| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Round yellow creature gobbles up pellets and avoids ghosts | Pac-Man | 99%
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| 1981 | Ape throws barrels at a man while he climbs girders and ladders | Donkey Kong | 98%
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| 1982 | Poorly-received movie tie-in game about an alien trying to go home | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 91%
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| 1989 | Falling pieces get arranged to complete lines in this game designed by a Soviet programmer | Tetris | 88%
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| 1985 | Plumber tries to rescue a princess from a castle, but keeps finding mushroom people | Super Mario Bros. | 87%
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| 1981 | Help an amphibian try to cross the road and avoid dangerous traffic | Frogger | 85%
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| 1986 | Boy in a green tunic is given a sword by an old man in a cave, and heads off to rescue a princess. | The Legend of Zelda | 85%
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| 1984 | Try to shoot an annoying dog, and also some birds | Duck Hunt | 78%
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| 1987 | Little person boxes against ethnic stereotypes and a famous real-life boxer | Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! | 72%
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| 1986 | Man with a whip fights Dracula | Castlevania | 69%
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| 1987 | Blue robot defeats other Robot Masters and gains their powers | Mega Man | 62%
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| 1985 | Kid on bike breaks neighborhood windows with newspapers | Paperboy | 59%
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| 1987 | Two soldiers stop baddies from taking over the world, and use the Konami Code for more lives | Contra | 51%
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| 1982 | A knight riding an ostrich defeats enemies to progress to the next level | Joust | 29%
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| 1983 | Bartender serves drinks and tries not to drop any glasses | Tapper | 29%
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