Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

May Quiz - Clues #3

Attention, this is the last weekend before the deadline! Early next week this round will be over.
So far, two players from this community are in, out of a total of over fifty. Neither number is particularly large, so get a move on!

Maybe it will help if I give a third set of clues for once? Here you go:

1) Game number 4 is from Electronic Arts.
2) The 3, 17 and 19 are AAA open world titles, but only the former plays mainly in first person perspective.
3) Only two games in this round have appeared on the Commodore Amiga.
4) Picture 11 shows the final boss.

Deadline is Tuesday 31st May, participation via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz one last time, join now: https://i.imgur.com/prY7Zka.png

[Nobby_UK]

Not very helpful, except in destroying any hope for #3

[Havie]

Last minute.com entry - not really my favourite quiz! Managed 24 answers but not sure how many are correct...

[Mr_Horizon]

May Quiz - Answers & Score

For a while it looked like we had a "gay panic" at our hands and the player numbers were far from 100... then in the last two days enough people have turned up for a triple digit number anyway, so I'm happy.

Here are the results of the poll:

Beat'em'ups clearly won! Well then, there will be a good beating sometime this year.

But I have to ask you a question: Why was "Cyberpunk 2077" so hard to guess? Less than half got it right, even though I gave several hints about it (AAA, open world, this decade, first-person perspective, lots of press). Also the picture shows the implants on the arms and the "facial stumps" which I only know from Cyberpunk. How come I have misjudged this so much?


But now it's time for the results of the quiz... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the award ceremony.

1) Wii Sports
The Wii launch and flagship title is a nobrainer, everyone got this one right.
Answer rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

2) God of War 2
Answer rate: 96%
Other suggestions: Bryan Fury

3) Cyberpunk 2077
As discussed in the intro text, it's a mystery to me why so few have recognised this.
Answer rate: 48%
Other suggestions: 8x Grand Theft Auto, 7x Saints Row, Anarchy Reigns, Far Cry, Wolfenstein, Pro Wrestling X, Wrestling, WWE 2K

4) The Sims 3
Answer rate: 87%
Other suggestions: Playboy

5) Tekken 7
Answer rate: 90%
Other suggestions: God of War, Mortal Combat 11, Soul Calibur

6) Yakuza 4
Answer rate: 80%
Other suggestions: King of Fighters, Saints Rows

7) Persona 4
Answer rate: 68%
Other suggestions: Catherine, Catherine Full Body, Hades, Narupo Shippuden

8.) Fire Emblem
I think it was Path of Radiance? Heavens, now I'm not sure myself! :/
Anyway, bet you don't dare to do a Google image search for "Ike Fire emblem topless"?
Answer rate: 67%
Other suggestions: Kingdom Hearts, Atelier Ryza, Breath of Fire, Chrono Cross, FFVII: Crisis Core, Final Fantasy, Trails Of Cold Steel, Xenoblade.

9) Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes
Answer rate: 62%
Other suggestions: Final Fantasy XII, Devil May Cry, Gabriel Knight 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Xenoblade Chronicles

10) Super Punch Out
Answer rate: 82%
Other suggestions: Ready 2 rumble

11) Resident Evil 5.
Good Wesker, just before he mutates into the final boss - and not far from the famous Boulder Punch scene.
Answer rate: 55%
Other suggestions: 3x Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry, Dead or Alive, Duke Nukem forever, King of Fighters, Spec Ops: The Line

12) NieR:Automata
Answer rate: 49%
Other suggestions: 6x Final Fantasy, 6x Devil May Cry, Dead or Alive, Metal Gear Solid, Bayonetta

13) Dream Daddy
Answer rate: 68%
Other suggestions: Boyfriend Dungeon, Larry's Wet Dream, The Banner Saga

14) Street Fighter 4
Answer rate: 58%
Other suggestions: 4x Asuras Wrath, Dragon Quest XI, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Nioh, Odama, Zelda

