Monthly Videogame Quiz

[Mr_Horizon]

July Quiz - Answers & Score

The bonus question wasn't particularly popular this round, only half of you (49%) even submitted a suggestion. There were multiple mentions for Uncharted (22%) as well as Tomb Raider, Witcher, Indiana Jones, Myst (with 2% each).

Only 8.6% guessed correctly:



It was the close-up of this treasure map from the 80s classic "The Goonies". No points were awarded for this, it wasn't a computer game after all!

Well then, let's start the evaluation: First the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score table.


1) Doom 64
Not as iconic as I thought Whereas I quite like "Elite" and "Thrust" as entries, from the vector graphics and genre influence (as "Elite clones" and "Thrust clones" were a thing after all) one can understand that.
Answer rate: 71%
Other suggestions: Metal Gear Solid, Deus Ex, Turok, System Shock, Thrust, Elite

2) Super Mario Galaxy 2
Everyone recognises the Mario head, therefore the easiest game of this round.
Answer rate: 95%
Other suggestions: -

3) Dota 2
I thought everyone had seen this diagonal "three paths and a river through the middle" map (which has remained roughly the same since the first game) by now.
Answer rate: 58%
Other suggestions: 9x League of Legends, StarCraft, Command & Conquer, Smite, Rogue, Supreme Commander, Warcraft, X-Com

4) Metroid Prime 2
This is the second Nintendo exclusive title of this round.
Answer rate: 66%
Other suggestions: Breath of the Wild, Castlevania, Dead Space, Descent, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Half Life, Resident Evil, Warframe

5) Diablo
This is the first time this classic game has appeared in this quiz series, I thought more people knew it.
Solving rate: 68%
Other suggestions: 4x Ultima, Dungeon Keeper, Kagero, Planescape: Torment, Syndicate

6) Batman Arkham Origins
Na na na na na na na Batman symbol!
Answer rate: 80%
Other suggestions: Metroid Dread

7) Red Faction Guerilla
Despite the big logo in the middle of the map, just over half of you recognise it. And "Red Steel" is close in name, but just an overhyped Wii fps.
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: 4x Command & Conquer, The Settlers, Fallout, Red Steel, Rust

8.) Desert Strike
Answer rate: 59%
Other suggestions: Civilization, commando, Desert Storm, Firepower, Sim City, Turn & Burn, Ww2

9) Far Cry 2
Answer rate: 59%
Other suggestions: Uncharted Lost Legacy, Bard's Tale, Battle Field, Dead Rising, Deadly Premonition, Quake Enemy Territory, Tomb Raider

10) Star Fox 2
I was wondering why someone would enter "1993 Space Machine" here, but then I realised: that game was on ice for over twenty years, just like Star Fox 2!
Answer rate: 55%
Other suggestions: 5x Star Control, Master of Orion, Space Rangers 2, Toejam and Earl, Wing Commander, xia, 1993: Space Machine

11) Silent Hill 4
Answer rate: 48%
Other suggestions: 4x Resident Evil, Thief, Agatha Christie, Bully, Duke Nukem Forever, Gone Home, Hitman, Life is Strange, Shadowman, This War of Mine

12) Beyond Good & Evil
Is there actually a second part coming? :/
Answer rate: 39%
Other suggestions: Battalion Wars, Bubble Bobble, Crackdown, GTA Vice City, Shellshock

13) Day Z
I also let "Arma" stand. They have the same background and look so similar.
Answer rate: 33%
Other suggestions: 4x Vietcong, 4x Ghost Recon, Lost Patrol, Socom, Bad Company, Call of Duty, Delta Force, Far cry 6, Modern Warfare, Saints Row The Third, spec ops, Golden Axe

14) Silent Hunter
Some entries for "Silent Service", but that's a different series.
Answer rate: 23%
Other suggestions: 5x Silent Service, Pirates, 1942: Pacific Air War, Aces of the Deep, Axis & Allies, Battle for midway, Civilization, F15 Strike Eagle, pacific strike, PTO, Sudden Strike

15) Ultima Underworld
Subtitled "the stygian Abyss". Impressive pre-Doom 3D graphics with automap.
Answer rate: 29%
Other suggestions: 7x Elder Scrolls, Zelda, Dragonflight, Hidden Valley, operation sandstorm

16) Mass Effect 2
This planetary view was easier to identify than I expected.
Answer rate: 59%
Other suggestions: X-Com, Elite Dangerous, Homeworld, Rogue Leader, Star Fox.

17) Golden Axe
I was curious how many "Discworld" entries there would be due to the odd turtle. Thirteen!
Answer rate: 48%
Other suggestions: 13x Discworld, God of War, Legend of Hero Tonma, Simon the Sorcerer, Skyrim

18.) Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader
Heavy pew pew pew over the Death Star, I could never do much with the radar though. This is the fourth Nintendo exclusive entry.
Answer rate: 26%
Other suggestions: 4x Wing Commander, Elite Dangerous, astrorock, Battlezone, Colony Wars, Frontier, Space Hulk, Tempest.

19) UN Squadron
Also known as Area 88.
Answer rate: 16%
Other suggestions: Jagged Alliance, Dune 1 & 2, Austerlitz, Battle Isle, battleships, Empire, Laser Squad

20) Airborne Ranger
Answer rate: 13%
Other suggestions: Dune 1 & 2, Beach Head, Castles, Command & Conquer , Commando, Conquestador, Hades Nebula, Icari Warriors, It Came From the Desert, Rambo, Robinson's Requiem, Star Wars, Tank Arena, ZZT

21) Dead State
Exactly half of you got it right.
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: Big Mutha Truckers, Blackwell series, Dead by Daylight, Dead Rising, Forza, hunting simulator, Jagged Alliance, Resident Evil 3, Road 96, State of Decay 2, The Sims, Uncharted

22) Midnight Club L.A.
The only racing game of this round.
Answer rate: 13%
Other suggestions: GTA, Need for Speed, Burnout, Anomaly Korea, Black Ops, Cities Skylines, Forza Horizon, Front Mission, Persona, Saints Row, Test Drive Unlimited, The Crew, Tom Clancy's Endwar

