Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[gimbal]

You're telling me. Recognising a music clip and not knowing which game it belongs to is a whole lot more aggravating than seeing a graphic clip and not remembering which game it is... The graphic clip you can just stare at and let it tickle your brain when you feel like it, the music clip lodges itself in your brain and won't let go be it night or day.

[Havie]

Tough quiz although it was nice for you to include one my games:

http://www.havsoft.co.uk/Files/Zynaps%20Remix.zip

Had no idea where I had ripped the music off from...until now!!!

Got 6 or 7 and there are a couple of annoying ones that I should know.

[Havie]

Corrected one and got a couple more. Can I just say that 24 is probably the worst noise ever to come from a computer...

Still a few more I can almost get?

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Sound FX #4 - Clues

Can you hear the music? :P Just like its predecessors, this soundFX quiz is tough with lots of clips that ring frustratingly familiar - just with music instead of the effects & speech samples of the previous rounds. Almost 40 people are in so far, four from this community, and the average score is six.
This is the only set of hints. Instead of more clues, you get longer music clips next Wednesday, but those will also reduce the points you get for a correct answer to 0,66.

Here are the clues:

1) The games 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 were only released on Nintendo platforms.
2) With the numbers 3, 7, 13 and 18 you hear music from Commodore home computers.
3) Lots of variety in the last row, the platforms are (not in that order) Dreamcast, DOS, ps1, VR and Genesis.
4) In the titles 1, 10, 18, 19, 22 and 24 you are moving in vehicles (land water or air).
5) Number 9 is a Sega Saturn game.

I hope these are useful.

Deadline is Saturday the 31st of August, participate via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

[Nobby_UK]

Originally Posted by Havie

Tough quiz although it was nice for you to include one my games:

http://www.havsoft.co.uk/Files/Zynaps%20Remix.zip

Had no idea where I had ripped the music off from...until now!!!

Well that's a clue and a half

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by gimbal

(...) the music clip lodges itself in your brain and won't let go be it night or day.

I had several songs stuck in my ear when creating this round, it's the worst!
Especially 1,6, 13 and 15, I keep humming them to myself.

Originally Posted by Havie

Tough quiz although it was nice for you to include one my games: (...)

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Well that's a clue and a half

Yes indeed! I'm glad you were happy about that entry, but you essentially posted a link to the entire song along with the name... maybe wait a bit longer next time.

Originally Posted by Havie

Can I just say that 24 is probably the worst noise ever to come from a computer...

I am very pleased that I am able to offer you new experiences.

Still a few more I can almost get?

The music clips double in length this Wednesday evening - maybe that will help?

[Havie]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

Yes indeed! I'm glad you were happy about that entry, but you essentially posted a link to the entire song along with the name... maybe wait a bit longer next time.?

Apologies - in my excitement I didn't think what I was doing! Good tune though.

[Nobby_UK]

I see no increase in length

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

I see no increase in length

That's what she... errrmmmm

There is an increase now. If you don't get it, maybe do a hard refresh in your browser (CTRL + F5 usually).

[Havie]

Suddenly number one seems easier...

[Havie]

Got a few more and a few more are wrong!!! Damn this quiz...

19 was really bugging me but after trawling a list of games I finally remembered - so obvious now!

[Nobby_UK]

Increased length was no help to me

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Havie

Suddenly number one seems easier...

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Increased length was no help to me

Yes, I got that feedback a lot - seems like five or ten seconds length doesn't really make a difference.

In that light, I will skip the last music clip extension - there will be youtube links for each entry in the highscore post, so you can listen to all as long as you want.

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

Yes, I got that feedback a lot - seems like five or ten seconds length doesn't really make a difference.

In that light, I will skip the last music clip extension

Not sure if you would have the time to do this, but rather than an extension, maybe follow the music clip with a sound sample from the game?


Perhaps for the next quiz you could start with a short clip from the end of a music track (people are less likely to listen up to that point and end segments are often quite different from the remainder of the tracks). Extensions would therefore be towards the beginning.

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by lilalurl

Not sure if you would have the time to do this, but rather than an extension, maybe follow the music clip with a sound sample from the game?

That makes it harder to create the quiz, in both effort and eligible titles... I don't think I want to do that. :/

Perhaps for the next quiz you could start with a short clip from the end of a music track (people are less likely to listen up to that point and end segments are often quite different from the remainder of the tracks). Extensions would therefore be towards the beginning.

So the ending instead of the beginning? I hadn't thought about that - many songs have very slow intros, so that might be a way around it.

Three days left to participate this round!

[Mr_Horizon]

last day - quiz ends at midnight!

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Answers & Score

The music quiz is over, with these answers you can finally end your quest for that chiptune melody you just couldn't place.
The scoring went a bit different than planned - I extended the music only once, and all correct answers gave 0.7 points from then on. It was one of the hardest riddles ever, nobody achieved even twenty points.

