Looking forward to the final quiz #100. Will it be a best-of? Will it be extra tough? Don't know, but I'll join for the occasion with a bit of knowledge and a lot of searching the internet.
It's really amazing that you managed to keep this going and growing for ten years, @Mr_Horizon ! Thank you!
@CaleBoi25 It's a monthly quiz that @Mr_Horizon has been doing for a while over a number of forums and it's good fun. Essentially guess the games from the (usually themed) screenshots. Anyone is free to participate, although I'm embarrassed to say I usually don't - mainly because I normally read the forum in my lunch break & skim through the pictures and think "I'll have a proper look later" and totally forget!
Only problem is that Mr_Horizon is 'retiring' soon and the next quiz in January is the final one 😞
In this round you have to recognise the game that the pictured musicians appear in - be it a guitar-wielding protagonist, a cool sci-fi DJ or the medieval band of a fantasy RPG.
There was some speculation about a special theme for the last round, but in the end I didn't follow through with any of these ideas - so no "Game Over" screens, no defeated player characters (I don't want to end with a corpse quiz ) and no "best of" either.
Nevertheless, there is something special about this round, as you can win up to five (!) bonus points. You can see the first four in the entry form, but the fifth one is different:
If this forum manages to surpass its highest number of participants, every player from here gets a bonus point.
For the NintendoLife forum this number is: NINE (October 2022)
For all this effort, there is also something to win this time:
1x Neo Geo Mini from the admins of the Maniac Forum
1x 50€ Mystery Box from "www.retroplace.com - Your marketplace for video games & consoles"
1x ATARI: Art and Design of Video Games. The translator Stephan Freundorfer is publishing the "Prince of Persia" diaries together with the game designer Jordan Mechner in April this year.
Prizes will be raffled among the top 50, legal recourse is excluded.
We are in the last round, fifty players are already participating... who is still missing?
Are you waiting for a few clues so that you can join in? Then I better not keep you waiting any longer:
1) Game #4 has a female main character, the screenshot shows the sound menu. 2) Picture number 6 shows the tutorial of a very wacky Japanese music game (Sony exclusive). 3) In the intro of the home computer game #19 from the late 80s, this guy plays in a full-screen band. 4) The #8 is a new-ish platformer in which you help a young guitarist with his self-discovery.
...don't forget there's prizes this time:
1x Neo Geo Mini
1x 50€ Mystery Box from www.retroplace.com
1x ATARI: Art and Design of Video Games
This is the very last clue post, in the very last round... so now it's definitely time to join, or are you really gonna miss this?? Seventy-five people had enough FOMO to already submit their entries - you do however still have time until next WEDNESDAY.
Here we go:
1) Game 20 is from a German developer whose last title was a big disappointment. 2) Number 11 is a racing game from the 90s. 3) In picture 14, you are controlling a well-known superhero. 4) Title 16 is an RPG based on D&D.
Besides the FOUR bonus points from the additional questions, don't forget the "bonus point for all": If this forum manages to surpass its highest number of participants, every player from here gets a bonus point.
I of course know the first one but I think I would have got #4 wrong if it weren't for the clues, which would have been embarrassing for team Nintendo Life!
Thank you Nintendo for giving us Donkey Kong Jr Math on Nintendo Music
As hoped, the very last quiz round has set a record for participation - I'm happy about every one of the 185 users who took part. Some players were completely new, and some really have been playing for the whole ten years. Wow!
There were five different ways to get bonus points in the final round - let's just start with that.
1) The most participants?
There were the most players of all 100 rounds in the last one - 185 people. The closest with "186" was Scorplian from the Gaming Village Forum. Congratulations!
Close behind were Havie (187), Philippe161 (187) and Illusionary (181).
2) The fewest participants?
You didn't have to guess here, if you like digging through over ten years old forum threads you could find out for sure. The correct answer is 5 people, in the "unconventional racing" round in March 2015.
Seven people got it right, so congrats to n_quadra, Jokus, the Ost-West Elite, Gerhard, malus, yollum and OfflineChris.
3) How many participants in total?
There was a lot of guessing between "50" and "10000". But after completing this last round, the number was clear: there were 846 players.
The closest was "856" by ElginMcQueen from the RetroGamer forum. Very nice!
Almost there were Malus (874), Popeye (888) and xxr (889).
4) How many games in total?
