monthly hardcore gaming quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

February Quiz - Open World Games

Welcome to the new quiz year! Linear progression, strict level sequence, no exploration? Not today - we begin this season with a younger genre, I hope the retro fans among you won't run screaming. ^_^

I'm sure there's many classics I didn't include, and instead put titles in this round that just barely qualify as open world... but this is just me trying to keep it interesting, not knowing every release out there and also avoiding re-use of games from previous rounds.

The deadline is Tuesday the 28th of February, participate via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here is the quiz, good luck:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/N94QQz5.png

[Snake]

Feb 1, 2023 23:54:51 GMT -5 Mr_Horizon said:

February Quiz - Open World Games

Welcome to the new quiz year! Linear progression, strict level sequence, no exploration? Not today - we begin this season with a younger genre, I hope the retro fans among you won't run screaming. ^_^

I won't run! 逃げちゃダメだ.
But definitely intimidated!

[Mr_Horizon]

February Quiz - Clues #1

Fifty people are already roaming the various open worlds of this round. Well, has anyone climbed a tower to unlock new clues yet? Then let me deliver...

Here are the first clues:

1) The 12, 15 (and three titles from the last row) are controlled from the first person perspective - and there is shooting in all of them (sometimes more, sometimes less).
2) This round is surprisingly "new", a total of eight games are from the current decade.
3) Attention dear players, title 18 is not by Sid Meier.
4) Number 20 is the only game from the 80s, it never got released on console.

Deadline is Tuesday the 28th of February, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz again: i.imgur.com/N94QQz5.png

[Mr_Horizon]

February Quiz - Clues #2

This Open World is filling up, now there are already seventy players! Of those, four are from this community. Not quite MMO size yet, but we'll get into triple digits for sure.
Watch out, this month is short... the round will be over next Wednesday. So get moving and deal with those last remaining quest markers, there are only a few days left.

Here come the second & last clues:

1) SEGA was involved in two games, though not in #1.
2) Game 14 is the only N64 title in this round.
3) From the beginning it was clear that the developers of game 10 had copied generously from the last Zelda.
4) One of the most famous space game series of all time, number 13 shows an entry from the 90s.

Deadline is next Tuesday (28th February), enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here is the quiz again: i.imgur.com/N94QQz5.png

[Mr_Horizon]

about the future of this quiz series

By the time this year is over, I will have organised these video game quizzes for a full decade. (and hardcore gaming 101 has been a part of it for more than six years).

I wouldn't have thought that a hobby I started once in a melancholy winter (actually just to distract myself) would accompany me for such a long time - and this year it will be exactly 100 episodes.

That's such a nice round number, I'd like to leave it at that... which means that my quiz series will come to an end this year.

A better programmer would have automated it all with scripts, a better businessman would have monetised it somehow... I'm none of those things, unfortunately, and the effort is just too much in the long run. So I hope we can all have fun with the last ten episodes this year before I start looking for a new hobby in December.


...and about the current round:
114 people are already on it, five from here.

dsparil excelsior personman 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 alexmate Woody Alien Apollo Chungus ...how about it?

Today (28.2.), is the last day before the deadline... so it is time to join the last February quiz: www.retrogamequiz.com/

[excelsior]

Honestly, I was going to pass on the quiz this year. Realising it's the final year though I'd like to continue to support your hard work, but I'm just going to take a quick look rather than spend too much time on it I think for this year. Honestly, whilst I do appreciate all the work I think this perhaps is the best time to end it. I think it's pretty clear there are people using image searching technology to assist them, which means that there's no point in approaching the quiz from a competitive angle. That for me kills the fun a little.

[Mr_Horizon]

Mar 1, 2023 4:39:35 GMT -5 excelsior said:

Honestly, I was going to pass on the quiz this year. Realising it's the final year though I'd like to continue to support your hard work, but I'm just going to take a quick look rather than spend too much time on it I think for this year. Honestly, whilst I do appreciate all the work I think this perhaps is the best time to end it. I think it's pretty clear there are people using image searching technology to assist them, which means that there's no point in approaching the quiz from a competitive angle. That for me kills the fun a little.

I totally get what you mean. Glad to hear you will still join the final quizzes and take steps to keep it fun.
Maybe there'll be a 5th soundFX round? Good luck image searching that!

(answers for February Quiz are coming in a few minutes)

[Mr_Horizon]

February Quiz - Answers & Score

So, this is the last year I'm doing the monthly videogame quiz. That means you have just witnessed the very last February round! With over 150 players we also set a participation record. Was it the theme, or was it maybe easier than usual? Anyway, I'm happy and hope the remaining nine quizzes will be just as numerous!

