The Questions
Console Manufacturers - Part 1
Which company manufactured the following consoles?
- GX4000
- Dreamcast
- Zemmix
- Neo-Geo
- PV-1000
- Interactive Vision
- SuperGrafx
- Video 2000
- Video Art
- SG-1000
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In which genre from the following list would most people class these games?[1] Choose from Beat ’em Up, FPS, Music/Rhythm Game, Platform Game, Point & Click Adventure, Puzzler, RPG, RTS or Sports Game...
- Braid
- Bioshock
- Titanfall
- Snatcher
- Blade Runner
- Grim Fandango
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Psychonauts
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Jet Set Radio
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Who composed the following musical tracks from some of the world’s best-loved games?
- Yoshi’s Happy Song from Yoshi’s Story
- Sons of Skyrim
- Super Mario Bros. Theme
- Walking Theme from Bully
- Far Away from Red Dead Redemption
- Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog
- Gathering: Fatal Gravity from SoulCalibur
- At Doom’s Gate from Doom
- Theme from Team Fortress 2
- Grabbag from Duke Nukem 3D
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Which company was the publisher for each of the following games?
- Batman: Arkham Origins
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
- Tomb Raider
- F-1 World Grand Prix
- Beetle Adventure Racing
- Buck Bumble
- Aliens vs Predator
- Terminator Salvation
- Digger T. Rock: Legend of the Lost City
- James Pond
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Each of these games featured an appearance from a celebrity or two; do you remember who it was?
- Postal2
- True Crime: Streets of LA
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Revolution X
- Shaq-Fu
- Saints Row IV
- True Crime: New York City
- The Sims: House Party
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Saints Row: The Third
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These are anagrams of well-known video games... but can you guess which ones?
- Sick Hobo
- Bark: A Mythic Manta
- A Viper Ascends
- Art: Unshakably Mamma
- Encode The Hoggish
- Curious Ball
- Cart Farts
- Scout-Tinkerer
- Regret the Fist
- Satanic Veal
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In which year were the following handheld consoles released?[2]
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Advance
- Nomad
- PSP
- Vita
- Game Gear
- Lynx
- N-Gage
- DS
- 3DS
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In which year were the following games first released?[3]
- Half-life 2
- Forza Motorsport
- Bioshock
- Portal
- Assassin’s Creed
- Guitar Hero
- The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Conker’s Bad Fur Day
- Metroid Prime
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To which main character are the following considered sidekicks?
- Garrus Vakarian
- Pikmin(s)
- Launchpad McQuack
- Luigi
- Kazooie
- Pikachu
- Peppy Hare
- Murray the demonic talking skull
- Tails
- Augustus Cole
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In which game were we first introduced to the following villains?
- Skull Kid
- Master Hand
- Albert Wesker
- Handsome Jack
- Atlas
- Queen Slug for a Butt
- Bowser
- Mother Brain
- Vaas Montenegro
- Agent Smith
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Which famous (or not-so-famous) footballers were featured on the cover of the following FIFA games?[4]
- FIFA 09
- FIFA 15
- FIFA 11
- FIFA 95
- FIFA 10
- FIFA Football 2003
- FIFA Football 2005
- FIFA International Soccer
- FIFA 12
- FIFA 99
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In which year were the following consoles first released?[5]
- Wii U
- 7800
- Xbox One
- Mega Drive
- CD32
- PS3
- Dreamcast
- PS2
- PlayStation
- Pippin
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Some tricky questions about hardware now...
- How much RAM does the Xbox One have?
- What is the name of the CPU from the PS2 which was developed by Sony and Toshiba?
- How many cores does the PS4’s CPU have?
- What is the name of the Wii U’s IBM CPU?
- What are the two main components of the Nintendo 64’s Reality Co-Processor?
- How much system memory does the 3DS have?
- What is the name of the IBM CPU used in the Xbox 360?
- In which six colours was the PS Vita originally sold in Japan?
- How many processors in total were used in the Sega Saturn?
- Which processor is used in the PS Vita?
