monthly hardcore gaming quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Clues #3

So, the last weekend is almost over - this round ends on Wednesday night. Did you join yet?? At the moment there are 46 participants, and one from this forum.


Here are the last clues:

1) Game number 9 is not Outrun.

2) Game number 24 is not Tomb Raider.

3) Game number 24 is not Aladdin.

4) Sound 15 is a laughing clown in a point'n'click Adventure.

5) Number 22 remains unsolved - time for drastic measures! The game was released in the 80s and in the 90s, and I have been using the speech sample from the older version... but today I updated it to the modern version, which is much easier to understand.
You might need to refresh your browser though.


This has to be enough - last call, all join!

quiz link: www.retrogamequiz.com

Deadline is Wednesday October 31st.

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Answers & Score

What a round this is - just 0,03 points between the first and second place! Personally I was surprised to see that Turrican and X-Out were the hardest titles (just three people got each of them right), even though the sounds were from the intros.
And Call of Duty is better known than Mario 64?? Blasphemy! Anyway, I hope you had fun and are looking forward to the Answers.


1) Zelda Ocarina of Time
solved by: 86%
other suggestions: Final Fantasy VII

2) Skyrim
Fus roh da!
solved by: 61%
other suggestions: Dragonball Z, King of Fighters, Mortal Kombat, Soul Calibur

3) playstation 2 boot
startup sequence of the most sold console of all time!
solved by: 74%
other suggestions: Final Fantasy X

4) Minecraft
that was a Creeper, exploding at your cave entrance...
solved by: 42%
other suggestions: Worms, Bomberman, Timesplitters, No Man's Sky, Spelunky

5) Donkey Kong
Game over sound of the Arcade Legend.
solved by: 58%
other suggestions: Digdug, Galaga, Pac Man

6) Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare
...now it's a ghost town!
solved by: 77%
other suggestions: Fallout 4

7) left 4 dead
don't startle the witch!
solved by: 16%
other suggestions: Dead Island, Oddworld, Plants vs. Zombies, Resident Evil, Dead Rising, Dying Light, Tom & Jerry, Garfield, Dead Space

8.) Ducktales
Pogo-Stick of Dagobert Duck
solved by: 30%
other suggestions: Mickey Mouse, Clu Clu Land, Aladdin, Tron, Pac Man, Quackshot, Castle of Illusion

9) Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge 2
Outrun sounds similar, but this is from the Lotus series.
solved by: 14%
other suggestions: Outrun, Hydro Thunder, Burnout Paradise, Ridge Racer, Sega Rally 3, Virtual Racer, Checkpoint Charly

10) Jet Set Radio
solved by: 37%
other suggestions: Space Channel 5, WarioWare, Daytona USA, You don't know Jack, Sega Bass Fishing

11) Final Fantasy 6
Kefkas laugh is the most memorable sound of the game.
solved by: 33%
other suggestions: Bomberman 64, Super Mario Kart, Hugo, New Mario Bros, Sinistar, Super Mario 64, Chrono Trigger, Luigis Mansion, Klonoa 2

12) Mario 64
Bowsers laugh from the N64 Mario
solved by: 68%
other suggestions: Dungeon Keeper, Banjo Kazooie, Super Smash Brothers

13) Turrican
"Another day another try, but remember: shoot or die! Ahahahaha!"
solved by: 5%
other suggestions: Wolfenstein, Captain America, Metal Gear Solid, Strider, Terminator, Streets of Rage

14) Starfox 64
Andross is laughing on your tiny Arwing!
solved by: 19%
other suggestions: Medievil, Little Einsteins

15) day of the tentacle
This clown is laughing after he throws you on the floor.
solved by: 26%
other suggestions: Dropsy, GORF, Portal, Toonstruck, Thimbleweed Park, Beach Head, Stephen Hawking

16) house of the dead 2
solved by: 30%
other suggestions: Duke Nukem 3D, Serious Sam, Sea Man, Dora Super Spies, Metal Gear Solid 5

17) Doom (2016)
If you pull a gore nest in the new Doom, that's what it sounds like.
solved by: 19%
other suggestions: Bioshock, Half-Life, Quake 3, Alien Isolation

18.) GTA San Andreas
All we had to do, was follow the damn train CJ!
solved by: 70%
other suggestions: Red Dead Redemption, Gears of War 2

19) Space Channel 5
From the Intro - Ulalas Swinging Report Show!
solved by: 7%
other suggestions: wonderful 101, Sonic Adventure, Skies of Arcadia, Super Smash Bros, Command & Conquer, Helldivers

20) Crazy Taxi
getting a ranking after each round... "now let's take a look!"
solved by: 33%
other suggestions: San Franciso Rush, Borderlands, Jet Set Radio, The Grinch

21) Battle Squadron
Just so few? The speech sample says "welcome to battle squadron"!
solved by: 11%
other suggestions: One must fall, Tekken 3

