Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[gimbal]

It is at the very least ambiguous, because technically #7 has 3D graphics for example but I don't think you intended to count that one

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Wilhood

I have 10.

...and I can already count at least ten people with less than ten points, so you wouldn't be doing too bad.

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by gimbal

It is at the very least ambiguous, because technically #7 has 3D graphics for example but I don't think you intended to count that one

Well, allow me to rephrase.... eight games use some sort of 3D engine. Does that work better?

[gimbal]

Sure

[Mr_Horizon]

April Quiz - Clues #2

Have you ever wondered what the fruit on #1 is? It's there from the very first game of the series from the early 90s after all... I googled it today, it's a tomato. Now you know.
Over 60 people are already taking part in this veggie round, you can too! :P

Even more so with these second and last hints:

1) Six games in this round-up first appeared as arcade machines.
2) In game 13 you fight against gods of Greek mythology.
3) Number 17 is a game for the Atari 2600.
4) And the last one - the 16th entry is a fantasy RPG

Deadline is next week Saturday the 30th of April, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz again, you have one week left: https://i.imgur.com/fVJp71C.png

[Nobby_UK]

Found 2 more (16+17)
brings me to 20 ?

Entered...

I thought Germans did not like (Verboten)
to ask things relating to ethnicity ?

[Havie]

Spent a bit of time on this and now up to a potential 22!

MUST BEAT LITTLE HAV!!!

[Havie]

Got one more and the last two are possibles. Entered and hoping for a few helpful clues...

Can I also say that some of them are trickier than they look - you are a meanie!

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

I thought Germans did not like (Verboten)
to ask things relating to ethnicity ?

It's not verboten, I'd say just something many Germans are not used to talk about (yet). I am only asking this one time - because my curiosity got triggered by a question whether my previous "intro gif" (this one: link) mirrored the actual players distribution gender/race mix. I am pretty sure it doesn't, but I'll have a nice bar chart ready with the results next month.

[Havie]

Being a headteacher, I think it is a valid question and was very happy to answer it but I wouldn't know how the answers would impact the quiz?

This is all a bit thought provoking and deep for a Sunday night after I have spent about 6 hours working on school paperwork!

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Havie

Being a headteacher,

Nice, my father was a headteacher too!

I think it is a valid question and was very happy to answer it but I wouldn't know how the answers would impact the quiz?

I hope you didn't really think it'd have any impact! How would that even work, the rarest combination gets a bonus point?

[Havie]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

Nice, my father was a headteacher too!


I hope you didn't really think it'd have any impact! How would that even work, the rarest combination gets a bonus point?

Fair enough - useful to know the dynamics of the quizzers as it seems quite easy to offend people (without meaning to) now days!

[Mr_Horizon]

So ladies and gentlemen, you still have until tomorrow... but then April and this round will be over!

[Little Havie]

Got to 24! Just that annoying apple in 25 to go

[Mr_Horizon]

@darkwave, you are an entire day too late. I have already started to post the answers in the german forums - but I can probably still add you to the overall scores.

English quiz results coming tomorrow!

[darkwave]

30 days in April! Oh well. I should have had this entry in well before now. Lesson learned.

Whatever you think is acceptable @Mr_Horizon. I don't mind missing out. I know what I got.

[Havie]

Originally Posted by darkwave

30 days in April! Oh well. I should have had this entry in well before now. Lesson learned.

Whatever you think is acceptable @Mr_Horizon. I don't mind missing out. I know what I got.

Whoops - we've all been there! When I forgot to upload my answers, it haunted me for the rest of the year...

For future reference: D:

[ Show youtube player ]

[gimbal]

A rap? Those youngun's today, in my day we just looked at our knuckles.

