monthly hardcore gaming quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Halloween Horror

The supermarket displays leave no doubt - since the first of September everything has been geared towards Halloween. Do you all have enough pumpkins, orange buckets, plastic spiders and cardboard bats yet?
This September my quiz series follows the trend, similar to the zombie and spider puzzles we had many years ago. Accordingly, all signs point to Scary & Horror: 25 games that want you to be scared... a few from before 2000, and many more recent ones. Will you dare to keep your eyes open and recognise them all?

And what's up with the strange bonus question?

Deadline is Saturday, 30th September, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz... you can do it!

Direct link: i.imgur.com/wJRMB8m.png

[excelsior]

Here in the UK it's actually Christmas if store shelves are to be believed.

[Mr_Horizon]

Sept 9, 2023 0:47:58 GMT -5 excelsior said:

Here in the UK it's actually Christmas if store shelves are to be believed.

Well, "the store shelves" made me believe Halloween was the night 30th of September to 1st of October... for just long enough to post the Halloween quiz one month earlier than intended. 

[excelsior]

Is Halloween a big deal in Germany? It's more for kids here.

[dr_st]

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

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?

I did, and, seemingly like most people who have an opinion, I too prefer the old-style sprite graphics of LV1, which return in the SNES version of LV2, but not in the PC/PlayStation/Saturn ports.

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Clues #1

Some of you have already noticed, we are actually a month early for a Halloween round. I blame the supermarkets, they confused me with their sudden plastic spiders and pumpkins!
Hopefully the current quiz will confuse you less. The first 25 players are already in, and now I'm helping you out a bit.

Here are the first clues:

1) Image 12 shows the first game of a four-part series & is considered to be one of the best horror games of all time.
2) In game 6 you take on lots of supernatural enemies.
3) Number 19 is a Dreamcast game.
4) Only one game of this round was released in the 80s, and a whole 19 had their release after the year 2000. The other five somewhere in between.

Deadline is Saturday 30th of September, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz again.... good luck i.imgur.com/wJRMB8m.png

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Clues #2

The final week is underway, and next Saturday this round is over! Will you join the 35 players who have already participated?
Don't worry about the spooky pictures - they're just games after all.

Here are the last clues:

1) Picture 5 shows a series in which you are constantly on the move with a camcorder and its greenish night vision.
2) Game 11 is a survival horror game on the ps1, the second part of a trilogy.
3) The pixel soup of number 15 is a Sega Saturn game, but the title also appeared for other systems.
4) Ten games in this round are from the 2010s, and six are from the current decade.

Deadline is Saturday 30th of September, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz again... i.imgur.com/wJRMB8m.png

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - deadline tomorrow!

Oh my, are people scared? Almost 70 people dared to take part in this round, maybe all others are paralyzed by fear?! So far not a single player from this forum has ventured into the realm of the Horror Quiz.

So all you previous players, Snake personman dsparil windfisch teroknor mainpatr alexmate 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 weasel Woody Alien Apollo Chungus cacao dr_st excelsior ommadawnyawn2 ...and maybe also others like retr0gamer lurker or vnisanian2001 ...how about it?

The deadline for entries is tomorrow, Saturday September 30th. Participate via www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz one last time. Don't wait any longer, as when the clock strikes midnight tomorrow... everything is over. i.imgur.com/wJRMB8m.png

[Snake]

Okay, okay. I've been dreading this one. Not that horror games scare me, but this genre is one of the least exposures I've had. Comin' up blank on a ton of 'em.

[vnisanian2001]

I'll give this a shot.

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Answers & Score

October is here, I hope the last quiz has prepared you for Halloween? You still have time to organise your costumes and decorations without any stress.

This time 119 people participated... just as many as in the previous round! And a whole dozen got full score, I'm impressed!

Were you wondering what you actually voted for in the mysterious bonus question? For one of the next two topics, of course.

Here's how it turned out:

Well, are you happy?



1) Dead Space 2
Such a famous scene, unfortunately not famous enough to get an answer rate above 70%. But did you ever google "eye needle game"?
Answer rate: 69%
Other suggestions: Prey, Saw, System shock 2, The Evil Within, The Outlast

2) Slender: The Arrival
Not everyone may know the official game based on "the 8 pages" indie game, but most people have heard of the "Slenderman".
Answer rate: 83%
Other suggestions: Killing Floor, Limbo, Silent hill

3) Five Nights at Freddy's 2
It's crazy that this simple game concept has led to so many sequels and spin-offs.
Answer rate: 88%
Other suggestions: Dark Deception

4) Resident Evil 8
The easiest title of this round: only five players didn't know Lady Dimitrescu.
Answer rate: 96%
Other suggestions: -

5) Outlast 2
Solve rate: 79%
Other suggestions: Blair Witch, Madison, Psycho Break, The Evil Whitin, Zombii U