22) X-Out
The speech sample says "get ready for Crossout":
C64 Version : www.retrogamequiz.com/22b.mp3
Amiga Version : www.retrogamequiz.com/22.mp3
solved by: 5%
other suggestions: F-Zero, Wrecking Crew, Denaris, Punch Out, Impossible Mission, Starfox 64, System Shock, Dragon Knight

23) Everquest
Level-up sound
solved by: 9%
other suggestions: Worms, Final Fantasy 14, World of Warcraft, Elderscrolls Online, Zelda, Quake 3, Overwatch, Evil Islands, Destiny

24) Roblox
Death Sound in this MMO: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roblox
solved by: 9%
other suggestions: Tomb Raider, Golden Axe, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo 3, Age of Conan, S4 league

25) Borderlands 2
solved by: 11%
other suggestions: Tony Hawk, Portal 2, Final Fantasy X, TES Online, Toonstruck, Zelda


answer image:

full size image on www.retrogamequiz.com (scroll down)


HIGH SCORE

01 - 20 points - mnc - Gerhard S
02 - 20 points - mmx - J.R.
03 - 17 points - mnc - Bergzwuckel
04 - 16 points - eab - Nobby_UK
05 - 15 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
06 - 14 points - eab - darkwave
07 - 14 points - mnc - Yeboah17
08 - 13 points - rta - Wibblewozzer
09 - 12 points - ntl - ReaderRagfish
10 - 12 points - gpo - Jin-Roh

11 - 12 points - mmx - fedprod
12 - 12 points - ntl - JoakimZ
13 - 11 points - dgo - fl0rian
14 - 11 points - ntl - GrailUK
15 - 11 points - vpf - cebix
16 - 10.5 pnts - pop - Barbarian
17 - 10 points - 4py - Crimson Idol
18 - 10 points - vgz - LOX-TT
19 - 10 points - 4py - Scorplian190
20 - 10 points - rta - Frump
21 - 10 points - vgz - Revolvermeister
25 - 09 points - eab - Havie
22 - 09 points - eab - Decker
23 - 09 points - mmx - Knuckles
24 - 09 points - pop - Don Como
26 - 09 points - mmx - Linkey
27 - 09 points - mmx - Tako
28 - 09 points - m!g - Kong
29 - 08 points - eab - lilalurl
30 - 08 points - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
31 - 08 points - mnc - elementalMaster
32 - 08 points - rta - boy wander
33 - 08 points - pcx - Splunge
34 - 08 points - guf - Wizdom
35 - 07 points - m!g - Red XIII
36 - 07 points - vgz - T-Bow
37 - 06 points - ntl - Dogorilla
38 - 06 points - hcg - Snake
39 - 06 points - pop - Sascha
40 - 06 points - guf - Yoshi
41 - 06 points - dgo - Abalone
42 - 06 points - gms - hellermarie
43 - 05 points - m!g - geohound
44 - 05 points - gms - kopyright
45 - 05 points - mnc - Mitschel
46 - 05 points - pcx - besux
47 - 04 points - eab - haynor666

48 - 04 points - pop - PUH
49 - 04 points - vgz - Walti
50 - 04 points - dgo - M0rr1s0n
51 - 03 points - pcx - peorg
52 - 03 points - pcx - Aurelio
53 - 03 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
54 - 03 points - mnc - Deadly Engineer
55 - 02 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
56 - 02 points - gpo - kataka
57 - 02 points - mnc - HomiSite


4py = 4Players Forum
eab = English Amiga Board
dgo = Dialogoption Forum
gpo = Gamepro Forum
gms = Gamestar Forum
guf = Gaming Universe Forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
m!g = M!Games Forum
mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
mnc = altes maniac Forum
pcx = PCX Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
vpf = Vierpfeile Forum


Here is the hardcore-gaming-Exclusive-List:

1 - 06 points - Snake

Congrats to Snake, for the (slightly lonely) local lead!

Thanks to all for joining and see you next time.

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Woof Woof the Dog Quiz

May I introduce, the dog on the picture above is Pepper. He's my dog, a six year old Yorkshire Terrier / Shih Tzu Mix. He is a totally good boy, and would be thrilled to know this riddle is dedicated to him.

AHEM, so this time it's about dogs! Across all years and systems you now have to recognise games from the pictured dogs. Sometimes it's easy as the main protagonist is a dog, sometimes it's hard as we are only talking about a background or side character.

Ah well, I am sure you can do it.

Deadline is Friday the 30th November, please participate via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here is the quiz... have fun!

[cacao]

This month's theme is great! I decided to try it out but even though many of these dogs look familiar (especially 15 and 24), there were many games I couldn't remember. I'll check this thread again when hints or the solutions are posted. I need to play more of these games!

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Clues #1

Wow (Woof?) that's a lot of people, more than thirty in the first three days - great! After two weeks it's now 50 participants (two from here), I'm happy you all like this round.

