| 100% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Game dreamed up by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981 featuring a gorilla |
| 41% | DONKEYKONG | 10 | Classic arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981 that features the adventures of a gorilla character: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SONIC | 5 | Video game hedgehog voiced by Ben Schwartz in a feature film |
| 32% | RAPTURE | 7 | 1981 song by Blondie with lyrics about a man from Mars, who also features in the music video |
| 30% | ANTE | 4 | Stake put up by a player in Poker |
| 29% | TEMPEST | 7 | Event conjured up by Prospero in a Shakespeare play |
| 29% | HIMOM | 5 | Handmade sign held up by a kid in the bleachers |
| 29% | EASTEREGGS | 10 | Hidden features in a video game |
| 29% | EASTEREGG | 9 | Hidden feature in a video game |
| 28% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Popular arcade game featuring pop-up rodents ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 28% | ANTE | 4 | A stake players put up in a game like poker |
| 28% | PAPER | 5 | It's beaten by scissors in a game |
| 28% | EASTEREGG | 9 | Hidden feature in a computer game or DVD |
| 28% | KONMARI | 7 | “Tidying Up” method featured in a Netflix series |
| 28% | SCORES | 6 | Numbers or points in a game made by teams |
| 28% | GYMSHOES | 8 | They might just squeak by in a basketball game |
| 28% | EYES | 4 | Distinguishing Bette Davis feature, highlighted in a 1981 tune |
| 27% | WHATS | 5 | "___ Up?" questioned posed by 4 Non Blondes in a 1993 song |
| 27% | REDANTS | 7 | Enemies in a 1991 video game featuring competing insect colonies |
| 27% | START | 5 | Word by the first square in a board game, often |
| 27% | MTV | 3 | Channel launched in 1981 with a video by the Buggles |
| 27% | KONG | 4 | "Donkey ___," video game franchise featuring a giant gorilla that took over cereal boxes in the '80s |
| 27% | KONAMICODE | 10 | Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, in video games |
| 27% | CRAZY | 5 | "___ in Love," a hit song by Beyonce featuring her husband Jay-Z |
| 27% | HAT | 3 | ___ trick (three goals by a single player in a hockey game) |
| 27% | GOOSE | 5 | Chaser chosen by a head tap, in a kid's game |
| 27% | PACMAN | 6 | Video game character who nibbles up dots in a maze: Hyph. |
| 27% | ROCK | 4 | Fist that's defeated by an open palm, in a game |
| 27% | OCARINA | 7 | Egg-shaped wind instrument featured in a "Legend of Zelda" game |
| 27% | ANTE | 4 | Amount placed by a person in poker or other similar games |