monthly hardcore gaming quiz

[dsparil]

It's Korean. As aggressive as it sounds, that's the equivalent of a wedgie there.

[Snake]

Interesting!  I've only seen a handful of Korean arcade games here, stateside. All basically Dance Dance Revolution rip-offs, with K-Pop music.  Next time I'm in Seoul, I'll trying looking for it!

[Mr_Horizon]

July Quiz - Birds

After some very "gamy" topics that were focused on certain genres, platforms or times, here comes something more random & mixed - birds in video games. So here are 25 pigeons, chickens, geese, seagulls and other fowl.... do you know them all?

For the last two rounds of bonus questions I had hoped for some unexpected similarities among users in flash and arcade games, but unfortunately there weren't any... so now please enjoy two questions about your generation and place of residence, I promise to make a nice graph at the end of the month.

Let's go!

Deadline is Monday 31 July, participation via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here is the quiz, have fun:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/vACj4wi.png

[Mr_Horizon]

July Quiz - Clues #1

Cock-a-doodle-doo, goes the rooster - the month has only ten days left! Isn't it about time to get up and join the forty players so far?

On the user poll: So far the Millenials are in the majority, with a few Gen X players and a dash of Gen Z. Of course we only have about a quarter of the crowd in, so I'm curious how it'll look in the end. I won't say anything about the nationalities until the final post.

Here are the first clues:

1) Number 11 shows us a well-known DOS fps from the late 90s.
2) Three images in this round are screenshots from the Commodore Amiga.
3) Game 8 is a fun platformer with up to four players simultaneously.
4) Picture 14 shows a "swan" that is so dangerous that it is kept in a special prison.

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

Here is the quiz again, have fun i.imgur.com/vACj4wi.png

[excelsior]

Why would a swan go to prison? What could it possibly have done? Held up the corner shop and asked them to stick all their bread in a sack?

[Mr_Horizon]

July Quiz - Clues #2

The birds are heading south very early this year.... not because of the weather, but because the round is over after this weekend

Over 70 players so far, including two from this forum - so who else is joining in? Maybe dsparil windfisch teroknor mainpatr alexmate 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 Weasel Woody Alien Apollo Chungus cacao dr_st ommadawnyawn2 or spanky ?

excelsior - I will post a link to the Swans crimes in the answers next week.

The answer rates are very balanced between 5% and 100%, and at the moment you don't even need twenty points to end up in the TOP 20.

Here are the final clues:

1) In both #15 and #17 you have to solve crimes.
2) Games #19 and #20 are both sidescroller shmups.
3) There are lots of chickens in this round, but #10 is predominantly about pigeons.
4) Title 18 is a first-person shooter from this decade.

Deadline is next Monday (31st July), enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz one last time i.imgur.com/vACj4wi.png

[Mr_Horizon]

Last chance everyone, this round ends today!



www.retrogamequiz.com/

[Mr_Horizon]

July Quiz - Answers & Score

Alle Vögel sind schon da,
alle Vögel, alle.
Welch ein Singen, Musiziern,
Pfeifen, Zwitschern, Tiriliern!
Frühling will nun einmarschiern,
kommt mit Sang und Schalle!
(famous german children's song about birds from 1835)

A total of 130 players from twenty countries came together to correctly name all these feathered creatures... but only FOUR of them actually succeeded, which was mainly due to the very difficult number 24.


But I had promised graphics for the bonus question, so now first the composition of the nationalities:


Well, what do you know, 50% Germany! How come, maybe more than half of the participating forums are in German?

The countries (and players) under "Other" are as follows: Canada(4), Italy(3), Switzerland(3), Australia, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden.


And what about the generation question?


Two-thirds of you are Millenials, so somewhere between 27 and 42 years old... plus a good quarter of Gen X, a handful of Gen Z younglings and one percentage point of Baby Boomers. No matter what your age is, I'm glad you're here!


Now we continue with the results: first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score.