15) Knockout Kings
Since "Knockout Kings" segues seamlessly into the "Fight Night" series, in my eternal mercy I let the latter count as well.
Answer rate: 51%
Other Suggestions: 4x Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, 3x Mike Tyson Boxing, Don King Boxing, Muhammad Ali Boxing, Foes of Ali, Boxing Legends of the Ring, Rocky

16) Muscle March
Answer rate: 56%
Other suggestions: 5x Cho Aniki, JoJos Bizarre Adventure, Space Channel 5

17) GTA 4 - the lost and damned
The first DLC for GTA4, I thought Ballad of Gay Toni was better.
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: 5x Mafia, 3x LA Noire, James Bond, Metal Gear Solid, Saints Row, Scarface

18.) Hitman.
We see a half-naked guy with red pants in a Hitman game of the early 2000s.
Answer rate: 23%
Other suggestions: 11x Splinter Cell, 4x GTA, 3x Syphon Filter, Metal Gear Solid, Manhunt, Golden Eye, Mafia, Saints Row 2

19) Assassins Creed Odyssey
Answer rate: 27%
Other suggestions: 19x the Witcher, 6x Dragon Age, 3x Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry, GTA5, Metal Gear Solid, Saints Row, Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls Online

20) Devil May Cry
The pretty boy from the intro of the DmC remake is more famous than I thought.
Answer rate: 61%
Other suggestions: Dead Island, Far Cry, FarCry 3, Final Fantasy

21) Shen Mue 3
Why does an entry of such a well-known series have the same answer rate as #22, an obscure & ancient Amiga fps?
Answer rate: 15%
Other suggestions: 6x Fist of the North Star, 4x Soul Calibur, 3x Street Fighter, Castlevania, Conan, Kakuto Chojin, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Middle Earth: Mordor, Mortal Kombat, Motörhead, Naraka Bladepoint, ROME, Shadow of Rome, Spacelords, Tekken, Two Worlds

22) Citadel
This is "Citadel remonstered", this year's graphics & gameplay update of the 1995 Amiga fps. [ Show youtube player ] (screenshot from 9:18)
Answer rate: 15%
Other suggestions: 6x Doom, 4x Wolfenstein 3D, 3x Duke Nukem, Witches, Elder Scrolls Arena, A Bards Tale, Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder, Heretic, Juggernaut, Towers II, Wizardry

23) Dynamite Cop
"Die Hard Arcade" is close, but has different levels and, most importantly, a different intro (where the screenshot is from).
Answer rate: 19%
Other suggestions: Die Hard Arcade, 3x Too Human, Doom, Fallout New Vegas, Metal Gear Solid, Odin, Ring, Zeus

24) Time Commando
The hardest title of this round - I've probably never seen a more abstruse time travel story.
Answer rate: 9%
Other suggestions: 3x Asterix & Obelix, 3x Runescape, black&white, Dragon Age, Gabriel Knight III, Gladiator, Gothic, Hulk Hogan, Prince of persia

25) Paradroid 90
The strange looking "Space Pirates" in the Paradroid remake.
Answer rate: 28%
Other suggestions: Cho aniki, Contra 4, DJ man ,Master of Orion 2, Phantasy Star, Tal, Xenon 2


Now here is the quiz picture again, followed by the Answers:



Answer picture:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/4uwICjL.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - ntl - lifer
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - rta - Marek
01 - 25 points - mmx - Nayuta
01 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
01 - 25 points - mtc - Valdien
07 - 24 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
08 - 24 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
09 - 23 points - mnc - Mod-Team
10 - 23 points - spz - Striderblade
11 - 23 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
12 - 22 points - rta - EarthPainting
13 - 22 points - gsg - partykiller
14 - 21 points - eab - Havie
15 - 21 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
16 - 21 points - sh2 - Vino
17 - 20 points - eab - Nobby_UK
18 - 20 points - rpg - Calastellio
19 - 20 points - gpo - DocMoody
20 - 20 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09

