Double Agent application answers
[08.21.01] » The answers to the questions everyone's been asking
We'll keep this short: the application replies have all been sent off, all that remains is to supply the answers to the quiz and wait for the eventual winner to emerge. That said...
Game Knowledge Quiz Answers
- List three inventions and one game series created by Gumpei Yokoi. What happened to him shortly after he left Nintendo?
The standard answers for this are the cross pad, Game Boy, and Virtual Boy, with the series being Metroid. Nintendojo also has a pretty comprehensive feature where they list Gumpei as being responsible for the Game & Watch games, the Light Gun, R.O.B., and the Wonderswan Color, as well as Kid Icarus and toys like the UltraHand. Of course, Gumpei was tragically killed in 1997 in a car accident.
- What are the shapes of the first five dungeons in the second quest of the original Legend of Zelda? What is the second Death Mountain shaped like?
The first 5 dungeons spell out the letters Z E L D A, although not in that order. The second Death Mountain resembles Gannon's head.
- Name all the games in the Dragon Quest series proper, each of the spinoffs,
and each of the remakes.
Famicom:
Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest II
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest IV
Super Famicom:
Dragon Quest I & II
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibouken: Fushigi no Dungeon
BS Dragon Quest (Satellaview)
PSX:
Dragon Quest VII
Dragon Quest IV (upcoming)
Dragon Quest: Torneko no Daibouken 2
Game Boy/Game Boy Color:
Dragon Quest I & II
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest Monsters
Dragon Quest Monsters 2 (divided into two games, Ruka's Journey Begins and
Iru's Adventure)
- How many games are in the Phantasy Star series?
9 games: PS I-IV, PS Online 1 and 2, and PS Adventure and PS Gaiden on the Game Gear, and the Phantasy Star text adventure on the TeleGenesis. No points off for mentioning the PS Collection, either.
- Who did the visual designs for PaRappa the Rapper? For Gitaroo-Man?
Rodney Greenblat for PaRappa, "326" for G-Man.
- Who translated Final Fantasy II for the SNES?
True confession time: many of us didn't know this one ourselves, and it's been the topic of debate in previous DA columns. The actual answer is K. Moriyama, K. Okahisa, and H. Takahashi, but we were primarily looking for the answer "Not Ted Woolsey".
- List all of Shadow of Destiny's working titles.
Day of Walpurgisnacht, Day of Walpurgis, Shadows of Memory, Shadow of Destiny, Shadows of Fate, Time Adventure, Shadow of Destiny
- What was the PC-FX? What was an earlier ancestor of that system?
NEC's 32-bit followup to the PC Engine (which is the earlier ancestor).
- What was the MSX? Name two major game series that have appeared on both the MSX and PSX.
The MSX was a Microsoft developed system in the mid-80's that sold all over the place, except America. It was something of a console/home computer hybrid, and featured both DQ and Metal Gear as noteworthy games. Castlevania, Megami Tensei and Gradius are also acceptable.
- What were the differences between the Saturn and PSX versions of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night?
You could play as Maria in the Saturn version, and it also had two extra levels. There are also a significant number of smaller features, such as extra familiars; you're encouraged to go out and make your own list if you're that interested.
- What classic PC and NES game featured Ed, Edna, and an intelligent meteor?
Maniac Mansion.
- What does the name SEGA stand for?
SErvice GAmes.
- How did you finish the "Minus World" in Super Mario Bros.?
You couldn't.
- According to Allan Milligan, what does the laughter at the end of Final Fantasy VII signify? When and where did he say this?
Ok, this question's a bit of a reach, but we thought it'd be cool to have something that would test for someone's familiarity with the site's contents. In this case, Allan did a "Hundered Question Weekend" way back in January of 1999; his answer to the question is "It's to symbolize the rebirth of the planet, and how, with the destruction of Midgar and the corrupt technology it championed, joy returns to the world."
- What's Yasunori Mitsuda's most recently released OST?
Shadow Hearts Original Soundtrack Plus 1. Very few people got this, but Mitsuda has done work since Chrono Cross, and Tsugunai hasn't actually had an OST released for it.
Bonus General Info Knowledge Quiz Answers
- What happened on April 5, 1980, in Athens, Georgia?
REM gave their first public appearance under the name "Twisted Kites".
- In Urusei Yatsura, what does Ataru have to do to save the Earth in the first episode?
Ataru must touch the horns on top of Lum's head by catching her in a game of tag.
- Who is the protagonist of Brian Micheal Bendis' Torso?
Eliot Ness.
- What Japanese novel features a main character who spends a large portion of the book at the bottom of a dry well in his back yard?
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
- Many people have seen Cowboy Bebop by now, but not everybody gets the American culture references strewn through the series. Who or what gets referenced in the following episodes: Wild Horses, Heavy Metal Queen, and Toys in the Attic?
- Wild Horses: The names of the crooks they're chasing are George, Harman, and Ruth, = "George Herman Ruth" or Babe Ruth.
- Heavy Metal Queen: The explosives smuggler's a dead-ringer for Woody Allen.
- Toys in the Attic: The entire episode's a long parody of Ridley Scott's Alien; the motion tracker, the flame thrower, fighting in the duct system, etc.
- Who is the only comic book character who has been vitorious in a fight against Wesley Willis?
Birdman.
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