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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 Nintendo 64 controller feature sits in its center grip?

    Answer: Analog stick

    The Nintendo 64 controller's central handle holds its analog stick and Start button.

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

    Answer: NES Zapper

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

  3. Which EarthBound hero attacks with a baseball bat?

    Answer: Ness

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

  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. Which 1978 Taito game sends rows of aliens downward toward a laser cannon?

    Answer: Space Invaders

    Space Invaders established the familiar formation of advancing aliens over defensive bunkers.

Daily round

  1. Which Super NES role-playing game follows Crono through different eras?

    Answer: Chrono Trigger

    Chrono Trigger uses time travel to connect prehistoric, medieval, present, and future settings.

  2. What does the famous Konami Code begin with?

    Answer: Up, Up, Down, Down

    The Konami Code opens with two Up inputs followed by two Down inputs.

  3. 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.

  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. What item temporarily lets Pac-Man eat ghosts?

    Answer: Power Pellet

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

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. Which strategy game features rival Brotherhood of Nod and GDI factions?

    Answer: Command & Conquer

    The original Command & Conquer centers on the conflict between GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod.

  3. 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.

  4. Which Nintendo arcade game has an exterminator named Stanley spray insects?

    Answer: Donkey Kong 3

    Donkey Kong 3 casts Stanley the Bugman as the player character.

  5. What is hidden above the ceiling late in Super Mario Bros. World 1-2?

    Answer: A warp zone

    Running above the level's exit leads to pipes that warp Mario to later worlds.

Daily round

  1. Which dinosaur companion debuted in Super Mario World?

    Answer: Yoshi

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Which Robot Master attacks with large cutting blades in the original Mega Man?

    Answer: Cut Man

    Cut Man throws the Rolling Cutter, a boomerang-like blade.

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

    Answer: Pitfall!

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

Daily round

  1. Which arcade game uses a rotary dial to guide a claw-shaped ship around geometric lanes?

    Answer: Tempest

    Tempest uses a spinner control to move the player along the rim of a vector tube.

  2. Which studio developed Donkey Kong Country?

    Answer: Rare

    British developer Rare created Donkey Kong Country for Nintendo.

  3. Which adventure game features pirate hopeful Guybrush Threepwood?

    Answer: The Secret of Monkey Island

    Guybrush begins The Secret of Monkey Island by declaring that he wants to be a pirate.

  4. 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.

  5. Which Sega arcade game uses an isometric view of a spacecraft flying above a fortress?

    Answer: Zaxxon

    Zaxxon uses an isometric perspective and requires players to judge altitude.

Daily round

  1. Which 1981 Konami arcade game features a frog crossing roads and a river?

    Answer: Frogger

    Frogger guides frogs through traffic and across floating river hazards.

  2. Which company developed Doom?

    Answer: id Software

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

  3. 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.

  4. Which simulation game lets players zone residential, commercial, and industrial areas?

    Answer: SimCity

    SimCity asks mayors to zone land and balance a growing city's services and finances.

  5. Which villain kidnaps Princess Toadstool in the original Super Mario Bros.?

    Answer: Bowser

    Bowser, king of the Koopa, holds Princess Toadstool captive.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Quake

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

  2. 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.

  3. Which arcade game has the chef Peter Pepper build giant hamburgers?

    Answer: BurgerTime

    BurgerTime sends Peter Pepper across food layers while avoiding animated ingredients.

  4. Which arcade game stars bubble-blowing dragons Bub and Bob?

    Answer: Bubble Bobble

    Bubble Bobble lets Bub and Bob trap enemies inside bubbles across single-screen stages.

  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.