40 more questions say you don't know as much about the Neo and SNK as you think you do. Are you ready to take the challenge...again? Note: Trivia contains at least one trick question.
1. King of Fighters character Sie Kensou first appeared in:
a) The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
b) The King of Fighters '95 (1995)
c) Ikari III: The Rescue (1989)
d) Psycho Soldier (1986)
2. In Samurai Shodown IV, you could fully charge your POW meter by:
a) Getting a double-perfect victory in your previous match
b) Pressing CD -> ABCABCAABBCCC
c) Pressing CD -> AABBCCABCCCCC
c) Pressing CD -> AABCCCBCC -> qcb + C
3. SNK's 1979 arcade game Safari Rally most closely resembled:
a) The arcade version of "Rainbow Islands"
b) The arcade version of "Defender"
b) The arcade version of "Sprint"
b) The arcade version of "Pong"
4. SNK voice actor Atsushi "Monster" Maetsuka provided the voice talent for:
a) Kafuin Nicotine (Samurai Shodown II)
b) Ralf Jones (KOF series)
c) Kyoshiro Senryo (Samurai Shodown series)
d) All of the above
5. In the original Savage Reign/Fu'un Mokushirou, the 1P story mode implies that Eagle and King Leo are:
a) Actually the same person
b) Both criminals
c) In love with the same girl
d) Long-lost brothers
6. In the original top-down shooter Alpha Mission, you control the awesome, state-of-the-art fighter ship known as:
a) SYD
b) SZK
c) SAM
d) SNK
7. In the zany and loveable 1994 top-down Neo shooter Aero Fighters 2/Sonic Wings 2, you could play as:
i - A half-robot, half-guy named "Robo-Keaton"
ii - A squinty-eyed, sandal-wearing Yakuza named "Toshi"
iii - A talking dolphin named "Spanky"
iv - The fun-loving gal pals, "Cindy" and "Ellen"
v - Bobby, who is "one tough baby"
vi - Capcom's fightin' cactus Amingo (hidden character, unlockable by DIP switch)
vii - Japanese pop star "Mao Mao"
a) i, ii, iii, and iv
b) i, iii, v, and vii
c) i, ii, iii, vi, and vii
d) i, iii, iv, v, and vii
8. The default high score screen of KOF 97 is loaded with the initials:
a) AAA BBB CCC DDD
b) SNK CAP SEG NIN
c) ICH BIN EIN BOY
d) ASS POO TEE HEE
9. The 1989 NES game Baseball Stars:
a) Actually let you create custom teams
b) Let you hire, fire, and recruit new players
c) Let you use the four points of the D-pad to throw to each of the bases
d) All of the above
10. The Sega CD port of the original Samurai Shodown was produced by:
a) Norwegian massively multiplayer game developer Funcom
b) The Japanese developer of Killer7 and No More Heroes who came to be known as Suda51
c) A pair of Canadian medical doctors who later formed Edmonton studio BioWare
d) The same Hong Kong pirates who made the homebrew 8-bit NES version of Fatal Fury Special
11. SNK's NeoGeo Stakes Winner series was all about the kingly sport of:
a) Muay Thai kickboxing
b) Horse racing
c) Falconry
d) Medieval knight jousting
12. The Western (non-Japanese) version of SNK's obscure NeoGeo soccer game "Futsal 5-on-5" had this suggestive-sounding English name:
a) Pleasure Goal
b) Conflict & Romance Football
c) All-Night 69 Slide Tackle
d) Ball de Porn
13. Samurai Shodown V's roster includes a new playable character, _____
a) a Chinese swordsman who can fly
b) a giant monster who, when disarmed, literally loses an arm
c) Galford's dog, Poppy
d) all of the above
14. SNK's "Cool Cool" games:
a) Appeared on only the Dreamcast and NeoGeo Pocket
b) Starred a little kid and a cute rabbit mascot character
c) Were SNK's only music/rhythm games
d) All of the above
15. NeoGeo third-party developer Visco is responsible for:
a) The Mr. Do remake, Neo Mr. Do
b) The shoddy Puzzle Bobble ripoff, Puzzle De Pon
c) The surprisingly decent Breakers fighting game series
d) All of the above
16. The Sammy Studios pseudo-3D isometric shooter Viewpoint kicks off with a memorable audio sample of:
a) Late R&B legend James Brown shouting "Unh! Hit me!"
b) Former rapper Flava Flav shouting "Yeah y'all, come on!"
c) Rapper Chuck D shouting "One, two, three, four, hit it!"
d) Piano virtuoso Liberace remarking "I wish my brother George were here to see this."
