★★★★★ |
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(none) | While maximum rarity varies by character, some characters can be evolved up to seven stars. | |||
| E | Q39) Relic Entertainment, a SEGA Group company based in Vancouver, Canada, developed a real-time strategy video game called Company of Heroes. Which historic war is the game based on? | A) Napoleonic Wars B) American Civil War C) World War I D) World War II |
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(none) | The game's Campaign Mode allowed players to fight as the U.S. military in the Battle of Normandy, known as one of the fiercest battles of World War II. Relic Entertainment is also involved in development of a game for the major hit series, Age of Empires. | ||||
| E | Q40) Which of the following was an early adventure game for the Sega Saturn that was codenamed "Columba?" | (none) | A) Wan Chai Connection B) Mansion of Hidden Souls C) Rampo D) Gakkou no Kaidan |
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(none) | Rampo was a full motion video-based adventure game produced as a movie tie-in. | |||
| E | Q41) Choose the console with a planet codename that had the earliest release date. | (none) | A) Mercury B) Earth C) Moon D) Saturn |
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The first SEGA game console to have a planet codename was the "Saturn" (which also became its product name), released in 1994 in Japan and 1995 in North America and Europe. Following this, the Game Gear, which went on sale in Japan in 1990 (1991 in the West) was retroactively codenamed "Mercury." "Moon" refers to the Mega Drive Mini, and there is no console with the codename "Earth." | ||||
| E | Q42) What is the name of the market's first arcade game machine to fuse trading cards with arcade games? | (none) | A) WORLD CLUB Champion Football B) Sangokushi Taisen C) Mushiking: The King of Beetles D) The Key of Avalon |
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(none) | WORLD CLUB Champion Football was the world's first arcade game to use trading cards. Mushiking: The King of Beetles was the second. | |||
| A | Q43) What is the name of the company that used crowdfunding to produce a Twin Stick controller compatible with the Cyber Troopers Virtual-On series for the PlayStation® 4? | (none) | A) Tanita B) Omron C) Citizen D) Terumo |
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Due to Tanita's president being an enthusiastic fan of Cyber Troopers Virtual-On, the company took advantage of crowdfunding and produced a Twin Stick controller compatible with the PlayStation®4. | Spacing between the ® symbol and the number for PlayStation is inconsistently used throughout the test questions - here it is written both with and without one. | |||
| A | Q44) Choose all of the titles that are typing games released by SEGA. | (none) | A) Lupin the 3rd: The Typing B) Typing Space Harrier C) The Typing of the Dead D) Crazy Typing Taxi |
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(none) | Several sequels to The Typing of the Dead (which is based on The House of the Dead) have been produced following the success of the original. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| C | Q45) Choose all of the game titles that were released together with the Dreamcast in Japan on November 27, 1998. | (none) | A) Virtua Fighter 3tb B) Pen Pen Trilcelon (North America) Pen Pen (Europe) C) Sonic Adventure D) Godzilla Generations |
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(none) | Sonic Adventure went on sale on December 23, 1998 in Japan, about a month after the Dreamcast's launch. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. Pen Pen TriIcelon was misspelt - the capital I confused for a lower case l, easily done with some fonts. | ||
| D | Q46) Choose the major city that is the setting for the adventure game Wan Chai Connection, which was launched alongside the Sega Saturn. | (none) | A) Taipei B) Hong Kong C) Macau D) Shanghai |
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(none) | This game took advantage of the unique characteristics of the Sega Saturn's high-capacity storage media to incorporate full motion video. It became a hot topic due to the numerous famous Japanese entertainers appearing in it, including Toshikazu Fukawa and Aya Sugimoto, who played the lead roles. | |||
| C | Q47) Choose all of the papercraft models that can be downloaded from SEGA's Official Social Media Present Website. | A) DARTSLIVE 2 machine B) Game Gear Micro C) Hercules beetle D) Crazy Taxi taxicab |
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Backgrounds for online meetings for those working from home are also available to download from the site. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||||
| E | Q48) Fill in the blank: SEGA's first consumer video game console, the SG-1000, and the SC-3000, a home computer, were launched in Japan on ( ). By a strange coincidence, that was the same day the Nintendo Family Computer went on sale. | image | A) June 15, 1983 B) July 15, 1983 C) August 15, 1983 D) September 15, 1983 |
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(none) | July 15, 1983 was the launch date for SEGA's first consumer video game consoles, the SC-3000 and SG-1000, and the Family Computer. In a sense, this was the day that the opening shot was sounded in the consumer game console wars. | |||
| C | Q49) What is the name of the colorful aliens that appear everywhere in the musical game Space Channel 5? | A) Nomolians B) Morolians C) Obolians D) Otolians |
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(none) | The mysterious aliens known as Morolians were responsible for causing Earthlings everywhere to dance uncontrollably. Their name comes from the person who designed them. | ||||
| C | Q50) Shenmue is a game that pioneered the 3D open-world genre. Choose from the following what its name "Shenmue" refers to. | A) The name of a person B) The name of a martial arts technique C) The name of a soft drink D) The name of a tree |
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(none) | Shenhua Ling, a heroine from the Shenmue series, was given her name, Shenhua (meaning "Shenmue tree flower") because she was born when the Shenmue tree in front of the house of her birth was in bloom. She was born on September 9, 1970 and is a Virgo. | ||||
| A | Q51) In the Sega Saturn version of Guardian Heroes, which has the reputation of being one of the best belt-scrolling action games ever, how many people could play at one time? | (none) | A) Four B) Five C) Six D) Seven |
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(none) | Made by game developer Treasure. Up to six players could compete in its versus mode by using the Saturn Multi-Tap peripheral. | |||
| C | Q52) Which of the following titles remained consistently at the bottom of a Japanese video game magazine's rankings, and was later said to be an "important" game in the history of the Mega Drive? | (none) | A) Mahjong Cop Ryu: Shiro Ookami no Yabou B) Battle Golfer Yui C) Osomatsu-kun: Hachamecha Gekijo D) Sword of Sodan |
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(none) | This game was recognized for its bad controls, extreme difficulty and irrational game system. | |||
| C | Q53) Which of these is the English nickname given to Sonic, one of the most iconic video game characters in the world? | A) Blue Blur B) Blue Bomber C) Blue Bright D) Blue Burn |
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This name came from Sonic being so fast that he can only be seen as a blurry image. | |||||
| C | Q54) Which of the following classic medal games, which enable players to enjoy winning a jackpot through a physical drawing, does not exist? | (none) | A) KAZAAAN!! B) MUZAAAN!! C) GINGAAAN!! D) HYOZAAAN!! |
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(none) | The three medal games that do exist are part of the 100 & Medal series. They are themed after the volcano, galaxy and glacier, respectively. | |||
| C | Q55) maimai is a series of arcade rhythm games that debuted in 2012 with the slogan "Sentakuki dewa arimasen (It's not a washing machine) ." Choose the title that does not exist in the series. | A) maimai YELLow B) maimai MiLK C) maimai MURASAKi D) maimai GreeN |
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(none) | maimai is an extremely popular rhythm game series with 16 titles released as of October 2020. The latest title is maimai DX Splash. | ||||
| C | Q56) Ongeki is an arcade rhythm game that includes card game elements. Choose all of the arcade games that can also use the Card Maker, a dedicated printing unit that is used as a set with Ongeki. | A) Kemono Friends 3: Planet Tours B) WCCF FOOTISTA 2020 C) CHUNITHM D) maimai DX |
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(none) | With CHUNITHM, players use cards printed by the Card Maker to compete in the Great Chunithm War, a real-life card game. For maimai DX, players can print out "DX Passes" to obtain powerups to gain advantages in the game. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | |||
