Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[Nobby_UK]

First Look = 12

[Nobby_UK]

Now have 21 and a Maybe...
(can't find an exact match)

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by gimbal

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

Math and adventures, what could go wrong? There's even a fitting Amiga game!

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

I never played the later ones. That terrible?

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Now have 21 and a Maybe...
(can't find an exact match)

Not bad at all!

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

I never played the later ones. That terrible?

Flat cola would probably describe it best. It has some taste but lost all the kick.

[Nobby_UK]

Got two more:

Stuck on number 18

[Kagesan]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Stuck on number 18

That’s one obscure game for sure. I just found out because I stumbled upon the game in a totally unrelated context recently.

I still have no idea what 19, 24, and 25 could be.

[Mr_Horizon]

March Quiz - Clues #1

Point, click... use ANSWERS with GAMEQUIZ! The first thirty people have already managed to do this, with results ranging from "quite good" to "I'm sure they'll come up with more later."
Some players were surprised about the number of modern games, so I wanted to mention that the majority (13) of the titles are from the 80s and 90s, the golden age of graphic adventures.

Here come the first clues:

1) Number 10 is a detective adventure by Sierra in which Roberta Williams was involved.
2) Fans give a famous game from the 80s an update in terms of graphics & gameplay... #13 is the result.
3) Title 18 is a free promotional game for a German company.
4) Game 20 is from a famous (and now closed) British studio, but among all its releases are only two adventures.

Deadline is Friday 31 March, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here is the quiz again, good luck https://i.imgur.com/EMyT9gn.png

[Nobby_UK]

Clue helped to get #18
Danke


Entered


SFX next month ?

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by TCD

Will be interesting to see how many get #19

mmmh, #19 is not *too* bad right now, about a third of players have it right.

Originally Posted by Kagesan

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK: Stuck on number 18
That’s one obscure game for sure. I just found out because I stumbled upon the game in a totally unrelated context recently.

Oh yes, it's mean. I only put it in the fourth row so I'd be allowed to give a clue on it!

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Clue helped to get #18 Danke

Haha, you are welcome. Correct answer rate on that one is still low, but no longer under 10%.

SFX next month ?

No, I haven't prepared the sound files yet, wanted to check interest first... but poll answers are a very mixed bag so far. Let's see the results when March is over!

[gimbal]

Sounds should be a spin-off quiz, IMO.

[Mr_Horizon]

March Quiz - Clues #2

You can't get any further? You can't find a walkthrough on the net and have already combined "everything with everything"? Well, maybe this post can help.

Not that many people have joined yet, 42 in total and two of them from this forum. Don't forget to submit, there is less than a week left!

Here are the final clues:

1) Some people write something at #4 that they might be better off putting at #19.
2) In title #11 all the characters are talking animals, it came out in the mid-90s for DOS, Amiga and Mac.
3) For games #6, #12 and #15, there were not only graphics done by hand, but quite a few frames and assets were digitised from real life footage.
4) The job of the alien protagonist of number 7 is to create crop circles on Earth.

Deadline is Friday 31 March, participation via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here is the quiz again, good luck: https://i.imgur.com/EMyT9gn.png

[Nobby_UK]

Well the clue confirms the 'Maybe'

[Havie]

Have finally entered - I'll be lucky to get 20. Quite a few guesses and two I can't get.

[darkwave]

Entered. Pretty sure it's a good improvement on last month for me. We'll see.

[Mr_Horizon]

March Quiz - this round ends soon

Attention ladies and gentlemen, there are just about 36 hours left before this round comes to an end. There are now 85 people playing, including five from this forum.... so now is no longer the time to think, but time to join!

Deadline is this Friday the 31st of March, participation via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz one last time, go for it: https://i.imgur.com/EMyT9gn.png

[gimbal]

Yes yes, tomorrow is my day off so I'll spend some time spinning my wheels.

Man there are a lot of these games. Like a lot a lot. I think I have a 5 year backlog now.

[Havie]

Found one more and corrected one!

[Mr_Horizon]

March Quiz - Answers & Score

Exciting, exactly the same amount of players as last round - 153 people! How did that happen? Seems to have been a balanced round with answer rates from 10% to 100%.

A quick pie chart on the SoundFX survey, which unfortunately wasn't very informative:


Only 20% "yes" votes is a bit weak, it would have to be three times as many for me to do such a round again. That's why I'm taking a different approach now. Until the next quiz (i.e. for about a week) you can check out all the past sound quizzes at http://www.retrogamequiz.com. Then the "don't know" percentage should reduce and we'll repeat the poll with a clear YES/NO.

But now we start with the results... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score.

