Monthly Retro Gaming Quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

watch out everybody, this round ends tonight!

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Answers & Score

Okay, to you over a hundred (wow!) fellow players: it's puzzled out, the round is over. Now come the answers plus high score, and we got everything between one and all points.
But wait... two new forums have joined the quiz, the IGN Italia Board and the Play3 Community. Thanks and have fun!

1) Fez
Answer rate: 81%
Other suggestions: Anthem

2) Professor Layton.
The start screen of the first entry of the series.
Answer rate: 87%
Other suggestions: Control

3) Hero Wars.
The free-to-play game with the annoying online advertising actually has puzzles. However, "Hero Rescue", which has been mentioned several times, is a different game with a different main character.
Answer rate: 54%
Other suggestions: 4x Hero Rescue, Dragon Quest Heroes, Terraria

4) Baba is you
A really excellent puzzler that has rightly won many awards.
Answer rate: 83%
Other suggestions: Deltarune, Hades, Undertale, Youtubers Life.

5) Monument Valley
Answer rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Patapon, Q*Bert

6) Monkey Island 2 Special Edition.
Use the Monkey Wrench on the Monkey Island, here the HD Special Edition.
Solving rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Atelier Viorate, Day of the Tentacle, Putt-Putt.

7) Picross S
Answer rate: 75%
Other suggestions: Sudoku, Battleship

8.) Baphomet's Curse / Broken Sword
Well, which one of you has dared to mess with this goat?
Solving rate: 68%
Other suggestions: Secret of the Druids, Deponia, Discworld, Rusty Lake, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Inner World.

9) Return of the Obra Dinn.
"Sudoku with corpses"
Answer rate: 73%
Other suggestions: Melty Blood Actress Again, Sega Rally

10) The Dig
Answer rate: 46%
Other suggestions: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, King's Quest, Monkey Island 3, Portal, Runaway, Terra Topia, The Pit.

11) Bridge Constructor Portal
Answer rate: 56%
Other suggestions: Exit, Hearthstone, Sega Rally

12) Gabriel Knight 3.
A moustache made of cat hair....
Answer rate: 39%
Other suggestions: Shen Mue, Secret Files Tunguska, Monkey Island, Pirates of the Carribbean, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties, Shaq Fu, Sherlock Holmes, Where in the World is Freddy Mercury.

13) Polarium Advance
Answer rate: 44%
Other suggestions: Lumines, Picross, vvvvvv

14) Silent Hill.
My favourite Silent Hill puzzle
Solving rate: 53%
Other suggestions: Black Mirror, Resident Evil, Stories Untold

15) Sokoban.
The original box pusher!
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: BMX XXX, Puzzle Boys, Undertale

16) BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!
The most recent game in the Boxboy series.
Answer rate: 56%
Other suggestions: Block Dude, Pile Up, Wet

17) Murder by Numbers
Answer rate: 51%
Other suggestions: Blocks that Matter, Persona, Pile Up, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

18.) Kwirk
Answer rate: 52%
Other suggestions: Cool Spot

19) Chromagun
No, this is not Portal...
Answer rate: 41%
Other suggestions: 14x Portal, Bridge Constructor, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, MAG Massive Action Game, Q.U.B.E., The Witness.

20) Phantasmagoria 2
Answer rate: 27%
Other suggestions: Daedalus Encounter, Emergency Room: Private Patient, Lsd, Spore, The Tiny Bang Story, Total Annihilation, Trauma Center.

21) SpaceChem
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: Fable 2

22) Codebreaker.
Not a very good game for the Atari 2600.
Answer rate: 34%
Other suggestions: 3x E.T., Atari Brain Games, Basic Math, Dante`s Inferno, Fun With Numbers, Space invaders, Tetris

23) Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire
Answer rate: 32%
Other suggestions: Zelda, Breath of Fire 2, Earthbound, Fifa 15, Final Fantasy Adventure, Zak McCracken.

24) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Graphic remake of the 80s text adventure based on the famous novel, and the hardest entry of this round.
Answer rate: 28%
Other suggestions: Antichamber, Overlord, Return of the Obra Dinn, Sega Rally.

25) Minesweeper.
I thought this was difficult!!!
Answer rate: 87%
Other suggestions: Solitaire


Now here is the puzzle picture again, followed by the solution:


Answer picture:

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



HIGH SCORE

01 - 25 points - hcg - Excelsior
01 - 25 points - rta - EarthPainting
01 - 25 points - rta - residentgrigo
01 - 25 points - rta - marek
01 - 25 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
01 - 25 points - gav - Wizdom
01 - 25 points - eab - Havie
01 - 25 points - mnc - Dream-Team
01 - 25 points - eab - Nobby_UK
01 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
01 - 25 points - m!g - Kong
01 - 25 Points - ntl - lifer

13 - 24 points - rta - Roarer
14 - 24 points - mmx - fedprod
15 - 24 points - mmx - Knuckles
16 - 24 points - mtc - Valdien
17 - 24 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
18 - 24 points - rta - malus
19 - 23 points - mtc - Parsnip
20 - 23 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
21 - 22 Points - hcg - dsparil
22 - 22 Points - mnc - wynk
23 - 22 points - rta - Illusionary
24 - 22 points - sh2 - Gatar
25 - 22 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
26 - 22 points - eab - Biscuit
27 - 22 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
28 - 21 points - mtc - mssq
29 - 20 points - gms - hellermarie
30 - 19 points - gsg - partykiller
31 - 19 points - mnc - Lukulus
32 - 18 points - mnc - Dolphin
33 - 18 points - eab - gimbal
34 - 18 points - ntl - Blooper987
35 - 18 points - eab - darkwave
36 - 17 points - lgs - Mister_L
37 - 17 points - hcg - teroknor
38 - 17 points - hcg - windfisch
39 - 17 points - pop - A Gentle Breeze
40 - 17 points - rta - Cucurbitacée
41 - 16 points - mtc - FunnyJay
42 - 16 points - gms - kopyright
43 - 16 points - can - Dark Kariya
44 - 16 points - sh2 - Vino
45 - 16 points - lgs - Numfuddle
46 - 15 points - m!g - geohound
47 - 14 points - mnc - elementalMaster
48 - 14 points - mtc - Arsene
49 - 14 points - mmx - Lynx
50 - 14 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
51 - 13 points - ntl - Dogorilla
52 - 13 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
53 - 12 points - gms - kanedat
54 - 12 points - gms - hellifanboy
55 - 12 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
57 - 12 points - m!g - Red XIII
56 - 12 points - lgs - svenoble
58 - 12 points - rta - Luke88
59 - 12 points - pop - Don Como
60 - 12 points - mnc - Klees
61 - 12 points - mnc - Mitschel
62 - 12 points - mnc - Bozbar!
63 - 11 points - rtc - Carrot007
64 - 11 points - nto - Ande
65 - 11 points - nto - Curly Bird
66 - 11 points - nto - Zarathustra
67 - 11 points - gpo - Eddie
68 - 11 points - hcg - Personman
69 - 10 points - ign - striderblade
70 - 10 points - gpo - rave
71 - 10 points - can - M.Rick75
72 - 09 points - mnc - the_korben
73 - 09 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
74 - 09 points - rta - Blufunk
75 - 09 points - can - Kulfy
76 - 08 points - 4py - Scorplian
77 - 08 points - 4py - schockbock
78 - 08 points - mtc - QFNS
79 - 08 points - gpo - Navarone
80 - 07 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
81 - 06 points - gpo - KHlover
82 - 06 points - hcg - Alexmate
83 - 06 points - nto - Matchet1984
84 - 06 points - sh2 - godzella
85 - 06 points - gpo - Bully
86 - 06 points - m!g - SonicFanNerd
87 - 06 points - mmx - Dnamei
88 - 06 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
89 - 06 points - mmx - LittleChoco
90 - 06 points - rpg - Zion
91 - 05 points - pop - Sascha
92 - 05 points - nto - 4C8en
93 - 05 points - ntl - CactusMan
94 - 04 points - ign - master94ga
95 - 04 points - gav - YOshi
96 - 04 points - mmx - Shades
97 - 03 points - rpg - D4rkD
98 - 03 points - 4py - Akabei
99 - 03 points - pop - Daiyama
100- 02 points - py3 - President Evil
101- 02 points - hcg - Snake
102- 01 points - pop - PUH
103- 01 points - pop - Arne


