monthly hardcore gaming quiz

[surnshurn]

Oct 2, 2017 11:07:12 GMT -5 Snake said:

1. FF VII - Victory Fanfare
2. Super Mario Bros. - Pipe enter
3. 
4. Duke Nukem - (the sound bite says it all)
5. Dreamcast boot-up screen
6. 
7. Sonic the Hedgehog - Ring get!
8. 
9.
10.
11.
12. Duck Hunt - Dog laugh
13. ......

25. Ganbare Goemon - Yoooooo

11. Papers, Please - speaking
14. NBA Jam - announcer
18. Sinistar - Sinistar itself!

[Mr_Horizon]

October quiz - hints #2

Half time... now we are over thirty people, but there's no one who got everything figured out, and the average score is still below 10...

Did I mention the top 10 start at 11 points??


Let me help you a little, here is the 2nd set of clues:

1) Nr.3 is the from the first release of a playstation jump'n'run series.

2) Game 12 is a lightgun shooter.

3) The sound #20 is a game over screen.

4) Number 21 is a puzzle platformer.

5) Number 22 is a racing game.


Here is the quiz: www.retrogamequiz.com - Participate via this google doc: www.nerdquiz.de

Participants from this community: three

Deadline is Tuesday, October 31st... have fun!

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - clues #3

Watch out, you've got only three days left! There's forty participants now, but the average score is still below 10.


Therefore... here are the very last clues from me:

1) Game 14 is a sports game from the 90s.

2) For number 8 I originally uploaded a different sound, and only changed on October 1st... this one: retrogamequiz.com/08a.mp3

3) Hey, the same for number 9! retrogamequiz.com/09a.mp3

4) Sound 11 is a speaker message from a totalitarian regime.

5) And at last... the jingle of game 10 (an old platformer) is played at the start of each level.


That's it - now you're on your own. Good luck, you've got time until Tuesday.


Here is the quiz: www.retrogamequiz.com - Participate via this google doc: www.nerdquiz.de

Participants from this community: three

Deadline is Tuesday, October 31st... have fun!

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Sound FX #2 - answers & score

Alright, 55 people joined the party - nice! Especially given that with an average score of 9.67, this riddle was about as hard as the first sound quiz.

No one achieved full points, but still there is a clear winner...

The scoretable comes at the end of this post, first we have the names of the games as text, then as images.


1) Final Fantasy 7
the victory fanfare.
solved by: 85%
other suggestions: Zelda, Starfox 64, Fire Emblem

2) Super Mario Bros
Mario climbing into a pipe.
solved by: 89%
other suggestions: Pacman

3) Crash Bandicoot
Aku Aku, the medicine man.
solved by: 71%
other suggestions: Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Country, Banjo Kazooie

4) Duke Nukem 3D
the Dukes most famous quote?
solved by: 89%
other suggestions: Mortal Kombat

5) Sega Dreamcast
Boot sound of Segas last console.
solved by: 55%
other suggestions: XBox One, Playstation, Playstation 2, Opposing Force, Metroid Prime, Kingdom Hearts, Halo, The White Chamber, splinter Cell, Silent Hill

6) Mass Effect 3
dubstep attack sound of the reapers.
solved by: 27%
other suggestions: war of the worlds, Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, Metroid, Forsaken, Alien

7) Sonic the Hedgehog
collecting rings.
solved by: 69%
other suggestions: Zelda, Super Mario Bros, Mario 64

8.) Splatoon
solved by: 29%
other suggestions: Worms, Sonic, Rayman Origins, Frogger, Final Fantasy X, Dungeon Keeper

9) Overwatch
solved by: 45%
other suggestions: Tekken, Team Fortress, Quake, Castlevania, Blood

10) Great Giana Sisters
solved by: 33%
other suggestions: VVVVVV, Turrikan, Treasure Master, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mr.Gimmick, Mighty Switch Force, Mega Man

11) Papers Please
solved by: 18%
other suggestions: Wolfenstein, Space Channel 5, Lylat Wars, Half Life 2, Command & Conquer

12) Duck Hunt
solved by: 35%
other suggestions: Yoshis Island, Space Invaders, Q-Bert, Pacman, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, Commander Keen, Bubble Bobble, A Link to the Past

13) Half-Life 2
solved by: 15%
other suggestions: Primal Rage, Hexen, Doom

14) NBA Jam
solved by: 38%
other suggestions: SWAT, Street Fighter II, Return Fire, NFL Quarterback, Metal Slug, Medal of Honor

15) Space Taxi
Hey Taxi! Number five please! Thanks!
solved by: 24%
other suggestions: Wing Commander, ikari warriors 2, Hey Taxi, Grand Prix Simulator, Castle Wolfenstein

16) Loom
solved by: 13%
other suggestions: Zelda, Wii Music, Another World, Super Metroid, Star Trek TNG

17) World of Warcraft
the level up sound.
solved by: 25%
other suggestions: Turok, Tomb Raider, Game Boy Color, Dragon Age, Diablo 3, Diablo, Bloodborne, Black & White