Before we get started, here's a quick look at the vote: "how was your 2023 so far?"



That doesn't look too bad! More than half of you are doing well or very well, and a third say "average". That leaves about 13% who unfortunately didn't have a good start to the new year... I wish them a quick turnaround.

But now it's time for some answers... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score table.

1) Grand Theft Auto 3
The protagonists of Shen Mue and GTA 3 both have dark hair, wear a brown leather jacket, blue jeans and white shoes. imgur.com/a/ucTMBbL Also, both titles are open world games played from a 3rd person perspective. Basically the same game! ^_^
Solution rate: 89%
Other suggestions: 10x Shenmue, Manhunt, flashback, Yakuza, Silent Hill

2) Assassins Creed
The white hoodie, the haystack - clearly must be a assassin in Jerusalem!
Solution rate: 96%
Other suggestions: The Witcher

3) Sonic Frontiers
Solution rate: 77%
Other suggestions: Far Cry, Halo, Final Fantasy XV, Bioshock Infinite, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Roller Coaster Tycoon, Xenoblade Chronicles

4) Elden Ring
Solution rate: 82%
Other suggestions: Demons Souls, shadow of the collosus, Dark Souls, Elder Scrolls, Nier Automata, skyrim

5) Legend of Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom
Hey, everyone recognised Zelda! And how many actually recognised Tears of the Kingdom? That was only 34% of you.
Solution rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

6) Marvel's Spider-Man
Solution rate: 79%
Other suggestions: Cyberpunk 2077, Deus ex, Portal, Raid Shadow Legends, Alpha Protocol, Crackdown

7) Pokemon Legends Arceus
Solution rate: 85%
Other suggestions: Dragon Quest, Genshin Impact, ni no kuni, Xenoblade Chronicles

8.) Saints Row the 3rd
Solution rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Destroy All Humans, GTA Online, Yakuza

9) Ghost of Tsushima
Solution rate: 72%
Other suggestions: Way of the Samurai, Nioh, Rise of the Ronin, Sekiro

10) Genshin Impact
The clue about "stolen from Breath of the Wild", made a lot of you think of Immortal phoenix rising.
Solution rate: 68%
Other suggestions: 16x Immortal phoenix rising, Ni no kuni, Xenoblade Chronicles, Dragon Quest XI, Final fantasy, Kid Icarus, Breath of the wild

11) Fallout 2
Solving rate: 60%
Other suggestions: Baldur's Gate, Diablo 2, Dungeons and Dragons, Planescape Torment, Time Commando, Ultima, Wasteland

12) Far Cry 3
"What? Huh? What, you want to run? You want to disrespect me? I mean you come here, with your pretty boy face, right, and your pretty boy phone, your dimwit brother, and you want to fuck with me?"
Solution rate: 38%
Other suggestions: 4x Uncharted, 4x Mass Effect, The Elder Scrolls, Alpha Protocol, Atomic Hearts, GTA V, Hitman, Horizon Zero Dawn, Infamous, Just Cause, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Mafia, the Last of Us, The Outer Worlds, witcher, Yakuza

13) Frontier - Elite 2
Solution rate: 58%
Other suggestions: 6x Wing Commander, Starfox, Chernoblyte, R type, Star Control 2, Star Trek

14) Body Harvest
Five times Blast Corps? It does look similar - but Open World is something else
Solution rate: 60%
Other suggestions: 5x Blast Corps, Dragonball, Jet Force Gemini, Outcast, Star Fox 64

15) Stalker
Around Chernobyl you can discover all kinds of strange creatures in this series. Thematically quite similar to Metro and Fallout (the two most frequent wrong entries).
Solution rate: 34%
Other suggestions: 7x Metro, 5x Fallout, Borderlands, Doom, Rage, Scorn, Bioshock, Black Ops 2, Kill Zone, Neuroshima Hex Sharrash, Prey, Quake 4, The Evil Within.

16) Death Stranding
You guys were surprisingly sure this is a Star Wars game. Why, because of the laser/blaster/whatever beam?
Solution rate: 47%
Other suggestions: 9x Star Wars Fallen Order, 5x Star Wars, bloodborne, Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Fade to Silence, Prey, Remnant, Resident Evil Village, Sea of Solitude, Skyrim, The Witcher 3, Wild Hearts.

