Some simple trivia, anyone? (read the rule)

[Cleatis]

The rule is easy.
No research is allowed.
If you dont know it off the top of your head...
then you dont know it.
Lets use the honor system.
When youre right, ask the next question.

[Cleatis]

Question #1:

Bub and Bob from the Bubble Bobble game...name 3 other games they have stared in. Bubble Bobble 2 doesnt count. lol

[Graham Mitchell]

Rainbow Islands, Parasol Stars, and Bust-A-Move.

Rainbow Islands is not Bubble Bobble 2, technically. Bubble Bobble 2 is a separate game (which is only for one player, oddly enough). (Even though it is called Rainbow Islands: the Story of Bubble Bobble 2.)

[Cleatis]

Rainbow Islands, Parasol Stars, and Bust-A-Move.

Rainbow Islands is not Bubble Bobble 2, technically. Bubble Bobble 2 is a separate game (which is only for one player, oddly enough). (Even though it is called Rainbow Islands: the Story of Bubble Bobble 2.)

The Bubble Bobble 2 youre talking about was just a console release. Just a variation of Bubble Bobble 1 so Rainbow Islands (being an arcade release) actually is the 2nd "in the series."

Wheres your question, dude?

[Darth Sensei]

I'll take The Pen-is Mightier for $200. Suck it Trebeck!!! :D

[Gapporin]

I'll fill in.

Easy question: How many different sections are in Outrun?

Hard question: What two Apple II programmers did Square employ during the SNES era?

[Graham Mitchell]

Hard question: What two Apple II programmers did Square employ during the SNES era?



I'm guessing one of them was Nasir Gibelli?[sic] He was an apple II programmer that worked for square during the NES era who was responsible for all the 3-D games ("Programmed by Nasir" on the Rad Racer demo). It's a longshot guess, though.

[Gapporin]

I'm guessing one of them was Nasir Gibelli?[sic] He was an apple II programmer that worked for square during the NES era who was responsible for all the 3-D games ("Programmed by Nasir" on the Rad Racer demo). It's a longshot guess, though.

Correct! He helped program Secret Of Mana. Now who's the other? :P

[Flack]

I'll fill in.

Easy question: How many different sections are in Outrun?

I'm not sure what you mean by sections, but there are 5 stages, and 5 different ending goals, meaning there are 25 different scenes.

[Cleatis]

Okay...next question:
What was the first video game to keep track of high scores?

[MarkM2112]

I'm guessing one of them was Nasir Gibelli?[sic] He was an apple II programmer that worked for square during the NES era who was responsible for all the 3-D games ("Programmed by Nasir" on the Rad Racer demo). It's a longshot guess, though.

Correct! He helped program Secret Of Mana. Now who's the other? :P

Would that be Silas Warner, the guy who did the original Castle Wolfenstein?

[Lady Jaye]

Okay...next question:
What was the first video game to keep track of high scores?

That's an easy one: Asteroids. Space Invaders was the first game to have high scores, but they were reset whenever the cabinet was reset.

My turn: What Apple employee, who later became famous in the videogame world, visited Xerox PARC with Steve Jobs, a visit that ultimately inspired the creation of the Mac OS?

[Cauterize]

Easy question: How many different sections are in Outrun?

15... its like this (goes to attempt some ascii art)

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hahaha

[Gapporin]

15... its like this (goes to attempt some ascii art)

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Yep! That's what I was thinking of. Of course, Flack's answer is correct as well.


Would that be Silas Warner, the guy who did the original Castle Wolfenstein?

Nope! It was Douglas E. Smith (aka Doug Smith), the creator of Lode Runner. He produced Secret Of Mana and Secret Of Evermore.


What Apple employee, who later became famous in the videogame world, visited Xerox PARC with Steve Jobs, a visit that ultimately inspired the creation of the Mac OS?

Would that be Steve Wozniak? I know that he and Jobs worked together on the arcade game Break Out.

[Lady Jaye]

Nope, not Wozniak. AFAIK, Woz didn't participate to the Xerox PARC tour. Besides, Breakout was before Xerox PARC...

[Lady Jaye]

My turn: What Apple employee, who later became famous in the videogame world, visited Xerox PARC with Steve Jobs, a visit that ultimately inspired the creation of the Mac OS?

Since there doesn't seem to be anyone that knows the answer, here it is:

Trip Hawkins. Yup, Hawkins was the main marketing guy at Apple (and was one of the lucky fews who went to the Xerox PARC tour) before he went off to found EA and 3DO.

[VinnyT]

In Sonic 3, whenever a mid-boss appears, a little ditty plays before the actual music. This ditty contained a word. What word is that?

[Cleatis]

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