Video Games Knowledge Quiz - Season 9 - Pirez

[PluMGMK]

Depends how sensitive the sensor is. There's always some ambient photons around unless you've got a nice light-tight dark box!

[Master]

All very intriguing solutions. However, the key lays not in hardware. But in software.

I'll allow retries, I get the feeling this might be one you might not get unless you already know.

[Reese Riverson]

Well, the only other thing I can think of is something to do with the ROM/BIOS loading into the system, and doing checks or a form of a switch via software for some enhanced mode?

[Pirez]

It checks the time between booting the console and booting the software maybe?

[Master]

Alright, I think we'll call time on this question. You were both thinking right in that it's a check performed between power on and the game loading, but the detail is that it's due to a difference in how the GBC and GBA (in GBC mode) initialises a hardware register. The GBC initialises this register with a value of 0, whereas the GBA initialises the register with a non-zero value.

As you can imagine all the game needs to do is check that register, and turn on its GBA mode if it's a non-zero value.

ModernVintageGamer did a video on the GBA's GBC compatibility where he discussed this case. It's an interesting watch if you'd like to learn more:


Scoreboard
Reese - 5 points
Pirez - 3 points
RayGamer99 - 2 points
ithasmore - 2 points
Rsandee - 1 point
PluMGMK - 1 point
Gottagocool11 - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Fifo - 1 point

Bonus Points
Fifo - 1 point
Rsandee - 1 point

QUESTION 18 (Sons of Liberty) - What is the name of the battle system in the Fallout series?

[PluMGMK]

So it's like the reserved flags in the FLAGS register that are always 1 on an 8086 and always 0 on the 286 (or is it vice versa? )

[Master]

Haha I had a feeling you'd find it interesting, I'm not quite sure as to the why as the GBA has the GBC's CPU for backwards compatibility, so I'd have thought the initialisation process would be the same. Some further reading for me to do at some point to find out why, I think I'll have to do.

Not heard about that quirk on the 86s, I'm gonna have to read that up too

[PluMGMK]

It's not really a quirk, it's the standard way of checking which one you're running on!

[Master]

Hmm, ok this one isn't doing too well either. Is it the lull in activity or are people not feeling this one as well?

[The Jonster]

You know I have to admit, I had my moments with them but I kind of miss having Greengoop around. At least he would have made an answer (even if it is silly at times)

[Pirez]

As it turns out, I've never played Fallout. I visualize the stuff, but I don't know its name.

But if you want me to go full Greeny, I can take a shot : the shot-clock?

[Master]

That's true, though it wouldn't have done much for moving the quiz forwards. That being said, I appreciate the attempt all the same. I think we'll move on and try another one. The answer I was looking for was VATS.

Scoreboard
Reese - 5 points
Pirez - 3 points
RayGamer99 - 2 points
ithasmore - 2 points
Rsandee - 1 point
PluMGMK - 1 point
Gottagocool11 - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Fifo - 1 point

Bonus Points
Fifo - 1 point
Rsandee - 1 point

(SUPER) QUESTION 18 - Why are rooms in the Metroid Prime series split by doors?

[Giant Chicken]

They loaded each room seperately?

[Pirez]

Tradition, I guess...

[Reese Riverson]

Isn't that their way to avoid the need for loading screens? Or treat them as such, to make the transition from room to room be more believable?

[Master]

They loaded each room seperately?

Eh, close enough. The doors hide loading, if you've ever played a Metroid game and the door takes longer than expected to open a door, it's because the game's still loading the next room. If you ever see a speedrun of a Metroid Prime game where they go out-of-bounds, you can sorta see this phenomenon in action. For instance:


This is still the case even with Prime 4, but much more noticeable if you're playing the Switch 1 version of the game as it has slower loading times.

Point to Ithasmore!

Scoreboard
Reese - 5 points
Pirez - 3 points
ithasmore - 3 points
RayGamer99 - 2 points
Rsandee - 1 point
PluMGMK - 1 point
Gottagocool11 - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Fifo - 1 point

Bonus Points
Fifo - 1 point
Rsandee - 1 point

QUESTION 19 - Finish this exchange:
"Master Chief? You mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?"

[Pirez]

"Sir, finishing this fight!"

[Master]

Scoreboard
Reese - 5 points
Pirez - 4 points
ithasmore - 3 points
RayGamer99 - 2 points
Rsandee - 1 point
PluMGMK - 1 point
Gottagocool11 - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Fifo - 1 point

Bonus Points
Fifo - 1 point
Rsandee - 1 point

QUESTION 20 - Which Dragon Ball game had to have its soundtrack redone from scratch when it was rereleased due to issues with plagiarism? I'll give a bonus point if you can elaborate on the specifics.

EDIT: I reread this, turns out there's a few. I'll accept any singular game.

[Pirez]

Budokai 2.

No specifics because I don't remember them.

[Giant Chicken]

Dragon Ball Legends? It's the only one I know lol.