Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Answers & High Score

Alright, we managed to get to a crowd of 85, that's quite good. Four of you were even able to get the themes as well as the games completely correct, good job!

Let's start with the themes, followed by the games, then the pictures and at the bottom you'll find the High Score.


THEME 1 - Super Mario - 1 4 8 12 14
Almost everyone has gotten the plumber. This theme was easy thanks to the prominent character.
solved by: 95%

THEME 2 - Orcs - 3 5 9 20 23
Orcs are such a standard enemy for video games. They might look a bit different each time, but this theme was still quite easy for you.
solved by: 92%

THEME 3 - Christmas - 2 6 13 18 21
Now it gets more abstract. Here you had to connect the Grinch and Jack Skellington with Christmas, even without visual cues like red/white clothes or the "Die Hard" Christmas tree.
solved by: 88%

THEME 4 - Angels - 11 15 17 19 25
This one was tricky. While three pictures where still easy to spot as angels, number 15 shows a monster that you can only classify as "Angel" if you know the anime it is based on. Then there's the lady on picture 17, who is named Angel. Respect if you got this right!
solved by: 60%

THEME 5 - Peter Molyneux - 7 10 16 22 24
These five games are connected only by the star game designer Peter Molyneux. A quarter of you got this right - more than I had expected.
solved by: 25%

Positions:



- - - GAMES - - -

1) Super Mario Bros 3
Half points for other Mario Games, with the exception of Mario Maker (clever).
solved by: 84%
other suggestions: -

2) The Grinch
Nobody got a half point here, and thus the Grinch (Dreamcast Version) is the easiest game of this round.
solved by: 94%
other suggestions: -

3) Warcraft 3
solved by: 82%
other suggestions: World of Warcraft, Ogre

4) Super Mario RPG
solved by: 87%
other suggestions: -

5) Lego the Hobbit
Not the Lord of the Rings (half point), but instead the Hobbit. A bit mean.
solved by: 68%
other suggestions: Lego warcraft 3

6) Nightmare before Christmas
solved by: 76%
other suggestions: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Beetlejuice

7) Theme Hospital
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: Sim Hospital, Invisible Man, Die Sims, A Christmas Caroll

8.) Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
This is NOT Super Mario Kart 8 (not deluxe either!), plenty of half points here.
solved by: 74%
other suggestions: -

9) Gothic
The very first Gothic, still very blocky.
solved by: 61%
other suggestions: World Of Warcraft, Goblin Commander: Unleash The Horde

10) Fable
The cover of the first entry of the Fable series.
solved by: 86%
other suggestions: Dragon Quest

11) ActRaiser
solved by: 49%
other suggestions: Wonder Boy, Popolous, Kirbys Adventure, Kid Icarus, Final Fantasy

12) Mario is Missing
Half points for other Mario titles.
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: -

13) Christmas Lemmings
solved by: 59%
other suggestions: The Snowman

14) Super Princess Peach
A platformer where you control the princess. Our favourite italian is on the picture, so this title belongs to the Mario theme... but it's not a Mario GAME, so no half points for other plumber titles!
solved by: 66%
other suggestions: Mario, Super Mario, CD-i Mario, Paper Mario, Mario Teaches Typing, Mario Party DS, Mario is missing, Mario and Luigi Partners in Time, mario and luigi bowser's inside story, Mario & Luigi: Abenteuer Bowser

15) Neon Genesis Evangelion
License game to the anime series for the N64. Fight strange Monsters called "Angels" in your Mecha - picture shows the first of the invaders.
solved by: 40%
other suggestions: Virtua On, santa clause jr. advance, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Kid Icarus Uprising, Digimon

16) Black & White 2
That's the evil part of your conscience from the 2nd Black & White, much more detailed than in the first part.
solved by: 56%
other suggestions: Spore, Litil Divil, God of War 3, Dungeon Keeper

17) Wing Commander
This is your love interest in Wing Commander. Her name? Angel.
solved by: 51%
other suggestions: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

