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  • 1. Which game sold at a rate of 120 units per minute at one point?
A) Super Smash Bros. Brawl
B) Tekken 6
C) Street Fighter IV
D) Mortal Kombat
  • 2. When was Super Smash Bros. Brawl released?
A) Early March 2008
B) July 2008
C) January 2010
D) Early 2009
  • 3. Which game served as the first mainline Street Fighter title since 1999?
A) Street Fighter V
B) Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
C) Street Fighter IV
D) Street Fighter 6
  • 4. How many copies did Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV sell combined over a few years?
A) More than 6 million
B) More than 3 million
C) More than 10 million
D) More than 8 million
  • 5. How many copies of Tekken 6 had been sold worldwide by August 2010?
A) More than 2 million
B) More than 6 million
C) More than 3 million
D) More than 5 million
  • 6. Which version of Virtua Fighter received more attention due to renewed genre interest?
A) Virtua Fighter 4
B) Virtua Fighter 6
C) Virtua Fighter 5
D) Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
  • 7. What platform helped Skullgirls achieve success in 2012?
A) Console exclusivity
B) Crowdfunding
C) Mobile release
D) Arcade release
  • 8. How many players did Brawlhalla have by 2022?
A) 80 million
B) 20 million
C) 40 million
D) 100 million
  • 9. What is the best-selling fighting game of all time?
A) Tekken 8
B) Super Smash Bros. Brawl
C) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
D) Street Fighter IV
  • 10. How many characters were introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
A) Around 75
B) Over 100
C) Nearly 90
D) Exactly 50
  • 11. How many copies of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate were sold worldwide?
A) 20 million
B) 38.14 million
C) 45 million
D) 30 million
  • 12. How many copies of Street Fighter 6 were sold by January 2024?
A) Over 2 million
B) Over 1 million
C) Over 5 million
D) Over 3 million
  • 13. How many copies did Mortal Kombat 1 sell in its first two months?
A) Over 1 million
B) Over 5 million
C) Over 3 million
D) Over 2 million
  • 14. When was Tekken 8 released?
A) January 2024
B) December 2023
C) January 2023
D) March 2024
  • 15. What region dominated the fighting game tournament scene in the 1990s and 2000s?
A) Europe
B) Japan
C) South Korea
D) United States
  • 16. Which game's success in 2019 was reported by Ubisoft?
A) Mortal Kombat 1
B) Skullgirls
C) Brawlhalla
D) Street Fighter 6
  • 17. What kind of martial arts moves are typically used in fighting games?
A) Minimalist
B) Strictly realistic
C) Highly exaggerated
D) Non-existent
  • 18. What is the primary perspective used in most fighting games?
A) Top-down
B) Side view
C) First-person
D) Isometric
  • 19. Even in 3D fighting games, movement largely takes place in what type of plane?
A) Spherical plane
B) 2D plane
C) Infinite plane
D) Vertical plane
  • 20. Which game is mentioned as allowing players to move between parallel planes?
A) Garou: Mark of the Wolves
B) Art of Fighting
C) Street Fighter II
D) Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
  • 21. Why do recent games often use 3D rendering?
A) To eliminate the need for combos
B) To add a greater number of animations
C) To remove the 2D plane entirely
D) To support weaponry exclusively
  • 22. What are fully three-dimensional fighting games without a 2D plane called?
A) 3D arena fighting games
B) Virtual combat simulators
C) Plane-less fighters
D) Classic brawlers
  • 23. What is considered a basic defense against basic attacks?
A) Taunting
B) Parrying
C) Blocking
D) Counter-attacking
  • 24. What is the stun state called in SNK's Garou: Mark of the Wolves?
A) Blocked
B) Just defended
C) Staggered
D) Parried
  • 25. What is another name for 'special attacks'?
A) Secret moves
B) Combo chains
C) Basic punches
D) Counter-blocks
  • 26. What do special attacks require to be performed?
A) Combinations of directional inputs and button presses
B) Only directional inputs
C) No input at all
D) A single button press only
  • 27. Which company originated the 'taunt' in 1992?
A) Capcom
B) Sega
C) SNK
D) Nintendo
  • 28. In which game did taunts originate?
A) Street Fighter Alpha
B) Street Fighter II
C) Art of Fighting
D) Fatal Fury
  • 29. What is a characteristic of combos that makes them fundamental to the genre?
A) They are only available in 3D games
B) They remove the need for blocking
C) They chain several attacks
D) They are always easy to perform
  • 30. What is the function of a 'combo meter'?
A) To count the number of rounds won
B) To indicate the player's health
C) To measure the strength of the fighter
D) To display progress through a combo
  • 31. What factors often influence the effectiveness of special moves?
A) Character color and stage size
B) The player's score and time remaining
C) Difficulty of execution and degree of risk
D) The number of buttons on the controller
  • 32. What is the primary objective in most fighting games?
A) Exploring open worlds
B) Combat between characters
C) Solving complex puzzles
D) Racing against time
  • 33. What is a common mechanic used to chain attacks together in fighting games?
A) Quick time events
B) Combos
C) Environmental destruction
D) Inventory management
  • 34. Which game is considered the first to feature fist fighting?