21 - 19 points - eab - Little Havie
22 - 19 points - mtc - Parsnip
23 - 19 points - ftg - spooky
24 - 19 points - rta - malus
25 - 19 Points - hcg - excelsior
26 - 19 points - gav - Wizdom
27 - 18 points - rpg - Dezue
28 - 18 points - eab - Mailman
29 - 18 points - eab - darkwave
30 - 18 points - gms - hellermarie
31 - 18 points - rta - Illusionary
32 - 18 points - smu - BulletMagnet
33 - 18 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
34 - 17 points - mmx - Knuckles
35 - 17 points - hcg - dsparil
36 - 17 points - mmx - fedprod
37 - 17 Points - mmx - Klunky
38 - 16 points - hcg - windfish
39 - 16 points - gpo - KHlover
40 - 16 points - gpo - rave
41 - 16 points - wtd - jenoogle
42 - 16 points - mmx - Cutter Slade
43 - 16 points - rta - Gygas
44 - 15 points - mnc - HomiSite
45 - 15 points - rta - Blufunk
46 - 15 points - nto - Ande
47 - 15 points - ntl - Fizza
48 - 15 points - rta - PsionBolt
49 - 14 points - gpo - Eddie
50 - 14 points - spz - Geddoe
51 - 14 points - can - Dark Kariya
52 - 14 points - rpg - Zion
53 - 14 points - hcg - Son of Suzy Creamcheese
54 - 14 points - gav - Cube
55 - 14 points - wtd - zoltan.schwegler
56 - 14 points - m!g - geohound
57 - 14 points - ftg - LockeTribal
58 - 14 points - hcg - teroknor
59 - 14 points - ata - jgkspsx
60 - 14 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
61 - 14 points - mtc - mssq
62 - 13 points - ftg - lurker
63 - 13 points - rkb - Luggsen
64 - 13 points - spz - Kal1m3r0
65 - 13 points - mmx - Lynx
66 - 13 points - rkb - Addearheart
67 - 13 points - mtc - FunnyJay
68 - 13 points - hcg - personman
69 - 13 points - mnc - Dolphin
70 - 12 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
71 - 12 points - can - M.Rick75
72 - 12 points - gpo - Navarone
73 - 12 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
74 - 12 points - rta - Mtlspider
75 - 11 points - gpo - FireSmoke
76 - 11 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
77 - 11 points - mtc - freshVeggie
78 - 11 points - mnc - elementalMaster
79 - 11 points - mtc - QFNS
80 - 11 points - mmx - Shades
81 - 11 points - mnc - Mitschel
82 - 11 points - wop - Desparion
83 - 11 points - can - Kulfy
84 - 10 points - gpo - GAMEPROFF
85 - 10 points - pop - Don Como
86 - 10 points - gms - hellifanboy
87 - 10 points - gms - kopyright
88 - 10 points - mmx - Dnamei
89 - 09 points - gpo - Bully
90 - 09 points - sh2 - Bonz
91 - 09 points - wtd - svenoble
92 - 09 points - can - Jean-Luc Hazek
93 - 09 points - m!g - Red XIII
94 - 09 points - rkb - salversurfer
95 - 09 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
96 - 09 points - hcg - snake
97 - 09 points - ntl - Dogorilla
98 - 09 points - mnc - Yeboah17
99 - 08 points - gpo - Konsolomio
100 - 8 points - ntl - Krull
101 - 7 points - gav - Yoshi
102 - 7 points - ftg - cubby
103 - 7 points - pop - Sascha
104 - 6 points - gms - Black Friday
105 - 6 points - rkb - Kirika1987
106 - 5 points - nto - 4C8en
107 - 5 points - rkb - Grandhanate
108 - 4 points - gms - RC2225
109 - 4 points - mmx - LittleChoco
110 - 4 points - pop - Daiyama
111 - 4 points - sh2 - godzella
112 - 3 points - ftg - Destria
113 - 3 points - ntl - Cacuman
114 - 3 points - smu - Guigui
115 - 3 points - rtc - stayAwhile
116 - 2 points - ntl - Anti-Matter
117 - 2 points - pop - PUH
118 - 1 points - ata - JeremiahJT