18.) Daze before Christmas
A very christmasy platformer for the Sega Genesis.
solved by: 49%
other suggestions: Weihnachten, Santa Claus, James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod, Crazy Santa adventures

19) Messiah
If you're not possessing some random humans, you are flying around as a little angel.
solved by: 69%
other suggestions: Bayonetta

20) Hero Quest
solved by: 48%
other suggestions: Warcraft Adventure, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Labyrinth, Dungeons and Dragons

21) Die Hard
A somewhat different Christmas movie.
solved by: 44%
other suggestions: True Lies, Christmas IK+

22) Magic Carpet
solved by: 29%
other suggestions: prince of persia 1&2, Populous, Kid Icarus, Aladdin

23) Orcs must die 2
got mixed up again - now all parts of the series give the full point.
solved by: 54%
other suggestions: World of Warcraft, some orc game!

24) Curiosity – what’s inside the cube
Experimental team game by Peter Molyneux, hardest title of this round.
solved by: 20%
other suggestions: Sphere Tale, Pyramids of Ra, Puzzle Scape, Pink Blocks, Picross 3D, Overcooked!, Marble Madness

25) Chubby Cherub
An old NES game - save your friends as a little chubby angel.
solved by: 44%
other suggestions: Kid Icarus



Here's the quiz image again:



Answers:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/0qkEEkZ.png


HIGH SCORE

01 - 30 points - rta - residentgrigo
01 - 30 points - rta - EarthPainting
01 - 30 points - hcg - excelsior
01 - 30 points - ntl - lifer
05 - 29.5 pnts - mtc - Wibblewozzer
06 - 29.5 pnts - mnc - Gerhard S.
07 - 29.5 pnts - hcg - teroknor
08 - 29 points - hcg - windfisch
09 - 29 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
10 - 29 points - eab - Nobby_UK

11 - 29 points - mtc - Parsnip
12 - 28.5 pnts - spz - Striderblade
13 - 28.5 pnts - eab - darkwave
14 - 28 points - rpg - J.R.
15 - 26.5 pnts - rta - Roarer
16 - 26 points - mmx - fedprod
17 - 26 points - pcx - Splunge
18 - 25.5 pnts - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
19 - 25.5 pnts - rpg - Calastellio
20 - 25.5 pnts - spz - The_BACH
21 - 25 points - m!g - Kong
22 - 24.5 pnts - mmx - Knuckles
23 - 24.5 pnts - mtc - Valdien
24 - 24 points - gsg - partykiller
25 - 24 points - rta - malus
26 - 24 points - gms - hellermarie
27 - 23.5 pnts - mtc - mssq
28 - 22.5 pnts - rta - Illusionary
29 - 22 points - can - Strife
30 - 21.5 pnts - mnc - Dreamteam
31 - 21.5 pnts - eab - Biscuit
32 - 21 points - pop - Don Como
33 - 20.5 pnts - can - Dark Kariya
34 - 20.5 pnts - mmx - Linkey
35 - 20.5 pnts - mmx - Klunky
36 - 19.5 pnts - gms - kopyright
37 - 19.5 pnts - gpo - rave
38 - 19.5 pnts - ntl - JoakimZ
39 - 19.5 pnts - eab - Havie
40 - 19 points - gav - Wizdom
41 - 19 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
42 - 18 points - can - Franky Mikey
43 - 18 points - can - Kulfy
44 - 18 points - can - M.Rick75
45 - 18 points - mmx - LittleChoco
46 - 18 points - mnc - Klees
47 - 17.5 pnts - m!g - Red XIII
48 - 17 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
49 - 17 points - gms - hellifanboy
50 - 16.5 pnts - gpo - Navarone
51 - 16.5 pnts - mmx - Shades
52 - 16 points - rtc - Elgin_McQueen
53 - 15.5 pnts - mnc - HomiSite
54 - 15.5 pnts - pcx - wiede
55 - 15.5 pnts - lgs - Frosch
56 - 15 points - rta - jett
57 - 15 points - lgs - Darkcloud
58 - 14.5 pnts - ntl - Blooper987
59 - 14.5 pnts - rta - PsionBolt
60 - 14 points - pop - Sascha
61 - 13.5 pnts - mnc - elementalMaster
62 - 13.5 pnts - hcg - Snake
63 - 12.5 pnts - sh2 - godzella
64 - 12.5 pnts - gav - Rippi
65 - 12.5 pnts - 4py - Khorneblume
66 - 12.5 pnts - rta - Embrodak
67 - 12.5 pnts - ntl - Blooper987
68 - 12 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
69 - 12 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
70 - 11.5 pnts - rpg - D4rkD
71 - 11.5 pnts - gsg - Drapondur
72 - 11.5 pnts - vgz - Walti
73 - 11.5 pnts - mnc - Mitschel
74 - 11 points - gav - Yoshi
75 - 11 points - ntl - Dogorilla
76 - 10.5 pnts - m!g - geohound
77 - 10.5 pnts - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
78 - 10.5 pnts - gpo - Klingsor-
79 - 10.5 pnts - 4py - Scorplian
80 - 09.5 pnts - pop - Daiyama
81 - 09 points - vgz - LOX-TT
82 - 08.5 pnts - gpo - GAMEPROFF
83 - 08 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
84 - 06 points - eab - Mailman
85 - 05 points - ntl - BabyYoshi12