17) Gothic 2
Solution rate: 41%
Other suggestions: 10x the Elders Scroll (Morrowind & Oblivion), Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age, Thief, World Of Warcraft, Path of Exile, Prince of Persia 3, Risen 3, Sekiro, Skyrim, Fable 2, Guild Wars 2, Kingdom Come - Deliverance

18) Uncharted Waters 2 - New Horizons
No, not Pirates.
Solution rate: 32%
Other suggestions: 15x Pirates, 4x Dragon quest, 4x Final Fantasy, Ultima, Port Royale, Settlers 2, Alundra, Terranigma, Golden Sun, High Seas Trader, Phantasy Star

19) Infamous
Solution rate: 40%
Other suggestions: 10x Star Wars - The Force Unleashed, Star Wars KOTOR, Metal Gear Rising, Metal Gear Solid, Vanquish, Final Fantasy, Last story, Mass Effect, Nier Automata, Prototype, Soul Reaver

20) the Seven Cities of Gold
Second hardest title of this round (after #24)
Solution rate: 12%
Other suggestions: Hydlide, Montezuma's Revenge, North vs South, Robinson Crusoe, The three Musketeers, Ultima I, Zulu

21) Shakedown Hawaii
Five people entered the prequel Retro City Rampage, that also gave one point.
Solution rate: 51%
Other suggestions: Golf Story, Dead Cells, Terraria, Thimbleweed Park, "Miami something"

22) Choo-Choo Charles
My favourite entry from a user (MikeBloke) who couldn't think of the name: "Is this the game with the train you have to run away from? Oh yeah the train is evil and goes off the tracks.".
Solution rate: 44%
Other suggestions: Final Fantasy, Metro, Fallout 3, The Division 2, Train Simulator

23) Anarchy Reigns
No, not Bayonetta! A quarter of you recognised the purple butt, be proud of yourselves
Solution rate: 25%
Other suggestions: 13x Bayonetta, 4x Mass Effect, Xenoblade Chronicles, Tekken 7, Metal Gear Solid, Metroid Dread, Metroid Prime, Stellar Blade, Apex Legends, Arkham city, Cyperpunk, Deathverse - Let it Die

24) Starsand
This game is mostly about a desert, so the dark screenshot is extra mean!
Solution rate: 9%
Other suggestions: Alien Arena, Aliens vs Ghosts, Beyond Good and Evil, BioShock Infinite, Brütal Legend, Cyberpunk, Death Chase, Deep Rock Galactic, Destiny 2, Evillord, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Grounded, Halo, Journey to the Wild Planet, No Man's Sky, Outer Wilds, Outer Worlds, Resident Evil, Stray, Subnautica: Below Zero

25) Ishar - Legend of the Fortress
A building from the first game of the Ishar trilogy.
Solution rate: 18%
Other suggestions: 5x The Elder Scrolls (Daggerfall), Terraria, Amberstar, BASS, Children of Mana, Defender of the Crown, Dragon Quest, Kingdom, Kingdom 2 crowns, might and Magic, Monster Boy and the cursed kingdom, Nicktoons Attack of the Toybots, Outcast, Residual, The settlers, toomba


Here is the quiz picture again:



Answer picture:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/u2FQT2K.png



HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - cib - frozentiger
01 - 25 points - rta - EarthPainting
01 - 25 points - mnc - East West Elite
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - mnc - OfflineChris
01 - 25 points - rta - marek
07 - 24 points - mnc - Dreamteam
08 - 24 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
09 - 23 points - eab - Nobby_UK
10 - 23 points - eab - Havie
11 - 23 points - gpo - Konsolomio
12 - 23 points - mmx - fedprod
13 - 23 points - gpo - DocMoody
14 - 23 points - mtc - Valdien
15 - 22 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
16 - 22 points - m!g - Killersepp
17 - 22 points - rta - Nihilistic Monk
18 - 22 points - mtc - Parsnip
19 - 22 points - spz - The_BACH
20 - 22 points - rpg - Fyrchtegott