Many of you recognise the first few titles, but towards the end it still gets difficult - which is why nobody has achieved to get full score yet.

By the way, we welcome a new forum to his quiz series - the Retro Canteen is already in it with three users: retrocanteen.boards.net/thread/1375/monthly-retro-gaming-quiz


Don't give up - here are the first clues:

1) Game 1 und game 19 are license games to TV shows.

2) Watch out a bit on the games 6, 8, 10 und 14 - on these I have already given a few "half points" for unclear or too-far-off answers

3) For the most part game 16 plays in various hospitals.

4) I don't like it when that happens - but one game of the November quiz was already in last months SoundFX quiz.

5) Game 22 frequently makes you decide in morally & ethically complicated situations.


Did that help a bit? Go search the game buddy, go search! Good boy!

Deadline Friday 30th November, participate via www.retrogamequiz.com/

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Clues #2

Awww, good boy! There's sixty people in the quiz now (three from here), that's great - dog biscuits for everyone! ^_^

This round is coming to an end soon, though... the deadline is this friday! Therefore, please enjoy these last clues:


1) The following games got released for the playstation 2: 6, 13, 18, 21 and the 25.

2) Picture 10 shows an arcade game.

3) Number 18 and 21 are the only Survival Horror titles this round.

4) Game 22 was made in this decade.

5) Picture 23 shows a game from an Atari console.


This has to be enough... Go search the game buddy, go search!

Deadline is Friday 30th November, participate via www.retrogamequiz.com/

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Answers & Score

Who let the dogs out? Well it was a good idea, 88 people joined this round. That's this years record! The difficulty was lower than in the previous quizzes, average score is 16 points. There are even three first places where users got every single title correctly. The bottleneck was number 16, a certain Wii surgery game in a hospital setting. Scroll down and see for yourself!

1) Scooby Doo Mystery
solved by: 99%
other suggestions: -

2) Nintendogs
solved by: 97%
other suggestions: Dogz

3) Mega Man 3
solved by: 95%
other suggestions: -

4) Duck Hunt
solved by: 99%
other suggestions: -

5) Undertale
solved by: 70%
other suggestions: A Boy and his Dog, Minit

6) Snoopy vs the red baron
half points for "Peanuts" or "Charlie Brown"
solved by: 90%
other suggestions: Battlefield Heroes

7) Grand Theft Auto V
solved by: 86%
other suggestions: Sleeping Dogs, Watch Dogs, Borderlands

8.) Zelda twilight princess
half points for "breath of the wild" or just "Zelda"
solved by: 82%
other suggestions: Final Fantasy

9) Animal Crossing
solved by: 88%
other suggestions: Tomadachi Life

10) Shadow Dancer
This is the arcade version, called "Shadow Dancer". Half points for "Shinobi".
solved by: 64%
other suggestions: Street Fighter, Persona, Double Dragon

11) Fallout 4
solved by: 84%
other suggestions: Mass Effect, The Witcher III, Medal of Honour, Far Cry 4

12) Metal Gear Solid 5
solved by: 84%
other suggestions: Mass Effect, Civilization,

13) Darkstalkers
solved by: 53%
other suggestions: Killer Instinct, Aladdin, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Guilty Gear, Bloody Roar, Paws of Fury

14) Okamiden
this is the handheld version, not the console version. Half points for "Okami"
solved by: 78%
other suggestions: -

15) Jet Set Radio
solved by: 41%
other suggestions: Parappa the Rapper, Um Jammer Lammy, Gitarooman, Paper Mario, Wario Ware

16) Trauma Center: New Blood
solved by: 6%
other suggestions: Vet Sim, Outlast, Nonary games, Medical Pet Vet Rescue Hospital Doctors, Pet hospital , Animal Planet, Vampyr, WarioWare

17) Ghost Trick
solved by: 58%
other suggestions: Dogz, Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright, Pokemon, Wario Ware

18.) Haunting Ground
solved by: 50%
other suggestions: The Witcher, The Last Of Us, Resident Evil, Call of Duty, The Guardian, Syberia, Red Dead Revolver, Skyrim

19) Paw Patrol
solved by: 58%
other suggestions: Modnation Racers, Bob der Baumeister

20) Call of Duty: Ghosts
solved by: 76%
other suggestions: Metal Gear Solid, Kommisar Rex, Far Cry 5, Battlefield

21) Rule of Rose
solved by: 28%
other suggestions: Silent Hill, Resident Evil 7, Outlast

22) Gods will be watching
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRv8SPAuvy4
solved by: 18%
other suggestions: Thimbleweed Park, Sheltered, Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, Kentucky Route Zero, Broken Sword 2, Full Throttle, Monkey island 2, I have no mouth and I must scream, Paws, Animal planet, Walking Dead, Another World

23) Scrapyard Dog
solved by: 32%
other suggestions: Petz

24) Wonderdog
solved by: 51%
other suggestions: -

25) a dogs life
solved by: 63%
other suggestions: dog simulator


quiz image:


answer image:

direct link: i.imgur.com/feX6xNR.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mod-Team

