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Retro arcades quiz — Video games

The “Retro arcades” quiz — Video games. It has 25 questions in five categories: Golden age, Gameplay twists, Hands and feet, Roads and sport, Tech wow. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Retro arcades

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Golden age

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which 1972 Atari arcade game simulates table tennis, with two paddles bouncing a square “ball”?

  2. 200

    Which 1980 arcade game sends its hero through a maze of dots, four ghosts, and power pellets?

  3. 300

    Which 1978 Taito shooter…

    In the game
  4. 400

    In which 1981 arcade…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which 1979 Atari arcade…

    In the game

Gameplay twists

  1. 100

    Which 1981 arcade game asks you to cross a busy road and dangerous river to reach one of five home bays?

  2. 200

    Which 1982 Namco game lets you tunnel underground and defeat enemies by pumping them up or dropping rocks?

  3. 300

    Which 1981 arcade game…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which 1982 Gottlieb game…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which 1981 Williams shooter…

    In the game

Hands and feet

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which 1998 Konami rhythm arcade has players step on four directional floor panels in time with music?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which 1995 Namco arcade pairs a light gun with a foot pedal: press to leave cover, release to hide and reload?

  3. 300

    Which 1981 Atari arcade…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which 1981 Atari arcade…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which 1980 Atari arcade…

    In the game

Roads and sport

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which 1986 Sega road arcade puts you in a red Ferrari Testarossa and lets you choose routes at forks?

  2. 200

    Which 1993 arcade turned two-on-two basketball into a spectacle of huge dunks and an “on fire” state after three straight baskets?

  3. 300

    Which 1982 Namco racer…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which 1985 Atari arcade…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which 1983 Konami sports…

    In the game

Tech wow

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which 1991 Capcom arcade offered eight selectable warriors and six attack buttons: three punches and three kicks?

  2. 200

    Which 1992 Midway arcade used digitized actors and finishing moves called Fatalities?

  3. 300

    Which 1983 arcade played…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which 1980 Atari arcade…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which 1984 Atari arcade…

    In the game

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