Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[darkwave]

I got my entry in late last night. There were some real tough cookies in there. I only managed to find one from the bottom row!

[gimbal]

I found none in the last row and only two in the fourth row

[Biscuit]

aw, i missed the last set of clues. might have helped with 7, which still eludes me.

for the record i'm pretty sure i know 19 and 24.

[gimbal]

Yeah 7 was pretty shadowy and complicated.

[Havie]

Originally Posted by gimbal

I found none in the last row and only two in the fourth row

Yep - bottom line did me in to - found a couple but those last three...

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Answers & High Score

So ladies and gentlemen, not only is this round over, but the whole quiz year has come to an end! With 107 players there was a lot of participation, thank you very much. I now grant you two months in which you may use your brains for other (albeit not quite as elementarily important) things than the monthly video game riddle.

And if you want to help me make even better quizzes next year, take a quick look at this short poll for the best quiz of the year: https://forms.gle/jZh9n6bhhPTUjkwH8

Here are the results... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score table.


1) Metroid Dread.
Samus Aran is a gaming icon, everyone knew her!
Answer rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

2) Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow.
In a "Metroidvania" quiz, both series had to be in it, so I thought we'd best have them at the beginning.
Solving rate: 93%
Other suggestions: -

3) Axiom Verge 2
The soundtrack of the new part is really good.
Answer rate: 73%
Other suggestions: Owlboy, Castlevania, AM2R

4) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Answer rate: 71%
Other suggestions: Blaster Master, Bloodrayne Betrayal, Castlevania, Deedlit in Wonder Labirinth, Ender Lillies: Quietus of the Knights

5) Grime
I'd seen this "black hole head" guy several times in video game news, so I thought more people recognised him.
Answer rate: 64%
Other suggestions: Dead Cells, Sundered, oddworld, Headlander, Outland

6) Alwa's Legacy
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: Asha in Monster World, Mystic Belle, Salt and sanctuary 2, Timespinner

7) Shadow Complex Remastered
Answer rate: 64%
Other suggestions: Strider

8.) The Mummy: Demastered
Answer rate: 66%
Other suggestions: Carrion, Thor: God of Thunder, Turrican 1 & 2

9) Xeodrifter
Answer rate: 63%
Other suggestions: Among Us, blaster master, Environmental Station Alpha, Void Bastards, X Parasite

10) Aliens Infestation.
The marines and the aliens... again!
Answer rate: 69%
Other suggestions: Carrion, Aztaka

11) Touhou Luna Nights
Answer rate: 62%
Other suggestions: 3x Rabi-Ribi, Timespinner

12) Insanely Twisted Shadowplanet
An UFO game with a special look and Dimmu Borgir soundtrack.
Answer rate: 55%
Other suggestions: forma.8, Song of the deep

13) Ori and the Blind Forest
The graphics style is recognizable even without the little rabbit.
Answer rate: 83%
Other suggestions: Hollow Knight

14) Blasphemous
Answer rate: 76%
Other suggestions: Xeodrifter, Castlevania Symphony of the night, Blood Of The Werewolf, Axiom Verge, 9 years of sickness

15) Yokus Island Express
Answer rate: 61%
Other suggestions: -

16) Cave Story
The cutesy classic Cave Story, not even half of you know it? o_O
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, La Mulana, Starcraft

17) Dandara
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: Dragon's Lair, Scooby-Doo: Shaggy's Special Snack

18.) Death's Gambit Afterlife
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: Dead Cells, Battle Axe, Castle of Heart, Castlevania, Ender Lillies, Gestalt, shovel knight, Vigil the Longest night

19) Sacred Armour of Antiriad
Answer rate: 33%
Other suggestions: Adventures of Captain Cosmic, Exile, Metroid, Robot Wants It All, Shovel Knight, the messenger, Zordak

20) Headlander
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: Stick it to the Man, Oddworld, Metroid Prime, Abe's Oddyssey, Psychonauts 1 & 2

21) The Swapper
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: The Fall 2, Narita Boy, Mistery Guy

22) Brain Breaker.
A game from 1985 that fulfils the rules of a Metroidvania.
Answer rate: 10%
Other suggestions: 3x Environmental Station Alpha, 3x Exile, Metroid Samus Returns

23) Pharaoh Rebirth
Answer rate: 21%
Other suggestions: Iconoclasts, Unbound Worlds Apart, Megaman Power Battle, Indivisible, Hollow Knight, Guacamelee, Dizzy's Yolk Folk Furor, Clunky Hero

24) Super Daryl Deluxe
Answer rate: 33%
Other suggestions: Naruto, Wheelchair, Edna Breaks Out