17. The studio that created R-Type also developed which NeoGeo sidescrolling shooter?
a) Pulstar
b) Blazing Star
c) Andro Dunos
d) All of the above
18. SNK's first wave of NeoGeo Pocket Color games included a full version of the arcade classic:
a) Joust
b) Kickman
c) Galaga
d) Pac-Man
19. In the early to mid 1990s, SNK tried to market the NeoGeo hardware as being "Bigger, Badder, Better" with a _____ mascot.
a) Rabid dog
b) Rabid grizzly bear
c) Rabid raccoon
d) Rabid MC Hammer fan
20. Obscure King of the Monsters character _____ was to later make a cameo appearance in _____ as a _____.
a) Cyber Woo / NeoGeo Battle Coliseum / playable character
b) Atomic Guy / Samurai Shodown 2 / hidden cameo in Gen-an's stew pot
c) Beetle Mania / The King of Fighters '94 / hidden cameo in the Pao Pao Café stage (far upper left)
d) Poison Ghost / Sengoku 3 / midlevel boss in round 3
21. Japanese voice actor Koji Ishii provided the voice talent for:
a) Jyazu (Super Tag Battle / Kizuna Encounter)
b) Ryuji Yamazaki (Fatal Fury and KOF series)
c) Mochizuki Sokaku (Real Bout Fatal Fury series)
d) All of the above
22. The various endings of Garou: Mark of the Wolves imply that:
i - Rock Howard will now join forces with the boss, Kain Heinlein
ii - Yamazaki trashed the Sakazaki dojo again, as it was suggested he first did in KOF 98
iii - Andy Bogard is Hokutomaru's teacher
iv - Ryo Sakazaki is Marco Rodriguez's teacher
v - Freeman was the one who murdered Kevin Ryan's partner
vi - Geese Howard is actually still alive
vii - This game really should've had a sequel
a) i, ii, and iii
b) i, iii, v, and vii
c) i, ii, iii, iv, v, vii
d) all of the above
23. Though he only appeared as a playable character in two games, KOF 99's and KOF 2000's Jhun Hoon made an impact with:
a) The ridiculous infinite combo of stomping his opponents off the screen with his midair dwn+B attack
b) The shocking revelation that he was the "hidden NEST overlord" who turned on Kim Kaphwan and his team at the end (must complete the game without losing a round, on at least CPU level-4)
c) Having the most hidden strikers of any character in the game (4 with codes, 5 in the home console port versions)
d) Having a playable secret "female Jhun" version (PAL PlayStation 2 version only)
24. The end credits sequence of Samurai Shodown 4 features the incredibly clever and subtle backwards message for all SNK fans:
a) reve4kns
b) snafknsuoyknaht
c) smordaolnwodtnodesaelp
d) llaoyllakcuf
25. The NeoGeo Pocket Color's game library included all of the following, except:
a) A train-management simulation
b) A submarine strategy game
c) A life simulation where a tiny cartoon character "lived" in your NGP and got guests knocking at this door
d) A battle robot-building/modifying RPG
e) A pocket version of Puyo Puyo
f) A NeoGeo Land amusement park simulator/economic strategy game
g) A pornographic mahjongg game
h) A Sonic The Hedgehog game
i) An all-girl fighting game
j) It had all of the above
26. Metal Slug 2 was the first game in the series to introduce:
a) Yeti
b) The dropshot power-up
c) Getting "fat"
d) All of the above
27. Metal Slug 4 was the first game in the series to introduce:
a) Playable Trevor and Nadia
b) Dual-wielding Uzi submachine guns
c) Score modifiers that let you get more points with successive kills
d) All of the above
28. Metal Slug 6 was the first game in the series to introduce:
a) Blood-vomiting zombies
b) Playable Ralf and Clark
c) The fireball-throwing hostage, 2nd Lt. Hyakutaru Ichimonji
d) All of the above
29. SNK's less-than-exciting NES golf game _____ was later parodied on The Simpsons as the boring fictitious game _____.
a) Iron Tank / Bone Storm!
