monthly hardcore gaming quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Clues #1

25 screenshots, 25 forums, and 25 players, that's what it looks like right now in the make-a-wish October quiz. While every game has been guessed at least once, no one has been able to score full points... which means YOU can still win this round.

Nine people have already found "their game", but oh dear: one player didn't recognise his own wish and will get a minus point if he doesn't realise it before the end of the month!

Here come the first clues:

1) With the 4, 6, 8 and 14, there's some famous RPG series included - two from the East, two from the West.
2) Titles 17 and 20 are each set in one of the world wars.
3) Games 5 and 9 are new and only released this year.
4) This round does not show a single Amiga screenshot and only one of the games has been ported to this home computer.

Deadline is Monday 31st October, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz again: i.imgur.com/4g0V0oV.png

[excelsior]

Oct 14, 2022 17:32:03 GMT -5 Mr_Horizon said:

October Quiz - Clues #1

Here come the first clues:

1) With the 4, 6, 8 and 14, there's some famous RPG series included - two from the East, two from the West.

You missed that 10 is an RPG series also. A different subgenre, sure, but RPG is still included in that genre title. I'd also say it's the more famous than the two highlighted of the Eastern ones so it seems a significant omission in this clue. Not to mention number 1??? 16??? Clue is a bit misleading I think.

[Mr_Horizon]

Oct 15, 2022 0:15:41 GMT -5 excelsior said:

Oct 14, 2022 17:32:03 GMT -5 Mr_Horizon said:

October Quiz - Clues #1

Here come the first clues:

1) With the 4, 6, 8 and 14, there's some famous RPG series included - two from the East, two from the West.

You missed that 10 is an RPG series also. A different subgenre, sure, but RPG is still included in that genre title. I'd also say it's the more famous than the two highlighted of the Eastern ones so it seems a significant omission in this clue. Not to mention number 1??? 16??? Clue is a bit misleading I think.

I see what you mean - for me #1, #10 and #16 are more subgenres of Action or Strategy RPGs. Actually #3 is an RPG too. Mmmh...🙄
I'll save myself with a lame excuse, saying that this first clue never claims that there's not MORE games of the RPG genre in this round.

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Clues #2

Over half of the games have already been recognised by the people who wished for them, I guess the others are still taking their time. Fifty people are playing, you have ten days left to join and still no one has full points.

Ready for the second & final clues? ^_^

1) Game 7 is a licensed title, there are also movies and comics.
2) Number 3 is an RPG with Mii characters.
3) #3 is also Nintendo exclusive, just like #10, #13 and one game from the last row.
4) Title 15 is a very japanese music game.

Deadline is Monday the 31st of October, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz again: i.imgur.com/4g0V0oV.png

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - last weekend

Nearly eighty people did already dive into the October quiz (six of them from this forum) - and time is running out, in less than 48 hours this round will be over! Well, does anyone have full points? The answer is still NO.

That's why I'm being nice to you all... there are again clues. So Snake mainpatr cacao Woody Alien 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 Apollo Chungus blackdrazon ...how about it?

Here come the really last ones:

1) The #8 is a part from a series that started in 2010 on Wii.
2) The gameplay of #9 is somewhat like Super Smash Bros.
3) Title #16 is a Soulslike.
4) Game #17 was initially just a mod of a famous fps before it became its own game.

Deadline is Monday 31st October, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/, you can also update your existing entries by submitting again.

Here's the quiz one last time - wait no longer! i.imgur.com/4g0V0oV.png

[🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀]

Oh god, I'm nearly missing two months in a row... I'll try to fill it in this evening.

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Answers & Score

The Make-a-Wish round is over, all requested games were found out - but three players whose wishes were in the quiz didn't take part at all, boooh! All in all, the number of players was again very impressive with 127, I am happy. There was no one with full score this round, mainly due to #25. Scroll down to see what kind of game that was?

Just briefly before we start, here are the "Should there be MORE make-a-wish rounds" voting results (10% non-voters factored out):



I think we'll leave everything as it is


But now we start with the evaluation of the quiz... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score table.