25) Super Space Adventure
Only three people guessed this one correctly.... no wonder, an unspectacular indie game for Ouya and Android. Oh dear!
link: https://www.indiedb.com/games/super-space-adventure
video: [ Show youtube player ]
Answer rate: 3%
Other suggestions: Dr Atominus, Cave story, Outbuddies (DX), The Messenger, Metroid, Icachan, Environmental Station Alpha, Astrobot, 8-Bit Space, VVVVV

Here is the quiz picture again, followed by the answers:



answers:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/JTxn4Lj.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
03 - 24 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
04 - 24 points - rta - EarthPainting
05 - 24 points - hcg - windfish
06 - 24 points - rta - Roarer
07 - 24 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
08 - 24 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
09 - 24 points - hcg - excelsior
10 - 24 points - ntl - lifer

11 - 24 points - gsg - partykiller
12 - 23 points - mmx - Knuckles
13 - 23 points - rta - residentgrigo
14 - 23 points - mmx - fedprod
15 - 23 points - spz - striderblade
16 - 23 points - rta - Marek
17 - 23 points - spz - The_BACH
18 - 23 points - mtc - Valdien
19 - 22 points - mtc - Parsnip
20 - 22 points - rta - Illusionary
21 - 22 points - gav - Wizdom
22 - 22 points - eab - Havie
23 - 22 points - mtc - mssq
24 - 22 points - rta - malus
25 - 22 points - gpo - DocMoody
26 - 21 points - can - Dark Kariya
27 - 21 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
28 - 20 points - hcg - personman
29 - 20 points - eab - Biscuit
30 - 20 points - mtc - MegaApple
31 - 20 points - hcg - dsparil
32 - 20 points - eab - Nobby_UK
33 - 20 points - hcg - mainpatr
34 - 19 points - ftg - Lurker
35 - 19 points - eab - darkwave[/b]
36 - 19 points - mmx - Klunky
37 - 18 points - sh2 - Gatar
38 - 18 points - gms - hellermarie
39 - 17 points - ata - jgkspsx
40 - 17 points - mnc - Dream-Team
41 - 17 points - rta - Cucurbitacée
42 - 17 points - nto - curly bird
43 - 17 points - eab - gimbal
44 - 16 points - pop - A Gentle Breeze
45 - 16 points - rpg - Anna
46 - 16 points - mmx - Lynx
47 - 15 points - lgs - Alicinger
48 - 15 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
49 - 15 points - gpo - rave
50 - 15 points - mnc - HomiSite
51 - 15 points - mnc - Schlomo
52 - 13 points - m!g - Red XIII
53 - 12 points - gpo - Bully
54 - 12 points - can - [CPC M.Rick75
55 - 12 points - gms - kopyright
56 - 12 points - rta - Blufunk
57 - 12 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
58 - 12 points - mmx - Dnamei
59 - 12 points - lgs - Darkcloud
60 - 12 points - nto - Zarathustra
61 - 12 points - mnc - Klees
62 - 12 points - gms - hellifanboy
63 - 12 points - gpo - Navarone
64 - 11 points - eab - Mailman
65 - 11 points - hcg - teroknor
66 - 11 points - nto - Matchet1984
67 - 11 points - mnc - Lukulus
68 - 10 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
69 - 10 points - ntl - Dogorilla
70 - 10 points - gpo - Konsolomio
71 - 10 points - spz - Kal1m3r0
72 - 10 points - gav - Wytz
73 - 10 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
74 - 10 points - rta - Luke88
75 - 09 points - mtc - QFNS
76 - 09 points - mmx - LittleChoco
77 - 09 points - hcg - Alexmate
78 - 09 points - lgs - Numfuddle
79 - 09 points - rpg - Zion
80 - 09 points - sh2 - Vino
81 - 09 points - mnc - Mitschel
82 - 08 points - mmx - Winyett
83 - 08 points - pop - Don Como
84 - 08 points - gms - j1m
85 - 08 points - can - Franky Mikey
86 - 07 points - mnc - elementalMaster
87 - 06 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
88 - 06 points - nto - 4C8en
89 - 06 points - nto - Ande
90 - 06 points - gpo - Eddie
91 - 06 points - gms - Kanedat
92 - 06 points - gav - Sun
93 - 05 points - gav - Yoshi
94 - 05 points - sh2 - godzella
95 - 04 points - mnc - Yeboah17
96 - 04 points - gav - Rippi
97 - 04 points - hcg - snake
98 - 03 points - ata - JeremiahJT
99 - 03 points - pop - Sascha
100- 03 points - mmx - Shades
101- 03 points - pop - PUH
102- 03 points - ftg - Cappy
103- 02 points - pop - Daiyama
104- 02 points - mtc - FunnyJay
105- 02 points - ntl - BruceCM
106- 01 points - pop - Arne
107- 01 points - m!g - Kong


