Everybody, it's not my fault - the other users picked the games this time, don't blame me that it's difficult.
So far people achieve barely 10 points on average, so it's not an easy start into the new year.
To not have anyone despair any further (35 participants so far, no one from here), here are some clues:
1) Not all screenshots are gameplay. Nr.2 is a loading screen, 18 & 22 are intro- or cutscenes, and Nr.23 is a start screen.
2) In game number 9 you have to move balls around. The title first appeared on the TurboGrafx, and later as a download game on Wii and WiiU.
3) Title 20 is a Lucasfilm game from the 80s.
4) Game 19 is the toughest in the entire quiz (just 9% got it right so far). It plays in the D&D universe... and it doesn't start with a "B"!
5) The 21 is a fighting game for the Nintendo Game Boy.
Alright, the first instance of this years quiz season is almost over... deadline is in two days! There's 50 participants right now, one of which is from here.
Lowest entry is just two points, so feel free to still join in before Wednesday midnight.
Here are the last clues:
1) Game number 1 is from a series that had its beginnings on the GBA, later installments also stick to handhelds.
2) Titles 5 and 8 are N64 games.
3) Screen 7 shows a C64 game.
4) Number 17 is a Metroidvania.
5) The series that game 22 is from has been made into movies several times.
February Quiz - Wunschkonzert #2 - answers & score
The first quiz of the year is done, and 67 people joined... three more than with the last Wunschkonzert, very nice!
Don't forget the special rule: all that correctly guess their own game, get a +1 bonus point if they stay below 20 points total. But whoever does NOT recognise his own game, gets a -1 penalty instead!
Each title has a spare line that explains which user had wished for that game.
Now we first have the names of the games as text, then as images, and the scoretable comes at the end of this post.
1) Phoenix Wright
The correct part is "trials & tribulations", but just the series name was okay too.
solved by: 87%
wished by: Wizdom (+0)
other suggestions: Advance Wars
2) Eternal Darkness
solved by: 67%
wished by: Revolvermeister (+1)
other suggestions: Shadowman, The Darkness, The Darkness Comes
3) Alundra
solved by: 58%
wished by: Gerhard_S (+0)
other suggestions: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Golden Sun, Landstalker, Terranigma
4) Destroy all Humans
solved by: 57%
wished by: Jin-Roh (+1)
other suggestions: battle zone remake, Halo, Herzog Zwei, Incoming, Starcraft 2, XCOM 2, Xenonauts
5) Buck Bumble
Half a point for "Bug Bumble".
solved by: 69%
wished by: hellermarie (+1)
other suggestions: Bee 52, Bee Movie, Biene Maya, Bug Bumble
6) Phantasy Star Online
Hey Sir Play-a-lot, you didn't recognise your own wish! Penalty point!
solved by: 36%
wished by: Sir Play-a-lot (-1)
other suggestions: Battalion Wars, Burning Rangers, C&C Alarmstufe Rot, Gun Valkyrie, Soul Calibur, tribes 2, Valkyrie Chronicles
7) Hunchback
solved by: 37%
wished by: Klees (no show)
other suggestions: Assassins Creed Demastered, Prince of Persia, quasimodo, Robin Hood, Robin of the Wood
8.) Outcast
solved by: 64%
wished by: besux (no show)
other suggestions: Syphon Filter
9) Be Ball / Chew Man Fu
Half a point for "Fu Man Chu".
solved by: 53%
wished by: Don Como (+1)
other suggestions: Break in, Rocky and Pocky, fu man chu
11) Snatcher
solved by: 48%
wished by: SonicFanNerd (+0)
other suggestions: Mad TV
12) Earth Defence Force 4.1
Simply "EDF" was enough for the full point.
solved by: 43%
wished by: ElementalMaster (+1)
other suggestions: Panzer Dragoon Orta
13) Spyro the Dragon
solved by: 63%
wished by: Scorplian190 (+1)
other suggestions: Mischief Makers, Nights into Dreams, Star Fox
15) Lollipop Chainsaw
solved by: 39%
wished by: Walti (+1)
other suggestions: Atom Zombie Smasher, Borderlands, Comix Zone, Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, HotD: Overkill, Hotline Miami, no more heroes, Sunset Overdrive, The Walking Dead, Typing of the Dead
16) Hitman
solved by: 49%
wished by: T-Bow (+1)
other suggestions: Deadly Premonition, Fahrenheit, LA Noire, mafia, Watch Dogs
17) Shadow Complex
solved by: 49%
wished by: Barbarian (+0)
other suggestions: Armored Core, Hawken, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid, PN03, Strider, Vanquish
18.) Turok 2 Seeds of Evil
solved by: 49%
wished by: derubor_indaril (no show)
other suggestions: Mass Effect, Star Wars
19) Icewind Dale
No, not Baldurs Gate!
