Screen trivia
Name an arcade video game from the 1970s or 1980s
“Name an arcade video game from the 1970s or 1980s” is one of 48 screen prompts in Icillion. Of its 116 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Pac-Man
- Space Invaders
- Donkey Kong
- Pong
- Galaga
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Asteroids
- Frogger
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Galaxian
- Defender
- Centipede
- Missile Command
- Dig Dug
- Street Fighter
- Q*bert
- Breakout
- Joust
- Tempest
- Pole Position
- Double Dragon
Answers by level
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsPac-Man · Space Invaders · Donkey Kong
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsAsteroids · Frogger · Ms. Pac-Man …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss60 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, K, M, O, P, R, S, T, X and Z. The Abyss has 60 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 116 answers in total, 56 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Qix”. Longest: “Ghosts 'n Goblins”.
- S, G and P are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 18 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ghosts and Goblins” counts as Ghosts 'n Goblins.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 16 of the answers begin with it.
- Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Donkey Kong are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Background characters score much higher than heroes.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name an arcade video game from the 1970s or 1980s”?
- The usual first answers are Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Pong and Galaga. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an arcade video game from the 1970s or 1980s”?
- 116 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 60 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an arcade video game from the 1970s or 1980s” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Qix” and the longest is “Ghosts 'n Goblins”.
- How hard is “Name an arcade video game from the 1970s or 1980s”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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