21 - 21 points - smu - Mr Shadow
22 - 21 points - gms - hellermarie
23 - 21 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
24 - 21 points - rta - Illusionary
25 - 21 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
26 - 21 points - cib - LockeBoss
27 - 20 points - cib - Tharathiel
28 - 20 points - gsg - partykiller
29 - 20 points - ata - jgkspsx
30 - 20 points - gav - Wizdom
31 - 20 points - mmx - Knuckles
32 - 20 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
33 - 20 points - rta - malus
34 - 19 points - eab - mailman
35 - 19 points - spz - Geddoe
36 - 19 points - rkb - kirika1987
37 - 19 points - mmx - Klunky
38 - 19 points - gms - kopyright
39 - 18 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
40 - 18 points - eab - gimbal
41 - 18 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
42 - 18 points - gms - j1m
43 - 18 points - spz - Striderblade
44 - 18 points - gpo - Messor Torvus
45 - 17 points - can - Dark Kariya
46 - 17 points - can - M_Rick75
47 - 17 points - nto - Curly
48 - 17 points - nto - square
49 - 17 points - ftg - rwklau
50 - 17 points - hcg - dsparil
51 - 16 points - ata - Keir
52 - 16 points - hcg - personman
53 - 16 points - mnc - Lukulus
54 - 16 points - cib - GaiaGensouki
55 - 16 points - sh2 - Vino
56 - 16 points - mnc - HomiSite
57 - 16 points - ftg - RumMonkey
58 - 15 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
59 - 15 points - pop - turzilla
60 - 15 points - rpg - Zion
61 - 15 points - hcg - mainpatr
62 - 15 points - eab - darkwave
63 - 15 points - cib - Seizokano
64 - 15 points - mtc - MegaApple
65 - 15 points - gpo - rave
66 - 14 points - wtd - jenoogle
67 - 14 points - ftg - vandelay
68 - 14 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
69 - 14 points - ftg - spooky
70 - 14 points - ftg - harrypalmer
71 - 14 points - ftg - mrpon
72 - 14 points - ftg - LockeTribal
73 - 14 points - rkb - Addearheart
74 - 14 points - ntl - charlix12323
75 - 13 points - m!g - Red XIII
76 - 13 points - can - Franky M.
77 - 13 points - gpo - kataka
78 - 13 points - nto - 4C8en
79 - 13 points - rkb - Philippe161
80 - 13 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
81 - 13 points - rta - Gygas
82 - 13 points - m!g - geohound
83 - 13 points - mnc - Mitschel
84 - 12 points - hcg - windfisch
85 - 12 points - gpo - Navarone
86 - 12 points - mtc - freshVeggie
87 - 12 points - rtu - ElginMcqueen
88 - 12 points - ntl - StarPoint
89 - 12 points - ntl - Bunkerneath
90 - 12 points - rpg - D4rkD
91 - 12 points - rkb - Folde
92 - 12 points - mnc - elementalMaster
93 - 12 points - smu - BulletMagnet
94 - 12 points - rta - Optional Objectives
95 - 12 points - gav - Scorplian
96 - 12 points - mmx - Dnamei
97 - 12 points - mmx - Lynx
98 - 11 points - mtc - FunnyJay
99 - 11 points - hcg - teroknor
100 -11 points - rta - Zolbrod
101 -11 points - ftg - Cubby
102 -11 points - gav - Cube
103 -11 points - pop - Don Como
104 -11 points - rta - Blufunk
105 -10 points - gms - RC2225
106 -10 points - gpo - Bully
107 -10 points - gpo - GAMEPROFF
108 -10 points - ntl - Krull
109 -10 points - ntl - Dogorilla
110 -10 points - rkb - DSOP.ape
111 - 9 points - ata - Trinity32
112 - 9 points - ftg - Destria
113 - 9 points - ata - Mikebloke
114 - 9 points - rkb - Phliege
115 - 9 points - mnc - chifan
116 - 9 points - mmx - Shades
117 - 9 points - wtd - svenoble
118 - 9 points - ftg - Rhaegyr
119 - 9 points - pop - dixip
120 - 9 points - gpo - Eddie
121 - 9 points - hcg - excelsior
122 - 9 points - ftg - JuniorFE
123 - 8 points - f64 - Jammet
124 - 8 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
125 - 8 points - mmx - LittleChoco
126 - 8 points - sh2 - Bonz
127 - 8 points - mtc - QFNS
128 - 8 points - gms - Vincent 86
129 - 8 points - rpg - Mattos313
130 - 8 points - cib - Icho Tolot
131 - 8 points - sh2 - the_joker2
132 - 8 points - rkb - LetsRay
133 - 7 points - ftg - Ecosse
134 - 7 points - rkb - salversurfer
135 - 7 points - nto - Dark~ExxzoN
136 - 7 points - m!g - Kong
137 - 6 points - cib - @kuma:0
138 - 6 points - hcg - Snake
139 - 6 points - smu - Mischief Maker
140 - 6 points - gpo - FireSmoke
141 - 6 points - nto - Ande
142 - 6 points - ntl - Minecraftemery
143 - 6 points - gav - Yoshi
144 - 5 points - gms - Schneitzel
145 - 5 points - pop - PUH
146 - 5 points - pop - Sascha
147 - 5 points - ftg - Rich
148 - 5 points - ntl - BabyYoda71
149 - 5 points - rta - Aldo
150 - 4 points - pop - Daiyama
151 - 4 points - cib - Jan565
152 - 3 points - cib - Elemental Master
153 - 2 points - pop - Arne


