Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Clues #1

What date in your life would you like to travel back to? Maybe to the 6th of September so you can think about this quiz longer!? Sounds reasonable.

With this post I'll bring the thread back up and give you some hints.

Clues #1:
1) One series is featured several times in this round.
2) Game 11 is the last part of an older trilogy.
3) In the first line of this puzzle, only #2 has never appeared on Windows PCs.
4) Number 12 was released in this decade.

Deadline is Thursday 30 September, please participate via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz again, have fun: https://i.imgur.com/QkMxeQH.png

[Havie]

Sadly nothing to help me there, you meany!

And where was a Doctor Who game?

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Clues #2

I'm going on holiday tomorrow, so here are the second and last clues already today.... because I don't have a time machine, unlike many of the protagonists in the games asked this time.
So let's go: 60 people are already participating, and one week from today this round will be over.

@Havie: My apologies, no Doctor Who this time! D:

Hints #2:
1) You control games 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20 and 21 from a first-person perspective.
2) Title 15 is a Metroidvania.
3) There is also a VR version of game number 3.
4) The nine titles with a first person view are joined by five from a 3rd person perspective and eleven with 2D gameplay.

Deadline is Thursday the 30th of September, participation via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz again, good luck: https://i.imgur.com/QkMxeQH.png

[gimbal]

Boo. The clues are really no help this time

[Havie]

Think I have a full house now?

[Mr_Horizon]

Watch out everyone, this round ends tomorrow!

So far there's 75 players, and 3 from here.

[Havie]

Hope you had a great holiday Mr H. Did you get to top up your tan?

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Havie

Hope you had a great holiday Mr H. Did you get to top up your tan?

I went to London, so... no. But I had a good time regardless! Travelling to the UK is still a bit of a hassle though (passenger locator forms, day 2 tests, pre-travel test, meh).


@all: this round ends today!

[gimbal]

Brrr, London in September. When I go there again it is going to be in either July or August. My bones are still wet from my last visit.

I hope you tried out some Indian food while you were there It was basically the inspiration for me to start to try to cook that at home.

[Havie]

As I live on the outskirts of London and am headteacher of a school in London, I feel you pain with the weather although to be fair, it was pretty warn and sunny last week. Indian takeaway is very yummy, had one only yestersay so completely agree.

Glad you had a good time.

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Answers & Score

Wow, over a hundred people? With 113 players it's even the most visited quiz of all time. Now the time loop closes, we are back at the beginning of the month, and the solution is coming up. Did you guess everything right?

Let's see:

1) Back to the Future: the game.
The Telltale version of Back to the Future.
Solution rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

2) Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
I usually am quite lenient, but the three people who entered "Ocarina of Time" here don't get a point this time!
Solution rate: 91%
Other suggestions: Ocarina of Time

3) Superhot
Solution rate: 91%
Other suggestions: Ghost Trick Phantom Detective

4) Day of the Tentacle
The second of the two games that really everyone recognized.
Solution rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

5) Braid
Solution rate: 92%
Other suggestions: Gerrard Way

6) Timeshift
Haze for the ps3 has a similar cover, but there the visor has a crack.
Solution rate: 71%
Other suggestions: 4x Haze, Anthem, Crysis, Dark, Dead space

7) Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Here we see the GBA version.
Solve rate: 94%
Other suggestions: Aladdin, Assassin's Creed.

8.) Life is Strange
Solution rate: 65%
Other suggestions: Gone Home, This Is The Police, Viewtiful Joe 2.

9) Blinx the time sweeper
Here's where you've been creative: Blinx the "time creeper, time sleeper, time cat".
Solution rate: 89%
Other suggestions: Nyx the cat, Ratchet & Clank.

10) Viewtiful Joe
Solution rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Ghost Trick

11) Timesplitters: Future perfect
I thought the main character (bald head and sunglasses) would have been more familiar.
Solution rate: 37%
Other suggestions: 5x Duke Nukem Forever, 4x Duke Nukem, Bioshock Infinite, Mass Effect 3, Saints Row 4, Serious Sam, Wolfenstein: The New Order

12) Death Loop
Solve rate: 57%
Other suggestions: Borderlands, Cyberpunk 2077, Quantum League, Time Splitters.

13) Super Back to the Future 2.
A platformer about the second Back to the Future, with hoverboard of course.
Solution rate: 78%
Other suggestions: -

14) Singularity
Solution rate: 61%
Other suggestions: Bioshock Infinite, Crysis, Time Splitters.

15) Timespinner.
Chrono Trigger would have lent itself to this quiz, but I've already had it twice in other puzzles.
Solution rate: 61%
Other suggestions: 4x Chrono Trigger, CrossCode, Secret of Mana, Shantae, Timekeeper.

16) Back to the Future 3
Solve rate: 88%
Other suggestions: Brokeback mountain

17) Titanfall 2
Solution rate: 63%
Other suggestions: Dark Souls, Quantum Break, Tinesplitter.

