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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 12 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. What name did the Famicom receive in North America?

    Answer: Nintendo Entertainment System

    The redesigned Famicom launched in North America as the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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

    Answer: Dr. Light

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

  3. 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.

  4. Which Mortal Kombat ninja is associated with ice?

    Answer: Sub-Zero

    Sub-Zero uses freezing attacks and can immobilize opponents with ice.

  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 company developed Doom?

    Answer: id Software

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

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

    Answer: Wolfenstein 3D

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

  3. What was the Atari VCS officially renamed in 1982?

    Answer: Atari 2600

    Atari renamed the Video Computer System the Atari 2600 after introducing the 5200.

  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. Which scientist is Sonic's principal enemy?

    Answer: Dr. Robotnik

    Dr. Robotnik builds machines and imprisons animals throughout the early Sonic games.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Which adventure game takes place primarily on an island reached through a linking book?

    Answer: Myst

    Myst begins when the player touches a moving panel in a book and arrives on Myst Island.

  5. Which two-tailed fox debuted in Sonic the Hedgehog 2?

    Answer: Tails

    Miles “Tails” Prower follows Sonic and can fly by spinning his two tails.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which item lets Mario throw bouncing fireballs in Super Mario Bros.?

    Answer: Fire Flower

    The Fire Flower changes Super Mario into Fire Mario, who can launch fireballs.

  3. 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.

  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 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.

Daily round

  1. Which cartridge-based Nintendo console launched in Japan in 1983?

    Answer: Family Computer

    Nintendo launched the Family Computer, commonly called the Famicom, in Japan in 1983.

  2. Which Konami game features commandos Bill Rizer and Lance Bean?

    Answer: Contra

    Bill Rizer and Lance Bean are the two playable commandos in versions of Contra.

  3. 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.

  4. Which arcade game places Q*bert on a pyramid of cubes?

    Answer: Q*bert

    Q*bert changes cube colors by hopping across an isometric pyramid.

  5. Which racing game introduced Captain Falcon?

    Answer: F-Zero

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

Daily round

  1. Who designed the Atari 2600 game Pitfall!?

    Answer: David Crane

    David Crane designed and programmed Pitfall! for Activision.

  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 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.

  4. 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.

  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 four batteries power the original Game Boy?

    Answer: AA batteries

    The original Game Boy uses four standard AA batteries.

  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. Who designed the arcade game Donkey Kong?

    Answer: Shigeru Miyamoto

    Shigeru Miyamoto designed Donkey Kong for Nintendo.

  4. 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.

  5. Which arcade fighting game introduced Ryu and Ken?

    Answer: Street Fighter

    Ryu and Ken are the two playable martial artists in the original Street Fighter.