I thought I aced the April round! But the "other suggestions" show me that I didn't correct #19. Not sure which other game I missed?
May is the easiest round so far, for me at least. Missing 15 and 24 still. I'm fairly sure I played both, but googling the first guesses led nowhere.
You didn't have "Mad Max" and "Nitro" in April. It's too late now to check for details (overwritten for May round).
But yes, you are doing pretty damn well for the DOS classics.
Well, is the old DOS tower still booting properly? Or do you satisfy your nostalgia via emulators instead. ^_^ This months riddle is well received so far - forty people are in, and one from this forum.
Here are some clues - good luck!
1) Four games were published by EA. 2) In the 11, 13, 15 and 16 you are driving a car. 3) There is a first person shooter hidden in the second row. 4) I made a mistake with game #5, that isn't a DOS game. -_-
You didn't have "Mad Max" and "Nitro" in April. It's too late now to check for details (overwritten for May round).
So, I forgot to submit Mad Max, too! That one I figured out right after the first submission.
I had a hunch that it was a problem with submitting them piece by piece (and me dorking out on that), so I resubmitted the May ones all at once yesterday evening.
Did you know? The data transfer rate of an original 90s single speed CD-ROM drive was 150 kb/sec. The disc drive of a modern Playstation 4 however reads 27000 kb/sek. Look at all that progress!
But let's hurry back to this months quiz... as sunday next week it'll be over. So far there are 70 people playing, and two from here.
Here are the last hints - good luck to all of you.
1) Two entries were developed by Bullfrog. 2) The oldest game is from 1987, the newest one from 2000. 3) Three titles were published by Microprose. 4) Image 18 shows the intro of the game.
Alright the DOS classics #2 quiz is over, time to wake up from that sweet 90s nostalgia slumber party!
With 110 participants it's the second largest quiz of all, just slightly behind its predecessor (DOS classics #1) last year. Think we'll have another sequel one day?
And how many people joined from this community? --> four
In France the quiz got shared to another community, so I welcome the first players from "Abandonware France"!
Now, let's have some answers:
1) Star Wars Rebel Assault 2
I am very lenient when it comes to answers in the first row... but can the person that entered "SW Rouge Sqadroon 2" please step forward and apologize!
solved by: 95%
other suggestions: Fifth Element
2) Lemmings 3D
Everybody got this one right! It baffles me that the Lemmings are still such a recognisable bunch after all these years.
solved by: 100%
other suggestions: -
3) Fallout
solved by: 85%
other suggestions: -
4) UFO Enemy Unknown / X-Com
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: Sim Earth, Civilization, Command & Conquer, Super Stardust, Populous, Where in the worls is Carmen Sandiego
5) American McGees Alice
This was a Windows game, sorry. -_-
solved by: 73%
other suggestions: Fallout, Alone in the Dark, Revolution 60, Adams Family
6) Loom
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: Manhunter, Dune, The Dig, The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate, Wasteland, Star Wars, Eye of the Beholder
7) Gabriel Knight
solved by: 63%
other suggestions: Dark Forces, Lionheart, Monkey Island, Dune, Monkey Island,
8.) Z
solved by: 74%
other suggestions: Dune, Doom, Space Quest 4
9) Exhumed / Power Slave
Different names in different countries. Ten people have guessed "Diablo", but that's not a DOS game.
solved by: 54%
other suggestions: Diablo, Lands of Lore, Dungeon Keeper, The Mummy, Waxworks, Baphomets Fluch
10) Master of Orion
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: Star Control, Robots, Beneath a Steel Sky, C-3PO
11) Stunts / 4D Driving
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: Test Drive 3, Stunt Racer, Stunt Cars, Cars, Car And Driver, Race Drivin, Hard Drivin'
12) Dungeon Keeper
solved by: 58%
other suggestions: Baldur's Gate, Legacy of Kain, Genewars, Your Father Smellt of Elderberries
13) Destruction Derby
There were ten entries for "GTA".
solved by: 60%
other suggestions: Grand Theft Auto, The Need for Speed, Interstate 76, demolition derby, Driver
14) Scorched Earth
solved by: 50%
other suggestions: Bunker Buster, Tanks, Tank Wars, Artillery, Moonraker, Missile Command
15) the Need for Speed
solved by: 60%
other suggestions: Lotus, Carmageddon, Bleifuss, Test Drive, Interstate 76, Sega GT
16) Death Rally
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: Carmageddon, VW Beetle Race
17) Police Quest - pursuit of death angel
Eight people went with "back to the future"... number 17 was the second hardest game of this round.
solved by: 23%
other suggestions: Back to the Future, Shadow of the Comet, KGB, Flashback, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Broken Sword, Harvester, Beneath a Steel Sky
18.) Theme Park
Taken from the 3D render intro of the CD version.