1) Kingdom Hearts 3
Wished by: LittleChoco & Mangamaniac
Answer Rate: 88%
Other suggestions: 3x Final Fantasy, Chrono Cross, Skies of arcadia

2) Stardew Valley
No game has been guessed as many times as this one!
Wished by: Zion
Solving rate: 90%
Other suggestions: Animal crossing, Harvest Moon, Legend of River King.

3) Miitopia
Wished by: BVBFabi09
Answer Rate: 73%
Other suggestions: 5x Wii Party, 3x Tomadachi Life, animal crossing, Brain Age, Kinect sports, 3DS Streetpass

4) Ultima VII
Wished by: Jammet
Answer Rate: 65%
Other suggestions: Final Fantasy, Shining Force II, Tibia, Some old D'n'D game.

5) Cult of the Lamb
Wished by: hellermarie
Answer Rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Cat Quest, Deltarune, Hollow Knight, Ni no kuni, Ship of Fools.

6) Suikoden 2
Wished by: QFNS
Answer Rate: 58%
Other suggestions: 7x Dragon Quest, 3x Breath of Fire, Octopath Traveler, Chrono Trigger, Beyond Oasis, Final fantasy 6, Fire Emblem, Secret Of Mana, Terranigma

7) Predator: Concrete Jungle
Wished by: Gameproff
Answer Rate: 77%
Other suggestions: Mortal Kombat X, Halo 3, Hellboy: The Science of Evil, Mass Effect.

8.) Xenoblade Chronicles
Wished by: tharathiel
Answer Rate: 65%
Other suggestions: 4x Final Fantasy, Hitman II, Monster Hunter 3DS

9) MultiVersus
Wished by: Scorplian
Answer Rate: 62%
Other suggestions: Last Ninja, Nickelodeon All Star Brawl, Ranma 1/2.

10) Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Wished by: Addearheart
ReAnswer Rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Valkyrie Chronicles, School Girl/Zombie Hunter, Star Wars, The Last Story, Jeanne D'arc fantasy XIX.

11) The Last Ninja
Wished by: Striderblade
Answer Rate: 54%
Other suggestions: Beyond the Forbidden Forest, Ninja Gaiden, Ninja unit, Pitfall, Spider Fight.

12) Crusader: No Remorse
Wish of: DeekyFun (no show!) & teroknor
Answer Rate: 49%
Other suggestions: 6x Star Wars, 3x Fallout, Metroid, Operation: Ignition Factor, Shock Troopers, System Shock.

13) Sushi Striker
Wished by: Dogorilla
Answer Rate: 62%
Other suggestions: 5x Cooking Mama, Overcooked, Sushi simulator 1997.

14) Morrowind
Very many Sci Fi titles among the wrong suggestions.
Wished by: Nobby_UK
Answer Rate: 58%
Other suggestions: 4x Mass Effect, 3x Half Life, Final Fantasy, Star Wars: Kotor, Giants Citizen Kabuto, Kenshi, sega rally, Shadow of the Collosus, Xenoblade, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath.

15) Gitaroo Man
I had this on the ps2 and totally liked it.
Wish from: Don Como
Answer Rate: 32%
Other suggestions: 4x Um Jamma Lammy, 3x Jet Set Radio, Taiko no Tatsujin, Parappa the Rapper, Pop'n Music, Rhythm Heaven: Fever, The Artful Escape, ToeJam and Earl, Futurama, Half-Life 2.

16) Bloodborne
Wished by: Dream Team
Answer Rate: 40%
Other suggestions: 9x Dark Souls, 3x Elden Ring, Darkwatch, Demon's Souls, Final fantasy 14, Nioh, The Evil Within, The Witcher 2, Thymesia, Chakan.

17) Day of Defeat
Now is this the original or DoD Source? Not sure.
Wished by: 4C8en
Answer Rate: 34%
Other suggestions: 11x Counter Strike, 4x DayZ, 4x Medal of Honor, 3x Garry's Mod, Team Fortress, Battlefield 1942, Boneworks VR, Call Of Duty, Dragon Storm, Mafia, Playerunknown Battlegrounds, Rust, Stalker.