1) Angry Birds 2
Everyone knows the Angry Bids. ^_^
Answer rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

2) Pokemon Shining Pearl
Four people didn't want to believe that I had no Chocobos in this round. Sorry, my mistake!
Answer rate: 91%
Other suggestions: 4x Final Fantasy

3) Fallout 4 - Far Harbor
In this expansion to Fallout 4 there is the "Rad Chicken".
Answer rate: 82%
Other suggestions: Metal Gear Solid, Elden Ring

4) Fall Guys
Answer rate: 87%
Other suggestions: Bomberman, Splatoon

5) Star Fox Zero
This is Falco Lombardi, member of Starfox.
Answer rate: 95%
Other suggestions: F-Zero, Moorhuhn

6) Zelda: The Minish Cap
Answer rate: 78%
Other suggestions: Stardew Valley, Final Fantasy 2, Moorhuhn, There is no Game

7) Untitled Goose Game
Answer rate: 96%
Other suggestions: -

8.) Rayman Origins
Answer rate: 68%
Other suggestions: A Short Hike, Moorhuhn

9) Hotline Miami 2
Answer rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Moorhuhn

10) Pigeon Simulator
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: Hatoful Boyfriend, Oneiros, Moorhuhn, Pilotwings 64

11) Redneck Rampage
The fps with a separate status display for the level of drunkenness.
Answer rate: 35%
Other suggestions: 4x Duke Nukem, 4x Postal, Outlaws, Bird Simulator, Moorhuhn, Chicken Feet, Quake, NOLF, Chicken Shooter, Saints Row, Goat Simulator, The Last Guardian, Serious Sam 2, Counterstrike GO, Far Cry 6, Kenshi, Call of Duty

12) Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Answer rate: 78%
Other suggestions: Owlboy

13) Alfred Chicken
This is the Amiga version. There's a "Super Alfred Chicken" for the SNES (also gave a point), which is very similar to the original in style but has different levels.
Answer rate: 58%
Other suggestions: Banjo-Kazooie, Plock Plock, Moorhuhn, Crazy Chicken

14) Control
This swan pedal boat is dangerous: control.fandom.com/wiki/Swan_Boat
No title strains the theme of this round as much as Control.
Answer rate: 29%
Other suggestions: 4x The Unfinished Swan, The Park, Metal Gear Solid, Griddlers, Silent Hill 2, Moorhuhn, S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored

15) Aviary Attorney
Answer rate: 64%
Other suggestions: Jojo's Birdzarre Adventure, Moorhuhn, Pentiment, Hatoful Boyfriend, Ace attorney

16) Kirby Super Star Ultra
Answer rate: 55%
Other suggestions: Mega Man, Parodius, Moorhuhn, The Messenger

17) Chicken Police
Answer rate: 55%
Other suggestions: Moorhuhn, Longest Road Home, LA Noire

18.) Friends vs Friends
Answer rate: 35%
Other suggestions: Moorhuhn, Ultrakill, Void Bastards

19) Agony
Do I have to leave a lot of feathers if I confess that I don't actually like the game and its music that much? :/
Answer rate: 45%
Other suggestions: Castlevania, Owlboy, Barbarian, Psygnosis, Savage, Moorhuhn, King's Quest 5, Blasphemous, Forgotten Worlds, Legend of the Guardians

20) Black Bird
Answer rate: 28%
Other suggestions: Death's Door, World of Goo, Moorhuhn, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Badland

21) Chicken Feet
Feel like getting chased by a giant chicken?
Answer rate: 34%
Other suggestions: Stray, Metal Gear Solid V, Resident Evil, Moorhuhn, Yakuza

22) Super Street Fighter II
I didn't expect over half of you to recognise the chicken trader in the background of an old fighting game! Good job.
Answer rate: 52%
Other suggestions: Wolfenstein, King of Fighters, Beneath a Steel Sky, Moorhuhn

23) Kid Dracula
Original title "akumajo special boku dracula kun".
Answer rate: 30%
Other suggestions: Flying Chicken, New Zealand Story, Moorhuhn, Bonk

24) Nintendo Labo 4 - VR
Click this link and watch for 20 seconds. youtu.be/5K1aEO_zac8?t=608
Answer rate: 3%
Other suggestions: 6x Animal Crossing, Game Builders Garage, Toripon, RooGoo, Moorhuhn, Digimon, Happy Feed, Feeding Simulator, Super Mario Odyssey, Metal Gear Solid

25) tiny little slug
A relatively new (2020) platformer for the Amiga 500: youtu.be/tLY4nppKQ60?t=24
Answer rate: 19%
Other suggestions: Parodius, Puggsy, James Pond, Portal Knights, Moorhuhn, Duck Simulator, Duck Tales