b) Crystalis / My Dinner with Andre: The Video Game
c) Guerilla War / Larry the Looter
d) Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf / Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge
30. The look, feel, and gameplay of the classic NeoGeo game Nam075 is most similar to
a) Seibu Kaihatsu's top-down shooter Raiden III (2005)
b) Nix's often-ridiculed arcade game Pirates (1994)
c) Capcom's unique acrobatic side-scrolling action game Strider (1989)
d) Technos' old-school side-scrolling brawler Double Dragon (1987)
31. Which of these NeoGeo console ports had a fancy-shmancy anime-style intro sequence?
a) Real Bout Special: Dominated Mind (PlayStation, 1998)
b) The King of Fighters: Dream Match 99 (Dreamcast, 1999)
c) The King of Fighters 94: Re-Bout (PS2, 2004)
d) All of the above
32. Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition for the Hyper NeoGeo 64 featured:
i - 3d movement in the form of a side-roll option
ii - an innovative new POW meter called the HEAT meter which tied into dizzies
iii - an innovative breakaway multi-level environment system reminiscent of Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom series
iv- the return of pro-wrestling legend Raiden (also known as Big Bear)
v- the return of "judo devil" Jubei Yamada
vi - the return of Fatal Fury 1's "Southtown Bridge" stage for Billy Kane
vii - the return of Fatal Fury 2's "falling blocks from the sky" bonus stage
a) i, ii, iii, and iv
b) i, ii, iv, v, and vii
c) I, ii, iv, and vi
d) ii, iii, iv, v, vi, and vii
33. SNK developed which of the following over-the-top arcade-style sports game for the NeoGeo, complete with special powers, special "shots," and explosions?
a) 3 Count Bout (1993)
b) Street Hoop (also known as Dunk Dream, 1994)
c) Power Spikes II (1994)
d) Neo Turf Masters (1996)
34. Hudson's Tengai Makyou RPG series made its debut on the NeoGeo in 1995 as:
a) Kabuki Klash
b) Jyanshin Densetsu: Quest of Jongmaster
c) Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
d) Shogi no Tatsujin
35. In the year 2000, SNK fell upon financial troubles and had to seek financial shelter with:
a) Korean developer Eolith, which bought out 51% of SNK's stock, then co-developed KOF 2001 and KOF 2002
b) Crystal System developer BrezzaSoft, which sold the rights to its hardware and merged with SNK
c) Japanese pachinko machine developer Aruze, which has been suspected of having ties with the Japanese "Yakuza" mafia
d) Ebay Corp., cutting a desperate deal to get a small commission of every burned CD of ROMs that was being sold to unsuspecting members
36. Burning Fight's Duke dispatches thugs with his signature _____ attack.
a) Submarine Screw
b) San Ren Satsu
c) Shun Goku Satsu
d) Shirou Shigoto No Satsu Ken Hyuri Kyaku Tempura Sukiyaki No Udon Gohan Mitsubishi Galant
37. The 1994 Viccom fighting game Fight Fever:
a) Takes place at an international Taekwondo tournament
b) Was the first game to feature guard crushes, throw escapes, and airblocking
c) Is widely considered by die-hard NeoGeo fans to be the first perfectly balanced fighting game, the NeoGeo's answer to Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting