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How many years did the following games spend in development hell after their initial announcement?
- Alan Wake: Announced 2004
- Half Life 2: Announced 1998
- Spore: Announced 2008
- Team Fortress 2: Announced 1998
- Mafia II: Announced 2004
- StarCraft Ghost: Announced 2001
- Duke Nukem Forever: Announced 1997
- Prey: Announced 1995
- LA Noire: Announced 2006
- Red Dead Redemption: Announced 2005
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What was the bestselling game on each of the following consoles?
- Dreamcast
- PlayStation
- PSP
- Sega Saturn
- Atari 2600
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 2
- Xbox
- Xbox 360
- Nintendo Wii U
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Another chance to choose the genre from the following list that most people would class these games as being in.[6] Choose from Beat ’em Up, FPS, Music/Rhythm Game, Platform Game, Point & Click Adventure, Puzzler, RPG, RTS or Sports Game...
- Valkyrie Profile
- Rayman Legends
- Goldeneye 007
- TimeSplitters 2
- SoulCalibur
- Grandia II
- Amplitude
- Child of Eden
- Xenogears
- Golden Axe
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In which game were we introduced to the following worlds?
- Trodain
- Pandora
- The Sprawl
- Hyrule
- New Eden
- Albion
- Norrath
- Rapture
- The Faelands
- Reach
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What relationship do these characters have with each other?
- Dural & Kage
- Naiee & Nyaa
- Aiden Pearce & Lena
- Sarah Sisulart & Liram
- Mario & Luigi
- Jecht & Tidus
- Uriel Septim & Martin
- Kratos & Calliope
- Matriarch Benezia & Liara T’Soni
- Sean ‘Sweet’ and Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson
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For which consoles were the following accessories designed?
- Skywriter Stick Station
- Game Boat
- NeGcon
- Hip Clip
- Fishing Controller
- Power Glove
- Activator
- Plunger Gun
- Action Chair
- Super Scope 6
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Some more anagrams to solve; these are all well-known games...
- Murk Or Parasite
- A Regular Soapy Mix
- Bars Her Possums
- Lubed Dragoon
- Imported User
- Zonal Felted Hedge
- Soda Lurks
- Sitter
- Roaming Rust
- Fit Thug Arrive
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Which individual is generally credited with creating the following games or series?
- PaRappa the Rapper
- Grand Theft Auto
- Final Fantasy
- Pokémon
- Sim City
- Metal Gear Solid
- Pimania
- Manic Miner
- Jimmy White’s Whirlwind Snooker
- Pirates!
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Console Manufacturers - Part 2
Once again, which company manufactured the following consoles?
- Pyuuta Jr.
- Wii
- Saturn
- Beena
- Intellivision
- Ping-o-Tronic
- 2600
- CDTV
- LaserActive
- PlayStation
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These games were banned... but why?
- God of War in Saudi Arabia
- Battlefield 3 in Iran
- The Guy Game in the USA
- Mass Effect in Singapore
- EA Sports MMA in Denmark
- Football Manager 2005 in China
- Pokémon in Saudi Arabia
- Wolfenstein 3D in Germany
- Manhunt 2 in pretty much every country
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 in Mexico
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Sometimes tie-in games stretch the bounds of a brand’s credibility. Are these real releases or not?
- Assassin’s Creed: Fraternity
- Star Wars: Trench Warfare
- Castlevania: Advent of Sorrow
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Forza: Sunset
- Wario’s Wacky Pinball
- Mario Teaches Typing
- The Sims Medieval
- Resident Evil: Project Veronica
- Bejeweled Spin
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Which studios worked hard to release the following games?
- Escape Velocity Nova
- Hareraiser
- Gran Turismo 4
- Metropolis Street Racer
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- Assassin’s Creed
- Stunt Race FX
- Batman: Arkham City
- Faxanadu
- Snake Rattle and Roll
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Let’s see how well you know your American sports... who featured on the cover for the following NHL games?
