monthly hardcore gaming quiz

[Dingo]

20 is TimeSplitters 2 I believe.

[jcrankin]

24 is Ambermoon, another fantastic German Amiga RPG. Its english translation is technically incomplete, but it's easy to find and there are patches and workarounds for the one or two game crashing bugs/missing text.

[windfisch]

I entered the quiz without looking for answers here beforehand, because I like a good challenge

My suggestion would be to use spoiler tags and/or vague hints for solutions in this thread. That way people who prefer to play by the rules can do so, while it still is possible to debate/guess/exchange information collectively.

[windfisch]

Dec 4, 2016 20:30:38 GMT -5 Mr_Horizon said:

Hey Windfisch, happy to see you are having fun solving the "mash-up" example...I like these, but they are SO MUCH work!

I'll build some more of those next year.

Let me dig up the solutions for you, before I post the December Quiz...


Fighting Game Mash-up:

1) Street Fighter 2
2) Mortal Kombat
3) Darkstalkers
4) Samurai Showdown
5) FX Fighter
6) Fatal Fury / King of Fighters
7) World Heroes
8) Elfmania


(...)

So, any surprises?

Yeah, the mash-ups are even more fun than the regular ones: They almost look like "real" screenshots - which requires the actual identification of seperate elements at first. I appreciate the effort, you have an eye for detail. So, go for it!

I never would have guessed FX Fighter, although I owned a copy once (I suppose it was not the most memorable game). But Darkstalkers - I should have known that.

[Mr_Horizon]

Dezember Quiz - hints #1

Already almost 40 people have not been affected by christmas stress and managed to participate in this round. Great!

Several users have recognised their own requests and guessed them correctly, however ONE participant has not discovered their own game request - that's gonna be embarrassing once the solution comes around!

There are two N64 games (both in the same row) and two SNES titles (they follow right after each other).

Oh, and number 17 is game after a book series by a famous team of authors.

Deadline is Saturday the 31st December... please use this page to participate: www.nerdquiz.de/

here is the quiz again: i.imgur.com/aSJd9UU.png

[Colonel Kurtz]

Don't doubt yourself, Feynman; 19 IS Headhunter.

[Mr_Horizon]

Merry Christmas everyone!

As you liked 'em so much, apart of the regular monthly quiz here is my christmas present to you. There are 8 games hidden in this mockup... can you find&name them all?

[Null0x00]

1. Outrun
2. Buggy Boy
3. Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge
4. Jaguar XJ220
5. Chase HQ
6. Stunt Race FX
7. Full Throttle SNES

I don't know what the last one is.

[Snake]

That was too hardcore for me. I could only make out Outrun and Chase HQ.

[windfisch]

Dec 25, 2016 17:40:33 GMT -5 Null0x00 said:

1. Outrun
2. Buggy Boy
3. Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge
4. Jaguar XJ220
5. Chase HQ
6. Stunt Race FX
7. Full Throttle SNES

I don't know what the last one is.

Nice! What elements do you mean by "the last one"?

I was just able to figure out Lotus, Outrun, Jaguar XJ220 and Stunt Race FX.

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Solution

A happy new year to all of you! 64 people participated in the last quiz of 2016.

We had a special rule this time - those that guessed their own wish correctly, gain a bonus point if they are under 20 points in total. But those that didn't recognise their own wish... got a one point penalty instead.

The score table is in the end, but first we have the solution as a text, then the images.


1) Banjo Kazooie
solution percentage: 74%
wished by: Yoshi (+1)
other suggestions: Banjo Tooie, Crash Bandicoot, Grim Fandango

2) Castle Crashers
solution percentage: 69%
wished by: Dr.Semmelknoedel (-)
other suggestions: World of Keflings, Psychonauts, Kingdom Rush, Skull Knight

3) Final Fantasy 7
solution percentage: 70%
wished by: Red XIII (+1)
other suggestions: Spyro the Dragon, Ape Escape

4) Xenoblade
solution percentage: 88%
wished by: Tingle (+1)
other suggestions: Final Fantasy

5) Mario Party
solution percentage: 84%
wished by: Monty (+1)
other suggestions: Mario Kart 64, Super Mario 64, Paper Mario, Mario Golf

6) Chrono Trigger
solution percentage: 69%
wished by: Thrawn (+1)
other suggestions: Chrono Cross, Shadow Man, Castlevania

7) Mario Paint
solution percentage: 36%
wished by: NoGoProGamer (-1)
other suggestions: Paper Mario Color Splash, Paper Mario, Mario & Yoshi, Wario Ware, Psychonauts

8.) Postal 2
solution percentage: 37%
wished by: PaulBearer (-)
other suggestions: The House of the Dead, Saints Row, Fear Effect, GTA, firepuke saga, Resident Evil, Deus Ex, Bully, Die Sims

9) Secret of Monkey Island
solution percentage: 73%
wished by: Pascal Parvex (+1)
other suggestions: -

