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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 10 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which Atari arcade game uses a trackball to defend against insects and mushrooms?

    Answer: Centipede

    Centipede uses a trackball to maneuver a shooter through a mushroom field.

  2. Which Tekken character fights using a jaguar mask?

    Answer: King

    King is a masked professional wrestler whose jaguar persona identifies him in Tekken.

  3. Who designed the original SimCity?

    Answer: Will Wright

    Will Wright designed SimCity after becoming interested in creating rather than merely destroying game worlds.

  4. Which relic is assembled from eight fragments in the original Legend of Zelda?

    Answer: Triforce of Wisdom

    Link collects eight pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom before confronting Ganon.

  5. Which game established B.J. Blazkowicz as its hero?

    Answer: Wolfenstein 3D

    Wolfenstein 3D follows Allied spy B.J. Blazkowicz through Nazi fortresses.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which EarthBound hero attacks with a baseball bat?

    Answer: Ness

    Ness equips baseball bats as his signature physical weapons in EarthBound.

  3. Which Dr. Mario pieces are used to eliminate viruses?

    Answer: Vitamin capsules

    Dr. Mario clears red, blue, and yellow viruses by aligning matching vitamin capsule segments.

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

    Answer: Cape Feather

    Collecting a Cape Feather transforms Mario into Cape Mario.

  5. What is the name of the princess Link usually seeks to protect?

    Answer: Zelda

    Princess Zelda is the Hyrulean royal whose name titles the series.

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. Who designed the Atari 2600 game Pitfall!?

    Answer: David Crane

    David Crane designed and programmed Pitfall! for Activision.

  3. Which game casts a kiwi named Tiki as its hero?

    Answer: The NewZealand Story

    The NewZealand Story follows Tiki as he rescues fellow kiwis from captivity.

  4. Which dinosaur companion debuted in Super Mario World?

    Answer: Yoshi

    Yoshi first appeared as Mario's rideable dinosaur ally in Super Mario World.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. What item makes Mario grow in Super Mario Bros.?

    Answer: Super Mushroom

    The Super Mushroom transforms small Mario into Super Mario.

  2. Which first-person shooter uses the Quake engine and features Ranger?

    Answer: Quake

    Quake casts the unnamed Ranger against creatures in fully 3D environments.

  3. Who designed Nintendo's Game Boy?

    Answer: Gunpei Yokoi

    Gunpei Yokoi led the team that developed the Game Boy handheld.

  4. Which resource do workers harvest in the original Warcraft?

    Answer: Gold and lumber

    Warcraft's human and orc workers gather gold and lumber to build and train units.

  5. Which studio developed Donkey Kong Country?

    Answer: Rare

    British developer Rare created Donkey Kong Country for Nintendo.

Daily round

  1. Who created Pac-Man?

    Answer: Toru Iwatani

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

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

    Answer: Cape Feather

    Collecting a Cape Feather transforms Mario into Cape Mario.

  3. 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.

  4. Which Williams arcade game uses two joysticks to rescue a human family?

    Answer: Robotron: 2084

    Robotron: 2084 uses one stick for movement and another for firing amid swarms of robots.

  5. What accessory is used to aim in Duck Hunt?

    Answer: NES Zapper

    Duck Hunt reads shots from Nintendo's pistol-shaped NES Zapper controller.

Daily round

  1. Which arcade game first paired Mario with his brother Luigi?

    Answer: Mario Bros.

    Mario Bros. introduced Luigi as the second player's green-clad plumber.

  2. 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.

  3. Which weapon does the hero use in Ghosts 'n Goblins?

    Answer: Lance

    Arthur begins Ghosts 'n Goblins by throwing lances at undead enemies.

  4. 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.

  5. Which Donkey Kong Country character wears a red cap marked with the Nintendo logo?

    Answer: Diddy Kong

    Diddy Kong wears a red cap and shirt as Donkey Kong's quick partner.

Daily round

  1. Who designed Space Invaders?

    Answer: Tomohiro Nishikado

    Taito designer Tomohiro Nishikado created Space Invaders and its custom hardware.

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

    Answer: Berzerk

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

  3. Which series stars a whip-wielding archaeologist named Pitfall Harry?

    Answer: Pitfall!

    Pitfall Harry crosses jungle screens in Activision's Pitfall! games.

  4. In which arcade fighting series did Terry Bogard debut?

    Answer: Fatal Fury

    Terry Bogard debuted as a lead fighter in SNK's Fatal Fury.

  5. 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.