Family Feud!
Updated: January 31, 2012
As promised, here are the top answers for each question!
Enjoy!
Jon
1. Name a game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System.
| Super Mario Bros
| 27
| Legend of Zelda
| 23
| Duck Hunt
| 10
| Battletoads
| 5
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| 2. Name a non-video game kids have played for generations.
| Monopoly
| 20
| Tag
| 18
| Hide and Seek
| 13
| Checkers
| 8
| Hopscotch
| 5
| Chess
| 4
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| 3. Name an item a role-playing game character might use.
| Sword
| 36
| Potion
| 35
| Staff
| 8
| Bag
| 5
| Axe
| 4
| Rope
| 3
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| 4. Name a character from the Mario games other than Mario.
| Luigi
| 32
| Peach
| 18
| Toad
| 17
| Bowser
| 11
| Yoshi
| 10
| Wario
| 6
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| 5. Tell me something you might put off until later because you're playing a video game.
| Sleep
| 23
| Eating
| 22
| Laundry
| 15
| Work / Homework
| 11
| Bathroom
| 6
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| 6. Name the video game development role that you most need to make a successful game.
| Programmer
| 45
| Game Designer
| 26
| Producer / Director
| 14
| Tester / QA
| 5
| Artist
| 4
| Entire Team
| 3
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| 7. Name a common way to kill an enemy in a video game.
| Shoot
| 49
| Jump
| 28
| Sword / Knife
| 7
| Punch / Kick
| 6
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| 8. Name a game that has made a lot of money.
| World of Warcraft
| 21
| Call of Duty
| 20
| Halo
| 9
| Minecraft
| 9
| Zelda
| 6
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| 9. You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. What do you do?
| Open/Look at mailbox
| 65
| Go east
| 8
| Go west
| 3
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| 10. Name a video-game character that started as a comic book character.
| Batman
| 41
| Spiderman
| 30
| Wolverine
| 6
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| 11. Name a game you wish you'd developed.
| Minecraft
| 12
| Angry Birds
| 7
| Portal
| 6
| World of Warcraft
| 6
| Tetris
| 5
| Zelda
| 5
| Skyrim
| 4
| Braid
| 3
| Civilization
| 2
| Final Fantasy 7
| 2
| Final Fantasy
| 2
| Everquest 2
| 2
| Halo
| 2
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| 12. Name a game that uses the Konami code.
| Contra
| 71
| Gradius
| 9
| Metal Gear Solid
| 2
| no answer given
| 17
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| 13. Name a food or beverage that helps you develop games.
| Coffee
| 32
| Water
| 14
| Mountain Dew
| 13
| Energy Drinks
| 12
| Pizza
| 9
| Cola / Diet Cola
| 7
| Chips
| 2
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| 14. Name a game that's preinstalled on a computer.
| Minesweeper
| 53
| Solitaire
| 35
| FreeCell
| 5
| Chess
| 3
| Hearts
| 2
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| 15. Name a button on a game controller.
| A
| 42
| X
| 24
| Start
| 16
| Select
| 6
| R1 / Right Shoulder Button
| 3
| Triangle
| 3
| L1 / Left Shoulder Button
| 2
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| 16. Besides move, jump, and shoot, name something you do in a video game.
| Crouch / Duck
| 15
| Pick up
| 8
| Run
| 5
| Die
| 5
| Explore
| 4
| Talk
| 4
| Use / Activate
| 4
| Pause
| 3
| Save
| 3
| Open things
| 3
| Slide
| 2
| Rescue
| 2
| Read
| 2
| Dance
| 2
| Shop
| 2
| Dodge / Evade
| 2
| Sneak
| 2
| Barrel Roll
| 2
| Cast spells
| 2
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| 17. Name a failed video game system. | Failed Console Virtual Boy
| 25
| Dreamcast
| 23
| Atari Jaguar
| 16
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| 18. Name a character that's a mascot for a video game system.
| Sonic
| 46
| Mario
| 30
| Crash Bandicoot
| 12
| Master Chief
| 6 | | ||||||||||||||||||
Updated: January 17, 2012
Thanks for the responses, everyone! Thanks to the power of the Internet I have more than enough data to run a proper Family Feud game. Now I just have to group the responses and put together the game board. :)
I'll post up the results of the survey after I run the game.
Thanks again for your help! The game development community is awesome.
Jon
Original post: January 10, 2012
Hello fellow game developers!
I'm running a Game Developer Family Feud game at my office next week, and I'm hoping to get 100 game developers to answer the survey questions below, so I can use the ones with the best responses in the game.
If you could take a few minutes to answer these questions I would really appreciate it!
Also, if you could send this to any other game developers that might be willing to fill it out, I'd appreciate that too!
Thanks!
Jon