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
lgs - last game standing
m!g - Man!iac
mmx - Multimediaxis
mnc - old maniac
mtc - Metacouncil
ntl - NintendoLife
nto - NTower
pop - Powerplay
rpg - RPG Maker
rta - ResetEra
rtc - RetroCanteen
sh2 - Shock²
spz - Spazio PC


Well then, award ceremony: congratulations to EmmaDansTonU and Mangamaniac2171... you both got FULL POINTS and won this round!

Also congrats to Gerhard S., EarthPainting, windfisch, Roarer, TheLastToKnow, Wibblewozzer, excelsior and lifer, together you are the TOP 10.


LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 22 points - Havie
2 - 20 points - Biscuit
3 - 20 points - Nobby_UK
4 - 19 points - darkwave
5 - 17 points - gimbal
6 - 11 points - Mailman

Congratulations to Havie for the local lead.
Biscuit is 0,039 points ahead of Nobby.

Here's the link again for the short "best-of-2021" poll: https://forms.gle/jZh9n6bhhPTUjkwH8

Thanks to all of you for taking part. Maybe we will see each other again next year!

[gimbal]

Yeah I guessed it was Metroid Prime for #1... Hard to tell them apart you know

The Cave Story one was pretty gnarly, luckily it was easy to find by just googling "No00 egg"

I must admit this was not my favorite quiz, there are just too many bloody metroidvania games and a lot of them kind of blend together. BUT... I did find quite a few awesome looking games. To name a few:

- the Last Faith (could have been a sequel to Blasphemous): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1...he_Last_Faith/
- Faeland: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1280080/Faeland/
- Sheepo (I had this one pegged for #15 actually, but the aesthetics didn't match up exactly): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281790/SHEEPO/

And especially: Inmost, https://store.steampowered.com/app/938560/INMOST/

[Nobby_UK]

Well done Havie and all

Cave Story was the one I found for the Amiga

[Biscuit]

good job Havie

looking forward to the end of year results

[Havie]

Thanks everyone and some good scores overall on a very tough quiz!

I think Nobby has the overall win for the year and it will be interesting to see where EAB are overall...

[Mr_Horizon]

FINAL HIGH SCORE 2021

Once again a quiz year has passed, and I'd like to announce the year-end-ranking of all the 25 participating forums.

How do you score points for your forum?
SCORE HIGH - get placed in the Top 10.
ENDURANCE - participate in at least five quizzes without a break.

More details: https://i.imgur.com/H3cKDnJ.png

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2021 FORUM RANKING


Congrats, the English Amiga Board ("eab" in the table) increases its rank from 8 to 7, thanks to several strong contributors!
Who were these high scorers? (1st number is points via high score, 2nd number is points via endurance)

Havie (15+3)
Nobby_UK (11+4)
Biscuit (0+3)
darkwave (0+3)

Table from 2020: https://i.imgur.com/GO7pxOq.png
Table from 2019: https://i.imgur.com/Lva9Ntj.png
Table from 2018: https://i.imgur.com/RpnKJJn.png

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Forums that joined the game this year: Atari Age, Fontgeek, NTower, play3 and IGN Italia. Welcome!

Forums that left us this year: Play3, IGN Italia, 4Players, PCX and Videogameszone. The latter three were with us for years, sad to see you go!

[Mr_Horizon]

GLOBAL TOP 100

No matter if they were gained them with real skill or with steady persistence - here is the point ranking of the Top 100 players of this year:

The first five entries also show the change compared to last year. Congrats to lifer for his second winning year! But watch out, the lead is shrinking.


01 - 244 points - lifer (-15)
02 - 242 points - The_BACH (+12)
03 - 236 points - residentgrigo (-12)
04 - 236 points - Gerhard S. (-6)
05 - 236 points - TheLastToKnow (+211)
06 - 229 points - EarthPainting
07 - 229 points - Valdien
08 - 219 points - AuraPaladinne
09 - 218 points - Knuckles
10 - 216 points - Fedprod

