Are you familiar with the release history of your major game developers? Test it in our quiz.
If you grew up playing video games or are a big fan of them in general, you often get involved with the companies that develop these games. Names like Blizzard, Square Enix, Bioware or Capcom are known worldwide for their big titles and bombastic games.
But even the biggest companies started out small. Many years ago, when gaming was still in its infancy, they hadn’t released the smash hit titles like Warcraft, Final Fantasy or Street Fighter that they were known for.
But they were already busy developing games, which have almost fallen into oblivion nowadays and which hardly anyone knows anymore. Or does it?
How well do you know your favorite developers or the history of the great game developers in general? Test it in our quiz.
How the quiz works: Take the quiz tool below to find 10 major developers and publishers who have been making games for decades. 4 game names are displayed for each of them.
You must correctly indicate which of the 4 games is the first to be released by the respective developer or publisher. All of the games in this quiz actually exist and were actually published by their respective companies, so we didn’t make anything up. But which were the first?
What was Capcom’s first game?
Vertical Shooter “1942”
Vertical Beat’em’Up Game “Hissatsu Buraiken”
Top Down Bowling Sim “Capcom Bowling”
Strategy RPG “Tenchi no Kurau”
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What was Rockstar Games’ first game?
Sports game “Thrasher: Skate and Destroy”
Action-Adventure “Grand Theft Auto”
Action-Adventure “GTA Mission Pack #1: London 1969”
Action game “Monster Truck Madness 64”
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What was Bungie’s first game?
Real-time tactics game “Myth: The Fallen Lords”
Simulation Game “Gnop!”
Third-person action game “Oni”
RPG adventure “Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete”
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What was Bioware’s first game?
Action RPG “Shadow Realms”
Mech Simulation “Shattered Steel”
Third-person shooter “MDK2”
Fantasy RPG “Baldur’s Gate”
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What was Epic Games’ first game?
First-person shooter “Unreal”
Side Scrolling Platformer “Jill of the Jungle”
Isometric Shooter “Firefight”
Action Adventure Puzzle Game “ZZT”
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What was the first game from EA Games?
Axis Assassin sci-fi game
Fantasy RPG “The Bard’s Tale”
Platform game “Hard Har Mack”
Sports game “One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird”
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What was FromSoftware’s first game?
First Person RPG “King’s Field”
Action-Adventure “The Adventures of Cookie & Cream”
Third-person shooter “Armored Core”
RPG “Shadow Tower”
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What was Bethesda’s first game?
Action-Adventure “The Terminator”
Puzzle Game “Where’s Waldo?”
American Football Game “Gridiron!”
Sword of Sodan Hack’n’Slash Game
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What was Blizzard Entertainment’s first game?
Real-time strategy game “Warcraft: Orcs and Humans”
Racing game “RPM Racing”
Puzzle Platformer “The Lost Vikings”
Side-Scrolling Beat’em’Up “The Death and Return of Superman”
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What was SquareSoft’s first game?
Dating Simulator “Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School”
Text Adventure “The Death Trap”
J RPG Final Fantasy
Action RPG “Dragon Slayer”
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First games from the developers
Oops, that wasn’t so great. But don’t worry. As you know, you never stop learning. Use the result as a spur to learn more about your favorite developers and publishers. You’ll be amazed at what they put out when they first started out.
You already know a bit about the history of the great game developers, but unfortunately it’s only enough for half the points at most. Just pick up where you left off and learn more about the history of the devs and their legacy games. Then you can pass the test next time with links.
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