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What is the Konami Code?
100
This "bad" piece of gear was plugged in the 1989 movie "The Wizard".
What is the Power Glove?
100
This studio was thoroughly lambasted on the Jimquisition for their shovelware title, "Skate Man Intense Rescue".
What is Digpex Games?
100
This shooter, released in 2013 and based on the popular "Alien" movie series, was heavily criticized for it's unfinished nature.
What is "Aliens: Colonial Marines"?
100
This angst-riddled Canadian developer was the mind behind Fez.
Who is Phil Fish?
200
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"there is no cow level"
What is Starcraft?
200
This knock-off Game Boy was recently referenced in Ashens' feature-length movie.
What is the Game Child?
200
This fast-talking game critic sadly had to close his Brisbane-based gaming bar, "The Mana Bar", in 2015.
Who is Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw?
200
This heavily-hyped console promised a marketplace intended entirely for the indie game market. On release, it was found to be both buggy and under-spec'd, resulting in poor performance.
What is the Ouya?
200
This developer is likely best known for his work on the Fable series, as well as his "cycle", as postulated by Jim Sterling.
Who is Peter Molyneux?
300
Crouching with your face against the wall was the answer to the cryptic clue, "WAIT FOR A SOUL WITH A RED CRYSTAL ON DEBORAH CLIFF" in this game.
What is Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest?
300
This low-budget competitor to the Game Boy was released by Bandai, exclusively in Japan.
What is the Wonderswan?
300
This scandal stemmed from issues of sexism within the games industry, and resulted in some journalistic outlets attempting to vilify the title of "Gamer".
What is #GamerGate?
300
This game promised that it's developer was about to "make you his bitch".
What is Daikatana?
300
This one-man developer recently released viral hit "Undertale" to critical acclaim.
Who is Toby Fox?
400
This game allowed the player to run behind the scoreboard in order to access a hidden level select area.
What is Super Mario Bros?
400
This monochromatic predecessor to the Oculus Rift became a cult flop after reports of head-aches and eye-strain from its use.
What is the Virtual Boy?
400
Jim Sterling earned his title, "Jim Fucking Sterling Son", after a scathing developer lash-back over a review of this game.
What is The Slaughtering Grounds?
400
While sporting strong hardware, this cat-themed console from Atari was sadly their final console release due to an architecture unappealing to developers.
What is the Atari Jaguar?
400
Now a multi-billionaire, developer Markus Persson is more commonly referred to by this name.
Who is Notch?
500
This game allowed you to kill a "final" boss through the power of real-time old age.
What is Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater?
500
This CD-based media center and console was and is widely ridiculed for the ugly animations present in it's LoZ entry, "Wand of Gamelon".
What is the Phillips CD-i?
500
After making a sexually suggestion joke during an official Dota 2 live stream, this commentator was fired by Valve, and publicly referred to by Gabe Newell as "an ass".
Who is James "2gd" Harding?
500
This recent space exploration game, while hyped for many years, lost 90% of its players a week after release for various reasons.
What is No Man's Sky?
500
This Russian computer engineer was the mind behind "Tetris".