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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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| With multiplayer games proving the growth market a new design team called Blizzard formed and gave the gaming community a new category: Real Time Strategy. What was Blizzards original game? | PC Computer Games History
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Warcraft. Real Time Strategy was actually opened with a game called "Dune". It was brilliant. Blizzard changed the perspectives to a 3 quarter view, tricked up the animation and added multiplayer and made a lot of money.
| With the first person shooter world going ballistic a fellow named John Carmack and his team created a multiplayer game that would forever kill office productivity and clog servers. What was his company called? | PC Computer Games History
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Wolfenstein 3D. This category was opened before "Wolfenstein" with a game called "Commander Keen". Although very successful it was "Wolfenstein" that paved the way for follow ups like "Doom" and "Quake".
| Originally developed on the Mac platform, another pioneer on CD by a unknown team called Cyan released a title that was one of the best selling PC game of all time. What was the game? | PC Computer Games History
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Myst. Although seriously dated now with current technologies, "Myst" still remains a constant performer. It's basically a pretty slide show with puzzles and uses early quicktime technology.
| The age of CD finally is upon us opening up a new world in development. The first CD-ROM commercial success was a creepy puzzle game based in a haunted mansion. What was it called? | PC Computer Games History
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| Probably the most successful 3.5" game ever released was "X-Wing". It was basically a space flight sim shooter. Who was the publisher? | PC Computer Games History
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Lucas Arts. Lucas Arts other hits include "Sam and Max", "Day of the Tentacle" and other "Star Wars" games like "X-Wing vs Tie Fighter".
| Another pioneering game series also by Sierra studios was the "Kings Quest" series. Who authored the game stories? | PC Computer Games History
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Roberta Williams. Roberta Williams introduced the "Kingdom of Daventry" in 1984. No less then 8 "Kings Quest" games were produced.
| Sierra Studios had a lot of success with their whacky adventure game series, and had a character who was a little sleazy misfit who couldn't keep out of trouble. What was his name? | PC Computer Games History
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2. They are stronger than you think.
| With 1 refill of Green tiberian, how much money do you get? | PC Video Games
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700. This is a tough question.
| Making a Service Depot on the GDI side gives you what type of airplane? | PC Video Games
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Carryall. This DEPOT also repairs vehicles.
2000. You cannot gain money without this, so waste your money and make this.
| There is an upgrade for the game Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun. What is it named? | PC Video Games
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C and C Tiberian Sun Firestorm. New units are in this upgrade, as long as new missions in the MAIN game.
| In the MAIN game for NOD, what is the name for the 5th MISSION? | PC Video Games
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Salvage Operation. I like this board the best out of all of them.
green. GREEN is my favorite color.
NOD. NOD is the smartest answer.
Transporting units. This car drives on land, as well as over water.
| In the Main Game, how many missions are there when using the GDI side? | PC Video Games
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12. The actual main game is pretty slow.
Red. There is always a RED side in C and C games.
Global Defense Initiative. GDI and NOD are basically equal in strength because of there different technology.
| The Cyborg Commando is activated when you build this building? | PC Video Games
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Temple of Nod. This commando is the most powerful UNIT in the game.
The Fly. When Hoagie and Laverne returned to present, he joined Bernard in trying to stop Purple by travelling to the past and aborting his transformation. The three characters entered Chron-o-letrine at the same time, and Dr. Fred screamed "No! Not three in the same Chron-o-letrine! Haven't you see "The Fly"?". Hoagie, Bernard and Laverne were mixed into an only body.
Carla. Captain Smirk call her Carla.
| About the "X-COM" game series.
What's the name of the SECOND title on the series published in 1995? | General PC Gaming Trivia
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"Terror from the Deep". "X-COM" series where originally created by Julian and Nick Gollop.
| "Master of Orion" developed by Simtex in 1994 was a precursor on the genre.
What's the publisher name? | General PC Gaming Trivia
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MicroProse. Last game to the series is "Master of Orion III" (2003) published by Infogrames.
| If I say the name "Gordon Freeman" and "Black Mesa research facility" which FPS game comes to your mind? | General PC Gaming Trivia
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"Half-Life". "Half-Life" was released on 1998, "Gordon Freeman", a player-controlled character, was a Black Mesa employee.
| An easy one for adventure games lovers... What's the name of the main character in "The Secret of Monkey Island"? | General PC Gaming Trivia
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Guybrush Threepwood. "The Secret of Monkey Island" was published and developed by LucasArts in 1990.
| In 1990 BroderBund published a Driving game that was a huge hit in the gaming world. It also features a Construction Set.
What's the name of the game? | General PC Gaming Trivia
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"Stunts". Developed by Distinctive Software Inc. that also developed other Driving games like Test Drive (1987) and Grand Prix Circuit (1988).
| In the early 90's, a game called "Civilization", programmed and developed by Sid Meier and published by Microsoft, was a great success.
When it was developed? | General PC Gaming Trivia
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1991. Last game to the series is "Civilization 3" and they are currently developing the second expansion pack.
| "Wolfenstein 3-D" (1992) and "Doom" were developed by the same company. What's this company name? | General PC Gaming Trivia
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id Software. After "Wolfestein 3-D" success, id Software developed and published "Doom". This games were the most important FPS on gaming history.
Will Wright. Will Wright was also the "Sim City" series creator.
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