Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[Nobby_UK]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Tsss. The Darkstalkers one is a werewolf, not a dog. Do-over.

So is #8

[Nobby_UK]

Are we not having a December Quiz ?

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Are we not having a December Quiz ?

Yes we are! In 5 minutes.

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Hackers

So, what are we hacking today? The blast door to the mainframe? The memory chip of that android? A virtual server somewhere in cyberspace? Some killer AI gone rogue? Or are we just doing a fun hacking minigame or watch a "hacking..." progress bar?!

No matter if just a tech-savy sidekick character or the central gameplay/story element, hacking is our theme for December - the last quiz of the year.

It's gonna be a bit harder than the dog quiz, but I hope you'll have fun regardless.

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

Here is the quiz... good luck.

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

[Nobby_UK]

I think I have 12 so far...

[Nobby_UK]

I think I have 20 ?

I'm done (for now) = without clues.

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Clues #1

Okay, so far there are 33 people trying their luck and knowledge this round, one of those from this community. Have you joined yet? Will you after this set of clues?

1) Several games are based on famous movie licenses: Number 2, 8 and 10.

2) The 17, 19, 21 and 25 are also license games, but the source material is very mixed... we have a Manga, toy line, offline-RPG and book license.

3) The oldest game (fifth row) was released in 1985, the newest title (third row) just came out in October this year.

4) Picture 9 shows a turtle.

5) Picture 11 shows a robot mechanic. He gives you an item that lets you hack and take over other robots.


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

[Nobby_UK]

2 more

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Clues #2

Jingle Bells, red nosed reindeer, Frosty the snowman - yes I know it's Christmas, but don't forget to join the last quiz of the year! :P
So far there's over forty people, and two from this community.


Here is the last full set of clues - there'll be little more than a small reminder next week, so best get moving:

1) With the exception of the last row, all games this round appeared after the year 2000.

2) The following games were published by Ubisoft: 4, 5, 15, 16

3) For this rounds last five titles, three are from the 80s and two from the 90s.

4) Game 1 shows a female hacker in a popular AAA first person shooter.

5) Number 6 is the only game in this round that was also released on the Sega Dreamcast.


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

Here is the quiz again, good luck and merry christmas.
https://i.imgur.com/hcuSUWu.png

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Clues #3

Watch out folks, this quiz ends on monday - you only have the weekend left! 54 people are in so far, that's not bad. Two of these are from this forum.

Christmas is over, and so are any excuses - come and join the last riddle of 2018!


1) Number 7 is not System Shock.

2) Borderlands is not in this quiz at all.

3) The same goes for Lawnmower Man.

4) To get a full point for number 17 you have to give me the name of the specific toy line this license game is about. The big brand name only gets you half a point.

5) Come on now, "the world" is not the correct answer for Game 19!


Deadline is Monday the 31st of December, join in via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here the quiz a last time - good luck & a happy new year!
https://i.imgur.com/hcuSUWu.png

[Nobby_UK]

Well nothing there to help me

[Mr_Horizon]

December Quiz - Answers & Score

2018 is over, and so is the fifth season of this video game quiz. With 73 players it was a good finale, thank you everyone. So, who is the master hacker who got all points in this one? Hold tight, there's TWELVE people who got full score!
Ten of those are from the old maniac forum, where (just like the year before) the admins did a lottery with amazon vouchers from surplus affiliate earnings of the year.

And as a rule change - there's no more differences between first place contenders. Full points equals first place from now on.

And the answers & high score table? Scroll down and see for yourself!


1) Overwatch
That's Sombra, from Blizzards famous team multiplayer fps.
solved by: 86%
other suggestions: Bulletstorm, Dishonored

2) Tron 2.0
One of several license games to disneys "Tron" from the 1980s.
solved by: 90%
other suggestions: -

3) Detroit: Become Human
solved by: 95%
other suggestions: Mass Effect Andromeda

4) Watch Dogs 2
The Hacker "Wrench" with his trademark animated mask.
solved by: 88%
other suggestions: State of Emergency, Destiny

5) Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
The mysterious Hacker (Hacktress?) "Bishop" from the beginning of the game.
solved by: 74%
other suggestions: Ark, Remember me, The Division, The turing test

6) Rez
No matter if "Rez infinite" or "Rez HD"... hack & chase a crazy AI system through Cyberspace.
solved by: 68%
other suggestions: Ingress

