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8-bit and 16-bit games quiz — Retro night

The “8-bit and 16-bit games” quiz — Retro night. It has 25 questions in five categories: 8-bit heroes, Team Sega, Arcade classics, Codes and secrets, 16-bit legends. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: 8-bit and 16-bit games

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.

8-bit heroes

  1. 100Picture for the question

    A moustachioed plumber in a red cap rescues Princess Peach in Nintendo's flagship series. What is his name?

  2. 200

    Who wanders Hyrule in a green cap, searching for the Triforce?

  3. 300

    Metroid's heroine hides inside…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which blue robot boy…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which pink puffball from…

    In the game

Team Sega

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which blue spiky Sega mascot collects golden rings and outruns everyone?

  2. 200

    Which moustached villain turns animals into robots in the blue hedgehog's games?

  3. 300

    Which 1992 fighting game…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which Nintendo console did…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which move does Ryu…

    In the game

Arcade classics

  1. 100Picture for the question

    In which 1981 game did the plumber Mario debut under the name Jumpman?

  2. 200

    Bub and Bob, two little bubble dragons, star in which 1986 arcade?

  3. 300

    Three Pac-Man ghosts end…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which future Apple founder…

    In the game
  5. 500

    In which 1981 arcade…

    In the game

Codes and secrets

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A. What is this legendary sequence called?

  2. 200

    What did the Konami code grant you in Contra on the NES?

  3. 300

    According to legend, why…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which cheat cartridge did…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What did players do…

    In the game

16-bit legends

  1. 100

    In which 1992 game did Mario and friends race each other in karts for the first time?

  2. 200

    Which little green creatures did you have to save from marching off cliffs in the 1991 hit?

  3. 300

    From which disease did…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which 1989 game about…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which 1995 time-travel JRPG…

    In the game

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  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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