4py = 4Players Forum
can = Canard PC
eab = English Amiga Board
gav = Gaming Village Forum
gpo = Gamepro Discord
gsg = Gamers Global
gms = Gamestar Forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
lgs = last game standing
m!g = M!Games Forum
mtc = Metacouncil Forum
mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
mnc = old maniac Forum
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
pcx = PCX Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rta = ResetEra Forum
rtc = Retro Canteen Forum
rpg = RPG Maker MV Forum
sh2 = Shock² Forum
spz = Spazio PC
vgz = Videogameszone Forum


So who are our WINNERS?? Congratulations to residentgrigo, Excelsior, EarthPainting and lifer - you all have equally FULL POINTS and won this round!

Also kudos to Wibblewozzer, Gerhard S, teroknor, Windfisch, AuraPaladinne and Nobby_UK - together you are the Top 10.


Here is the local high score:

1 - 29.0 points - Nobby_UK
2 - 28.5 points - darkwave
3 - 21.5 points - Biscuit
4 - 19.5 points - Havie
5 - 06.0 points - Mailman

Congrats to Nobby for the local lead.

Thanks to all for joining and see you next time!

[gimbal]

Oh. It seems I had the themes right after all. For the fun of it, here is a little progress list I was keeping for myself in a text file:

01: GAME: (mario virtual boy?) THEME: mario
02: GAME: the Grinch           THEME: christmas
03: GAME: Warcraft 3           THEME: orcs
04: GAME: mario RPG            THEME: mario
05: GAME: lego LOTR            THEME: orcs
06: GAME: ?                    THEME: ?
07: GAME: Theme Hospital       THEME: Molineux
08: GAME: Mario Kart (version) THEME: mario
09: GAME: Gothic               THEME: orcs
10: GAME: Fable                THEME: Molineux
11: GAME: ?                    THEME: angels
12: GAME: Mario title          THEME: mario
13: GAME: lemmings xmas        THEME: christmas
14: GAME: Mario title          THEME: mario
15: GAME: ?                    THEME: ?
16: GAME: Black & White        THEME: Molineux
17: GAME: ?                    THEME: ?
18: GAME: ?                    THEME: christmas
19: GAME: Messiah:             THEME: angels
20: GAME: Hero Quest           THEME: orcs
21: GAME: ?                    THEME: christmas
22: GAME: Magic Carpet         THEME: Molineux
23: GAME: ?                    THEME: orcs
24: GAME: ?                    THEME: ?
25: GAME: ?                    THEME: angels