1) Return to Monkey Island
Everybody knows Monkey Island.
Answer rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

2) Leisure Suit Larry 5
Answer rate: 98%
Other suggestions: -

3) Indiana Jones & the last Crusade
Answer rate: 99%
Other suggestions: -

4) Simon the Sorcerer 2
No, not Discworld. Although Simon certainly bears a resemblance to Rincewind...
Answer rate: 78%
Other suggestions: 14x Discworld, Teen Merlin

5) Sam & Max 301: The Penal Zone.
I've heard the Telltale spin-offs of Sam & Max aren't very good. :/
Solve rate: 96%
Other suggestions: -

6) Toonstruck
Answer rate: 65%
Other suggestions: 4x Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Space Quest, The shining, Trüberbrook

7) The Feeble Files
Also known as "Floyd".
Answer rate: 59%
Other suggestions: Aliens, Beneath a Steel Sky, Ratchet and Clank, Space Quest, The book of unwritten tales, Zak Mc Kracken.

8.) Broken Sword 5
Also known as "Baphomets Fluch 5".
Answer rate: 82%
Other suggestions: Gabriel Knight, Last Express, Runaway

9) Darkside Detective
Answer rate: 65%
Other suggestions: 5x Police Quest, 4x Thimbleweed Park, Gemini Rue, Maniac Mansion, Sanitarium, Sledge Hammer, Uncanny Valley.

10) Dagger of Amon Ra
The second adventure of the lovely Miss Laura Bow.
Answer rate: 48%
Other suggestions: Gabriel Knight, BASS, Herald, King's Quest, Mixed Up Mother Goose, Mystery House, Norco, Police quest, Teenagent.

11) Inherit the Earth - Quest for the Orb
Answer rate: 54%
Other suggestions: Nightshade, Space Quest

12) Gabriel Knight 2: the beast within
Wow, Phantasmagoria really burned itself into gaming memory... wasn't the right answer here though.
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: 20x Phantasmagoria, 5x Night Trap, 4x the 7th Guest, dreamfall, Harvester, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Psychic detective, Tex Murphy, The Riddle of Master Lu.

13) Kings Quest 3 VGA
Answer rate: 41%
Other suggestions: Bard's Tale, Colossal Cave, Hand of god, Kyrandia, Loom, Museum Madness, Quest for Glory.

14) Unavowed
Answer rate: 52%
Other suggestions: Dr Who, Beneath A Steel Sky, Gemini Room, Gemini Rue, BASS, Blackwell, Blues brothers, Kathy Rain, Lost Horizon.

15) The Neverhood
Answer rate: 43%
Other suggestions: Grim Fandango, Machinarium, Robot murder detectives

16) Chaos on Deponia
Answer rate: 61%
Other suggestions: Doc Clock and the Toasted Sandwich of Time, Edna, Freddi Fish, Lost in Play, Zac McKrakken.

17) Thimbleweed Park
Answer rate: 52%
Other suggestions: Blackwell Deception, Ghost reader, Kathy Rain, Little Nightmares, Loom, Neverending Story, The Blackwell Legacy.

18.) Telekommando 2
A Promotion adventure game for the german company "Telekom".
Answer rate: 20%
Other suggestions: Bi-Fi: Action in Hollywood, Clock Tower, Countdown, The Legacy, The Basement, Dark Shadows, Neuromancer, Prisoner of ice, Twilight Syndrome, Beneath A Steel Sky.

19) Discworld Noir
Answer rate: 41%
Other suggestions: Blade Runner, Harry Potter, Myst, Sanitarium, City of Forgotten Children, Shardlight, Simon the Sorcerer.

20) Universe.
That was mean because you don't see the actual protagonist here at all. But I still find the colour scheme very memorable.
Answer rate: 18%
Other suggestions: Harry Potter, Innocent Until Caught, James Pond, Loom FM Town, Orion Burger, Space Quest, Tea Time.

21) Big Red Adventure
Answer rate: 23%
Other suggestions: Discworld 2: Missing Presumed, Army Wars, Comrade, Day of the tentacle, Generals and majors, KGB, Red Comrades, Teen Agent.

22) Syberia
I sometimes confuse this with "Secret Files Tunguska" or "The Longest Journey". But more people recognised this train than I expected!
Answer rate: 53%
Other suggestions: 7x Myst, 4x The Longest Journey, Beneath a Steel sky, Secret File Tunguska, Grim Fandango, Journeyman Project, Riven, The Book Of Unwritten Tales

23) How We Know We're Alive
The second hardest entry of this round, a depressing little indie story from Sweden. Actually this is more of a walking simulator than an adventure game. :/
Answer rate: 12%
Other suggestions: Behind Closed Doors, Essays on Empathy, Gemini Rue, Gods will be watching, Kentucky Route Zero, Lacuna, Manic Depression Room, Mystery Mansion, One Dreamer, Primark the video game, Settled, sheltered, Thumbleweed Park.