Participants from here are bold, in case of equal scores weighted points decided (less often guessed titles give more) or as an emergency solution the date of the entry.


Wow, 12 people with full points? A whole dozen winners?! That's a first!!!

Well then, congratulations to (in order of first entry) Excelsior, EarthPainting, residentgrigo, marek, TheLastToKnow, Wizdom, Havie, Dream-Team, Nobby_UK, The_BACH, Kong and lifer. .. you all WON and share the first place.


Here is the local high score:

1 - 25 points - Havie
1 - 25 points - Nobby_UK
3 - 22 points - Biscuit
4 - 18 points - gimbal
5 - 18 points - darkwave

All hail to Havie and Nobby_UK for the global and local lead.

Thanks to everyone for taking part and see you next time!

[Nobby_UK]

Well Done All

[Havie]

Amazing work everyone - good round for the EAB!

[Biscuit]

EAB kicking bottom as usual.

[gimbal]

Well, at least the 18 I put in were all correct, that's something

Now for my gripe: I am appalled that the Witness was not in this quiz! That's like the gold standard for a puzzle in the game, it's got more than 200 of them.

Or what about Banjo Kazooie/Tooie ? You collect jiggies which are actual puzzle pieces which you then use to complete puzzles so you unlock levels to play...


So yeah, Codebreaker. That one was a doozie. The only permutation of keywords that made a screenshot appear for me was "atari 2600 puzzle game". Singular form. As soon as you pluralize to "games", poof - gone from the search results. I was early on cursing the fact that the screenshot had so little detail to it, just a couple of squares. But that actually made it stand out because I can't actually find an Atari 2600 game with less detail to it than Codebreaker. Just had to find a screenshot with almost nothing in it.

Chromagun was a fun one. I didn't know the game at all but the Portal hint made me google "games like Portal" and hey presto, top search result.

Murder by Numbers I found by complete accident. I was googling every permutation of "puzzle game flying robot" I could think of and zip, nada zilch. I pretty much figured I would never figure out that game. But then I was trying to find what turned out to be Picross and for some reason I started to search for "numbers puzzle video game" even though there are no numbers in that screenshot. And then I saw the flying robot, right at the top of the search results. Go figure.

Did anyone not know Silent Hill but still managed to find out based on that screenshot which does not actually show the game itself? I've played the game a million times so I already recognized it by the font alone, but I felt a little sorry for people who were unfamiliar with the game

[Havie]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Well, at least the 18 I put in were all correct, that's something

Now for my gripe: I am appalled that the Witness was not in this quiz! That's like the gold standard for a puzzle in the game, it's got more than 200 of them.

Or what about Banjo Kazooie/Tooie ? You collect jiggies which are actual puzzle pieces which you then use to complete puzzles so you unlock levels to play...


So yeah, Codebreaker. That one was a doozie. The only permutation of keywords that made a screenshot appear for me was "atari 2600 puzzle game". Singular form. As soon as you pluralize to "games", poof - gone from the search results. I was early on cursing the fact that the screenshot had so little detail to it, just a couple of squares. But that actually made it stand out because I can't actually find an Atari 2600 game with less detail to it than Codebreaker. Just had to find a screenshot with almost nothing in it.

