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Seven days of questions and answers

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 7 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. What item makes Mario grow in Super Mario Bros.?

    Answer: Super Mushroom

    The Super Mushroom transforms small Mario into Super Mario.

  4. 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.

  5. Which sequel made Ms. Pac-Man its playable maze hero?

    Answer: Ms. Pac-Man

    Ms. Pac-Man adds new mazes, moving fruit, and a bow-wearing protagonist.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  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 Street Fighter II character stretches his limbs to attack?

    Answer: Dhalsim

    Dhalsim can extend his arms and legs across much of the screen.

  5. 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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Power Pellet

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

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

    Answer: Mega Man

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Which falling-block puzzle game features Puyos?

    Answer: Puyo Puyo

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

Daily round

  1. Which role-playing series features the hero Adol Christin?

    Answer: Ys

    Red-haired adventurer Adol Christin is the recurring protagonist of the Ys series.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  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. Which four batteries power the original Game Boy?

    Answer: AA batteries

    The original Game Boy uses four standard AA batteries.

Daily round

  1. Which arcade game introduced the maze enemy Evil Otto?

    Answer: Berzerk

    Berzerk's bouncing Evil Otto chases players who linger in robot-filled rooms.

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

    Answer: Morph Ball

    The Morph Ball allows Samus to roll through narrow passages.

  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. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  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. 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.

  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. 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.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  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. Who designed Nintendo's Game Boy?

    Answer: Gunpei Yokoi

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

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

    Answer: NES Zapper

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