18.) Magical Puzzle Popils
Wished by: Red XIII
Solving rate: 30%
Other suggestions: 4x Bubble Bobble, Donkey Kong, Dragon Quest, Giana Sisters, Ninja Jajamaru, Princess Maker, Rainbow Islands, Solomen's Key

19) Unsighted
Wished by: Illusionary
Answer Rate: 35%
Other suggestions: Cross Code, Phantasy Star, VA-11 HALL-A

20) WW1 The Great War
Also known as "the Entente".
Wished by: Dark Kariya
Answer Rate: 25%
Other suggestions: 7x Medal of Homor, 5x Call of Duty, Sniper Elite, Commando, Cossacks, Front Pigs, Jagged Alliance, Quake, Red Dead Revolver, Spec Ops The Line, Wolfenstein 2009, broken lines.

21) Myth: The Fallen Lords
An early game from Halo developer Bungie.
Wished by: drauch
Answer Rate: 27%
Other suggestions: 6x Age of Empires, 4x Total War, Medieval: Total War, Ghosts and Goblins, Lords of the Realm 2, Vedelem, Warhammer: Dark Omen, Civilization

22) Big Mac the mad maintenance man
An apparently very hard to guess title for the C64.
Wished by: markopoloman (no show!)
Answer Rate: 4%
Other suggestions: 3x Montezuma's Revenge, Air Sea Battle, Amigo 64, Dig Dug, Lode Runner, Miner 49er, Passage, Rick Dangerous, Sheriff Star, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tom, H.E.R.O.

23) Again
A detective game for the Nintendo DS.
Wished by: jgkspsx
Answer Rate: 30%
Other suggestions: 4x Hotel Dusk, As Dusk Falls, Ashley and Mary Kate, Avenging Angel, Lethal Enforcers, Murder by numbers, Papers, Please.

24) Sorcer Striker / Mahou Daisakusen
A nearly 30-year-old shooter game... in the Shmups forum the answer rate was 60%, you can clearly see their specialization
Wished by: Rossyrg (no show!)
Answer Rate: 22%
Other suggestions: 3x Actraiser, Mushihime-sama, Albert Odyssey, Heroes of Might and Magic, I Call Shotgun, Kingdom Grand Prix, Secret of Evermore, Secret of Mana, Sylphia, Twinbee

25) Pondering about Max
Okay, only the person wishing for it recognised this game, no one else. An obscure title for Atari 8 bit home computers. You can buy "Pondering about Max" here, for a whopping 600€: www.ebay.de/itm/265913968131?hash=item3de9b52603:g:520AAOSwyvlfY81r
Wished by: partykiller
Answer Rate: 0.8%
Other suggestions: Tapper, Adventure, Bar Fight, Double Dragon, Red, Revenge of the elder burglars, The Bard's Tale


Quiz image:



Answer image:

Direkt link: i.imgur.com/Nr1Rbcd.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 24 points - spz - The_BACH
02 - 24 points - rta - Marek
03 - 24 points - mmx - Nayuta
04 - 24 points - rtu - Antiriad2097
05 - 23 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
06 - 23 points - gms - hellermarie
07 - 23 points - rta - EarthPainting
08 - 23 points - ntl - lifer
09 - 23 points - rpg - Fyrchtegott
10 - 23 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
11 - 22 points - rpg - Calastellio
12 - 22 points - eab - Nobby_UK
13 - 22 points - mnc - East West Elite
14 - 22 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
15 - 22 points - gpo - DocMoody
16 - 22 points - mnc - Dreamteam
17 - 21 points - mtc - Valdien
18 - 21 points - mmx - Knuckles
19 - 21 points - mtc - Parsnip
20 - 21 points - cib - LockeBoss