24) 6 Days a Sacrifice
One of the adventure games by "Zero Punctuation" writer Ben Croshaw.
Answer rate: 33%
Other suggestions: Beneath a Steel Sky, The Blackwell, The Orion Conspiracy, Zombie Wars.

25) 1987 Rescue in Berlin.
Developed by a Spaniard and released in 2021, a funny story set in 1980s Berlin. Toughest entry of this round!
Answer rate: 10%
Other suggestions: Maniac Mansion, Thimbleweed Park, Action in Hollywood, Bud Tucker in Double Trouble, Caren and the tangled tentacles, Pink Panther Passport to Peril, The Adventures of Willy Beamish, Who stole my beard.


Here is the quiz picture again, followed by the answers:



Answers:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/b935Qxv.png


HIGH SCORE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - mnc - OfflineChris
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - rta - marek
01 - 25 points - mnc - Ost West Elite
06 - 24 points - eab - Nobby_UK
07 - 24 points - mnc - Dream Team
08 - 24 points - pop - turzilla
09 - 24 points - cib - frozentiger
10 - 24 points - rpg - Calastellio
11 - 23 points - smu - Herr Schatten
12 - 23 points - gpo - DocMoody
13 - 22 points - eab - darkwave
14 - 22 points - gav - Wizdom
15 - 22 points - eab - Havie
16 - 22 points - wtd - AirBaeron
17 - 22 points - cib - LockeBoss
18 - 22 points - rta - EarthPainting
19 - 22 points - gsg - partykiller
20 - 22 points - spz - The_BACH