- NHL 09
- NHL 07
- NHL 14
- NHL 13
- NHL 11
- NHL Slapshot
- NHL 12
- NHL 10
- NHL 08
- NHL 15
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Another chance to show how well you know your bits and bytes...
- What was the first official attachment for the Wii Remote called?
- How many USB ports does the Xbox One have?
- What is the resolution of the Wii U’s controller screen?
- What type of opitcal drive does the PS3 contain?
- What is the pixel width of the 3DS per eye?
- What size was the largest HD sold as standard with the Xbox 360?
- What is the frequency of the Xbox One’s CPU?
- What is the main type of memory used in the PS4?
- How many game card slots does the Nintendo DS have?
- What batteries does the Game Boy Advance take?
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Another chance to guess the year in which the following games were first released...[7]
- Red Dead Redemption
- Halo
- The Sims
- Metropolis Street Racer
- Final Fantasy VII
- Super Mario 64
- GoldenEye 007
- ToeJam & Earl
- Myst
- Unreal Tournament
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Again, who composed the following excellent musical tracks?
- The Man With the Machine Gun from Final Fantasy VIII
- Gusty Garden Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy
- Pimania
- Casino Calavera from Grim Fandango
- Jolly Roger Bay from Super Mario 64
- Main Theme from Metal Gear Solid
- Main Theme from Space Harrier
- Still Alive from Mirror’s Edge
- Rainbow Road from Mario Kart 64
- Welcome to Rapture from Bioshock
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On which single platform were the following games released?
- Monsters in Hell
- Crash n Burn
- Iron Soldier
- Wipeout 2048
- Battle Outrun
- Digger T Rock
- Gauntlet: The Third Encounter
- Night Striker
- Castlevania - Bloodlines
- Pokemon Yellow
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Which of these games sold more? A bonus point is available if you know by how many units...
- Diablo III or Call of Duty: World at War
- Super Mario World or Sonic the Hedgehog
- Nintendogs or Mario Kart DS
- Grand Theft Auto V or Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Pokémon Gold and Silver or Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim or Call of Duty: Ghosts
- The Sims or The Sims 2
- Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario Land
- Wii Sports or Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Battlefield 3 or Mario Kart Wii
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For a third time, choose the genre from the following list that most people would class these games as being in.[8] Choose from Beat ’em Up, FPS, Music/Rhythm Game, Platform Game, Point & Click Adventure, Puzzler, RPG, RTS or Sports Game...
- Secret of Monkey Island
- Klax
- Super Meat Boy
- Battletoads
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
- Perfect Dark
- Bust-a-Groove
- Limbo
- Myst
- Syberia
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Again, in which year were the following consoles first released?[9]
- Super Vision 8000
- Jaguar CD
- GameCube
- Bally Astrocade
- Wii
- ColecoVision
- SNES
- Neo-Geo
- Xbox 360
- NES
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Basketball time... who featured on the cover of the following games?
- NBA 2K13
- NBA 2K7
- NBA 2K14
- NBA 2K10
- NBA 2K15
- NBA 2K8
- NBA 2K3
- NBA 2K11
- NBA 2K9
- NBA 2K12
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Even more anagrams to solve; again are all well-known games...
- Lye on Edge
- Fat Fanny Sail
- Dig Nightly
- Dwarf Carrot Wolf
- Gonad Framing
- Tall An Fit
- Filed 3 Newtons
- Godfather Taunt
- Can Map
- Reinspect A Hilltop
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What is the main collectable or currency in these games?
- Super Mario Bros.
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- The Legend of Zelda
- Pac-Man
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Lego Batman: The Videogame
- Rayman
- Donkey Kong Country
- Ratchet & Clank
- The Sims
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Again, which footballers were featured on the cover of the following FIFA games?[10]
- FIFA 97
- FIFA Football 2004
- FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
- FIFA 96
- FIFA 2000
- FIFA 14
- FIFA 08
- FIFA 13
- FIFA 2001
- FIFA Football 2002
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Console Manufacturers - Part 3
And again, which company manufactured the following consoles?