18.) Mario's Time Machine
No point without "Mario".
Solution rate: 58%
Other suggestions: 3x the Time Machine, Cambridge vs Oxford, Enigma Machine, Explora

19) Quantum League
Solution rate: 33%
Other suggestions: Atlas Reactor, Cyberpunk 2077, Deus Ex, Ghost, Infamous, Lemnis Gate, Overwatch, Perfect Dark, Quantum, Quantum Break, Time Splitters.

20) The Forgotten City
Solve rate: 49%
Other suggestions: 11x Bioshock Infinite, Assasin's Creed, Close to the sun, deracine, Dishonored 2, Midas touch.

21) Outer Wilds
Solution rate: 43%
Other suggestions: Half Life, Kerbal space progam, Portal, Portal 2, Quantum Conundrum, Thinking with Time Machine, Time Stall, TimeSplitters.

22) Past Cure
A not very good 3rd person shooter.
Solution rate: 34%
Other suggestions: 10x Control, 9x Quantum Break, Max Payne 1/2/3, Infamous, Constantine, John Wick, Plague Tale of Innocence, Remember Me, The Evil Within 2.

23) Time Machine
The hardest game of this round, fitting as it was quite confusing to play.
Solution rate: 28%
Other suggestions: Commander Keen, Ghost Trick, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Maniac Manson, Space Quest, Time Traveler, Zac McKracken.

24) Future Wars
I'm impressed that you guys could tell just by the scenery!
Solution rate: 37%
Other suggestions: Another Planet, Another World, Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior, Out Of The World, Red faction, Surviving Mars, Terminator 2, The Dig, The Silent Age, TIMEframe.

25) Time Slip
Trivial action game, but the clock fit in so nicely
Solution rate: 30%
Other suggestions: Civilization 2, Explora, No Time, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Trinity, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego.


Here is the puzzle image again, followed by the answer:



Answer:

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


HIGH SCORE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - rta - EarthPainting
01 - 25 points - mtc - Valdien
01 - 25 points - gav - Wizdom
01 - 25 points - hcg - excelsior
01 - 25 points - sh2 - Gatar
01 - 25 points - eab - Nobby_UK
01 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
01 - 25 points - rta - residentgrigo
01 - 25 points - rta - Illusionary
01 - 25 points - mmx - Knuckles
01 - 25 points - gpo - Schokoweck
01 - 25 points - sh2 - G-Virus
01 - 25 points - rta - Roarer
01 - 25 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
01 - 25 points - mnc - Dream-Team
01 - 25 points - ntl - lifer
01 - 25 points - mmx - fedprod

21 - 24 points - rta - malus
22 - 24 points - rta - Marek
23 - 24 points - eab - Havie
24 - 24 points - mtc - Parsnip
25 - 24 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
26 - 23 points - hcg - dsparil
27 - 23 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
28 - 22 points - spz - Striderblade
29 - 22 points - rpg - Zion
30 - 21 points - gms - hellermarie
31 - 21 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
32 - 20 points - gsg - partykiller
33 - 19 points - mtc - MegaApple
34 - 19 points - mmx - Klunky
35 - 19 points - nto - Curlybird
36 - 19 points - eab - gimbal
37 - 19 points - gpo - rave
38 - 18 points - lgs - Mister_L
39 - 18 points - eab - Biscuit
40 - 18 points - ftg - Lurker
41 - 18 points - rtc - elginmcqueen
42 - 18 points - pop - A Gentle Breeze
43 - 18 points - mnc - Dolphin
44 - 17 points - ntl - Blooper987
45 - 17 points - gms - hellifanboy
46 - 16 points - ftg - Zerimski
47 - 16 points - nto - Matchet1984
48 - 16 points - can - M.Rick75
49 - 16 points - hcg - teroknor
50 - 16 points - eab - darkwave
51 - 16 points - gpo - Navarone
52 - 16 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
53 - 16 points - m!g - geohound
54 - 15 points - nto - Tisteg80
55 - 15 points - can - Franky Mikey
56 - 15 points - lgs - frog
57 - 15 points - spz - Kal1m3r0
58 - 15 points - can - Dark Kariya
59 - 15 points - gpo - Eddie
60 - 15 points - mtc - FunnyJay
61 - 14 points - mmx - Winyett
62 - 14 points - gms - kanedat
63 - 14 points - mmx - Lynx
64 - 14 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
65 - 14 points - gpo - KHlover
66 - 14 points - mnc - elementalMaster
67 - 14 points - mnc - Lukulus
68 - 14 points - rpg - D4rkD
69 - 14 points - pop - Don Como
70 - 13 points - mnc - HomiSite
71 - 13 points - lgs - Numfuddle
72 - 13 points - mmx - LittleChoco
73 - 13 points - sh2 - Vino
74 - 13 points - lgs - Darkcloud
75 - 13 points - nto - Eims
76 - 13 points - rta - Blufunk
77 - 13 points - gpo - Gameproff
78 - 13 points - rta - PsionBolt
79 - 13 points - hcg - Personman
80 - 13 points - lgs - goschi
81 - 12 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
82 - 12 points - m!g - Red XIII
83 - 12 points - ntl - Dogorilla
84 - 12 points - rta - Luke88
85 - 12 points - hcg - windfisch
86 - 12 points - mnc - Mitschel
87 - 12 points - gms - kopyright
88 - 12 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
89 - 12 points - mnc - Klees
90 - 11 points - hcg - Alexmate
91 - 11 points - 4py - Scorplian
92 - 10 points - pop - Sascha
93 - 10 points - pop - Arne
94 - 10 points - nto - Zarathustra
95 - 10 points - pop - dixip
96 - 10 points - mtc - QFNS
97 - 10 points - rta - Cucurbitacée
98 - 10 points - lgs - M0rr1s0n
99 - 10 points - mnc - Yeboah17
100 - 9 points - mmx - Dnamei
101 - 9 points - sh2 - godzella
102 - 9 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
103 - 8 points - gpo - Bully
104 - 8 points - pop - PUH
105 - 8 points - m!g - Kong
106 - 7 points - rtc - StayAwhile
107 - 7 points - gav - Yoshi
108 - 7 points - mmx - Shades
109 - 6 points - nto - 4C8en
110 - 6 points - hcg - snake
111 - 6 points - gsg - Drapondur
112 - 4 points - pop - Daiyama
113 - 3 points - eab - Mailman