If you were slightly off with your answer (e.g. Super Mario Bros instead of Super Mario Land) you'd also get the reduced point. But as I don't like half or quarter points, all scores were rounded up/down for the final score board.

In total there were 87 participants, four of which came from this community.

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


1) Daytona USA (Arcade)
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Less than half, even though they're singing the name of the game?
solved by: 47%
other suggestions: Gundam Wing

2) Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
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The easiest title of this round.
solved by: 85%
other suggestions: Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, Duck Hunt

3) Zac McKracken (C64)
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solved by: 17%
other suggestions: Battletoads, Double Dragon, Maniac Mansion, Tetris Blast, Spiderman, Turrican

4) Castlevania (NES)
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solved by: 61%
other suggestions: Mega Man, Nintendo Podcast, Nintendo World Cup, Street Fighter 1&2, Super Probotector

5) Shadow of the Colossus (ps2)
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solved by: 32%
other suggestions: Assassin’s Creed, Castlevania, Civilization VI, Eternal Darkness, Myst, Morrowind, Zelda

6) Fortress of Fear (Game Boy)
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solved by: 21%
other suggestions: FF Adventure, FF Legends 2, Pokemon, Seiken Densetsu, Shovel Knight, Tetris, Wonderboy, Yoshis cookie, Zelda

7) Commando (C64)
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solved by: 34%
other suggestions: Jurassic Park, Midnight Resistance, R-Type, Scott Pilgrim, Soldier!, Syndicate, Uridium

8.) Contra 3 (SNES)
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solved by: 40%
other suggestions: Contra Spirits, Final Fantasy 7, Golden Eye, Phantasy Star IV, Pokemon Colosseum, Star Fox, Star Fox 64, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Metroid

9) Virtua Fighter (Saturn)
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solved by: 11%
other suggestions: Battle Area ToShinDen, Burning Rangers, Mega Man X, Nights

10) WaveRace 64 (N64)
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solved by: 33%
other suggestions: Duck Tales, F-Zero, Street Fighter

11) Afterburner 2 (Genesis)
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solved by: 20%
other suggestions: Another World, Gleylancer, Mega Man, Space Harrier, Starfox, Street Fighter, Super Sprint,Zero Wing

12) Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
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This is the SNES game - the arcade original intro sounds marginally different.
solved by: 64%
other suggestions: Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong 2, Gargoyles Quest, Pokemon, Pokemon Blue

13) Defender of the Crown (Amiga)
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solved by: 25%
other suggestions: Dragon Quest, Oregon Trail

14) Metroid Prime (Gamecube)
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solved by: 52%
other suggestions: Super Metroid, Rez

15) Flashback (Genesis)
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solved by: 17%
other suggestions: Ecco the Dolphin, Shadowrun, Space Quest, Spelunky

16) the Chaos Engine (multi)
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solved by: 14%
other suggestions: Command & Conquer, F-Zero, Gods, Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Tekken 3, The World Ends With You, Total Distortion, Wipeout

17) Hollow Knight (multi)
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here is the hardest game of this round.
solved by: 7%
other suggestions: I am Setsuna, Ori and The Blind Forest, Resident Evil

18.) Hybris (Amiga)
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solved by: 9%
other suggestions: Elite, Unreal

19) R-Type (Arcade)
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solved by: 31%
other suggestions: Barbarian, Chrono Trigger, F-Zero, Final Fantasy IV, Streets of Rage

20) Hotline Miami (multi)
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solved by: 30%
other suggestions: Cruising USA, Max Payne, Red Steel 2, Sunless Seas

21) Prince of Persia (DOS)
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solved by: 37%
other suggestions: Aladdin, Alundra, Golden Axe, King's Quest V, Loom, Monkey Island, Paper Mario, Story of Thor, Wolfenstein

22) Ikaruga (Dreamcast)
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solved by: 18%
other suggestions: Metal Slug, Metroid, Metroid Samus Returns, No Man's Sky, Wing Commander

23) Beat Saber (VR)
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solved by: 11%
other suggestions: Rez VR, Splatoon, Tetris Effect

24) Crazybus (Genesis)
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AVGN episode: [ Show youtube player ]
solved by: 20%
other suggestions: Boulder Dash,Cosmic Spacehead, Earthbound, Gameboy Camera

25) Resident Evil directors cut (ps1)
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solved by: 21%
other suggestions: FEZ, Majora's Mask, Ports of Call, Simcity


Answers:
direct link: https://i.lensdump.com/i/iRajeP.png


HIGH SCORE

01 - 19 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
02 - 19 points - mnc - Andy1977
03 - 18 points - mmx - fedprod
04 - 16 points - mnc - Pasu
05 - 16 points - rta - jett
06 - 15 points - mnc - wynk
07 - 14 points - rta - ToD_
08 - 13 points - rta - Vyse24
09 - 13 points - rta - Tain
10 - 12 points - mnc - Orrpus

