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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 9 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which falling-block puzzle game features Puyos?

    Answer: Puyo Puyo

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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Who designed the arcade game Donkey Kong?

    Answer: Shigeru Miyamoto

    Shigeru Miyamoto designed Donkey Kong for Nintendo.

Daily round

  1. Who created Pac-Man?

    Answer: Toru Iwatani

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

  2. Who designed Nintendo's Game Boy?

    Answer: Gunpei Yokoi

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

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Ys

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

  5. Which Sega mascot made his console debut in 1991?

    Answer: Sonic the Hedgehog

    Sonic the Hedgehog debuted on the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive in 1991.

Daily round

  1. Which Mortal Kombat ninja is associated with ice?

    Answer: Sub-Zero

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

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

    Answer: Morph Ball

    The Morph Ball allows Samus to roll through narrow passages.

  3. What power-up gives Mario a cape in Super Mario World?

    Answer: Cape Feather

    Collecting a Cape Feather transforms Mario into Cape Mario.

  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 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.

Daily round

  1. Which company released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System?

    Answer: Nintendo

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

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

    Answer: Zerg

    Zerg buildings grow on a biological ground covering called creep.

  3. Which weapon does the hero use in Ghosts 'n Goblins?

    Answer: Lance

    Arthur begins Ghosts 'n Goblins by throwing lances at undead enemies.

  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. 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.

Daily round

  1. Which racing game introduced Captain Falcon?

    Answer: F-Zero

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

  2. Which Soviet computer scientist designed the original Tetris?

    Answer: Alexey Pajitnov

    Soviet computer scientist Alexey Pajitnov designed Tetris in 1984.

  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 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.

  5. Which Williams arcade game uses two joysticks to rescue a human family?

    Answer: Robotron: 2084

    Robotron: 2084 uses one stick for movement and another for firing amid swarms of robots.

Daily round

  1. Which scientist is Sonic's principal enemy?

    Answer: Dr. Robotnik

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

  2. Which character does Mario rescue in the original Donkey Kong arcade game?

    Answer: Pauline

    Mario climbs the construction site to rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong.

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

    Answer: Super Mushroom

    The Super Mushroom transforms small Mario into Super Mario.

  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 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.