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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 8 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. What creatures emerge from pipes in the original Mario Bros. arcade game?

    Answer: Shellcreepers

    Shellcreepers are among the sewer pests Mario and Luigi defeat from below.

  3. 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.

  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 game introduced the side-scrolling hero Samus Aran?

    Answer: Metroid

    Metroid debuted bounty hunter Samus Aran on the planet Zebes.

Daily round

  1. Which character laughs when the player misses ducks in Duck Hunt?

    Answer: The hunting dog

    Duck Hunt's dog rises from the grass and laughs after an unsuccessful round.

  2. Who created Pac-Man?

    Answer: Toru Iwatani

    Namco designer Toru Iwatani led the creation of Pac-Man.

  3. 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.

  4. Which company developed Doom?

    Answer: id Software

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

  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 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.

  2. Who designed the arcade game Donkey Kong?

    Answer: Shigeru Miyamoto

    Shigeru Miyamoto designed Donkey Kong for Nintendo.

  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 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Pitfall!

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

  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 created Mega Man in the original game's story?

    Answer: Dr. Light

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

  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 designer's name appears in the title of Civilization?

    Answer: Sid Meier

    The 1991 strategy game was published as Sid Meier's Civilization.

Daily round

  1. Which display technology gave Asteroids its crisp glowing line graphics?

    Answer: Vector display

    Asteroids uses a vector monitor that draws bright geometric lines directly.

  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. 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.

  4. Which scientist is Sonic's principal enemy?

    Answer: Dr. Robotnik

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

  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. Which puzzle game has players match falling colored jewels in vertical groups of three?

    Answer: Columns

    Columns drops stacks of three jewels that can be rearranged to form matching lines.

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

    Answer: BurgerTime

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

  3. Which game was commonly bundled with the Nintendo Entertainment System's Zapper package?

    Answer: Duck Hunt

    Many NES console sets paired Super Mario Bros. with the light-gun game Duck Hunt.

  4. Which arcade game lets a knight ride a flying ostrich?

    Answer: Joust

    Joust has mounted knights collide in midair while riding ostrich-like birds.

  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 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.

  2. Which Atari arcade game asks a triangular ship to destroy drifting space rocks?

    Answer: Asteroids

    Asteroids places a rotating triangular ship in a wraparound field of rocks and saucers.

  3. 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.

  4. On which computer was Tetris first implemented?

    Answer: Electronika 60

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

  5. 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.