23) Men of War - Assault Squad
Many have named Company of Heroes, but this is a different series despite all the similarities.
Answer rate: 5%
Other suggestions: 10x Company of Heroes, Battlefield, ARMA, Command & Conquer, Dynasty Warriors, Iron Harvest, Battle for Middle Earth, Syndicate, Total War, Valkyria Chronicles, world of warcraft

24) Prototype
Here I used a generic "New York map" to give the pros something to do and to see what suggestions come in.
Answer rate: 28%
Other suggestions: 8x Spider-Man, True Crime NYC, GTA, Alone in the Dark, Fallout, Infamous, Resistance, Saints Row, The Division, Twister Metal

25) Battle Engine Aquila
An unspectacular sci fi shooter for the ps2.
Answer rate: 13%
Other suggestions: Halo, Battlezone, Drakan, Ground Control, Gunship, Magic Carpet, Monster Hunter, Outcast, Populous, Sacrifice, Star Wars Battlefield, Super Mario Kart 64



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



Answers:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/I0hv7mO.png


HIGH SCORE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Dream Team
01 - 25 Points - mmx - Nayuta
01 - 25 Points - rta - Marek
01 - 25 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
01 - 25 points - spz - The_Bach

06 - 24 points - rta - EarthPainting
07 - 24 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
08 - 24 points - mnc - East West Elite
09 - 23 points - mmx - fedprod
10 - 22 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
11 - 22 points - mtc - Valdien
12 - 22 points - ntl - lifer
13 - 21 Points - mnc - Gerhard S.
14 - 20 Points - gpo - DocMoody
15 - 19 Points - eab - Little Havie
16 - 19 points - eab - darkwave
17 - 19 points - m!g - Baseman
18 - 18 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
19 - 17 points - rta - Illusionary
20 - 17 points - gav - Wizdom

21 - 17 points - eab - Havie
22 - 17 points - mtc - Parsnip
23 - 17 points - eab - Nobby_UK
24 - 16 points - cib - Sundog
25 - 16 points - smu - drauch
26 - 16 points - mmx - Knuckles
27 - 16 points - ata - jgkspsx
28 - 15 points - rta - Codas
29 - 15 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
30 - 15 points - mnc - HomiSite
31 - 15 points - hcg - Apollo Chungus
32 - 15 points - smu - Herr Schatten
33 - 15 points - gsg - partykiller
34 - 15 points - rta - *Splinter
35 - 14 points - hcg - Mainpatr
36 - 14 points - ftg - DeekyFun
37 - 14 points - ftg - rwklau
38 - 14 points - mmx - Klunky
39 - 14 points - mtc - mssq
40 - 14 points - mnc - sonic2d
41 - 13 points - gpo - rave
42 - 13 points - mtc - MegaApple
43 - 13 points - gpo - Konsolomio
44 - 13 points - rpg - Dezue
45 - 12 points - hcg - Personman
46 - 12 points - hcg - dsparil
47 - 12 points - gms - kopyright
48 - 12 points - can - M.Rick75
49 - 12 points - ftg - drhcnip
50 - 12 points - rta - Freezard
51 - 12 points - rta - Gygas
52 - 12 points - spz - Striderblade
53 - 11 points - mnc - Mitschel
54 - 11 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
55 - 11 points - pop - Don Como
56 - 11 points - rkb - Addearheart
57 - 11 points - mmx - Cutter Slade
58 - 11 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
59 - 11 points - gms - hellermarie
60 - 10 points - eab - TCD
61 - 10 points - hcg - teroknor
62 - 10 points - ftg - Destria
63 - 10 points - can - Dark Kariya
64 - 10 points - hcg - excelsior
65 - 10 points - rta - SinOfHeart
66 - 10 points - ntl - ReadytoShock
67 - 10 points - hcg - Son of Suzy Creamcheese
68 - 10 points - gpo - KHlover
69 - 10 points - gpo - Eddie
70 - 9 points - wtd - svenoble
71 - 9 points - gav - Cube
72 - 9 points - ftg - Cappy
73 - 9 points - ftg - Lurker
74 - 9 points - mtc - FunnyJay
75 - 9 points - sh2 - Vino
76 - 9 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
77 - 9 points - mnc - elementalMaster
78 - 9 points - rkb - Philippe161
79 - 8 points - f64 - Jammet
80 - 8 points - spz - Geddoe
81 - 8 points - rta - Blufunk
82 - 8 points - wtd - zoltan.schwegler
83 - 8 points - gpo - FireSmoke
84 - 8 points - mmx - Dnamei
85 - 8 points - rta - Bushmonkey
86 - 7 points - gms - hellifanboy
87 - 7 points - rtc - Elginmcqueen
88 - 7 points - rpg - D4rkD
89 - 7 points - ftg - RyanDS
90 - 7 points - gpo - Bully
91 - 7 points - gpo - Navarone
92 - 7 points - gav - Scorplian
93 - 7 points - f64 - flowerking
94 - 7 points - rkb - Kirika1987
95 - 7 points - mtc - QFNS
96 - 6 points - wtd - Rossyrg
97 - 6 points - wtd - jenoogle
98 - 6 points - f64 - Endurion
99 - 6 points - ntl - Dogorilla
100 - 6 points - sh2 - Bonz
101 - 6 points - mmx - Lynx
102 - 6 points - gpo - Gameproff
103 - 6 points - nto - 4C8en
104 - 5 points - hcg - snake
105 - 5 points - f64 - JPK64
106 - 5 points - smu - Mischief Maker
107 - 5 points - mmx - LittleChoco
108 - 5 points - cib - Elemental Master
109 - 5 points - rpg - Zion
110 - 5 points - sh2 - godzella
111 - 5 points - mmx - Shades
112 - 5 points - ata - Black_Tiger
113 - 4 points - eab - Mailman
114 - 4 points - nto - curlybird
115 - 4 points - pop - Daiyama
116 - 4 points - hcg - Alexmate
117 - 4 points - smu - Guigui
118 - 4 points - ata - JeremiahJT
119 - 3 points - m!g - Red XIII
120 - 3 points - ntl - StarPoint
121 - 3 points - pop - Puh
122 - 3 points - rtg - AlexH
123 - 2 points - pop - Sascha
124 - 2 points - gav - Yoshi
125 - 2 points - mnc - Arne
126 - 2 points - m!g - Kong
127 - 1 point - sh2 - the_joker2
128 - 1 point - rta - Bob



We have five winners with full points: Congratulations to the Dream-Team, Nayuta, Marek, EmmaDansTonU and The_Bach... you are all NUMBER ONE and share the first place.

