Super Mario 64
Hardware
Luke Boncic
Computer Chess
Mario Party
100

What does HOLP stand for?

Held Object's Last Position

100

What was the best selling console in 2020?

PlayStation 2

100

According to Luke, what is his favorite color?

He doesn't have one.

100

What was the first chess engine to use Machine Learning?

AlphaZero

100

What year was Mario Party 1 released in North America?

1999

200

Why do misalignments exist?

Because wall positions are stored as floating point numbers and floor positions are stored as integers.

200

What does NES stand for?

Nintendo Entertainment System

200

Luke thinks this is the only good Christmas Movie.

Home Alone

200

How many bytes is a Bitboard?

8

200

Which Mario Party game introduced the Day and Night mechanic?

Mario Party 6

300

How do you clone objects?

Grab an unloaded object, manipulate the vacant object slots so that a new object loads into that unloaded object's slot, thus allowing you to throw it.

300

What was the Sega Genesis called outside of North America?

Sega Mega Drive

300

What date did Luke most recently punch his mother in the face?

May 2nd, 2022

300

What are the two search algorithms typically used by computer chess programs?

MiniMax and AlphaBeta

300

What Mario Party game was the last Mario Party game to be developed by Hudson Soft?

Mario Party 8

400

A star dance clip can get Mario onto ledges up to how many units high?

280

400

What was the first commercial video game console?

Magnavox Odyssey

400

What is Luke's opinion on the afterlife?

Live your life while you're alive, find out what happens in the afterlife when you're dead.

400

What was the first chess engine to defeat a human in a game of chess?

Deep Blue

400

What Mario Party game introduced removed Donkey Kong from the character select screen?

Mario Party 5

500

Why do parallel universes exist?

Because Mario's position is stored as a 32-bit number, but when checking for collisions with floors, it is converted to a 16-bit number.

500

What was the original name of the Nintendo 64?

Nintendo Ultra 64

500

What date did Luke throw his mother's pills out the window?

November, 5th 2021

500

What is the fastest bitboard sliding attack generation algorithm?

Magic Bitboards
500

What is the unlockable character in Mario Party 6?

Toadette