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Quiz about Classic Arcade Games 19791984
Quiz about Classic Arcade Games 19791984

Classic Arcade Games (1979-1984) Quiz


If you like 1980's video games and were a video game junkie, then this is the quiz for you. Given game characteristics, see how many of these you can guess.

A multiple-choice quiz by tesjj5. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
tesjj5
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
288,926
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
15 / 20
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Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 20
1. What game, played in a maze requires the player (humanoid), to enter the maze and exit at a different opening of the field of play and avoid being vaporized by a robot's laser fire, touching a wall and "Evil Otto"? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. What classic required the player to jump from cube to cube to change the colors of the blocks while avoiding Coily, Ugg, Slick, Sam, and Wrongway? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. In which game does a knight ride an ostrich and attempt to a destroy an enemy knight by colliding with the knight? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. Undoubtedly one of the most popular arcade games, in which game do you navigate a maze, eating "dots" while being pursued by Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. In which game are you a fighter plane and flying through a pseudo 3D field shooting at enemy planes, missiles, and gunfire, hitting as many targets as possible without being shot down or running out of fuel? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. In which game does a Damsel in distress, Pauline, get rescued from the title character by Mario the plumber (previously known as "Jumpman")? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. In which game does a circus clown dig tunnels while eluding monsters called Mini-Dinos that can be defeated by hitting them with a bouncing ball or by dropping apples on them? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. Which 3D game has Bentley the bear collecting gems while avoiding enemy trees, bees, ghosts, skeletons, and Berthilda the witch? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. Which game required the player's spaceship to shoot and destroy Alien birds and eggs (which hatch into giant birds) to reach the mothership which could be destroyed by scoring a direct missile hit to the shielded center of the ship? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. Which simple, yet addictive, game had aliens marching left and right across the screen, shifting downward on each full pass to the left or right with an occasional UFO flying across the top of the screen for extra points if destroyed? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. Which space battle game required you to shoot and destroy large chunks of floating rocks, and battle enemy flying saucers? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. Which game, played in a playfield with mushrooms, flowers, DDT bombs and had enemy spiders, ladybugs, dragonflies, and other bugs? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. In which game do you control a shooter that moves along the outside rim of a 3D tunnel, shooting enemies down the alleys of the tunnel while avoiding spikes that come up the alleys? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. In which game do you dig underground tunnels while avoiding the Pookas and Fygars that can be defeated by pumping them up until they explode or by luring them under a rock to crush them? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. In which game do you have to safely navigate across a busy street and cross a river by hitching a ride on a log, turtle, or alligator to safely make it to one of five lilypads? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. In what game do you control a Fighter aircraft and shoot at swarms of incoming insect-like aliens that fly in formation and occasionally swoop down in a kamikaze-like dive and attempt to capture your Fighter with a tractor beam? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. In which game does Zeke build a retaining wall to keep animals from escaping to rescue his girlfriend Zelda, who was kidnapped by a monkey? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. In which game do you pick one of these characters: Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie, or Questor the Elf, to traverse through a dungeon while attacking monsters, collecting treasure, food, and potions? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. In which game does the hero collect hearts, musical notes, or the letters in the word "help" and avoid the Sea Hag, Brutus, and other dangers to rescue his damsel in distress? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Which classic consisted of four games in one, including tanks, lightcycles, grid bugs and the MCP and was based on a movie of the same name? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What game, played in a maze requires the player (humanoid), to enter the maze and exit at a different opening of the field of play and avoid being vaporized by a robot's laser fire, touching a wall and "Evil Otto"?

Answer: Berzerk

The best-remembered feature of "Berzerk" is the talking robots, saying phrases like, "Intruder alert! Intruder alert!" and "Got the Humanoid, got the intruder". The function of "Evil Otto", the bouncing smiley face, is to quicken the pace of the game.
2. What classic required the player to jump from cube to cube to change the colors of the blocks while avoiding Coily, Ugg, Slick, Sam, and Wrongway?

Answer: Q-Bert

Later rounds in "Q-Bert" become more challenging: cubes have to be touched twice and change back to the wrong color if they get hopped on again. A port of this game is available as a download from the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3.
3. In which game does a knight ride an ostrich and attempt to a destroy an enemy knight by colliding with the knight?

Answer: Joust

After destroying an enemy knight, a giant egg is released. The (player's) knight must touch the egg to destroy it else it will hatch and a new enemy knight will emerge.
4. Undoubtedly one of the most popular arcade games, in which game do you navigate a maze, eating "dots" while being pursued by Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde?

Answer: Pacman

"Pacman" ushered in a new genre of video games that were not space battle centric. This game has 256 levels. The maximum possible score is 3,333,360 points if you were to eat every fruit, every Power Pellet, every blue ghost and every dot.
5. In which game are you a fighter plane and flying through a pseudo 3D field shooting at enemy planes, missiles, and gunfire, hitting as many targets as possible without being shot down or running out of fuel?