For the other people in the top 20, please check out the big list above!



LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 16 points - drauch
2 - 15 points - Herr Schatten
3 - 05 points - Mischief Maker
4 - 04 points - Guigui


Congrats to drauch for the local lead.

But none of you got the bonus question right, what was going on there?

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

[drauch]

Pleased with that! Sad I missed UN Squadron though; that was pretty pathetic. Glad I got the Men of War one at least, which seemed to be the big one people missed. I love those games dearly.

Really shocked with the Doom and Diablo turnout. Figured those would be much higher, but I guess Diablo 1 probably has its limited fans at this point, sadly.

[Mr_Horizon]

Really shocked with the Doom and Diablo turnout. Figured those would be much higher, but I guess Diablo 1 probably has its limited fans at this point, sadly.

I agree - but I'm such a Doom fan, I consider every tiny piece of graphics, music or sound of "90s Doom" to be iconic. I guess this was a wakeup call to reality. I have never played Diablo myself, but expected both 1 & 2 to be easily recognisable by everyone - especially since the screen snippet here even showed the player character.

Next round is coming this weekend!

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - DOS Classics #4

Did anyone notice that the new quiz went online yesterday? No? Well, this is the official announcement.

After the last round of "gaming maps" was a wild mix across all decades and systems, this month it will be 100% retro again. The fourth installment of the DOS classics is here, and that brings us back to the personal computers of the 80s and 90s, with their lowres pixel graphics and crude polygons.

Of course, some of the games are multiplatform titles, so our console & home computer fans won't be left completely empty-handed.

As a bonus question you may again wish for something, because while last year I unfortunately failed to create a "make-a-wish" puzzle due to sloppy planning, I promise you for 2022: The last quiz of the year is made by you!

But now back to the current round: Deadline is Wednesday 31 August, participation via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz, good luck:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/GFZMmD7.png

[guigui]

I ... think I know one of them.
How can I even call myself a video game enthousiast ?

[Mischief Maker]

Did I fill out the proper forms correctly this time?

[BulletMagnet]

Looks like I'll be slinking away with my tail between my legs for a second month in a row, as I have zero experience with DOS gaming. Good luck to those with the chops for this round!

[Mr_Horizon]

I ... think I know one of them.
How can I even call myself a video game enthousiast ?

Hey, don't doubt yourself, there's just way too many games and my screenshots are way too tiny. A vast field of systems and genres spanning over five decades, and every year sees a five digit number of new titles. Even if you stick to the better known ones, you cannot know them all. And this is the fourth entry of "DOS classics", so of course I am running low of the really famous ones.

The clues will help, also I'm sure there will be a theme that's a better fit for you in the future... and I see you already wished for a certain game this round.

Did I fill out the proper forms correctly this time?

yes, you are in!

Looks like I'll be slinking away with my tail between my legs for a second month in a row, as I have zero experience with DOS gaming. Good luck to those with the chops for this round!

There's plenty of multiplatform titles this round... admittedly not a single shmup though!
Maybe you don't recognise the little guy with the green helmet from #1, but I am sure you will have heard his name once the answers are out.

[BulletMagnet]

Maybe you don't recognise the little guy with the green helmet from #1, but I am sure you will have heard his name once the answers are out.

If I was feeling really confident I might be willing to guess on perhaps five of them, though even that would likely be a stretch. I'm pretty sure the only areas of gaming I know less about are the non-USA computer systems (Spectrum, X68K, etc.) and the endless plethora of Atari 2600 also-rans.

[drauch]

As an American playing these forever a lot are easy, but of course, tons of difficult ones as well. A few driving me batty. There went the afternoon again!

[Mischief Maker]

Are we allowed to do research, or are we supposed to go into this cold?

[Mr_Horizon]

Are we allowed to do research, or are we supposed to go into this cold?

I don't want to set a rule that I have no way of enforcing.

There's no right and wrong answer here - some do indeed "go in cold", and many players do varying degrees of research. I don't believe the users that frequently get full points could do so without google. Put in as much time as you feel is right (and fun!), I'm trying to make the quiz fun for all people, even though it frequently ends up more difficult than intended.

The last row is usually meant to be extra-difficult (and the clues always leave out the final five) for those that like to play detective.

I only have one request, and that's "no crowdsourcing". In rare instances people have reposted parts of certain rounds on their own feeds (twitter & 4chan) to get more answers - and that's something I don't like because then answers are discussed openly before the round is over.

[Mischief Maker]

Okay, well I did it cold both times.

[Herr Schatten]

So far I’ve got 19/25. Not sure I got all of them right, though. I think I’ll have to wait for the hints to drop. The worst ones are those that I’m absolutely sure I have seen before but whose title just evades me.

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Clues #1

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Heads up, there's SOMETHING TO BE WON - mods from the "Gaming Village" forum are offering a prize for the top 3, namely download codes for the latest version of game #1.

Thank you: https://gaming-village.de/index.php
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Now back to the our usual program.
Just over thirty players so far and in many forums people are moaning "...but I don't know any DOS games!". And even if not all games have been recognised yet, I say: Don't worry, only six titles in this round are actual DOS exclusives, there are twelve games that were also released on the Amiga, and there are console ports of at least as many. I wonder if I could have said "no excuse" instead of "don't worry"

If my words of encouragement are not enough, here are the first hints:

1) In title #2 you fly through mines on other planets & fight the local robots.
2) In the early 90s game #8 you travel through space & try to find allies in the uprising against nasty aliens who have enslaved humanity.
3) In #5 you ski, most people know the version for Windows.
4) There are several point & click graphic adventures in this round, e.g. #7. Known as a Windows game, but there is also a DOS demo of it.

