Old-School Gamers Quiz

Q 1. What company has this as their logo?

Choices:
Atari
X Box
Nintendo
Sega

Right Answer:
Atari

Q 2. The yellow figure in this picture shows which video game star?

Choices:
Mario
Mr. Cool
Sonic
Mr. Pac-Man

Right Answer:
Mr. Pac-Man

Q 3. These pieces are part of which famous game?

Choices:
Tetris
Asteroids
Space Invaders
Mr. Pac Man

Right Answer:
Tetris

Q 4. The green mushroom is good for Mario because it means he gains what?

Choices:
An extra life
Flying power
More money
Invincibility

Right Answer:
An extra life

Q 5. The red mushroom helps Mario because it allows him to…

Choices:
fly
turn into fire
move faster
grow

Right Answer:
grow

Q 6. Which two-dimensional sports game was the first commercially successful video game?

Choices:
Space Invaders
Centipede
Bump ball
Pong

Right Answer:
Pong

Q 7. In the popular 1985 game Paperboy, the player’s aim is to successfully deliver what to subscribers on a bike?

Choices:
Pets
Presents
Paper planes
Newspapers

Right Answer:
Newspapers

Q 8. Which disaster is not available in the original 1989 Sim City?

Choices:
Plane crash
Earthquake
Tornado
Zombie attack

Right Answer:
Zombie attack

Q 9. In which popular and commercially successful game did players have to defeat descending aliens?

Choices:
Martian Madness
Space Invaders
Aliens!
Arkanoid

Right Answer:
Space Invaders

Q 10. Which 1982 video game, awarded “Coin-Operated Game of the Year” was also based on the movie released in that same year?

Choices:
Berzerk
Maniac Miner
Tron
Bomberman

Right Answer:
Tron

Q 11. Which legendary fighting video game franchise is known for its “Fatalities” and introduced characters such as Johnny Cage, Raiden, Scorpion, and Sub-Zero to the world?

Choices:
Tomb Raider
Mortal Kombat
Tekken
Street Fighter

Right Answer:
Mortal Kombat

Q 12. Which character is the main protagonist in The Legend of Zelda?

Choices:
Gordon Freeman
Kane
Link
Ryu

Right Answer:
Link

Q 13. Spiders, scorpions, and ants! Players defeat these critters in this 1980s video game. But perhaps their biggest enemy is the wriggly insect winding down the playing field! What’s this game called?

Choices:
Spiderwart
Buggy
Millipede Mayhem
Centipede

Right Answer:
Centipede

Q 14. Which game is considered the highest grossing arcade game of all time?

Choices:
Pac Man
Defender
Asteroids
Donkey Kong

Right Answer:
Pac Man

Q 15. Which strange orange character hops on a pyramid of cubes to change their colors, all while avoiding a variety of obstacles and enemies?

Choices:
B*bert
Q*bert
D*bert
R*bert

Right Answer:
Q*bert

Q 16. Which 1993 first-person adventure puzzle, released for Macintosh PCs, was a surprise hit and the best-selling PC game until 2002?

Choices:
Portal
Myst
The Luminaries
Klax

Right Answer:
Myst

Q 17. Which classic video game, developed and published in 1987, featured four youths called the Light Warriors?

Choices:
Dragon Quest
Land of Dreams
Final Fantasy
Zelda

Right Answer:
Final Fantasy

Q 18. Which game, second in a beloved series, was the most popular American-produced video game of 1982 and featured a female character?

Choices:
Crazy Otto
Super Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man

Right Answer:
Ms. Pac-Man

Q 19. In which game, developed by Konami in 1981, did players have to manuever frogs across a busy highway and then through a treacherous river?

Choices:
Frog Hopper
Leapy Frog
Frogger
Froggy

Right Answer:
Frogger

Q 20. The first home video game console was released in 1972. What was it called?

Choices:
The Magnavox Odyssey
Fairchild Channel F
Atari
Nintendo

Right Answer:
The Magnavox Odyssey

Q 21. This rail shooter was Nintendo’s first game to use the built-in Super FX chip and made 3D graphics with polygons possible! What was this revolutionary game called?

Choices:
Space Fox
Fox McCloud
Fox Flyer
Star Fox

Right Answer:
Star Fox

Q 22. What popular football game series was released in the early 1990s and featured a bird’s-eye view instead of the more characteristic closer top-down or side view?

Choices:
Super Soccer
Spectacular Soccer
Sensible Soccer
Strategy Soccer

Right Answer:
Sensible Soccer

Q 23. What was the first successful handheld game console called?

Choices:
Sega Game Gear
Tamagotchi
Gameboy
Atari Lynx

Right Answer:
Gameboy

Q 24. In which fighting game, introduced into arcades in 1987, could players play as Ryu or his American rival, Ken?

Choices:
Street Fighter
Samurai Shodown
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
Mortal Kombat

Right Answer:
Street Fighter

Q 25. In this infamous game, released in the early 1990s, a space marine fought sinister creatures in three nine-level episodes. What was this game called?

Choices:
Redneck Rampage
DOOM
Wolfenstein 3D
Commander Keen

Right Answer:
DOOM

Q 26. In Konami’s Castlevania, players take on the role of Simon Belmont, a descendant of a family of vampire hunters. What item does he use as his main weapon?

Choices:
A flying hat
A slingshot
A whip
A cross

Right Answer:
A whip

Q 27. The beloved game, Donkey Kong, was created after Nintendo failed to pursue the license to create a game based off which comic strip?

Choices:
Dennis the Menace
Popeye
Ziggy
Hägar the Horrible

Right Answer:
Popeye

Q 28. Which statement below is false?

Choices:
Berobero, Mavis, and Blue are all Pac-Man ghosts
Clyde and Blinky are sometimes swapped
Yum Yum is red and wears a white bow
Dinky is yellow and wears a propeller beanie

Right Answer:
Dinky is yellow and wears a propeller beanie

Q 29. Which fact below is true about Street Fighter’s Ryu’s birthday?

Choices:
It was the 26th Tuesday of that year
The number-one hit song in the U.S. on his birthday was I Get Around by The Beach Boys
Written in Roman numerals, Ryu’s birthday would be: XXI.VII.MCMLXV
The last Dutch whaling ship was sold to Japan

Right Answer:
The last Dutch whaling ship was sold to Japan

Q 30. Unscramble the words below and choose the correct “family” that Sonic the Hedgehog belongs to!

Choices:
lmmmaaia
ulaetpyipolh
deeiianerce
aairecieend

Right Answer:
aairecieend