- Satellaview
- Socrates
- Odyssey
- Channel F
- FM Towns Marty
- Adventure Vision
- Vectrex
- GameCube
- CD-i
- Telstar
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Another chance to name the publisher of the following games...
- Cool Spot
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
- Turok
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
- Gears of War
- L.A. Noire
- Hotel Mario
- Probotector/Contra: Hard Corps
- Blast Corps
- Echo the Dolphin
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In which game were we introduced to the following baddies?
- Goomba
- Eggplant
- Crabmeat
- Kritter
- Locust Horde
- Licker
- X Parasites
- Moblin
- Foreman Spike
- Necromorphs
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Another go at naming the main character to whom the following are considered sidekicks?
- Otacon
- Rusty Gallaway
- Elum
- Clank
- Diddy Kong
- Cortana
- Wheatley
- Rush
- Luke Triton
- Navi
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Guess the game (or series) in which we were introduced to the following worlds...
- The Mushroom Kingdom
- Zebes
- Thedas
- Nirn
- Sanctuary
- Sera
- Raccoon City
- The Kingdom of Daventry
- Lordran
- Azeroth
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Have another guess at the bestselling game for each of the following platforms...
- Nintendo 3DS
- Nintendo Gameboy Advance
- Sega Megadrive
- Nintendo 64
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo Gameboy
- NES
- SNES
- Nintendo Wii
- Nintendo GameCube
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Who featured on the cover of the following Madden games?[11]
- Madden NFL 15
- Madden NFL 13
- Madden NFL 08
- Madden NFL 06
- Madden NFL 12
- Madden NFL 11
- Madden NFL 07
- Madden NFL 10
- Madden NFL 09
- Madden NFL 25
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More hardware fun...
- Who was the original manufacturer of the much-criticised and often faulty DVD drives on the original Xbox?
- What is the name of the IBM CPU in the Nintendo GameCube?
- What is the Nintendo Wii’s highest resolution video mode?
- What is the speed of the PowerPC Processor in the PlayStation 3?
- Which company made the CPU for the Sega Dreamcast?
- What is the resolution of the main screen of the Nintendo DS?
- What is the name of the smaller, redesigned PlayStation that was released in the year 2000?
- How many bits was the CPU of the SNES?
- What is the display resolution of the Game Boy’s screen?
- How much RAM did the Atari 2600 have?
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More accessories - but for which consoles were they designed?
- DK Bongos
- LJN Roll & Rocker
- SegaScope 3D
- Trance Vibrator
- Maracas
- Baby and Me
- Champion Video Game Gloves
- Bowling Ball
- Robotic Operating Buddy
- Mindlink
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Another chance to name the studios that released the following games...
- Pac Man
- Lemmings
- Paperboy
- Ghouls ‘N Ghosts
- Pimania
- Hover Bovver
- Forza 5
- 3D Monster Maze
- Secret of Mana
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
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Console Manufacturers - Part 4
One last time... Which company manufactured the following consoles?
- CPS Changer
- Jaguar
- Master System
- Pippin
- Bally Astrocade
- Net Yaroze
- Ouya
- Mega CD
- Lynx
- Famicom
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Who featured on the cover of these awesome wrestling games?
- WWE ‘12
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
- WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
- WWE 2K14
- WWE 2K15
- WWE ‘13
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
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For one final time, guess the year in which the following games were first released...[12]
- Street Fighter
- Faxanadu
- Head Over Heels
- Robocop 2
- Tetris
- Duck Hunt
- Double Dragon (Arcade)
- Pac-Man
- Daley Thompson’s Decathlon
- Elite
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Music time again. Who composed these great tracks?
- Main Title from Deus Ex
- Halo Theme from Halo: Combat Evolved
- Main Theme from L.A. Noire
- Type A from Tetris
- Introduction from The Secret of Monkey Island
- Main Theme from Quake
- Haunted Graveyard from Ghouls’n Ghosts
- Magical Sound Shower from Outrun
- Chop Chop Master Onion Rap from PaRappa the Rapper
- Still Alive from Portal
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Again, who is widely credited with creating the following games or series?
