Author Topic: Test your arcade knowledge (Read 4759 times)

Apollo · « **on:** July 03, 2003, 06:23:17 pm »

No prizes just the chance to show off to everyone else. I'll fill in the answers as people get them right.

1. What was the first coin-operated video game?
Computer Space
2. What was the first coin-op to integrate laserdisk stored background images with realtime computer generated images?
Astron Belt
3. On the TV Program Taxi, what game did Jim once become addicted to
PacMan
4. What coin-op game did The Who bring with them on each stop of their 1980 United States tour?
Space Invaders
5. What was the first videogame based on a movie?
Tron
6. Give both names of each of the four ghosts in Pac-Man
Inky, Pinky, Blinky & Clyde or Speedy, Shadow, Bashful & Pokey
7. What was the first ever coin-operated game to feature the designer's autograph on the cabinet, and who was it?
Berzerk
8. Who invented Pong and founded Atari, Sente and Pizza Time Theater?
Nolan Bushnell
9. Two of Atari's most popular games were created by the same programmer, Dave Theurer. What two games?
Tempest & Missile Command
10. What are the four stages in each level of Tron?
Light Cycles, CPU, spiders & tanks
11. What was the second Tron video game released?
Tron Deadly Discs ( Discs of Tron )
12. What video game is based on the story of the three little pigs?
Pooyan
13. What percentage of the screen must be filled in order to advance to the next level in Qix?
65%
14. In Pac-Man what happens when you reach the 257th key?
Can't get there, game crashes at 256th lol
15. How do you get bonus points in Frogger
Hop on the lady frog (!!!) or get the fly
16. What was the sequel to Defender called?
Stargate ( Defender II )
17. What game appears on the cover of "It's Hard" by The Who?
Space Duel
18. How do you get 300 points for the saucer in the coin-operated version of Space Invaders?
First saucer on 23rd shot, subsequent saucers on evry 15th shot thereafter
19. What is the name of the indestructible smiley face in Berzerk?
Evil Otto
20. Name two coin-operated games which featured music written by Henri Mancini.
Spy Hunter & Crazy Climber
21. What coin-operated game featured music by Queen?
Vanguard
22. What two ZZ Top album titles have also been coin-operated games?
Afterburner & Eliminator
23.The bass riff from what Beatles song appears in Donkey Kong?
The Ballad of John & Yoko
24. At least two coin-ops have used music by Tchaikovsky, Name one.
Crystal Castles or Battlezone
25. Other than laserdisk imaging, there are two main imaging systems which operate in all video games. One creates images composed of dots, the other images composed of straight lines. What are these two systems called?
Vector & Raster
Videoquotes! -- Identify the game:

26. "Chicken! Fight like a robot!"- Berzerk
27. "Total Carnage! I love it!"- Smash TV
28. "Go for it!"- Crazy Climber
29. "Great shot kid! That was one in a million!"- Star Wars
30. "Sensors detect fuel globes." Road Blasters
31. "Cowabunga!"- TMNT
32. "Rise from your grave!"- Altered Beast
33. "Uppercut! Uppercut! Body Blow!"- Punch Out
34. "$%&#*@!"- Q-bert
35."Welcome aboard, Captain"- Star Trek

Which games featured the following creatures?

36. Scorpions ( loads of games have Scorpions )
37. Coily Q-bert
38. Flippers Tempest
39. Vultures- Joust
40. Landers- Lunar Lander but I was thinking of a different game
41. Sparx- Qix
42. Killer hot dogs- Burger Time

Describe the controls for the following games:

43. Defender- up-down joystick, thrust, fire, hyperspace & smartbomb
44. Tutankhamen 4 way joystick, move. left right joystick, fire
45. Battlezone 2 up-down joysticks
46. Tron- Joystick, fire & spinner
47. Joust- left-right joystick and flap

meta87 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2003, 06:35:00 pm »

"Great shot kid! That was one in a million!"

Star Wars

Man I'm good

Lucky S.O.B. · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2003, 06:45:49 pm »

What are the four stages in each level of Tron?

