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Re: from the video game arcade

Postby Pseudo » Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:17 pm

Well, this quiz wasn't the success I was hoping for... just me & FC playing with ourselves * :(

Here's the answers, for those who care:

MUSIC
Name the tune which played during...
1 a game of Gyruss A rocked-up version of Bach's Toccata (but no Fugue)
2 a game of Pengo Popcorn
3 a game of Spy Hunter Peter Gunn
4 the medal ceremony in Hyper Olympic Chariots of Fire
5 the trapeze stage in Circus Charlie Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss

HEROES
Name the character controlled by the player in...
6 Dragon's Lair Dirk the Daring
7 Donkey Kong (before he was renamed Mario) Jumpman
8 Wonder Boy[/color] Tom-Tom

Name the lady being rescued in...
9 Dragon's Lair Daphne
10 Donkey Kong Pauline
11 Double Dragon Marian
12 Kung Fu Master Sylvia

In which game would you control...
13 Agent 17 "Otto" Elevator Action
14 George, Lizzie or Ralph Rampage
15 Tiki New Zealand Story

ENEMIES
In which game whould you come up against...
16 Pookas and Fygars Dig Dug
17 Baiters and Swarmers Defender
18 Sparx and Fuses Qix
19 Flippers and Tankers Tempest
20 Bounders and Shadow Lords Joust
21 Buchu and Tonfa Yie Ar Kung Fu
22 Saucers and Supertanks Battlezone
23 Mosquitoes and Thunderbugs Black Widow
24 Stoners and Belugas Bubble Bobble
25 Coily and Ugg Q*Bert

SPEECH
In which game would you hear...
26 Quit talkin' and start chalkin'. (Pinball) 8-Ball Deluxe
27 Intruder alert! ... The humanoid must not escape. Berserk
28 Hey you! With the face! Step right up! (Pinball) Cyclone
29 Beware, I Live! Sinistar
30 Help me! Help me! ... Lucky. Stratovox
31 Wizard needs food, badly! Gauntlet
32 Blast off ... Battle stations ... Spy ship sighted. Bosconian

MISCELLANEOUS
33 What game features the warning "Hurry to a park! Skate or die!" 720
34 How many different stages/screens were there in Phoenix? 5
35 What game's opening spiel includes this: "after the mothership <name> was destroyed, a spacecraft Vaus scrambled away from it" Arkanoid
36 Which game opened with the text "Hello folks. Here we have tonight special event. You vs. Insane Worrier" Exciting Hour
37 In Jungler, what colour snakes must be avoided? Red
38 What quality was shared by Centipede, Marble Madness and Missile Command? the main control was a trackball
39 In Defender, what would cause the planet to explode? all the humans were killed/stolen
40 In Frogger, How many lanes of cars did the frog have to cross? 5
41 In Double Dragon, what was the most effective technique/movement? Reverse elbow strike
42 Name the (first?) shoot-em-up game in which player 1 could theoretically finish his game before player 2 had even had his first turn. Galaga
43 In Joust, how do you kill the Pterodactyl? hit it exactly in the mouth with your lance
44 In Star Fire, what word was written on the "Viper" lookalike ships? Exidy
45 In Time Pilot, how many different eras were visited?[/quote] 5
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Re: from the video game arcade

Postby Pseudo » Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:23 pm

Pseudo wrote:Incidentally I didn't manage to get as far as the trapeze on the Circus Charlie link you posted (I mean, I'm at work and I certainly don't play games here :wink: ) but I suspect the music may not be the same as the arcade version...


Just for the record... I can confirm that the music during the trapeze screen on that Circus Charlie emulation is indeed a fairly droll arrangement of Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz 8)
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