04 - 24 points - mmx - poetBLUE
05 - 24 points - rta - Wibblewozzer
06 - 24 points - gpo - MadMoxxi
07 - 24 points - mmx - J.R.
08 - 24 points - vpf - cebix
09 - 23.5 pnts - ntl - BrainOfGrimlock
10 - 23.5 pnts - dgo - fL0riaN

11 - 23 points - pcx - Splunge
12 - 23 points - mmx - Ligiiihh
13 - 23 points - mnc - Superfrog
14 - 23 points - rtg - Antiriad2097
15 - 22.5 pnts - m!g - Kong
16 - 22 points - mmx - fedprod
17 - 22 points - guf - Wizdom
18 - 22 points - mnc - Bergzwuckel
19 - 22 points - mnc - Deadly Engineer
20 - 22 points - eab - Nobby_UK
21 - 21 points - m!g - schattenmann
25 - 21 points - rta - Foreshadow
22 - 21 points - mnc - Yeboah17
23 - 21 points - rta - Frump
24 - 21 points - mmx - Knuckles
26 - 20 points - gms - DorianGray
27 - 20 points - pop - Barbarian
28 - 20 points - mmx - LittleChoco
29 - 19.5 pnts - eab - darkwave
30 - 19 points - rta - ultramooz
31 - 19 points - m!g - Red XIII
32 - 19 points - mmx - Klunky
33 - 19 points - rta - dadjumper
34 - 18.5 pnts - eab - Havie
35 - 18 points - hcg - windfisch
36 - 17.5 pnts - mmx - Tako
37 - 17.5 pnts - rta - Tiesto
38 - 17.5 pnts - ntl - Moroboshi876
39 - 17 points - gpo - Jin-Roh
40 - 17 points - ntl - JoakimZ
41 - 17 points - vgz - Ankylo
42 - 16.5 pnts - ntl - ReaderRagfish
43 - 16.5 pnts - pop - Dog Como
44 - 16 points - hcg - cacao
45 - 16 points - ntl - PolarExperience
46 - 16 points - rta - Casper
47 - 15.5 pnts - 4py - Crimson Idol
48 - 15.5 pnts - eab - Decker
49 - 15 points - mnc - elementalMaster
50 - 15 points - pop - Sascha
51 - 15 points - rtc - Silvergunner
52 - 15 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
53 - 15 points - vgz - Herr-Semmelknoedel
54 - 15 points - gpo - kataka
55 - 15 points - rta - dearodie
56 - 15 points - ntl - Dogorilla
57 - 15 points - gms - hellermarie
58 - 14.5 pnts - rta - Zolbrod
59 - 14.5 pnts - m!g - geohound
60 - 14 points - rtc - markopoloman
61 - 14 points - mnc - Mitschel
62 - 13.5 pnts - pop - Daiyama
63 - 13 points - hcg - Snake
64 - 13 points - 4py - Scorplian190
65 - 12.5 pnts - rtg - dste
66 - 12.5 pnts - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
67 - 12.5 pnts - 4py - DancingDan
68 - 12.5 pnts - ntl - NaviAndMii
69 - 12.5 pnts - ntl - Scrummer
70 - 12.5 pnts - vgz - Gumbario
71 - 12 points - vgz - Revolvermeister
72 - 12 points - vgz - LOX-TT
73 - 11.5 pnts - mnc - Lukulus
74 - 11.5 pnts - vgz - Walti
75 - 11.5 pnts - gpo - BertBarth
76 - 11 points - rtc - ElginMcQueen
77 - 11 points - guf - Ike07
78 - 10.5 pnts - dgo - M0rr1s0n
79 - 10 points - eab - lilalurl
80 - 09.5 pnts - guf - Yoshi
81 - 09 points - ntl - Krull
82 - 09 points - mmx - Shades
83 - 09 points - rat - necrodex
84 - 07.5 pnts - pop - NoGoProGamer
85 - 06.5 pnts - 4py - schockbock
86 - 06 points - eab - Leffmann
87 - 06 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
88 - 04 points - pop - PUH

4py = 4Players Forum
dgo = Dialogoption Forum
eab = English Amiga Board
gpo = Gamepro Forum
gms = Gamestar Forum
guf = Gaming Universe Forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
m!g = M!Games Forum
mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
mnc = old maniac Forum
pcx = PCX Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rat = Rebell.at community
rta = ResetEra Forum
rtc = Retro Canteen Forum
rtg = RetroGamer Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
vpf = Vierpfeile Forum


Harcore-Gaming-101-exclusive-list:

1 - 18 points - windfisch
2 - 16 points - cacao
3 - 13 points - Snake

Congrats to windfisch for the local lead.

Thanks to all for joining and see you next time - for the last quiz of the year.