ata - Atari Age
can - PC Canard
eab - English Amiga Board
ftg - fontgeek
gav - Gaming Village
gms - Gamestar
gpo - Gamepro
gsg - Gamersglobal
hcg - hardcore gaming 101
m!g - Man!iac
mmx - Multimediaxis
mnc - old maniac
mtc - Metacouncil
ntl - NintendoLife
nto - NTower
pop - Powerplay
rkb - Rocket Beans
rpg - RPG Maker
rta - ResetEra
rtc - RetroCanteen
sh2 - Shock²
smu - Shmups
spz - Spazio PC
wop - world of players
wtd - Wasted


So then, an award ceremony: Congratulations to Mangamaniac2171, lifer, Nayuta, The_BACH, Marek and Valdien... 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 - 21 points - Havie
2 - 20 points - Nobby_UK
3 - 19 points - Little Havie
4 - 18 points - Mailman
5 - 18 points - darkwave

Congratulations to Havie for the local lead

Two Top 20 spots for the English Amiga Board... in fact, you all did remarkably well!

Thanks to everyone for participating!

[Havie]

Well done every - a close round!

[TCD]

There are two Amiga games. Okay.

[gimbal]

"Why was "Cyberpunk 2077" so hard to guess?" - never played it (so far, it is actually the only game on the list I would consider playing sometime). If you haven't played the game that the naked dude is in or by accident see the naked dude in promotional material... I really wonder how in the heck you're ever going to find out which game it is. Mad respects to everyone who got even 5 of these.

So yeah the only ones I knew were #1, #2 and #4 because they're REALLY obvious. I thought I knew #19, but I was way off. This one was... gnarly.

[Nobby_UK]

Well done all

Re: CyberPunk
After the initial bugged release --- who cares

When did #18 change ?
was it not a seated dude with a gun to his head ?

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by gimbal

This one was... gnarly.

The next one will be a much "safer" territory!

Originally Posted by TCD

There are two Amiga games. Okay.

Next round (starting this week!) will have more.

[Havie]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

The next one will be a much "safer" territory!



Next round (starting this week!) will have more.

Yeah!

[Mr_Horizon]

June Quiz - Retro Pixel 2022

After last month's theme gave several people a strange browsing history and caused some discontent, we're falling back to familiar territory for June: the annual Retro Pixel Quiz with zoomed in game characters.

We have 25 games with (mostly) 2D graphics from the years 1985 to 2023, so as usual old & new combined for your enjoyment and scaled up so far you could count all the pixels. Have fun!

We're looking for the name of the game and not the name of the character (even if they are sometimes identical), and if you recognise the series that's enough - you don't have to name the exact instalment.

Deadline is Thursday 30th June, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here comes the quiz, good luck:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/JfDfNe9.png

[Nobby_UK]

8 without research.

[Havie]

i see your 8 and raise you 3!

[gimbal]

I should know more of these :/ On the other hand, pixelart games are spreading like wildfire so maybe not I think I got 10 so far.

[Nobby_UK]

Got 2 more --- maybe 3.

[darkwave]

10 off the bat.

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by gimbal

I should know more of these :/ On the other hand, pixelart games are spreading like wildfire so maybe not I think I got 10 so far.

It's a round that should be easier for this forum. More than half of the games came out in the 80s and 90s, and eight of them had Amiga releases.

Average score is very low so far (twenty players), if you really have ten correct answers you're in the Top 3!

[Nobby_UK]

Got 1 more and another maybe

8 on the Amiga ?!
I see maybe 5

[Nobby_UK]

Oooo questions about 'The Plague'

[Mr_Horizon]

Originally Posted by Nobby_UK

Oooo questions about 'The Plague'

You kinda lost me here. Is this about the quiz or wrong thread.