7) >Observer_
solved by: 67%
other suggestions: Metal Gear Solid 4, System Shock, X files

8.) Alien Isolation
Hacking Minigame #1
solved by: 64%
other suggestions: Agent under Fire, James Bond

9) Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
solved by: 66%
other suggestions: Borderlands, Ninja Turtles, Psychonauts

10) Enter the Matrix
solved by: 81%
other suggestions: -

11) Metal Arms
That's Krunk, the engineer that gives you hacking powers.
solved by: 45%
other suggestions: Borderlands, Fallout, Nier Automata, Ratchet & Clank, Scrapland

12) Mass Effect
Hacking Minigame #2
solved by: 55%
other suggestions: Flashback, Ghost in the Shell, Star Trek, TimeSplitters

13) State of Mind
Here we have Jeff Kosowksi, Hacker in the Berlin of 2048.
solved by: 38%
other suggestions: Fear Effect, Luigis Mansion, No More Heroes, Orwell, Runaway 3, Watch Dogs 2

14) Mirror's Edge Catalyst
solved by: 85%
other suggestions: Frozen Synapse, Watchdogs

15) Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Can't let you hack that, Star Fox!
solved by: 34%
other suggestions: Binary Domain, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Titanfall

16) Splinter Cell Double Agent
Hacking Minigame #3
solved by: 32%
other suggestions: Beyond Good & Evil, Far Cry: Blood Dragon

17) Lego Nexo Knights - Merlok 2.0
This is Merlok, a digital magician that uploaded himself into cyberspace.
Half a point for "Lego", and a full point for "Nexo Knights".
solved by: 58%
half points for: Lego The Movie The Game, Lego Sambego, Lego Lord of the Rings, Lego Universe, Lego Worlds, Lego Batman, Lego City Undercover, Lego The Hobbit, Lego Dimensions

18.) Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Hacking Minigame #4
solved by: 59%
other suggestions: EVE Online, Hackers

19) .hack//infection
No matter what part, ".hack" gives the full point. Three people went with "The World R:1", and got half a point.
solved by: 66%
other suggestions: The World R:1

20) Alpha Protocol
Hacking Minigame #5
solved by: 49%
other suggestions: Bioshock, The Way Remastered

21) Shadowrun
The Pen&Paper RPG on the SNES.
solved by: 53%
other suggestions: Ghost in the Shell, Mega Man Exe

22) Hacker
Probably among the first games with a "hacking" theme, from 1985.
solved by: 44%
other suggestions: Impossible Mission, Paradroid, Robot, Short Circuit

23) Interphase
Creative 80s 3D graphics and innovative gameplay... but with just 21% correct answers it's the hardest title of this quiz.
solved by: 21%
other suggestions: Alien Invasion, I Robot, Lawnmower Man

24) Beneath a steel sky
A little known cyberspace scene late in the game.
solved by: 25%
other suggestions: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, Gods, Lawnmower Man, Snatcher

25) Neuromancer
Videogame version of the famous Cyberpunk Novel, released in 1988.
solved by: 44%
other suggestions: Ghost in the shell, Lawnmower man, Snatcher, System Shock, Terminator, Total Recall


quiz image:


answer image:

Direktlink: https://i.imgur.com/hrdyice.png


HIGH SCORE


01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - mnc - Andy1977
01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - mmx - J.R.
01 - 25 points - mnc - Deadly Engineer
01 - 25 points - mnc - chifan
01 - 25 points - mnc - Pasu
01 - 25 points - mnc - wynk
01 - 25 points - mnc - BumBum
01 - 25 points - pop - Barbarian
01 - 25 points - mnc - Robo
01 - 25 points - mnc - euph