MARIO: 1, 4, 8, 12, 14
CHRISTMAS: 2, 13, 18, 21, *
ORCS: 3, 5, 9, 20, 23
ANGELS: 11, 19, 25, *, *
MOLINEUX: 7, 10, 16, 22, *
Unknown: 6, 15, 17, 24

I was so stuck that I didn't even take the time to work out which screenshot belonged to which Mario game


Die Hard! My initial guess was that it was a Rambo game because of the perspective, but yeah... Rambo and a christmas tree? Makes no sense

[darkwave]

Congratulations on the local win Nobby! (again)

Mario Kart Home Circuit caught me out. Very sneaky Mr Horizon, although you did try to warn us!

That was a good round. I think particularly enjoyable because I managed to get rid of a few that would have frustrated me quite late on.

[Nobby_UK]

Wow !
I sneaked into the top 10

Turns out I had never heard of #11 after all

[Havie]

Well done all - just couldn't do some this month. Frankly the whole bottom row was a disaster for me...

[Biscuit]

If I'd spotted the darn Molyneux theme it would have helped a lot. Kicking self. Well done Nobby on another top 10 spot.

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Oh. It seems I had the themes right after all. For the fun of it, here is a little progress list I was keeping for myself in a text file:

(...)

That's a nice way of making sure you got everything, interesting to see how people go about solving the quiz. In the earlier days there were several people in the Maniac forum taking turns in doing these riddles... I just tried to make my way through them somehow but never made lists like that.
I'm probably better at creating them than solving them!

Originally Posted by darkwave

Mario Kart Home Circuit caught me out. Very sneaky Mr Horizon, although you did try to warn us!

Yes, but the warning just caused many people to update from "Mario Kart 8" to "Mario Kart 8 deluxe".

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Turns out I had never heard of #11 after all

Well, there was an alternative to ActRaiser, but I don't like using covers too much. Would you have recognised this game?

Originally Posted by Biscuit

If I'd spotted the darn Molyneux theme it would have helped a lot. Kicking self. Well done Nobby on another top 10 spot.

Don't kick yourself, Molyneux was mean - you couldn't go after image contents at all, meaning you had to know most of the games already to even have a chance at getting the theme.

[Nobby_UK]

Looks like Maxine "Max" Guevara (X5-452) from 'Dark Angel'

[Havie]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Looks like Maxine "Max" Guevara (X5-452) from 'Dark Angel'

Beat me to it - I was about to say Dark Angel!

[Nobby_UK]

I have 2 box sets

[darkwave]

I have the game on Xbox. Picked it up for cheap from GameStation years ago. I don't think I ever played it.

[Mr_Horizon]

congrats - too bad I went with ActRaiser. New quiz post coming on Monday morning!

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - King of the World

Are you the mayor of your town? The chieftain of your tribe? The president of your country, or even the emperor of your galactic realm?! This time we look at the bigger picture - games where you control leaders and decision makers that steer entire countries as well as armies and civilians alike.
This can mean political and armed conflict or peaceful building strategy. Sometimes it's all about the survival of your people in a harsh environment, or about political intrigue for more power.

Do you like to be king of the world? Then take a look at this quiz and show us what you know.


Deadline is Thursday the 31st December, participate via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here is the last quiz of the year, enjoy!

direct link: https://i.imgur.com/GHEFGEE.png

[gimbal]

#23! No clue which game it is (it must be as old as I am) but I have respect for games which manage to have such clear graphics with just monochrome colours.

[Havie]

No. 20 font looks familiar.

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Havie

No. 20 font looks familiar.

Number 21 always reminds me of a certain home computer too.

[Nobby_UK]

I see 6, so far

[darkwave]

3, maybe 4 for me. Not exactly the flying start to this month I had hoped for!

[Nobby_UK]

Now have 18
Clues needed methinks

[Biscuit]

Excited for this one, great excuse to look up some classic strat games. Also can't wait to see the end of year report.

So far I can see at least 2.

I'm a slow starter, okay.