| D | Q57) Which of these is SEGA's 60th Anniversary concept? | (none) | A) GO SEGA B) DO SEGA C) BE SEGA D) YES SEGA |
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As you know, "GO SEGA" is the company's 60th anniversary concept. A special logo was also created for the occasion. | ||||
| A | Q58) Choose the arcade game that was released in Japan together with the Blast City arcade cabinet in 1996. | A) Virtua Fighter 3 B) Crazy Taxi C) Die Hard Arcade D) Virtua Striker |
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(none) | In order to make it compatible with the MODEL 3 system board, Blast City cabinets used high resolution (31khz) monitors. The first game to use the MODEL 3 was Virtua Fighter 3. | ||||
| C | Q59) What was the initial name of the first SEGA store that opened in Akihabara in November 1992? | A) Akihabara GiGO B) Club SEGA Akihabara C) HI-TECH LAND SEGA Shintoku D) SEGA Akihabara |
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(none) | SEGA Akihabara 5th opened in July 2019. | ||||
| C | Q60) How many times does Sega Shirou say "SEGA" in the "Sega Shirou: Tojyo-hen (Sega Shirou: The Debut)" episode from the SEGA 60th Anniversary Movie commercial series? | A) Three B) Four C) Five D) Six |
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(none) | The word "SEGA" is repeated a total of 12 times in the episode by Sega Shirou and other characters. |
Test 2
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| C | Q1) Choose the correct name of the young, tall and slim actor who plays Sega Shirou and is serving as SEGA's 60th Anniversary Ambassador. | A) Makoto Fujioka B) Akito Fujioka C) Maito Fujioka D) Hiroshi Fujioka |
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(none) | Maito Fujioka is the son of Hiroshi Fujioka, the actor who originally appeared as the character Segata Sanshiro in SEGA commercials. | Question 1 was the same on all three tests. | |||
| C | Q2) Which is the correct spelling of the name of famous actor who is the father of Sega Shirou, and portrays Segata Sanshiro disguised as Sega Hatanshiro in the "Sega Shirou: Ketsui-hen (Sega Shirou: The Decision)" episode of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Movie series of commercials. | A) Hiroshi Fujioka B) Hiroto Fujioka C) Hiromi Fujioka D) Maito Fujioka |
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Hiroshi Fujioka portrayed the character Segata Sanshiro, which appeared in SEGA commercials from 1997 to 1999 in Japan. He performed alongside his real son, Maito Fujioka, in the "Sega Shirou: Ketsui-hen (Sega Shirou: The Decision)" episode of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Movie commercial series. | Question 2 was the same on all three tests. | ||||
| C | Q3) Choose the name of the company founded in 1960 that would later become SEGA. | (none) | A) Kyokuto Goraku Seizo B) Nihon Goraku Bussan C) Nihon Kiki Seizo D) Sekai Gangu Hanbai |
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Nihon Goraku Bussan, established on August 3, 1960, started business as an importer and vendor of jukeboxes and amusement machines. Following that, after repeated changes to its name, the company continues as today's SEGA. | Question 3 was the same on all three tests. | |||
| D | Q4) Which of the two-word combinations here is the correct origin of the name SEGA? | (none) | A) Serbice Games B) Servise Games C) Service Games D) Sarvice Games |
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The name SEGA was first used on a jukebox made in Japan by Nihon Goraku Bussan. The SEGA 1000 was derived by taking the first two letters of "Service Games." | ||||
| C | Q5) Choose the name of the product using technology of darts machine from DARTSLIVE. This product was developed and released to the market on June 10, 2019. In September 2020, an arcade version was released. | (none) | A) Ninja Trainer B) Warlord Trainer C) Warrior Trainer D) Sumo Trainer |
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This home entertainment system was the world's first system to allow users to throw ninja stars, designed to provide a fully immersive ninja experience at home. The board on the arcade version utilizes LEDs to create a light-up board that shows players where to target. | ||||
| C | Q6) The Dreamcast is known for its iconic swirl logo. How many full circles does that swirl draw? | (none) | A) 2 B) 2 and 3/4 C) 3 and 1/2 D) 4 and 1/4 |
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This swirl logo had different colors based on the region. The swirl was orange in Asia, red in North America, and blue in Europe. | This was the only question over all three tests to have a different answer image depending on the language selected - the English test used the blue swirl, the Japanese one orange. | |||
| D | Q7) What is the official name of the 360 degree motion-based cabinet released by SEGA in 1990? | (none) | A) R360 B) Rolling 360 C) Rounder 360 D) Revolution 360 |
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The R360, announced in 1990, is a large cabinet able to spin 360 degrees. It can be considered a milestone for immersive gaming experiences. | ||||
| C | Q8) Debuting on the Sega Saturn console in 1996, what is the name of the heroine in the action game NiGHTS into Dreams, a title enjoying popularity even today? | A) Shardin B) Jane C) Blaze D) Claris |
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(none) | Her full name is Claris Sinclair. The other female characters appear in other series. Shardan is from Sword of Sodan, Jane from Fighting Vipers, and Blaze Fielding from Streets of Rage. | Shardan and Shardin are both shown as written in the question & answer. | |||
| A | Q9) SEGA developed arcade system circuit boards such as NAOMI, Chihiro, and LINDBERGH. Titles from one of the following series were the first to be printed on all of these boards. Which series is it? | image | A) Sangokushi Taisen B) Virtua Fighter C) SEGA Network Battle Mahjong MJ D) The House of the Dead |
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The House of the Dead 2 served as the debut release for the NAOMI board in 1998, The House of the Dead III on Chihiro in 2002, and The House of the Dead 4 on LINDBERGH in 2005. | ||||
| A | Q10) Which of the following companies in Japan was contracted to assemble the Dreamcast system? Choose all that apply. | (none) | A) Mitsumi Electric B) Asahi Electron C) Ugo Denshi D) Shinano Denko |
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(none) | The number code on the back sticker reveals which factory manufactured the console. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| A | Q11) Choose the medal game released in 1988 that first adopted a free track system in a horse racing game. | (none) | A) ROYAL ASCOT B) WORLD DERBY C) StarHorse D) ROYAL ASCOT II |
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Conventional horse racing games used rails as lanes for the horses, but a free track system allowed horses to change courses. | ||||
| A | Q12) Who is the SUPER DARTS 2015 CHAMPION and the DARTSLIVE OFFICIAL PLAYER, who appeared in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life? | (none) | A) Haruki Muramatsu B) Mikuru Suzuki C) Leslie Lee D) Paul Lim |
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All of them are DARTSLIVE OFFICIAL PLAYER, but Paul Lim has the longest record of being one. He became the world champion in 1990, and was the first to achieve a nine-dart finish (a perfect game of 501). | Note player (singular) in the answer, not players. | |||
| S | Q13) The Mega Drive Tower combines the Sega Genesis, Mega CD, and Super 32X. What is the total number of the CPUs and power AC adapters used to operate this tower? | image | A) Five B) Six C) Seven D) Eight |
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(none) | The Sega genesis has the MC68000 as the main CPU and the Z80 as a sub CPU. The Mega CD has the MC68H000 and the Super 32X has two of the SH-2 for a total of five CPUs. Every system has its own AC adapter (3) for a total of eight. | |||
| A | Q14) Put the following Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit standalone games in the order they were released (from oldest to newest). | (none) | A) Gamera Dream Battle B) Giant Channel C) Atsumete Godzilla: Kaiju Daishugo D) Cho Hatsumei Boy Kanipan Asonde Kid DCDC |
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(none) | Atsumete Godzilla: Kaiju Daishugo was released on July 30, 1998, Gamera Dream Battle on March 25, 1999, Cho Hatsumei Boy Kanipan Asonde Kid DCDC on April 22, 1999, and Giant Channel on May 20, 1999. | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. | ||
| A | Q15) What is the name of the white-bearded man who would offer bits of advice in game manuals for the SG-1000 and SC-3000 | A) Games Kyoju (Professor Games) B) Games Hakase (Dr. Games) C) Asobin Kyoju (Professor Asobin) D) Asobin Hakase (Dr. Asobin) |
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(none) | During the SEGA Mark III era, Professor Asobin, a rabbit-like character, took the place of Dr. Games. | No ending punctuation on the question. | |||