10) Tombi / Tomba
solution percentage: 56%
wished by: Jin-Roh (+1)
other suggestions: Wonder Boy, Goemon, DragonBall

11) Tetris
solution percentage: 80%
wished by: BertBarth (+1)
other suggestions: Alladin

12) Giana Sisters
solution percentage: 56%
wished by: LOX-TT (+1)
other suggestions: Owlboy

13) Life is Strange
solution percentage: 64%
wished by: j1m (-)
other suggestions: Gone Home, Syberia, Blackwell Chronicles

14) World of Warcraft
solution percentage: 74%
wished by: Klees (+1)
other suggestions: Windwalker, pandamon, League of Legends, Kung Fu Panda, Enslaved

15) Animal Crossing
solution percentage: 45%
wished by: Sascha (+1)
other suggestions: flappy holes, Stardew Valley, Tomodachi Life, harvest moon

16) Driveclub
solution percentage: 25%
wished by: T-Bow (-1)
other suggestions: Need for Speed, Gran Turismo, Forza Horizon, Forza 5, Project Cars

17) Death Gate
solution percentage: 23%
wished by: Splunge (+0)
other suggestions: Lord of Ultima, might and magic 10, Ultima 7

18.) Mr.Robot
solution percentage: 17%
wished by: Christoph (-1)
other suggestions: Game of Thrones, sakura taisen, Starcraft, Greed Corp, Transformers

19) Headhunter
solution percentage: 31%
wished by: Barbarian (+0)
other suggestions: gta 3, gta 4, gta vice city, Driver, Driver 2, Driv3r, True Crime, Deux Ex, Midnight Club, Saints Row

20) Timesplitters 2
solution percentage: 31%
wished by: Walti (-1)
other suggestions: Serious Sam, Dishonoured, Indiana Jones, No one lives forever, Kingpin, Team Fortress 2, Vampire

21) Hyperdimension Neptunia
solution percentage: 42%
wished by: geohound (+1)
other suggestions: Atelier Meruru, sugoi fishing, Reccetear

22) Shantae
solution percentage: 55%
wished by: Kenji (-)
other suggestions: Pirates

23) Messiah
solution percentage: 44%
wished by: Singler (-)
other suggestions: Bayonetta, God of War

24) Ambermoon
wished by: Gerhard_S (+0)
other suggestions: Might and Magic, Might and Magic 3, lands of lore, Ultima, Bard's Tale, Wizardry, Baldurs Gate, Hexen

25) Death Tank Zwei
wished by: Icheherntion (-)
other suggestions: Scorched Earth, Artilerry, Cannons, Worms



quiz image:


quiz solution:

full resolution: i.imgur.com/Sb3mjrL.png

SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 Punkte - pcx - Splunge
02 - 25 Punkte - mmx - J.R.
03 - 24 Punkte - mnc - Gerhard S.
04 - 24 Punkte - pop - Barbarian
05 - 24 Punkte - mmx - Tako

06 - 23 Punkte - mnc - Deadly Engineer
07 - 21 Punkte - mnc - Waffler
08 - 21 Punkte - hcg - Bumpyroad
09 - 21 Punkte - mmx - DerZocker
10 - 20 Punkte - spf - konsolero85

11 - 20 Punkte - pcx - Christoph
12 - 20 Punkte - hcg - wildweasel
13 - 20 Punkte - gpo - Jin-Roh
14 - 19 Punkte - m!g - geohound
15 - 19 Punkte - m!g - Red XIII
16 - 19 Punkte - mnc - Klees
17 - 18 Punkte - mmx - V-King
18 - 17 Punkte - guf - Ike07
19 - 17 Punkte - mmx - Klunky
20 - 17 Punkte - hcg - Dream
21 - 16 Punkte - mmx - Shades
22 - 15 Punkte - mmx - Sölf
23 - 15 Punkte - gms - Sum1su
24 - 15 Punkte - guf - Wizdom
25 - 14 Punkte - pop - Don Como
26 - 13 Punkte - hcg - jc rankin
27 - 13 Punkte - gpo - Echelon
28 - 13 Punkte - hcg - ommadawnyawn
29 - 13 Punkte - m!g - SonicFanNerd
30 - 13 Punkte - m!g - Thrawn
31 - 12 Punkte - mnc - elementalMaster
32 - 12 Punkte - vgz - LOX-TT
33 - 12 Punkte - mmx - Barney
34 - 12 Punkte - vgz - Tingle
35 - 12 Punkte - vgz - Revolvermeister
36 - 11 Punkte - guf - Ripchip
37 - 11 Punkte - mmx - Ligiiihh
38 - 11 Punkte - mmx - Caro
39 - 11 Punkte - pop - Sascha
40 - 10 Punkte - 4py - DarkScorpion190
41 - 10 Punkte - gms - hellermarie
42 - 10 Punkte - mmx - SIr Barett
43 - 9 Punkte - pop - NoGoProGamer
44 - 9 Punkte - pcg - Briareos
45 - 9 Punkte - gpo - derubor_indaril
46 - 9 Punkte - gms - der.Otti
47 - 8 Punkte - gpo - BertBarth
48 - 8 Punkte - m!g - Monty
49 - 7 Punkte - pcx - besux
50 - 7 Punkte - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
51 - 7 Punkte - mmx - dasDull
52 - 7 Punkte - guf - Yoshi
53 - 6 Punkte - pop - Rinoa
54 - 6 Punkte - mmx - Moribundead