21 - 20 points - spz - Striderblade
22 - 20 points - rta - Illusionary
23 - 20 points - eab - Little Havie
24 - 20 points - gav - Wizdom
25 - 20 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
26 - 20 points - sh2 - Vino
27 - 19 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
28 - 19 points - eab - Havie
29 - 19 points - hcg - excelsior
30 - 19 points - mmx - fedprod
31 - 18 points - rpg - Zion
32 - 17 points - mmx - Klunky
33 - 17 points - cib - frozentiger
34 - 16 points - hcg - windfish
35 - 16 points - mnc - HomiSite
36 - 16 points - pop - Don Como
37 - 16 points - mtc - FunnyJay
38 - 15 points - can - Dark Kariya
39 - 15 points - eab - Mailman
40 - 15 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
41 - 15 points - hcg - dsparil
42 - 15 points - ata - jgkspsx
43 - 14 points - gsg - partykiller
44 - 14 points - gms - j1m
45 - 14 points - ftg - LockeTribal
46 - 14 points - ftg - rwklau
47 - 14 points - hcg - personman
48 - 13 points - smu - BulletMagnet
49 - 13 points - rta - SinOfHeart
50 - 13 points - pop - turzilla
51 - 13 points - ntl - ReadytoShock
52 - 13 points - mmx - Dnamei
53 - 13 points - m!g - geohound
54 - 13 points - gpo - Messor Torvus
55 - 13 points - gpo - rave
56 - 13 points - mmx - Lynx
57 - 13 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
58 - 13 points - gpo - Eddie
59 - 12 points - smu - Mischief Maker
60 - 12 points - spz - Geddoe
61 - 12 points - m!g - Red XIII
62 - 12 points - rkb - Addearheart
63 - 12 points - sh2 - Bonz
64 - 12 points - rkb - kirika1987
65 - 11 points - rkb - Philippe161
66 - 11 points - rtu - Chinnico
67 - 11 points - rta - Blufunk
68 - 10 points - smu - drauch
69 - 10 points - nto - Lockenvogel
70 - 10 points - can - Franky Mikey
71 - 10 points - mtc - QFNS
72 - 10 points - mmx - LittleChoco
73 - 09 points - f64 - Jammet
74 - 09 points - rta - Gygas
75 - 09 points - ntl - Blooper987
76 - 09 points - ntl - Fizza
77 - 09 points - gms - hellifanboy
78 - 08 points - nto - 4C8en
79 - 08 points - rtc - StayAwhile
80 - 08 points - hcg - teroknor
81 - 08 points - gpo - Bully
82 - 08 points - ftg - Ryan
83 - 08 points - gms - Bianco
84 - 08 points - wtd - Svenoble
85 - 08 points - ntl - Dogorilla
86 - 08 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
87 - 08 points - mmx - Shades
88 - 08 points - mnc - Mitschel
89 - 08 points - ntl - Krull
90 - 07 points - gpo - Konsolomio
91 - 07 points - gpo - Gameproff
92 - 07 points - rtc - ElginMcQueen
93 - 07 points - gms - kopyright
94 - 07 points - gav - Scorplian
95 - 07 points - mnc - elementalMaster
96 - 07 points - ntl - Minecraftemery
97 - 07 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
98 - 07 points - nto - Ande
99 - 06 points - ftg - A Wink and a Wank
100- 06 points - smu - Herr Schatten
101- 06 points - hcg - snake
102- 06 points - mtc - freshVeggie
103- 06 points - sh2 - godzella
104- 06 points - rkb - Grandhanate
105- 06 points - cib - Tharathiel
106- 06 points - rkb - FolderOfDoom
107- 06 points - rpg - Cosmo
108- 06 points - rkb - Phliege
109- 06 points - ntl - StarPoint
110- 05 points - pop - Sascha
111- 05 points - smu - guigui
112- 05 points - pop - Daiyama
113- 05 points - ata - Mikebloke
114- 05 points - ftg - Destria
115- 05 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
116- 05 points - eab - darkwave
117- 05 points - gpo - Navarone
118- 04 points - hcg - Alexmate
119- 04 points - ata - BydoEmpire
120- 04 points - cib - Retro_Willie
121- 04 points - gav - Yoshi
122- 04 points - gms - RC2225
123- 03 points - rpg - Moons of Kandar
124- 02 points - rtu - necronom
125- 02 points - gpo - FireSmoke
126- 02 points - sh2 - the_joker2
127- 01 points - pop - PUH




LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 19 points - excelsior
2 - 16 points - windfisch
3 - 15 points - dsparil
4 - 14 points - personman
5 - 08 points - teroknor
6 - 06 points - Snake
7 - 04 points - alexmate


Congrats to excelsior for the local lead.

