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Retro Games Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 1 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which Nintendo arcade game introduced Mario under the name Jumpman?

    Answer: Donkey Kong

    The 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game originally identified Mario as Jumpman.

  2. Which game uses a trackball to roll a marble through obstacle courses?

    Answer: Marble Madness

    Marble Madness gives players limited time to steer a marble down isometric courses.

  3. What item temporarily lets Pac-Man eat ghosts?

    Answer: Power Pellet

    A Power Pellet turns the ghosts blue and vulnerable for a limited time.

  4. Which Game Boy launch title helped make Nintendo's handheld a success?

    Answer: Tetris

    Nintendo bundled Tetris with many Game Boy systems, giving the puzzle game a broad audience.

  5. Which Atari 2600 adventure game contains one of gaming's earliest hidden creator credits?

    Answer: Adventure

    Warren Robinett hid his name in a secret room in Adventure because Atari did not credit developers.

Daily round

  1. Which racing game introduced Captain Falcon?

    Answer: F-Zero

    Captain Falcon first appeared as a pilot in Nintendo's futuristic racing game F-Zero.

  2. Which designer's name appears in the title of Civilization?

    Answer: Sid Meier

    The 1991 strategy game was published as Sid Meier's Civilization.

  3. Which arcade game lets a knight ride a flying ostrich?

    Answer: Joust

    Joust has mounted knights collide in midair while riding ostrich-like birds.

  4. Which Street Fighter II character stretches his limbs to attack?

    Answer: Dhalsim

    Dhalsim can extend his arms and legs across much of the screen.

  5. What does Sonic collect to survive most enemy hits?

    Answer: Rings

    Carrying at least one ring usually prevents Sonic from losing a life when damaged.

Daily round

  1. Which Final Fantasy character is a dark knight from Baron?

    Answer: Cecil Harvey

    Cecil begins Final Fantasy IV as Baron's dark knight before seeking redemption.

  2. Which Super NES game follows Samus as she hunts Space Pirates on planet Zebes?

    Answer: Super Metroid

    Super Metroid returns Samus to Zebes in pursuit of the stolen Metroid larva.

  3. Which 1980 Namco maze game stars a yellow character eating dots?

    Answer: Pac-Man

    Pac-Man navigates a maze, eats pellets, and avoids four ghosts.

  4. Which puzzle game has players match falling colored jewels in vertical groups of three?

    Answer: Columns

    Columns drops stacks of three jewels that can be rearranged to form matching lines.

  5. Which Capcom hero copies weapons from defeated Robot Masters?

    Answer: Mega Man

    Mega Man gains a new special weapon after defeating each Robot Master.

Daily round

  1. Which game introduced the side-scrolling hero Samus Aran?

    Answer: Metroid

    Metroid debuted bounty hunter Samus Aran on the planet Zebes.

  2. Which role-playing series features the hero Adol Christin?

    Answer: Ys

    Red-haired adventurer Adol Christin is the recurring protagonist of the Ys series.

  3. Which Soviet computer scientist designed the original Tetris?

    Answer: Alexey Pajitnov

    Soviet computer scientist Alexey Pajitnov designed Tetris in 1984.

  4. Which enemy is the first encountered in Super Mario Bros. World 1-1?

    Answer: Goomba

    A lone Goomba walks toward Mario near the beginning of World 1-1.

  5. Which Sega mascot made his console debut in 1991?

    Answer: Sonic the Hedgehog

    Sonic the Hedgehog debuted on the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive in 1991.

Daily round

  1. Which game challenges players to dig tunnels and inflate underground enemies?

    Answer: Dig Dug

    Dig Dug defeats Pookas and Fygars by inflating them or dropping rocks.

  2. Which 1993 shooter begins on Mars's moon Phobos?

    Answer: Doom

    Doom's first episode begins at a Union Aerospace Corporation base on Phobos.

  3. Which arcade game introduced the maze enemy Evil Otto?

    Answer: Berzerk

    Berzerk's bouncing Evil Otto chases players who linger in robot-filled rooms.

  4. Which home console popularized removable game cartridges in 1977?

    Answer: Atari Video Computer System

    The Atari VCS, later called the Atari 2600, built a large library on interchangeable ROM cartridges.

  5. Who created Pac-Man?

    Answer: Toru Iwatani

    Namco designer Toru Iwatani led the creation of Pac-Man.

Daily round

  1. Which arcade game asks a cyclist to deliver newspapers along a suburban street?

    Answer: Paperboy

    Paperboy combines newspaper delivery with an obstacle-filled bicycle route.

  2. Which studio developed Donkey Kong Country?

    Answer: Rare

    British developer Rare created Donkey Kong Country for Nintendo.

  3. Which beat-'em-up series takes place in Wood Oak City?

    Answer: Streets of Rage

    Streets of Rage sends former police officers against Mr. X's syndicate in Wood Oak City.

  4. Which company developed Doom?

    Answer: id Software

    id Software developed and self-published the original shareware episode of Doom.

  5. Which sequel made Ms. Pac-Man its playable maze hero?

    Answer: Ms. Pac-Man

    Ms. Pac-Man adds new mazes, moving fruit, and a bow-wearing protagonist.

Daily round

  1. Which falling-block puzzle game features Puyos?

    Answer: Puyo Puyo

    Puyo Puyo clears connected groups of colored, jelly-like Puyos.

  2. Which Final Fantasy VI character can use Tools such as the Auto Crossbow?

    Answer: Edgar

    Edgar Figaro's unique command operates mechanical Tools collected during the adventure.

  3. Which Atari arcade game asks a triangular ship to destroy drifting space rocks?

    Answer: Asteroids

    Asteroids places a rotating triangular ship in a wraparound field of rocks and saucers.

  4. Which text adventure begins near a white house with a boarded front door?

    Answer: Zork

    Zork opens in a field west of a white house, a landmark of interactive-fiction history.

  5. What power-up gives Mario a cape in Super Mario World?

    Answer: Cape Feather

    Collecting a Cape Feather transforms Mario into Cape Mario.