Quiz image:



Answer image:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/4MPqHEG.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac
01 - 25 points - rta - marek
01 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
05 - 24 points - rta - EarthPainting
06 - 24 points - mnc - Ost West Elite
07 - 24 points - cib - frozentiger
08 - 24 points - mmx - Knuckles
09 - 24 points - mnc - OfflineChris
10 - 24 points - mmx - fedprod
11 - 24 points - eab - Havie
12 - 24 points - gdc - Calastellio
13 - 24 points - gpo - DocMoody
14 - 24 points - mnc - Dreamteam
15 - 23 points - gsg - partykiller
16 - 23 points - gms - Aspen
17 - 23 points - ftg - JuniorFE
18 - 23 points - eab - Nobby_UK
19 - 23 points - rta - hamsterstyle
20 - 22 points - f64 - eddiecochran

21 - 22 points - mtc - Valdien
22 - 22 points - mtc - Parsnip
23 - 22 points - rta - malus
24 - 21 points - gdc - Fyrchtegott
25 - 21 points - spz - Striderblade
26 - 21 points - mnc - Lukulus
27 - 20 points - gpo - rave
28 - 20 points - can - M.Rick75
29 - 20 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
30 - 20 points - rta - Illusionary
31 - 20 points - gms - kopyright
32 - 20 points - gav - Wizdom
33 - 20 points - ntl - charlix12323
34 - 20 points - rta - Cow Mengde
35 - 20 points - gms - hellermarie
36 - 19 points - pop - turzilla
37 - 19 points - ftg - Lurker
38 - 18 points - nto - Ande
39 - 17 points - ftg - rwklau
40 - 17 points - cib - Seizokano
41 - 17 points - cib - LockeBoss
42 - 17 points - hcg - dsparil
43 - 17 points - gms - j1m
44 - 16 points - ntl - Bunkerneath
45 - 16 points - ftg - Vandelay
46 - 16 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
47 - 16 points - mmx - LittleChoco
48 - 16 points - nto - Lockenvogel
49 - 16 points - sh2 - Vino
50 - 16 points - mnc - chifan
51 - 16 points - mmx - Klunky
52 - 15 points - ata - jgkspsx
53 - 15 points - gpo - Messor Torvus
54 - 15 points - hcg - personman
55 - 15 points - pop - Don Como
56 - 15 points - rta - Zolbrod
57 - 15 points - can - Dark Kariya
58 - 15 points - ntl - Dogorilla
59 - 14 points - rta - Blufunk
60 - 14 points - spz - Geddoe
61 - 14 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
62 - 14 points - smu - BulletMagnet
63 - 14 points - rta - Gygas
64 - 14 points - ftg - LockeTribal
65 - 13 points - eab - darkwave
66 - 13 points - smu - drauch
67 - 13 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
68 - 13 points - mnc - elementalMaster
69 - 13 points - mnc - Mitschel
70 - 13 points - wtd - jenoogle
71 - 13 points - wtd - svenoble
72 - 13 points - gdc - Zion
73 - 13 points - gdc - HTX
74 - 13 points - can - Kulfy
75 - 13 points - rtg - ElginMcQueen
76 - 12 points - can - Marmottas
77 - 12 points - eab - mailman
78 - 12 points - cib - Akuma:0
79 - 12 points - gav - Rippi
80 - 12 points - rta - gblues
81 - 12 points - gpo - Eddie
82 - 12 points - gav - Cube
83 - 12 points - rkb - kirika1987
84 - 11 points - gav - Scorplian
85 - 11 points - ntl - Teksetter
86 - 11 points - m!g - Red XIII
87 - 11 points - mnc - HomiSite
88 - 11 points - hcg - excelsior
89 - 11 points - nto - 4C8en
90 - 11 points - pop - Arne
91 - 11 points - rkb - Philippe161
92 - 11 points - gpo - kataka
93 - 11 points - gpo - Navarone
94 - 11 points - ftg - spooky
95 - 10 points - smu - Herr Schatten
96 - 10 points - mtc - FunnyJay
97 - 10 points - gav - Yoshi
98 - 10 points - gpo - Konsolomio
99 - 10 points - gav - Sun
100 - 9 points - hcg - teroknor
101 - 9 points - rta - Vgp
102 - 9 points - gav - RedBrooke
103 - 9 points - ftg - Harrypalmer
104 - 9 points - mmx - Lynx
105 - 9 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
106 - 9 points - gav - Wytz
107 - 9 points - m!g - Kong
108 - 9 points - gdc - D4rkD
109 - 9 points - gpo - GAMEPROFF
110 - 8 points - ftg - Destria
111 - 8 points - mtc - freshVeggie
112 - 8 points - ata - RangerS
113 - 8 points - rkb - FolderOfDoom
114 - 7 points - ata - Keir
115 - 7 points - ftg - Lizard
116 - 7 points - mmx - Dnamei
117 - 7 points - mtc - QFNS
118 - 6 points - pop - Sascha
119 - 6 points - gms - RC2225
120 - 6 points - sh2 - the_joker2
121 - 6 points - gpo - Bully
122 - 6 points - f64 - Jammet
123 - 6 points - mmx - Shades
124 - 5 points - cib - Elemental Master
125 - 5 points - hcg - Snake
126 - 4 points - wtd - Waelthus
127 - 4 points - pop - Daiyama
128 - 4 points - ntl - BabyYoda71
129 - 2 points - pop - PUH
130 - 2 points - cib - Jan565