Deadline is Wednesday 31st August, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here is the quiz again - good luck: https://i.imgur.com/GFZMmD7.png

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Clues #2

Over fifty people are already playing - how about you? The answer rates are between 86% and 2%.... I hope to help the latter with this post, some titles are (without some classification to assist) once again very tricky.

Well then! Enough talk, here come the last hints:

1) The 19 is a DOS exclusive graphic adventure from the late 90s.
2) Action platformer #12, released only for DOS & Amiga, has two graffiti sprayers as protagonists.
3) Number 9 is a turn-based strategy game with mercenaries.
4) 13, 14 and 15 all have a "Stone Age" setting.

Deadline is Wednesday 31 August, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here is the puzzle again - you can do it: https://i.imgur.com/GFZMmD7.png

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - last call

This is the last call, tomorrow the DOS Classics are over. Over 80 people are already playing, including four from this forum. That's already good, any chance to make it five?
Don't forget, this time there's even a price for the winners!

But now let's go: Deadline is tomorrow (Wednesday), enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz one last time: https://i.imgur.com/GFZMmD7.png

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Answers & Score

Thirty players with 20+ points, and equally thirty people with 5 or less points.... perfectly balanced, as all things should be?
Winners of Commander Keen game vouchers will be contacted separately.

And where are you in the high score table? Scroll down and find out. Let's start with the scoring of the puzzle.... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the award ceremony.

1) Commander Keen 4
Probably the most famous DOS platformer ever (with ports for Game Boy Color and Switch) - but it's slowly being forgotten.
Solution rate: 82%
Other suggestions: -

2) Descent 2
There was a Playstation port of this with new levels.
Solution rate: 69%
Other suggestions: Cybermage, Epic, Forsaken, Star Wars, Titan Wars

3) Jazz Jackrabbit
The most solved game of this round, we see the spin-off "1995 Holiday Hare".
Solving rate: 83%
Other suggestions: Bucky O'Hare, Flood, Banyou Banzai

4) Space Hulk
Any variant of "Star Crusade" or "Warhammer 40k" was accepted as a solution.
Solution rate: 76%
Other suggestions: Chaos Engine, Doom, Wolfenstein 3D

5) SkiFree
Yes, there was also a DOS version of this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkiFree#History
Solution rate: 62%
Other suggestions: Ski or die, Ski Craze, Woodruff

6) Little Big Adventure
The adventures of Twinsen were also available on the Playstation.
Solution rate: 71%
Other suggestions: Little Big Planet, Runescape, Ultima, Zork

7) Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth.
This is not the Gobliiins series, even though the games had a very similar graphic style.
Solution rate: 39%
Other suggestions: 18x Gobliiins, Day of the Tentacle, Adventure's Planet, Bubba n Stix

8.) Star Control 2
Some players had wanted this title for a long time - let's go into battle against the Ur-Quan!
Solution rate: 47%
Other suggestions: Elite, Master of Orion, Space Quest, Star Trek, Starflight 2, Xcom UFO Defense, Xenon

9) Jagged Alliance
Solution rate: 45%
Other suggestions: 6x Warcraft, Albion, Battleground, Cannon Fodder, Command & Conquer, Deadly Games, The Settlers 1, Dune 2, Fallout, GTA, Merchanents, Sid Meier's Pirates, War Inc

10) Space Quest 2
Solving rate: 55%
Other suggestions: 4x Kings Quest, Leisure suit Larry, Flashback, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Prince of Persia, space janitor, The Black Cauldron, Wizardry

11) Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Well, where is she? Two thirds of you have found her!
Solution rate: 65%
Other suggestions: Indiana Jones, Indian Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Laura Bow, Sam and Max

12) Yo! Joe!
Solution rate: 35%
Other suggestions: Blues Brothers, Magic Pocket, Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon, Trolls

13) the Humans
Stone Age #1
Solution rate: 48%
Other suggestions: Big Nose the Caveman, Caveman, Caveman Ugh-Lympics, Toki

14) Prehistoric
Stone Age #2
Solution rate: 62%
Other suggestions: Chuck Rock, Caveman, Humans, Joe & Mac, Lemmings

15) Ugh!
Stone Age #3
Solution rate: 40%
Other suggestions: Lemmings, Little Big Adventure, Stone Age

16) Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon
Solution rate: 56%
Other suggestions: 7x Toonstruck, Sam & Max, Moon Mania, Rayman, sega rally

17) D/Generation
Solution rate: 41%
Other suggestions: Space Quest, Star Trek

18.) Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
Were there any other sci-fi RPGs with the Goldbox engine?
Solution rate: 32%
Other suggestions: Pools of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Dungeons & Dragons, Bio Menace, Ghoul Patrol, Sunset Riders, Tegel's Mercenaries

19) Sign of the Sun
The hardest game of this round, a rather mediocre adventure game from 1997.
Solving rate: 8%
Other suggestions: Quest for Glory, Baldur's Gate, Chronicles of the Sword, Chronomaster, Kings Quest, Bard's Tale, Daggerfall, Defender of the Crown, Dragon Lore 2, Dune, Ecstatica, Fable, Fallout, Hell, I have no mouth and I must scream, Silver, Talisman, Tower of Souls

20) Boppin'
Solution rate: 26%
Other suggestions: Chex Quest, Cool Spot, Gabriel knight 3, Zool

21) Battle Chess
No RPG, just chess.
Solving rate: 50%
Other suggestions: 7x Kings Quest, Ultima, Defender of the Crown

22) Gorillas.bas
Solution rate: 48%
Other suggestions: California games, King Kong, Superman

23) Innocent until Caught
The sequel "Guilty" also gave the full point.
Solution rate: 23%
Other suggestions: 10x Beneath a Steel Sky, Gabriel Knight, Full Throttle, Terminator, Dalek Attack, Dreamweb

24) Ravenloft: Stone Prophet
Solution rate: 26%
Other suggestions: Dune, Albion, Barbarian, Daggerfall, Final Fantasy, Full Throttle, Magic Carpet, Mdk, Might & Magic, Outlaws, Space Harrier, Ultima

25) Test Drive 2 - the duel
The baby from the difficulty setting - not exactly easy!
Solution rate: 10%
Other suggestions: Indy Heat, Chav Racer, Commander Keen, Crystal Caves, Ferrari Formula One, Grand Prix Cricuit, Offroad, Outrun, Pit Stop II, Speed Racer, Superkarts