13 - 24 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
14 - 24 points - pcx - Splunge
15 - 23 points - guf - Wizdom
16 - 22.5 pnts - dgo - fl0rian
17 - 22 points - eab - Nobby_UK
18 - 22 points - rta - Wibblewozzer
19 - 22 points - mnc - :N.G.E:
20 - 22 points - mnc - Mod-Team
21 - 21 points - mmx - fedprod
25 - 20.5 pnts - vpf - cebix
22 - 20 points - gpo - j1m
23 - 19.5 pnts - rat - suit
24 - 18.5 pnts - mnc - schattenmann
26 - 18 points - dgo - Abalone
27 - 18 points - mmx - Knuckles
28 - 17.5 pnts - rta - Dakath
29 - 17.5 pnts - rta - Frump
30 - 17.5 pnts - gms - DorianGray
31 - 17.5 pnts - mmx - poetBLUE
32 - 17 points - mnc - Marukka
33 - 15 points - gms - Bianco
34 - 15 points - mnc - BOzard
35 - 15 points - mnc - Superfrog
36 - 14.5 pnts - mnc - elementalMaster
37 - 14.5 pnts - mnc - KikjaR
38 - 13.5 pnts - m!g - Kong
39 - 12.5 pnts - vgz - Walti
40 - 12.5 pnts - mnc - Sidewinder
41 - 12.5 pnts - gpo - kataka
42 - 12 points - m!g - geohound
43 - 12 points - mnc - Yeboah17
45 - 12 points - pop - Don Como
46 - 11.5 pnts - mmx - Linkey
47 - 11.5 pnts - gpo - Rave
48 - 11 points - pop - Sascha
49 - 11 points - mnc - Bergzwuckel
50 - 10.5 pnts - pcx - Aurelio
51 - 10.5 pnts - 4py - DancingDan
52 - 10.5 pnts - mnc - Lukulus
53 - 10.5 pnts - guf - Colt
54 - 09.5 pnts - mmx - Klunky
55 - 09 points - hcg - mainpatr
56 - 09 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
57 - 08.5 pnts - vgz - LOX-TT
58 - 08 points - hcg - Moran
59 - 07.5 pnts - rtg - dste
60 - 07.5 pnts - rta - paulrobinbrown
61 - 07.5 pnts - rat - Besux
62 - 07.5 pnts - mnc - Klees
63 - 07 points - mnc - HomiSite
64 - 06.5 pnts - mnc - Mitschel
65 - 05.5 pnts - m!g - Red XIII
66 - 05 points - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
67 - 04.5 pnts - pcx - Pascal Parvex
68 - 04.5 pnts - ntl - Dogorilla
69 - 04.5 pnts - rtc - Elgin_mcqueen
70 - 04 points - 4py - Crimson Idol
71 - 03.5 pnts - mmx - Shades
72 - 02 points - rat - necrodex
73 - 02 points - eab - Leffmann
74 - 02 points - guf - Yoshi

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
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
mnc = altes maniac Forum
pcx = pcx Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rat = Rebell.at community
rta = ResetEra Forum
rtc = Retro Canteen Forum
rtg = RetroGamer Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
vpf = Vierpfeile Forum



Here is the English-Amiga-Board-Exclusive-List:

1 - 22 points - Nobby_UK
2 - 02 points - Leffmann

Congrats to Nobby_UK for the local lead.

Many thanks to all for joining, and see you next time - this weekend there'll be the year end results, and in February we'll start with the new quiz season!

[Mr_Horizon]

HIGH SCORES 2018

The year is over, and I'd like to announce some overall winners (and winning forums) from all the contestants and points of 2018.

As this quiz is a competition among several online forums (18 in total!), I'd like to start with the community ranking and explain how you score points for your forum.


SCORE HIGH

If you make it to the top 10 in any of my quizzes, you gather points for your forum:

Getting first place (by having the highest or generally full score) makes 5 points - a gold medal!
There can be more than one if several users have perfect results.
For place two you get 4 points. Silver!
For place three you get 3 points. Bronze!
Those who make it to rank four, five or six... they get 2 points. (iron medal)
And who at least makes it to seven, eight, nine or ten... that's a wood medal and worth 1 point.


ENDURANCE

Frequent participation also gets you points for your forum, that's how you can contribute even without lots of nerd knowledge.

If you join the quiz five times without a break, you get 1 point. I call it a half marathon.
Those that make it for ten quizzes without missing any (e.g. from mid 2017 to mid 2018) get 2 points - a full marathon.
As an addition, if you binge through the entire last year without leaving any riddle aside... that's even 3 points.
And for the most faithful, the MEGATON: 4 points for those that participated on 30 quizzes in a row.

If you say that's crazy - five users out of the almost 200 last year scored that prize.