- Super Mario Bros.
- Attack of the Mutant Camels
- Minecraft
- Dizzy
- 3D Ant Attack
- Spelunky
- Chaos: The Battle of Wizards
- Wizball
- Space Invaders
- Leisure Suit Larry
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What is the relationship between the following characters?
- Lau Chan & Pai
- Anthony, Benjamin & Clayton
- Scrooge McDuck & Huey (and Dewie & Louie)
- Maggie Monday & Andrew
- Alma Wade & Paxton Fettel
- Virgil & Dante
- Bass Armstrong & Tina
- Nate Harlow & Red
- Heihachi Mishima & Kazuya
- Fame Douglas & Helena
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A final chance to unscramble the titles of some well-known games...
- Fife-Hall
- Steamed Gorilla
- Timid Emperor
- Maddened Die Report
- Orifice Snapper
- Pain Aim
- Nerdiest Live
- Patrol
- All Greasy
- My Risk
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In which game were we first introduced to the following villains?
- Dr. Robotnick
- Giovanni (Team Rocket)
- Hector LeMans
- Mecha-Hitler
- Psycho Mantis
- Pope Rodrigo Borgia
- Caius Ballad
- Dr Neo Cortex
- Kombayn Nikoladze
- Death Adder
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These games were only officially released on a single platform... but which one?
- Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy
- Blast Corps
- Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
- Soul Blazer
- Shenmue
- Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
- International Superstar Soccer Pro
- Mario Clash
- Transformers: Cybertron Adventures
- Street Fighter EX3
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In which year were the following consoles first released?[13]
- Master System
- Xbox
- Channel F
- 2600
- Saturn
- Vectrex
- Nintendo 64
- PS4
- MP1000
- 2600 Jr.
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For the final time, choose the genre from the following list that most people would class these games as being in.[14] Choose from Beat ’em Up, FPS, Music/Rhythm Game, Platform Game, Point & Click Adventure, Puzzler, RPG, RTS or Sports Game...
- Tetris
- Kingdom Hearts II
- Night Slashers
- Rome: Total War
- Audiosurf
- PaRappa the Rapper
- Donkey Kong Country
- EarthBound
- Chrono Trigger
- Bayonetta
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More tie-ins that may or may not be true. Can you decide?
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Call of Duty: Reckless
- Super Streetfighter 2: Turbo
- Forza: Horizon
- The Legend of Zelda: Gannon’s Shroud
- Mario Paint
- Need for Speed: Underworld
- Metal Gear Solid: ICU
- The Lego Movie Videogame
- Resident Evil: Zero
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In which game or series will you find these powerups?
- Power Sneakers
- Tanooki Suit
- Spread Gun
- Blue Shell
- Bottled Fairies
- Rambi the Rhino
- Golden Hammer
- Rare Candy
- Bomb Pizza
- Spirit Ball
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1 It is true that some of these games may be considered as falling under more than one category, so we have selected the answer as the genre that most people consider to be the main one.
2 Under the circumstances where a handheld was released in different years in certain territories, we have chosen the year of release in Japan for the answer.
3 Where a game was released in different years in certain territories, we have chosen the year it came out in the USA as the correct answer.
4 In some years, a number of different cover stars were featured in alternative territories. For the purposes of this quiz we have chosen the star for the UK edition as the correct answer.
5 The correct answer for this section considers the earliest release year regardless of territory.
6 Again, we have selected the answer as the genre that most people consider to be the main one.
7 As before, where a game was released in different years in certain territories, we have chosen the year it came out in the USA as the correct answer.
8 As before, we have selected the answer as the genre that most people consider to be the main one.
9 As before, the correct answer for this section considers the earliest release year regardless of territory.
10 As before, we have chosen the star for the UK edition as the correct answer.
11 This section uses the English language versions
12 As before, the year it came out in the USA is the correct answer where there is a different release date depending on territory.
13 As before, the correct answer for this section considers the earliest release year regardless of territory.
14 The answer we use is the genre that most people consider to be the main one.