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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 item makes Mario grow in Super Mario Bros.?

    Answer: Super Mushroom

    The Super Mushroom transforms small Mario into Super Mario.

  2. In Pac-Man, which named ghost is colored red?

    Answer: Blinky

    Blinky is the red ghost and directly pursues Pac-Man more aggressively as pellets disappear.

  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. 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.

  5. 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.

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 studio developed Donkey Kong Country?

    Answer: Rare

    British developer Rare created Donkey Kong Country for Nintendo.

  3. Which NES game made the Konami Code famous by granting thirty lives?

    Answer: Contra

    Entering the code on Contra's title screen grants thirty starting lives in the NES version.

  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 EarthBound hero attacks with a baseball bat?

    Answer: Ness

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

Daily round

  1. Who designed the arcade game Donkey Kong?

    Answer: Shigeru Miyamoto

    Shigeru Miyamoto designed Donkey Kong for Nintendo.

  2. On which computer was Tetris first implemented?

    Answer: Electronika 60

    Pajitnov created the first Tetris version on an Electronika 60 computer in Moscow.

  3. Which Tekken character fights using a jaguar mask?

    Answer: King

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

  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 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which falling-block puzzle game features Puyos?

    Answer: Puyo Puyo

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

  3. Which Nintendo series begins with Link receiving a sword from an old man in a cave?

    Answer: The Legend of Zelda

    The original Legend of Zelda famously opens with an old man giving Link a wooden sword.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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

    Answer: Wolfenstein 3D

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

  4. 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.

  5. Which console is called the Mega Drive outside North America?

    Answer: Sega Genesis

    Sega marketed the 16-bit Mega Drive as the Genesis in North America.

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 1972 Atari arcade game simulates table tennis with two paddles and a square ball?

    Answer: Pong

    Pong reduces table tennis to two vertical paddles batting a square dot across the screen.

  3. Who designed Space Invaders?

    Answer: Tomohiro Nishikado

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

  4. Which arcade game has the player protect cities from descending missiles?

    Answer: Missile Command

    Missile Command centers on intercepting attacks before they destroy six cities.

  5. In which arcade game does the villain Sinistar shout as it assembles?

    Answer: Sinistar

    Sinistar builds a giant hostile face that pursues the player's spacecraft.

Daily round

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

    Answer: BurgerTime

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

  2. Which company released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System?

    Answer: Nintendo

    Nintendo launched the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as its 16-bit home console.

  3. 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.

  4. Which StarCraft species uses creep-covered organic structures?

    Answer: Zerg

    Zerg buildings grow on a biological ground covering called creep.

  5. 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.