d) Was a rousing commercial success and sold millions of copies the world over
38. Which of these NeoGeo games was NOT a side-scrolling brawler?
a) Top Hunter
b) Ninja Combat
c) Mutation Nation
d) King of The Monsters 2: The Next Thing
e) Sengoku
f) Sengoku 2
g) Sengoku 3
39. The Art of Fighting series is known for innovating fighting games in the area of:
a) Taunts
b) Chargeable POW meters
c) Clothes getting blasted off of defeated characters
d) All of the above
40. The King of Fighters XI introduced which of the following new features?
a) "Leader" desperation moves
b) Extra-huge character sprites drawn by SNK artist-turned producer Falcoon
c) A playable version of KOF 97's "Orochi"
d) A playable "young Geese" from Art of Fighting 2
1. King of Fighters character Sie Kensou first appeared in:
a) The King of Fighters '94 (1994)
b) The King of Fighters '95 (1995)
c) Ikari III: The Rescue (1989)
d) Psycho Soldier (1986)
2. In Samurai Shodown IV, you could fully charge your POW meter by:
a) Getting a double-perfect victory in your previous match
b) Pressing CD -> ABCABCAABBCCC
c) Pressing CD -> AABBCCABCCCCC
c) Pressing CD -> AABCCCBCC -> qcb + C
3. SNK's 1979 arcade game Safari Rally most closely resembled:
a) The arcade version of "Rainbow Islands"
b) The arcade version of "Defender"
b) The arcade version of "Sprint"
b) The arcade version of "Pong"
4. SNK voice actor Atsushi "Monster" Maetsuka provided the voice talent for:
a) Kafuin Nicotine (Samurai Shodown II)
b) Ralf Jones (KOF series)
c) Kyoshiro Senryo (Samurai Shodown series)
d) All of the above
5. In the original Savage Reign/Fu'un Mokushirou, the 1P story mode implies that Eagle and King Leo are:
a) Actually the same person
b) Both criminals
c) In love with the same girl
d) Long-lost brothers
6. In the original top-down shooter Alpha Mission, you control the awesome, state-of-the-art fighter ship known as:
a) SYD
b) SZK
c) SAM
d) SNK
7. In the zany and loveable 1994 top-down Neo shooter Aero Fighters 2/Sonic Wings 2, you could play as:
i - A half-robot, half-guy named "Robo-Keaton"
ii - A squinty-eyed, sandal-wearing Yakuza named "Toshi"
iii - A talking dolphin named "Spanky"
iv - The fun-loving gal pals, "Cindy" and "Ellen"
v - Bobby, who is "one tough baby"
vi - Capcom's fightin' cactus Amingo (hidden character, unlockable by DIP switch)
vii - Japanese pop star "Mao Mao"
a) i, ii, iii, and iv
b) i, iii, v, and vii
c) i, ii, iii, vi, and vii
d) i, iii, iv, v, and vii
8. The default high score screen of KOF 97 is loaded with the initials:
a) AAA BBB CCC DDD
b) SNK CAP SEG NIN
c) ICH BIN EIN BOY
d) ASS POO TEE HEE
9. The 1989 NES game Baseball Stars:
a) Actually let you create custom teams
b) Let you hire, fire, and recruit new players
c) Let you use the four points of the D-pad to throw to each of the bases
d) All of the above
10. The Sega CD port of the original Samurai Shodown was produced by:
a) Norwegian massively multiplayer game developer Funcom
b) The Japanese developer of Killer7 and No More Heroes who came to be known as Suda51
c) A pair of Canadian medical doctors who later formed Edmonton studio BioWare
d) The same Hong Kong pirates who made the homebrew 8-bit NES version of Fatal Fury Special
11. SNK's NeoGeo Stakes Winner series was all about the kingly sport of:
a) Muay Thai kickboxing
b) Horse racing
c) Falconry
d) Medieval knight jousting
12. The Western (non-Japanese) version of SNK's obscure NeoGeo soccer game "Futsal 5-on-5" had this suggestive-sounding English name:
a) Pleasure Goal
b) Conflict & Romance Football
c) All-Night 69 Slide Tackle
d) Ball de Porn
13. Samurai Shodown V's roster includes a new playable character, _____
a) a Chinese swordsman who can fly
b) a giant monster who, when disarmed, literally loses an arm
c) Galford's dog, Poppy
d) all of the above
14. SNK's "Cool Cool" games:
a) Appeared on only the Dreamcast and NeoGeo Pocket
b) Starred a little kid and a cute rabbit mascot character
c) Were SNK's only music/rhythm games
d) All of the above
15. NeoGeo third-party developer Visco is responsible for:
a) The Mr. Do remake, Neo Mr. Do
b) The shoddy Puzzle Bobble ripoff, Puzzle De Pon
c) The surprisingly decent Breakers fighting game series
d) All of the above
16. The Sammy Studios pseudo-3D isometric shooter Viewpoint kicks off with a memorable audio sample of:
a) Late R&B legend James Brown shouting "Unh! Hit me!"
b) Former rapper Flava Flav shouting "Yeah y'all, come on!"
c) Rapper Chuck D shouting "One, two, three, four, hit it!"
d) Piano virtuoso Liberace remarking "I wish my brother George were here to see this."