-- Tanks, light cycles, spider thing, rotating rainbow thing

Uppercut! Uppercut! Body Blow!"

-- Puchout

"Total Carnage! I love it!"

-- Total Carnage

"$%&#*@!"

--Qbert

Give both names of each of the four ghosts in Pac-Man

-- Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde
-- Japan: Akabei, Pinky, Aosuke, Guzuta

Lucky S.O.B. · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2003, 07:00:57 pm »

Who invented Pong and founded Atari, Sente and Pizza Time Theater?

-- Nolan Bushnell

What was the second Tron video game released?

--Discs of Tron

In Pac-Man what happens when you reach the 257th key?

--Who has this much time?

How do you get bonus points in Frogger

-- Jumping on the pink frog and getting the fly when entering the home

radiator · « **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2003, 07:01:45 pm »

-- What was the first coin-operated video game?

Computer Space

-- What was the first coin-op to integrate laserdisk stored background images with realtime computer generated images?

Astron Belt

-- What was the first videogame based on a movie?

Tron (too easy!)

-- Two of Atari's most popular games were created by the same programmer, Dave Theurer. What two games?

Missle Command, Tempest (big Atari fan

)

-- What video game is based on the story of the three little pigs?

Pooyan (I think)

-- What percentage of the screen must be filled in order to advance to the next level in Qix?

hmmm, I'm pretty sure the arcade version was 65%, although I think the gameboy version was 72/75% (can't remember)

-- What was the sequel to Defender called?

Stargate

"Total Carnage! I love it!"
Smash TV

"Great shot kid! That was one in a million!"
Star Wars

"Cowabunga!"
Turtles (of the Teenage Mutant Ninja variety!)

"Uppercut! Uppercut! Body Blow!"
PunchOut

"$%&#*@!"
Q-Bert

'Vultures' are in Joust, and 'Killer hot dogs' in Burger Time (man, I love that game)

Defender uses a 2-way stick (up/down) with 4 buttons (Fire, Thrust, Reverse, SmartBomb)

Tron has a 4-way (or is it 8-way?), single trigger stick, and a spinner

Joust uses a 2-way joystick (left/right - at least I think it's 2 way) and 1 button (fly)

jakejake28 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2003, 07:03:24 pm »

i feel humbled

jerryjanis · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2003, 07:12:56 pm »

-- What video game is based on the story of the three little pigs?
-Pig Newton

"Rise from your grave!"
-Altered Beast

Scorpions
-Snake Pit, Pitfall (others?),

RandyT · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2003, 09:37:09 pm »

4. What coin-op game did The Who bring with them on each stop of their 1980 United States tour?
Space Invaders

17. What game appears on the cover of "It's Hard" by The Who?
Space Duel

19. What is the name of the indestructible smiley face in Berzerk?
Evil Otto

22. What two ZZ Top album titles have also been coin-operated games?
Eliminator and Afterburner

25. Other than laserdisk imaging, there are two main imaging systems which operate in all video games. One creates images composed of dots, the other images composed of straight lines. What are these two systems called?
Raster and Vector

Videoquotes! -- Identify the game:

26. "Chicken! Fight like a robot!"
Berzerk

28. "Go for it!"
Crazy Climber

35."Welcome aboard, Captain"
Star Trek

Which games featured the following creatures?

36. Scorpions ( loads of games have Scorpions )
Pitfall

40. Landers
Lunar Lander, Lunar Rescue

41. Sparx
Qix

Ehhh..brain has turned to scrambled eggs.....

RandyT

Apollo · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2003, 09:48:14 pm »

Well done most impressive! Any one else care to try their arm?

AlanS17 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 03, 2003, 09:56:35 pm »

24. At least two coin-ops have used music by Tchaikovsky, Name one. (Tetris)

37. Coily (Qbert?)
38. Flippers (VS Pinball?) maybe that's not what you're looking for but it's right

TrickyFishy · « **Reply #10 on:** July 03, 2003, 10:19:46 pm »

45. Battlezone - Plastic "view scope" you look at the monitor threw (always stank). Two two-way joysticks to control the tracks of the tank with small round fire button(s) on top.