| C | Q16) Which of the following organizations did Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of Yakuza, once belong to? | A) Dojima Family B) Shimano Family C) Second Gen Go-Ryu Clan D) Yamagasa Family |
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(none) | Up until he accepted the blame for the death of its patriarch, Kazuma Kiryu was a part of the Dojima Family. He served as a lieutenant. | ||||
| C | Q17) Which of these these terms is used in the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA rhythm action game series to mean "costume." | (none) | A) Exterior B) Form C) Armor D) Module |
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Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA for the PSP contained 39 types of modules associated with Hatsune Miku. | The word "these" was repeated in the question. | |||
| C | Q18) Chain Chronicle, which went online in 2013, has had a major impact on all subsequent smartphone RPGs. What is the subtitle of the latest version of the game, released in November 2020? | A) Crimson B) Kizuna no Shintairiku C) Shinsekai no Yobigoe D) The Light of Haecceitas |
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(none) | The fourth and latest game in the series is Chain Chronicle: Shinsekai no Yobigoe. The second title in the series is Chain Chronicle: Kizuna no Shintairiku. Chain Chronicle Crimson was the first spinoff comic serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas is both an anime and comic released in 2016. | ||||
| E | Q19) Fill in the blank: There are seven Chaos Emeralds in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The colors are red, blue, yellow, green, purple, white and ( ). | (none) | A) Orange B) Cyan C) Black D) Rainbow |
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(none) | The Chaos Emeralds are red, blue, yellow, green, purple, white and cyan. In some titles, the blue Emerald is pink. | |||
| E | Q20) What was the development codename for Sega Saturn title Virtual Hydlide? | A) Delphinus (dolphin constellation) B) Cygnus (swan constellation) C) Cancer (crab constellation) D) Pegasus (Pegasus constellation) |
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(none) | Hydlide is an action RPG released by T&E SOFT in 1984, and was the first 3D RPG made for the Sega Saturn. The term "Virtual" was added to the title because it was in 3D. | ||||
| E | Q21) What was the development codename for the Mega Drive Mini? | A) Pluto B) Earth C) Mars D) Moon |
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(none) | In fact, some SEGA employees mistakenly believed the codename for the Sega Genesis was "Earth", so when it came time for the Mega Drive Mini, it was given the codename "Moon". | ||||
| E | Q22) Choose the title holding the record for "Most official tournaments held for one arcade game series" in the Guinness World Records. | (none) | A) Virtua Fighter 2 B) Mushiking: King of the Beetles C) WORLD CLUB Champion Football D) Sangokushi Taisen |
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"Mushiking: King of the Beetles" is a trading card game designed for kids. Guinness has recognized the outstanding achievement of over 100,000 official tournaments held for this game. A total of 498 million Mushiking cards have been printed for release. | Mushiking has a slightly different title here to usual. | |||
| C | Q23) Etrian Odyssey, a series of dungeon crawlers developed by Atlus, allows players to map out their adventure. Put these Etrian Odyssey subtitles in the order that they released (from oldest to newest). | (none) | A) Beyond the Myth B) Legends of the Titan C) The Drowned City D) Heroes of Lagaard |
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(none) | The order is Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard, Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City, Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan, Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth. There is no subtitle to the latest game in the series (Etrian Odyssey Nexus). | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. | ||
| C | Q24) Choose all the beasts that appear in Tranquilizer Gun, an arcade game released in 1980. | A) Alligator B) Gorilla C) Lion D) Elephant |
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(none) | The other animal to appear is a snake, not an alligator. The snake and lion are colored pink, and the gorilla and elephant are turquoise. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | |||
| C | Q25) Service centers operated by SEGA Logistics Service are responsible for maintenance and logistics of amusement machines, and also sell used machines. Choose all of the following that are not SEGA Logistics Service service centers. | (none) | A) Haneda Service Center B) Narita Service Center C) Kansai Service Center D) Sakura Service Center |
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(none) | SEGA Logistics Service handles all of the SEGA Group's logistics with the head office in Kamata and five other centers in Nishi-Kojiya, Sakura-nanso, Sakura, Yaguchi, and Kansai. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| A | Q26) SEGA enjoys a passionate, multidisciplinary team of employees. Who was the SEGA employee named the "Best Salaryman Singer in Japan?" | (none) | A) Takenobu Mitsuyoshi B) Hidenori Shoji C) Jun Senoue D) Hideaki Kobayashi |
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Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, the "Best Salaryman Singer in Japan" has also held the Universe's first (!?) guestless dinner show. | ||||
| D | Q27) Choose the company that codeveloped Print Club with SEGA in 1995. | A) Namco B) Taito C) Bandai D) ATLUS |
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This was a joint development project with ATLUS. You can identify ATLUS's involvement by their prolific use of Jack Frost, a character from the Megami Tensei series, on the cabinet and on some screens. | |||||
| C | Q28) What is the name of the museum that made the Virtua Fighter series, which was the starting point for full 3D polygon fighting games, a part of its Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology Innovation? | A) Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago B) Deutsches Museum C) Smithsonian Institution D) The British Museum |
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(none) | Recieved the Computerworld Smithsonian Award in 1998, it earned a permanent place in the museum. | ||||
| A | Q29) Released in the early 1970's, choose the SEGA pinball machine that featured a pachinko-style backglass portion in its build. | (none) | A) SAPPORO B) CARNIVAL C) CRAZY CLOCK D) SURFING |
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(none) | The glass backboard stood perpendicular to the playing field and showed the machine type and score. When a ball fell into a field pit, it would activate the pachinko part and alter the score based on how the ball moved. | |||
| A | Q30) What is the name of the bar space in SEGA Head Office's cafeteria in Nishi-Shinagawa, Tokyo? | (none) | A) Columbia B) Endeavor C) Atlantis D) Discovery |
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Written as "&BAR," this name is read "Endeavor" when spoken aloud. This photogenic cafeteria also serves alcohol (but is currently closed). | More a Japanese-pronunciation pun, this one struggles with a native English-speaking accent. | |||
| A | Q31) Choose all the hidden vehicles you could select in SCUD RACE Plus in 1997, the arcade racing game based on the BPR Global GT Series. | (none) | A) Taxi B) Bus C) Cat D) Rocket Car |
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(none) | Another hidden vehicle was the tank. The overseas version was released as SEGA SUPER GT. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| A | Q32) How many J.League affiliate clubs could you play against in SEGA's "J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!" released in 1996? | A) 10 B) 12 C) 14 D) 16 |
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(none) | 16 teams could face each other in league matches, including an original rival team and the player's own team. | ||||
| C | Q33) Choose the classic phrase of Jack Frost and Pyro Jack in the Shin Megami Tensei series by Atlus. | A) Hee-Ha B) Hee-Hee C) Hee-Hu D) Hee-Ho |
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(none) | Known as Jack Bros. in North America, this catchphrase was a part of the title of a Japanese release, "Jack Brothers no Meiro de Hee-Ho!" | ||||
| C | Q34) In the online RPG Phantasy Star Online 2, what is the name of the system that allowed for the background music to change dynamically based on the player's situation? | (none) | A) Telepathy B) Sympathy C) Pharmacy D) Kanpachi |
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(none) | "Sympathy" is also a keyword used for anniversary concerts of the Phantasy Star series. | |||