18.) Sinistar
solved by: 45%
other suggestions: System Shock, Eternal Champions, Doom

19) Portal
firing the Portal Gun.
solved by: 16%
other suggestions: Turok, Quake III, Crash Bandocoot 2, Archery, Abe's Oddysee

20) Dark Souls
the Game Over Screen.
solved by: 29%
other suggestions: shadow of the beast, Sega Saturn, Playstation 2, Metal Gear Solid, Alien, Resident Evil

21) FEZ
assembling a cube.
solved by: 11%
other suggestions: Trine, The Stanley Parable, Sierra Logo, Konami Logo, King's Quest Krönung, Hyper Light Drifter, Game Boy Advance, Bubble Bobble

22) Wipeout
solved by: 51%
other suggestions: Unreal Tournament, Quake, Impossible Mission, Half Life, Deathrace, Command & Conquer

23) Speedball 2
solved by: 21%
other suggestions: Twisted Metal, Toejam and Earl, Streets of Rage, Rock n Roll Racing, GTA Vice City, Earthbound, crazy taxi, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Animaniacs

24) Bioshock
solved by: 15%
other suggestions: Turok, House of the Dead, The House of the Dead 2, Resident Evil, Half Life, Ecco the Dolphin, doom, Battlefield

25) Nintendo Gamecube
push all Z buttons while booting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYQ08gxkqA
solved by: 16%
other suggestions: Ubisoft Logo, Tenchu, Samurai Shodown, Mortal Kombat, Pokemon Stadium, Okami, Mario Party, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm, Mystical Ninja Goemon, Crash Bandicoot, Banjo Kazooie, Ape Academy


all answers in an image:



HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 24 points - mmx - J.R.
02 - 20 points - pcx - splunge
03 - 19 points - mnc - Bergzwuckel
04 - 19 points - vpf - cebix
05 - 19 points - pop - Barbarian

06 - 17 points - mmx - MeTa
07 - 17 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
08 - 15 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
09 - 14 points - m!g - MontyRunner
10 - 14 points - vpf - Yukiko

11 - 13 points - gms - t-6
12 - 13 points - 4py - Scorplian190
13 - 12 points - pcg - Louis
14 - 11 points - gpo - Jin-Roh
15 - 11 points - ntl - Skywake
16 - 11 points - hcg - 1upsuper
17 - 11 points - pop - Don Como
18 - 11 points - mnc - Kenji
19 - 11 points - guf - Wizdom
20 - 11 points - vgz - Herr-Semmelknoedel
21 - 10 points - pop - a_gentle_breze
22 - 10 points - mnc - elementalMaster
23 - 09 points - mmx - Caro
24 - 09 points - hcg - surnshurn
25 - 09 points - pop - NoGoProGamer
26 - 09 points - m!g - red XIII
27 - 09 points - mnc - Yeboah17
28 - 08 points - 4py - Akabei
29 - 08 points - gpo - Maryokutai
30 - 08 points - guf - Nabi
31 - 08 points - guf - Ripchip
32 - 07 points - m!g - zweiblooom
33 - 07 points - m!g - Thrawn
34 - 07 points - vgz - LOX-TT
35 - 07 points - gms - hellermarie
36 - 07 points - guf - Yoshi
37 - 07 points - 4py - DancingDan
38 - 07 points - rtg - RetroMartin
39 - 07 points - gpo - Navarone
40 - 07 points - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
41 - 06 points - gpo - kataka
42 - 06 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
43 - 06 points - ntl - Dogorilla
44 - 06 points - m!g - geohound
45 - 06 points - hcg - Snake

46 - 06 points - gpo - derubor_indaril
47 - 06 points - vgz - T-Bow
48 - 06 points - spl - M0rr1s0n
49 - 06 points - mnc - Lukulus
50 - 05 points - pop - Sascha
51 - 05 points - gpo - BertBarth
52 - 04 points - mmx - Moribundead
53 - 04 points - pcg - Briareos
54 - 04 points - guf - Ike07
55 - 03 points - vgz - Walti


4py = 4pyayers Forum
gms = Gamestar Forum
gpo = Gamepro Forum
guf = Gaming Universe Forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
m!g = m!games Forum
mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
mnc = altes maniac Forum
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
pcg = PC Games Forum
pcx = pcx Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rtg = Retrogamer Forum
spl = Superlevel Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
vpf = Vierpfeile Forum
off = Offline / kein Forum


Here the hardcore-gaming-local-list:


1 - 11 points - hcg - 1upsuper
2 - 09 points - hcg - surnshurn
3 - 06 points - hcg - Snake

Thumbs up to 1upsuper for the local lead.

Thanks for participating, see you next time!

[1upsuper]

Woo~

This was my first time participating and it was good fun. I'll be sure to continue playing. And hopefully do better. At least I got the apparently "toughest" question right with FEZ.

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Retro Pixel

So, it's time for a more pixelated quiz... this time you have to guess some twentyfive 2D games, mostly classics - but you only have the zoomed-in faces of the main protagonists to work with.

I hope that's to your liking - the poll in the last round showed a clear win for this type of quiz.


