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VG By Year Trivia

VG By Year Trivia Quizzes

The quizzes in this subcategory focus on games from specific years. Test your knowledge, from the early days of home video gaming to modern day masterpieces.

40 quizzes and 403 trivia questions.

Hot Stuff or Old Game?

Collection Quiz

13 Qns

Twenty Video Games from Two Decades

Twenty video games - some of them from the 1990s, some of them from the 2020s. Your task is to select the Hot Stuff and avoid the Old Game titles.

Easier, 13 Qns, wellenbrecher, Nov 12 23

Easier
wellenbrecher

Nov 12 23
339 plays

Insert Coins to Continue (1983) great trivia quiz

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10 Qns

The arcade video game boom began to slow in 1983, as home game consoles increased in popularity. How well do you remember these games, released during the final year of the 'Golden Age of Arcade Games'?

Average, 10 Qns, reedy, Mar 07 22

Average
reedy

Mar 07 22
249 plays

Insert Coins to Continue (1982)

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10 Qns

1982 is considered to be the peak year of the 'Golden Age of Arcade Games'. Do you remember these games that were released in that year?

Average, 10 Qns, reedy, Jan 02 23

Average
reedy

Jan 02 23
410 plays

Insert Coins to Continue (1979)

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10 Qns

Arcade video games released in 1979 benefited from the success of their predecessors the previous year. How well do you remember these games, released during the second year of the 'Golden Age of Arcade Games'?

Average, 10 Qns, reedy, Jul 02 20

Average
reedy

Jul 02 20
450 plays

Insert Coins to Continue (1981)

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10 Qns

1981 continued the development of bigger and better arcade video games as every company tried to outdo the other. What do you know of the fourth year of the 'Golden Age of Arcade Games'?

Average, 10 Qns, reedy, Nov 18 20

Average
reedy

Nov 18 20
414 plays

VG By Year Trivia Questions

1. In this extremely popular game that was fully released in 2011, players mine blocks, build structures and fight mobs. What game is this?

From Quiz Video Games of the 2010s

Answer: Minecraft

So technically this game was made available to the public in 2009 however it wasn't fully released until 2011. The game environment is made of 3D objects that represent materials such as lava, diamonds and stone. Players can build all kinds of structures (for example houses, villages, furniture etc...) and mine for the different materials. Players also try to defeat monsters such as the enderman and the creeper. There are also mobs such as zombies, skeletons and spiders that players need to avoid or kill. There are no objectives or goals for players to play towards, there is a large amount of free play in this game.

2. This simulation game has players playing tennis, baseball, bowling and more on the Wii console. Released in 2006, what is it?

From Quiz Video Games of the 2000s

Answer: Wii Sports

This incredibly popular and fun game sold over eighty million copies by the end of 2017. Five sports are included in this game - tennis, bowling, baseball, golf and boxing. Using the Wii Remote, players simulate real life actions of each of the sports. For instance, if a player is playing tennis, they move their arm, holding the remote, as if they were swinging a tennis racket. Training activities are also included in the game to help players keep track of their progress.

3. In this 1993 first person shooter game, players fight as a space marine against invading hordes from Hell. What game is this?

From Quiz 1990s Video Games

Answer: Doom

"Doom" was originally released in 1993. Players control a space marine who was nameless but came to be known as 'Doomguy' against demon hordes and the undead. Players must navigate through a series of levels that take place on bases on Mars and in Hell. As players navigate the levels, they have to keep track of health, ammunition and armour while fighting against a number of enemies that include the undead.

4. This simple video game was originally released in 1972. What table tennis like game is it?

From Quiz 1970s Video Games

Answer: Pong

"Pong" is a very simple sport-themed game using two dimensional graphics. Players play against each other, controlling a paddle and hitting a ball back and forth using the paddle. A player earns a point when they fail to hit the ball back with the paddle. The video game was originally released by Atari in 1972. In 1975 and just in time for Christmas, a home game version was made available at Sears. "Pong" is in the Smithsonian Institution for its cultural impact.

5. This iconic game with the little yellow guy who looks like a pizza with a slice missing was originally released in 1980. Known now as Pac-Man, what was the original Japanese title?

From Quiz 1980s Video Games

Answer: Puck Man

The very first release of the game "Pac-Man" was in 1980 by Namco. The character Pac-Man eats dots around a maze while being chased by ghosts. If he eats a power pellet he becomes invincible for a small amount of time. The game was released as "Puck-Man" in Japan but the name was changed when it was released internationally in order to prevent the arcade games from being vandalized. There were fears the the letter 'P' would be changed to an 'F'.

6. January 14, 1987 A popular tunic wearing hero was sent on his second adventure in Japan, eight months before his first adventure arrived in North America. Who am I talking about?

