The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Party Room => Brain Food => Topic started by: Cyberlizard on January 11, 2007, 01:35:47 AM
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Just like any other trivia game on this forum but having to do with video game history. There's just one rule: ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH CURRENT GAMES IS NOT ALLOWED! Must be about the history of games up to the year 2001.
Example: What was the first video game in history and who was its creator?
-The very first video game was a single player version of Tic Tac Toe and was made by Ralph Bear who designed it for research purposes only in the early 1950s.
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Now I'll start us off:
What game in the early 1990s was called one of the most controversial games of all time alongside Mortal Kombat?
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Was it... uhhh... Super Mario Bros 3?
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Wrong. Guess again.
Hint: Is also one of the reasons why there are ratings on video games now.
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Ohhhh! It was Lethal Enforcers from Konami, wasn't it?
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Still wrong. One more hint: It was released for the Sega CD and was also the first interactive movie.
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Night Fright?
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Very close. Night is in the title though.
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Night Trap?
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Dark got it right. Night Trap was released in 1992 for the Sega CD and was claimed to be one of the most controversial games in history. It was filed under false claims of containing scandalous sex, gore and violence. It was re-released in 1994 under the rating M.
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No clue that was that game, 'cause I haven't played with the SEGA CD console.
Anyway, who's next?
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Dark. Since she guessed right.
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Jurassic Park, released for the Super Nintendo in 1994, was one of the first video games to have what within the gameplay itself?
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First Person view?
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The game was a first person shooter, but was not the first of its kind because of Doom(1993) and Wolfenstein 3D(1992) which came before it.
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Stitch: You were so close.
Cyberlizard: Correct!
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Okay, here's my question:
What was the last console that Atari made before being kicked out of the hardware business?
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The Jaguar
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Correct. The Atari Jaguar launched in 1993 and died shortly after the Sega Saturn and the Sony Playstation launched in America in 1995. Stitch's turn.
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Going with the playstation, which game, starring 4 playable and 1 support character, is about getting back to a big depression? (this should be very easy)
(It was fun playing with you guys tonight.)
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Well actually, that's a very hard question. I can't really think of an answer. Anybody know this one?
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Try changing Depression to Valley.
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Well, I'm gonna say it's a game called, I think, Return to the Great Valley. I don't remember the exact name, though.
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That's it. The full title is The Land Before Time: Return to the Great Valley.
Your Turn
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According to Urban Legend, in the 1980s, there was an arcade game released in a single town that gave its players nightmares and insomnia. It was rumored to have been a beta version of a classic game that appeared later. The game later disappeared, and no proof of it being real exists. Many people claim to have a ROM but never back up their claims.
What is the name of this mythical game, what's the name of the company that supposedly made it, and what is the classic game that this mythical game is supposedly a beta for?
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Uhhh, I've heard of it before but I can't seem to recall the name.
OK, I surrender. Does anybody knows?
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Should I just reveal the answer or does someone else want to take a shot at this question?
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Polybius, and... this is a very creepy one huh?
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Polybius is correct!
And I think so.
Your turn. ^^
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this'll seem easy after the last one, which Sonic game introduced the Hidden Palace zone originally (think on this, I don't mean necessarily the 'sold' version)
(I've said too much)
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I'm going to guess a prototype of Sonic 2.
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good :) your turn
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Dino Crisis, a Playstation game released in 1999, has been described as being a Survival Horror, just like Resident Evil. But Capcom had promoted it as its own subgenre. What is the name of this subgenre?
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that'd be... panic horror
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Correct! Your turn.
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no more Sonic from me after this, what was the original name, and species for Sonic's little buddy? now known as Tails the Fox :p
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I can't figure out the original species, but I'm going to guess that the original name was Miles.
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nope ^^; keep trying, further back than that, it comes down to a duel, and I say first, from the eyes of one man, I'm not sure which was TRULY designed first, but there was another name and species being debated
the creator of this other character is now an Insomniac if you need to search creator names :p there's an interview that'll tell you about it
He also created the first HPZ :p
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Sorry I just can't figure it out.
Anyone else like to take a shot?
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should no one answer by 14:00 my time I will post a new question and answer this one (if I remember :p)
OOPS! anyway
Boomer the Turtle was the idea Craig Stitt, now of Insomniac Games, and creator of the original Hidden Palace Zone, that was competing against Miles "Tails" Prower, who was made by the president of Sonic Team of Japan...
What game was the first to have Luigi with the ability to jump higher than his brother? (be specific) (give the date of release)
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The american version of Super Mario Brothers 2, released in October 1988?
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OHHH so close :p
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The japanese version of Super Mario Brothers 2, released on June 3, 1986?
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yezzir! your turn
(Just noticed the LP quote ;))
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Just noticed the LP quote
Oh yeah?
Released in 2000, Dino Crisis 2, the sequel to the original Dino Crisis, picks up one year later, and, unlike its predecessor, is more of an action game rather than a horror game. This game, released a year before Jurassic Park 3, shared similarities with the third JP movie.
What were at least 2 of these similarities?
