Arcade, PC & Indie Games

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1.Which indie game is BlueTwelve's 2022 adventure played as a cat?
- A. Stray
- B. Hades
- C. Hollow Knight
- D. Super Meat Boy
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Stray
Did you know? Stray's cat could knock objects off shelves like a real cat.
2.Which classic PC game is Blizzard's 1995 fantasy strategy game with naval combat?
- A. Warcraft II
- B. Wolfenstein 3D
- C. Quake
- D. SimCity 2000
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Warcraft II
Did you know? Warcraft II's LAN play made it an office favorite.
3.Which classic arcade game is Atari's 1979 vector-graphics shooter with wrapping screen edges?
- A. Out Run
- B. Defender
- C. Dance Dance Revolution
- D. Asteroids
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Asteroids
Did you know? Asteroids became Atari's best-selling arcade game.
4.Which indie game is Toby Fox's 2015 role-playing game where enemies can be spared?
- A. Fez
- B. Undertale
- C. Celeste
- D. Shovel Knight
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Undertale
Did you know? Undertale's soundtrack was composed by its creator.
5.Which classic PC game is the 1999 park-management game written largely in assembly language?
- A. Duke Nukem 3D
- B. RollerCoaster Tycoon
- C. Wing Commander
- D. SimCity 2000
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RollerCoaster Tycoon
Did you know? RollerCoaster Tycoon was designed by Chris Sawyer.
6.Which classic arcade game is Namco's 1982 racing game modeled on Japan's Fuji Speedway?
- A. Crazy Taxi
- B. Dance Dance Revolution
- C. Punch-Out!!
- D. Pole Position
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Pole Position
Did you know? Pole Position placed a qualifying lap before the main race.
7.Which indie game is ZA/UM's 2019 detective role-playing game without combat?
- A. Firewatch
- B. Hotline Miami
- C. Disco Elysium
- D. Stardew Valley
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Disco Elysium
Did you know? Disco Elysium was made by a team based in Estonia.
8.Which classic PC game is Jordan Mechner's 1989 platformer famous for its rotoscoped animation?
- A. Warcraft II
- B. Prince of Persia
- C. Quake
- D. Hearthstone
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Prince of Persia
Did you know? Mechner rotoscoped footage of his brother to animate the prince.
9.Which classic arcade game is Sega's 1986 driving game directed by Yu Suzuki?
- A. NBA Jam
- B. Out Run
- C. Time Crisis
- D. Missile Command
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Out Run
Did you know? Out Run let players choose the music and branching routes.
10.Which indie game is Moon Studios' 2015 platformer about a forest spirit?
- A. Hades
- B. Ori and the Blind Forest
- C. Shovel Knight
- D. Dead Cells
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Ori and the Blind Forest
Did you know? Ori and the Blind Forest was published by Microsoft.
11.Which classic PC game is the educational game about pioneer travel that appeared in schools in 1971?
- A. The Oregon Trail
- B. Fallout 2
- C. Prince of Persia
- D. RollerCoaster Tycoon
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The Oregon Trail
Did you know? Players famously died of dysentery in The Oregon Trail.
12.Which classic arcade game is Midway's 1982 maze game that began as an unauthorized modification?
- A. Ms. Pac-Man
- B. Asteroids
- C. Computer Space
- D. Pac-Man
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Ms. Pac-Man
Did you know? Ms. Pac-Man grew out of the enhancement kit called Crazy Otto.
13.Which indie game is Playdead's 2010 black-and-white puzzle platformer?
- A. Hollow Knight
- B. Limbo
- C. Valheim
- D. Vampire Survivors
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Limbo
Did you know? Limbo was the first Danish game to win a BAFTA Games Award.
14.Which classic PC game is the long-running aviation series that began in 1982?
- A. Command & Conquer
- B. Microsoft Flight Simulator
- C. Ultima
- D. Wing Commander
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Microsoft Flight Simulator
Did you know? Microsoft Flight Simulator's 2020 edition streamed real-world terrain data.
15.Which classic arcade game is Sega's 1999 game about driving fares across a chaotic city?
- A. Daytona USA
- B. Asteroids
- C. Ms. Pac-Man
- D. Crazy Taxi
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Crazy Taxi
Did you know? Crazy Taxi's soundtrack featured punk rock bands like The Offspring.
16.Which indie game is Motion Twin's 2018 run-based action platformer?
- A. Untitled Goose Game
- B. Dead Cells
- C. Shovel Knight
- D. Journey
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Dead Cells
Did you know? Dead Cells is set in an ever-changing island prison.
17.Which classic PC game is the 1999 medieval strategy game that still receives new expansions?
- A. The Oregon Trail
- B. Wing Commander
- C. Hearthstone
- D. Age of Empires II
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Age of Empires II
Did you know? Age of Empires II remains popular in competitive play.
18.Which classic arcade game is Namco's 1982 game about tunneling underground to defeat buried enemies?
- A. Dig Dug
- B. Frogger
- C. Donkey Kong
- D. Virtua Fighter
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Dig Dug
Did you know? Dig Dug players could inflate enemies until they popped.
19.Which indie game is Re-Logic's 2011 two-dimensional sandbox adventure?
- A. FTL: Faster Than Light
- B. Ori and the Blind Forest
- C. Terraria
- D. Hades
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Terraria
Did you know? Terraria keeps receiving free content updates years after launch.
20.Which classic arcade game is Namco's 1979 shooter known for its colorful diving enemies?
- A. Mortal Kombat
- B. Computer Space
- C. Galaxian
- D. Street Fighter II
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Galaxian
Did you know? Galaxian preceded the better-known Galaga in 1981.
21.Which indie game is Team Cherry's 2017 adventure through a ruined insect kingdom?
- A. Shovel Knight
- B. Hollow Knight
- C. Braid
- D. Hotline Miami
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Hollow Knight
Did you know? Hollow Knight's world is called Hallownest.
22.Which indie game is Jonathan Blow's 2008 time-bending puzzle platformer?
- A. Hades
- B. Bastion
- C. Hotline Miami
- D. Braid
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Braid
Did you know? Braid helped launch the 2008 wave of Xbox Live Arcade indies.
23.Which classic PC game is BioWare's 2002 role-playing game with a built-in module editor?
- A. Duke Nukem 3D
- B. Quake
- C. Neverwinter Nights
- D. The Oregon Trail
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Neverwinter Nights
Did you know? The module editor sustained a long community of custom adventures.
24.Which classic arcade game is Atari's 1980 defense game about protecting cities from incoming missiles?
- A. Galaga
- B. Frogger
- C. Missile Command
- D. Defender
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Missile Command
Did you know? The game's trackball control made aiming fast and frantic.

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