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Hackers

So, what are we hacking today? The blast door to the mainframe? The memory chip of that android? A virtual server somewhere in cyberspace? Some killer AI gone rogue? Or are we just doing a fun hacking minigame or watch a "hacking..." progress bar?!

No matter if just a tech-savy sidekick character or the central gameplay/story element, hacking is our theme for December - the last quiz of the year.

It's gonna be a bit harder than the dog quiz, but I hope you'll have fun regardless.

Deadline is Monday the 31st of December, please participate via www.retrogamequiz.com

Here is the quiz... good luck.

direct link: i.imgur.com/hcuSUWu.png

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Clues #1

Okay, so far there are 33 people trying their luck and knowledge this round, one of those from this community. Have you joined yet? Will you after this set of clues?

1) Several games are based on famous movie licenses: Number 2, 8 and 10.

2) The 17, 19, 21 and 25 are also license games, but the source material is very mixed... we have a Manga, toy line, offline-RPG and book license.

3) The oldest game (fifth row) was released in 1985, the newest title (third row) just came out in October this year.

4) Picture 9 shows a turtle.

5) Picture 11 shows a robot mechanic. He gives you an item that lets you hack and take over other robots.


Deadline is Monday the 31st of December, please participate via www.retrogamequiz.com

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Clues #2

Jingle Bells, red nosed reindeer, Frosty the snowman - yes I know it's Christmas, but don't forget to join the last quiz of the year!
So far there's over forty people, and one from this community.


Here is the last full set of clues - there'll be little more than a small reminder next week, so best get moving:

1) With the exception of the last row, all games this round appeared after the year 2000.

2) The following games were published by Ubisoft: 4, 5, 15, 16

3) For this rounds last five titles, three are from the 80s and two from the 90s.

4) Game 1 shows a female hacker in a popular AAA first person shooter.

5) Number 6 is the only game in this round that was also released on the Sega Dreamcast.


Deadline is Monday the 31st December, participate via www.retrogamequiz.com/

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Clues #3

Watch out folks, this quiz ends on monday - you only have the weekend left! 54 people are in so far, that's not bad. Two of them are from this forum.

Christmas is over, and so are any excuses - come and join the last riddle of 2018!


1) Number 7 is not System Shock.

2) Borderlands is not in this quiz at all.

3) The same goes for Lawnmower Man.

4) To get a full point for number 17 you have to give me the name of the specific toy line this license game is about. The big brand name only gets you half a point.

5) Come on now, "the world" is not the correct answer for Game 19!


Deadline is Monday the 31st of December, join in via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here the quiz a last time - good luck & a happy new year!
i.imgur.com/hcuSUWu.png

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Answers & Score

2018 is over, and so is the fifth season of this video game quiz. With 73 players it was a good finale, thank you everyone. So, who is the master hacker who got all points in this one? Hold tight, there's TWELVE people who got full score!
Ten of those are from the old maniac forum, where (just like the year before) the admins did a lottery with amazon vouchers from surplus affiliate earnings of the year.

And as a rule change - there's no more differences between first place contenders. Full points equals first place from now on.

And the answers & high score table? Scroll down and see for yourself!


1) Overwatch
That's Sombra, from Blizzards famous team multiplayer fps.
solved by: 86%
other suggestions: Bulletstorm, Dishonored

2) Tron 2.0
One of several license games to disneys "Tron" from the 1980s.
solved by: 90%
other suggestions: -

3) Detroit: Become Human
solved by: 95%
other suggestions: Mass Effect Andromeda

4) Watch Dogs 2
The Hacker "Wrench" with his trademark animated mask.
solved by: 88%
other suggestions: State of Emergency, Destiny

5) Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
The mysterious Hacker (Hacktress?) "Bishop" from the beginning of the game.
solved by: 74%
other suggestions: Ark, Remember me, The Division, The turing test

6) Rez
No matter if "Rez infinite" or "Rez HD"... hack & chase a crazy AI system through Cyberspace.
solved by: 68%
other suggestions: Ingress

7) >Observer_
solved by: 67%
other suggestions: Metal Gear Solid 4, System Shock, X files

8.) Alien Isolation
Hacking Minigame #1
solved by: 64%
other suggestions: Agent under Fire, James Bond

9) Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
solved by: 66%
other suggestions: Borderlands, Ninja Turtles, Psychonauts

10) Enter the Matrix
solved by: 81%
other suggestions: -

11) Metal Arms
That's Krunk, the engineer that gives you hacking powers.
solved by: 45%
other suggestions: Borderlands, Fallout, Nier Automata, Ratchet & Clank, Scrapland

12) Mass Effect
Hacking Minigame #2
solved by: 55%
other suggestions: Flashback, Ghost in the Shell, Star Trek, TimeSplitters

13) State of Mind
Here we have Jeff Kosowksi, Hacker in the Berlin of 2048.
solved by: 38%
other suggestions: Fear Effect, Luigis Mansion, No More Heroes, Orwell, Runaway 3, Watch Dogs 2

