After an unfortunate one-week hiatus, The Great Retro Quiz! is back, although a little bit worn out from all the traveling and unhealthy amounts of eating. Even though it may look a little heavier, let’s all be extra sweet and tell our little friend that eating four leftover turkey sandwiches late on a Saturday night is actually helpful in keeping the weight off. I ... er ... it appreciates the positive reinforcement.
Since next month marks the 20th anniversary of everyone’s favorite “Pew! Pew! Pew!” hero, this week’s quiz is all about the original Mega Man games (specifically 1-8). I am assuming you all played (and adored!) these games growing up, but do you really remember them as well as you think you do? Does the name “Guts Man” ring a bell or leave you scratching your head in confusion?
Like every week, just leave your answers in the comments and whoever gets the most right will win (in the event of a tie, Dr. Light will invent and build a robot to randomly select a winner)! For the victor, this week’s prize is a seriously cool (and big!) action figure of the Blue Bomber himself. You can check my community blog tomorrow for all the correct answers and the nail biting results.
Charge up that mental arm cannon and ... good luck!
The Great Retro Quiz! .11
Category: Mega Man
Number of questions: 20
Difficulty: Hard
1. Who designed the character of Mega Man?
a. Takashi Nishiyama
b. Shigeru Miyamoto
c. Keiji Inafune
d. Shinji Mikami
What Robot Master is missing from the below classic Mega Man selection screens?
2. Yamato Man
3. Ring Man
4. Hard Man
5. Crystal Man
6. If all the videogames of the world were forced to make the same specific name change that the original Mega Man did when moving from Japan to America, which of the below would be the new title of a currently available Xbox 360 game?
a. BioMega
b. Mega Band
c. Mega Dragon
d. Kameo: Elements of Mega
7. What color hair does Mega Man have?
a. Blonde
b. Red
c. Brown
d. Black
8. Box art memories! Which Robot Master is featured on the cover of Mega Man 4?
a. Skull Man
b. Drill Man
c. Pharaoh Man
d. Toad Man
9. Mega Man reluctantly takes his sister to the annual Robot Master reunion (he knows how Quick Man gets when he’s drunk). Which of the below nametags would his little sibling sport as she walked in the hotel ballroom?
What does it recharge?
10. Weapon
11. Energy
12. In Mega Man 3, which of the following can Mega Man’s robot companion Rush not turn into?
a. Glider
b. Submarine
c. Spring
d. Jet
13. What kind of animal is Beat?
14. Dr. Wily played way too many videogames when he was little. When late for dinner, what full name would his angry mother yell to force him to come downstairs?
a. Augustus W. Wily!
b. Albert W. Wily!
c. Winthrop W. Wily!
d. Alfred W. Wily!
15. Of the below, who is related to Mega Man?
Virtual personal ads! Match the below Robot Master with its most popular likes/dislikes:
16. Likes: The Atlanta Braves/Dislikes: Cowboys
17. Likes: Doublemint gum commercials/Dislikes: Solitaire
18. Likes: The 2006 Oscar winner for Best Picture/Dislikes: Seatbelts
19. Likes: Isaac Newton/Dislikes: Outer space
20. Ridiculously hard question of the week! How many blue windows are shown on the side of the building during the famous opening sequence of Mega Man 2?
a. 32
b. 48
c. 50
d. 56
The Great Retro Quiz! Hall of Champions
.01: The Virtual Console (NES) - No prize
.02: The Virtual Console (SNES) - Aerox
.03: Bomberman - ShawnKelfonne
.04: The Legend of Zelda - nebyoolae
.05: The Virtual Console (N64) - Quisling
.06: Metroid - No prize
.07: Contra - Quisling
.08: Halloween edition - OpTiMaL
.09: Final Fantasy IV - Cacticus
.10: Super Mario Bros. - teknomcr
Contest:
12:22 PM on 11.28.2007
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2. B
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. B
9. C
10.A
11.B
12.B
13.C
14.B
15.C
16.B
17.A
18.C
19.D
20.C
LOL Number 20 is an awesome question.
2c
3b
4a
5d
6b
7d
8b
9c
10b
11a
12a
13c
14b
15c
16b
17d
18a
19c
20b
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. This one is tricky. According to the cartoons, it's brown. In Megaman 2, it's clearly black. In Megaman 4, it looks blue. If I have to pick one, I'll go with D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. A (His dad)
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A (You are so clever Chad!)
20. A
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. This one is tricky. According to the cartoons, it's brown. In Megaman 2, it's clearly black. In Megaman 4, it looks blue. If I have to pick one, I'll go with D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. A (His dad)
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A (You are so clever Chad!)
20. A
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10.b
11.a
12.a
13.c
14.b
15.c
16.b
17.d
18.c
19.a
20.a
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. c
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. c
18. d
19. a
20. I have no clue. Damn. a?
Here we go:
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. d
18. c
19. a
20. d
2.d
3.b
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.d
8.c
9.c
10.b
11.a
12.a
13.c
14.b
15.c
16.b
17.d
18.c
19.a
20.b
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. d
18. c
19. a
20. a - This is a totally blind guess.
Awesome quiz as usual. 16-19 were hilarious!
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.C
6.B
7.C
8.C
9.C
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.B
15.C
16.B
17.D
18.C
19.A
20.A
1) C (thank you megaman anniversary collection!)
2) D
3) B
4) A
5) C
6) B
7) D
8) C
9) C
10) B
11) A
12) B
13) C
14) B - WTF? How are we supposed to know this?