Answer: Zaxxon

Due to its popularity, Sega, Bandai and Coleco all released "Zaxxon" handheld games. "Zaxxon" had a sequel, "Super Zaxxon" which did not do as well as the original in the arcades.
6. In which game does a Damsel in distress, Pauline, get rescued from the title character by Mario the plumber (previously known as "Jumpman")?

Answer: Donkey Kong

After his appearance in "Donkey Kong", Mario became Nintendo's primary character for its games. "Mario" appears with his brother "Luigi" in the "Super Mario" series as the second player.
7. In which game does a circus clown dig tunnels while eluding monsters called Mini-Dinos that can be defeated by hitting them with a bouncing ball or by dropping apples on them?

Answer: Mr. Do

"Mr. Do" had a feature in which a diamond appears on the playfield and if collected, awards an extra game to the player. This game is similar to "Dig Dug" in that the player digs tunnels while avoiding the enemies.
8. Which 3D game has Bentley the bear collecting gems while avoiding enemy trees, bees, ghosts, skeletons, and Berthilda the witch?

Answer: Crystal Castles

"Crystal Castles" was one of the first arcade games with an actual ending. "Crystal Castles" was the first game to use a custom trackball controller.
9. Which game required the player's spaceship to shoot and destroy Alien birds and eggs (which hatch into giant birds) to reach the mothership which could be destroyed by scoring a direct missile hit to the shielded center of the ship?

Answer: Phoenix

"Phoenix" was one of the first arcade games where successful play through waves/stages advanced the players to a showdown with a "Boss". There are only five rounds in the game which repeat with increasing difficulty.
10. Which simple, yet addictive, game had aliens marching left and right across the screen, shifting downward on each full pass to the left or right with an occasional UFO flying across the top of the screen for extra points if destroyed?

Answer: Space Invaders

The sped-up movement of the aliens as they were reduced in number was an unintentional programming glitch. As the screen was refreshed with less characters, it was able to move faster.
11. Which space battle game required you to shoot and destroy large chunks of floating rocks, and battle enemy flying saucers?

Answer: Asteroids

"Asteroids" was so addictive that some video arcades had to install larger coin boxes to hold the quarters that were pumped into the machine. "Asteroids" was Atari's most successful arcade game.
12. Which game, played in a playfield with mushrooms, flowers, DDT bombs and had enemy spiders, ladybugs, dragonflies, and other bugs?

Answer: Millipede

This was a sequel to the highly successful "Centipede" game. "Millipede's" original title was supposed to be "Centipede Deluxe".
13. In which game do you control a shooter that moves along the outside rim of a 3D tunnel, shooting enemies down the alleys of the tunnel while avoiding spikes that come up the alleys?

Answer: Tempest

"Tempest" was the first video game with a selectable level of difficulty. There are 99 Skill levels and 16 different screens.
14. In which game do you dig underground tunnels while avoiding the Pookas and Fygars that can be defeated by pumping them up until they explode or by luring them under a rock to crush them?

Answer: Dig Dug

A "Galaxian" spaceship appears as a bonus fruit/vegetable in rounds 16 and 17 and is worth 7000 pts. The lower the dirt level you are in when destroying a Pooka or Fygar, the higher the points awarded to you.
15. In which game do you have to safely navigate across a busy street and cross a river by hitching a ride on a log, turtle, or alligator to safely make it to one of five lilypads?

Answer: Frogger

The home version of "Frogger" had sixteen sequels. There is also a bootleg copy of this game entitled "Frog".
16. In what game do you control a Fighter aircraft and shoot at swarms of incoming insect-like aliens that fly in formation and occasionally swoop down in a kamikaze-like dive and attempt to capture your Fighter with a tractor beam?

Answer: Galaga

"Galaga" is the sequel to "Galaxian". In "Galaga", if your ship is captured and you rescue it, you keep both ships on the screen and have double fire power.
17. In which game does Zeke build a retaining wall to keep animals from escaping to rescue his girlfriend Zelda, who was kidnapped by a monkey?

Answer: Zookeeper

The original title of this game was supposed to be "King Crab". The game was the number three rated game when it came out in 1983.
18. In which game do you pick one of these characters: Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie, or Questor the Elf, to traverse through a dungeon while attacking monsters, collecting treasure, food, and potions?

Answer: Gauntlet

This game had no actual ending. The only way to stop playing was to die or wait for the health timer to go down to zero.
19. In which game does the hero collect hearts, musical notes, or the letters in the word "help" and avoid the Sea Hag, Brutus, and other dangers to rescue his damsel in distress?

Answer: Popeye

"Donkey Kong" originally started out with "Popeye" characters. Due to licensing rights, the characters were changed to "Donkey Kong" the Ape, Pauline, and Mario instead of Brutus, Olive, and Popeye.
20. Which classic consisted of four games in one, including tanks, lightcycles, grid bugs and the MCP and was based on a movie of the same name?

Answer: Tron

"Tron" the game was more of a success than "Tron" the film. The lightcycles stage was the most popular stage of the game.
Source: Author tesjj5

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