From Quiz 1987: The World in Gaming

Answer: Link

Link is the green tunic wearing hero from Nintendo's "Legend of Zelda" series. "The Legend of Zelda", the series' first title, was released for the Famicom (the Japanese version of the NES) in Japan on February 21, 1986. However, Link's original adventure would not be seen in North America until August 22, 1987, more than a year later. Its sequel "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" was released in Japan on January 14, 1987. As such, "Zelda II" would not be seen in North America until December 1, 1988.

7. 1990 saw the NES and Game Boy release of "Dr. Mario", which was what type of puzzle game?

From Quiz 1990s Puzzle Video Games - Make No Wrong Moves

Answer: Falling block

The general goal in "Dr. Mario" is to eliminate viruses by matching colors of viruses and capsules that fall from the top of the screen. "Dr. Mario", then, is a falling block game similar to "Tetris" of the 1980s. "Dr. Mario" simply adds the charming feature of faces on the viruses, giving them countenances indicative of mischief and malfeasance. The single-player mode of "Dr. Mario" features levels of increasing difficulty with more viruses added up through level 20. Multiplayer mode enables two players to play against each other in separate game fields to clear viruses faster than each other.

8. In this Russian puzzle game, follow the colored blocks and slide them into the right place. Form four complete lines and you get what?

From Quiz Video Games by the Decades (1980s)

Answer: Tetris

First released in 1984, this game is available on almost every console known to man. However, it is the 1989 Game Boy version that launched the game into the mainstream.

9. #10: 'The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD' (Wii U) Where do the message bottles found floating in the Great Sea come from?

From Quiz My Top Ten Games of 2013

Answer: They are sent by other Miiverse players

One of the added features with the Wii U re-release of 'The Wind Waker' was message bottles littered across the Great Sea. Other players can write messages and take pictures using Pictoboxes and send them out into the Miiverse for other players to find. Aside from updated graphics and tweaked controls more suited to the Wii U GamePad, 'The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD' plays out pretty much like its GameCube counterpart. Taking place after 'Ocarina of Time' in the "Adult Link" timeline, the land of Hyrule is flooded to protect it after the reawakening of Ganondorf.

10. Which MMORPG developed by ArenaNet followed such games as 'Prophecies', 'Factions', 'Nightfall' and 'Eye of the North', and took place in the land of Tyria some 250 years after the original series?

From Quiz 2012 - A Year of Sequels

Answer: Guild Wars 2

With substantial hype in its five-year development time, expectations were high for 'Guild Wars 2' (PC), a game many believed would be able to give some serious competition to 'World of Warcraft'. Well, it was worth the wait. 'Guild Wars 2' released in August 2012 to rave reviews and so much traffic that ArenaNet, the studio behind the game, actually had to deactivate sales from their website to ensure the servers weren't overloaded. With a non-traditional approach to questing and an extensive, picturesque world to explore, 'Guild Wars 2' offered players a triple-A MMO title without a subscription fee.

11. PlayStation, a subsidiary of Sony, was developed in what country?

From Quiz Video Game Consoles and Games from the 90s

Answer: Japan

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a Japanese company which was first established in Tokyo, in 1993. The video game console and the software are both made by this company. Sony Computer Entertainment is also involved in production and development of video games.

12. In 1998, Valve made this first-person shooter featuring a character named Gordon Freeman. In it, he must escape from Black Mesa while fighting aliens from a planet known as Xen, which he released upon Earth. What game is this?

From Quiz Top Video Games of 1998/99

Answer: Half-Life

In 2005, "Half-Life" was the best-selling shooter of all time. It is with little surprise as it tells a very strong story, features some really neat weapons, and has immense length. Also, the PC version of the game features an addictive multiplayer mode. The game was successful enough to spawn several sequels, spinoff games, and multiplayer online shooters. If you have trouble believing, play it for yourself or check out the reviews at "Gamespot.com", "IGN", or even "Official Playstation Magazine".

13. This sequel to Square Soft's famous RPG series featured character such as Terra Branford and Locke Cole. The game followed their adventures as they tried to fight against a group of evil empires known as the Espers. What mystical game was this?

From Quiz Top Video Games of 1994/95

Answer: Final Fantasy VI

"Final Fantasy 6" was released in America as "Final Fantasy 3". "Final Fantasy 6" did not just take an old idea and try and turn it into something it isn't. What the developers, at Square, did was keep all of the winning mechanics from number four and added improved graphics, sound, and mechanics into the game. The game also featured a masterfully innovative Esper summoning system.

14. This game saw an apparent career change for everyone's favorite plumber, Mario. In this game, Mario had to destroy viruses by dropping down pills. What game was this?