| S | Q35) In the arcade-style combat flight simulator After Burner II, which of the following DIP switches on the PCB is responsible for setting the continue function? | A) A6 B) B6 C) A9 D) B2 |
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(none) | There are A and B DIP switches, each changing a different setting, such as difficulty or number of credits. | ||||
| A | Q36) Choose all the methods of control that existed for SEGA's simulator-style experience arcade games, such as the classic Hang-On motorcycle racing. | (none) | A) Surfboard B) Potter's Wheel C) Handcar D) Water Nozzle |
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(none) | A is used in Soul Surfer, C in Magical Truck Adventure, and D in Brave Fire Fighters. B is not found in any of SEGA's releases. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| E | Q37) The SEGA 60th ANNIVERSARY LIVE event was broadcasted online on December 19, 2020 as part of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Project. Which system boot sound was used at the start of the event? | (none) | A) Dreamcast B) Mega CD C) Sega Saturn D) Master System |
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(none) | The crescendo backing the Sega Saturn's classic shattered polygons coming together to form the Saturn logo leaves a distinctly powerful impression. | |||
| C | Q38) Fill in the blank: In the game Puyo Puyo!! Quest, you can work with other guild members to raise ( ). | (none) | A) Puyos B) PuyoFish C) PuyoPets D) PuyoVeggies |
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(none) | You can grow PuyoVeggies and use them to power up characters. | |||
| C | Q39) SEGA Group member Amplitude Studios (France) is the creator of a series of four strategy games, all taking place in the same universe. What is the name of this universe? | (none) | A) Forever Universe B) Unlimited Universe C) Endless Universe D) Infinity Universe |
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The Endless Space series takes place in the Endless Universe, created by Amplitude. They plan to release their newest title Humankind in 2021. | ||||
| E | Q40) What was the codename for Panzer Dragoon, the first shooting game on the SEGA Saturn? | A) Andromeda B) Draco C) Pegasus D) Cygnus |
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(none) | Ever since Panzer Dragoon went by the name Andromeda, the development team also took on the name Team Andromeda. | ||||
| E | Q41) Fill in the blank: Compatible with the Sega Saturn, the Hi-Saturn was developed and sold by Hitachi. Victor Company of Japan (currently JVC Kenwood) also sold the ( )-Saturn. | (none) | A) B B) JVC C) V D) Tech |
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(none) | The "V" in V-Saturn is derived from "V"ictor of Japan, who produced and sold this model of the console. | |||
| E | Q42) Which of the following is a medal game arcade machine? | (none) | A) Sangokushi Taisen B) StarHorse4 C) maimai D) Heatup Hockey Image |
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Though StarHorse4 does not use actual medals, it uses digital medals, which classifies it in the medal game machine category. Of the others, Sangokushi Taisen is a trading card game, maimai is a video game, and Heatup Hockey Image is an electromechanical arcade game. | ||||
| C | Q43) On the title screen of Virtual On, what text is hidden behind the mosaic image? | A) ELECTRONIC ROBOTS B) CYBER TROOPERS C) BATTLE OF VIRTUALOID D) MOBILE FIGHTERS |
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All titles in this series include the text CYBER TROOPERS. | |||||
| C | Q44) Which of these characters does not appear in Monkey Ball, an arcade game machine released in May 2001, in which players guide a monkey inside of a rolling ball to a series of goals? | (none) | A) AiAi B) MiMi C) GonGon D) Baby |
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(none) | GonGon first appeared in Super Monkey Ball. | |||
| D | Q45) Which self-deprecating catchphrase was used in a series of Dreamcast TV commercials that aired in Japan? | (none) | A) SEGA toka shoki kayo (SEGA is out of their minds) B) SEGA na koto ittenjaneyo (Don't even talk about SEGA) C) SEGA toka ju-nen hayasugindayo (When's SEGA gonna stop living in the future!?) D) SEGA nante dasseyona (SEGA is so not cool) |
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(none) | These self-deprecating commercials became popular before the Dreamcast was released. It was awarded the best TV commercial at the ACC Commercial Festival. | |||
| C | Q46) Gale Racer was a racing game ported from the arcades to the Sega Saturn. What was the name of the arcade game? | (none) | A) Rail Chase B) F1 Super Lap C) OutRunners D) Rad Mobile |
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(none) | Released as a launch title for Sega Saturn. The port included many changes to the gameplay. | |||
| C | Q47) Choose the social media platform for which SEGA does not have an official account. | (none) | A) Facebook B) LINE C) Instagram D) Snapchat |
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(none) | The SEGA Group posts updates and news to Twitter, Facebook, LINE, Instagram, and YouTube. | |||
| D | Q48) Which programming language could you learn on the SC-3000, which was sold as a personal computer that allowed you to study programming? | A) FORTRAN B) COBOL C) C D) BASIC |
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(none) | The SC-3000 supported BASIC, as this was known as the perfect programming language for beginners at the time. There was even a trend among enthusiasts to share code in magazines for simple games. | ||||
| C | Q49) In the Sakura Wars series, what language is the name of the instant kill attack performed by polyglot Maria Tachibana? | A) German B) Spanish C) Portugese D) Russian |
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(none) | While able to speak Japanese and English fluently, Maria is originally from Russia so the name of her instant kill attack is in Russian. | ||||
| A | Q50) Choose the line of the legend spoken by Shenhua Ling, a heroine from the Shenmue series, that follows the first line: "He shall appear from a far eastern land across the sea." | (none) | A) For this destiny predetermined since ancient times. B) The path he must tread, fraught with adversity. C) A young man who has yet to know his potential. D) And thus the saga begins. |
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(none) | During the second half of Shenmue II, Ryo hears this legend directly from Shenhua. Like the legend, was the meeting of these two destined? | |||
| C | Q51) In the Sega Saturn action game, Burning Rangers, what is the name of the main characters' occupation? | (none) | A) Anti-Terrorism Specialty Team B) Mountain Rescue Team C) Transforming Heroes D) Special Fire Rescue Team |
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Burning Rangers is a 3D action game about rescuing people from fires. | ||||
| D | Q52) The Phantasy Star RPG series remains popular even today. Excluding side stories, what number in the series was The End of the Millennium? | A) 2nd B) 3rd C) 4th D) 5th |
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(none) | This was the fourth game in the series after Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star II: At the End of the Restoration, and Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom. | ||||
| C | Q53) In the Japanese version of Alex Kidd, he eats rice balls. In some of the overseas versions, the food is replaced with something else. What is it? | (none) | A) Hot Dogs B) Churros C) Hamburgers D) Pizza |
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(none) | When this game was pre-installed in the budget-friendly version hardware, "Master System II" released overseas, it was replaced with hamburgers instead of rice balls with the belief that people would not be as familiar with Japanese rice balls. | |||
| C | Q54) Which SEGA game with a horse racing motif is not a medal game? | (none) | A) StarHorse B) ROYAL ASCOT C) WORLD DERBY D) WINNING HORSE |
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(none) | Even now, StarHorse is a popular horse racing simulator series. Royal Ascot swept the world with its sense of scale. WORLD DERBY wowed by being the first in the industry with a free lane system. | Usage of capital letters is mixed here. | ||
| A | Q55) SEGA's simulator-style experience games drove the arcade scene in the late 1980's. What was the very first game released in this style? | (none) | A) OutRun B) Space Harrier C) Thunder Blade D) Hang-On |
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SEGA's first simulator-style game was Hang-On (1985), where you could ride a model of a motorcycle and lean left or right. Space Harrier (1985), OutRun (1986) and After Burner (1987) were other popular titles that followed in the same style. | ||||
| C | Q56) Put the following subtitles from the trading card game series Sangokushi Taisen in the order they were released (from oldest to newest) | (none) | A) Gyoukou, Seijun wo Terashi B) Tenso no Kyomei C) Densho no Kokyu D) Roshu no Souken |
