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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 3 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which EarthBound hero attacks with a baseball bat?

    Answer: Ness

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

  2. 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.

  3. Which scientist is Sonic's principal enemy?

    Answer: Dr. Robotnik

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

  4. 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.

  5. Who co-founded Atari with Ted Dabney?

    Answer: Nolan Bushnell

    Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in 1972.

Daily round

  1. 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.

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

    Answer: Quake

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

  4. Which Nintendo 64 game introduced Princess Peach's castle as a 3D hub?

    Answer: Super Mario 64

    Super Mario 64 uses paintings inside Peach's castle to connect its three-dimensional courses.

  5. 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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Bowser

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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

    Answer: Pitfall!

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

  3. 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.

  4. Who designed the original SimCity?

    Answer: Will Wright

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

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Who co-founded Atari with Ted Dabney?

    Answer: Nolan Bushnell

    Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in 1972.

  3. Which four batteries power the original Game Boy?

    Answer: AA batteries

    The original Game Boy uses four standard AA batteries.

  4. What item temporarily lets Pac-Man eat ghosts?

    Answer: Power Pellet

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

  5. Which Super NES game follows Samus as she hunts Space Pirates on planet Zebes?

    Answer: Super Metroid

    Super Metroid returns Samus to Zebes in pursuit of the stolen Metroid larva.

Daily round

  1. Which Castlevania hero enters Dracula's castle with the Vampire Killer whip?

    Answer: Simon Belmont

    Simon Belmont wields the Vampire Killer in the original Castlevania.

  2. 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.

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

    Answer: Fatal Fury

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

  4. Which Sega series features the martial artist Ryo Hazuki?

    Answer: Shenmue

    Shenmue follows Ryo Hazuki as he investigates his father's death.

  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 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 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 chip enabled polygonal graphics in the original Star Fox cartridge?

    Answer: Super FX

    The Super FX coprocessor helped the Super NES render Star Fox's polygonal scenes.

  4. Which Capcom hero copies weapons from defeated Robot Masters?

    Answer: Mega Man

    Mega Man gains a new special weapon after defeating each Robot Master.

  5. Which ability lets Samus curl into a small sphere?

    Answer: Morph Ball

    The Morph Ball allows Samus to roll through narrow passages.