LOCAL HIGH SCORE

1 - 17 points - dsparil
2 - 16 points - personman
3 - 15 points - mainpatr
4 - 12 points - windfisch
5 - 11 points - teroknor
6 - 09 points - excelsior
8 - 06 points - Snake

Congrats to dsparil for the local lead.

Thanks to all for playing!

[dsparil]

There's seriously a game called Choo Choo Charles about a demon train?? And more people recognized it than the iconic Ponytail Guy from Gothic??

[Mr_Horizon]

Mar 3, 2023 8:58:18 GMT -5 dsparil said:

There's seriously a game called Choo Choo Charles about a demon train?? And more people recognized it than the iconic Ponytail Guy from Gothic??

Oh yes! Here's the official final trailer: youtube

The video shows a lot - but thus also gives a good idea of all gameplay elements: Stealth, Horror, Action, Crafting, Open World.

It was developed by just one person, but apart from the lacklustre character models you wouldn't know by looking at it.

Had quite a bit of buzz towards the end of last year before its release and many streamers playing it.

 

[excelsior]

Mar 3, 2023 4:56:37 GMT -5 Mr_Horizon said:

Maybe there'll be a 5th soundFX round? Good luck image searching that!

That would indeed be the real test. Of course, I would suck at it, but would be interesting to see the results.

[Mr_Horizon]

March Quiz - Point & Click Adventures

Where last round you had to deal with many modern multiplatform titles, we now plunge into the golden age of classic graphic adventures. That means we're going deep into the 90s, but with less of a focus on console games. Grab your mouse and get ready to POINT & CLICK!

It was a bit strange to put this round together, as so many classics had already been used in all the other quizzes. So no Maniac Mansion, no Loom, no Full Throttle or Grim Fandango... but there are still many big names left for this month, and of course some obscure ones too.

Deadline is Friday the 31st of March, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz, have fun!

Direct link: i.imgur.com/EMyT9gn.png

[Mr_Horizon]

March Quiz - Clues #1

Point, click... use ANSWERS with GAMEQUIZ! The first thirty people have already managed to do this, with results ranging from "quite good" to "I'm sure they'll come up with more later."
Some players were surprised about the number of modern games, so I wanted to mention that the majority (13) of the titles are from the 80s and 90s, the golden age of graphic adventures.

Here come the first clues:

1) Number 10 is a detective adventure by Sierra in which Roberta Williams was involved.
2) Fans give a famous game from the 80s an update in terms of graphics & gameplay... #13 is the result.
3) Title 18 is a free promotional game for a German company.
4) Game 20 is from a famous (and now closed) British studio, but among all its releases are only two adventures.

Deadline is Friday 31 March, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here is the quiz again, good luck i.imgur.com/EMyT9gn.png

[Mr_Horizon]

March Quiz - Clues #2

You can't get any further? You can't find a walkthrough on the net and have already combined "everything with everything"? Well, maybe this post can help.

Not that many people have joined yet, 42 in total and two of them from this forum. Don't forget to submit, there is less than a week left!

Here are the final clues:

1) Some people write something at #4 that they might be better off putting at #19.
2) In title #11 all the characters are talking animals, it came out in the mid-90s for DOS, Amiga and Mac.
3) For games #6, #12 and #15, there were not only graphics done by hand, but quite a few frames and assets were digitised from real life footage.
4) The job of the alien protagonist of number 7 is to create crop circles on Earth.

Deadline is Friday 31 March, participation via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here is the quiz again, good luck: i.imgur.com/EMyT9gn.png

[Mr_Horizon]

March Quiz - this round ends soon

Attention ladies and gentlemen, there are less than 36 hours left before this round comes to an end. We have over 90 people playing, including six from this forum.... so now is no longer the time to think, but time to join!

Well then excelsior mainpatr 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 Apollo Chungus or Woody Alien ...how about it?

Deadline is this Friday the 31st of March, participation via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz one last time, go for it: i.imgur.com/EMyT9gn.png