55 - 6 Punkte - guf - Sunny
56 - 6 Punkte - gpo - FireSmoke
57 - 6 Punkte - gpo - kataka
58 - 5 Punkte - vgz - Walti
59 - 5 Punkte - ktf - MAXstarPETE
60 - 5 Punkte - mnc - Bluubbi
61 - 5 Punkte - pcx - Pascal Parvex
62 - 4 Punkte - gms - Bianco
63 - 0 Punkte - vgz - T-Bow
64 - 0 Punkte - pop - Knut

mnc = altes maniac Forum
m!g = M!games Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
pcx = PCX Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
gpo = Gamepro Forum
gms = Gamestar Forum
guf = Gaming Universe Forum
mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
pcg = PC Games Forum
4py = 4Players Forum
rkb = Rocket Beans Forum
ktf = Konsolentreff
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
off = Offline / kein Forum

If users had equal score, they were ranked by weighted points (less guessed games giving higher value).

Victory goes to Splunge, J.R., Gerhard_S, Barbarian and Tako... you are the Top 5!

Also respect to Deadly Engineer, Waffler, Bumpyroad, DerZocker and konsolero85 - together you are the Top 10.


hardcore gaming 101 internal ranking:

1 - 21 Punkte - Bumpyroad
2 - 20 Punkte - wildweasel
3 - 17 Punkte - Dream
4 - 13 Punkte - jc rankin
5 - 13 Punkte - ommadawnyawn

Congrats to Bumpyroad for the internal first place.


Thanks to all for participating - this season is over, but in a month or two the quiz series will continue!

[Mr_Horizon]

FINAL SCORE 2016

the year is over, and I'd like to announce some overall winners!
It's a bit less interesting for HCG 101, as you have only participated for two rounds so far... but you get a final score post regardless.

So, this quiz series runs parallel in over ten different communities, only fitting we got a big olympia-style comparison at the end of a year (one year = 10 quizzes).

If you score the first, second or third place in a quiz, your forum gets a corresponding gold, silver, or bronze medal. To be more accessible, this game also features an "iron" medal if you achieve 4th, 5th or 6th place, and a "wood" medal if you manage 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th place.

Each medal scores points as follows:
gold - 5
silver - 4
bronze - 3
iron - 2
wood - 1

This is how all communities did in 2016 (excuse the german):


As you can see, hardcore gaming 101 (HCG) has gotten "wood" three times... even though you ony participated in two riddles! That even got you in the top 10:


I wonder how you'll do when participating for the entire next season?

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And apart of the more top level medal score, who made the actual points? This award goes to Dream, have a look at the overall combined table of all participants so far:

1 - 35 points - Dream
2 - 31 points - jc rankin
3 - 30 points - Bumpyroad
4 - 21 points - ommadawnyawn
5 - 20 points - wildweasel
6 - 13 points - LaserGhost

Here is your award!



congrats, and thanks to everyone for participating.

[windfisch]

("Dream" is my alias in the quiz)

[Mr_Horizon]

February Quiz - Fake Screenshots #2

Ta-daaa, the image quiz continues into the year 2017 - and we start with the fake screenshots, made from eight games each, that gained such great feedback last year.

There are four pictures in total, and every three days I will upload the next one. All are from the low-res games of the 80s and 90s, and each is a completely different genre... hopefully everyone will find one he likes!


Deadline is Tuesday the 28th of February, participate via www.nerdquiz.de/

This is the first of the four quiz images... have fun!

[Weasel]

Ooh wow, there's a hell of a lot going on here. Answers/guesses in the spoiler because I don't feel like going to another website:

SPOILER: Click to show

1. Chupa-Chups can't be from anything other than ZOOL.
2. The flowers and checkerboard dirt are very Sonic. Specifically, the 8-bit version.
3. Some variety of Wonder Boy wielding that sword. Couldn't tell you which port, but that's most likely from Monster Land.
4. The Mario mushroom is pretty obvious...but I love how you mixed in the cloud-bushes, too.
5. Whispy Woods. Kirby represent, y'all.
6. The platforms and gems...The Great Giana Sisters?
7. I'm tempted to guess that the status bar is from some Capcom Disney game but can't pinpoint which one.
8. The arm-bot in the air must be from either Mega Man or something very Mega Man-esque. Cocoron, maybe?
9. And I can't identify the ducks/puzzle pieces(?) in the right, next to Whispy...