Video Games Knowledge Quiz - Season 9 - Pirez

[dr_st]

Was it Gordon?

[Master]

He might be a highly trained professional, but he wasn't the namesake I seek

[Master]

Ok still no luck with this one, so I'll give a clue. If there's no answer come this tomorrow we'll move on. The clue is that the name of the device is in relation to a mechanical component, much in the same way Valve's own name is.

[Master]

Alright I will call time then. The answer was the Valve Piston

Scoreboard
Pirez - 1 point
RayGamer99 - 1 point

QUESTION 3 (The Second) - When and at what event was Metroid Prime 4 originally announced?

[Pirez]

December 25th, 0000. I was there.

In all seriousness, if I'm remembering correctly it was at E3 2019.

[Master]

Nope, 2019 was actually the year Retro Studios took over development of Prime 4 (meaning the game that finally came out last month officially started development over 6 years ago)

Little further back I'm afraid.

[Pirez]

Curses.

[Rsandee]

Ehhhh E3 2017?

[Master]

E3 2017 is correct! Technically it was a Nintendo Direct as Nintendo stopped doing E3 presentations at this point, but it's the same period of time and it was for the season of E3 so I'll allow it.

I remember getting excited for Prime 4, only to leave once the stream was done and getting messaged afterwards that they'd also announced another Metroid game...Samus Returns. So that was an exciting day...about 8 years ago now.

Point to Rsandee!

Scoreboard
Pirez - 1 point
RayGamer99 - 1 point
Rsandee - 1 point

QUESTION 4 - What is the name of the technique used to bypass the infinite stairs to the final Bowser level in Super Mario 64?

[Pirez]

Damn... Once again I can describe it but I don't know it's actual name.

Reverse Z-jump-chain?

[Giant Chicken]

Backwards Long Jumps! My Nathaniel Bandy phase from 8 years ago finally coming in handy.

[Rsandee]

Ithasmore should be correct here, I would have said the same.
I actually was about to say it was at Nintendo Direct! The only reason I didn't mention it is because I didn't really view it as an event, since it was held online ^^

[Master]

Okay I wasn't expecting that one to be answered so quickly xD.

Yup it's Backwards Long Jumps, commonly abbreviated to BLJs. Point to ithasmore!

Scoreboard
Pirez - 1 point
RayGamer99 - 1 point
Rsandee - 1 point
ithasmore - 1 point

QUESTION 5 - What is the name of the audio format used for the music files in the PS1 version of Rayman 1?

[RayGamer99]

I think those use the waveform (WAV) format?

[PluMGMK]

Redbook

[Rsandee]

I might be misremembering but I think they were literally just .mp3 files.

[Giant Chicken]

MP4 files!

[Rsandee]

MP4 files!

dangit I wasn't sure whether it was mp3 or mp4

[Fifo]

Red Book CD audio, 44.1 kHz at 16 bits digital.

[Master]

I suppose I should've expected a quick response given it's a Rayman question xD.

Plums answer is sufficient, it was Redbook Audio. I'm not so sure about the niceties so I can't verify whether the extra information by Fifo is correct, but if it can be corroborated, I shall award him a bonus point because it's interesting. (Yes we're going off QI logic now)

Scoreboard
Pirez - 1 point
RayGamer99 - 1 point
Rsandee - 1 point
ithasmore - 1 point
PluMGMK - 1 point

QUESTION 6 - What was the name of the Flash webgame that linked with the 5th Generation of Pokémon games? (Black/White, Black 2/White 2)