This is not so easy to answer - Mega Man looks the same in many games, also fighting games use the same characters across several versions. So there is some blurring, but for the bonus question the correct answer is 2124.
One user guessed "2123" and thus almost exactly hits the correct amount, and it's Windfisch from the hardcore gaming 101 forum. Superb!
Malus (2118) and ToniLustig (2146) were close behind.
5) Forum bonus for participation record
Which forum has managed to reach or even surpass its all-time high of players? FIVE communities have achieved this.
14 out of 13 so far - Multimediaxis 13 out of 12 so far - Gamepro Discord 05 out of 04 so far - Atari Age 06 out of 06 so far - PC Canard 04 out of 03 so far - GamersGlobal
This means that EVERY player from these forums has received an extra point this round. All bonus points are "unweighted", which means that a correctly guessed game still counts more than the bonus point in case of doubt.
But now to the actual quiz - for the last time:
1) Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening
Here, of course, the remake on the Switch.
Answer rate: 81%
Other suggestions: Wii Music, Pikmin, Samba de amigo, Tomodachi life, mario party
2) Lego Star Wars
The Cantina Band? Is that from "Lego Star Wars 2 - the original trilogy"? Probably.
Answer rate: 87%
Other suggestions: -
3) South Park - the stick of truth
The easiest title in this round is not Zelda or Star Wars, but South Park.
Answer rate: 97%
Other suggestions: -
4) Super Princess Peach
Despite me pointing out that there's a woman protagonist, many of you named Mario games.
Answer rate: 61%
Other suggestions: 17x Mario & Luigi, 15x Super Mario (platformer), 4x Super Mario RPG, 4x Mario Party, Paper Mario, Warioware, Game & Watch Gallery 4
5) Space Channel 5 - part 2
up, down, up, down, chu chu chu!
Answer rate: 73%
Other suggestions: Bust a Groove 2,Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, Jet Set Radio, no straight roads, Rock Band
6) Gitaroo Man lives
This is the PSP version, with added multiplayer and new songs.
Answer rate: 44%
Other suggestions: 9x Wii Music, 6x Tomodachi Life, 6x Animal Crossing, 5x Parappa The Rapper, Um Jammer Lammy, Miitopia, WarioWare
7) Rayman Legends
One of the rocking grannies from the music levels.
Answer rate: 59%
Other suggestions: Day of the Tentacle, MediEvil, Rachet and Klank, Return to Monkey Island, Skylanders, Spongebob, Super Smash Brothers, The Book of Unwritten Tales
8.) The Artful Escape
Guitar hipster in space.
Answer rate: 49%
Other suggestions: Dislyte, Overwatch, Young Justice
9) Outer Wilds
No, not "the outer worlds"!
Answer rate: 59%
Other suggestions: 4x Bioshock, Abe's Odyssey, Final Fantasy XIV, Luigi's Mansion, Nier Automata, Oddworld, Spiritfarer, The Outer Worlds
10) the Lost Vikings
I was amazed at how many people recognised this gentleman immediately!
Answer rate: 84%
Other suggestions: Asterix
11) Rock & Roll Racing
An 80s metal cover picture.
Answer rate: 52%
Other suggestions: Megadriver, Battletoads, carmageddon, Final Fight, Stone Protectors, Turtles
12) Baldur's Gate 3
I'm glad to have somehow used this great RPG in my last quiz.
Answer rate: 67%
Other suggestions: 4x The Witcher, Dragon Age, Horizon, Folklore, mass effect andromeda, Skyrim, elder scrolls online
13) Final Fantasy X-2
This band was featured in FF 10 and its sequel.
Answer rate: 45%
Other suggestions: Banjo Kazooie, Baten Kaitos, Bravely Default, Donkey Konga, Grim Fandango, Legend of Zelda
14) Marvel's Spider-Man 2
This DJ minigame starts when you try out a VR attraction by Mysterio.
Answer rate: 43%
Other suggestions: 5x DJ Hero, 4x Batman Arkham, 4x Cyber Punk 2077, 4x Fuser, Saints Row 4, DJ Star, Fear Effect, Hitman 3, Jet Set Radio, Marvel Contest of Champions, Mass Effect, Starfield, Tron: Legacy
15) Spiritfarer
Yes, this snake somehow plays a stringed instrument (it makes the plants grow faster).