14) Mirror's Edge Catalyst
solved by: 85%
other suggestions: Frozen Synapse, Watchdogs

15) Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Can't let you hack that, Star Fox!
solved by: 34%
other suggestions: Binary Domain, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Titanfall

16) Splinter Cell Double Agent
Hacking Minigame #3
solved by: 32%
other suggestions: Beyond Good & Evil, Far Cry: Blood Dragon

17) Lego Nexo Knights - Merlok 2.0
This is Merlok, a digital magician that uploaded himself into cyberspace.
Half a point for "Lego", and a full point for "Nexo Knights".
solved by: 58%
half points for: Lego The Movie The Game, Lego Sambego, Lego Lord of the Rings, Lego Universe, Lego Worlds, Lego Batman, Lego City Undercover, Lego The Hobbit, Lego Dimensions

18.) Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Hacking Minigame #4
solved by: 59%
other suggestions: EVE Online, Hackers

19) .hack//infection
No matter what part, ".hack" gives the full point. Three people went with "The World R:1", and got half a point.
solved by: 66%
other suggestions: The World R:1

20) Alpha Protocol
Hacking Minigame #5
solved by: 49%
other suggestions: Bioshock, The Way Remastered

21) Shadowrun
The Pen&Paper RPG on the SNES.
solved by: 53%
other suggestions: Ghost in the Shell, Mega Man Exe

22) Hacker
Probably among the first games with a "hacking" theme, from 1985.
solved by: 44%
other suggestions: Impossible Mission, Paradroid, Robot, Short Circuit

23) Interphase
Creative 80s 3D graphics and innovative gameplay... but with just 21% correct answers it's the hardest title of this quiz.
solved by: 21%
other suggestions: Alien Invasion, I Robot, Lawnmower Man

24) Beneath a steel sky
A little known cyberspace scene late in the game.
solved by: 25%
other suggestions: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Gods, Lawnmower Man, Snatcher

25) Neuromancer
Videogame version of the famous Cyberpunk Novel, released in 1988.
solved by: 44%
other suggestions: Ghost in the shell, Lawnmower man, Snatcher, System Shock, Terminator, Total Recall


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Direktlink: i.imgur.com/hrdyice.png


HIGH SCORE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - mnc - Andy1977
01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - mmx - J.R.
01 - 25 points - mnc - Deadly Engineer
01 - 25 points - mnc - chifan
01 - 25 points - mnc - Pasu
01 - 25 points - mnc - wynk
01 - 25 points - mnc - BumBum
01 - 25 points - pop - Barbarian
01 - 25 points - mnc - Robo
01 - 25 points - mnc - euph

13 - 24 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
14 - 24 points - pcx - Splunge
15 - 23 points - guf - Wizdom
16 - 22.5 pnts - dgo - fl0rian
17 - 22 points - eab - Nobby_UK
18 - 22 points - rta - Wibblewozzer
19 - 22 points - mnc - :N.G.E:
20 - 22 points - mnc - Mod-Team
21 - 21 points - mmx - fedprod
25 - 20.5 pnts - vpf - cebix
22 - 20 points - gpo - j1m
23 - 19.5 pnts - rat - suit
24 - 18.5 pnts - mnc - schattenmann
26 - 18 points - dgo - Abalone
27 - 18 points - mmx - Knuckles
28 - 17.5 pnts - rta - Dakath
29 - 17.5 pnts - rta - Frump
30 - 17.5 pnts - gms - DorianGray
31 - 17.5 pnts - mmx - poetBLUE
32 - 17 points - mnc - Marukka
33 - 15 points - gms - Bianco
34 - 15 points - mnc - BOzard
35 - 15 points - mnc - Superfrog
36 - 14.5 pnts - mnc - elementalMaster
37 - 14.5 pnts - mnc - KikjaR
38 - 13.5 pnts - m!g - Kong
39 - 12.5 pnts - vgz - Walti
40 - 12.5 pnts - mnc - Sidewinder
41 - 12.5 pnts - gpo - kataka
42 - 12 points - m!g - geohound
43 - 12 points - mnc - Yeboah17
45 - 12 points - pop - Don Como
46 - 11.5 pnts - mmx - Linkey
47 - 11.5 pnts - gpo - Rave
48 - 11 points - pop - Sascha
49 - 11 points - mnc - Bergzwuckel
50 - 10.5 pnts - pcx - Aurelio
51 - 10.5 pnts - 4py - DancingDan
52 - 10.5 pnts - mnc - Lukulus
53 - 10.5 pnts - guf - Colt
54 - 09.5 pnts - mmx - Klunky
55 - 09 points - hcg - mainpatr
56 - 09 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
57 - 08.5 pnts - vgz - LOX-TT
58 - 08 points - hcg - Moran
59 - 07.5 pnts - rtg - dste
60 - 07.5 pnts - rta - paulrobinbrown
61 - 07.5 pnts - rat - Besux
62 - 07.5 pnts - mnc - Klees
63 - 07 points - mnc - HomiSite
64 - 06.5 pnts - mnc - Mitschel
65 - 05.5 pnts - m!g - Red XIII
66 - 05 points - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
67 - 04.5 pnts - pcx - Pascal Parvex
68 - 04.5 pnts - ntl - Dogorilla
69 - 04.5 pnts - rtc - Elgin_mcqueen
70 - 04 points - 4py - Crimson Idol
71 - 03.5 pnts - mmx - Shades
72 - 02 points - rat - necrodex
73 - 02 points - eab - Leffmann
74 - 02 points - guf - Yoshi