solved by: 42%
wished by: J.R. (+0)
other suggestions: 9x Baldurs Gate, D&D Tactics, Planescape Torment, Temple of Elemental Evil
20) Koronis Rift
solved by: 49%
wished by: Waffler (+1)
other suggestions: Death Star Interceptor, Night Shift, Schiffe versenken, Tron, Zak McKracken
21) Raging Fighter / Outburst
solved by: 42%
wished by: Shades (+1)
other suggestions: Art of Fighting, Battle Arena Toshinden, Double Dragon, King of Fighters, Street Fighter
22) Tomb Raider 3
...from a cutscene from the beginning of the game - this is the hardest title in the quiz
solved by: 33%
wished by: Bumpyroad (+0)
other suggestions: Counter Strike, Goldeneye, Hitman, Hitman: Codename 47, James Bond, Mission Impossible, Operation Winback, Resident Evil, Small Soldiers, Star Wars, syphon filter
23) The Guardian Legend
solved by: 37%
wished by: Red XIII (+1)
other suggestions: Earthbound, Mother, Elite, Metroid, Super Star Wars
25) Zelda Ancient Stone Tablets
...also known as "BS Zelda no Densetsu: Inishie no Sekiban". Released for the Satellaview addon on the SNES. Zelda wiki link for the curious: https://zelda.gamepedia.com/BS_The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ancient_S...
All other Zelda games gave half a point.
solved by: 46%
wished by: Yoshi (+1)
other suggestions: Secret of Mana, Zelda, Zelda Television, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening DX
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gms = Gamestar Forum
guf = Gaming Universe Forum
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mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
mnc = altes maniac Forum
pcx = pcx Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rta = ResetEra Forum
rtg = Retro Gamer Forum
spl = Superlevel Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
vpf = Vierpfeile Forum
Here is the NintendoLife-local-list:
1 - 4 points - Dogorilla
Thank you for joining (maybe next time there'll be more NintendoLifers again) and see you next time!
I really enjoy reading feedback to my all of my quizzes. One thing that's clear is that you all seem to really like the fake screenshots that are pieced together from eight individual games each.
So, let's do another round in that format! There will be four fake screenshots in total, and I will post a new one every four days. Each Image is a completely different genre, so hopefully there will be something for everybody.
Where the first quiz image had mostly console games, the next one is reversed: Here you have a majority of Windows PC titles from the 90s (between 1989 and 1999).
Good luck! Please participate via www.retrogamequiz.com
oh dear, this round is more difficult than I thought... once again. -_-; On average, the participants (22 in total, one from here) score less than half of the 16 points possible so far - and those were the "easy" pictures!
Until now we had well known classics (and one obscurity for each image), but picture number three is more mixed. In part genre defining classics, but also average titles and obscure games. Also the age range is twice as wide, from 1991 to 2012!
"...say, how can we make the fake screenshots even harder?"
"Even harder?! Our users already have trouble keeping up - so far we had 24 possible points, and the average score is EIGHT. -_-"
"Nevermind, these are nerds, they can take it. Come on, brainstorming!"
"Oh dear, well then. Mmmh....how about Shmups? That's a niche genre."
"...too easy!"
"Okay? Then... we focus on a single console, that'll decrease the chance of people knowing something!"
"...too easy!!!"
"What?! Well...we take an almost 30 year old handheld with a resolution of 160x120!!"
"TOO EASY!!1!"
"MADNESS!!! Then we use less classics, and instead add some obscure nonsense no one knows about!"
"Perfect!"
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So, here it is... the fourth and last Image of this round. Participation isn't that high yet (26 users), and high scorers with over 20 points are nowhere to be seen - there are even games that haven't been recognised yet!
Feel free to roll your eyes at the Game Boy picture - just remember that it's tough for everybody and try your luck regardless.