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



Answer picture:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/YH9sQXz.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - rta - Marek
02 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
03 - 25 points - mnc - East-West Elite
04 - 25 points - mtc - KainXVIII
05 - 24 points - mmx - Nayuta
06 - 24 points - mmx - Knuckles
07 - 24 points - mmx - fedprod
08 - 23 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
09 - 23 points - can - Dark Kariya
10 - 23 points - spz - Striderblade
11 - 23 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
12 - 23 points - ntl - lifer
13 - 23 points - rta - EarthPainting
14 - 23 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
15 - 23 points - rpg - Calastellio
16 - 23 points - mnc - Andy1977
17 - 22 points - eab - Little Havie
18 - 22 points - hcg - windfish
19 - 22 points - hcg - teroknor
20 - 22 points - smu - Herr Schatten

21 - 22 Punkte - gsg - partykiller
22 - 22 Punkte - mnc - Dream Team
23 - 21 Punkte - gms - kopyright
24 - 21 Punkte - eab - Havie
25 - 21 Punkte - eab - TheCyberDruid
26 - 21 Punkte - gpo - DocMoody
27 - 21 Punkte - eab - darkwave
28 - 20 Punkte - eab - NOBBY_UK
29 - 20 Punkte - sh2 - Vino
30 - 19 Punkte - eab - gimbal
31 - 19 Punkte - mtc - FunnyJay
32 - 17 Punkte - hcg - excelsior
33 - 17 Punkte - mmx - Dnamei
34 - 17 Punkte - rta - malus
35 - 17 Punkte - ftg - Destria
36 - 17 Punkte - gav - Wizdom
37 - 17 Punkte - ftg - rwklau
38 - 16 Punkte - f64 - Endurion
39 - 16 Punkte - mtc - Valdien
40 - 16 Punkte - rtc - ElginMcQueen
41 - 16 Punkte - hcg - dsparil
42 - 16 Punkte - ftg - DeekyFun
43 - 16 Punkte - ata - jgkspsx
44 - 16 Punkte - cib - LockeBoss
45 - 16 Punkte - smu - drauch
46 - 15 Punkte - eab - Mailman
47 - 15 Punkte - hcg - Woody Alien
48 - 15 Punkte - mnc - PaulBearer
49 - 15 Punkte - rtg - Chinnico
50 - 15 Punkte - rtc - Antiriad2097
51 - 14 Punkte - ntl - Matt_Barber
52 - 14 Punkte - mtc - Wibblewozzer
53 - 13 Punkte - gpo - FireSmoke
54 - 13 Punkte - mnc - elementalMaster
55 - 13 Punkte - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
56 - 13 Punkte - hcg - Son of Suzy Creamcheese
57 - 13 Punkte - rta - Illusionary
58 - 13 Punkte - sh2 - Bonz
59 - 12 Punkte - gms - j1m
60 - 12 Punkte - m!g - Greg
61 - 12 Punkte - hcg - personman
62 - 12 Punkte - rtg - markopoloman
63 - 12 Punkte - ntl - Bunkerneath
64 - 12 Punkte - hcg - Alexmate
65 - 12 Punkte - gms - kanedat
66 - 12 Punkte - pop - Don Como
67 - 12 Punkte - mtc - MegaApple
68 - 11 Punkte - wtd - Rossyrg
69 - 11 Punkte - mtc - Parsnip
70 - 11 Punkte - mnc - HomiSite
71 - 10 Punkte - f64 - Rockford
72 - 10 Punkte - smu - Mischief Maker
73 - 10 Punkte - m!g - geohound
74 - 10 Punkte - rta - *Splinter
75 - 10 Punkte - mmx - LittleChoco
76 - 09 Punkte - gpo - Bully
77 - 09 Punkte - nto - Lockenvogel
78 - 09 Punkte - f64 - ZeHa
79 - 09 Punkte - gpo - Eddie
80 - 09 Punkte - rkb - Philippe161
81 - 09 Punkte - mmx - Cutter Slade
82 - 08 Punkte - sh2 - godzella
83 - 08 Punkte - spz - Geddoe
84 - 08 Punkte - rpg - Fyrchtegott
85 - 08 Punkte - f64 - Jammet
86 - 08 Punkte - nto - 4C8en
87 - 08 Punkte - can - M.Rick75
88 - 07 Punkte - ftg - wuntyate
89 - 07 Punkte - gms - Schneitzel
90 - 07 Punkte - gms - Bianco
91 - 07 Punkte - f64 - Joystick
92 - 07 Punkte - ntl - Late
93 - 07 Punkte - gpo - MessorTorvus
94 - 07 Punkte - mtc - QFNS
95 - 06 Punkte - rtg - necronom
96 - 06 Punkte - mnc - Biberle
97 - 06 Punkte - m!g - Red XIII
98 - 06 Punkte - off - Qual der Wal
99 - 06 Punkte - rta - SinOfHeart
100 - 6 Punkte - mmx - Klunky
101 - 6 Punkte - gpo - KHlover
102 - 6 Punkte - ftg - LockeTribal
103 - 6 Punkte - mtc - freshVeggie
104 - 5 Punkte - mmx - Lynx
105 - 5 Punkte - mnc - Mitschel
106 - 5 Punkte - rkb - Addearheart
107 - 5 Punkte - pop - Sascha
108 - 5 Punkte - wtd - svenoble
109 - 5 Punkte - rkb - ToniLustig
110 - 5 Punkte - rpg - Zion
111 - 5 Punkte - gms - hellermarie
112 - 4 Punkte - rkb - salversurfer
113 - 4 Punkte - pop - daiyama
114 - 4 Punkte - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
115 - 3 Punkte - rkb - BobvonKrakauerzuSenf
116 - 3 Punkte - gpo - Konsolomio
117 - 3 Punkte - cib - Retro_Willie
118 - 3 Punkte - ntl - Dogorilla
119 - 3 Punkte - gav - Rippi
120 - 3 Punkte - cib - Elemental Master
121 - 3 Punkte - gav - Scorplian
122 - 3 Punkte - mmx - Shades
123 - 3 Punkte - gav - Yoshi
124 - 3 Punkte - rpg - D4rkD
125 - 3 Punkte - gpo - Navarone
126 - 2 Punkte - rkb - DSOP_ape
127 - 2 Punkte - cib - Sectorchan
128 - 1 Punkte - rpg - Moons.of.Kandar
129 - 1 Punkte - m!g - Kong
130 - 1 Punkte - mnc - Arne
131 - 1 Punkte - sh2 - BVBFabi09
132 - 1 Punkte - gpo - GAMEPROFF
133 - 1 Punkte - gms - hellifanboy
134 - 1 Punkte - gpo - Rave
135 - 0 Punkte - smu - Guigui
136 - 0 Punkte - cib - tharathiel
137 - 0 Punkte - gpo - OutOfBounds


