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This is the main region for trainers in Pokemon's first generation
What is Kanto Region?
25
The common abbreviation for this genre is JRPG
What is Japanese Role Playing Game?
25
This game is often credited with causing the video game crash of 1983 and unsold copies were famously found to have been buried in a New Mexico desert
What is E.T the Extra Terrestrial ?
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This "key" based combat, cross over franchise took 15 years to finally release its 3rd main line title in the series
What is Kingdom Hearts?
25
This Sonic antagonist had his design based on Theodore Roosevelt
Who is Dr. Eggman (Dr. Robotnik)
50
The "World" of Warcraft
What is Azeroth?
50
Doom, Wolfenstein, Half Life and Counter Strike are examples of this extremely popular genre
What is FPS (First Person Shooter)?
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Released in 2024, this "triple A game" from Sony is possibly the largest financial failure in video game history with estimated losses ranging from $250 - $400 MILLION and was only online for 2 weeks before being shut down with full refunds available for ALL purchases of the game
What is Concord?
50
In Pikmin, this is how many in game days you have to rebuild your ship and escape
What is 30 days?
50
These carnivorous vegetation are regularly spotted hiding in green pipes to surprise their prey.
What is a Piranha Plant?
100
A popular location for battle in Halo: Combat Evolved
What is Blood Gultch?
100
Super Mario Bros. became the defining game for this genre, known for it's precision jumping and movement based abilities with the goal of maneuvering characters around levels or stages avoiding hazards and enemies.
What is Platformer?
100
The nickname of Microsoft's Xbox 360's notorious error code, signifying a "General hardware failure".
What is the "Red Ring of Death"?
100
This marsupial based platforming franchise went on hiatus in 2008 and did not have another mainline entry until 2020
What is Crash Bandicoot?
100
These spooky enemies are constantly trying to stop Pac-Man from eating
What are the Ghosts (Gang)?
200
The first alien world Sora finds himself in Kingdom Hearts
What is Traverse Town?
200
While often over looked by the Resident Evil and Silent Hill franchises, this game is often credited with creating the survival horror genre
What is Alone in the Dark?
200
One of Nintendo's most famous failures, this console was widely panned due to it's price, health concerns while playing and lack of portability (despite being marketed as a portable console), among other issues, leading to it being the lowest selling console in Nintendo's history
What is The Virtual Boy?
200
This is the attempt of completing a game or portion of a game in a timed setting, trying to complete it in the fastest time possible
What is Speed Running (Speed Run)?
200
The sinister robo guide from the Apature Science Center, that regularly fibs about a particular baked delicacy
Who is GLaDOS?
400
This track famous track appears in all Mario Kart games
What is Rainbow Road?
400
Sega created this game, the first 3D fighter
What is Virtua Fighter?
400
This Bioware developed game released in 2019 was discontinued in 2020 due to its negative reception upon it release.
What is Anthem?
400
Known by this name, this event is characterized by waiting at a retailer so that a game can be purchased the moment it is officially for sale
What is a Midnight release?
400
The enemy of Cloud, sometimes known as the "One winged angel"
Who is Sephiroth?
600
This call of duty map is famous for it's small size leading to almost constant fire fights
What is Rust?
600
A genre / classification of games that are meant to replicate real life jobs, scenarios and other real world actives
What are simulators (simulations)
600
Google's attempt at cloud gaming service, launched in 2019 and closed in 2023
What is (Google) Stadia?
600
One of the most famous examples of development hell, this shooter franchise once held the record for longest development for a video game, for it's 4th entry which was announced in 1997, but did not release until 2011, 14 years after it was first announced
What is Duke Nukem?
600
This Hyrulean enemy, is known to have two forms, one humanoid form and one "pork" based form
Who is Ganon (Ganondorf)?
800
The largest city available to free players in Runescape
What is Varrock?
800
The Defense of the Ancients, or "Dota" mod for Warcraft 3 launched this genre, often abbreviated as "Moba" to world wide fame, where it only grew in popularity with a games such as League of Legends and Dota 2.
What is "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena?"
800
This Sega Genesis add on released in 1994 is sometimes believed to have been the start of the decline of Sega in the console market, ranging from causing distrust with customers due to its lack luster game library to it's notoriously bad timing of release with the Sega Saturn releasing only months later
What is the (Sega) 32x?
800
This high fantasy game, which won game of the year 2023, was released 23 years after its previous entry.
What is Baldur's Gate 3?
800
First introduced as the captain of the "S.T.A.R.S" team, he is later revealed to be working for the umbrella corporation, betraying his team
Who is (Albert) Wesker?