PlanetDreamcast | Features | Sega Trivia Test #4

Sega Trivia Test #4 This time, we focus on (almost) everyone's favorite old school Sega developer - by BenT PlanetDreamcast's Sega Trivia Test (STT) appears every so often to test your knowledge of Sega-related trivia. Last time we quizzed you on the Sega Master System, the not-so-popular-in-the-US predecessor to Sega's smash-hit Genesis. This time around, we bring our sights back to the present, focusing the spotlight on one of the finest game developers to ever grace the industry: Treasure! Hopefully, you've played a Treasure game or three in your time. Not only will that help you on this quiz, but you'll have experienced kick-ass action gaming at its best, too. So... do you think you know Treasure? You're about to find out. Jump in and answer, and then take a look below and see how you do. The test automatically scores your responses and lets you know where you stack up on the next page. If you think this is too easy, or you think you can stump us, why not send us some questions? If we like 'em, they could be featured on a future Sega Trivia Test. Anything else on your mind? Send it our way. And now, on to the questions! 1. Many of the people who formed Treasure formerly worked for which other game developer? Atlus Capcom Konami Koei Capcom AND Koei 2. The first Treasure game to hit the US was... Dynamite Headdy Gunstar Heroes Light Crusader McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure Burgertime 3. Which platform has Treasure never published a game on? Super Nintendo PlayStation Nintendo 64 Sega Dreamcast All of the above. 4. Who is the president of Treasure? Tetsu Kayama Masato Maegawa Akira Morimoto Tetsuya Mizuguchi Bikke the Pirate 5. Treasure's headquarters is located in which city? Kyoto Kobe Osaka Tokyo Angel Grove 6. The two main characters of Gunstar Heroes were named... Red and Blue Yellow and Red Green and Red Blue and Green Mad Dog and Scorpion 7. In Gunstar Heroes, what weapon does the item combination of Lightning + Fire create? a fireball gun with electrical properties a lightsaber type dealie Mexican homing bees a 360 degree laser Chicken Tonight� 8. Dynamite Headdy starred... a robot that looked suspiciously similar to Bomberman an explosive-happy prospector searching for gold a puppet that could fire its head as a weapon a sentient pile of herbs and vegetables popular TV character Max Headroom disguised as a chicken 9. Treasure's Action/RPG Light Crusader is superficially most similar to... The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Crusader of Centy LandStalker Beyond Oasis Super Mario RPG 10. Light Crusader's strangest trait is probably... the European style of its character design a bug that makes the second dungeon floor impassible sometimes and scrambles the graphics its novel experience point system the fact that there is no music in the dungeons the fact that you can kill the cows to harvest life-giving steaks 11. Treasure's Guardian Heroes for the Saturn revitalized which tired genre? Contra-style shooting Versus Fighting Vertical shoot 'em ups Side-scrolling beat 'em ups Firefighting sims 12. The weirdest thing about Radiant Silvergun is... the story is based on a popular Japanese novel shooting certain spaces reveals collectible dogs your weapons have ammo counts, so you can't just use one for the whole game all of the enemies are either red, yellow, or green all of the speech is in a fictional dialect -- not Japanese 13. Which publisher has never worked with Treasure? Sega Nintendo Enix ESP Konami 14. Which of the following Treasure games was released in the United States? Silhouette Mirage for the Saturn Yuke Yuke Troublemakers for the N64 Rakugaki Showtime for the PlayStation Yu Yu Hakusho for the Genesis Radiant Silvergun for the Saturn 15. The graphic style of Rakugaki Showtime is most similar to that of... Yoshi's Island Mario 64 Jet Grind Radio Vib Ribbon Dragon Power 16. The only Treasure game to see an arcade release was... Radiant Silvergun Silhouette Mirage Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh Silpheed: The Lost Planet Gunstar Heroes 17. The game from #16 ran on which arcade hardware platform? Namco System 11 Namco System 246 Sega ST-V Sega Model 2 Sega Naomi 18. This Naomi-based Treasure arcade game was canceled in 1999. Blast Radius Sniper Story Gaiden Gun Brothers GunBeat Gleaming Tincannon 19. Alien Soldier's title screen featured the memorable quote "Now is time to the 68000 heart on fire!" What does it refer to? The Genesis' CPU "68000" is a numeric code for the lead programmer's last name 68000 was the highest score achieveable in the game The lead character, an android, had the serial number 68000 Only 68,000 copies of the game were manufactured, which is why it's so expensive today 20. Finally, how many Treasure games have been released in the United States so far (excluding a certain perpetually-delayed PS2 title)? 6! 7! 8! 9! 68000! Wait, no! Crap! That's it! You're Done! If you like, go back over your answers and make sure you're ready to have your test graded. When you're satisfied, click on the "Submit For Scoring" button below.