15) C
16) B
17)D
18) C
19) A
20) B - I doubt anyone TRULY knows the right answer off the bat.
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.C
6.B
7.D
8.C
9.C
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.B
15.C
16.B
17.D
18.C
19.A
20.A (I actually know this one, I counted when I was 8. I know, sad...)
2 c
3 b
4 a
5 d
6 b
7 a
8 c
9 c
10 b
11 a
12 a
13 a
14 b
15 c
16 b
17 d
18 c
19 a
20 b
2) D
3) B
4) A
5) C
6) B
7) C
8) C
9) C
10) B
11) A
12) A
13) C
14) B Yay Wesker!
15) C
16) B
17) D
18) C
19) A
20) uh... B?
1.b???
2.d
3.b
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.d
8.b
9.c
10.b
11.a
12.b
13.c
14.b
15.c
16.b
17.d
18.c
19.a
20.a
You should have added a song clip question from MM2. I guess that could be done.
2.d
3.b
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.d
8.c
9.c
10.b
11.a
12.a
13.c
14.b
15.c
16.b
17.d
18.c
19.a
and for the win!
20.a
1. C (I should know, I met him.)
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. A
That is so strange. I was just about to type what you just called me out on. :)
#15 does have two answers. I made a little error in my image selection. Oops. Well, two answers are better than one, I guess! :) :)
Funny you should suggest that ... I actually tried my BEST to include a music question (specifically from Mega Man 2). The music in that game is amazing, but it just didn't work right when I tried to implement it into the quiz. I am determined to figure out a way to do it in the future, though. :)
Here's what you do. Record yourself singing part of a Megaman song, throw the mp3 up, and make people identify the game and stage.
DO DO DO DOOP DOOP BOOP DO DA DO DO.
B C C C B
A A C B C
B D C A A
I'm a little worried about 7.
1. c
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. A
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. B
2) D
3) B
4) A
5) C
6) B
7) D (I agree with Aerox on this one. His hair is clearly blue in 4 but due to choices and the fact that I think you're going with just the games and I believe in the ending of 1 and the beginning of 2 his hair is clearly black, IIRC)
8) C
9) C
10) B
11) A
12) A
13) C
14) B
15) C
16) B
17) D
18) C
19) A
20) A
2-d
3-b
4-a
5-c
6-b
7-d
8-c
9-c
10-b
11-c
12-a
13-c
14-b
15-a
16-b
17-d
18-c
19-a
20-a
I'm glad I still have that copy of "Megaman Anniversary Collection" on my GC. Counting Windows FTW.
2. d
3. c
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. d
18. c
19. a
20. a
2.d
3.b
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.d
8.b
9.c
10.b
11.a
12.a
13.c
14.d
15.c
16.b
17.d
18.c
19.a
20.b
easy, aside from 14 and 20. I probably missed 2-5 though :)
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. d
18. c
19. a
20. a
2.d
3.b
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.d
8.c
9.c
10.b
11.a
12.a
13.c
14.d
15.a
16.b
17.d
18.c
19.a
20.a
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. d
18. c
19. a
20. a
Do you have any screenshots of Mega Man with blue or brown hair from the games(1-8)? If so, I may throw out this question. My memory (and research) only produced multiple black-haired images. I just want everyone to have a fair shot if I was mistaken. :) :)
1=a
2=d
3=c
4=a
5=b
6=b
7=d
8=a
9=c
10=b
11=a
12=a
13=c
14=b
15=c
16=b
17=d
18=c
19=a
20=32!
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.C
6.B
7.D
8.C
9.C
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.B
15.C
16.B
17.D
18.C
19.A
20.A
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. d
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. a
18. d
19. c
20. c
Damn... I don't know that much about Mega Man...
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.C
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. A
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. A
19. C
20. A
Some were guesses but fuck, I'm tired, at work and never ending homework is never ending ='(
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. d
18. c
19. a
20. a
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. D
You sure that Light was his father? I thought that he was his creator and I thought in the show they called him his father but it was in reference to the fact that he was his creator. Hrm...
@Chad
I'm sort of surprised you threw out the hair question since Blue's not a choice anyways. You could still go by the 2nd choice that's left, but I guess...
Yeah, I totally agree with you on the hair question, but unless an answer is 100% I don't feel right about it. I have issues. :)
1. c
2. d
3. c
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. a
15. c
16. b
17. d
18. c
19. a
20. b
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. This was the only question that I had to look up. Upon watching the intro on my copy of the Anniversary Collection for the PS2, I counted 34 blue windows twice. Unless this version added an extra set of windows, that should be the answer. Since there was no option for '34', I will choose the next best thing - A. 32
Another awesome quiz. Keep 'em coming!
1) C
2) D
3) B
4) A
5) C
6) B
7) D
8) C
9) C
10) B
11) A
12) A
13) C
14) B
15) Both C and A
16) B
17) D
18) C
19) A
20) A
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. c
9. c
10. b
11. a
12. a
13. c
14. b
15. c
16. b
17. d
18. c
19. a
20. a
1.C
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.D
6.B
7.C
8.C, He is awesome
9.C, but I thought she was Megaman's girlfriend in Legends but I am not sure.
10.B
11.A
12.B
13.C
14.B
15.C
16.B
17.D
18.C
19.A
20. This was so hard I had to play Megaman 2 again, and its....A unless I stink at counting.
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.C
6.B
7.D
8.C
9.C
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.C
14.B
15.C
16.B
17.D
18.C
19.A
20.A
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. A