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Tenso no Kyomei was implemented on October 2017, Roshu no Soken in August 2018, and Densho no Kokyu in April 2019. In March 2020, the latest version, Gyoukou, Seijun wo Terashi was implemented. | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. No ending punctuation on the question. Roshu no Souken/Soken is left as shown. | |||
| C | Q57) Which of the following matches the SEGA Group's mission? | (none) | A) Be a game changer B) Continuing to create moving experiences C) Continuing being #1 in the industry D) Continuing progress without fear of failure |
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(none) | The SEGA Group's raison d'être, as expressed in its corporate mission, is "Continuing to Create Moving Experiences" and its vision is to "Be a Game Changer." | |||
| A | Q58) The Astro City is a general purpose arcade cabinet that was used for Virtua Fighter 2 and Puyo Puyo 2. Which of the following statements is wrong as the initial specification of the the Astro City? | A) Features a 29-inch monitor B) Supports two-cabinet multiplayer C) Resin construction decreases cabinet weight to under 100kg D) No glass panel in front of screen |
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(none) | At the time, two-cabinet connectivity was not allowed due to the Radio Act. | Repeated "the" is as written. | |||
| A | Q59) What is the name of the official membership app that can be used in SEGA amusement centers across Japan to store your play history and access special services? | (none) | A) SEGA Platon B) SEGA Socrates C) SEGA Pythagoras D) SEGA Archimedes |
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You can register an IC Card with digital money support to pay for game credits and other items. You can also gain member levels by visiting arcades and doing other activities to gain EXP. Platon members have access to special rewards and services. | ||||
| C | Q60) In the "Sega Shirou Himitsu-hen (Sega Shirou: The Secret)" episode from the SEGAs 60th Anniversary Movie commecial series, what is on Sega Shirou's back? | A) Sega Genesis B) Sega Saturn C) Dreamcast D) Sega TeraDrive |
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Sega Shirou is Segata Sanshiro's son and sports a white Sega Saturn on his back. In past commercials, Segata Sanshiro also carried a white Sega Saturn on his back. | Typos as written on the test. |
Test 3
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| C | Q1) Choose the correct name of the young, tall and slim actor who plays Sega Shirou and is serving as SEGA's 60th Anniversary Ambassador. | A) Makoto Fujioka B) Akito Fujioka C) Maito Fujioka D) Hiroshi Fujioka |
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(none) | Maito Fujioka is the son of Hiroshi Fujioka, the actor who originally appeared as the character Segata Sanshiro in SEGA commercials. | Question 1 was the same on all three tests. | |||
| C | Q2) Which is the correct spelling of the name of famous actor who is the father of Sega Shirou, and portrays Segata Sanshiro disguised as Sega Hatanshiro in the "Sega Shirou: Ketsui-hen (Sega Shirou: The Decision)" episode of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Movie series of commercials. | A) Hiroshi Fujioka B) Hiroto Fujioka C) Hiromi Fujioka D) Maito Fujioka |
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Hiroshi Fujioka portrayed the character Segata Sanshiro, which appeared in SEGA commercials from 1997 to 1999 in Japan. He performed alongside his real son, Maito Fujioka, in the "Sega Shirou: Ketsui-hen (Sega Shirou: The Decision)" episode of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Movie commercial series. | Question 2 was the same on all three tests. | ||||
| C | Q3) Choose the name of the company founded in 1960 that would later become SEGA. | (none) | A) Kyokuto Goraku Seizo B) Nihon Goraku Bussan C) Nihon Kiki Seizo D) Sekai Gangu Hanbai |
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Nihon Goraku Bussan, established on August 3, 1960, started business as an importer and vendor of jukeboxes and amusement machines. Following that, after repeated changes to its name, the company continues as today's SEGA. | Question 3 was the same on all three tests. | |||
| C | Q4) What is the lot number in the address for SEGA's Head Office (Nishi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo)? | image | A) 1-1-1 B) 1-2-3 C) 1-11-1 D) 1-12-34 |
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(none) | SEGA's Head Office moved to its current location in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo in August 2018 from its original location in Haneda Otorii, where it had been since the company's founding. | |||
| C | Q5) TMS Entertainment plans, produces, sells, distributes and exports animation. Which train station is closest to the company's Head Office? | image | A) Koenji Station B) Nakano Station C) Osaki Station D) Nishi-Shinjuku Station |
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(none) | TMS Entertainment's Head Office is 3-31-1 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo. JR Nakano Station, the closest train station, is five minutes away on foot. | |||
| C | Q6) In October 2020, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Game Gear and SEGA's 60th anniversary, the company released the Game Gear Micro. What percent of the original Game Gear's size is the Micro? | image | A) Just under 30% B) Just under 40% C) Just under 50% D) Just under 60% |
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It is miniaturized to just under 40% of the original's size and given a 1-inch monitor and buttons to match. Each color of the Game Gear Micro contains a different collection of four popular game titles from the original Game Gear. | ||||
| C | Q7) SEGA is often said to be "a decade too early" when it does things. Choose the name of the earliest and first full polygon game that it released. | (none) | A) Virtua Fighter B) Virtua Racing C) Virtua Cop D) Virtua Striker |
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SEGA's first full polygon game was Virtua Racing, based on Formula racing machine. With this title, SEGA obtained a patent for a system for switching perspectives in CG driving games. | ||||
| A | Q8) In 1995, SEGA released a science fiction racing game for the Sega Saturn called Gran Chaser (Cyber Speedway elsewhere). Who was the famous designer responsible for the design of the racing vehicles that appear in the game? | (none) | A) Moebius B) H.R. Giger C) Syd Mead D) Katsuhiro Otomo |
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(none) | Syd Mead, known for his design work in science fiction movies such as Blade Runner, Tron and Aliens designed the game's racing "sleds." | |||
| C | Q9) Choose the arcade system board that SEGA jointly developed with other companies that implements the Nintendo GameCube's architecture. | (none) | A) SEGAHIKARU B) Chihiro C) TRIFORCE D) MODEL3 |
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The other two companies involved in the Triforce's development were NAMCO (now a part of BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment) and Nintendo. The Triforce was used as the system board for such games as Virtua Striker 2002 and F-ZERO AX. | ||||
| A | Q10) Choose all of the following that were made into gigantic hardware and peripheral versions for use at events, etc. | (none) | A) Sega Genesis Control Pad B) Sega Saturn Control Pad C) Robo Pitcher D) Sega Mouse |
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Visitors to Sega Fes got to see the giant Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn control pads, while the large Robo Pitcher entertained attendees at Game Party Japan 2016. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | |||
| A | Q11) Choose the name of the band formed in 1984 whose songs are featured in all three of the Crazy Taxi series' arcade titles. | image | A) Bad Religion B) The Offspring C) Silver Bullet D) Methods of Mayhem |
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(none) | While all these bands provided music for the Crazy Taxi arcade series, only The Offspring's songs were included in all three titles. | |||
| C | Q12) DARTSLIVE-200S works with a smartphone allowing people to play darts at home. Choose the retail price (before tax) of the 57 cm x 53 cm home dartboard that is the same size as that used on DARTSLIVE2 machines. | image | A) JPY 24,800 B) JPY 29,800 C) JPY 34,800 yen D) JPY 39,000 yen |
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(none) | DARTSLIVE-200S uses a smartphone app to calculate ratings and also enables players to compete with players around the world online. | C and D had yen written after them, but A and B didn't, despite all 4 being in the same currency. | ||
| S | Q13) In the arcade version of the action puzzle game Pengo, a line of penguins appears on the results screen after completing Act 4. Counting from the right, what number is the orange penguin? | (none) | A) Three B) One C) Two D) Four |