21 - 22 points - ftg - DeekyFun
22 - 22 points - spz - Striderblade
23 - 21 points - ata - Keir
24 - 21 points - can - Dark Kariya
25 - 21 points - can - M.Rick75
26 - 21 points - mtc - KainXVIII
27 - 21 points - gms - kopyright
28 - 20 points - rta - malus
29 - 20 points - mmx - Lynx
30 - 20 points - rtu - Antiriad2097
31 - 20 points - rkb - kirika1987
32 - 20 points - rpg - Fyrchtegott
33 - 20 points - hcg - windfisch
34 - 20 points - rta - hamsterstyle
35 - 19 points - gms - j1m
36 - 19 points - hcg - teroknor
37 - 19 points - mtc - Parsnip
38 - 19 points - mmx - fedprod
39 - 18 points - mtc - Valdien
40 - 18 points - gms - hellermarie
41 - 18 points - ata - jgkspsx
42 - 18 points - rta - Illusionary
43 - 18 points - eab - mailman
44 - 18 points - mnc - HomiSite
45 - 18 points - gms - kanedat
46 - 18 points - ftg - Lurker
47 - 18 points - ftg - destria
48 - 18 points - rta - Nihilistic Monk
49 - 17 points - sh2 - Vino
50 - 17 points - ftg - rwklau
51 - 17 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
52 - 17 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
53 - 16 points - mmx - dasDull
54 - 16 points - nto - Lockenvogel
55 - 16 points - mnc - Lukulus
56 - 16 points - mmx - Knuckles
57 - 16 points - mmx - LittleChoco
58 - 16 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
59 - 16 points - hcg - dsparil
60 - 16 points - hcg - personman
61 - 15 points - wtd - PhantomVonOpa
62 - 15 points - nto - 4C8en
63 - 15 points - f64 - Pat Power
64 - 15 points - wtd - svenoble
65 - 15 points - gpo - rave
66 - 15 points - ftg - cubby
67 - 14 points - cib - Seizokano
68 - 14 points - ntl - charlix12323
69 - 14 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
70 - 14 points - wtd - jenoogle
71 - 14 points - ftg - Vandelay
72 - 14 points - gpo - Bully
73 - 14 points - mtc - FunnyJay
74 - 14 points - rpg - D4rkD
75 - 13 points - mnc - elementalMaster
76 - 13 points - ftg - Garfy
77 - 13 points - nto - Quadratlatschen
78 - 13 points - ftg - RumMonkey
79 - 13 points - gpo - Messor Torvus
80 - 13 points - wtd - Mr.L
81 - 13 points - rkb - salversurfer
82 - 12 points - mtc - MegaApple
83 - 12 points - gms - Schneitzel
84 - 12 points - mnc - Mitschel
85 - 11 points - rta - Zolbrod
86 - 11 points - m!g - Red XIII
87 - 11 points - rkb - Addearheart
88 - 11 points - mnc - chifan
89 - 11 points - gsg - Nischenliebhaber
90 - 11 points - ftg - LockeTribal
91 - 10 points - rtu - Elginmcqueen
92 - 10 points - hcg - snake
93 - 10 points - hcg - Alexmate
94 - 10 points - mtc - freshVeggie
95 - 10 points - mtc - xxr
96 - 10 points - pop - Don Como
97 - 10 points - f64 - Jammet
98 - 10 points - gpo - Navarone
99 - 10 points - sh2 - Jokus
100 -10 points - ftg - harrypalmer
101 -10 points - spz - Geddoe
102 -10 points - can - Kulfy
103 -10 points - mmx - Dnamei
104 -10 points - wtd - Waelthus
105 -10 points - ftg - mrpon
106 -10 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
107 - 9 points - nto - Ande
108 - 9 points - rpg - Zion
109 - 9 points - f64 - drazil
110 - 8 points - ftg - Rich
111 - 8 points - gpo - FireSmoke
112 - 8 points - mmx - Shades
113 - 8 points - sh2 - Bonz
114 - 8 points - hcg - excelsior
115 - 8 points - can - BakaSeiji
116 - 8 points - rta - vgp
117 - 7 points - pop - Sascha
118 - 7 points - rkb - ToniLustig
119 - 7 points - can - Franky M.
120 - 7 points - gpo - kataka
121 - 7 points - cib - Elemental Master
122 - 7 points - ftg - Rhaegyr
123 - 7 points - gpo - Eddie
124 - 7 points - gms - RC2225
125 - 7 points - pop - PUH
126 - 7 points - rkb - FolderOfDoom
127 - 7 points - pop - Daiyama
128 - 7 points - m!g - geohound
129 - 7 points - ntl - Krull
130 - 7 points - pop - Arne
131 - 6 points - rta - Gygas
132 - 6 points - ftg - JuniorFE
133 - 6 points - rta - Optional Objectives
134 - 6 points - smu - BulletMagnet
135 - 6 points - rtc - StayAwhile
136 - 6 points - ntl - Dogorilla
137 - 6 points - gpo - GAMEPROFF
138 - 6 points - ftg - Lizard
139 - 5 points - eab - CFOU!
140 - 5 points - mtc - QFNS
141 - 5 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
142 - 5 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
143 - 5 points - sh2 - the_joker2
144 - 5 points - m!g - Kong
145 - 5 points - gpo - Konsolomio
146 - 5 points - mnc - Yeboah17
147 - 4 points - ata - Mikebloke
148 - 4 points - gav - Scorplian
149 - 4 points - gav - Cube
150 - 4 points - ftg - DaddyDoomBar
151 - 3 points - gav - Yoshi
152 - 2 points - cib - Jan565
153 - 1 points - ntl - BabyYoda71


LOCAL HIGH SCORE

1 - 24 points - Nobby_UK
2 - 22 points - darkwave
3 - 22 points - Havie
4 - 18 points - mailman
5 - 05 points - CFOU!

Congrats to Nobby_UK for the local lead and oh wow, THREE people with Top 20 positions.

I'll mention it briefly one more time: Until the next quiz (i.e. for about a week), you can check out all the past sound quizzes at http://www.retrogamequiz.com.

Thank you all for joining!

[gimbal]

Yeah I forgot to submit again... the perils of having some vacation time and trying not to spend it behind the computer all the time. I found 20 :/

Funny enough if you would google image search "pixel art point & click adventure", you would find at least half of these already In fact there was one article with somewhere around 8 entries listed on it.

I missed #15, #16, #18, #19 and #24. In hindsight, I should have looked into Discworld based on the Simon the Sorcerer hint. It is quite obvious now The screenshot really isn't though, my first guess was that it was the obscure Limbo of the Lost based on how shitty it looks.

#12 also threw me off, I thought it was one of the Phantasmagoria games. The pose of the woman is very similar too. But then I saw the sword cursor and that tipped me off that I was on the wrong track. I never played the game but the Beast Within was in one of the first PC magazines I got after I got my brand spanking new 486 computer which I committed to memory. It is one of the few games from the magazine I actually did not buy/download.

[Havie]

I knew 12 wasn't Phantasmagoria but had no idea what it was so put this anyway!

Bah - well done again Nobby, starting to pull away already! Very well done Darkwave as well, beating me into third!

And well done everyone else (except Gimbal - for obvious reasons, so near).

Looking forward to a sounds quiz next monthbut fear it will be a major challenge...