LOCAL HIGH SCORE

1 - 17 points - dsparil
2 - 15 points - personman
3 - 11 points - excelsior
4 - 09 points - teroknor
5 - 05 points - Snake

Congrats to dsparil for the local lead.

Thank you all for playing!

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - DOS Classics #5

With some delay the new round starts - it's the fifth and last entry of the DOS Classics! For one last quiz you can put on those rose-tinted goggles and think back to the great PC gaming gems of the 80s and especially the 90s. Will these glasses also help you to recognise everything? We'll know at the end of the month.

Deadline is Thursday 31st August, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz, let's go:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/oR2Tf5U.png

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Clues #1

MS-DOS WHAT NINTENDON'T!? This round unfortunately had a pretty humble start, few players (25) and low answer rates (no game reaches 80%). Oh oh!

But now there will be some clues, and as always I'll comment that it's also a chance to reach a top 20 place, at the moment you need... three points.

Here are the first clues:

1) Completely unintentional, but #2, #8 and #17 are all from Apogee & from the same year.
2) Number 3 is a submarine sim classic but still completely without polygons.
3) There are five classic RPGs in this round, e.g. #11, #16 and #20.
4) Game 6 was written by Roberta Williams.

Deadline is Thursday 31 August, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Clues #2

Listen up everyone, the last weekend of the last MS-DOS round is on! Forty players are in so far, many of them with rather low scores... so this time you can easily get into the top 20 and make your forum proud.

Let's go, here are the second and final clues:

1) Number #1 shows the first part of a well-known racing game series, where you can also win a race by eliminating all opponents or running over all pedestrians.
2) Game #7 is the third part of a famous space series with a lot of gameplay freedom.
3) In #12 you plunge into air battles of the Second World War from the cockpit perspective.
4) Title #13 pits two groups of bugs against each other, the game was also ported to the Playstation in 97.

Deadline is Thursday 31st August, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz again, now let's go i.imgur.com/oR2Tf5U.png

[Mr_Horizon]

Deadline is today

After today it's all over! Everything! No more DOS Classics! Ever!

So I can only advise you to take part now, even if this is one of the hardest rounds of the year. Okay, the "Macromedia Flash" quiz had even lower answer rates, but in the current round not a single game reaches 80%... ouch! :/

There are over 80 players by now, two of them from here.

excelsior dsparil windfisch mainpatr alexmate Snake 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 weasel Woody Alien Apollo Chungus cacao dr_st ommadawnyawn2 or spanky ...how about it?

Deadline is Thursday 31 August, join via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz one last time, now join.exe! i.imgur.com/oR2Tf5U.png

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Answers & Score

So, that's it (permanently) for the classics from the DOS years... where this category used to always ensure high numbers of participants, the fifth chapter has unfortunately become one of the more sparsely attended rounds of the year with 118 players, same as the much reviled Flash quiz.

This time a whole nine people got full points, I'm impressed - but my respect goes especially to the four people who sent in their answers even though they weren't sure about any game and didn't get any points at all.

