Video Game Jeopardy

Gaming Systems

100

This video game console was released in 2006 and pioneered the use of motion controls in its gameplay

Nintendo Wii

200

Best selling console of all time

PlayStation 2

300

Released in 2005, this is the second gaming console to be released by Microsoft 

Xbox 360

400

The first ever video game console

The Magnavox Odyssey 

500

The PlayStation was developed after an aborted deal between Sony and what other company who was interested in a CD-based game console?

Nintendo

Keeping it Old-School

100

Mario Kart first appeared on this popular console

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

200

Thought to be the first video game, created in 1958 and becoming popular in the 1970s

Pong

300

Pac-man was originally named

Puck-Man

400

This classic Windows game involved players having to get rid of every mine off the board

Minesweeper

500

This video game was the first to use a complete battery operated saving system on the Nintendo Entertainment System

Legend of Zelda 

Fun Facts

100

This video game became one of the best selling video games of all time mainly due to its inclusion with the release of its console 

Wii Sports 

200

Minecraft was originally called

Cave Game

300

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?

Pokémon Go!

400

This video game company was founded in 1889

Nintendo

500

This video game was most associated with the infamous Atari Video Game Burial of 1983

E.T. the Extraterrestrial 

Video Game Characters

100

Sonic the Hedgehog is what color 

Blue

200

These 3 characters are the protagonist you can alternate between in Rockstar's latest Grand Theft Auto.

Michael, Trevor, and Franklin

300

Also known as Vega in Japan, he was the final boss in a popular fighting arcade game. 

M. Bison

400

This Nintendo character is the head of a young, villainous troop including Larry, Morton, Wendy, Iggy, Roy, Lemmy, and Ludwig?

Bowser

500

This character was Link's navigator in Ocarina of Time, whom disappeared in the successor video game

Navi

Popularity

100

The name of this currency is used to buy accessories in Roblox 

Robux

200

Currently holds the record of being the most played video game of all time

Fortnite

300

Series such as Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, Apex Legends and more fall under this video game genre

First-Person Shooter (FPS)

400

The infamous "Raccoon City" appeared in this video game franchise

Resident Evil 

500

Fantasy role-playing game (RPG) that was awarded game of the year in 2023 due to it's gameplay and narrative

Baldur's Gate 3