So then, award ceremony: Congratulations to Marek, The_BACH, East-West Elite and KainXVIII... 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 - 22 points - Herr Schatten
2 - 16 points - drauch
3 - 10 points - Mischief Maker
4 - 00 points - Guigui

Congrats to Herr Schatten for the local lead and Top 20 position.

Thanks to everyone for participating!

[BulletMagnet]

As I thought, assuming you were maximally generous with my guesses I think I would have gotten five of these, at most. Congratulations to the more knowledgeable types who tackled this one!

[guigui]

Oh gosh, double zero score :/
I did enter LBA though, the only one I could recognize, but maybe not in the correct field number 6
Hope next round will be closer to my knowledge.

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - First Person Shooters

I'm not on time, normally a new quiz starts on the tenth day of a month at the latest... but here we go: right hand on the mouse, left hand on WASD? Or would you rather use the analogue sticks on the controller?

No matter how you prefer to shoot your pixels at other pixels, this month we're looking at video games in a very particular way - via the barrels & crosshairs of assault rifles, plasma cannons and rocket launchers. Ready, aim, fire?


Deadline is Friday 30 September, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/9tI8cQv.png

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Clues #2

Oh my, did I not post the first clues here?? Let me add them in now. -_- Fifty players are already in this round, in a first person shooter that would be a pretty wild death match. The deadline is in a week - don't forget to join in!

Here come the first AND second clues:

1) In title number 8, there are always four players.
2) Games 4 and 6 were developed by a pioneer of the fps genre.
3) Picture 7 shows a game that was only released for Xbox and Windows.
4) And last, #11 is a "near sci-fi" entry of a well-known series.

5) Only 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 (plus two from the bottom line) are platform exclusive, the rest are available on several devices.
6) Game 14 is the console port of one of the very first multiplayer fps ever.
7) Number 12 is a licensed game based on a movie: you don't just shoot from the fps perspective, you also drive.
Numbers 15 and 16 are console games.

Deadline is Friday 30 September, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here is the quiz again - good luck: https://i.imgur.com/9tI8cQv.png

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - this round ends on Friday

Attention folks, there's no weekend this week - the September quiz will be over at midnight on Friday! There are already over seventyfive people playing, of which one is from this forum. Can we get it any higher?

Between one point and a full score we got every kind of entry, and a top 20 position is already available from 16 points.... so no more hesitation - join in, you only have 48 hours left!

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

Here is the quiz - one last time: https://i.imgur.com/9tI8cQv.png

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Answers & Score

126 players confirm it for me - there really are a hell of a lot of first-person shooters out there, and I could create two more puzzles from this round's incorrect submissions alone! I wonder which game in this round was the most guessed? One of the heavyweights of the shooter scene perhaps, so Halo, Doom, Quake or Half-Life? Nah, it's a newcomer that's not even ten years old. Scroll down and see for yourself which one it is.

Briefly on the bonus question - the background video is a really old Windows screensaver, called "3D Maze". 53% of you guessed that correctly too! There was no bonus point because some of the answers were a bit vague and I didn't want to be unfair.

But now let's start with the answers... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score.

1) Halo 3
You got all the Halos wildly mixed up, but it's actually a picture from the third part.
Answer rate: 85%
Other suggestions: Destiny, Haze, Splitgate

2) Superhot: Mind Control Delete
The third entry of the stylish fps with the cool time control feature, and also the most guessed game of this round!
Answer rate: 92%
Other suggestions: Killer 7, Superliminal

3) Team Fortress 2
Who still remembers Valve's "Orange Box"?
Answer rate: 90%
Other suggestions: 4x Serious Sam, Borderlands, Fortnite, XIII

4) Quake 3 Arena
Maybe the answer rate would have been higher if I had taken the Sarge with the cigar as an opponent and not the funny eye?
Answer rate: 67%
Other suggestions: Daikatana, Doom, Serious Sam, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Duke Nukem Land of the Babes, Fortnite, Silent Hill The Escape, The Legs have Eyes

5) Half Life: Blue Shift
This version of the Half Life story was even available for the Sega Dreamcast!
Answer rate: 91%
Other suggestions: Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, System Shock 2

6) Doom Eternal: the ancient gods 2.
The "Dark Lord", final boss in the second DLC to Doom Eternal.
Answer rate: 65%
Other suggestions: 5x Destiny, Daikatana, Gobots, Metal Hellsinger, Painkiller, Unreal, Warhammer 40k

7) Titanfall
Even before Apex Legends, Titanfall Assault and Titanfall 2 - this game kicked it all off in 2014. Why did you guess "Gears of War" so often?
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: 17x Gears of War, Armoured core, Halo, Hawken, Killzone, Resistance, Unreal Tournament

8.) left 4 dead 2
Answer rate: 48%
Other suggestions: Serious Sam, Back 4 Blood, Far Cry, Gears of War, Bioshock, Call of chtullu, dead island, Goblin Commander, GTFO, Killing Floor 2, Rage, The hunchback of Notre dame, The Thing, Unreal Tournament

9) Wolfenstein: The New Order
The double assault rifle combo immediately reminds me of the new Wolfensteins.
Answer rate: 54%
Other suggestions: Fallout, Resistance: Fall of Man, singularity, The Darkness