11 - 12 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
12 - 12 points - mnc - Quix
13 - 12 points - mnc - adamma666
14 - 11 points - eab - lilalurl
15 - 11 points - rta - Felsparks
16 - 10 points - rta - Blufunk
17 - 10 points - gpo - Maryokutai
18 - 09 points - mnc - Lukulus
19 - 09 points - eab - Havie
20 - 09 points - dgo - Constantin
21 - 09 points - hcg - windfisch
22 - 09 points - rta - Freezard
23 - 09 points - mnc - Klees
24 - 09 points - dgo - fL0riaN
25 - 08 points - rta - boy wander
26 - 08 points - rta - preta
27 - 08 points - rta - BlazeHedgehog
28 - 08 points - rta - Lafazar
29 - 08 points - m!g - MontyRunner
30 - 08 points - mnc - KikjaR
31 - 08 points - mnc - Yeboah17
32 - 08 points - pop - NoGoProGamer
33 - 08 points - mnc - GF.Bahamut
34 - 08 points - rta - DaveLong
35 - 08 points - pcx - Splunge
36 - 08 points - rta - SinOfHeart
37 - 07 points - mnc - Schlomo
38 - 07 points - mnc - Senbei
39 - 07 points - rta - Zolbrod
40 - 07 points - mnc - Sachiel
41 - 07 points - rta - Joey Ravn
42 - 07 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
43 - 07 points - hcg - Snake
44 - 07 points - 4py - Crimson Idol
45 - 06 points - mmx - Knuckles
46 - 06 points - rta - random gamer
47 - 06 points - m!g - Red XIII
48 - 06 points - eab - Nobby_UK
49 - 06 points - hcg - teroknor
50 - 06 points - mtc - TubaZef
51 - 06 points - rta - Frump
52 - 05 points - gms - kopyright
53 - 05 points - mtc - ISee
54 - 05 points - guf - Ripchip
55 - 05 points - rta - Canas Renvall
57 - 05 points - m!g - Thrawn
56 - 05 points - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
58 - 05 points - ntl - JoakimZ
59 - 05 points - guf - Wizdom
60 - 04 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
61 - 04 points - mnc - elementalMaster
62 - 04 points - rta - Hannarchy
63 - 04 points - 4py - Akabei
64 - 04 points - m!g - Kong
65 - 04 points - rta - Illusionary
66 - 03 points - pop - Don Como
67 - 03 points - rta - Optional Objectives
68 - 03 points - guf - Sun
69 - 03 points - mnc - Bergzwuckel
70 - 03 points - 4py - schockbock
71 - 03 points - gms - hellermarie
72 - 03 points - guf - Yoshi
73 - 03 points - vgz - LOX-TT
74 - 03 points - mnc - Mitschel
75 - 02 points - rtc - Elgin_mcqueen
76 - 02 points - eab - mailman
77 - 02 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
78 - 02 points - ntl - Dogorilla
79 - 02 points - pop - PUH
80 - 02 points - 4py - Scorplian190
81 - 01 points - dgo - gmpearl
82 - 01 points - vgz - Walti
83 - 01 points - mmx - Shades
84 - 01 points - pcx - Qual der Wal
85 - 01 points - pop - Sascha
86 - 01 points - gms - kataka
87 - 01 points - gpo - rave


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
pcx = PCX forum
pop = PowerPlay forum
rta = ResetEra forum
rtc = Retro Canteen forum
vgz = Videogameszone forum



So then, here are the top performers: Congratulations to AuraPaladinne, Andy1977, fedprod, Pasu and jett... you are the TOP 5 and the winners of this round!

Also kudos to wynk, ToD_, Vyse24, Tain and Orrpus, as together you form the TOP 10.


Here is the local high score:

1 - 11 points - lilalurl
2 - 09 points - Havie
3 - 06 points - Nobby_UK
4 - 02 points - mailman

Congrats to lilalurl for the local lead, looks like Nobby_UK is a lot better with images than music.

Thanks to all for participating and see you next time!

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

1) Daytona USA (Arcade)
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Less than half, even though they're singing the name of the game?

Looks like some gentlemen forgot to start their engines and didn't get a rolling start.

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

24) Crazybus (Genesis)
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AVGN episode: [ Show youtube player ]
solved by: 20%
other suggestions: Boulder Dash,Cosmic Spacehead, Earthbound, Gameboy Camera

Being the one who suggested Boulder Dash, now that I know the answer I still think there are some similarities between the music to guess and the "music" in Boulder Dash that plays when the cave is forming (at 0:49):
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I hope there will be a lawsuit for plagiarism .

[Nobby_UK]

Chaos Engine --- Grrrrrrrrrrrr
and DotC

I blame old age --- hearing + memory going

[Havie]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Chaos Engine --- Grrrrrrrrrrrr
and DotC

I blame old age --- hearing + memory going

And you call yourself an Amigan!