Name That Video Game
Celebrate National Video Games Day on September 12th by pressing start on this trivia game featuring famous video games.
15 questions · Published February 28, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. "Asteroids," released in 1979, became the highest-grossing arcade game of 1980, displacing ______________, which had held the spot for the previous two years.
"Asteroids" was immediately successful upon its release in 1979 and earned arcade operators an estimated $500 million. That success led to its dethroning of "Space Invaders" as the most popular arcade game in the United States at the time.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which company's first game, "Pong," would become the first ever commercially successful video game?
Atari was initially founded as Syzygy Engineering in 1971 and released the hugely popular "Pong" in bars and arcades in 1972.
- Multiple Choice
3. Beloved Nintendo icon, Mario, makes his first appearance in 1981's "Donkey Kong," where he was initially known as ______________.
FUN FACT
Mario is named for Mario Segale, the landlord of the warehouse where Nintendo was building "Donkey Kong," who let them be late on their rent so they could finish the game.
Before bestowing that honorific, the character was known as Jumpman.
- Multiple Choice
4. "Pac-Man" creator Toru Iwatani, with no experience in game development, came up with the idea for the character after seeing a piece missing from _______________.
Though he had no experience in game development, Toru Iwatani wanted to make a game in response to all the shooters in the early days of the arcade, and created "Pac-Man" after seeing a pizza with a piece missing.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which real-life star was the inspiration for the "Mortal Kombat" character, Johnny Cage, a martial artist and actor fighting in the game's Shaolin Tournament?
Johnny Cage, an actor and martial artist who is tricked into entering the Shaolin Tournament by the sorcerer, Shang Tsung, was inspired by real life martial artist and actor, Jean-Claude Van Damme, particularly his character from 1988's "Bloodsport."
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