1980s Video Games quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Who is the petite underdog boxer controlled by the player in Punch-Out!!?

   Answer: Little Mac

   Why: The NES manual calls him a 17 year old from the Bronx. When Nintendo's Mike Tyson licence lapsed, the 1990 rerelease swapped in Mr. Dream.

2. 2 Medium

   Which 1980s game was the first NES game to save progress with an internal battery?

   Answer: The Legend of Zelda

   Why: Its gold cartridge reached America in August 1987, though Morita Kazuo no Shogi had already put a save battery in a Japanese cart.

3. 3 Hard

   What is the name of the round, goggle-wearing enemy in Dig Dug?

   Answer: Pooka

   Why: The name comes from pukapuka, a Japanese onomatopoeia for puffing, and a falling rock crushes one just as surely as the pump does.

4. 4 Easy

   How does Mega Man expand his attack arsenal throughout his classic 1987 adventure?

   Answer: Copying defeated bosses' weapons

   Why: Figuring out the cyclic weakness chain makes each consecutive boss drastically easier to overcome.

5. 5 Medium

   Which weapon in Contra allows you to fire bullets in five directions?

   Answer: Spread Gun

   Why: The 1988 home port made the Konami Code famous: entered at the title screen, it hands the player 30 lives.

6. 6 Hard

   Where were thousands of unsold copies of E.T. for Atari buried?

   Answer: New Mexico desert

   Why: Atari buried about 728,000 cartridges near Alamogordo in 1983, and a 2014 dig recovered roughly 1,300 of them.