It's Played With a Ball Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eye of the Beholder

"Eye of the Beholder" was released in the U.S. in 1991 for the SNES. The game was also available on several other platforms, including home computer.

It was an RPG that had players start in the sewers and worth their way through several layers and communities.

The game was a video version of a "Dungeons & Dragons" quest developed by Westwood Associates.

Answer: Yes

The SNES version of the game allowed players to use the mouse to control Dr. Alan Grant and he worked to complete his tasks.

The game was based on the film of the same name. The film was based on a book of the same name.

The game was developed by Ocean Software and released in 1993 to coincide with the movie marketing.

Answer: King Arthur

"Royal Conquest" was the name of the Japanese release, the North American release was called "King Arthur's World".

The game was a side scrolling adventure. Players controlled the King and were able to purchase various troops at the start of each level.

It was developed by Argonaut Games.

Answer: Mario Paint

"Mario Paint" was the only SNES mouse compatible game among the options. The game allowed players not only to paint, but to animate graphics and compose music.

The game came packaged with it's own mouse and pad, but was also compatible with the standard mouse that could be bought separately.

The game also featured a fly swatting minigame called "Gnat Attack". Why that was included remains a mystery to me as it's completely different than everything else in the game.

Internet show "Homestar Runner" which had it's own series of videos, games and more was initially animated using "Mario Paint" before the creators could afford more sophisticated software.

Answer: Aerosmith

The game was ported from an arcade where light guns were used to the SNES were one of the options was to use the mouse to play.

All five members of "Aerosmith" were characters in the game, and much of the soundtrack included the band's music.

The game was a side scrolling action adventure where players fought against a corrupt government that was taking over the world.

Answer: red ant

Released by Maxis, the game had players take over an ant colony. The object was two-fold, both to drive out the humans and to defeat the red ant colony that was also trying to gain a foothold.

The mouse made SNES gameplay easier as the game was originally intended to play on a computer.

Answer: False

Not even close.

The game was one of the first real time strategy games, released by Intellivision.

Players had to build armies that would lead to them having their own personal "Utopia" after earning victory.

Answer: Darts

Darts is the only non-traditional casino game among the options.

"Vegas Stakes" gave players an initial buy in of $1,000 and asked them to turn it into $10 million.

The game was titled "Las Vegas Dream" for Japanese releases. It was developed by HAL Laboratory.

Answer: Wolfenstein 3D

The game was split into six different 10 level segments with the player taking control of Blazkowicz in each level.

The game was one of the first popular first person shooter (FPS) style games, and allowed players to use the SNES mouse if they so chose.

The SNES version of the game was ported over from the PC. though it was heavily edited for content and story due to limitations by Nintendo in the early 1990s.

The game was originally released in 1992, with the SNES port appearing in 1994 across the world.

Answer: American "old" west

"Tin Star" was a shooting game with the American "old" west as a backdrop.

Players had the opportunity to grab the gun of their choice and participate in various shooting contests.

The game was released by Software Creations for primarily North American audiences.