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

    Answer: Pauline

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

  2. Which arcade game asks a cyclist to deliver newspapers along a suburban street?

    Answer: Paperboy

    Paperboy combines newspaper delivery with an obstacle-filled bicycle route.

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Zerg

    Zerg buildings grow on a biological ground covering called creep.

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

    Answer: Lance

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

Daily round

  1. 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.

  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 Nintendo arcade game introduced Mario under the name Jumpman?

    Answer: Donkey Kong

    The 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game originally identified Mario as Jumpman.

  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 1986 Taito game expands Breakout with power-ups and an enemy called Doh?

    Answer: Arkanoid

    Arkanoid modernizes the paddle-and-brick formula with capsules, enemies, and boss stages.

Daily round

  1. What is the first zone in the original Sonic the Hedgehog?

    Answer: Green Hill Zone

    Green Hill Zone opens the original Sonic adventure with grassy slopes and loops.

  2. Which puzzle game has falling pieces called tetrominoes?

    Answer: Tetris

    Tetris pieces are all arrangements of four connected squares called tetrominoes.

  3. Which game challenges players to dig tunnels and inflate underground enemies?

    Answer: Dig Dug

    Dig Dug defeats Pookas and Fygars by inflating them or dropping rocks.

  4. Who designed Space Invaders?

    Answer: Tomohiro Nishikado

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

  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.

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 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.

  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. 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.

  5. Who co-founded Atari with Ted Dabney?

    Answer: Nolan Bushnell

    Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in 1972.

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 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.

  3. 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.

  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 Soviet computer scientist designed the original Tetris?

    Answer: Alexey Pajitnov

    Soviet computer scientist Alexey Pajitnov designed Tetris in 1984.

Daily round

  1. Which studio developed Donkey Kong Country?

    Answer: Rare

    British developer Rare created Donkey Kong Country for Nintendo.

  2. 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.

  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 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.

  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 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.

  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. Which 1993 shooter begins on Mars's moon Phobos?

    Answer: Doom

    Doom's first episode begins at a Union Aerospace Corporation base on Phobos.

  4. Which studio developed The Secret of Monkey Island?

    Answer: Lucasfilm Games

    Lucasfilm Games, later LucasArts, developed The Secret of Monkey Island.

  5. Which simulation game lets players zone residential, commercial, and industrial areas?

    Answer: SimCity

    SimCity asks mayors to zone land and balance a growing city's services and finances.