11 - 215 points - Nobby_UK
12 - 214 points - Havie
13 - 214 points - Excelsior
14 - 210 points - Roarer
15 - 201 points - partykiller
16 - 198 points - Parsnip
17 - 196 points - Striderblade
18 - 196 points - Mangamaniac2171
19 - 192 points - malus
20 - 191 points - Dreamteam
21 - 189 points - Windfisch
22 - 185 points - Wibblewozzer
23 - 183 points - Illusionary
24 - 183 points - Wizdom
25 - 179 points - darkwave
26 - 175 points - Gatar
27 - 174 points - Biscuit
28 - 174 points - Dark Kariya
29 - 164 points - teroknor
30 - 162 points - Vino
31 - 159 points - a gentle breeze
32 - 149 points - Antiriad2097
33 - 133 points - hellermarie
34 - 120 points - marek
35 - 118 points - kopyright
36 - 117 points - Kong
37 - 116 points - ElementalMaster
38 - 115 points - FunnyJay
39 - 112 points - Red XIII
40 - 111 points - Rave
41 - 108 points - HomiSite
42 - 107 points - Don Como
43 - 106 points - Klunky
44 - 106 points - gimbal
45 - 103 points - alexmate
46 - 103 points - Emmadanstonu
47 - 102 points - aLaxLuthor
48 - 97 points - Eddie
49 - 94 points - Cucurbitacée
50 - 93 points - Numfuddle
51 - 92 points - M.Rick75
52 - 89 points - Navarone
53 - 86 points - Lynx
54 - 85 points - Mitschel
55 - 84 points - Dogorilla
56 - 82 points - Blufunk
57 - 81 points - dsparil
58 - 80 points - Geohound
59 - 80 points - godzella
60 - 79 points - Lukulus
61 - 79 points - LittleChoco
62 - 78 points - MegaApple
63 - 77 points - Dolphin
64 - 76 points - hellifanboy
65 - 76 points - Klees
66 - 75 points - mssq
67 - 75 points - Zion
68 - 74 points - Yeboah17
69 - 74 points - Lockenvogel
70 - 71 points - Bully
71 - 70 points - Personman
72 - 69 points - Dnamei
73 - 68 points - SonicFanNerd
74 - 68 points - Nihilistic Monk
75 - 66 points - FoxSpitzer
76 - 64 points - Sascha
77 - 64 points - Blooper987
78 - 64 points - Zarathustra
79 - 61 points - PUH
80 - 61 points - BVBFabi09
81 - 61 points - Mister_L
82 - 61 points - Dixip
83 - 60 points - ElginMcQueen
84 - 58 points - Luke88
85 - 53 points - Thrawn
86 - 53 points - Lurker
87 - 51 points - Franky Mikey
88 - 49 points - TheSnesFreak
89 - 49 points - D4rkD
90 - 48 points - Snake
91 - 47 points - Splunge
92 - 47 points - Darkcloud
93 - 46 points - mailman
94 - 45 points - Wiede
95 - 43 points - PsionBolt
96 - 43 points - KHlover
97 - 42 points - Yoshi
98 - 40 points - Belgarath
99 - 38 points - Scorplian
100- 38 points - QFNS

[Mr_Horizon]

LOCAL TOP 10

No matter if you gained them with real skill or with steady persistence - here is your ranking in the local Top 10 of the year 2021:

01 - 215 points - Nobby_UK (-7)
02 - 214 points - Havie (+34)
03 - 179 points - darkwave (-18)
04 - 174 points - Biscuit (+7)
05 - 106 points - gimbal (+51)
06 - 46 points - mailman (+15)
07 - 40 points - Belgarath (+12)
08 - 09 points - Macca (+9)
09 - 00 points - scifi (-18)
10 - 00 points - Tweeky (-11)

I'll see you in the new year!

[Havie]

Well done Nobby - got me by one!

And well done to everyone else - moving on up.

Thanks to Mr H as ever and a very Merry Christmas to all.

[Biscuit]

Great result. Strong knowledge here.

Seems to be getting more competitive.

If only I could have made it into the top ten just once. Next year!

And of course, thank you Mr Horizon for all the effort you put in. Really enjoy it.

[Nobby_UK]

Well done all
and
thanks to Mr Horizon for making it possible

[darkwave]

Well done Nobby and Havie. Very close! And well done to everyone here on moving up to 7th overall.

I still haven't got over missing out on Sonic Shuffle in the Sega round to get what would have been my first full house!
Oh well, here's to next year.

Thanks Mr Horizon on all your hard work putting this together. I always look forward to my monthly fix and enjoy the discoveries along the way.

[gimbal]

Alright top 50 is not bad since I missed a couple

[mkrleza]

Dude, I wish I had joined earlier... This looks very interesting, fun, and nostalgic.

[gimbal]

I'm sure there will be a 2022 run too, stay tuned.