Consoles
This company did what Nintendon't until it stopped developing hardware in 2001.
Bonus: List 3 of their consoles
What is SEGA?
Bonus: SG-1000 (1983),Master System (1985),Genesis / Mega Drive (1988),Game Gear (1990),Sega CD / Mega CD (1991),Sega Pico (1993),32X (1994),Sega Saturn (1994),Sega Nomad (1995),Dreamcast (1998),Advanced Pico Beena (2005)
What song is this? You have 5 seconds of listening (you only need one).
Bonus points if you know the actual name of the song.
The Super Mario Bros. Theme
Bonus: The Ground/Overworld Theme.
This 1991 fighting game featured world warriors and is widely considered the most important fighting game ever made.
Bonus: What fighting game created the ESRB rating?
What is Capcom's Street Fighter II?
Bonus: Mortal Kombat
This blocky game used to be considered an indie game before 2014. Today, it's the highest selling video game ever.
Bonus points if you know why it is no longer an indie game.
What is Minecraft?
Bonus: Microsoft bought Mojang, the developing company, and the Minecraft intellectual property in 2014 for $2.5 billion.
Swing, punch, roll, and play in Nintendo's highest selling game! It comes packaged with the console it's partly named for.
Bonus: What's the highest selling Switch game?
What is Wii Sports?
Bonus: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
What company creates PlayStation consoles?
Bonus: Which console was the first to use DVD technology?
What is Sony?
Bonus: PS2
This Japanese-American hard rock band made several songs for the Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise. Live and Learn!
Bonus: List 3 more of the band's Sonic songs.
What is Crush 40?
Bonus:
This digital distribution service has allowed this company to create a digital marketplace where it could sell such titles as Team Fortress, Half-Life, and Portal. What's the name of the service and the company?
Bonus: What's the magic number this company can't count to?
Steam and Valve (*plug for the club's rental steam accounts here)
Bonus: 3
Who is the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy's Franchise?
Bonus points if you also say the current developers currently responsible for the games.
Scott Cawthon
Bonus: Steel Wool Studios
This is Mario's original game and his name in that game.
Bonus: In what game was Mario first called Mario?
What is Donkey Kong and Jumpman?
Bonus: Donkey Kong Jr.
List the name of each Xbox in order.
Bonus points if you list the names of all of the revisions
Xbox (Original), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Bonus Answer: Xbox 360 S, Xbox 360 E, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S
Finish the lyrics:
Colors weave into a _____ __ _____
Distant sparks call to a ____ _____ _______
Bonus points if you say the name of the song and sing it (you only need to sing this section)
spire of flame; past still unnamed
Bonus: Lifelight from SSBU
🐦-|->🐷🥚
Bonus: 🏃♂️💨🐒🐒🐒
What is Angry Birds?
Bonus: Temple Run
Welcome to the Underground! Thinking about this game fills you with ___________. Say the name of the game and fill in the blank.
Bonus: Which character in this game got to join Smash and what's the song that accompanied him?
UNDERTALE and DETERMINATION
Bonus: Sans with MEGALOVANIA
List 3 Nintendo Franchises that aren't Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Pokemon, or Smash Bros. Spinoffs don't count.
List 3 Mario Spinoffs that aren't Kart or Party.
We'd be here all day if I listed them all. Google it if you don't know.
How many console generations are there currently?
Bonus: What is the highest selling handheld console?
9
Bonus: The Nintendo DS line
What song is this? You have 10 seconds of listening.
Bonus: Which two musicians created the song?
The Halo Theme
Bonus: Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori
This simply titled game was the first commercially successful video game. First to 11 wins!
Bonus: What is the actual first video game?
What is Pong?
Bonus: Tennis for Two in October 1958, Pong was made in 1972.
Watch for patterns and use your spell cards effectively to survive this Japanese danmaku bullet hell indie.
Bonus: What creatures of Japanese mythology are front-and-center in these games.
What is TOUHOU PROJECT.
Bonus: Yokai
You'll be seeing red with this 1995 VR Headset, the first of its kind widely available for consumers.
Bonus: What is this handy but unsuccessful 1989 controller accessory for the NES? As The Wizard puts it, "it's so bad"
What is the Virtual Boy?
Bonus: The Power Glove
Oh no! if you see this on your Xbox 360, you'll need to replace it.
Bonus: If you want to get something more durable, try getting this handheld that survived being bombed during the 1991 Gulf War.
What is the Red Ring of Death?
Bonus: Nintendo Game Boy
What game expansion won The First-Ever GRAMMY For Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media? Take a Leap of Faith with this one.
Bonus: What's the name of the composer?
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök in 2023
Bonus: Stephanie Economou
The Video Game Crash of 1983 is inextricably linked to the failure of this licensed game.
Bonus: Until it was passed by Beyond Good and Evil 2 in 2022, this game was infamous as the longest game stuck in development hell. *Insert one-liner here
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
Bonus: Duke Nukem Forever (14 years and 44 days)
JUST ______
Bonus points if you don't need a hint and say the name of the game.
MONIKA
Redacted Bonus Hint: This is phrase heavily associated with a 2017 dating sim horror game. The missing word is the name of one of the characters.
Name is Doki Doki Literature Club
While more known for creating video games, Nintendo first started off making these.
Bonus: What year was Nintendo founded?
What is "Hanafuda" (flower cards) Japanese playing cards?
Bonus:1889