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Alright, this is how the participating forums have made it through the year:



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
ntl = NintendoLife forum
mnc = old maniac forum
pcx = PCX forum
pop = PowerPlay forum
rta = ResetEra forum
rtc = Retro Canteen forum
rtg = RetroGamer forum
vgz = Videogameszone forum
vpf = Vierpfeile forum

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A round of applause, 5th place for the English Amiga Board!

That's a tremendous success! And only two more points and you move past the M!Games forum...maybe 2019?

The RetroGamer community is being excluded (too few participants), and the same goes for the VierPfeile forum (that score is the work of a single user, administrator Cebix). The RetroCanteen comes in as a new Challenger.

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This abstract community score aside, who actually made the points?


The following users made it into the top 10s:

gold medal - 5 points - Nobby_UK (Fake Screenshot Quiz)

iron medal - 2 points - darkwave (SoundFX Quiz)
iron medal - 2 points - Nobby_UK (Retro Pixel Quiz)
iron medal - 2 points - Nobby_UK (SoundFX Quiz)

wood medal - 1 point - darkwave (Multiplayer Party Quiz)
wood medal - 1 point - lilalurl (Retro Pixel Quiz)
wood medal - 1 point - Nobby_UK (slightly disturbing Quiz)
wood medal - 1 point - Nobby_UK (Commodore Quiz)
wood medal - 1 point - Nobby_UK (Dragons Quiz)
wood medal - 1 point - Nobby_UK (Multiplayer Party Quiz)


The second category is endurance... this is how your forum did:

3 points - Nobby_UK
1 points - lilaurl

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And before I forget, here the winner of the last survey:



Alright, you like pixel-riddles and a bit on the easier side. Got it.

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Thanks to all for joining.

[Mr_Horizon]

Local Top 15

For comparison and motivation - here is the local top 15 for the year 2018. In brackets the changes to the previous year (where applicable). Users with zero points have been sorted by their 2017 score. Congrats to Nobby_UK for the lead!

01 - 219 points - Nobby_UK (+192)
02 - 59 points - Havie
03 - 55 points - darkwave
04 - 49 points - lilaurl
05 - 27 points - haynor666
06 - 25 points - Decker
07 - 22 points - CodyJarrett (+7)
08 - 16 points - Predseda
09 - 13 points - Z3k
10 - 12 points - Cobe (-1)
11 - 08 points - Harry
12 - 08 points - Leffmann
13 - 04 points - nexus
14 - 03 points - alexh
15 - 00 points - ArcadeHeart (-14)

[Mr_Horizon]

Global Top 100

For comparison and motivation - here is the global top 100 for the year 2018.

21 Users achieved more than 100 points, and five of them even more than 200.


01 - 248 points - mmx - J.R.
02 - 245 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
03 - 219 points - eab - Nobby_UK
04 - 212 points - pop - Barbarian
05 - 200 points - mnc - Mangamaniac

06 - 193 points - guf - Wizdom
07 - 192 points - pcx - Splunge
08 - 173 points - dgo - fL0riaN
09 - 172 points - vpf - cebix
10 - 168 points - mmx - Fedprod
11 - 150 points - mmx - Knuckles
12 - 141 points - mnc - Deadly Engineer
13 - 129 points - pop - Don Como
14 - 122 points - m!g - Geohound
15 - 120 points - rta - Wibblewozzer
16 - 117 points - m!g - Red XIII
16 - 117 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
17 - 117 points - mnc - Yeboah17
18 - 109 points - ntl - JoakimZ
19 - 109 points - mmx - Klunky
20 - 106 points - gpo - MadMoxxi
21 - 103 points - m!g - Kong