17. The studio that created R-Type also developed which NeoGeo sidescrolling shooter?
a) Pulstar
b) Blazing Star
c) Andro Dunos
d) All of the above
18. SNK's first wave of NeoGeo Pocket Color games included a full version of the arcade classic:
a) Joust
b) Kickman
c) Galaga
d) Pac-Man
19. In the early to mid 1990s, SNK tried to market the NeoGeo hardware as being "Bigger, Badder, Better" with a _____ mascot.
a) Rabid dog
b) Rabid grizzly bear
c) Rabid raccoon
d) Rabid MC Hammer fan
20. Obscure King of the Monsters character _____ was to later make a cameo appearance in _____ as a _____.
a) Cyber Woo / NeoGeo Battle Coliseum / playable character
b) Atomic Guy / Samurai Shodown 2 / hidden cameo in Gen-an's stew pot
c) Beetle Mania / The King of Fighters '94 / hidden cameo in the Pao Pao Café stage (far upper left)
d) Poison Ghost / Sengoku 3 / midlevel boss in round 3
21. Japanese voice actor Koji Ishii provided the voice talent for:
a) Jyazu (Super Tag Battle / Kizuna Encounter)
b) Ryuji Yamazaki (Fatal Fury and KOF series)
c) Mochizuki Sokaku (Real Bout Fatal Fury series)
d) All of the above
22. The various endings of Garou: Mark of the Wolves imply that:
i - Rock Howard will now join forces with the boss, Kain Heinlein
ii - Yamazaki trashed the Sakazaki dojo again, as it was suggested he first did in KOF 98
iii - Andy Bogard is Hokutomaru's teacher
iv - Ryo Sakazaki is Marco Rodriguez's teacher
v - Freeman was the one who murdered Kevin Ryan's partner
vi - Geese Howard is actually still alive
vii - This game really should've had a sequel
a) i, ii, and iii
b) i, iii, v, and vii
c) i, ii, iii, iv, v, vii
d) all of the above
23. Though he only appeared as a playable character in two games, KOF 99's and KOF 2000's Jhun Hoon made an impact with:
a) The ridiculous infinite combo of stomping his opponents off the screen with his midair dwn+B attack
b) The shocking revelation that he was the "hidden NEST overlord" who turned on Kim Kaphwan and his team at the end (must complete the game without losing a round, on at least CPU level-4)
c) Having the most hidden strikers of any character in the game (4 with codes, 5 in the home console port versions)
d) Having a playable secret "female Jhun" version (PAL PlayStation 2 version only)
24. The end credits sequence of Samurai Shodown 4 features the incredibly clever and subtle backwards message for all SNK fans:
a) reve4kns
b) snafknsuoyknaht
c) smordaolnwodtnodesaelp
d) llaoyllakcuf
25. The NeoGeo Pocket Color's game library included all of the following, except:
a) A train-management simulation
b) A submarine strategy game
c) A life simulation where a tiny cartoon character "lived" in your NGP and got guests knocking at this door
d) A battle robot-building/modifying RPG
e) A pocket version of Puyo Puyo
f) A NeoGeo Land amusement park simulator/economic strategy game
g) A pornographic mahjongg game
h) A Sonic The Hedgehog game
i) An all-girl fighting game
j) It had all of the above
26. Metal Slug 2 was the first game in the series to introduce:
a) Yeti
b) The dropshot power-up
c) Getting "fat"
d) All of the above
27. Metal Slug 4 was the first game in the series to introduce:
a) Playable Trevor and Nadia
b) Dual-wielding Uzi submachine guns
c) Score modifiers that let you get more points with successive kills
d) All of the above
28. Metal Slug 6 was the first game in the series to introduce:
a) Blood-vomiting zombies
b) Playable Ralf and Clark
c) The fireball-throwing hostage, 2nd Lt. Hyakutaru Ichimonji
d) All of the above
29. SNK's less-than-exciting NES golf game _____ was later parodied on The Simpsons as the boring fictitious game _____.
a) Iron Tank / Bone Storm!
