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3. The late Gunpei Yokoi's famous creation and his more infamous creation.

Game Boy and Virtual Boy.

4. If you were at the arcade in the late 80's chances are you saw long lines of people waiting to play this co-op brawler.

Double Dragon.

5. Square specifically made this console RPG game in an attempt to ensnare casual gamers.

That's kind of like asking which action movie directed and produced by Michael Bay was unsophisticated.

But Final Fantasy Mystic Quest was notorious for being dumbed-down among fans of a dumbed-down genre, so I'm guessing that.

6. Genesis' original US pack-in game.

Altered Beast.

4. The Punisher ?

No, Punisher came out in the 90s.

5. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Nope.

7. Desmond Miles from Assassins Creed

Yessssssssss!

1. (The) Time Traveller? I jsut remember cowboys and frickin "la-sers".

Correct.

3. Game Boy and Virtual Boy.

Correct.

4. Double Dragon.

Correct. I was at a mall that had 40+ people in line to play that.

5. That's kind of like asking which action movie directed and produced by Michael Bay was unsophisticated.

But Final Fantasy Mystic Quest was notorious for being dumbed-down among fans of a dumbed-down genre, so I'm guessing that.

It was also advertised as the RPG game for entry level gamers. So correct.

As an aside, do people like playing Pen & Paper games with you?

6. Altered Beast.

In all its 16 color glory, correct.

1. Many movie-based video games are bad, but this game holds a special place in the heart of a landfill in New Mexico.

2. What video game system would cost you a grand or more in the early 90s?

3. Zero Wing's greatest contribution to gaming is...

4. Trokia Games went three and out with what three games?

5. Real name of Frog from Chrono Trigger.

6. Pokémon Shock refers to what?

7. He is...

As an aside, do people like playing Pen & Paper games with you?

Hermits don't play pen & paper games with other people.

1: E.T.
2: Just a grand? Pft. Try $2500 for the RDI Halcyon. Assuming any still existed by the early 90's.
3: The opportunity to be clever and original by referencing its intro cut-scene.
4: Arcanum, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.
5: Glenn.
6: That episode that gave kids seizures.
7: ...planning to ruin the memory of his only good game by creating an inevitably inept remake.

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3. Zero Wing's greatest contribution to gaming is...

All your base are belong to us?

Hermits don't play pen & paper games with other people.

Do you play P&P at all?

1: E.T.

Correct.

2: Just a grand? Pft. Try $2500 for the RDI Halcyon. Assuming any still existed by the early 90's.

How about something you could actually find on the shelf?

3: The opportunity to be clever and original by referencing its intro cut-scene.

All your base are belong to us?

Correct.

4: Arcanum, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.
5: Glenn.
6: That episode that gave kids seizures.

Correct.

7: ...planning to ruin the memory of his only good game by creating an inevitably inept remake.

Not sure who you are talking about. Does this person have a name?

Do you play P&P at all?

Of course not. Do you think I'd play P&P with myself?

How about something you could actually find on the shelf?

The only mega expensive consoles of the 90's I know of are the 3DO and the Neo-Geo. Neither ran for quite a grand.

Not sure who you are talking about.

Of course you do. I'm talking about the guy you posted a picture of.

Of course not. Do you think I'd play P&P with myself?

Well, that was what I was trying to set you up for.

Of course you do. I'm talking about the guy you posted a picture of.

What was his name again?

2. What video game system would cost you a grand or more in the early 90s?

CD-i

7. He is...

American McGee. That was a tough one. No one got that.

1. This Square game had a naked centerfold easter egg.

2. Princess Peach's possible kin.

3. John Romero's About...

4. First game to ship with the Super FX chip.

5. These two street fighters failed to make the jump to Capcom's original Final Fight for the SNES.

6. Who invaded Spain in the 8th century?

7. This is...