Arcade, PC & Indie Games

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1.Which indie game is Dennaton's 2012 top-down action game set in a neon Miami?
- A. Braid
- B. Hotline Miami
- C. Journey
- D. Slay the Spire
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Hotline Miami
Did you know? Hotline Miami's soundtrack became famous in its own right.
2.Which classic PC game is the 1994 strategy game about defending Earth from alien invasion?
- A. X-COM: UFO Defense
- B. Neverwinter Nights
- C. Wing Commander
- D. The Sims
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Did you know? X-COM: UFO Defense was known as UFO: Enemy Unknown in Europe.
3.Which classic arcade game is Atari's 1981 shooter co-designed by Dona Bailey?
- A. Q*bert
- B. Mortal Kombat
- C. Crazy Taxi
- D. Centipede
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Centipede
Did you know? Dona Bailey was one of the few women in game design at the time.
4.Which indie game is Derek Yu's cave-crawling roguelike that reached its well-known form in 2012?
- A. Super Meat Boy
- B. Spelunky
- C. Hades
- D. Vampire Survivors
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Spelunky
Did you know? Spelunky's caves are procedurally generated on every run.
5.Which classic PC game is the 1980 text adventure that began in the MIT computer tradition?
- A. Age of Empires
- B. Zork
- C. Civilization
- D. Command & Conquer
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Zork
Did you know? Zork described its world entirely through written text.
6.Which classic arcade game is Atari's 1980 vector game that put players in a first-person tank?
- A. Battlezone
- B. Galaga
- C. Galaxian
- D. Centipede
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Battlezone
Did you know? The United States Army asked Atari for a Battlezone-based training variant.
7.Which indie game is the 2022 horde-survival game that costs only a few dollars?
- A. Fez
- B. Papers, Please
- C. Vampire Survivors
- D. Disco Elysium
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Vampire Survivors
Did you know? Vampire Survivors was created by Luca Galante under the name poncle.
8.Which classic PC game is 3D Realms' 1996 shooter known for its interactive levels?
- A. Ultima
- B. The Sims
- C. Duke Nukem 3D
- D. Myst
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Duke Nukem 3D
Did you know? Duke Nukem 3D ran on Ken Silverman's Build engine.
9.Which classic arcade game is Gottlieb's 1982 isometric game about hopping across a pyramid of cubes?
- A. Battlezone
- B. Pong
- C. Q*bert
- D. Ms. Pac-Man
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Q*bert
Did you know? Q*bert's swearing-like speech was made of distorted sound samples.
10.Which indie game is Mega Crit's 2019 deckbuilding climb up a monster-filled tower?
- A. Super Meat Boy
- B. Slay the Spire
- C. Hades
- D. Hollow Knight
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Slay the Spire
Did you know? Slay the Spire defined the modern deckbuilder genre.
11.Which classic PC game is the 1998 post-apocalyptic role-playing sequel set in California?
- A. Fallout 2
- B. Myst
- C. Warcraft II
- D. Prince of Persia
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Fallout 2
Did you know? Fallout 2 continued the series' signature SPECIAL attribute system.
12.Which classic arcade game is Sega's 1996 light-gun shooter about fighting the undead?
- A. House of the Dead
- B. Pac-Man
- C. Space Harrier
- D. Q*bert
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House of the Dead
Did you know? House of the Dead spawned a series and several films.
13.Which indie game is Polytron's 2012 puzzle platformer about rotating a flat world?
- A. Vampire Survivors
- B. Celeste
- C. Ori and the Blind Forest
- D. Fez
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Fez
Did you know? Fez was developed over roughly five years by Phil Fish.
14.Which classic PC game is Richard Garriott's landmark role-playing series that began in 1981?
- A. League of Legends
- B. Zork
- C. Ultima
- D. Prince of Persia
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Ultima
Did you know? Richard Garriott's in-game alter ego was called Lord British.
15.Which classic arcade game was the first commercially sold coin-operated video game, released in 1971?
- A. Defender
- B. Donkey Kong
- C. Computer Space
- D. Galaxian
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Computer Space
Did you know? Computer Space was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney before they founded Atari.
16.Which indie game is Campo Santo's 2016 mystery set in a Wyoming forest?
- A. Hotline Miami
- B. Stardew Valley
- C. Firewatch
- D. Spelunky
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Firewatch
Did you know? Firewatch's hero takes a summer job as a fire lookout.
17.Which classic PC game is the 1990 space-combat series created by Chris Roberts?
- A. X-COM: UFO Defense
- B. Zork
- C. Wing Commander
- D. Civilization
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Wing Commander
Did you know? Wing Commander's story branched based on mission outcomes.
18.Which classic arcade game is Williams' 1981 side-scrolling shooter designed by Eugene Jarvis?
- A. Punch-Out!!
- B. Defender
- C. Arkanoid
- D. House of the Dead
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Defender
Did you know? Defender's map showed the whole planet at the top of the screen.
19.Which indie game is Subset Games' 2012 starship-crew strategy game?
- A. Papers, Please
- B. Ori and the Blind Forest
- C. Limbo
- D. FTL: Faster Than Light
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Did you know? FTL was funded through a 2012 Kickstarter campaign.
20.Which classic PC game is the 1999 turn-based strategy game beloved by genre fans?
- A. Among Us
- B. Age of Empires
- C. Warcraft II
- D. Heroes of Might and Magic III
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Heroes of Might and Magic III
Did you know? Heroes III was developed by New World Computing.
21.Which classic arcade game is Sega's 1985 rail shooter that ran on a moving hydraulic cabinet?
- A. Space Harrier
- B. Dragon's Lair
- C. Battlezone
- D. Donkey Kong
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Space Harrier
Did you know? Space Harrier's hero runs forward while flying over checkerboard landscapes.
22.Which classic arcade game is Namco's 1995 light-gun game with a foot pedal to take cover?
- A. Space Harrier
- B. Missile Command
- C. Time Crisis
- D. Pole Position
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Time Crisis
Did you know? The pedal made players alternate between shooting and hiding.
23.Which classic arcade game is Sega's 1994 stock-car racer with a singing soundtrack?
- A. Punch-Out!!
- B. Daytona USA
- C. Time Crisis
- D. Computer Space
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Daytona USA
Did you know? Daytona USA ran on Sega's Model 2 arcade board.
24.Which classic arcade game is Sega's 1987 jet-fighting game with a motorized rotating cabinet?
- A. Time Crisis
- B. Computer Space
- C. Pac-Man
- D. After Burner
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After Burner
Did you know? After Burner II refined the original with throttle control.

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