10) Dusk
Answer rate: 49%
Other suggestions: Witches, Medal of Honor, Painkiller, Blood, Clive Barker's Undying, Daikatana, Quake, SiN, Unreal

11) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
This is the CoD with Kevin Spacey as the villain.
Answer rate: 44%
Other suggestions: 5x Deus Ex, Mass Effect, Prey, Battlefield, Cyberpunk, Titanfall, Apex Legends, Bioshock Infinite, Crysis, Dead Space, Destiny.
Half Life: Alyx, Haze, Portal, Quake 4, The Persistance

12) RoboCop 3
The technically "ambitious" adaptation of a bad film for home computers (Amiga, Atari, DOS).
Answer rate: 35%
Other suggestions: The Matrix, Terminator, Siphon Filter, MIDI Maze, Killer 7, John Wick Hex, James Bond 007, Die Hard

13) Borderlands: the Pre-Sequel
Answer rate: 56%
Other suggestions: Titanfall, Bulletstorm, Mechwarrior, Metal Gundam, Project Warlock

14) Faceball 2000
Away from consoles, also known as "Midi Maze".
Answer rate: 41%
Other suggestions: Gremlins, Maze War

15) Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Controversial fps for the 3DS.
Answer rate: 49%
Other suggestions: Halo, Gundum Evolution, Overwatch, Speedball 3

16) Battle Frenzy
Released exclusively for the Mega Drive, also known as Bloodshot.
Answer rate: 28%
Other suggestions: 9x Terminator, 6x Zero Tolerance, 4x Robocop, Alien Syndrome

17) Behind the Iron Gate
The first Amiga exclusive game of this round, a cumbersome fps that is almost devoid of textures for performance reasons.
Answer rate: 18%
Other suggestions: 5x Star Wars, Mech Warrior, Alien Trilogy, Master Spy, Nuclear Blast, Starbucks, Substation, System Shock 2

18.) The Colony
The oldest game of this round (80s), here the version for the Apple Macintosh.
Answer rate: 20%
Other suggestions: Antichamber, Maze War, Sega Rally

19) Forgive me Father
A Lovecraft-inspired modern shooter with an interesting graphics style.
Answer rate: 25%
Other suggestions: 6x XIII, 6x Borderlands, Mad world, Rage 2, Red Steel, The Darkness, Walking Dead, ZPC

20) Breathless
The second Amiga exclusive game, graphically and gameplay-wise already much closer to Doom than #17.
Answer rate: 18%
Other suggestions: Star Wars Dark Forces, Rise of the Triad, Butt shooter, Marathon, Po'ed, Rebel Moon rising, Zero Tolerance

21) Corporation
Answer rate: 22%
Other suggestions: Catacomb 3-D, Descent, Marathon, Mechwarrior, Transformers

22) Red Faction
A port of Red Faction...for the Nokia N-Gage!
Answer rate: 28%
Other suggestions: Quake, C&C Renegade, Gunman Chronicle, Killzone, Marathon, Opposing Force, Robocop, Shogo: MAD, Soldier of Fortune, Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

23) Forbes Corporate Warrior
A really weird first person shooter and the most difficult game of this round.
Answer rate: 13%
Other suggestions: 4x Tron, MissionX, System Shock 2, Virtual Nightmare, Virtual Reality

24) Dread
A Doom clone for home computers (Amiga & Atari) coming out next year, with phenomenally low hardware requirements (A500 with 7MhZ & 1 MB Ram). https://youtu.be/CIjSNlUS3vg?t=200
Answer rate: 17%
Other suggestions: 11x Doom, 6x Duke Nukem, 6x Wolfenstein, 4x Rise of the Triad, Gloom, Avenging Angel, Dark Forces

25) Chex Quest
It's not a waffle, it's a breakfast cereal! The game had its beginning as a promotional CD of a cereal box and was then continued several times.
Answer rate: 32%
Other suggestions: Bernd the Bread, Duke Nukem 3D, Minecraft, Birdseye potatoe waffles, The Evil Waffle, Egg Waffle Killer, Waffle Wars



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



Answer picture:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/404usu4.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - rta - EarthPainting
01 - 25 points - rta - Marek
01 - 25 points - eab - Nobby_UK
01 - 25 points - eab - Little Havie
01 - 25 points - eab - Havie
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac
01 - 25 points - mmx - Nayuta
01 - 25 points - spz - Striderblade
01 - 25 points - ntl - lifer
01 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
11 - 24 points - mnc - East West Elite
12 - 24 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
13 - 24 points - mnc - Dreamteam
14 - 23 points - mtc - Valdien
15 - 21 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
16 - 21 points - rta - Illusionary
17 - 20 points - rtu - Antiriad2097
18 - 20 points - gpo - DocMoody
19 - 20 points - mmx - Knuckles
20 - 19 points - rpg - Fyrchtegott