6) Fatal Frame 4
You also got a point for "Project Zero".
Answer rate: 77%
Other suggestions: Bloodstained, FEAR, Obscure, Outlast, Silent Hill, Siren

7) Dino Crisis 2
Answer rate: 86%
Other suggestions: Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt, Outlast, Turok 2

8.) Dead by Daylight
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: Alone in the Dark, Baphomet's Curse, Friday the 13th, Silent Hill, Texas Chain Saw Massacre

9) P.T.
I let "Silent Hill" pass for an answer. Seven people may thank me for this generosity!
Answer rate: 67%
Other suggestions: Fahrenheit, Never Ending Nightmare, The 7th Guest, The Evil within

10) Layers of Fear
Answer rate: 60%
Other suggestions: Silent Hill, Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil 4, The Last of Us

11) Parasite Eve 2
Answer rate: 43%
Other suggestions: 7x House of the Dead, 4x Resident Evil, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dino Crisis 2, Left 4 Dead, Overblood 2, Time Crisis, Typing of the Dead

12) Amnesia: the dark descent
Answer rate: 46%
Other suggestions: 4x Silent Hill, Doom, House of the Dead

13) Clock Tower
This trilogy is pretty old by now, but those crazy giant scissors are imho pretty recognizable.
Answer rate: 69%
Other suggestions: Blood, NightCry

14) Half Life Alyx
Reviews call the segment with the blind monster an outstanding virtual reality horror experience.
Answer rate: 34%
Other suggestions: 11x Last of Us, Left 4 Dead, Alien Isolation, Doom 2016, Obscure, Silent Hill 2, The Suffering

15) Alone in the Dark 2
Here's the Sega Saturn version - with textures!
Answer rate: 43%
Other suggestions:
4x House of the Dead, D, Amnesia, Daggerfall, Deep Fear, Mansion of Hidden Souls, Nightmare Creatures

16) FEAR 3
Answer rate: 44%
Other suggestions: Galerians, The Evil Within, Zombii

17) Poppy Playtime
Five people named the monster of the first episode (Huggy Wuggy), I wonder why? Don't worry, you got the point too.
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: My Friendly Neighborhood, Dead Rising, Evil Plush Toy

18.) Scorn
Answer rate: 46%
Other suggestions: Soma, Call of Cthulhu, Returnal

19) Carrier
The first survival horror game on the Dreamcast - a mediocre Resident Evil clone.
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: 5x House of the Dead, 4x Resident Evil, Zombie Revenge, Blue Stinger, Deep Fear, Cold Fear, Dead Head Fred, Hunter The Reckoning, Martian Gothic, Silent Hill, System Shock 2, Vampire The Masquerade

20) Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
More than half of you recognise the mysterious psychiatrist from the Wii game? Interesting!
Answer rate: 51%
Other suggestions: Alan Wake, Dead Rising, Rise of Nightmares, World of horror

21) Deadeus
A horror game from 2021 for the Nintendo Game Boy.
Answer rate: 39%
Other suggestions: Blasphemous, World of Horror

22) Terror at Oakheart
"This side-scrolling, pixel-based game aims to replicate the experience of watching an 80s horror movie"
Answer rate: 13%
Other suggestions: Graveyard Keeper, Lone Survivor, Nearly Dead: Live and Let Die, Tales of the Undead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Textorcist, Vampires Dawn 2

23) Detention
A scary game from Taiwan.
Answer rate: 24%
Other suggestions: Observation Duty, White day

24) Siren: Blood Curse
Answer rate: 25%
Other suggestions: 5x Little Nightmares, Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Darksiders 2, Deadly Premonition, Parasite eve, The Evil Within, The Forest

25) Sweet Home
Sweet Home on the NES... the first survival horror game ever?
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: Beast Busters, Faith, Resident Evil: Gaiden, Splatterhouse



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Answer image:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/JUQ41GF.png



HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - gms - hellermarie
01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - mnc - OfflineChris
01 - 25 points - rta - Illusionary
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - rta - EarthPainting
01 - 25 points - mnc - Ost West Elite
01 - 25 points - rta - Marek
01 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
01 - 25 points - gdc - Calastellio
01 - 25 points - mtc - Parsnip
01 - 25 points - stf - MilesTeg
13 - 24 points - mnc - Dreamteam
14 - 24 points - ntl - charlix12323
15 - 24 points - hcg - excelsior
16 - 24 points - cib - frozentiger
17 - 24 points - gsg - partykiller
18 - 24 points - mtc - Valdien
19 - 23 points - rtg - Antiriad2097
20 - 23 points - ftg - JuniorFE