From Quiz Top Video Games of 1990/91

Answer: Dr. Mario

The genre that "Dr. Mario" fell into was that of the puzzle variety. Using the winning formula of "Tetris" Nintendo created a Mario game in which the idea was to drop pills in formation and destroy viruses hiding on different levels of the screen. The game featured twenty-five levels that drastically increased in difficulty.

15. This hockey game, by Konami, was a critically acclaimed game for many reasons. First of all, it featured some voiceovers, and even let the player play another classic Konami game between the second and third periods. What game is this?

From Quiz Top Video Games of 1988/89

Answer: Blades of Steel

"Blades of Steel" was a hockey game best known for its fast paced action and its simple but addictive fighting engine. There were eight teams in the game, four Canadian, and four American. There were two modes of play standard to most hockey games: exhibition and tournament. The game also featured voice technology which was very rare for the time. A notable extra included into the game was most likely the small sampler of "Gradius" included in between the second and third periods.

16. "Duck Hunt" was one of the most influential games of the day. It was one of the first games to use the light gun, and was also packaged with one of the greatest games of all time, much less the best of 1985. What game was it packaged with?

From Quiz Top Video Games of 1985/86

Answer: Super Mario Brothers

"Super Mario Brothers" was one of the first side-scrolling platformers of its kind. It brought massive, non-linear levels to the gaming world, a feature which was almost unheard of years before. It was regarded by Guinness World Records as the bestselling game of all time. "Duck Hunt" was packaged with it, and earned a mythical status next to its popular counterpart. "Duck hunt" was made legendary because of the use of the light gun, and an often annoying dog who laughed at you when you missed the ducks.

17. "Football Manager" is a football management game from Sports Interactive, the creator of which other sports management franchise?

From Quiz Video Games of 2004

Answer: "Championship Manager"

Over an expired contract deal, the creators created their own game whilst Edios kept the popular name and created their own database. The game is still a good buy and has over 5000 manageable teams from 50 different countries.

18. What action game had a target on the screen which you move around following the arrows to find the criminals you had to shoot?

From Quiz Video Games from the 1980s

Answer: Street Fight

"Street Fight" was a video game brought out in the early to mid 1980s. In each round of the game, you had to move the target around the screen following the arrows until they brought you to the first criminal which you had to shoot dead. Since your supply of amunition didn't last one whole round, you had chances to get more amunition by moving the target over boxes that would appear on the screen. Each criminal you shot dead, gave you a certain amount of points. Besides the criminals, there was also civilians which you could rescue from the criminals and get points for saving their lives.

19. "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction" was a multiplayer co-operative with enemies known as Archaeans. What type of creature are the Archaeans?

From Quiz Playing Games

Answer: Aliens

Interestingly, "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction" was originally titled "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine" but the name was changed after the COVID pandemic certainly changed many people's feelings about the word quarantine. In the game the Archaeans are parasitic aliens that have eerie screams and must be avoided or eliminated over various missions known as incursions. As the game progresses, allies can be extracted (rescued). This question was stealthily extracted into the quiz by Phoenix Rising teammate and Red Crew member Triviaballer as part of the team's 2022 World Tour.

20. This 2018 game is the eighth in a series and follows Kratos and his son Atreus. What is it?

From Quiz Video Games of the 2010s

Answer: God of War

This game is inspired by Norse mythology and mostly set in the realm of Midgard. Kratos is the former Greek God of War who is on a journey with his son Atreus to spread his wife's ashes at the peak of the nine realms. The journey is fraught with obstacles and monsters. There are times when Atreus can be passively controlled by the player through the use of a button however Kratos is the only fully player-controlled character in the game as he engages in fighting and solves puzzles.

21. This 2008 multiplayer horror game is set amid an outbreak of the "Green Flu". What game is this?

From Quiz Video Games of the 2000s

Answer: Left 4 Dead

This is a game that allows players to work together cooperatively to accomplish a goal. Players play as one of four characters who are survivors of a flu that essentially turns people into zombie-like mutants. The four characters are a college student, a biker, an account manager and a Vietnam vet. The goal is to make it to a safe place without getting infected. Players help each other out and are encouraged to stick together (they can see colored outlines of other characters during gameplay). If a players health depletes, they can only move again with the assistance of another player.

22. This popular first person shooter game featuring the character Gordon Freeman was Valve's debut game. What is it?

From Quiz 1990s Video Games

Answer: Half-Life

This multi-award winning game is hailed by some as the best video game ever played. Players play as a character named Gordon Freeman who is a scientist trying to escape a research facility. While trying to escape, Freeman fights both aliens and humans using a variety of weapons and by solving puzzles. Alien enemies include headcrabs, bullsquids and headcrab zombies. A science fiction author was hired to help develop the storyline.