21 - 18 points - can - Dark Kariya
22 - 18 points - gsg - partykiller
23 - 18 points - gpo - KHlover
24 - 18 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
25 - 18 points - hcg - dsparil
26 - 17 points - gav - Wizdom
27 - 17 points - gms - hellermarie
28 - 16 points - eab - darkwave
29 - 16 points - gms - kopyright
30 - 16 points - mtc - Parsnip
31 - 16 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
32 - 16 points - gms - j1m
33 - 15 points - rtu - Chinnico
34 - 15 points - gpo - Gameproff
35 - 15 points - rta - malus
36 - 14 points - ftg - Lizard
37 - 14 points - ftg - RumMonkey
38 - 14 points - cib - LockeBoss
39 - 14 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
40 - 14 points - mtc - MegaApple
41 - 13 points - hcg - windfish
42 - 13 points - mmx - fedprod
43 - 13 points - ata - jgkspsx
44 - 13 points - sh2 - Vino
45 - 13 points - mmx - Klunky
46 - 13 points - hcg - personman
47 - 13 points - mtc - mssq
48 - 12 points - gpo - Konsolomio
49 - 12 points - gpo - MessorTorvus
50 - 12 points - rpg - D4rkD
51 - 11 points - mnc - Mitschel
52 - 11 points - rpg - Zion
53 - 10 points - mnc - elementalMaster
54 - 10 points - eab - Mailman
55 - 10 points - mtc - FunnyJay
56 - 10 points - ftg - rwklau
57 - 10 points - f64 - Jammet
58 - 10 points - spz - Geddoe
59 - 10 points - rta - knightnawk
60 - 10 points - gms - KellogsFrosties
61 - 10 points - rta - Blufunk
62 - 10 points - gms - RC2225
63 - 10 points - hcg - Apollo Chungus
64 - 10 points - ftg - Rhaegyr
65 - 10 points - ntl - ReadytoShock
66 - 10 points - ftg - LockeTribal
67 - 09 points - rtu - necronom
68 - 09 points - pop - dixip
69 - 09 points - gpo - Eddie
70 - 09 points - gpo - rave
71 - 09 points - mnc - HomiSite
72 - 09 points - nto - 4C8en
73 - 08 points - gav - Cube
74 - 08 points - mtc - freshVeggie
75 - 08 points - wtd - jenoogle
76 - 08 points - rta - *Splinter
77 - 08 points - mmx - Cutter Slade
78 - 07 points - sh2 - godzella
79 - 07 points - gms - Schneitzel
80 - 07 points - rta - SinOfHeart
81 - 07 points - rkb - Grandhanate
82 - 07 points - rtc - ElginMcQueen
83 - 07 points - pop - Don Como
84 - 07 points - rkb - DSOP_ape
85 - 07 points - rta - Gygas
86 - 07 points - mtc - QFNS
87 - 07 points - rkb - BobvonKrakauerzuSenf
88 - 07 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
89 - 07 points - rkb - Philippe161
90 - 06 points - rta - Aldo
91 - 06 points - m!g - Red XIII
92 - 06 points - gpo - Bully
93 - 06 points - ntl - Dogorilla
94 - 06 points - spz - Kal1m3r0
95 - 06 points - ntl - StarPoint
96 - 06 points - gav - Rippi
97 - 06 points - mmx - Dnamei
98 - 06 points - gms - hellifanboy
99 - 06 points - rtc - StayAwhile
100 - 6 points - smu - Mischief Maker
101 - 6 points - cib - IchoTolot
102 - 5 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
103 - 5 points - nto - Ande
104 - 5 points - rkb - FolderOfDoom
105 - 5 points - ftg - Destria
106 - 5 points - gpo - Navarone
107 - 5 points - ntl - Bunkerneath
108 - 5 points - mnc - Klees
109 - 4 points - mnc - Yeboah17
110 - 4 points - rkb - salversurfer
111 - 4 points - mmx - Lynx
112 - 4 points - gpo - FireSmoke
113 - 4 points - pop - Sascha
114 - 4 points - wtd - svenoble
115 - 3 points - cib - Elemental Master
116 - 3 points - gav - Yoshi
117 - 3 points - m!g - Kong
118 - 3 points - gav - Scorplian
119 - 3 points - sh2 - the_joker2
120 - 3 points - pop - Daiyama
121 - 3 points - mnc - Arne
122 - 2 points - hcg - snake
123 - 2 points - pop - PUH
124 - 2 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
125 - 1 points - cib - tharathiel
126 - 1 points - mmx - LittleChoco


ata - Atari Age
can - PC Canard
cib - Circuit Board
eab - English Amiga Board
f64 - Forum64
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
wtd - Wasted



LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 6 points - Mischief Maker

Congratulations to Mischief Maker for the local lead... even though it's just him alone this time!

Thank you all for play...err, watching, maybe next round will find more players?

[BulletMagnet]

Thank you all for play...err, watching, maybe next round will find more players?

In case it wasn't obvious even without me posting, FPSes are yet another sector of gaming that I'm woefully inexperienced in, so I didn't even bother...as it turns out, interestingly enough, had I participated I would have actually tied MM (moreover, I would have also guessed Gears of War for #7. ). Keeping an eye out for next round...

[guigui]

Hey Mr.
Sorry I did not play this time, I just watched the pictures once and thought I found #4 as a Half Life game, but it turned out to be Quake. This is where my level of knowledge of FPS games is.
Will try harder next time, keep them coming.

I read sometimes you do the quizz as a screenshot where different games are mixed up. Sound fun to me, will there be one coming soon ?

[drauch]

Yeah when I first saw it was FPS I figured I was going to crush it. Just enough of a mix of slightly modern stuff and the obscure to totally hose me. Then I forgot about it and here we are with zero points. Sorry Mr. Horizon!

[Mr_Horizon]

Hey Mr.
I read sometimes you do the quizz as a screenshot where different games are mixed up. Sound fun to me, will there be one coming soon ?

I didn't get around to do any this season (meaning this year)... There'll be one in the next one, I promise.

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Make-a-Wish

Once in a while, there's a bonus question where you can wish for games that will then, with a bit of luck, be used in a round like this one. From the roughly 100 entries I got in the last question, I have chosen 25 titles, one from each participating forum.

The following criteria influence the chance that a title will be chosen:

- Has the game been in another quiz before? If not, then +1!
- Did several users wish for the same title? If yes, then +1!
- Are there good screenshots of the game that don't look like other titles? If yes, then +1!
- And lastly: Does the player participate regularly? The more often, the better.

The more of the above is fulfilled, the more likely it is that your game will be in the next Make-a-Wish round.

And like last time: If you don't recognise your own wish, you lose one point!

Deadline is Monday 31st October, participation via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz - is your game in there?

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/4g0V0oV.png

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Clues #1

25 screenshots, 25 forums, and 25 players, that's what it looks like right now in the make-a-wish October quiz. While every game has been guessed at least once, no one has been able to score full points... which means YOU can still win this round.

Nine people have already found "their game", but oh dear: one player didn't recognise his own wish and will get a minus point if he doesn't realise it before the end of the month!

Here come the first clues:

1) With the 4, 6, 8 and 14, there's some famous RPG series included - two from the East, two from the West.
2) Titles 17 and 20 are each set in one of the world wars.
3) Games 5 and 9 are new and only released this year.
4) This round does not show a single Amiga screenshot and only one of the games has been ported to this home computer.

Deadline is Monday 31st October, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/.

Here's the quiz again: https://i.imgur.com/4g0V0oV.png