A) Karate Champ
B) Heavyweight Champ
C) Street Fighter
D) Yie Ar Kung-Fu
  • 35. Which game introduced health meters and various fighting styles?
A) Karate Champ
B) Yie Ar Kung-Fu
C) Heavyweight Champ
D) Street Fighter II
  • 36. What distinguishes beat 'em ups from traditional fighting games?
A) Use of special moves
B) One-on-one battles
C) Fixed-size arenas
D) Many computer-controlled enemies
  • 37. Which of these is mentioned as a 3D arena fighting game?
A) Power Stone
B) Street Fighter
C) Mortal Kombat
D) Tekken
  • 38. What term was often used interchangeably with fighting games in the 1980s and 1990s?
A) Action RPG
B) First-person shooter
C) Platformer
D) Beat 'em up
  • 39. Which game series is used as an example of mecha robot fighters?
A) Street Fighter
B) Mortal Kombat
C) Gundam: Battle Assault
D) Tekken
  • 40. What navigation movement is used to move vertically in 2D plane fighting games?
A) Dashing
B) Jumping
C) Walking
D) Crouching
  • 41. Which of the following is considered a '3D arena' fighting game?
A) Soul Edge
B) Tekken
C) Jump Force
D) Dead or Alive
  • 42. What is the term for predicting an opponent's move and counter-attacking?
A) Countering
B) Zoning
C) Footsies
D) Rushdown
  • 43. How can players circumvent blocks in most fighting games?
A) Turtling
B) Using projectiles
C) Throwing or grappling
D) Spacing
  • 44. Which game is mentioned as having a unique button for throws and takedowns?
A) Dead or Alive
B) Mortal Kombat
C) Street Fighter
D) Tekken
  • 45. What is the primary objective of zoning?
A) Initiate high-risk grapples
B) Maximize damage with heavy attacks
C) Force the opponent into a corner
D) Keep the opposing player away
  • 46. What is the opposite of the turtling play style?
A) Zoning
B) Footsies
C) Spacing
D) Rushdown
  • 47. What is the general goal of a rushdown play style?
A) Maximize health recovery
B) Defend against projectiles
C) Stall the game clock
D) Overwhelm the opponent
  • 48. What concept is 'footsies' akin to in martial arts?
A) Blocking
B) Projectile usage
C) Footwork
D) Grappling
  • 49. Which famous projectile is used as an example in the text?
A) Shoryuken
B) Fireball
C) Hadouken
D) Sonic Boom
  • 50. In the Super Smash Bros. series, what are lives called?
A) Stocks
B) Tokens
C) Health points
D) Hearts
  • 51. What is it called when a fighter in Virtua Fighter is forced out of the arena?
A) Sudden death
B) Ring-out
C) Fatality
D) Knockout
  • 52. What happens in a Super Smash Bros. sudden death match?
A) A single hit at 300% damage
B) A ring-out penalty
C) A full health reset
D) A time-based health comparison
  • 53. Which game series introduced 'Fatalities' in 1992?
A) Street Fighter
B) Virtua Fighter
C) Mortal Kombat
D) Tekken
  • 54. What phrase does the announcer say before a Fatality can be performed?
A) Knockout!
B) Winner Decided!
C) Finish Him!
D) Round Over!
  • 55. Which game introduced the concept of story modes with full motion video in 1994?
A) Street Fighter II
B) Super Smash Bros.
C) Tekken
D) Mortal Kombat
  • 56. What is the maximum number of players allowed in a Super Smash Bros. match starting from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U?
A) Eight
B) Two
C) Four
D) Six
  • 57. Which technology is mentioned for mitigating lag in online fighting games?
A) Direct IP connection
B) Input prediction
C) Rollback netcode
D) Frame rate smoothing
  • 58. What is the name of the open-source library often used to implement rollback netcode?
A) Unreal Engine
B) Unity
C) SDL
D) GGPO
  • 59. Which game released in 1979 is sometimes credited as one of the first fighting games but features sword fighting?
A) Samurai
B) Heavyweight Champ
C) Warrior
D) Punch-Out
  • 60. What was the main character of Yie Ar Kung-Fu modelled after?
A) Takashi Nishiyama
B) Jackie Chan
C) Sonny Chiba
D) Bruce Lee
  • 61. Who designed the game Kung-Fu Master?
A) Takashi Nishiyama
B) Bruce Lee
C) Jordan Mechner
D) Yu Suzuki
  • 62. What was the first fighting game to use digitized sprites and motion capture animation?
A) Street Fighter
B) Reikai Dōshi: Chinese Exorcist
C) Uchi Mata
D) International Karate
  • 63. What control scheme did Capcom implement after replacing pressure-sensitive controls in Street Fighter?
A) Four-directional d-pad only
B) Single-button interface
C) Six-button control scheme
D) Dual-joystick control
  • 64. Which game released in 1984 for home computers successfully added plot to its fighting action?
A) Karate Champ
B) Yie Ar Kung-Fu
C) Kung-Fu Master
D) Karateka
  • 65. Which sports-related game featured a behind-the-character perspective and stamina meters?
