Think you’re good at video games? Did you use to go to the arcades?
Try this quiz on for size. Tricky!!!
An Atypical Life
the life and times of Joan Touzet
Think you’re good at video games? Did you use to go to the arcades?
Try this quiz on for size. Tricky!!!
ARRRRGGGHHHHH, I’ve gotten all but E H I O T V W…
I KNOW I have seen W before… I was never a driving game fan so T doesn’t leap out… and I’m wracking my brain thinking about H, ’cause I can envision the cabinet. GAAAAAHHHH.
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You’re way ahead of me, but at least I got ‘t’ – it’s Out Run! I’ve been playing Out Run 2 a lot recently, so it looked familiar.
ZAXXON!
I can envision almost ALL of the units, but I just can’t corrolate the font with the title!
Q still upsets me. Badly-formatted answer on their part…
P.S. — I == Centipede. Drove me nuts too. :-)
I don’t give any answers away…
E:
This one is patently unfair.
Very rare game, not a shooter, not a driving game, 1982.
Two words, E is in the second word.
H:
There was a lawsuit that caused this game to be renamed.
Two words, H is the start of the second word.
I: someone gave this away already.
O:
Body blow! Body blow! Left, right, left, right, left, right…
T: someone gave this away too…
V:
Quit clownin’ around. A rare game as well.
Think of synonyms for places where you might find clowns.
W:
Like J — more famous in other media, not video games. You’ll kick yourself over this one.
I got 10 right.. which is more than I expected to get..
I’m completely stumped with only four to go: E, H, J, and Y.
Damn you, Wohali! I’ve been staring at the screen for more than an hour! I’m dying over here.
Update: After about four hours and multiple attempts, I finally got H.
Only three more to go. Figure I should be done by Wednesday at noon if I don’t get any sleep.
Once again, damn you, Wohali!
Just lucked into E too, it seems.
I managed to get all but E and J. I swear I recognize E from somewhere, but I don’t recall having ever seen J.
Hint for Y: The protagonist of this game is good for pointing.
J:
Like W.
Not the president.
More famous in other media.
Think album cover.
Y:
Cute!
Chasing…
Last letter of the title.
E is totally rare, but I’ll give one more hint:
They used to play this game a lot on the competitive video game TV show Starcade.
See my J hints above.
E is so rare that I’ve never played it, so I don’t have any clues to give away. I only found it through exhaustive research.
I’ve finally put this ugly chapter of my life behind me. I have the tendency to get a little too obsessive when it comes to quizzes. No more, please!
But thanks for the help. I wouldn’t have gotten the last three without you.