Teroknor, everyone in this forum except for Snake recognised your wish, easily beating the 49% average answer rate.

Thank you all for playing and see you next time, for the last round of the year!

[dsparil]

Thank you to our quizmaster for taking AvP for #7. These are tough when there's no theme! It was pretty much just what I recognized (1-10, 12-14, 21, 23). I probably would have picked up 16 and 17 if I had waited until the last day like I usually do 😜

[windfisch]

Nov 2, 2022 17:09:37 GMT -5 dsparil said:

Thank you to our quizmaster for taking AvP for #7.

Same here. Really looked like the PC game from '00 to me at a quick glance. Never bothered to check. Though technically the Predator is still going against "aliens", from his point of view that is.

[excelsior]

1-13, 15, 16 straight away for me. A memory jog and some research for a few others. Surprised you missed The Last Ninja, dsparil, since I always found those visuals pretty unique - but perhaps it's not a series you know. Gitaroo Man also I always found pretty iconic.

[dsparil]

I don't think I've ever played The Last Ninja, and I've heard of Gitaroo Man but never played it. Unsighted is one I'm now kicking myself because it's on my eShop wishlist.

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Fighting Games

Watch out, it's going to get physical! The games of this round are not very subtle, instead we're going to kick some ass: 25 man-on-man (or woman-on-woman or robot-on-...oh you know) Fighting titles are waiting for you to recognise them!

And since this round brings us to the end of this quiz season, you can also vote for the best quiz of the year. Well then, roll with the punches & let's go?

Deadline is Wednesday 30th November, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz: Get ready, fight!

Direct link: i.imgur.com/UooGCWA.png

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Clues #1

The fists and kicks and sparks are flying - Thirty people are already eagerly dishing out in this end-of-the-year skirmish! In the November round, many of the most famous this genre has to offer are already out in the first row, exclusively world-famous series with considerably more than a handful of games, all of them million sellers.
So let's get into the ring, round 2: After all, the month is already more than half over...

Here come the first clues:

1) Number 4 and number 5 are famous fighting games from Namco's portfolio.
2) In game #7 only animals fight, in #8 and #10 only women fight - all in 2D.
3) #12 is a 90s title where polygonal robots compete (on PC & Playstations).
4) In #15 you see the N64 entry of yet another well-known fighting series.

Deadline is Wednesday the 30th November, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz again - round 2, fight: i.imgur.com/UooGCWA.png

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Clues #2

Attention, the last days are dawning.... next Wednesday, the final round of 2022 will end! Just about fifty people are playing, including two from here.
Join now, don't let your fellow forum users handle this one alone!

So then, once again hints - but after that you'll have to manage without my help:

1) Just ten games in this quiz use 3D graphics for the player characters.
2) In game 14, the characters can only fight with their legs, not their arms.
3) Five games from the 80s, nine from the 90s, five again from the 2000s.... plus three each from the 10s and 20s.
4) In this round you see SIX games that were released for the C64. All but one are in the bottom two rows.

Deadline is Wednesday the 30th of November, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz again - round 3, final: i.imgur.com/UooGCWA.png

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - round ends soon!

Woah, what a spectacle: almost eighty people are competing in this, it's a full on mass brawl! Also four players from here. But watch out: on Wednesday night the fight is over, so all the remaining observers don't have much time left. excelsior alexmate dsparil teroknor cacao Woody Alien 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 Apollo Chungus blackdrazon - come on people, get in the ring!

By the way, about #6... have you ever noticed that the same fighter appears as the protagonist in several fighting games on this platform? First in the original, then with a tan, then with a headband... that's why I'm friendly when it comes to the answers, but I won't just wave through every lowres Karate dude in a white bathrobe either.

See for yourself:

(these are all the answers that came in for #6)

Now don't wait any longer, because the deadline is already tomorrow, Wednesday the 30th of November.
Participation as usual via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Just one last time, the quiz:
i.imgur.com/UooGCWA.png