22 - 99 points - mnc - ElementalMaster
23 - 95 points - 4py - Crimson Idol
24 - 91 points - hcg - Windfisch
25 - 90 points - mnc - Superfrog
26 - 88 points - pop - Sascha
27 - 86 points - gpo - Kataka
28 - 85 points - mnc - Mitschel
29 - 82 points - rtg - Antiriad2097
30 - 81 points - mmx - Shades
31 - 80 points - gpo - Jin-Roh
32 - 76 points - mnc - Strid3r
33 - 74 points - rta - dearodie
34 - 74 points - ntl - Dogorilla
35 - 73 points - vgz - Walti
36 - 71 points - mnc - HomiSite
37 - 71 points - 4py - Scorplian190
38 - 66 points - guf - Yoshi
39 - 64 points - gms - hellermarie
40 - 63 points - gpo - j1m
41 - 60 points - rta - Frump
42 - 60 points - pop - gentle breeze
43 - 59 points - eab - Havie
44 - 57 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
45 - 57 points - vgz - LOX-TT
46 - 55 points - eab - darkwave
47 - 52 points - 4py - Akabei
48 - 51 points - hcg - Moran
49 - 50 points - mnc - Bergzwuckel
50 - 50 points - mnc - PaulBearer
51 - 49 points - hcg - mainpatr
52 - 49 points - eab - lilaurl
53 - 48 points - m!g - Rudi Ratlos
54 - 47 points - mnc - Mod-Team
55 - 47 points - hcg - woody alien
56 - 46 points - dgo - Abalone
57 - 45 points - mnc - Lukulus
58 - 43 points - vgz - Revolmermeister
59 - 42 points - mmx - poetBLUE
60 - 41 points - mnc - BumBum
61 - 40 points - vgz - Dr-Semmelknoedel
62 - 40 points - mnc - Schattenmann
63 - 38 points - mnc - euph
64 - 38 points - m!g - Monty
65 - 38 points - mnc - raiko
66 - 38 points - 4py - DancingDan
67 - 38 points - gms - DorianGray
68 - 38 points - mnc - Klees
69 - 38 points - ntl - ReaderRagfish
70 - 37 points - hcg - Cacao
71 - 36 points - mnc - Sir Play-A-Lot
72 - 35 points - ntl - scrummer03
73 - 34 points - mmx - LittleChoco
74 - 32 points - hcg - Snake
75 - 31 points - pcx - Aurelio
76 - 30 points - vgz - Ankylo
77 - 30 points - pop - PUH
78 - 29 points - m!g - Thrawn
79 - 28 points - mmx - Linkey
80 - 27 points - eab - haynor666
81 - 27 points - mmx - Tako
82 - 26 points - gpo - BertBarth
83 - 25 points - mnc - Andy1977
84 - 25 points - mnc - chifan
85 - 25 points - mnc - Optimus Prime
86 - 25 points - mnc - Pasu
87 - 25 points - mnc - Robo
88 - 25 points - mnc - Wynk
89 - 25 points - eab - Decker
90 - 25 points - hcg - ommadawnyawn
91 - 24 points - pcx - Besux
92 - 24 points - ntl - BrainOfGrimlock
93 - 24 points - hcg - Bumpyroad
94 - 24 points - pop - NoGoProGamer
95 - 24 points - pcx - suit
96 - 23 points - mmx - Ligiiihh
97 - 23 points - pop - Daiyama
98 - 23 points - pcx - Urmel
99 - 22 points - mnc - :N.G.E:
100 - 22 pnts - eab - CodyJarrett


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
ntl = NintendoLife forum
mnc = old maniac forum
pcx = PCX forum
pop = PowerPlay forum
rta = ResetEra forum
rtc = Retro Canteen forum
rtg = RetroGamer forum
vgz = Videogameszone forum
vpf = Vierpfeile forum

[Mr_Horizon]

Season 6 - March Quiz - Retro Pixel #3

No big intro, the image quiz is back! After a two month break we start again with lots of new riddles and I hope there'll be lots of participation from this forum.

We begin with a classic, those zoomed up pixels... no matter if we call it "Minimal" or "Retro Pixel", you know what to this will look like. The game mix crosses many genres and platforms, and there's everything from "decades old" to "not even released yet".

Leave a comment about how you like the new quiz? There's some Amiga exclusives in there!

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

Here is the quiz.... good luck.

[Nobby_UK]

Tough One ---
I only see 5 @ the mo...

[lilalurl]

A few questions :

1) I am pretty sure about 19's character. But if that is the case, there are several games that were released in a very close amount of time. Will any answer be accepted or is a specific number required?
Maybe there are some graphical differences between each game that would make the answer obvious, I'll need to check.

Same thing for 9, which is featured in quite a lot of games.

2) I suppose 15 is not an overly pixelated character related to 5?

3) Will "retrogamequiz" be accepted as answer to 13? It is a game after all.

[Nobby_UK]

Might have 10 ?

Are we to name the Character or The Game ?

[Havie]

6 at the mo...