Guest Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Fair enough. Super easy one. What was Pac-Man's original name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 That'd be Puckman. It was changed because they were afraid vandals would have far too good a time messing with the "P". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Correct. You're up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 That'd be Puckman. It was changed because they were afraid vandals would have far too good a time messing with the "P". I hadn't heard that about the vandals. I saw in a documentary that it was a bad translation that changed his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Bad translation was the reason for Donkey Kong. The stories get confused quite often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Correct. You're up. Another pretty easy one. One man has the honor of having created both the best selling game and the worst selling game (the one that arguably crippled the company and destroyed the first generation of consoles) for the original Atari 2600. Name him and the two games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Howard Scott Warshaw, who made Yar's Revenge and the infamous E.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I had E.T. as a kid. I didn't understand how broken it was. I thought it was just insanely hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 It's actually a really impressive piece of work when you consider the limitations he had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 It's actually a reatlly impressive piece of work when you consider the limitations he had. No shit. "We need a game by this afternoon." To you, Sir Dubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Name 2 games for the Philips CD-i that do NOT involve Mario or Zelda. Hint: Think FMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Man, you wrote this question for me. I'll run through the ones I own. -Kether -ABC Sports Presents the Palm Springs Open (I think? The shitty shitty golf game with the obnoxious Australian announcer. "Boy, he really shanked that one! HAW HAW HAW!" Screw you!) -Video Speedway -A baseball game that I can't remember for the life of me. It had Dennis Eckersly and Dave Stewart and was strictly pitching and hitting. -Dragon's Lair? I don't own this one, but I'm 90% sure it was released. Space Ace, too. I double-checked the wiki to make sure, I WIN YAY! My question... Where does the name "Atari" originate? Probably stupendously easy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Man, you wrote this question for me. I'll run through the ones I own. -Kether -ABC Sports Presents the Palm Springs Open (I think? The shitty shitty golf game with the obnoxious Australian announcer. "Boy, he really shanked that one! HAW HAW HAW!" Screw you!) -Video Speedway -A baseball game that I can't remember for the life of me. It had Dennis Eckersly and Dave Stewart and was strictly pitching and hitting. -Dragon's Lair? I don't own this one, but I'm 90% sure it was released. Space Ace, too. I double-checked the wiki to make sure, I WIN YAY! My question... Where does the name "Atari" originate? Probably stupendously easy... It's a rough approximation of the term "check" in the Japanese game Go. Bushnell would go on to create a company called Sente, using another name for a move in Go. Okay... You are standing in an open field west of a white house with a boarded front door. Where are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Man, you wrote this question for me. I'll run through the ones I own. -Kether -ABC Sports Presents the Palm Springs Open (I think? The shitty shitty golf game with the obnoxious Australian announcer. "Boy, he really shanked that one! HAW HAW HAW!" Screw you!) -Video Speedway -A baseball game that I can't remember for the life of me. It had Dennis Eckersly and Dave Stewart and was strictly pitching and hitting. -Dragon's Lair? I don't own this one, but I'm 90% sure it was released. Space Ace, too. I double-checked the wiki to make sure, I WIN YAY! My question... Where does the name "Atari" originate? Probably stupendously easy... It's a rough approximation of the term "check" in the Japanese game Go. Bushnell would go on to create a company called Sente, using another name for a move in Go. Okay... You are standing in an open field west of a white house with a boarded front door. Where are you? Wherever you are, you're playing Zork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 I've completely lost track of what's going on here now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 I think James is up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Name one weakness that a Steel-type Pokemon has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Oh fucking hell, a Pokequestion. Umm. Lightening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 My guess is water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 No to both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Jesus it's been a long time since I played a Pokemon game. I'm going to say fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Well, as of this year, I'd say the San Antonio Spurs. (Think about it.) :angel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Jesus it's been a long time since I played a Pokemon game. I'm going to say fire. Yep. Fighting would be the other option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Name 3 of the 4 heroes from Earthbound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Ness, Jeff, and the infamous Poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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