4py = 4Players Forum
dgo = Dialogoption Forum
eab = English Amiga Board
gpo = Gamepro Forum
gms = Gamestar Forum
guf = Gaming Universe Forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
m!g = M!Games Forum
mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
mnc = altes maniac Forum
pcx = pcx Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rat = Rebell.at community
rta = ResetEra Forum
rtc = Retro Canteen Forum
rtg = RetroGamer Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
vpf = Vierpfeile Forum



Here is the hardcore-gaming-Exclusive-List:

1 - 9 points - mainpatr
2 - 8 points - Moran

Congrats to mainpatr for the local lead.

Many thanks to all for joining, and see you next time - this weekend there'll be the year end results, and in February we'll start with the new quiz season!

[Mr_Horizon]

HIGH SCORES 2018

The year is over, and I'd like to announce some overall winners (and winning forums) from all the contestants and points of 2018.

As this quiz is a competition among several online forums (18 in total!), I'd like to start with the community ranking and explain how you score points for your forum.


SCORE HIGH

If you make it to the top 10 in any of my quizzes, you gather points for your forum:

Getting first place (by having the highest or generally full score) makes 5 points - a gold medal!
There can be more than one if several users have perfect results.
For place two you get 4 points. Silver!
For place three you get 3 points. Bronze!
Those who make it to rank four, five or six... they get 2 points. (iron medal)
And who at least makes it to seven, eight, nine or ten... that's a wood medal and worth 1 point.


ENDURANCE

Frequent participation also gets you points for your forum, that's how you can contribute even without lots of nerd knowledge.

If you join the quiz five times without a break, you get 1 point. I call it a half marathon.
Those that make it for ten quizzes without missing any (e.g. from mid 2017 to mid 2018) get 2 points - a full marathon.
As an addition, if you binge through the entire last year without leaving any riddle aside... that's even 3 points.
And for the most faithful, the MEGATON: 4 points for those that participated on 30 quizzes in a row.

If you say that's crazy - five users out of the almost 200 last year scored that prize.

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Alright, this is how the participating forums have made it through the year:



4py = 4Players forum
dgo = Dialogoption forum
eab = English Amiga Board
gpo = Gamepro forum
gms = Gamestar forum
guf = Gaming Universe forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
m!g = M!Games forum
mmx = Multimediaxis forum
ntl = NintendoLife forum
mnc = old maniac forum
pcx = PCX forum
pop = PowerPlay forum
rta = ResetEra forum
rtc = Retro Canteen forum
rtg = RetroGamer forum
vgz = Videogameszone forum
vpf = Vierpfeile forum

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A round of applause, 15th place for the hardcore gaming 101 community!

That's a bit below average, but only two points more and you'll jump several steps upwards, past the Videogameszone. Maybe 2019?

The RetroGamer community is being excluded (too few participants), and the same goes for the VierPfeile forum (that score is the work of a single user, administrator Cebix). The RetroCanteen comes in as a new Challenger.

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This abstract community score aside, who actually made the points?


The following users made it into the top 10s:

bronze medal - 3 points - Windfisch (Retro Pixel Quiz)

wood medal - 1 point - Bumpyroad (Wunschkonzert Quiz)


The second category is endurance... this is how your forum did:

No points - no one got more than three in a row.


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And before I forget, here the winner of the last survey:



Alright, you like pixel-riddles and a bit on the easier side. Got it.

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Thanks to all for joining.

[Mr_Horizon]

Local Top 10

For comparison and motivation - here is the local top 10 for the year 2018. In brackets the changes to the previous year (where applicable). Users with zero points have been sorted by their 2017 score. Congrats to Windfisch for the lead!


01 - 91 points - Windfisch (+64)
02 - 51 points - Moran (+15)
03 - 49 points - mainpatr (+35)
04 - 47 points - woody alien (+28)
05 - 37 points - Cacao (+20)
06 - 32 points - Snake (+9)
07 - 25 points - ommadawnyawn (+11)
08 - 24 points - Bumpyroad (-108)
09 - 05 points - surnshurn (-4)
10 - 00 points - wildweasel (-65)

[Mr_Horizon]

Global Top 100

For comparison and motivation - here is the global top 100 for the year 2018.