Wow, 20 people with full score? That's really crazy. Congratulations to all of you!

Next round, I'll definitely have to turn the difficulty level up a bit again....


LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 25 points - Nobby_UK
2 - 24 points - Havie
3 - 19 points - gimbal
4 - 18 points - Biscuit
5 - 16 points - darkwave
6 - 03 points - Mailman

Congrats to Nobby_UK for the local lead.

By the way, about the "country" bonus question? You guys are mostly from the UK, with one exception each for the Netherlands and Poland.

Thanks to everyone for participating and see you next time!

[Biscuit]

One of my guesses paid off.

Well done Nobby.

[darkwave]

Congrats again Nobby!

Pretty happy with that round really. I've not got much time to search at the moment and I could have done much worse! I was so close to putting Bioshock Infinite for #20 but it just didn't sit right. Looks like a common guess though.

And I had no idea Super Back to the Future 2 was a thing. I'll have to give that a crack at some point.

Ooh, and I didn't get Future Wars! I should have got that one.

Thanks again Mr Horizon

[gimbal]

Now for the wagging finger: What, no Chrono Trigger!?

Yay, at least all the guesses I had were correct again Man oh man I searched and searched for #11, but at no time did Timesplitters come up. That game was on my list of "surely this game is in this quiz..." though.

Not much interesting digging for me this turn, it was basically the act of collecting the list of games which involve time travel and the internet is very forthcoming when it comes to those lists The only one where I felt proud of my detective work was #20. I mean it looks like a character made of gold and it kind of have a roman theme to it, but I wasn't exactly sure it was the forgotten city until I matched that red tapestry in the background to a screenshot. That's what gave it away for me... not the gold weirdo but the tapestry.


Future Wars... I should have gotten that one I was thinking along the lines of Beneath a Steel Sky for that one, but nothing matched graphically. The only thing I had to go on was that it was 2D and had a major Blade Runner vibe.

Past Cure I just don't know at all. I was almost positive it was some kind of Remedy game in the Alan Wake / Control / Quantum Break line of games... I was clearly dead wrong.

[Havie]

Well done Nobby - all present and correct!

Can't believe I got one wrong - same as Gimbal, had Quatum break for Past Cure - arghhh!!!

Well done all though, as EAB scores looking good, maybe we will move up the leader board this year?

Still can't believe there were no Doctor Who games and three, yes three, Back to the Future ones. Dalek Attack on Speccy would have been great, or what about Doctor What or even The Eternity Clock... actually there's a whole quiz there in itself. Are you listening Mr H

Thanks always to Mr Horizon for creating and taking the time to run the quiz.

See you for the next one.

[Havie]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Future Wars... I should have gotten that one I was thinking along the lines of Beneath a Steel Sky for that one, but nothing matched graphically. The only thing I had to go on was that it was 2D and had a major Blade Runner vibe.

Shocking - what were you doing...

And you call yourself an Amiga fan

[gimbal]

Yeah but that doesn't imply that I have played all the mediocre games

[Nobby_UK]

Well Done All

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Atari

This time we honour a former giant. Quite a few classics can be attributed to Atari Inc, which rose to become the biggest manufacturer of video games in the early 80s. We all know how the story ended, but similar to the SEGA group (see related puzzle a few months ago ) a whole lot of hardware has come together over the years, with quite a few titles... I won't be able to please all fans and I might have left out some classics, but I still want to put you to the test:
No matter if console, home computer or handheld, exclusive or multiplatform - do you recognise these games?

Deadline is Sunday the 31st of October, participation via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here comes the quiz, have fun:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/2pCATBb.png

[Nobby_UK]

Possibly 14 ?