Game Of The Week - Trivia Challenge

[Iorgy77]

Civilization?

 

[Goity]

heh - I knew it wasn't "Beat 'em and Eat 'em" - lol


Sid Meir created a game about discovering your own country. You had to either befriend or defeat your neighbors in order to keep your aquired land. Which game is it?

civilization?

 

[skeezix]

What was the first colour arcade game?

jeff

 

[BobBorakovitz]

yeah, that was an easy one

What was the first colour arcade game?

jeff

Galaxian?

 

[fawny]

sure

what was the game that is known to have caused a shortage of quarters in japan in the '80's?

A shortage of quarters in Japan - hilarious.

 

[BobBorakovitz]

name all 4 ghosts in pac-man.

sure

what was the game that is known to have caused a shortage of quarters in japan in the '80's?

A shortage of quarters in Japan - hilarious.

you know what I meant, don't nitpick you insatiably awesome keyboard warrior, you.

 

[Iorgy77]

Blinky, Inky, Winky and Clyde in the US pacman.

Which home computer game had you piloting a Manta and a Walrus?

 

[WhizzBang]

Pinky not Winky, surely.

 

[BobBorakovitz]

almost! Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde in the US version

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man#Names



What was the name of the Castlevania arcade game?

 

[Iorgy77]

Damn it... Pinky!

Haunted Castle?



Which home computer game had you piloting a Manta and a Walrus?

 

[BobBorakovitz]

right! I have no idea about your question, though... we'll wait for someone else to get it! If I had to venture a guess, i'd say parodius.

As a joke, though.... which arcade & Colecovision game was Winky from?

 

[Iorgy77]

not parodius. No idea on the coleco Winky though. I'm thinking we should start a guess the screenshot thread where parts of the screen were shown instead of the whole screen.

 

[BobBorakovitz]

ok, long enough with the "Winky" question

Winky is the character from "Exidy's Venture"

Started out in the arcade, then later ported to the Colecovision and Atari 2600.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_(arcade_game)

 

[DaveC]

What was the first game system available for home consumer purchase that had dedicated hardware scaling, zooming, warping for game objects (sprites)?

What was the first console to have hardware for texture mapped 3D object capability?

What did these have in common as far as the hardware designers? What did they design before these two systems?

 

[BobBorakovitz]

What was the first game system available for home consumer purchase that had dedicated hardware scaling, zooming, warping for game objects (sprites)?

was it the atari lynx? (a great console, btw!)


I'm not sure of the rest of the question, though... but probably atari related...

 

[aapje89]

omg... *Nerdfight!!!*

 

[Gruntfuggly]

What was the first game system available for home consumer purchase that had dedicated hardware scaling, zooming, warping for game objects (sprites)?

Commodore 64?

OK, total geek question - what were the three type in games from the user manual of the VIC-20?

 

[gaterooze]

Which home computer game had you piloting a Manta and a Walrus?

Carrier Command.

 

[skeezix]

What was the first game system available for home consumer purchase that had dedicated hardware scaling, zooming, warping for game objects (sprites)?

Commodore 64?

OK, total geek question - what were the three type in games from the user manual of the VIC-20?

Yow!

One had a giant asteroid (white) coming down the screen (black); I remember it had a typo in the book, so you had to 'fix' it to get it to work. That made a lot of coders, I think

jeff

 

[macgyver61]

What was the first game system available for home consumer purchase that had dedicated hardware scaling, zooming, warping for game objects (sprites)?

What was the first console to have hardware for texture mapped 3D object capability?

What did these have in common as far as the hardware designers? What did they design before these two systems?

In order: Lynx, 3D0, Dave Needle + R.J. Mical and the original Amiga. Probably. Maybe. Possibly. Perhaps.