Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[Havie]

Around 20 guesses so could be my top score to date?

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Havie

Around 20 guesses so could be my top score to date?

If you really made 20 points then yes, it's your best score.

[Mr_Horizon]

April Quiz - Clues #2

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for the final sprint. Tuesday night this round will end, and do you really want to miss out on the 2nd-biggest-of-all-time quiz? More than 90 people have joined so far, five from this community.

Here are the last clues for you:

1) Number 5 is not "Crazy Machines"
2) Number 9 is not "Gabriel Knight"
3) Number 12 is not "Space Hulk"
4) Number 18 is not "Little Big Adventure"
5) Number 25 is not "Theme Park"

And as a last comment - with the titles 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 19 you have series where you need to name the correct part to get the full point.

Deadline is Tuesday the 30th April, please participate via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz for the last time: https://i.imgur.com/tjJ1grW.png

[gimbal]

Finally, I'm dying to know what 18, 22, 24 and 25 are going to end up being. I know I've seen 22, but just nothing pops to my mind.

[Nobby_UK]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

with the titles 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 19 you have series
where you need to name the correct part to get the full point.

Not 8, 17 and 21 as well ?



Got 2 more (16)+(18) --- I'm done !

[Havie]

Another 3 and a few corrections - highest number of guesses ever at 23! No idea on 22 either...

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Not 8, 17 and 21 as well ?

It's about the mistakes people make, not the mistakes people *could* make. When I notice there's a lot of entries with the wrong part of a series, I compare if they look alike.

For picture numer 8, there is barely any graphical difference between the real answer and the answer many people entered - it feels unfair to take half a point off. With 17 it's similar, and for the 21 I am playing it safe because I don't know the series that well and there's some naming quirks.

You still have three empty fields, let's see if Havie or you wins this one - tomorrow you'll get all the answers!

[Havie]

Entered all my answers again just in case I'd missed one - stuck on 23!

[Mr_Horizon]

April Quiz - Answers & Score

I didn't expect this result... we just casually had the biggest quiz participation of all time - hundredandtwelve!
Once again I have to say thanks, or did you all have a gaming PC in the 90s and were just waiting to finally put that knowledge to use?

Average score has gone way up compared to the last round, and a total of TEN users managed to get a full score.

What were the correct answers and who made it into the top 10? Scroll down and see for yourself.

1) Sim City 2000
solved by: 91%
other suggestions: -

2) Ultima 8
solved by: 66%
other suggestions: Baldurs Gate, Diablo

3) Grand Theft Auto
This was the easiest game of this round.
solved by: 97%
other suggestions: -

4) The Settlers 2
solved by: 71%
other suggestions: populous, Age of Empires, Powermonger

5) The Incredible Machine
solved by: 72%
other suggestions: Crazy Machines, Impossible Machine, Prof. Tims verückte Werkstatt, The Sierra Chest

6) Warcraft
solved by: 84%
other suggestions: Megalomania, Dune, Starcraft

7) Megarace
prerendered racing game full of FMV sequences - a typical 90s CD-Rom game!
solved by: 53%
other suggestions: Rock'n'Roll Racing, Crash'n'Burn, Hi-Octane, Another World, Carmageddon

8.) Command & Conquer red alert
solved by: 80%
other suggestions: Jagged Alliance, Starcraft, KKND

9) Phantasmagoria
solved by: 56%
other suggestions: Titanic, 7th guest, Schneewitchen, Gabriel Knight, Ishar, Kings Quest 7

10) Battle Isle
solved by: 57%
other suggestions: History Line, Special Forces, Tyrian, Advance Wars, Z

11) Full Throttle
solved by: 84%
other suggestions: -

12) Creature Shock
little more than a sequence of render videos, with minimal shooting gallery gameplay: https://tinyurl.com/y5prvnek
solved by: 38%
other suggestions: Space Hulk, X-Com, Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Serious Sam 2, Wolfenstein, Cyberia, Quake

13) Wing Commander 2
It says "locked target: Fralthra"... and AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, the Fralthra was only introduced in the 2nd part of the series!!
However, I gave up on my inital plan to award only half points for naming the first game.
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: Elite, Star Trek

14) Descent
solved by: 50%
other suggestions: Wing Commander 3, Star Trek, Inferno

15) Star Wars TIE Fighter
Mean picture from a cut scene.
solved by: 57%
other suggestions: System Shock, Loom, kings quest, The Secret Order 1

16) Magic Carpet
solved by: 42%
other suggestions: Commander Keen, Myst, Golden Balls, Super Worms

17) Commander Keen
solved by: 63%
other suggestions: Jazz Jack Rabbit, James Pond, Little Green Men, Hero

18.) Ecstatica 2
solved by: 42%
other suggestions: 12x Little Big Adventure, Die Gilde, Omikron

19) the lost vikings
solved by: 51%
other suggestions: 3x Jazz Jackrabbit, Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Green Blob