Loved it!

TrickyFishy · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2003, 10:23:16 pm »

7. What was the first ever coin-operated game to feature the designer's autograph on the cabinet, and who was it?

First thing that comes to mind ... was it

Iron Man Stewart's Super Off Road

Apollo · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2003, 10:44:24 pm »

paigeoliver · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2003, 11:52:16 pm »

What happens in Pac-Man when you reach the 257th key?

NOTHING. Pac-Man generates a split screen that is half garbage on the 256th screen, which is only like the 247th key. There is no way to get past the split screen, thus there is no 257th key screen.

EggZilla · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2003, 01:10:50 am »

Which games featured the following creatures?

38. Flippers

It sounds way too obvious to be correct, but ... wasn't this Tempest?

JLR2000 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 04, 2003, 01:18:52 am »

3. On the TV Program Taxi, what game did Jim once become addicted to

Pac-Man!

Apollo · « **Reply #16 on:** July 04, 2003, 04:08:05 am »

Wahoo! Not many to go now, who is gonna get the last ones? They must be the toughest. This is fun I might do another one, but harder and with a prize what do you think?

F|end · « **Reply #17 on:** July 04, 2003, 05:13:59 am »

Sorry but i limit to play them!

Ok, ok i confess, i feel a little humbled...

I have one interesting!

Who's the best at Pac Man in the world!?

Billy Mitchell

-> I think it's spelled that way?!! Is it?

RetroBorg · « **Reply #18 on:** July 04, 2003, 05:23:57 am »

18. How do you get 300 points for the saucer in the coin-operated version of Space Invaders?

Fire 22 shots and then wait for the UFO to cross the screen. Use shot number 23 to hit the UFO and you will receive 300 points. After hitting the UFO, start counting your shots again. This time, count to 14 and use the 15th shot to hit the UFO. Once again you will receive 300 points. Repeat counting using the 14 shot method until the screen is cleared of enemies.

RetroBorg · « **Reply #19 on:** July 04, 2003, 05:29:06 am »

Describe the controls for the following games:

44. Tutankhamen

Joystick: 4-way
Joystick: 2-way (left fire, right fire)
Buttons: 1 (Flash Bomb)

RetroBorg · « **Reply #20 on:** July 04, 2003, 05:35:29 am »

20. Name two coin-operated games which featured music written by Henri Mancini.

One of them was Spyhunter.

RetroBorg · « **Reply #21 on:** July 04, 2003, 05:41:03 am »

7. What was the first ever coin-operated game to feature the designer's autograph on the cabinet, and who was it?

I know every Berzerk unit was autographed by the designer (not sure if it was the first or who it was though).

anthony691 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 04, 2003, 10:30:00 am »

Quote from: Apollo on July 04, 2003, 04:08:05 am

Wahoo! Not many to go now, who is gonna get the last ones? They must be the toughest. This is fun I might do another one, but harder and with a prize what do you think?

I would just grab good facts from History.dat! You could do it really easily! I say go for that!

Happy_Dude · « **Reply #23 on:** July 04, 2003, 11:32:03 am »

7. What was the first ever coin-operated game to feature the designer's autograph on the cabinet, and who was it?
Berzerk - Alan McNeil

10. What are the four stages in each level of Tron?
Light cycles, CPU, spiders and tanks

20. Name two coin-operated games which featured music written by Henri Mancini.
Spy Hunter (Peter Gunn Theme) and Crazy Climber (Baby ElephantWalk and Pink Panther)

21. What coin-operated game featured music by Queen?
Vanguard (used "Vultan's Theme" from Flash Gordon)

23.The bass riff from what Beatles song appears in Donkey Kong?
The Ballad of John and Yoko

24. At least two coin-ops have used music by Tchaikovsky, Name one.
Crystal Castles, Battlezone

anthony691 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 04, 2003, 11:45:13 am »

Quote from: Apollo on July 03, 2003, 06:23:17 pm

30. "Sensors detect fuel globes."

Road Blasters (duh)

Apollo · « **Reply #25 on:** July 04, 2003, 04:01:13 pm »

All done & well done!

