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