21 Users achieved more than 100 points, and five of them even more than 200.


01 - 248 points - mmx - J.R.
02 - 245 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
03 - 219 points - eab - Nobby_UK
04 - 212 points - pop - Barbarian
05 - 200 points - mnc - Mangamaniac

06 - 193 points - guf - Wizdom
07 - 192 points - pcx - Splunge
08 - 173 points - dgo - fL0riaN
09 - 172 points - vpf - cebix
10 - 168 points - mmx - Fedprod
11 - 150 points - mmx - Knuckles
12 - 141 points - mnc - Deadly Engineer
13 - 129 points - pop - Don Como
14 - 122 points - m!g - Geohound
15 - 120 points - rta - Wibblewozzer
16 - 117 points - m!g - Red XIII
16 - 117 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
17 - 117 points - mnc - Yeboah17
18 - 109 points - ntl - JoakimZ
19 - 109 points - mmx - Klunky
20 - 106 points - gpo - MadMoxxi
21 - 103 points - m!g - Kong

22 - 99 points - mnc - ElementalMaster
23 - 95 points - 4py - Crimson Idol
24 - 91 points - hcg - Windfisch
25 - 90 points - mnc - Superfrog
26 - 88 points - pop - Sascha
27 - 86 points - gpo - Kataka
28 - 85 points - mnc - Mitschel
29 - 82 points - rtg - Antiriad2097
30 - 81 points - mmx - Shades
31 - 80 points - gpo - Jin-Roh
32 - 76 points - mnc - Strid3r
33 - 74 points - rta - dearodie
34 - 74 points - ntl - Dogorilla
35 - 73 points - vgz - Walti
36 - 71 points - mnc - HomiSite
37 - 71 points - 4py - Scorplian190
38 - 66 points - guf - Yoshi
39 - 64 points - gms - hellermarie
40 - 63 points - gpo - j1m
41 - 60 points - rta - Frump
42 - 60 points - pop - gentle breeze
43 - 59 points - eab - Havie
44 - 57 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
45 - 57 points - vgz - LOX-TT
46 - 55 points - eab - darkwave
47 - 52 points - 4py - Akabei
48 - 51 points - hcg - Moran
49 - 50 points - mnc - Bergzwuckel
50 - 50 points - mnc - PaulBearer
51 - 49 points - hcg - mainpatr
52 - 49 points - eab - lilaurl
53 - 48 points - m!g - Rudi Ratlos
54 - 47 points - mnc - Mod-Team
55 - 47 points - hcg - woody alien
56 - 46 points - dgo - Abalone
57 - 45 points - mnc - Lukulus
58 - 43 points - vgz - Revolmermeister
59 - 42 points - mmx - poetBLUE
60 - 41 points - mnc - BumBum
61 - 40 points - vgz - Dr-Semmelknoedel
62 - 40 points - mnc - Schattenmann
63 - 38 points - mnc - euph
64 - 38 points - m!g - Monty
65 - 38 points - mnc - raiko
66 - 38 points - 4py - DancingDan
67 - 38 points - gms - DorianGray
68 - 38 points - mnc - Klees
69 - 38 points - ntl - ReaderRagfish
70 - 37 points - hcg - Cacao
71 - 36 points - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
72 - 35 points - ntl - scrummer03
73 - 34 points - mmx - LittleChoco
74 - 32 points - hcg - Snake
75 - 31 points - pcx - Aurelio
76 - 30 points - vgz - Ankylo
77 - 30 points - pop - PUH
78 - 29 points - m!g - Thrawn
79 - 28 points - mmx - Linkey
80 - 27 points - eab - haynor666
81 - 27 points - mmx - Tako
82 - 26 points - gpo - BertBarth
83 - 25 points - mnc - Andy1977
84 - 25 points - mnc - chifan
85 - 25 points - mnc - Optimus Prime
86 - 25 points - mnc - Pasu
87 - 25 points - mnc - Robo
88 - 25 points - mnc - Wynk
89 - 25 points - eab - Decker
90 - 25 points - hcg - ommadawnyawn
91 - 24 points - pcx - Besux
92 - 24 points - ntl - BrainOfGrimlock
93 - 24 points - hcg - Bumpyroad
94 - 24 points - pop - NoGoProGamer
95 - 24 points - pcx - suit
96 - 23 points - mmx - Ligiiihh
97 - 23 points - pop - Daiyama
98 - 23 points - pcx - Urmel
99 - 22 points - mnc - :N.G.E:
100 - 22 points - eab - CodyJarrett


4py = 4Players forum
dgo = Dialogoption forum
eab = English Amiga Board
gpo = Gamepro forum
gms = Gamestar forum
guf = Gaming Universe forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
m!g = M!Games forum
mmx = Multimediaxis forum
ntl = NintendoLife forum
mnc = old maniac forum
pcx = PCX forum
pop = PowerPlay forum
rta = ResetEra forum
rtc = Retro Canteen forum
rtg = RetroGamer forum
vgz = Videogameszone forum
vpf = Vierpfeile forum