(I didn't submit anything at all, so too late is still better )

[Mr_Horizon]

April Quiz - Answers & Score

Did you know that strawberries are not berries, but nuts? But bananas are berries? So weird! Let's make things clearer by solving the veggie puzzle... we start with the bonus question. If you had imagined the quiz players to be a rather homogeneous group, you were right: if you leave out the almost 15% strong "don't like to answer" fraction, the field of players (this time 132 people strong) of this quiz series is almost 95% male and about 90% white. Here's a pie chart: https://i.imgur.com/o51R89h.png
Does it matter? No. Was it interesting to see once? I think it was.

But now something really important, namely the answers to lasts months puzzle... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the award ceremony.

1) Kirby and the Forgotten Land
This is a damn good tomato, because it replenishes all your life energy.
Answer rate: 91%
Other suggestions: 8x Super Smash Bros, Mario World

2) Bubble Symphony
One of the many sequels to Bubble Bobble, "Bubble Symphony" appeared as an arcade machine in 1994 and was later ported to the Saturn. One of you slipped through with "Puzzle Bobble", I was tired... shouldn't have happened.
Answer rate: 88%
Other suggestions: Yoshi, Rainbow Island

3) Mario Kart 64
All but two players recognised the classic N64-funracer.
Answer rate: 98%
Other suggestions: -

4) Ms. Pac-Man
That's FEMALE Pac Man, did you not see the lipstick? ^_^ Pac-Man also gave the full point though, accordingly everyone guessed this title correctly.
Answer rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

5) Celeste
Answer rate: 79%
Other suggestions: Undertale, Stardew Valey

6) Dig Dug
...another arcade classic.
Answer rate: 74%
Other suggestions: Q*Bert, Boulder Dash

7) Donkey Kong Country
Here we see the version for the GBA.
Answer rate: 92%
Other suggestions: -

8.) Streets of Rage
Answer rate: 73%
Other suggestions: Double Dragon, Street Fighter, Sega Rally, Final Fight, Comic Zone, Fighter Bros

9) Super Mario Bros 2
Here's the beefed up version from Super Mario All-Stars. I personally wouldn't have recognised it, but I never played the second Mario Bros.
Answer rate: 72%
Other suggestions: Yoshi, Bonk's Adventure

10) Zool
For "Zoop or zoot or something with the green guy and yellow horns" by Embrodak there was just barely no point, because unfortunately Zool doesn't have yellow horns.
Answer rate: 64%
Other suggestions: -

11) Super Mario Sunshine
Who remembers those nasty fruit mini-games?
Answer rate: 66%
Other suggestions: Animal Crossing, Katamari Damacy, Banjo-Kazooie

12) Parappa the Rapper
Significantly better known than I expected! Should have swapped it in order with number 5.
Answer rate: 88%
Other suggestions: Gitaroo Man

13) Kid Icarus Uprising
This is really a fun vegetable enemy design.
Answer rate: 68%
Other suggestions: 4x Dragon Quest, Immortals Fenys Rising, Blue Dragon

14) Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Answer rate: 76%
Other suggestions: Fruit Ninja, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Diddy Kong Racing

15) Pikmin 3
Friendship points for "Picman & Pickmin" by Zion & CactusMan.
Answer rate: 75%
Other suggestions: It Takes Two, Unravel

16) Final Fantasy 12
Above the fourth row the answer rates were over 60%, but starting in row four everything was below 50%.
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: 4x Little Big Planet, 3x Sackboy A Big Adventure, Zelda Twilight Princess, Tomato Man, Psychonauts, No mans sky, Mr Do, immortals fenyx rising, Fortnite, Conkers Bad Fur Day, Bravely Default II

17) Plaque Attack
Answer rate: 34%
Other suggestions: 4x Space Invaders, E.T., Dr. Mario

18.) Goof Troop
The password screen of Goof Troop. Pretty mean!
Answer rate: 25%
Other suggestions: 6x Super Mario, Super Mario Kart, Mario Vs Donkey Kong, Mario Paint, Mario Fun with Typing, Donkey Kong, Jeopardy, Final Fight, Doki Doki Panic, superfrog, Mickey Mouse