21 - 22 points - gpo - DocMoody
22 - 22 points - cib - LockeBoss
23 - 21 points - mmx - Knuckles
24 - 21 points - eab - Nobby_UK
25 - 21 points - gav - Wizdom
26 - 20 points - gpo - GAMEPROFF
27 - 20 points - pop - turzilla
28 - 20 points - mmx - fedprod
29 - 20 points - gpo - X3ll
30 - 20 points - gdc - Fyrchtegott
31 - 20 points - smu - Herr Schatten
32 - 20 points - eab - Havie
33 - 20 points - gdc - DasSchaf
34 - 20 points - rta - malus
35 - 19 points - gdc - Zion
36 - 19 points - gms - kopyright
37 - 19 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
38 - 19 points - nto - Quadratlatschen
39 - 19 points - mnc - Lukulus
40 - 18 points - mtc - MegaApple
41 - 18 points - mnc - HomiSite
42 - 18 points - gav - Scorplian
43 - 17 points - mnc - chifan
44 - 17 points - cib - Seizokano
45 - 17 points - gdc - Frapstery
46 - 16 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
47 - 16 points - eab - mailman
48 - 16 points - rtg - elginmcqueen
49 - 16 points - ata - jgkspsx
50 - 16 points - can - Strife
51 - 16 points - gpo - Rave
52 - 16 points - mtc - FunnyJay
53 - 15 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
54 - 15 points - stf - soniq
55 - 15 points - rkb - FolderOfDoom
56 - 15 points - gpo - Messor Torvus
57 - 15 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
58 - 14 points - spz - Geddoe
59 - 14 points - mnc - Klees
60 - 14 points - rta - Gygas
61 - 13 points - rta - Zolbrod
62 - 13 points - m!g - Red XIII
63 - 13 points - mmx - Lynx
64 - 12 points - gms - KellogsFrosties
65 - 12 points - ftg - Lurker
66 - 12 points - rkb - Philippe161
67 - 12 points - hcg - personman
68 - 11 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
69 - 11 points - spz - Striderblade
70 - 11 points - rta - Var
71 - 11 points - pop - Don Como
72 - 11 points - cib - Retro_Willie
73 - 10 points - gav - Sun
74 - 10 points - spz - VAL
75 - 10 points - gpo - Eddie
76 - 09 points - mnc - elementalMaster
77 - 09 points - smu - BulletMagnet
78 - 09 points - eab - darkwave
79 - 09 points - gpo - Klingsor
80 - 09 points - mmx - LittleChoco
81 - 09 points - mtc - xrr
82 - 09 points - mtc - freshveggie
83 - 08 points - rkb - Astarth
84 - 08 points - hcg - teroknor
85 - 08 points - mnc - Mitschel
86 - 08 points - gpo - Kataka
87 - 08 points - nto - Dark~ExxzoN
88 - 07 points - gdc - Darius
89 - 07 points - can - Dark Kariya
90 - 07 points - gsg - LI
91 - 07 points - gpo - FireSmoke
92 - 07 points - gpo - Navarone
93 - 07 points - ntl - Dogorilla
94 - 06 points - f64 - Popeye
95 - 06 points - mmx - Shades
96 - 06 points - wtd - svenoble
97 - 06 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
98 - 06 points - nto - Devil1983
99 - 06 points - gav - Rippi
100- 06 points - pop - Arne
101- 05 points - hcg - snake
102- 05 points - ntl - StarPoint
103- 05 points - rta - gblues
104- 05 points - mtc - QFNS
105- 05 points - mmx - Dnamei
106- 04 points - nto - 4C8en
107- 04 points - pop - Sascha
108- 04 points - gpo - Bully
109- 04 points - gpo - Konsolomio
110- 03 points - ata - Keir
111- 03 points - rkb - kirika1987
112- 03 points - cib - Jan565
113- 03 points - ftg - Lizard
114- 03 points - ntl - BabyYoda71
115- 03 points - gav - RedBrooke
116- 03 points - gav - Yoshi
117- 02 points - ftg - Destria
118- 02 points - m!g - Kong
119- 01 points - nto - Isamu_17


LOCAL HIGH SCORE

1 - 24 points - excelsior
2 - 12 points - personman
3 - 08 points - teroknor
4 - 05 points - Snake

Congrats to excelsior for the local lead and Top 20 position.

vnisanian2001 - didn't you want to join as well, maybe next round?

Thank you guys so much for participating.... there are only two quizzes left!

[dsparil]

Mr_Horizon Did mine not make it in? I'm pretty sure I got it in on time.

[vnisanian2001]

Next Round. How do I participate, and why did I miss the previous Round?

[Mr_Horizon]

Oct 3, 2023 6:45:51 GMT -5 dsparil said:

Mr_Horizon Did mine not make it in? I'm pretty sure I got it in on time.

It doesn't show... you are the second person to claim a missed entry this time! I don't know what happened, I surely didn't delete any submission. :/ Sorry, submit twice this month?

[Mr_Horizon]

Oct 3, 2023 10:13:59 GMT -5 vnisanian2001 said:

Next Round. How do I participate, and why did I miss the previous Round?

There will be a link in the new quiz post, just follow that (it's a google survey).