Retro
Pokémon
Transformers
PEAK
Gamer Knowledge
100

This game famously used the NES Zapper to simulate a certain kind of activity.

What is Duck Hunt?

100

This Pokémon has the highest number of possible evolution paths.

What is Eevee?

100

This blue Decepticon is famous for having multiple smaller Decepticons under his command, who he sends out with a call to "Eject!"

Who is Soundwave?

100

This mechanic slowly adds onto the bar, and is replenished by foodstuffs.

What is Hunger?

100

This style of game is known for slow gameplay, simple mechanics, low overall stakes, and a focus on vibes and creativity, rather than intense difficulty.

What is a cozy game?

200

This game series began as its developer's "final" game, before becoming a long-running JRPG series.

What is Final Fantasy?

200

The term "Powerhouse Pokémon", referring to Pokémon such as Salemence or Dragonite, is referred to by fans as this term.

What is a pseudolegendary?

200

This purple Decepticon is the resurrected Megatron in a new body from the Chaosbringer, Unicron.

Who is Galvatron?

200

The name of the biome where players must jump between rock pillars with rising and falling lava.

What is the Caldera?

200

This style of game, most popularized by several hit N64 titles, features the player character traveling through environments searching for some groups of objects, often a special form of currency.

What is a collectathon?

300

This Japanese game would later be re-skinned to create the American market's Super Mario Bros. 2.

What is Doki Doki Panic?

300

This mechanic, which is rarer than Shiny Pokémon, gives the creatures double the effort values (EVs) from fights, and can be passed between Pokémon.

What is Pokérus?

300

This Japanese company licensed the majority of toys to Hasbro to create the Transformers, and subsequently was the distributor of the toys in Japan.

Who is Takara Tomy?

300

As of the Mesa update (there is a new one in Roots), the most recent form of damage a healthbar can take.

What is Thorns?

300

This set of mechanics in various styles of game focus on building, extending, or elaborating on a set of skills the player uses throughout the game.

What is a progression system?

400

This company famously marketed their console as doing what their competitors... don't.

Who is Sega?

400

These Gen 8 Pokémon (1 of 2) are the only non-legendary Pokémon to be a pure Flying-type.

(Extra 200 pts. if you can name both!)

What is Rookidee or Corvisquire?

400

This ship is the vessel that the Autobots escaped Cybertron on, followed by the Decepticons, and was the resting place of the Transformers until an erupting volcano re-awoke them.

What is the Ark?

400

The name of the achievement earned from "giving in to one's hunger".

What is the Resourcefulness Badge?

400

This phrase was and is used in Telltale-style games to inform the player that the choice they just made will impact later moments in the story.

What is "[X] will remember that."?

500

Mega Man 7 has an Easter egg to play this NES game's music instead of Shade Man's theme.

What is Ghosts and Goblins?

500

This type of Pokémon from the video games, which has been around since Generation 1, has undergone the most changes in type representation in the Pokémon TCG.

What is the Poison type?

500

The term "Scramble City" refers to this style of gimmick Transformer.

What are combiners?

500

The four items needed to cook and eat to earn a Gourmand badge.

What are:
a Coconut Half,
a Honeycomb,
a Yellow Winterberry,
and an Egg.

500

This phrase is used as a sarcastic way to remind gamers to appreciate the life they have aside from the screens as well.

What is "touch grass"?

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