b) Crystalis / My Dinner with Andre: The Video Game
c) Guerilla War / Larry the Looter
d) Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf / Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge
30. The look, feel, and gameplay of the classic NeoGeo game Nam075 is most similar to
a) Seibu Kaihatsu's top-down shooter Raiden III (2005)
b) Nix's often-ridiculed arcade game Pirates (1994)
c) Capcom's unique acrobatic side-scrolling action game Strider (1989)
d) Technos' old-school side-scrolling brawler Double Dragon (1987)
31. Which of these NeoGeo console ports had a fancy-shmancy anime-style intro sequence?
a) Real Bout Special: Dominated Mind (PlayStation, 1998)
b) The King of Fighters: Dream Match 99 (Dreamcast, 1999)
c) The King of Fighters 94: Re-Bout (PS2, 2004)
d) All of the above
32. Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition for the Hyper NeoGeo 64 featured:
i - 3d movement in the form of a side-roll option
ii - an innovative new POW meter called the HEAT meter which tied into dizzies
iii - an innovative breakaway multi-level environment system reminiscent of Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom series
iv- the return of pro-wrestling legend Raiden (also known as Big Bear)
v- the return of "judo devil" Jubei Yamada
vi - the return of Fatal Fury 1's "Southtown Bridge" stage for Billy Kane
vii - the return of Fatal Fury 2's "falling blocks from the sky" bonus stage
a) i, ii, iii, and iv
b) i, ii, iv, v, and vii
c) I, ii, iv, and vi
d) ii, iii, iv, v, vi, and vii
33. SNK developed which of the following over-the-top arcade-style sports game for the NeoGeo, complete with special powers, special "shots," and explosions?
a) 3 Count Bout (1993)
b) Street Hoop (also known as Dunk Dream, 1994)
c) Power Spikes II (1994)
d) Neo Turf Masters (1996)
34. Hudson's Tengai Makyou RPG series made its debut on the NeoGeo in 1995 as:
a) Kabuki Klash
b) Jyanshin Densetsu: Quest of Jongmaster
c) Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
d) Shogi no Tatsujin
35. In the year 2000, SNK fell upon financial troubles and had to seek financial shelter with:
a) Korean developer Eolith, which bought out 51% of SNK's stock, then co-developed KOF 2001 and KOF 2002
b) Crystal System developer BrezzaSoft, which sold the rights to its hardware and merged with SNK
c) Japanese pachinko machine developer Aruze, which has been suspected of having ties with the Japanese "Yakuza" mafia
d) Ebay Corp., cutting a desperate deal to get a small commission of every burned CD of ROMs that was being sold to unsuspecting members
36. Burning Fight's Duke dispatches thugs with his signature _____ attack.
a) Submarine Screw
b) San Ren Satsu
c) Shun Goku Satsu
d) Shirou Shigoto No Satsu Ken Hyuri Kyaku Tempura Sukiyaki No Udon Gohan Mitsubishi Galant
37. The 1994 Viccom fighting game Fight Fever:
a) Takes place at an international Taekwondo tournament
b) Was the first game to feature guard crushes, throw escapes, and airblocking
c) Is widely considered by die-hard NeoGeo fans to be the first perfectly balanced fighting game, the NeoGeo's answer to Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting
d) Was a rousing commercial success and sold millions of copies the world over
38. Which of these NeoGeo games was NOT a side-scrolling brawler?
a) Top Hunter
b) Ninja Combat
c) Mutation Nation
d) King of The Monsters 2: The Next Thing
e) Sengoku
f) Sengoku 2
g) Sengoku 3
39. The Art of Fighting series is known for innovating fighting games in the area of:
a) Taunts
b) Chargeable POW meters
c) Clothes getting blasted off of defeated characters
d) All of the above
40. The King of Fighters XI introduced which of the following new features?
a) "Leader" desperation moves
b) Extra-huge character sprites drawn by SNK artist-turned producer Falcoon
c) A playable version of KOF 97's "Orochi"
d) A playable "young Geese" from Art of Fighting 2
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