More to follow later if anyone is interested.

AlanS17 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 04, 2003, 04:02:43 pm »

I can't believe I got even one! That's a true surprise to me... I usually suck at this kinda stuff.

1UP · « **Reply #27 on:** July 04, 2003, 04:11:24 pm »

6. Give both names of each of the four ghosts in Pac-Man
Inky, Pinky, Blinky & Clyde ( still need alternate English names )

Shadow, Speedy, Bashful, Pokey

(sorry, got here late!)

Apollo · « **Reply #28 on:** July 04, 2003, 04:30:39 pm »

Well done 1UP I forgot about that last one.
By the way I didn't make this test up myself I got it on the internet ( have no idea where though ) just in case anyone thinks I'm some kind of arcade encyclopedia. I could only answered about 10 of those questions without help lol.

Happy_Dude · « **Reply #29 on:** July 05, 2003, 11:57:32 am »

Quote from: Apollo on July 04, 2003, 04:30:39 pm

Well done 1UP I forgot about that last one.
By the way I didn't make this test up myself I got it on the internet ( have no idea where though ) just in case anyone thinks I'm some kind of arcade encyclopedia. I could only answered about 10 of those questions without help lol.

http://www.io.com/~aylott/trivia.fall90.video.answers.html

1UP · « **Reply #30 on:** July 05, 2003, 03:04:25 pm »

I've got one for ya (this is actually a home computer game): What game begins with this spoken line: "Ah, another visitor. Stay awhile...STAY FOREVER!"

One of my most memorable game quotes...

anthony691 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 05, 2003, 03:10:07 pm »

This was found on the cover of what most awesome NES game:

"Dead People Are Cool"

jerryjanis · « **Reply #32 on:** July 05, 2003, 04:23:14 pm »

Quote from: 1UP on July 05, 2003, 03:04:25 pm

I've got one for ya (this is actually a home computer game): What game begins with this spoken line: "Ah, another visitor. Stay awhile...STAY FOREVER!"

One of my most memorable game quotes...

Impossible Mission, of course... If you heard it once, you'll never forget it.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #33 on:** July 06, 2003, 08:41:01 pm »

13. What percentage of the screen must be filled in order to advance to the next level in Qix?

This is operator adjustable, thus there is no correct answer.

Apollo · « **Reply #34 on:** July 06, 2003, 09:18:19 pm »

Well I guess but the original game came out unadjustable and was 65%. The adjustability was added later like speed up chip for PacMan. I'm not absolutely 100% on that, anyone care to back me up on that one?

paigeoliver · « **Reply #35 on:** July 06, 2003, 10:30:01 pm »

Mame has 3 romsets for Qix. All 3 have operator adjustable "thresholds" (what they call the percentage), and it looks like all 3 of them are actually factory set at 75 percent (at least mine were).

TazMan · « **Reply #36 on:** July 06, 2003, 11:35:55 pm »

Quote

6. Give both names of each of the four ghosts in Pac-Man
Inky, Pinky, Blinky & Clyde ( still need alternate English names )

How bout: Speedy(Pink), Shadow(Red), Bashful(Blue), Pokey(Orange)

**EDIT** Nevermind, just saw 1UP's response, I saw the original post still had that listed as needed so I hit reply.

Apollo · « **Reply #37 on:** July 06, 2003, 11:41:19 pm »

Sorry about that Taz, I forgot to do the final update. Sorted now.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #38 on:** July 07, 2003, 12:52:54 am »

Quote from: Apollo on July 04, 2003, 04:01:13 pm

All done & well done!

More to follow later if anyone is interested.

I didn't get into this until late. Did you fill in answers as they were given?

Also, add in, which game has the cabinet known as the Captain's Chair?
Add in, what game(s) don't do what the titleof the game suggests it does?

Apollo · « **Reply #39 on:** July 07, 2003, 02:33:58 am »

Yes, as answers were given I filled in the answers on the test, it seemed like the best thing to do.
I'll have a new one soon ( I'm working on an original one but if anyone else wants to post one feel free of course ).


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