I'm sure the next round will be more accessible.

Briefly on the additional question - your remake requests were very numerous, but the following titles were mentioned most often:

6x Ultima
4x Commander Keen
3x Fallout

Well, who holds the rights? Maybe write to them? After all, clearly the demand is there.


But now let's start with the answers... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score.

1) Carmaggedon
A well-known series and a very clear picture - the most frequently guessed title of this round still does not reach an 80% answer rate!
Answer rate: 79%
Other suggestions: Breath of the Wild, Death Rally

2) Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Apogee, the first... I thought that Wolfenstein 3D couldn't be the only "pre-Doom" first-person shooter that everyone remembers, but I guess I was wrong.
Answer rate: 65%
Other suggestions: 18x Wolfenstein, Doom, Myth

3) Silent Service 2
A lot of people recognised it as a submarine game, but then got the details wrong. "Silent Hunter" came later in the 90s, "Silent Scope" is the one with the sniper.
Answer rate: 64%
Other suggestions: 6x Battleships, Silent Scope, Silent Hunter, Sea Wolf, Stealth, Red Storm Rising, Fast Attack, Das Boot, Aces of the Deep

4) Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
The flying carpet suggests an Arabian background, in fact it is the successor of Bullfrog's carpet action game from 1995.
Answer rate: 76%
Other suggestions: Aladdin, Last Ninja, Prince of Persia

5) Transport Tycoon
Answer rate: 74%
Other suggestions: 4x Sim City, 4x Sim City 2000, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Holiday Island, Industry Giant

6) Kings Quest V
Roberta Williams keeps writing - the fifth part of the Kings Quest series.
Answer rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Another World, Legend of Kyrandia, Mixed-up Mother Goose, Nutcracker

7) Frontier: First Encounters
This is the third part of the "Elite" series. I wrote in the clues about "great freedom of play", why are you all suggesting linear Wing Commander?
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: 6x Wing Commander, Descent, Descent 3, Sentinel, System Shock

8.) Alien Carnage
Apogee, the second one... also known as "Halloween Harry".
Answer rate: 66%
Other suggestions: Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Metal Slug

9) Flight Unlimited
A highly acclaimed DOS flight simulation at the time...
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: 4x Microsoft Flight Simulator, Stunt Island, Aces of the Luftwaffe, Pilot Wings

10) The Pandora Directive
Mmmh, or was it "Under a Killing Moon"? Another adventure in the Tex Murphy series. Full motion video within a real 3D environment creates its own look.
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: 5x Gabriel Knight, 7th Guest, Blade Runner, Countdown, Jack Orlando, Rex Nebula, Ripper, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes

11) Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva
German RPG based on the "Das schwarze Auge" pen&paper role-playing system. Pixel and render graphics combined, brave!
Answer rate: 49%
Other suggestions: 7x Ultima, 5x Diablo, Baldur's Gate, Eye Of The Beholder, Geneforge, Hero Quest

12) Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
Air combat in the Second World War.
Answer rate: 35%
Other suggestions: 4x Wings of Fury, Aces over Europe, Battlehawks 1942, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Jetstrike, P-47, Pajama Sam, Their Finest Hour: The Battle Of Britain

13) Battle Bugs
Exactly half of you know this one.
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: Bug Life, Pizzalien

14) The Lost Vikings 2
The second part of the Interplay classic, with even more characters and abilities but a change in graphics. Did any of your play this one?
Answer rate: 68%
Other suggestions: Hero Quest, Zac McKrakken

15) Carrier Command
Answer rate: 26%
Other suggestions: 9x Elite, Frontier Elite 2, Starglider, L'Arche du Captain Blood, Privateer, Star Wars X-Wing, Battle Zone, Wing Commander

16) Ultima 6
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Lord British!
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: Defender of the Crown, Eye of Beholder 2, Heroes of Might and Magic, Kings Quest, Solitaire

17) Monster Bash
And Apogee the third! A little boy in the graveyard.
Answer rate: 63%
Other suggestions: Commander Keen, Alex Kid, Bio Menace, Magic Boy

18) Dune
The blue eyes are kind of familiar to people that like Sci-Fi...
Answer rate: 75%
Other suggestions: Privateer, Rex nebular, Shadow Watch, Star Wars Dark Forces

