A nameless otaku (which roughly corresponds to the English geek, albeit with a focused "nerdiness" in all things anime) encounters an aggressively-looking Santa Claus, who offers to test his knowledge; if he succeeds, he can have his way with a few magically summoned beautiful girls...
Santa-kun is a quiz simulation. Santa asks a question, and the player must choose the correct answer among the three available ones. The game consists of several "matches"; in the beginning of each, a fully dressed young girl is introduced. A match consists of three rounds (25 questions all together); after each round, the girl removes part of her clothing. Upon successful completion of a match, the girl is shown fully naked.
The questions revolve (with a few exceptions) around video games and computer technology.
Quiz Daisousa Sen: The Last Count Down is a quiz adventure game.
Players control either Neo McDonald or Geo Kentucky in their adventures through Quiz City, a place where answering questions gets results. The genre to these questions include movies, history, geography, songs, sports, and entertainment news. Story progression through the games is largely decided through cutscenes and choices given to players, making the experience very similar to a choose-your-own-adventure.
Based on the television game show, Family Feud. The player chooses a family of five to play against another family. Players are asked to find the most common answers to various questions asked by the host, so the family can earn points. The family with the most points at the end of the game wins the prize money.
Jantei Monogatari is a hybrid of a traditional-style Japanese adventure game and a regular mahjong game. The player takes the role of the unnamed private investigator, and moves from place to place via menus, talking to different characters. The investigation happens through playing mahjong with each suspect: win and they'll tell you a bit more of what they know. At first, the investigator can only speak with the three girls in the photo, but as he wins games of mahjong against them, he gains information and experience that allow him to find new clues and talk to more suspects. The investigator will need to play against a dozen different opponents in his attempt to find out what happened to the kidnapped girl.
Hyper Marbles is an action game for the Sega Mega Drive, released exclusively in Japan via the Sega Game Toshokan service.
The object of Hyper Marbles is to knock all of your opponents into the electrical fences at the sides of the stage, while making sure you aren't knocked in yourself. A, B and C boosts.
Quiz Meitantei Neo & Geo: Quiz Daisousasen Part 2 is a quiz adventure game released for the Neo Geo in Japan only. It is a direct sequel to Quiz Daisousa Sen: The Last Count Down released the year prior.
Players once again take control over the detectives Neo McDonald or Geo Kentucky, who must explore the city and interrogate people.
The Official Everton F.C. Intelligensia is a quiz game about football. Despite the title it's not specifically about Everton as the player can choose to represent any English top flight team of the 1989/90 season and it features question about both domestic and international football. All questions have three alternatives to choose from and has to be done before time runs out. Some are accompanied with a picture.
The game is built around the FA Cup and like in real life first division clubs enters the competition in the third round. In each round the player has to answer a number of questions which depends on the opposition drawn and if it's a home or away game. Opposition from higher divisions lead to more questions being asked. Goals are scored by answering questions correctly and the number of answers required depend on the difficulty level chosen. In the same way goals are conceded by answering questions wrongly.
Fossil Hunter is an educational game for the Apple II.
The player takes on the role of a fossil hunter, and has the opportunity to dig in a variety of rock layers to identify the contained fossilized animals. The player can learn more about the animal groups with a small encyclopedia included with the game.
Educational software released in Japan on the Family Computer with a custom cartridge that needs the Konami QTài, Q太, adapter to function.
1 of 7 games known to use the adapter.
Ordered by Idemitsu and designed to encourage/help teach gas station employees the information needed to obtain Type-C dangerous goods handler qualifications.