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Of the six penguins that appear, the third one from the right is orange, and after completing Act 10, you can see Pengo that looks like playing a game. | ||||
| A | Q14) Arrange the following slogans used in Sega Saturn TV commercials starting with the earliest. | (none) | A) Me ga hanasenai Sega Saturn (Sega Saturn: Can't take your eyes off it) B) Noten chokugeki Saturn (Sega Saturn: The Headshot) C) Dondon chikazuku Sega Saturn (Sega Saturn: It's coming) D) Sugoi game ha, Sega Saturn kara (Great games start with Sega Saturn) |
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(none) | A memorable commercial from this time showed a chimpanzee named Anthony losing to hunger while his friend Segaru stayed absorbed in playing his Sega Saturn. | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. | ||
| A | Q15) How many male wrestlers have appeared as themselves in SEGA's Yakuza franchise, which targets mature audiences? | (none) | A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 13 |
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(none) | A total of 11 male wrestlers have appeared as themselves in the franchise: Keiji Mutoh, Masahiro Chono, Riki Choshu, Genichiro Tenryu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kazuchika Okada, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tetsuya Naito and Toru Yano. Pro wrestlers who have appeared as a character in the game and not themselves include Saki Akai as a hostess, and Yoshiaki Fujiwara as Sai no Hanaya. | |||
| C | Q16) In 2009, the rhythm action game Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA was released. Choose the console the game is compatible with. | (none) | A) PlayStation®2 B) PSP® C) PlayStation®3 D) PlayStation®Vita |
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Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA was released exclusively for the PlayStation® Portable. Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade was released in 2010, with sequels also being released for the PlayStation® Vita and PlayStation® 3. | Spacing is used after a ® in the question, but not in the trivia. | |||
| C | Q17) Choose from the following all that are gameplay features of Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku, a rhythm-adventure game for smartphones. | image | A) Players can watch the stories of five idol groups, featuring new characters, unfold. B) Includes a mode where up to five players can play together in the rhythm game. C) Players can enjoy virtual concerts in real-time with other players throughout Japan. D) With "My Room," players can decorate their own virtual room using in-game items and communicate with the virtual singers. |
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(none) | Choice "D" is a regular feature of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series. | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| E | Q18) What was the name originally given to Sonic the Hedgehog, one of SEGA's main mascots, before he was introduced to the world? | image | A) Mr. Needlemouse B) Mr. Speedy Mouse C) Mr. Rocket Mouse D) Mr. Blue Mouse |
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The original prototype name given to Sonic the Hedgehog was "Mr. Needlemouse," based off of an alternate translation of the Japanese word "Harinezumi" ("hari" meaning "needle," "nezumi" meaning "mouse," while "harinezumi" means "hedgehog"). While his needles were originally blue-green, his current color, blue, was chosen to match SEGA's logo. | Per earlier on this page, this question caused a debate on Twitter after Yuji Naka, the programmer of the original Sonic the Hedgehog, struggled with it. | |||
| E | Q19) Fill in the blank: Panzer Dragoon for the Sega Saturn is a ( ) shooting game where you ride a dragon and shoot down enemies. | image | A) Emotional B) Exciting C) Dramatic D) Sensational |
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(none) | The first original consumer 3D shooting game produced by SEGA. A "dramatic shooting game" where players journey through a panoramic vision of a strange, new 3D world, it showed off the appeal of the Sega Saturn to the full. | |||
| E | Q20) What was the first codename to be assigned to a SEGA consumer video game console? | (none) | A) Mercury B) Earth C) Moon D) Saturn |
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It was revealed in SEGA SEMINAR I that the first codename to be assigned to a SEGA console was "Saturn." It was also explained that the Game Gear and Sega Genesis did not have codenames during their development. These were assigned much later in order to organize SEGA's consumer hardware. | ||||
| E | Q21) The initial Sangokushi Taisen series ended service on January 16, 2015. How many days had the game been online since the start of service? | image | A) 3,456 B) 3,594 C) 3,939 D) 5,000 |
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(none) | Since service began on March 15, 2005, it had been in operation for 3,594 days. In Japanese, that number can be pronounced like the game's title: "San-go-ku-shi." | |||
| C | Q22) Persona is one of Atlus' feature series of RPGs. Arrange the following titles from the series according to their released dates, from oldest to newest. | (none) | A) Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth B) Persona 5 Royal C) Persona 5 Strikers D) Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight |
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(none) | Personal 5 Royal and Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth are pure role-playing games. Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight is a rhythm action game, while Persona 5 Strikers is an action role-playing game. | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. "Personal 5 Royal" as written on the test notes. | ||
| C | Q23) What was the name of the Japanese arcade game that was renamed Double Target: Cynthia no Nemuri when it was ported to the SEGA Mark III in Japan? | (none) | A) SDI B) Flashgal C) QUARTET D) Sanrin San Chan |
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The SEGA Mark III version did not allow for play by four people at once, like the upright arcade version of QUARTET did. Instead, it only allowed play by one or two people, like the cocktail arcade version. The Mark III port of the game was released overseas for the Master System as Quartet. | ||||
| C | Q24) What is the name of the first title of the highly popular 4-person medal game series developed by SEGA Logistics Service in 2008, which paved the way for kids mass medal games with large landscape monitor? | (none) | A) Yataimura Kingyosukui B) Yataimura Shateki C) Yataimura Takoyaki D) Yataimura Wanage |
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Yataimura Kingyosukui was a big hit since adults could enjoy it along with children! This was followed by the launch of Yataimura Shateki and Yataimura Takoyaki. Note that there is no Yataimura Wanage. | Monitor singular, as written. | |||
| C | Q25) What is the name of the city in California where Sega of America's Head Office is located (as of 2020)? | image | A) Anaheim B) Irvine C) San Francisco D) Redwood City |
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Sega of America's Head Office is located in Irvine, California, which is also called the "Second Silicon Valley." The color of Sega of America's logo is slightly different than the Japanese logo. | ||||
| C | Q26) Choose the name of the first Japanese-made jukebox that was developed by SEGA in 1960, which could also be said to be the company's starting point. | image | A) SEGA 1000 B) SEGA 3000 C) SG-1000 D) SC-3000 |
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SEGA used the knowhow it gained from importing, selling and operating jukeboxes from overseas to manufacture the first Japanese-made jukebox. | ||||
| A | Q27) Choose the true name of the three-hit combo appearing in Virtua Fighter 2 that is commonly known as the "Akira Special/Stun Palm of Doom." | image | A) Shura Ha'ou Koukazan B) Hougeki Unshin Soukoshou C) Toryu Tenshin Hazankai D) Fujin Shoushitsu Fukkogeki |
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(none) | All of these combos are known for being difficult to input. Many players repeatedly practiced the Hougeki Unshin Soukoshou in particular, which appeared in Virtua Fighter 2 as a new combo for the series. | |||
| A | Q28) What is the name of the tunnel that is the symbol of "TUNNEL TOKYO" the members-only coworking space at SEGA's Head Office in Nishi-Shinagawa, Tokyo? | image | A) Grand Central Tunnel B) Space Frontier Tunnel C) Big Gate Tunnel D) Global Synergy Tunnel |
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(none) | The Big Gate Tunnel also often appears in SEGA's streaming programs. It symbolizes the path leading to a place of new challenges. | |||
| S | Q29) What is the total original list price of the Sega Genesis versions of the 39 games included in the Japanese Sega Genesis Mini, excluding Darius, Tetris and Game no Kanzume: Otokuyo? | (none) | A) About 200,000 yen B) About 250,000 yen C) About 300,000 yen D) About 350,000 yen |
