10 questions · hard · Trivia quiz · Mario
The cartridges that built the empire, 1985 to 1996: three NES platformers and one sequel Japan kept, two Game Boy adventures, a Super NES launch title with ninety-six ways out, and the 3D leap waiting at the era's door. Ten questions on the years when every rule of the series was being written for the first time, usually by whichever game happened to need it that autumn. No spin-offs, no films, no mercy for anyone who started with a disc.