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Arcade Games trivia quiz

Arcade Games trivia, played live: seven rounds, ten seconds a question. QuizDown has over 120 Arcade Games questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Arcade Games questions cover

  • Designers
  • Maze Games
  • Publishers
  • Vector Games
  • Controls
  • Centipede
  • Display Tech
  • Early Arcade
  • Fighting Games
  • Light Gun Games
  • Music
  • Williams Games

Try three Arcade Games questions

Question 1

Which 1980 maze game features a yellow character eating dots while avoiding four colorful ghosts?

  1. Pac-Man
  2. Dig Dug
  3. Q*bert
  4. Frogger
Show the answer

Pac-Man

Question 2

What is the name of Nintendo's mustached hero who first appeared as Jumpman in a 1981 barrel-dodging game?

  1. Link
  2. Mario
  3. Luigi
  4. Donkey Kong
Show the answer

Mario

Question 3

Which Japanese company released the 1978 alien-shooting hit in which enemies descend in rows?

  1. Sega
  2. Namco
  3. Taito
  4. Capcom
Show the answer

Taito

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Arcade Games match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Arcade Games questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

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