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(none) | The total original list price for the 39 games is 299,400 yen. That is nearly 43 times the 6,980 yen price (before tax) of the Sega Genesis Mini with 1 control pad, making the Mini a great bargain! | |||
| A | Q30) Arrange the following trading card arcade games for children released by SEGA in chronological order from oldest to newest. | (none) | A) Dinosaur King B) Mushiking: The King of Beetles C) Lilpri - Yubi Puru Hime Chen! D) Oshare Majo Love and Berry |
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(none) | Mushiking: The King of Beetles, a pioneer in the genre of trading card arcade games targeting children, was released in 2003. Oshare Majo Love and Berry was released in 2004, immediately followed by Dinosaur King in 2005. Lilpri - Yubi Puru Hime Chen! was released a few years later in 2008. | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. | ||
| C | Q31) Choose the name of the person who has not been an image character for the soccer club management simulation game J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! | (none) | A) Roberto Baggio B) Ivica Osim C) Dragan Stojković D) Ramos Ruy |
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(none) | Ramos Ruy appears as a team advisor in J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J, but was not the image character for the title. | |||
| C | Q32) Select all of the following well-known IPs that had software released for the Dreamcast under the SEGA Toys brand. | (none) | A) Crayon Shin-chan B) Bikkuriman C) Anpanman D) Doraemon |
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(none) | SEGA Toys released the following two on the Dreamcast: "Bikkuriman 2000: Viva! Festiva!" and "Boku Doraemon". | This question offered a multiple selection choice. | ||
| C | Q33) The Phantasy Star series of games, including the immensely popular Phantasy Star Online 2 that is currently in service, take place in space and feature a variety of races. One of these is a humanoid race with mechanical bodies and free-will. What is this race called in Phantasy Star Online, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on December 21, 2020? | image | A) CAST B) Android C) Partner machine D) Newman |
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In Phantasy Star Online, the correct name of their race is "Android." Their current name in Phantasy Star Online 2, CAST, has been around since Phantasy Star Universe (PSU). In Phantasy Star Online, however, characters could be called by a combination of their races and classes, such as HUcast and RAcast, resulting in some confusion regarding the correct name. Partner machinary are small robots that appeared in PSU and are used by humanoids for a variety of purposes. Of the previously mentioned races and classes, the Newman race that also appears in the series has pointed ears, making them resemble elves. | ||||
| A | Q34) Fantasy Zone is an extremely popular shooting game that has been ported to a variety of platforms. In the arcade version, how many projectiles come out of the mouth of Stamperon, the Stage 1 boss, in the first shot it makes after it appears? | (none) | A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 16 |
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(none) | Fantasy Zone was released in 1986. Regardless of the number of times the game is played over, Stamperon always shoots 8 balls the first timea and the number of balls it shoots next is fixed at 16. | "timea" left as written on the trivia notes. | ||
| C | Q35) What was the name of the 3D fighting game used at the Pepsi Japan Cup game tournament held in 1996? | (none) | A) Virtua Fighter 3 B) Last Bronx C) Virtua Fighter Kids D) Fighting Vipers |
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(none) | The winner of the cup recieved, among other things, a champion cup, a specially-made skateboard and a year's supply of beverages. | |||
| E | Q36) On December 19, the SEGA 60th ANNIVERSARY LIVE concert was livestreamed as part of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Project. What was the first song performed for the event? | (none) | A) Escape From The City B) Wakai Chikara C) Open Your Heart D) Live & Learn |
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The musical event opened with a performance by Jun Senoue, who has composed music for the Sonic the Hedgehog series, on guitar and the backing band. | ||||
| C | Q37) Choose the number of times the smartphone puzzle RPG Puyo Puyo!! Quest has been downloaded as of December 1, 2020. | (none) | A) 19 million B) 21 million C) 23 million D) 25 million |
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(none) | Service for the game began in April 2013 for iOS and the following June for Android. In seven and a half years, the game has been downloaded 23 million times. | |||
| E | Q38) Sports Interactive, a SEGA Europe subsidiary, is known for its Football Manager series of soccer management simulation games. Choose the other management simulation game series it developed for another genre besides soccer. | (none) | A) Formula One B) Ice Hockey C) Rugby D) Basketball |
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Sports Interactive has also developed NHL Eastside Hockey Manager, an ice hockey team management simulation game based on the North American National Hockey League (NHL). | ||||
| E | Q39) In his interview posted on the special SEGA 60th Anniversary Website "SEGA Shirou" in June 2020, what sort of company did CEO Haruki Satomi say SEGA must become? | image | A) Mischievous B) Strong C) Cool D) Energetic |
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(none) | In his interview, available on the special SEGA 60th Anniversary Website "SEGA Shirou," CEO Satomi said that "what fans expect from SEGA is that it is serious about doing spectacular things that at first glance may seem ridiculous. The reason this aspect of the company's character has faded is because no one, including management, is being mischievous as in the past. It's my goal to get everyone to show that mischievous spirt more." | "spirt" left as written on the trivia notes. | ||
| E | Q40) Which of SEGA's consumer video game consoles was given the codename "Mars." | image | A) Sega Genesis B) Game Gear C) Super 32X D) Nomad |
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The codename for the Sega Genesis was "Mark V," the Nomad's was "Venus" and the Game Gear's was "Mercury." | ||||
| E | Q41) Choose the name of the very first video game sold by SEGA. | (none) | A) Fantasy Zone B) Head On C) PONG-TRON D) Flicky |
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PONG-TRON was the earliest video game released by SEGA in 1973. Head On was released in 1979, Flicky in 1984 and Fantasy Zone in 1986. | ||||
| C | Q42) Which anniversary did Creative Assembly celebrate in 2020 ?(alongside SEGA's 60th)! | image | A) 15 years B) 33 years C) 50 years D) 66 years |
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(none) | Creative Assembly was founded in 1987 and currently has studios in Horsham in the south of England and Sofia, Bulgaria. It is one of oldest and largest game developers in Europe. | Unusual spacing in the question's punctuation left as written on the test, as is the missing word from the trivia section. | ||
| A | Q43) Choose the name of the first game title that SEGA released as a video game developer for another company's consumer video game console. | (none) | A) Super Monkey Ball B) Crazy Taxi C) Rez D) ChuChu Rocket! |
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The Game Boy Advance version of ChuChu Rocket!, released March 21, 2001, was SEGA's first game title for another company's console. | ||||
| A | Q44) Choose the name of the developer (at the time that the Dreamcast was still on sale) that released the last licensed game for the Dreamcast. | (none) | A) Kaga Tech B) Milestone C) Triangle Service D) Alfa System |
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(none) | The final game released for the Dreamcast was Milestone's Karous. Excluding products like the new Sega Genesis Mini, this title could also be said to be the last licensed game for any SEGA-made console. | |||
| A | Q45) The Game Gear Micro is a portable video game console that was released in Japan on October 6, 2020 to mark SEGA's 60th anniversary and the Game Gear's 30th anniversary. Which of the following titles is not included in the blue version of the Game Gear Micro? | image | A) Sonic & Tails (Sonic Chaos) B) The GG Shinobi (Shinobi) C) Sylvan Tale D) Baku Baku Animal: Sekai Shiiku Gakari Senshuken (Baku Baku Animal in US, Baku Baku in Europe) |
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As its name suggests, the Game Gear Micro is a microscopic 40% of the original size of the Game Gear. Four color variations went on sale at the same time. The blue version also contains Gunstar Heroes for a total of four action games that are a must-have for every SEGA fan. | ||||