23. In this 1978 fixed shooter game players fire at aliens. The first fixed shooter game, what's it called?

From Quiz 1970s Video Games

Answer: Space Invaders

"Space Invaders" is my absolute favorite video game. Players control a laser cannon at the bottom of the video screen and fire at rows aliens as they descend down the screen, trying to hit the aliens to destroy them. If the aliens make it to the bottom of the screen, the player dies. The better a player does, the faster the aliens move down the screen making the game more difficult. Sometimes a special alien ship moves across the screen. If it's hit, the player gets bonus points.

24. In this game players make complete lines by manoeuvring pieces of various shapes. It was created in 1984 by a Russian software engineer. What is this game called?

From Quiz 1980s Video Games

Answer: Tetris

"Tetris" was created in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov. In this game, pieces of varying shapes fall down and players move them so that full lines are completed. Once a full line is made, it disappears, making more space for block pieces to fall. When the entire space is filled up, the game ends. Every time a player passes a level the pieces fall more quickly making the game more challenging.

25. February 20, 1987 "Contra" fighters engaged in a tough battle with aliens in the arcade jungles of Japan. A secret code would be provided for them to succeed later in North America. Which code might that be?

From Quiz 1987: The World in Gaming

Answer: The Konami Code

"Contra" was originally released as an arcade cabinet in Japan on February 20, 1987. It was published by Japanese game developer Konami. "Contra" would later be ported to home consoles, with its Famicom/NES version becoming available a year later. "Contra" is one of the most famous games to utilize the Konami Code (UUDDLRLRBA Start), a cheat code built into the NES version of "Contra" that allowed the player to begin the game with thirty lives instead of the normal three. This made the game easier to play as "Contra" was known to be rather difficult. The Konami Code was first programmed into the game "Gradius", but "Contra" was the game that gave the code its notoriety. It was not used on the original arcade version of "Contra".

26. As this famous space bounty hunter you must collect upgrades and explore your way through the planet Zebes in order to save the galaxy. What is the name of this franchise and its titular enemy?

From Quiz Video Games by the Decades (1980s)

Answer: Metroid

This 1986 Nintendo franchise is known for its final twist in which its main protagonist turns out to be a woman. It's also well known for its combination of both platforming and exploration.

27. #9: 'Tomb Raider' (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Which British actress succeeded Keeley Hawes as the voice of Lara Croft in the 'Tomb Raider' reboot?

From Quiz My Top Ten Games of 2013

Answer: Camilla Luddington

Very much shredding Lara Croft back to basics and sticking her on a dangerous island, 'Tomb Raider' is developer Crystal Dynamic's reboot of the series. Introducing players to a very young Lara, the game focuses on her loneliness and vulnerability, where she tries desperately to survive against the odds. After her ship crashes into the island, Lara finds herself tied up and suspended in mid-air in a cave, surrounded by cultist paraphernalia. When she escapes, she finds danger around every corner, be it wild animals, perilous cliffs and mountains, or the island's armed inhabitants. Weapons and other useful items are picked up throughout the game, and scrap metal can be used to upgrade these items further, giving Lara a slightly better chance against the island's dangers.

28. Which game, rather accurately described as a 'looter shooter', was a sequel to a widely acclaimed 2008 title from Gearbox Software?

From Quiz 2012 - A Year of Sequels

Answer: Borderlands 2

'Borderlands' had a unique approach to the first-person shooter, with a cel-shaded aesthetic and a procedurally-generated weapon system that made no two games the same. Its popularity and acclaim pretty much guaranteed a sequel, and Gearbox did not disappoint with their follow-up, 'Borderlands 2' (PC, Xbox 360, PS3), which released in September 2012. Players took on the role of a vault hunter with a unique set of abilities, who set out to stop the charismatic yet tyrannical Handsome Jack from controlling the world of Pandora.

29. The PS1 was first released in Japan on December 3, 1994. How many bits did the PS1 have?

From Quiz Video Game Consoles and Games from the 90s

Answer: 32

The original Playstation was released just over a year after the company was launched. The video game system soon became a very popular choice as a home console.

30. Markus Fenix made his anticipated return in 2008. The mysterious tough-guy from 2006's "Gears of War" had returned to fight the Locust Horde with some new and familiar weaponry. What was the name of "Gears of War's" X-Box 360 exclusive sequel?

From Quiz Top Video Games of 2008

Answer: Gears of War 2

"Gears of War 2" stuck with the formula that it was comfortable with in it's 2008 sequel. Featuring it's over-the-shoulder camera view, the duck and cover system was streamlined and the combat was intensified, making for a more complete gaming experience than the first game. Not only did the game boast a high number of sales, it was also given very solid reviews all across the board. It won dozens of awards including "Best Action Game" by "Game Critics", and "Best X-Box 360 Game" during the popular Spike Videogame Awards.

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