Chromagun was a fun one. I didn't know the game at all but the Portal hint made me google "games like Portal" and hey presto, top search result.

Murder by Numbers I found by complete accident. I was googling every permutation of "puzzle game flying robot" I could think of and zip, nada zilch. I pretty much figured I would never figure out that game. But then I was trying to find what turned out to be Picross and for some reason I started to search for "numbers puzzle video game" even though there are no numbers in that screenshot. And then I saw the flying robot, right at the top of the search results. Go figure.

Did anyone not know Silent Hill but still managed to find out based on that screenshot which does not actually show the game itself? I've played the game a million times so I already recognized it by the font alone, but I felt a little sorry for people who were unfamiliar with the game

And my gripe is that you didn't get Professor Layton - great games, love the puzzles and the weird, wacky and sometimes random story. Played and completed all the DS games - need to play the 3DS game. In fact, was so obsessed with the Curious Village that I actually found all the hint coins and completed all the puzzles for 100% which is unheard of for me as I generally just get to the end of a game and move on.

Thanks Mr H as always and especially for the quick turnaround of the answers.

[gimbal]

You are very mistaken, I never said I didn't get that one. I played and completed all entries that released on the original DS. The 3DS game I did not enjoy as much, the puzzles started to repeat a lot. Fantastic games but eventually they ran out of puzzle ideas I guess.

One thing I did not enjoy as much was frantically tapping all over the screen to find all three coins

[Nobby_UK]

Played Silent Hill on the PlayStation
but did not get it without a google:
"It's written in blood" puzzle search

[capehorn]

Originally Posted by Mr_Horizon

25) Minesweeper.
I thought this was difficult!!!
Answer rate: 87%
Other suggestions: Solitaire

That's interesting, I wondered if there would be anyone who didn't get it, it might be the most played puzzle game in the world.

[gimbal]

Not so sure about that one. Certainly not the world, the western world maybe but I would put my money on Solitaire then myself.

[Havie]

Originally Posted by gimbal

You are very mistaken, I never said I didn't get that one. I played and completed all entries that released on the original DS. The 3DS game I did not enjoy as much, the puzzles started to repeat a lot. Fantastic games but eventually they ran out of puzzle ideas I guess.

One thing I did not enjoy as much was frantically tapping all over the screen to find all three coins

Whoops - sorry! Strangely, I find the tapping all over the screen slightly therapeutic. Little Hav has the 3DS game so no doubt I will play it one day where there is some time...

[capehorn]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Not so sure about that one. Certainly not the world, the western world maybe but I would put my money on Solitaire then myself.

Fair enough, I just meant almost everyone who has had Windows has probably played it, it's certainly the most played of all the games in the quiz. I kind of suspected it might have been gotten by 100%.

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Time Travel

Good old time travel is a popular stylistic device to make a story a bit more interesting (dinosaurs! AND laser weapons!). In video games, Max Payne taught us about "bullet time", and some modern titles use time as a gameplay element even beyond slow motion. In this round you have 25 representatives in one bunch, do you know them all?

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

Here comes the quiz, have fun:

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

[gimbal]

I'm spotting ~10 that I know... Three of which are the same franchise.

It looks to me that the most beloved time travel game is not actually in the list... My wagging finger is locked and loaded

[Havie]

Can see about 9 that look but no sign of the Tardis!

[gimbal]

At least time travel is an easier theme. I'm ticking them off by just describing to google what is in the screenshot basically #11 should be really easy in that respect but of course the ones that look the easiest end up being the hardest to find...

The last row is especially difficult as per usual though... I'm at 19 confirmed and I'm thinking I'm lucky if I get to 20...

[Nobby_UK]

16 ish So Far.

I think ? I've got them all

[Havie]

Now up to 23 (I think)...

[gimbal]

Hints, hints, hints, hints, hints.