Name an arcade game

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25-second pick · +85

Arkanoid Deep Cut

8 letters · 1 word · ~2s to type · 104 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Arkanoid: Deep Cut, +85, 8 letters, about 2 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Pinball, or Space Invaders — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Computer Space (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Computer Space +100

Skip Donkey Kong · Pac-Man · Pinball · Space Invaders

Hints

Hint 1. 104 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Battlezone

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Arkanoid · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Arkanoid Deep Cut 85 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Arkanoid 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Beatmania 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Berzerk 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Mappy 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Millipede 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Rampage 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Sinistar 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Xevious 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Battlezone 60 pts
  • Breakout 60 pts
  • Defender 60 pts
  • Foosball 60 pts
  • Galaxian 60 pts
  • Gauntlet 60 pts
  • Gradius 60 pts
  • Joust 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Donkey Kong 10
  • Pac-Man 10
  • Pinball 10
  • Space Invaders 10
  • Street Fighter 10

Public accepted list

Same buckets the game published. We do not re-grade. The pick above is the plan; this block is the record.

Prompt 1 of 1

Name an arcade game

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 36 ● Rare · 40 ● Schooler · 20 ● Too Clever · 2 ● Plankton · 5
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Computer Space +100
Deep Cut +85 36 answers — tap to reveal
  • 1943 +85
  • After Burner +85
  • Altered Beast +85
  • Arkanoid +85
  • Beatmania +85
  • Berzerk +85
  • Crystal Castles +85
  • Elevator Action +85
  • Galaxy Game +85
  • Hydro Thunder +85
  • Initial D +85
  • Jurassic Park +85
  • Karate Champ +85
  • Lethal Enforcers +85
  • Mappy +85
  • Marble Madness +85
  • Mario Bros. +85
  • Mario Kart Arcade GP +85
  • Millipede +85
  • Pump It Up +85
  • Rampage +85
  • Ridge Racer +85
  • Robotron: 2084 +85
  • Rolling Thunder +85
  • San Francisco Rush +85
  • Sega Rally +85
  • Silent Scope +85
  • Sinistar +85
  • Smash TV +85
  • Sunset Riders +85
  • Taiko no Tatsujin +85
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day +85
  • The Fast and the Furious +85
  • The King of Fighters +85
  • Xevious +85
  • Zaxxon +85
Rare +60 40 answers — tap to reveal
  • 1942 +60
  • Area 51 +60
  • Battlezone +60
  • Breakout +60
  • Bubble Bobble +60
  • Claw machine +60
  • Crazy Taxi +60
  • Cruis'n USA +60
  • Daytona USA +60
  • Defender +60
  • Dig Dug +60
  • Dragon's Lair +60
  • Final Fight +60
  • Foosball +60
  • Galaxian +60
  • Gauntlet +60
  • Golden Axe +60
  • Gradius +60
  • Joust +60
  • Killer Instinct +60
  • Marvel vs. Capcom +60
  • Metal Slug +60
  • Missile Command +60
  • NFL Blitz +60
  • Out Run +60
  • Paperboy +60
  • Pole Position +60
  • Punch-Out!! +60
  • Q*bert +60
  • R-Type +60
  • Shinobi +60
  • Soulcalibur +60
  • Spy Hunter +60
  • Star Wars +60
  • Tempest +60
  • Time Crisis +60
  • Track & Field +60
  • Tron +60
  • Virtua Fighter +60
  • X-Men +60
Schooler +30 20 answers — tap to reveal
  • Air hockey +30
  • Asteroids +30
  • Big Buck Hunter +30
  • Centipede +30
  • Contra +30
  • Dance Dance Revolution +30
  • Double Dragon +30
  • Frogger +30
  • Galaga +30
  • Golden Tee +30
  • Mortal Kombat +30
  • Ms. Pac-Man +30
  • NBA Jam +30
  • Skee-Ball +30
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles +30
  • Tekken +30
  • Tetris +30
  • The House of the Dead +30
  • The Simpsons Arcade Game +30
  • Whac-A-Mole +30
Too Clever +15 2 answers — tap to reveal
  • Burgertime +15
  • Pong +15
Plankton +10 5 answers — tap to reveal
  • Donkey Kong +10
  • Pac-Man +10
  • Pinball +10
  • Space Invaders +10
  • Street Fighter +10