19) Stronghold
Together with #23 the most difficult game of this round.
Solving rate: 18%
Other suggestions: Castles, Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis, Loderunner, Settlers

20) The Bard`s Tale I
Answer rate: 53%
Other suggestions: Gauntlet, Wizardry, Abbandoned Place, Forest of Illusion

21) Might and Magic III
WTF is this enemy design?
Answer rate: 38%
Other suggestions: The Black Eye, Dungeon Master, Mother, Nogginknockers 2

22) Xtreme Assault
Answer rate: 21%
Other suggestions: Armored Fist, Incoming, Mechwarrior, Metal Rage, Project IGI, Seek and destroy, Tank Golf

23) Night Shift
Night Shift's character selection. Together with #19 the hardest game of this round.
Answer rate: 18%
Other suggestions: Leisure Suit Larry, Sim City 2000, Snowwhite

24) Betrayal at Krondor
Interesting mix of pixel and polygon graphics.
Answer rate: 26%
Other suggestions: 5x Daggerfall, Elder Scrolls, Eternam, Future Wars, Neverwinter, Baphomet's Curse

25) Town of ZZT
The puzzle & game construction kit "ZZT".
Answer rate: 21%
Other suggestions: Rogue, Dark Woods, Game of Life, Mailorder Monsters, Mastertype, Nethack, Pickaxe Pete, Qix



Quiz picture:



Answers:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/8C74QLW.png



HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - hcg - teroknor
01 - 25 points - cib - frozentiger
01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - rta - marek
01 - 25 points - mnc - Michel
01 - 25 points - stf - n_quadra
01 - 25 points - mnc - OfflineChris
01 - 25 points - mnc - Ost West Elite
10 - 24 points - smu - Herr Schatten
11 - 24 points - spz - The_BACH
12 - 23 points - rta - hamsterstyle
13 - 23 points - gms - kopyright
14 - 22 points - gdc - Calastellio
15 - 22 points - gsg - partykiller
16 - 22 points - mmx - fedprod
17 - 22 points - rtg - Antiriad2097
18 - 22 points - cib - ectorhga
19 - 21 points - rta - EarthPainting
20 - 21 points - can - Dark Kariya

21 - 21 points - ftg - Destria
22 - 21 points - ntl - charlix12323
23 - 21 points - ftg - JuniorFE
24 - 21 points - eab - Havie
25 - 20 points - rta - Illusionary
26 - 20 points - gms - kanedat
27 - 20 points - rta - malus
28 - 20 points - stf - Okey_Dokey
29 - 20 points - gpo - DocMoody
30 - 19 points - eab - gimbal
31 - 19 points - stf - Kirby
32 - 19 points - hcg - dsparil
33 - 19 points - mtc - Parsnip
34 - 18 points - mtc - KainXVIII
35 - 18 points - mnc - PaulBearer
36 - 18 points - gav - Wizdom
37 - 17 points - spz - Striderblade
38 - 17 points - stf - soniq
39 - 17 points - sh2 - Vino
40 - 17 points - eab - Nobby_uk
41 - 17 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
42 - 16 points - mnc - HomiSite
43 - 16 points - ftg - rwklau
44 - 16 points - mtc - Valdien
45 - 16 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
46 - 16 points - gdc - Fyrchtegott
47 - 16 points - cib - LockeBoss
48 - 16 points - mmx - Knuckles
49 - 15 points - pop - turzilla
50 - 15 points - mtc - FunnyJay
51 - 15 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
52 - 14 points - rta - DaveLong
53 - 14 points - gpo - rave
54 - 14 points - gpo - Messor Torvus
55 - 13 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
56 - 13 points - rtg - elginmcqueen
57 - 13 points - eab - mailman
58 - 13 points - ata - jgkspsx
59 - 12 points - ata - Keir
60 - 12 points - mmx - Lynx
61 - 12 points - can - Jean-Luc Hazek
62 - 12 points - nto - Ande
63 - 11 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
64 - 11 points - ftg - Lurker
65 - 11 points - hcg - windfisch
66 - 11 points - ftg - LockeTribal
67 - 11 points - eab - darkwave
68 - 10 points - gms - hellermarie
69 - 10 points - mmx - LittleChoco
70 - 10 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
71 - 10 points - ftg - Lizard
72 - 9 points - cib - Seizokano
73 - 9 points - mnc - elementalMaster
74 - 9 points - gms - j1m
75 - 9 points - mnc - Mitschel
76 - 9 points - mmx - Dnamei
77 - 9 points - gpo - Bully
78 - 8 points - f64 - Jammet
79 - 8 points - hcg - snake
80 - 8 points - wtd - svenoble
81 - 8 points - mnc - Lukulus
82 - 8 points - pop - Don Como
83 - 7 points - hcg - personman
84 - 7 points - cib - akuma:0
85 - 6 points - spz - Geddoe
86 - 6 points - rkb - kirika1987
87 - 6 points - ntl - Dogorilla
88 - 6 points - stf - zeratul2099
89 - 6 points - ntl - Bunkerneath
90 - 6 points - rkb - Philippe161
91 - 6 points - nto - 4C8en
92 - 6 points - m!g - Red XIII
93 - 5 points - ftg - mrpon
94 - 5 points - gpo - Eddie
95 - 5 points - rta - vgp
96 - 4 points - stf - Thymon
97 - 4 points - gdc - HTX
98 - 4 points - rkb - FolderOfDoom
99 - 4 points - mnc - chifan
100 - 4 points - mtc - QFNS
101 - 3 points - ntl - Teksetter
102 - 3 points - pop - Sascha
103 - 3 points - gpo - Navarone
104 - 3 points - gpo - Konsolomio
105 - 3 points - smu - Guigui
106 - 2 points - gav - Yoshi
107 - 2 points - pop - Arne
108 - 2 points - mmx - Shades
109 - 2 points - gpo - kataka
110 - 1 points - gdc - Zion
111 - 1 points - m!g - Kong
112 - 1 points - gpo - GAMEPROFF
113 - 1 points - gav - Scorplian
114 - 1 points - pop - PUH
115 - 0 points - pop - Daiyama
116 - 0 points - cib - Jan565
117 - 0 points - ntl - BabyYoda71
118 - 0 points - gav - RedBrooke