20) Screamer
solved by: 63%
other suggestions: Virgin Racer, Carmageddeon, Need for Speed, Mega Race

21) Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: Might and Magic, The Bard Tale, Betrayal at Krondor, Daggerfall, Baldurs Gate, Myst

22) Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri
along with nr.25 this is the hardest game of this round.
solved by: 25%
other suggestions: Terminator Future Shock, Terminator Rampage, Battlezone, Halo, System Shock, Mechwarrior, Quake, Starsiege: Tribes, G-Nome, Dark Forces

23) the 7th Guest
...the 11th hour is the sequel!
solved by: 50%
other suggestions: 6x Myst, The 11th Hour, Alone in the Dark, Fate of Atlantis, Riven

24) Bioforge
solved by: 54%
other suggestions: Messiah, Bioshock, Half-Life, Elder Scrolls 2

25) Psycho Pinball
intentionally tough fragment of this pinball game.
solved by: 25%
other suggestions: 7x theme park, 7x Sam & Max, 5x toonstruck, Day of the tentacle, Putt Putt in Circus Land, Lemmings, Discworld, Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies


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answer image:

direct link: https://i.imgur.com/EuvVd67.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Andy1977
01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - dgo - fL0riaN
01 - 25 points - pcx - Aurelio
01 - 25 points - pcx - Splunge
01 - 25 points - pcx - wiede
01 - 25 points - rpg - Calastellio
01 - 25 points - mnc - Deadly Engineer
01 - 25 points - rpg - J.R.
01 - 25 points - mnc - Pasu

11 - 24.5 Pkte - mnc - Mod-Team
12 - 24.5 Pkte - mnc - Shoryuken
13 - 24 points - mnc - Brooklyn
14 - 24 points - mmx - fedprod
15 - 24 points - mtc - Milena
16 - 24 points - mnc - lostNerd
17 - 24 points - off - Stavros Fasoulas
18 - 24 points - mnc - suicuique
19 - 24 points - mnc - Superfrog
20 - 24 points - mnc - Bozbar!
21 - 23.5 Pkte - hcg - windfisch
22 - 23.5 Pkte - mnc - PaulBearer
23 - 23 points - mnc - X1 Two
24 - 23 points - mtc - blindrhythm
25 - 23 points - eab - Havie
26 - 23 points - dgo - gmpearl
27 - 23 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
28 - 23 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
29 - 22 points - eab - Nobby_UK
30 - 22 points - pcx - Aufklaerer
31 - 22 points - gms - kopyright
32 - 21 points - mnc - HomiSite
33 - 21 points - pop - dixip
34 - 21 points - rta - Illusionary
35 - 20.5 Pkte - mnc - Derrick
36 - 20 points - rta - drock5k
37 - 20 points - mnc - Klees
38 - 20 points - gms - AmueK
39 - 20 points - pcx - KaiM
40 - 20 points - eab - lilalurl
41 - 20 points - guf - Wizdom
42 - 20 points - eab - gimbal
43 - 19.5 Pkte - mnc - Osch
44 - 19.5 Pkte - pcx - Pascal Parvex
45 - 19.5 Pkte - rta - Lusankya
46 - 19 points - mnc - StefanK
47 - 18 points - mtc - Gevin
48 - 18 points - dgo - Cons
49 - 17.5 Pkte - pop - Don Como
50 - 17.5 Pkte - rta - LadsLadsLads
51 - 17 points - mnc - Pflipp
52 - 17 points - rta - Frump
53 - 16.5 Pkte - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
54 - 16.5 Pkte - mmx - Knuckles
55 - 16 points - mtc - Blizniak
56 - 16 points - eab - Tweeky
57 - 15.5 Pkte - rta - Hamlet Machine
58 - 15 points - mnc - Shertok
59 - 15 points - m!g - Rudi Ratlos
60 - 14 points - hcg - mainpatr
61 - 14 points - m!g - geohound
62 - 14 points - m!g - Kong
63 - 14 points - mtc - BlackRainbowFT
64 - 14 points - gms - DorianGray
65 - 13 points - rta - kelanflyter
66 - 13 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
67 - 13 points - rta - ffvorax
68 - 12.5 Pkte - rta - ekim
69 - 12 points - mtc - TubaZef
70 - 11 points - mtc - kio
71 - 10.5 Pkte - m!g - Red XIII
72 - 10.5 Pkte - off - bbd
73 - 10 points - 4py - Akabei
74 - 10 points - rat - besux
75 - 09.5 Pkte - 4py - schockbock
76 - 09 points - hcg - Snake
77 - 09 points - mmx - Klunky
78 - 09 points - rpg - D4rkD
79 - 09 points - ntl - JoakimZ
80 - 09 points - m!g - Thrawn
81 - 09 points - 4py - Crimson Idol
82 - 08.5 Pkte - 4py - DancingDan
83 - 08.5 Pkte - rta - Axass
84 - 08 points - pop - Sascha
85 - 08 points - mnc - bocman
86 - 08 points - rpg - LeonSKennedy
87 - 08 points - mtc - RionaaM
88 - 07.5 Pkte - vgz - Walti
89 - 07 points - mtc - Ge0force
90 - 07 points - mtc - Prodigy
91 - 06.5 Pkte - eab - Mikerochip
92 - 06.5 Pkte - gms - kataka
93 - 06 points - mnc - elementalMaster
94 - 06 points - rta - kamikazekoala
95 - 06 points - mmx - Shades
96 - 06 points - gms - hellermarie
97 - 05.5 Pkte - mnc - Mitschel
98 - 05 points - vgz - LOX-TT
99 - 05 points - eab - Leffmann
100 - 5 points - gms - KleinTee
101 - 4.5 Pkte - vgz - Revolvermeister
102 - 4.5 Pkte - pop - Daiyama
103 - 4.5 Pkte - gms - das_opa
104 - 4 points - guf - Yoshi
105 - 4 points - vgz - Herr-Semmelknoedel
106 - 4 points - rtc - Elgin_McQueen
107 - 2 points - ntl - Dogorilla
108 - 2 points - 4py - Scorplian190
109 - 2 points - gpo - Klingsor-
110 - 2 points - mnc - Yeboah17
111 - 1.5 Pkte - rta - Thauros
112 - 0 points - rat - John Doe


