La Esponja Grande

May 14-15, 2010

Answers to Hour Bonus 5 - Powerups

Number Item Game Year Note
1 The BFG 9000 Doom 1995 Damages all enemies in room
2 Golden Gun Goldeneye 007 1997
3 Railgun Quake Series 1996 - 2005 weapon
4 Rivet Gun Bioshock 2007
5 Ripe Turnip Super Mario Bros. 2 1987
6 Yo-yo Star Tropics 1990 weapon
7 Soul Edge Soul Edge/Calibur series 1996-2008 weapon
8 Laser Capsule Arkanoid NES 1986 weapon
9 Ammo Crate Half-Life 2 2004
10 Screw Attack Metroid 1986
11 Red and Blue powerups Raiden 1990 weapon upgrade
12 Smart Bomb Star Fox 64 1997 weapon
13 Kuribo's Shoe Super Mario Bros. 3 1990 weapon
14 Weapon Crate Worms Armageddon 1999
15 Lightning Bolt Super Mario Kart series 1992 - weapon
16 Holy Water Castlevania I-III 1986 - 1990 weapon, tool
17 Flame Up Bomberman 1983 weapon upgrade
18 DDT bomb Millipede 1982 AOE weapon
19 Cardboard Box Metal Gear Solid 1998 evade enemies
20 Line Launcher Batman: Arkham Asylum 2009 tool, weapon
21 Rush Coil Mega Man 3-10 1990-2010 tool
22 Mystery Gem Bejeweled Blitz 2009 tool
23 [Enemy] Bait The Legend of Zelda 1986
24 Line Tetris 1989 on Gameboy yes this is kind of a joke
25 Portal Gun Portal 2007 tool
26 Food Gauntlet 1985 +100 health
27 Berries, Pokemon series (Silver & Gold and later 2000) health, defense, tool
28 Megalixir Kingdom Hearts series 2002 - health, fully heals party
29 Potion Of Full Heath Diablo 1997
30 Regular Potion Prince of Persia 1990 +2 Health
31 Bacta Tank Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II 1997 health
32 Radaway Fallout series 1997 - 2008 health
33 Phoenix Down Final Fantasy series illustration from IX or newer health
34 Green Herb Resident Evil 1996 - healing
35 Invincibility Lollipop Kirby's Adventure Series 1992-
36 Energizer or Power Pellet Ms. Pacman 1982 invincibility
37 Flanking II Civ IV 2006 defensive [evasion] unit upgrade
38 Overshield Halo series 2001 - 7 defense
39 Glass Armor Elder Scrolls Morrowind 2002 defense
40 Treasure A Boy and His Blob 1989 points, can buy vitamins
41 Ring Sonic the Hedgehog series 1991 - bling
42 Money Tree The Sims 2 2004 bling
43 Tiberium Command & Conquer 1995- resource, money
44 Phoenix Mount World of Warcraft 2007 bling
45 Experience Orb God of War 2005
46 Hidden Package Grand Theft Auto III and beyond 2001 - points toward acquire bonus items
47 Golden Mystery Egg Farmville 2009 bling
48 Leaflet Zork I: The Great Underground Empire 1980
49 Guitar Overdrive Rock Band 2 2008 bling
50 Emotional Baggage Psychonauts 2005 bonus levelling-up

Notes from Dave Letzler

For Hour 5, there was some ambiguity on our parts as to whether one was supposed to name the game or the item. We accepted either. By memory, we believe that only the red/blue Raiden powerups, the Millipede DDT, and the Rock Band Guitar Overdrive (interestingly) blanked the field. I was happy that some people got the yoyo from Star Tropics and the emotional baggage from Psychonatus, and glad that the random armor we pulled from Elder Scrolls III was recognizable to a handful of people. Relatively few people, we believe, managed to pull the Arkham Asylum line-launcher and the God of War Experience Orb. People typically got the items one would expect they'd get--the BFG, the Soul Edge, Rush, the Sonic ring, etc.


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