LOCAL HIGH SCORE

1 - 25 points - teroknor
2 - 19 points - dsparil
3 - 11 points - windfisch
4 - 08 points - Snake
5 - 07 points - personman

Congratulations to teroknor for the full score.

Thanks to everyone for participating... there are THREE quizzes left before I retire!

[teroknor]

Last chance on my home turf DOS, and finally full score. That felt really good :-)

I must admit I found it relatively easy. Recognized about half at first glance, and for most others my first guess was correct or pretty close. For Carrier Command, I had to google the text visible in the image, and for Stronghold I searched for "shovel cursor". For Betrayal at Krondor, I was thinking "Fantasy RPG", first-person, early 90s (due to the resolution and untextured 3D model) which narrowed it down just right. Extreme Assault I found the hardest, because I was thinking tank, not helicopter.

I think compared to earlier rounds, there was nothing totally obscure here. Even the harder ones had relatively well-known companies behind them like Lucasfilm, Epic or Rainbird.

Sept 2, 2023 12:38:13 GMT -5 Mr_Horizon said:

12) Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
Air combat in the Second World War.
Answer rate: 35%
Other suggestions: 4x Wings of Fury, Aces over Europe, Battlehawks 1942, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Jetstrike, P-47, Pajama Sam, Their Finest Hour: The Battle Of Britain

Battlehawks and Their Finest Hour - so close...

21) Might and Magic III
WTF is this enemy design?

There is a rather unpleasant story behind this one. Computer Gaming World reviewer Scorpia gave Might and Magic II a negative review, and demonstrating some unbelievable pettiness with plenty of mysogyny on top, they put an ugly, obese woman as a monster in the next game and, yes, called her Scorpia.

[dsparil]

I didn't think this one was too hard either. It's very much a were you there or not type of quiz. All things considered, I'd say Carrier Command is probably the only one that's genuinely obscure being a niche game from the 80s; I got caught up on thinking it was an Elite clone of some kind from the wireframe. Extreme Assault is at least from Blue Byte even if it's one of their lesser known games. I am a little surprised by some of the relative rates mainly Shadows over Riva versus Betrayal at Krondor. I forget if there was ever a regional breakdown of submitters, but BaK is way less obscure in the US than Shadows over Riva.