4py = 4Players forum
dgo = Dialogoption forum
eab = English Amiga Board
gpo = Gamepro forum
gms = Gamestar forum
guf = Gaming Universe forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
m!g = M!Games forum
mmx = Multimediaxis forum
mnc = altes maniac forum
mtc = Metacouncil forum
ntl = NintendoLife forum
off = offline & unknown
pcx = PCX forum
pop = PowerPlay forum
rat = rebell.at blog
rpg = RPG Maker MV forum
rta = ResetEra forum
rtc = Retro Canteen forum
vgz = Videogameszone forum


So then, a celebration: Applause to Andy1977, Gerhard S., fL0riaN, Aurelio, Splunge, wiede, Calastellio, Deadly Engineer, J.R. and Pasu... you all have FULL POINTS and won this round!


Here the local High Score:

1 - 23 points - Havie
2 - 22 points - Nobby_UK
3 - 20 points - lilalurl
4 - 20 points - gimbal
5 - 16 points - Tweeky
6 - 06.5 pnts - Mikerochip
7 - 05 points - Leffmann

Congrats to Havie for the local lead, is this the first time Nobby_UK isn't on top?

Thanks to all for joining and see you next time!

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

Once again I have to say thanks, or did you all have a gaming PC in the 90s and were just waiting to finally put that knowledge to use?

At least regarding EAB (and therefore home computer users) I am pretty sure that most of us, even if they didn't get a PC for a while, followed general computer gaming news (via magazines) and/or had friends owning a PC.

Impressive that so many people got all the answers (or not that far).

[Nobby_UK]

Started building my own PCs [IBM Clones] around 96 (running SP2 Detroit ?)

But I started training on them in April 1990
Using IBMs and Commodore PC-I, Amstrad 1512 & 1640 and PCWs

Congrats to Havie for the local lead,
is this the first time Nobby_UK isn't on top?

That's a Big Nope...

[gimbal]

Hm well, I don't think I could have done any better. The ones I did not know I really had no clue existed.

the only exception is Terra Nova, but that game is from a time period where you basically had to upgrade your PC every month just to be able to play the games... my parents were not that rich.

[Havie]

23 — yeah! Best score yet... happy me.

[Mr_Horizon]

May Quiz - handheld gaming

Two weeks ago the Nintendo Game Boy turned 30 years old, and to honor its legacy this round is dedicated to games for handheld consoles - but only on devices 100% made for video games, mobile phones are excluded.

Of course this topic means that Nintendos many handhelds are heavily covered, but I kept a balance: One half of this quiz is for games where Big N didn't supply the hardware.

After the round for MS-DOS classics this month might not be as easy, as a few obscure titles made their way into the lower half of the picture... but I am confident you can do it.

Well then, hope you brought enough batteries or an AC adapter to charge on the go?

Deadline is Friday the 31st of May, please participate via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

here is the quiz, good luck!

[gimbal]

... uh oh. 22 of those look completely unfamiliar to me.

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by gimbal

... uh oh. 22 of those look completely unfamiliar to me.

Did you play a lot of portable consoles? Maybe the clues will help!

[gimbal]

Emulated mostly... and then only mostly Gameboy related stuff. Boy this is going to be some epic Google image search and Youtube work.

[Nobby_UK]

Around 12-16, call it 14 so far

[Nobby_UK]

Possibly another 2

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Around 12-16, call it 14 so far

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Possibly another 2

Hey watch out, only the second entry (with the two names) came through!