19) Mr. Do!
...another well-known arcade game.
Answer rate: 33%
Other suggestions: Centipede, Fruity Frank, Dr.Fruit, Dig Dug 2

20) Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
With that name, the game was a must in this round
Answer rate: 34%
Other suggestions: Wario Ware, Wario Party, Undertale, Cabbage Patch Kids, Atomic Veggies

21) Marvin's Marvellous Adventure.
From the obscurity shelf, a rather average Amiga jump'n'run from 1994. Here's the scene used: [ Show youtube player ]
Answer rate: 11%
Other suggestions: "Something that wants to be Yoshi's Island but isn't" by jgkspsx, 5x Yoshi's Island, 3x James Pond, super mario 2, Super Mario World, Jazz Jackrabbit, Game and Watch Gallery, Dynamite Heady, Bloodborne

22) Bonsai Barber
You have to cut the "hair" of the vegetable.
Answer rate: 27%
Other suggestions: 4x Loco Roco, The Tree Lady, Wario Ware, Warioware: Smooth Moves

23) Kangaroo
This arcade title was long only available in ports for 80s Atari consoles, but since 2020 you can also play Kangaroo on Switch & ps4.
Solution rate: 27%
Other suggestions: Donkey Kong Jr, fruity kong, Mappyland, Spanky's Quest

24) Pressure Cooker
This was a difficult screen fragment and the hardest entry of this round after #21.
Solution rate: 20%
Other suggestions: 12x Frogger, 5x Burger Time, Chipwits, Fruit Panic, Fruit Sports, E.T.

25) Aladdin
A very tough fragment from a well-known game. My respects to all who guessed it right!
Solution rate: 37%
Other suggestions: Minecraft, Banana Prince, (Super) Burger Time, Castle of Illusion, Ice Age, Stardew Valley, Zelda



Here is the quiz picture again:



Answer image:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/F3RyGdY.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
01 - 25 points - hcg - excelsior
01 - 25 points - rta - EarthPainting
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - ntl - lifer
01 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
01 - 25 points - rta - marek
01 - 25 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
10 - 24 points - eab - Little Havie
11 - 24 points - hcg - windfisch
12 - 24 points - rpg - Calastellio
13 - 23 points - eab - Havie
14 - 23 points - rta - nonstoptechnopop
15 - 23 points - ata - jgkspsx
16 - 23 points - rta - Roarer
17 - 23 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
18 - 23 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
19 - 23 points - mnc - Dream-Team
20 - 23 points - spz - Striderblade

