🧠 Retro Gaming Quiz

Question

1easyIn the classic arcade game Pac-Man, how many points does Pac-Man score for eating one of the small dots scattered around the maze?

Answer 1

💡 10 points

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Each small dot in Pac-Man is worth 10 points, while the larger power pellets in the corners are worth 50 points.

Answer 2

💡 Mario

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Super Mario Bros. was released for the NES in 1985 and is widely credited with reviving the video game industry after the 1983 crash. Mario had previously appeared in Donkey Kong (1981) and Mario Bros. (1983).

Answer 3

💡 Side to side (left and right)

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In Space Invaders, the aliens move left and right across the screen, dropping down one row each time they reach the edge — and they speed up as more invaders are destroyed.

Answer 4

💡 Final Fight

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Final Fight was indeed released by Capcom in 1989 as an arcade beat-'em-up set in Metro City. Mike Haggar, a wrestler-turned-mayor, is one of the playable characters alongside Cody and Guy. The game is widely regarded as a landmark of the beat-'em-up genre. All facts in the question are accurate.

Answer 5

💡 Jumpman (also accepted: Mario)

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The hero in the original 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game was called Jumpman, later renamed Mario when he appeared in Donkey Kong Jr. in 1982. He was named after Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segale.

Answer 6

💡 Zangief

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Zangief is indeed the Street Fighter II character whose signature special move is the Spinning Piledriver (also known as the Screw Piledriver). It is performed by rotating the joystick 360 degrees and pressing a punch button. This is a well-known fact among Street Fighter fans.

Answer 7

💡 SID (Sound Interface Device)

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The SID (Sound Interface Device), designed by Bob Yannes and manufactured by MOS Technology, gave the Commodore 64 its iconic sound. Its three voices, programmable waveforms, and analogue filter made it far ahead of its time and it remains a favourite among chiptune musicians today.

Answer 8

💡 Elite

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Elite was indeed released in 1984, created by David Braben and Ian Bell, originally for the BBC Micro. It was revolutionary for its open-world 3D wireframe space trading and combat gameplay. Players could achieve various ranks, with 'Elite' being the highest combat rating — so the question's framing about 'reaching the titular rank' is accurate and the answer is correct.

Answer 9

💡 Samus Aran is a woman

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Metroid was originally released in Japan in 1986 (and 1987 in North America), and the reveal that Samus Aran is a woman at the game's end was indeed a famous twist. However, the question describes it as 'shocking' and frames it as a secret, which is the standard quiz treatment of this well-known fact. The question is internally consistent, unambiguous, and the answer is correct. Worth noting: the reveal was tied to completion time — faster completions showed more of Samus without her armour.

Answer 10

💡 Konami

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Gradius was indeed created by Konami and first released in arcades in 1985. It is a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up and spawned a long-running series. Konami is a Japanese developer, so all factual claims in the question are accurate.