solved by: 73%
other suggestions: Little Big Adventure, Constructor, big, Theme Hospital
19) Raptor - call of the shadows
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: Herzog Zwei, Command and Conquer, Tyrian 2000
20) one must fall 2097
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: Rise of the Robots, Transformers, Bioforge
21) Jill of the Jungle
solved by: 56%
other suggestions: Command & Conquer, Swimsuit Runner, Golden Axe, L'amerzone Queen, Street Fighter
22) Red Baron
solved by: 49%
other suggestions: Panzer General, Iron Cross, Command & Conquer, Wolfenstein 3D, Blue Max: Aces of the Great War, Adolf Hitler's Revenge 2, ancient art of war in the skies, Knights of the Sky
23) Railroad Tycoon
solved by: 49%
other suggestions: Where is Carmen Sandiego, Theme Hospital, Monopoly, Airline Tycoon, Terminal
24) Return to Zork
An entry of the famous "Zork" series, this time with oddball FMV characters. Hardest title of this quiz!
solved by: 11%
other suggestions: Tex Murphy - under a killing moon, Harvester, Soviet Adventure, Willi Lemkes Fussballmanager, Normality, Noctropolis, Resident Evil, The Dame Was Loaded, Commander, Half Life, Martian Memorandum, Oil Imperium, Phantasmagoria, Toonstruck, Beneath a steel sky
25) Might and Magic 1
solved by: 38%
other suggestions: The Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Wizardry, Knight Games, Samurai Senpai, Barbarian, Ultima, Undertale, Majik Adventure, Thexder
4py = 4Players Forum
abf = Abandonware France
can = Canard PC
dgo = Dialogoption Forum
eab = English Amiga Board
gpo = Gamepro Forum
gms = Gamestar Forum
guf = Gaming Universe Forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
lgs = last game standing
m!g = M!Games Forum
mtc = Metacouncil Forum
mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
mnc = altes maniac Forum
pcx = PCX Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rta = ResetEra Forum
rtc = Retro Canteen Forum
rpg = RPG Maker MV Forum
sh2 = Shock² Forum
spz = Spazio PC
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
So then, here's a winners ceremony: Congratulations to Bouyi, residentgrigo, J.R., lifer, wiede, Mod-Team, Splunge, Strider, The_Bach and Lafazar... you all have FULL SCORE and won this round!
Red Alert! Red Alert! All values are off the scale, containment breach is imminent... save yourself, tHe mOnStErS aRe cOmInG!!! o_O
We expect a breakout of four creatures like mankind has never seen before - pieced together from parts, like the legendary creature of Dr. Frankenstein, but not from corpses - no, built from the video game monsters that YOU picked last round! D:
Can you identify all body parts of this monstrous horde?? Because only then, ONLY THEN, can these beasts be driven back!
There is also a bonus question, as the source of the title image (the lab with these ominous glowing glass cylinders) is taken from a recent video game. But which one?
Deadline is Tuesday the 30th of June. This post is just the intro... the monsters will be revealed one after the other in the coming days.
This quiz has been inspired by an idea from the user a gentle Breeze from the Powerplay forum, his work failed two years ago due to a lack of participants. Here's a link https://tinyurl.com/yb2u335a (click on "frameset laden" at the bottom for the full forum). I have his permission to try this format again.
Great quiz theme! I know 5/7 parts for sure. I know i recognize those feet, but I can’t place them, gonna have to think real hard to figure them out. That robot part of the head I don’t recognize at all.
Will we get some clues as usual?
JoakimZ
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aww, thanks for the positive feedback!
It was more work than usual, but I am very happy you all like this format.
@JoakimZ yes there will be clues as well. This week you'll have a new "monster break out" every two days, and the following two weekends will have posts with clues (depending on the average scores).
@lifer for me, "recent" would mean the past 12 months.
This is a great idea! Sadly, I don’t play many video games, so I don’t know any answers. Maybe I’ll answer if I recognize something, but I wouldn’t count on it. I know those teeth, but I’ll need to think on it. In the Docs, do you put it in a certain order?
Heigh Ho Heigh Ho. It’s off to work (from home) I go.
ALARM! We detected a second breakout, prepare for the encounter! The fog fades away, and it is... it is... a frightening pixelated mass of tentacles, giant eyes and lots of teeth! Run and save yourself! o_O
Once again, identify as many body parts as you can - be it the game or the character.
ALARM! Another glass tube has shattered - what are we facing this time??? It is... it is... oh it doesn't look so bad? No, wait! Stay away, beyond its cute face there is horror beyond belief! Don't look! o_O
No, actually, do look. You still got to identify those body parts. Name either game or the character.
Aaaand BAM, the last creature has broken free! And it is... it is... some sort of lizard grandma with a purple skirt and bird feet?! Is this a joke?? Watch it though, that's a massive sword!
With this post, this months quiz has been fully revealed. Many of you have complained about the difficulty - and it's true, this is the toughest riddle I made in years, harder than the soundFX quizzes and at least as complex as the fake screenshots from a few years ago. In short, I do not expect anyone to achieve full score.
Do your best - and end of next week there'll be some clues as well.
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