Retro
Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman”, what 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" in 2005?
Pac-Man
A 2022 Lego Star Wars game that lets players reenact all 9 mainline Star Wars films is “Lego Star Wars: The ______ Saga.” Fill in the one word blank, the “S” last name of the protagonist of episodes 4-6.
Skywalker
The first game in the Final Fantasy video game franchise was released for what console?
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
What 2009 game, developed by Mojang, is an open sandbox in which players often build structures and battle creepers, zombies, and other "mobs"?
Minecraft
In May 2022, the government of what European nation banned its employees from using American gaming terms such as "e-sports," instead using their domestic language counterparts like "jeu video de competition?"
France
What is thought to be the first video game, created in 1958 and becoming popular in the 1970s?
Pong
What 2000s rapper had hit songs such as “Candy Shop”, movie roles in films such as “Escape Plan” and “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’”, and even starred in video games such as “______: Bulletproof?”
50 Cent
What Nintendo console was code named NX while under development and featured controllers called "Joy-Cons" upon release?
Nintendo Switch
Making his debut in 1990's "Super Mario World," what is the name of the enemy-eating, egg-throwing green dinosaur who serves as a sidekick to Mario and Luigi in the Mario franchise?
Yoshi
Boardwalk! Atlantic Avenue! It all makes sense now. What coastal Garden State city serves as the inspiration for the various properties that make up the original Monopoly board?
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time, what 1981 arcade game features the titular amphibian trying to cross a road without getting squashed by cars, and a river without getting eaten by predators?
Frogger
The first Star Wars video game, made for the Atari 2600, was based on which film in the original trilogy?
The Empire Strikes Back
Which video game console released in 2006 pioneered the use of motion controls in its game play?
Nintendo Wii
In 2014, Google partnered with Game Freak and Nintendo as part of an April Fool's Day prank to create a new version of Google Maps populated by small creatures. This prank inspired what massively popular 2016 video game?
Pokemon Go
What Konami game from September 1998 was initially released to the European arcade audience under the name "Dancing Stage?"
Dance Dance Revolution
What video game came with the Nintendo Entertainment System when it was released in the late 1980s, and was meant to be played with the NES Zapper gun? It shared a cartridge with "Super Mario Bros."
Duck Hunt
The third entry in an extremely popular post-apocalyptic video game franchise was set in an area known as "Capital Wasteland" which was the ruins of Washington, DC and the surrounding countryside. What is the name of this franchise which shares its title with the term for residual radioactive material in the atmosphere?
Fallout
In 1995, Nintendo released the Virtual ______, a failed console that attempted to simulate Virtual Reality, but instead made everything red and gave people headaches. Fill in the blank, also the name of U2’s first studio album.
Boy
Mendicant Bias and Offensive Bias are fictional AIs in what "holy" video game franchise that shares its name with a Beyonce's song?
Halo
In January 2021, a short squeeze orchestrated by Reddit users caused a skyrocketing of the price of what retail chain that sells video games and consumer electronics?
GameStop
The word Tetris is a combination of the Greek word Tetra (meaning four) and what 6-letter sport that was a favorite of game creator Alexy Pajitnov?
Tennis
What beat-em-up video game franchise, featuring twin brother martial artists Billy and Jimmy, was latter turned into a poorly received 1994 James Yukich movie starring Scott Wolf and Mark Decascos?
Double Dragon
Pocket, Light, Color, and Advance were all styles or variants of what video game hardware system?
Game Boy
Balloon Burst, Bombs Away, Treasure Divers, and Handcar Havoc were all part of what 1998 video game, the first in its franchise?
Mario Party
What since-renamed brand mascot was initially introduced as Pitcher Man in 1954 and eventually reached such a pop culture icon status that he was the primary subject of multiple video games?
Kool Aid Man