Answer rate: 38%
Other suggestions: 8x The Banner Saga, Pentiment, Plants vs Zombies, Cuphead
16) Neverwinter
One of the five most difficult titles in this round - and it wasn't "Bards Tale"
Answer rate: 20%
Other suggestions: 18x The Bards Tale, 5x Brütal Legend, 4x Baldur's Gate, The Witcher, Dragon Age, Dungeons & Dragons, Assassins Creed, Elder Scrolls, Fable, Genji, Guitar Hero, Medival Guitar Hero 3, Lord of the Rings Onlinde, Moonwalker, Pathfinder Kingmaker, Solasta: Crown of the Magister, Death Stranding
17) Wayne's World
I remember a review in an old magazine - the game must have been rubbish.
Answer rate: 68%
Other suggestions: 4x Bill & Ted, ACDC Game, Joe Dirt 2
18.) Assassins Creed Revelations
At one point you had to disguise yourself as a musician to get into a restricted area.
Answer rate: 40%
Other suggestions: 10x The Witcher 3, 4x The Bards Tale, Dragon Age, Greedfall
19) Rock'n'Roll
One of my very first games on the Commodore Amiga. That's probably why this intro band is so memorable to me. With only 8% correct answers, I doubt anyone else felt the same way.
Solution code: 8%
Other suggestions: Bubble Bobble, Chuck Rock, Crypt of the NecroDancer, Dizzy, Dr Mario, Dynamite Headdy, Friday Night Funk'n, Green Virus, Mr Rooty Tooty, sega rally, Skweek , ToeJam & Earl
20) State of Mind
That was mean - An anonymous DJ NPC in a very average adventure game. With my hint, a few people figured it out after all.
Answer rate: 17%
Other suggestions: Overwatch, The Long Journey Home, Balan Wonderworld, CyberPunk 2077, Dark Seed 2, DJ Hero, Elex 2, Fortnite, Hatsune Miku, Haven, Hover, Mass Effect, Valorant
21) Revolution X
The completely crazy arcade rail shooter about the band Aerosmith.
Answer rate: 29%
Other suggestions: Brütal Legend, AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Gabriel Knight, Guitar Hero, GuitarFreaks, kiss, Manowar - Asses of Fire, "Aerosmith rail shooter game"
22) King of Fighters 94
Backgrounds from fighting games are particularly difficult, but over a third of you still recognised this one.
Answer rate: 36%
Other suggestions: 9x Street Fighter 2, 4x Street Fighter, Super Street Fighter 2, The Aristocrats, Western Press, Monkey Island, Samurai Shodown
23) Beneath a Steel Sky
A band only a few pixels in size from the background of a bar - respect to the 16 people who got it right.
Answer rate: 9%
Other suggestions: 5x Darkside Detective, 4x Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Thimbleweed Park, A Musical Story, Heavy Rain, Katana Zero, Loom, Maniac Mansion, rhythm doctor, Secret of Monkey Island
24) Art of Fighting 3
The hardest title in this round, another fighting game background!
Answer rate: 4%
Other suggestions: 4x Street Fighter, Alone in the Dark, Civilisation II, Cruise for a Corpse, GTA, Mad Dog mcree, Mariachi Adventures, Outlaws, The Night Cafe, Wild West, Zorro
25) Black Desert
A quarter of you recognised these two musicians from a Korean MMO RPG. Not bad!
Answer rate: 26%
Other suggestions: 4x Mordhau, Sea of Thieves, Witcher, Gothic, Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, Baldurs Gate 3, Drakensang, Medieval, Medieval Dynasty
Congratulations to charlix12323 for the local lead in the last round.
None of you got any of the five bonus points - but you did quite well even without bonuses.
Many thanks to everyone for participating! There's one more thing to look forward to, at the end of the month there will not only be an evaluation for the past season (2023), but also a special list for the entire series - and of course the raffle of prizes.
Many thanks to @Mr_Horizon, as ever, plus everyone else who has been along for the ride.
As ever, I'm kicking myself for missing out on two games that I've actually played - albeit over 25 years ago - which has left me just outside the top 50.
The final year is over, you have solved the last of my quizzes... and hundreds of you have played each round, so I would like to announce the final year-end-ranking of all players and the 28 participating forums.
TOP 100 HIGH SCORE
No matter if they were gained with real skill or with steady persistence - here is the point ranking of the Top 100 players of this year. Congrats to marek for his second yearly victory in a row.
No matter if they were gained with real skill or with steady persistence - see below for the Local Top 20 of this year. All players can see their change to last year in brackets.
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