| C | Q46) What is the name of the project where a stuffed Sonic introduces famous places in Japan and the rest of the world on SEGA's official social media accounts? | (none) | A) Sonic Flies Around the World B) Traveling Sonic C) Sonic Goes Around the World D) Sonic Travels |
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The photos used in the project are taken by employees who work at SEGA Group companies. | ||||
| A | Q47) Fill in the blank: When you turned on the Sega Master System, an upgraded version of the Mark III, without a cartridge, music from ( ) would start playing. | image | A) Space Harrier B) Hang-On C) Alex Kidd in Miracle World D) Fantasy Zone |
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(none) | If you turned on the Master System without a cartridge in the slot, music from Space Harrier and an animated demo screen would play. | |||
| A | Q48) What is the name of the Spiricle Armor that Sakura Amamiya, one of Project Sakura Wars' heroines, operates at the start of the game? | image | A) Kobu-Kai B) Kobu Type-2 C) Type-3 Kobu D) Prototype Obu |
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(none) | In New Sakura Wars, Combat Revues around the world use Spiricle Fighters, an advanced version of the Spiricle Armors from previous Sakura Wars titles. The Spiricle Armor Sakura Amamiya pilots at the game's start is an older Armor model. | |||
| C | Q49) Choose the tattoo design worn by the character Goro Majima from the Yakuza series, which portrays the lives of people in the Japanese underworld that is set in the fictional district of Kamurocho. | (none) | A) Inron (Winged Dragon) B) Hannya & White Snake C) Fudo Myo-o D) Ouryu (Golden Dragon) |
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Kazuma Kiryu's tattoo is Inron, Daigo Dojima's is Fudo Myo-o, and Ryuji Goda's is Ouryu. | ||||
| C | Q50) In Shenmue II, main character Ryo Hazuki must find four Wude (martial virtues) in order to meet Master Lishao Tao. Choose from the following that which is not one of the four Wude. | (none) | A) YI B) ZHONG C) JIE D) DAN |
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(none) | In his search for the four Wude, Ryo must meet with a variety of martial artists, and by interacting with them gain the knowledge he needs to become a martial artist himself. The Shenmue I & II Sound Collection album contains a song called "Yottsu no Butoku o Sagase" (Search for the Four Martial Virtues). | |||
| A | Q51) Fill in the blank: Loretta no Shouzo, released for the SC-3000 and SG-1000 was the first ( ) game sold by SEGA. | (none) | A) Simulation B) Adventure C) Role-playing D) Audio Novel |
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Loretta no Shouzo was SEGA's first command-selection mystery-adventure game with private detective Sherlock Holmes as the main character. | ||||
| C | Q52) Choose the correct full name of the main character that appears in Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle. | image | A) Kidd the Alex B) Alexander Kidd C) Alexander the 3rd D) Alex Kidd Osaru |
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(none) | Alex Kidd represented SEGA before the birth of Sonic. While his name is often written Alex or Alex Kidd, his full name is Alex Kidd Osaru. | |||
| C | Q53) What is the name of the theme song for Sakura Kakumei: Hanasaku Otome-tachi (Sakura Revolution), the latest installment in the Sakura Project series released in December 2020? | (none) | A) HIKARU SAKURA Revolution B) Wonderful Future C) SAKURA HIKARU Revolution D) Wonderful Revolution |
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(none) | The music for Sakura Kakumei: Hanasaku Otome-tachi (Sakura Revolution), including its original theme song "SAKURA HIKARU Revolution," was composed by Kohei Tanaka, who has written numerous well-known songs and musical scores. Aki Hata was responsible for the lyrics. | |||
| D | Q54) Games like Medal Tower of Babel W!, where an inserted coin physically causes other coins to fall, are often seen in today's arcades. Choose the name for this type of medal game. | image | A) Jackpot B) Pusher C) Table D) Medal drop |
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(none) | This type of medal game is called a "pusher" because coins already on a platform are pushed by an inserted coin, which causes them to drop. | |||
| A | Q55) Daytona USA is a racing game that is one SEGA's best-known hits. Which of the following is not a feature of the arcade version of the game? | (none) | A) Simultaneous multiplayer B) Tire wear C) Chassis deforms with damage D) Top speed differs for automatic and manual transmissions |
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(none) | Tire wear was incorporated into the series starting with Daytona USA 2: Power Edition. | Missing word in the question left as written on the test. | ||
| C | Q56) In WCCF FOOTISTA 2021 players create their own teams using soccer player cards they have collected and have them compete in matches. Choose the maximum number of cards that can be registered for one match. | image | A) 11 B) 13 C) 16 D) 21 |
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(none) | When playing against the computer players can "rent" cards, enabling them to play a match even if they do not register all 16 cards. The game also has a free-play mode. | |||
| D | Q57) SEGA CCO Toshihiro Nagoshi appears in the company's official streaming program called "SEGA Game Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi no Nama de Kanpai." What is this program's abbreviated name? | (none) | A) SegaNago B) SegaNama C) SegaHai D) NagoNama |
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(none) | SegaNama is SEGA's official game information/entertainment program streamed once a month. | |||
| A | Q58) Arrange these generic video game cabinets produced by SEGA in the order they were released (from oldest to newest). | image | A) Versus City/VS City B) Blast City C) Aero City D) Astro City |
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(none) | The ancestor of the City-type cabinets, which reduced the glare of ceiling lighting, was the 1986 City cabinet. Two years later, SEGA released the Aero City. Following that, in order, was Astro City, Versus City and Blast City. | This question required all four choices to be put in an order. | ||
| A | Q59) Taiyaki stores opened in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in 2018 and Akihabara, Tokyo in 2019 that caused a stir regarding why SEGA would operate such a business itself. Choose the flavor that has never been sold at these two locations. | image | A) Premium Cream B) Double Cheese C) Mint Chocolate D) Royal Milk Tea |
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(none) | The current regular menu features two flavors: Ogura-an (sweet bean paste) and Premium Cream. | |||
| C | Q60) In the "Sega Shirou: Ketsui-hen (Sega Shirou: The Decision)" episode of the SEGA 60th Anniversary Movie commercial series, choose the name of the move Sega Shirou uses to fling his opponent all the way to Saturn. | (none) | A) Seoi-nage B) Tomoe-nage C) Harai-goshi D) Huracan Rana Invertida |
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The move used when Sega Hatanshiro's mask came off is called a Seoi-nage. |
Test results
The results of the Sega Test were released on Friday the 5th of February 2021. Entrants could log in using the same Twitter or Facebook credentials they'd used to take the tests with, and see a personalised answer key for where they'd been correct - or not - for each question on the tests they had personally taken. A trivia fact was also included for every question on each test, and the entrant was given a results certificate with four possible ranks depending on how well they'd done.
Ordinary Rank Results Certificate (English)
Moderate Rank Results Certificate (English)
Great Rank Results Certificate (English)
Master Rank Results Certificate (English)
Ordinary Rank Results Certificate (Japanese)
Moderate Rank Results Certificate (Japanese)
Great Rank Results Certificate (Japanese)
Master Rank Results Certificate (Japanese)
Test prize draws
There were three different prizes on offer:
- Everyone with a "SEGA IQ" of 60 or above were entered into a prize draw where sixty of them would receive a limited edition Go Sega Aime Card and display stand.
- Additionally, test participants who got the same "SEGA IQ" as Sega Shirou were entered into a random drawing for autographed photos of Sega Shirou (numbers of these are unknown).
- Finally, all test participants regardless of score were entered into a draw where sixty of them would win "Sega Shirou! (Get To Know Sega) Goods".
If an entrant used Twitter credentials, they would be DM'd if they won, and if they used Facebook, they would be emailed on the email address registered to the account. All three prize sets could only be shipped to Japan.
Gallery
Tiled background image used on the Sega Test to simulate an exam paper.
Sega Shirou head and shoulders shot used on the trivia/answers section of the Sega Test.
