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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 11 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which phrase announces the finishing sequence in Mortal Kombat?

    Answer: Finish Him!

    Mortal Kombat prompts the victor with “Finish Him!” or “Finish Her!” before a finishing move.

  3. 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.

  4. What is the name of the Mother Brain's planet in the original Metroid?

    Answer: Zebes

    The original Metroid takes place in the caverns of planet Zebes.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Which puzzle game has falling pieces called tetrominoes?

    Answer: Tetris

    Tetris pieces are all arrangements of four connected squares called tetrominoes.

  2. Who designed the Atari 2600 game Pitfall!?

    Answer: David Crane

    David Crane designed and programmed Pitfall! for Activision.

  3. 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.

  4. Who created Pac-Man?

    Answer: Toru Iwatani

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

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. What happens to Arthur's armor after one hit in Ghosts 'n Goblins?

    Answer: It falls away, leaving him in underwear

    The first hit strips away Arthur's armor, and another hit costs a life.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Who designed Nintendo's Game Boy?

    Answer: Gunpei Yokoi

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

  2. 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.

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

    Answer: Donkey Kong

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

  4. Which arcade game lets players serve drinks while sliding empty mugs back along a bar?

    Answer: Tapper

    Tapper requires quick service to customers at several horizontal bar counters.

  5. Who created Mega Man in the original game's story?

    Answer: Dr. Light

    Dr. Light built the robot who volunteers to become Mega Man.

Daily round

  1. Which company did former Atari programmers form to publish independent console games?

    Answer: Activision

    Four former Atari programmers helped establish Activision as an independent game publisher.

  2. 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.

  3. Which company developed Doom?

    Answer: id Software

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

  4. Which motion performs Ryu's Hadoken in Street Fighter II?

    Answer: Quarter-circle forward plus punch

    The standard Hadoken command rolls the directional input from down to forward and adds punch.

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

    Answer: Lance

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

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. What is the first zone in the original Sonic the Hedgehog?

    Answer: Green Hill Zone

    Green Hill Zone opens the original Sonic adventure with grassy slopes and loops.

  3. Which game was commonly bundled with the Nintendo Entertainment System's Zapper package?

    Answer: Duck Hunt

    Many NES console sets paired Super Mario Bros. with the light-gun game Duck Hunt.

  4. Which 1997 role-playing game follows Cloud Strife and the group Avalanche?

    Answer: Final Fantasy VII

    Final Fantasy VII begins with Cloud joining Avalanche for a reactor mission in Midgar.

  5. Which display technology gave Asteroids its crisp glowing line graphics?

    Answer: Vector display

    Asteroids uses a vector monitor that draws bright geometric lines directly.

Daily round

  1. What creatures emerge from pipes in the original Mario Bros. arcade game?

    Answer: Shellcreepers

    Shellcreepers are among the sewer pests Mario and Luigi defeat from below.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Which 1986 Taito game expands Breakout with power-ups and an enemy called Doh?

    Answer: Arkanoid

    Arkanoid modernizes the paddle-and-brick formula with capsules, enemies, and boss stages.