Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[gimbal]

I can imagine it is a boatload of work.

[Nobby_UK]

Originally Posted by gimbal

I can imagine it is a boatload of work.

Indeed !


Doing the pics is one thing,
but collating all the entries

[Havie]

Sad news indeed but we have all enjoyed the quiz a great deal and appreciate all your hard work. Still 10 months to go yet...

[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. https://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: https://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 - 23 points - Nobby_UK
2 - 23 points - Havie
3 - 19 points - mailman
4 - 18 points - gimbal
5 - 15 points - darkwave


Congrats to Nobby_UK for the local lead and the Top 20 position, same as Havie (who is 0,006 points behind him).

You all have really good scores, thank you all for playing!

[gimbal]

Crap, #15 was S.T.A.L.K.E.R Well. No complaining from me then. I just don't recognize that scene at all. But truth be told I played Call of Pripyat the least of the three, it just doesn't have the oomph that the first two games have and the voice acting is just... painful.

Yeah Zelda. At first I thought it was Skyward Sword, but I figured it would be Breath of the Wild since that is more open worldy. Didn't even consider the follow up. They all blend together man!

Pokemon Legends I was proud that I found it. It looks like literally dozens of other games out there, but it had that Nintendo Switch shine to it. So I just randomly thought to myself: is it a Pokemon game? Turns out: yes it was.

#6 and 9 are just brutal. Screenshots of skill trees. Do you know how many skill trees there are? Dozens. Hundreds. I think I found #9 by searching specifically for "samurai skilltree" and #6 through "acrobatics skilltree". I thought it had something to do with Batman at first since it looks kind of like Arkham Knights. Wrong franchise, wrong publisher.

Sonic Frontiers was another wild guess that turned out to be correct. Weird rollercoaster type thingies in the sky. I figured it would be a 3D Sonic game. And Frontiers had some purple looking tracks on the screenshots so I just ran with it Besides, in the very bottom left it did look like Sonic was slightly in frame.

#2 was harder for me than it should have been. I kid you not, on the monitor I had at work it was all bloom. When I looked at it on my home computer it was so obvious that it was AssCreed

#19 I was just completely off the mark, I thought it was a Star Wars game Force lightning and all. I figured it was KOTOR since the force lightning looked very similar in screenshots.

#16 had me for a loop a long time, in fact I only figured it out when I was inputting the guesses. It looked so Dark Soulsy but I didn't recognize it from any of the Soulsborne games. But then I was looking closer at the ground in the screenshot combined with the fact that it looks to be raining and with the general bleak color palette, that made me think of Death Stranding. A game I have played for many hours but did not get far enough to see that creature.

[Nobby_UK]

Surprised so many got Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom
as it is not out until May

Well Done All

[Havie]

Pleased with 23 and still have no idea what system Seven Cities of Gold is on - Atari? Amstrad?

Well do all and especially Nobby. Going to be a close one this year....

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Havie

Pleased with 23 and still have no idea what system Seven Cities of Gold is on - Atari? Amstrad?

How about Amiga? https://hol.abime.net/1879

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Crap, #15 was S.T.A.L.K.E.R Well. No complaining from me then.

I have to admit, I never played one of them. This "guy with the mutated gas mask" looked like a standard enemy (I believe it's called a Snork), so I thought anyone who played this would know.

#6 and 9 are just brutal. Screenshots of skill trees. Do you know how many skill trees there are? Dozens. Hundreds.

Yes there's many skill trees, that's why I picked two that gave enough information to narrow down the game. Number 6 has the Spiderman silhouette on several of the icons... answer rate was 79% without clues, so I don't think it was that difficult.
And while Number 9 isn't as iconic, how many "open world Samurai games" are there? Answer rate was 72%, so I would say it was alright for the second row... after all, you found them too.

(...) Death Stranding. A game I have played for many hours but did not get far enough to see that creature.

I had only seen reviews and some gameplay videos, I didn't know that enemy was so rare!

Originally Posted by Havie

Pleased with 23 and still have no idea what system Seven Cities of Gold is on - Atari? Amstrad?

TCD was right, this was an Amiga screenshot. A 1986 release, so it's a port fom the earlier versions on weaker systems (came out 1984 for Apple 2 and the C64).

By the way, where is Junior? Were his grades not good enough so he isn't allowed to play anymore, or did you decide to join forces?

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Surprised so many got Zelda - Tears of the Kingdom as it is not out until May

Well, maybe they have all seen one of the trailers that I took the picture from.

Well Done All

[gimbal]

It is a snork indeed. The thing is that they are fast buggers that stay very low to the ground and essentially when they get close to you, you are in deep trouble because they do tons of damage, attack fast and cause you to start bleeding. I tend to always carry a shotgun and grenades with me specifically for these bastards so I can one-shot them I hardly ever saw them that up close.

[Havie]

Originally Posted by TCD

How about Amiga? https://hol.abime.net/1879

I hixe my head in shame!

[gimbal]

Hixe? Are you inventing a new language?

[Havie]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Hixe? Are you inventing a new language?

Fat fingers!

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Havie

I hixe my head in shame!

Originally Posted by Havie

Fat fingers!

You must have pretty big hands to get from 'hang' to 'hixe'

[gimbal]

Yeah like, those big foam hands they have at baseball matches.

[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 http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz, have fun!

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

[gimbal]

for a second there I read math quiz. You had me scared for a second.

I resent #5. That's not the correct one. #1, okay. But #5 is unforgivable.

[mailman]

I've got 18 so far.

[TCD]

Will be interesting to see how many get #19

[Havie]

Maybe 12 on initial look.