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I take it you don't mean species names :p
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:p No, I'm looking for 2 events that occurred in Dino Crisis 2 that were similar to what occurred in Jurassic Park 3.
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The return of Sam Neill's character, and a rampage of dinos?
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Sorry, that's incorrect. Sam Neill plays no part in Dino Crisis 2.
Sorry it took so long for me to answer. I forgot. ^^;
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I do have a few ideas, though I never played the game. Characters being attacked on a boat, scary dinosaur encounter in a lab full of broken incubation tubes, being attacked by flying dinosaurs on a metal bridge in a fog.
That's all I can think of right now.
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DH? You still around?
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Sorry. With the move and all, this kind of slipped my mind. Anyway I'll get back to this ASAP. Still adjusting to this new house.
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No worries. Take all the time you need.
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I do have a few ideas, though I never played the game. Characters being attacked on a boat, scary dinosaur encounter in a lab full of broken incubation tubes, being attacked by flying dinosaurs on a metal bridge in a fog.
I'll accept the first one. I hadn't really thought of that before. But you're right. There is a scene where Regina and Dylan are attacked on the boat, like how Grant and the others were attacked on a boat in the movie.
I'm not so sure about the second one. I don't recall there being a scary encounter in a lab full of broken tubes in Dino Crisis 2.
As for the third one, I don't know. There are Pteranodons that attack, but it's not on a bridge, more of a catwalk above water (or does that count as a bridge?) and there's no fog.
Got anymore guesses?
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Hmm... I'm trying to think of all other interesting possibilities besides the ones I mentioned...
1. Being pursued by a nasty dinosaur alongside a HUGE fence while trying to find a way to the other side of this fence.
2. Getting lost in a forest and surrounded by raptors. (sounds a little broad)
3. Hiding in an overturned truck while dinosaurs walk around you.
That's all I can think up right now...
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2. Getting lost in a forest and surrounded by raptors. (sounds a little broad)
I'll accept that answer.
One major similarity that I hadn't seen anyone guess was the similarity between JP3 Spinosaurus and DC2 Giganotosaurus. Both were inaccurately portrayed (stronger than they should be, Giganotosaurus was bigger than it should have been and more durable than it probably was in real life, and Spinosaurus was portrayed as an unstoppable monster rather than a fish-eater like it probably was in real life), both replaced the T-Rex was "the main bad guy", both easily killed the T-Rex,and both performed feats that should have been impossible (Spinosaurus broke its neck even though it didn't have the neck or jaw power to do that and Giganotosaurus was able to pick up and throw the T-Rex with just its mouth even though T-Rex was an extremely heavy animal and it's unlikely that a Giganotosaurus could actually carry that much weight with their jaws).
Anyway it's your turn, Mirumoto_Kenjiro.
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Wow, that never rolled into my mind. Anyway, here's a rather easy one:
What two video games contained unusual crossover characters from other popular...well, media?
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well......spyro and crash bandicoot?
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Not the ones I'm thinking of... I never actually played either games. The targets of this question in fact have same general name, but have obviously been released at different times and on multiple consoles.
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Kingdom Hearts?
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Hmm... I forgot about that. This is what happens when I don't plan these questions out...
Anyway, good guess, but no cigar...which is a good thing, because it's bad for your health.
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Twin Snakes
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
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Nope. Here's a hint: They are both fighting games.
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i know Soul Caliber II had crossover characters, with Link being one fof the Gamecube version. The other, im guessing, is Dead or Alive 4, as it had Ryu from the Ninja Gaiden series.
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You're half right, but I can't tell you which game you got right. I'm still hating myself for not researching in advance...so many games I've not played. :bang
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I would say Soul Calibur 2 because Ryu appears in all of the Dead or Alive games so it can't really count as a wierd crossover.
As for the other fighting game, I will have to say Mortal Kombat versus DC Universe
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Soul Calibur 2 is right. It has Link in GameCube, Heihachi Mishima in PS2, and (have NO idea why) Spawn in the 360.
The second one is not it, especially because it's the first time I've heard about it. :blink:
Here's the giveaway: I gave the hint earlier that it has the same name, but different numbers.
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Soul Calibur IV (4). It has Star Wars characters in it.
Also, Soul Calibur II was released on the Xbox, but not the 360.
Mortal Kombat versus DC is an upcoming fighting game that features Mortal Kombat characters and DC Comic characters like Batman and Superman. The two of them and Scorpion and Sub-Zero are the only four comfirmed characters so far, but it's supposed to be interesting.
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Ding, ding! Soul Calibur 4 is right. I'll be stunned to see how they can get Yoda and Darth Vader into the story line...
I know Flathead got Soul Calibur 2 first, but LBTFan polished it off. So please don't kill me if I let LBTFan take the mic...
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Here goes nothing:
Video games normally don't include any swearing in dialogue unless they are rated T or above. However, which was the first rated E game to accidentally speak out a curse word, and why was the game not rated T because of it?
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Mega Man X?
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Sorry, but not the right answer. However, the original SNES version of Mega Man X did not include curse words, but when it was ported over to the Gamecube for Mega Man X Collection it received a T rating because of a couple added curse words.