21 - 22 points - mtc - Valdien
22 - 22 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
23 - 22 points - hcg - Son of Suzy Creamcheese
24 - 22 points - gpo - DocMoody
25 - 21 points - rta - Illusionary
26 - 21 points - gsg - partykiller
27 - 21 points - wtd - jenoogle
28 - 20 points - mtc - Parsnip
29 - 20 points - eab - Nobby_UK
30 - 20 points - mmx - Knuckles
31 - 20 points - rta - jett
32 - 20 points - rpg - Dezue
33 - 20 points - hcg - dsparil
34 - 20 points - eab - darkwave
35 - 19 points - hcg - mainpatr
36 - 19 points - smu - BulletMagnet
37 - 18 points - mmx - fedprod
38 - 18 points - rtc - elgin mcqueen
39 - 18 points - can - M.Rick75
40 - 18 points - mmx - Klunky
41 - 18 points - mnc - Dolphin
42 - 18 points - rkb - Kirika1987
43 - 17 points - ftg - Lurker
44 - 17 points - pop - Don Como
45 - 17 points - gav - Wizdom
46 - 17 points - sh2 - Gatar
47 - 17 points - smu - drauch
48 - 17 points - rkb - Addearheart
49 - 16 points - hcg - Woody Alien
50 - 16 points - rta - PsionBolt
51 - 16 points - gpo - Navarone
52 - 16 points - hcg - personman
53 - 16 points - rta - Nihilistic Monk
54 - 16 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
55 - 16 Points - mtc - mssq
56 - 16 Points - ntl - Dogorilla
57 - 16 points - ntl - Fizza
58 - 16 points - ftg - cubby
59 - 15 points - mmx - Cutter Slade
60 - 15 points - mnc - elementalMaster
61 - 15 points - m!g - Kong
62 - 15 points - wtd - Credit00
63 - 15 points - nag - Booze cruise
64 - 15 points - hcg - teroknor
65 - 15 points - rta - Blufunk
66 - 15 points - m!g - Red XIII
67 - 15 points - rta - Het_Nkik
68 - 14 points - ata - JeremiahJT
69 - 14 points - hcg - snake
70 - 14 points - gms - kopyright
71 - 14 points - wtd - zoltan.schwegler
72 - 14 points - gms - hellermarie
73 - 14 points - mnc - Mitschel
74 - 14 points - gpo - rave
75 - 14 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
76 - 14 points - mnc - Yeboah17
77 - 13 points - rtc - Carrot007
78 - 13 points - nto - curly
79 - 13 points - hcg - Alexmate
80 - 13 points - gpo - Eddie
81 - 13 points - ftg - LockeTribal
82 - 13 points - ntl - CactusMan
83 - 13 points - mtc - FunnyJay
84 - 13 points - gav - Rippi
85 - 13 points - mtc - Bufbaf
86 - 12 points - gav - Cube
87 - 12 points - ftg - Ryands
88 - 12 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
89 - 12 points - rta - Embrodak
90 - 12 points - ftg - Stuz359
91 - 12 points - m!g - geohound
92 - 12 points - rta - Gygas
93 - 12 points - rpg - Zion
94 - 12 points - can - Dark Kariya
95 - 11 points - wop - Desparion
96 - 11 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
97 - 11 points - pop - PUH
98 - 11 points - mtc - QFNS
99 - 11 points - rta - malus
100- 11 points - ntl - Minecraftemery
101- 11 points - gpo - Konsolomio
102- 11 points - gav - Yoshi
103- 10 points - mmx - Lynx
104- 10 points - spz - Geddoe
105- 10 points - ntl - StarPoint
106- 10 points - gpo - KHlover
107- 10 points - mmx - LittleChoco
108- 10 points - gpo - Bully
109- 10 points - can - Jean-Luc Hazek
110 - 9 points - eab - mailman
111 - 9 points - sh2 - Bonz
112 - 9 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
113 - 9 points - ntl - Krull
114 - 8 points - wtd - svenoble
115 - 8 points - smu - Guigui
116 - 8 points - gms - hellifanboy
117 - 8 points - nto - 4C8en
118 - 8 points - sh2 - godzella
119 - 8 points - can - Franky Mikey
120 - 8 points - pop - Sascha
121 - 7 points - pop - Arne
122 - 7 points - mtc - freshVeggie
123 - 7 points - mmx - Dnamei
124 - 7 points - rkb - salversurfer
125 - 6 points - mmx - Shades
126 - 6 points - ntl - BabyYoda71
127 - 6 points - rpg - D4rkD
128 - 5 points - rkb - Grandhanate
129 - 5 points - gpo - Gameproff
130 - 4 points - rpg - Glubbfan
131 - 4 points - gms - Black Friday
132 - 2 points - pop - Daiyama

Well then, here's an award ceremony: Congratulations to Gerhard S, AuraPaladinne, Excelsior, EarthPainting, Mangamaniac2171, lifer, The_BACH, marek and EmmaDansTonU... you all got FULL POINTS and won this round!

Scroll up if you want to see the other players in the top 20


LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 24 points - Little Havie
2 - 23 points - Havie
3 - 20 points - Nobby_UK
4 - 20 points - darkwave
5 - 09 points - mailman

Congratulations to Little Havie for his first local lead.
Havie_Senior, you missed Goof Troop.

Thanks to everyone for participating!

[Nobby_UK]

Well Done the Havie's

I thought 21 was an Amiga Game
but it did not help