I wish you luck - and don't forget: the correct answer is the name of the game, not the character.

Deadline is Thursday the 30th of November, please participate via www.nerdquiz.de/

here is the quiz... have fun!

[Mr_Horizon]

November quiz - hints #1

Hey, November is already half over? Did you all join the quiz yet and solved every last pixel there is??

So far there are 21 participants, two of them from this community.

Here are some hints, to help with the hardest titles and most common mistakes:

1) game Nr.2 is a racing game.
2) number 7 is a scifi strategy game from the current decade.
3) title #17 is an Amiga game, a rather generic 90s platformer (solved by no one!).
4) with the 18 we see the first installment of a famous RPG series (solved by no one!).
5) and at last - game 21 is about a famous civil war.

I wish you good fortune, and don't forget: the correct answer is the name of the game, not the character!

The deadline is Thursday, 30th November - please participate via www.nerdquiz.de/

[Mr_Horizon]

November quiz - hints #2

Everybody watch out, the quiz is almost over! Many people from many different places already joined (current newcomers are the communities from ResetEra, Retrogamer and the English Amiga Board)... while every game has been found out, we are still waiting for someone to score full points... a place in the top 10 can be had from 13 points onwards.

So far there are 40 participants in total, and three from here.


Here are the last hints - hope that helps!

1) In game nr.5 you control a squirrel in a platformer.
2) In the puzzle adventure on image nr.12 you control several goblin characters, all of which have different abilities.
3) Number 14 has you drive a tank, which you can also leave to walk around as a foot soldier.
4) The name of game 17 consists of three words, two of which start with an M.
5) Mea Culpa to image 18 - this japanese RPG confused me with its "right-to-left" direction: the displayed character is not the player, but just an enemy! This makes this game unnecessary hard to get right... by the way, there was recently a spin off to this series released on the Switch.


Good luck, and don't forget: the correct answer is the name of the game, not the character!

The deadline is Thursday, 30th November - please participate via www.nerdquiz.de/

[Murphy]

Let me try this...

SPOILER: Click to show

1. Rayman
3. Day of the Tentacles
8. I think that's Kyo from KOF, but I don't know which game, unfortunately.
9. ToeJam & Earl
10. Scribblenauts (or Super Scribblenauts?)
11. Rodland
14. Blaster Master
16. Alien Soldier
19. Alien Hominid
22. Terraria
24. E.T. (of Atari 2600)
25. Fix It Felix Jr. (...but this isn't real video game, is it?)

That's probably the best shot I can give.

[cacao]

Are we allowed to post our answers? There were a few I couldn't guess but some that I at least tried.

[Mr_Horizon]

@cacao: It was originally meant to be a "every man for himself" contest, but I'm not mad at anyone who wants to share his ideas first.
Nice profile picture by the way - there is no Bojack retro video game, is there?

[Snake]

1. Raymond
2.Toad, Super Mario Kart, SNES
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.Kyo Kusanagi, King of Fighters, Neo Geo
9. Earl, Toe Jam & Earl, Genesis
10. Scribblenauts, NES
11.
12.
13. Rocket Knight Adventures, Genesis
14. Blaster Master, NES
15. John Rambo, Rambo NES
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Atari
25. Felix, Fix it Felix, PIXAR

[windfisch]

Nov 26, 2017 9:25:05 GMT -5 Murphy said:

Let me try this...

SPOILER: Click to show

1. Rayman
3. Day of the Tentacles
8. I think that's Kyo from KOF, but I don't know which game, unfortunately.
9. ToeJam & Earl
10. Scribblenauts (or Super Scribblenauts?)
11. Rodland
14. Blaster Master
16. Alien Soldier
19. Alien Hominid
22. Terraria
24. E.T. (of Atari 2600)
25. Fix It Felix Jr. (...but this isn't real video game, is it?)

That's probably the best shot I can give.

About the last one:

SPOILER: Click to show

It's a homebrew game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It's really well made and feels like the real deal:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzsmhnHtCKE

[Woody Alien]

I submitted the answers in the form, but made some mistakes and left some empty spaces.
So after re-reading the hints and thinking about the answers again, here's the best of my knowledge:

SPOILER: Click to show

1. Rayman
2. Super Mario Kart
3. Day of the Tentacle
4. Superfrog
5. Mr. Nutz
6. Ruff 'n' Tumble
7.
8. The King of Fighters
9. Toejam & Earl
10. Scribblenauts
11. Rodland
12. Gobliiins (or is it Gobliins?)
13. Fire 'n' Ice
14. Blaster Master
15. Rambo
16. Alien Soldier
17. Marvin something something (don't remember, thanks for the hint)
18.
19. Alien Hominid
20. Trollz (?)
21.
22.
23. Simon the Sorcerer
24. ET the Extraterrestrial
25. Fix-It Felix, Jr.

[Murphy]

Nov 28, 2017 13:32:02 GMT -5 windfisch said:

About the last one:

SPOILER: Click to show

It's a homebrew game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It's really well made and feels like the real deal:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzsmhnHtCKE

That is indeed pretty cool.