Video Games Knowledge Quiz - Season 9 - Pirez

[DaveRattlehead]

It was the Playroom for the PS4 right? It's installed in the console by default.

[RayGamer99]

I think Astro Bot showed up in a game before this, but the first game he had to himself was Astro Bot: Rescue Mission on the PSVR.

[Master]

All very relevant guesses, but the answer has yet to be given.

[Greengoop]

The Playroom VR?

[Master]

Playroom VR is the one I've been looking for! While it's true that the original Playroom game introduced the general robot characters, Astro Bot himself didn't show up until the Robot Rescue minigame in Playroom VR. That one minigame span off into Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, which kicked off the series with Astro at the helm.


Scoreboard
Pirez - 1 point
dr_st - 1 point
Raygamer99 - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Greengoop - 1 point

QUESTION 6 - The PS2 platformer trio are well renowned, with Jak, Ratchet and Sly being common names for those who grew up with the PS2. Moreso, two of their creators, Insomniac and Naughty Dog, both already had established platformer franchises on the PS1, Crash and Spyro. Sucker Punch, the folks who did Sly Cooper, also had their own platformer game before Sly. Not as well known though. What was it called?

[Greengoop]

Mort The Chicken?

[Pirez]

Sparkster?

[Master]

Ok it seems this one has stumped folks, so I will provide a clue and allow for retries.

This game was published by UbiSoft, if you're familiar with old Rayman 2 advertising, you may have an idea.

(I think I'm giving it away but...I would at least like someone to have a try at an answer rather than just scrap this)

[EdgyRabbid]

Is it Tonic Trouble???

[Master]

Ok not that obvious then
Nah Tonic Trouble was developed by Montreal, this is Sucker Punch I'm asking about.

[Greengoop]

Rascal?

[Master]

Ok this has been open for a while, so I'll give one more clue, but if I don't get a correct answer by tomorrow evening I will withdraw the question and we'll continue. I will allow folks to have another go.

So the clue and summary of the question as it stands:
This game was published by UbiSoft exclusively for the Nintendo 64, if you're familiar with old Rayman 2 advertising, you may have an idea. This game was developed by Sucker Punch, who would gain renown for the Sly Cooper games on the PS2 (and also Infamous, Ghost of Tsushima on later generations but that was kinda going excess trivia xD)

[CosmicStrider]

Ooh! I know this one! It's Rocket: Robot on wheels!

[Master]

Point to CosmicStrider! If anyone's curious about the cross-promotion with Rayman:


Scoreboard
Pirez - 1 point
dr_st - 1 point
Raygamer99 - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Greengoop - 1 point
CosmicStrider - 1 point

QUESTION 7 - Think I'll give an easier one this time (I hope!), what video game was the cartoon I posted on the first video (guy saying YES) adapted from?

[RayGamer99]

Street Fighter II, probably.

[Master]

I'll take that answer! Raygamer99 goes up the leaderboard!

Scoreboard
Raygamer99 - 2 points
Pirez - 1 point
dr_st - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Greengoop - 1 point
CosmicStrider - 1 point

QUESTION 8 - Name 5 game franchises that Yoko Shimomura composed music for

[Pirez]

Kingdom Hearts
Parasite Eve
Final Fantasy
The Mario & Luigi series
Aaaaand... I'm tempted to say Brawl, since there's KH and FF music in it but I don't know if that counts.

[Master]

She did other arrangements for Brawl, including one of my favourite remixes of King Dedede's theme! She had worked on other Smash games too, another arrangement of her's I like is Kass' Theme in Smash Ultimate.

Pirez gets a point!

Scoreboard
Raygamer99 - 2 points
Pirez - 2 points
dr_st - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Greengoop - 1 point
CosmicStrider - 1 point

QUESTION 9 - What difference is there in the startup screen for the Sega Dreamcast between European and American versions of the console?

[Pirez]

The color of the swirl! It was at risk of getting copyright infrigment notices from a company in Germany.

[Master]

Another point to Pirez! Who must now hold off on answering this one.

Scoreboard
Pirez - 3 points
Raygamer99 - 2 points
dr_st - 1 point
DaveRattlehead - 1 point
Greengoop - 1 point
CosmicStrider - 1 point

QUESTION 10 - Toby Fox is known for referencing popular internet culture of past in his games. Name 3 cases in Deltarune where he's done so, and what he's referenced.