A) Punch-Out
B) Champion Boxing
C) Boxing
D) Heavyweight Champ
  • 66. Which game is known for having novel controller motions for grappling maneuvers that were deemed too difficult?
A) Karate Champ
B) Budokan: The Martial Spirit
C) International Karate
D) Uchi Mata
  • 67. Who led the team that developed the joystick and button scanning routine for Street Fighter II?
A) Takashi Nishiyama
B) Sega
C) Yoshiki Okamoto
D) Midway Games
  • 68. What technological advantage did the graphics of Street Fighter II utilize?
A) Digital actors
B) Pre-rendered 3D graphics
C) Capcom's CPS arcade chipset
D) Holographic 3D technology
  • 69. What feature did Fatal Fury introduce that allowed characters to move into the foreground or background?
A) Digital characters
B) A two-plane system
C) Combo-breakers
D) Holographic 3D
  • 70. What was Sega's early attempt at a 3D fighting game that was never released outside Japan?
A) Dark Edge
B) Killer Instinct
C) Holosseum
D) Eternal Champions
  • 71. What was the name of the 1992 Sega game that attempted to use holographic 3D technology?
A) Art of Fighting
B) Dark Edge
C) Eternal Champions
D) Holosseum
  • 72. What version of Street Fighter II allowed players to use boss characters?
A) Street Fighter
B) Champion Edition
C) Street Fighter Alpha
D) Super Street Fighter II
  • 73. What feature of Mortal Kombat allowed players to kill their opponent at the end of a match?
A) Boss selection
B) Fatality
C) Ultra
D) Combo-breaker
  • 74. Which game featured pre-rendered 3D graphics and 'Ultra' finishing moves?
A) Street Fighter II
B) Mortal Kombat
C) Killer Instinct
D) Eternal Champions
  • 75. In 1994, which company did Capcom USA take legal action against for alleged plagiarism?
A) Data East
B) Midway Games
C) SNK
D) Nintendo
  • 76. What was the title of the 1993 Data East game that faced a plagiarism lawsuit from Capcom?
A) Dark Edge
B) Fatal Fury
C) Karate Champ
D) Fighter's History
  • 77. Why was the legal case against Data East decided in their favor?
A) Data East paid a settlement
B) The games looked nothing alike
C) Street Fighter II was not copyrighted
D) Copied elements were scènes à faire
  • 78. Which company debuted in the fighting genre with the 1993 arcade game Burning Rival?
A) SNK
B) Sega AM2
C) Namco
D) Capcom
  • 79. What revolutionary frame rate did the 1994 arcade game Tekken introduce?
A) 120 frames per second
B) 30 frames per second
C) 60 frames per second
D) 45 frames per second
  • 80. In Tekken 2, which character is exclusively able to perform 'mist steps'?
A) Kazuya Mishima
B) King
C) Paul Phoenix
D) Heihachi Mishima
  • 81. What is the name of the interactive environmental hazard found in Dead or Alive stages?
A) Kill box
B) Hazard zone
C) Danger zone
D) Death trap
  • 82. Which game released by Square in 1998 featured a Body Damage System instead of health bars?
A) Bushido Blade
B) Soul Edge
C) Real Bout Fatal Fury
D) Last Bronx
  • 83. What is one reason attributed to the decline of the fighting game genre in the early 2000s?
A) Lack of internet connectivity
B) Lack of 3D graphics
C) Overproduction of consoles
D) Increasing complexity
  • 84. Who criticized the term 'Dark Age' of fighting games, calling it biased toward the Street Fighter series?
A) Maximilian Dood
B) Kat Gunn
C) Justin Wong
D) Daigo Umehara
  • 85. What title developed by amateur developers achieved cult success on PC before moving to arcades?
A) Virtua Fighter 5
B) Dead or Alive 4
C) Melty Blood
D) Guilty Gear XX
  • 86. What was 'Evo Moment 37' also known as?
A) The Tournament Comeback
B) The Ultimate Combo
C) The Final Round
D) The Daigo Parry
  • 87. In Evo Moment 37, how many consecutive hits did Daigo Umehara parry?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 5
  • 88. Which league featured Dead or Alive 4 as the first televised competitive esport fighting game?
A) Evolution Championship Series
B) World Cyber Games
C) Championship Gaming Series
D) Super Battle Opera
  • 89. What is the name of the tournament often referred to by the initials Evo?
A) Esport Virtual Organization
B) Extreme Video Output
C) Evolution Championship Series
D) Elite Versus Online
  • 90. What is the primary source of gross revenue for arcade games in addition to unit sales?
A) Merchandise sales
B) Subscription fees
C) Coin drop earnings
D) In-game advertisements
  • 91. What is the minimum number of units a franchise must sell to be considered a best-selling fighting arcade franchise?
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 20,000
D) 1,000
  • 92. What is the inflation-adjusted 2025 price for the Virtua Fighter arcade unit?
A) $21,000
B) $3,000
C) $47,000
D) $1,300
  • 93. In what year was Virtua Fighter released?
A) 1992
B) 1993
C) 1994
D) 1991
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