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'80s Video Games Quiz

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Published: March 24th, 2009
Category: Gaming
Plays: 131,558

Tags: Video Quizzes, released, 1980, Video Games

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	Liberal:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 04:52 GMT	45 points
	Sorry, but my head just exploded from the awesomness!

	MovieDynamic:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 04:58 GMT	22 points
	OMG. How did you do that picture enlarging thing-y? Some new age technology!?!? My jaw is on the floor.

	Etheridge2:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 05:04 GMT	9 points
	wow awesome and i am ashamed at how many i forgot

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	slew:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 05:06 GMT	4 points
	Surprised Altered Beast has such a low percentage considering it came with Genesis.

	frey553:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 05:12 GMT	3 points
	Gah! Pitfall and Joust!! I recognized the picture but I couldn't remember the name for the life of me. So many good times. :-D

	Beldasnoop:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 05:13 GMT	10 points
	Thank you, Sporcle, for that nice little opportunity to re-visit my teenage years. Fun game!

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	AKDforlife:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 05:40 GMT	10 points
	Great quiz. Most of these games raised me better then my parents did. Thanks for bringing back memories.

	hornplayer:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	7 points
	wow - I wish I would've figured out the picture-enlarge before taking the quiz. I could hardly see the photos otherwise. What an awesome quiz!

	DCRedskinsRule:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 05:55 GMT	8 points
	@kania ... This is probably an unfounded attack, but if you're going to put forth the extra effort of italicizing a word for emphasis, it's DEFINITELY a good idea to spell the word correctly. =/

	IHateRegistering:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 06:17 GMT	1 point
	Gaaa! that picture of gauntlet threw me! But I think I did pretty good considering I did not exist in the 80's. Do a nineties one now please!!!!

	JAJDH:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 06:17 GMT	6 points
	Good God! That was a WHOLE BAG of amazing!

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	buiksloot:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 06:21 GMT	21 points
	Please please retrofit all of the quizzes (where appropriate) with these awesome hover-windows! :D

	JAJDH:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 06:23 GMT	5 points
	...I feel dumb on a couple of them though. I couldn't remember the name "Rampage" to save my life! I LOVED that game! I also kept thinking Out Run was Rad Racer...which was always pretty fun until you crashed, then stamped your feet on the floor because it takes so damn long to put you back on track. . .

	Ephraim:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 06:25 GMT	-1 points
	Great quiz. I can't believe Pengo is so unknown.

	Jaksiel:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 06:42 GMT	2 points
	Altered Beast is basically the greatest game ever. Wise fwom yo gwave!

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	ZeroSignal:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 07:03 GMT	2 points
	Best quiz I've taken in a long time, more like this please!

	beatrix kiddo:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 07:59 GMT	4 points
	clever little enlargements. and interesting that 3 have spawned future franchises and are still going. (L.O.Z.; SF and S.M.B.). and by putting in my comment here i'm showing my age!

	Zalx:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 08:33 GMT	1 point
	Its about time that there was a new Gauntlet game. The only game I can remember where you had to play Tag!

	Bethannie:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 08:42 GMT	4 points
	Oh my God! This is awesome! I remember playing crappy versions of these on my Spectrum ZX 48K! They took 15 minutes to load and then crashed intermittently! Gauntlet was amazing for it's time.If ever a game was screaming for a sequel, it's this..you could probably manage a game based solely on my favourite - Dizzy the Egg, and all his family!

	Gnurpen:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 08:58 GMT	4 points
	Great quiz. More video game quizzes please! :D

	dummo:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 08:58 GMT	1 point
	I found that quiz difficult because so many of those games had endless copies that I only remembered the names of the copies I played and not the originals.

	TeganX7:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 09:30 GMT	1 point
	Any sporcle quiz using enlarged screenshots of Altered Beast, Rampage, Spy Hunter, and Qix is A-OK in my book!

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	ChanandlerBong:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 10:33 GMT	21 points
	Can "Breakout" be accepted for Arkanoid?

	Lucy:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 11:01 GMT	2 points
	Can't believe I forgot Paperboy! I used to love that game! It's funny how many hours these simple, crappy games kept us entertained for! You can't beat a classic.

	jmac00420:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 12:42 GMT	2 points
	Thank You Sporcle!!!! U just made my morning!!

	Booger:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 12:52 GMT	2 points
	Amazing quiz and amazing execution! I used to be a whiz on Arkanoid, but couldn't remember the name of the game! The quiz also brought back sweet memories of Donkey Kong.

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	KnickKnack:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 13:22 GMT	5 points
	I can't believe Tetris and Super Mario Bros are only at 75%. Common, EVERYONE should know those two.

	s1rweeze:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 13:32 GMT	4 points
	Great quiz! A+ I actually recognized the Don Bluth animated game but I couldn't remember the name to save my life.

	Bradley:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 13:40 GMT	2 points
	awesome quiz, will definitely share around. Thanks for the hovery-expandy thing, helped with a couple of them. I do have to say I never saw and don't recall Pengo, but the rest I at least recognize. Would love a second one.

	Kicking222:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 13:50 GMT	-2 points
	Man, that was great. That was... that was f***ing great. There were a few that I had no business not getting, but simply brain-farted on the titles- "Defender", "Out Run", "Missile Command". Still, my 21 certainly wasn't bad. This is definitely one of my new favorites.

	Fitz:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 14:08 GMT	4 points
	Dragon's Lair was the worst quarter hog I ever saw. Never understood people who poured quarters down that pit. Double Dragon man all the way...great quiz.

	Josh:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 14:42 GMT	-3 points
	I played a lot of video games in the 1980s and I've never heard of Qiz or Pengo.

	shannon:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 14:53 GMT	10 points
	I thought the Araknoid one was Breakout :(

	Tom:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 15:05 GMT	1 point
	I cannot belive that I pumped an untold number of quarters into these machines and could only remember a handful of their names. Great quiz.