One quick hint - only six of the games are pure shooters, two also count in other genres.
But now here we go: HAPPY QUIZZING
Deadline is the 31st of March, participate via: www.retrogamequiz.com
I know a couple in the first image but I don't recognise any games at all from the other three. The screenshots are really well made though, as NaviAndMii said!
It's just six days to the deadline - so far participation has been a bit low, 35 users in total and one from here. I hope there's going to be a few more until next saturday. It's a difficult quiz, average score is about 10 points out of 32 - and two games have not been found out at all!
a quick disclaimer: I am taking a break next month, users in the maniac and powerplay forums wanted to run their own quizzes. Check those out if you can't get enough.
Now - time for the clues:
image 1: 1) release date years on image number one are 3x 1996, 2x 1997, 2x 1998 and 2000. 2) I meant to take the first instance of a famous playstation series, but accidentally ended up using the 3rd part. It won't matter when evaluating the score. 3) Four titles are multiplatform (PC & Console), two are sony exclusives, one Nintendo exclusive and one only for Amiga. 4) One of the games is actually not 3D, but just 2.5D.
image 2 1) release date years on image number two are 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2x 1997, 1998 and 1999. 2) Due to its genre this image has a focus on PC titles, but only three of the games never appeared on consoles. Four are multiplatform, and one is exclusive to a Sega console. 3) One of the games is sometimes called the "inventor of the RTS genre". 4) There is a title on this image that appeared on the Commodore Amiga, but another one (with a very short name) sadly didn't, even though the developer had a strong Amiga history.
image 3 1) release date years on image number three are 1991, 4x 1995, 1998, 2008 and 2012. 2) Just one game of these did not appear on PC. 3) One of these PnC adventures is a license game to a really crap German movie. 4) There is a game here that hasn't been found out! It has a russia/communism theme and average reviews.
image 4 1) release date years on image number four are 5x 1990, 2x 1991 and 1993. 2) One game shares its name with an arcade title and a playstation 3 game. 3) Next to shooting, in one game you rescue POWs and take them back to base. 4) Here is the other game that hasn't been found out! Fight enemies and clear the path for a ground tank by moving boxes with a hook.
No matter of Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, PC, Commodore Amiga or Game Boy - the fake screenshots have all been solved, because two users managed to actually get every single game right.
One of them has already been good at the quiz in the past, but the real number one just joined the fun recently.
Who is that? You'll see at the end of the post, now let's show all the answers first! This post has as lot of pictures so get ready to scroll:
Image 1
1) Crash Bandicoot
the entire background is from the third part of Crash Bandicoot. Easiest point in the game, over 80% got it right.
solved by: 82%
2) Bubsy 3D
the player character is Bubsy from the only 3D part of the series.
solved by: 77%
3) Croc
Legend of the Gobbos! The rainbow gems and the brown creature are from this playstation game.
solved by: 57%
4) Super Mario 64
the coin counter in the corner.
solved by: 80%
5) Gex: Enter the Gecko
the green life bar in the center. On the N64 the title also had a "64" in the name.
solved by: 61%
6) Spyro the Dragon
this wasn't easy - the treasure chest is from the Spyro games.
solved by: 39%
7) Pandemonium
items and UI elements are from this title, which isn't a true 3D jump'n'run, as you only move in a 2D plane.
solved by: 39%
8.) Tales from Heaven
probably the only true 3D platformer for the Commodore Amiga, more tech demo than actual game. The text and the wasps are from this game.
solved by: 9%
other suggestions: Army Men, Banjo Kazooie, Boulder Dash 3D, Conkers Bad Fur Day, Glover, God of War, Hexen, Hugo Black Diamond Fever, Jumping Flash, Kingsleys Adventure, Klonoa, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Medievil, Pitfall 3D, Psychonauts, Rayman 2, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Sly Racoon, sphinx und die verfluchte mumie, Superfox, Yooka-Laylee
source screenshots:
Image 2
1) Command & Conquer
the wall, top menu and cursor.
solved by: 77%
2) Starcraft
border of the lower menu and the icons on the right side.
solved by: 55%
3) Dune 2
one of the buildings on the playing field and the progress boxes in the menu are from Dune 2.
solved by: 59%
4) Z
tough RTS game by the Bitmap Brothers, a tank and foot soldiers made it into the quiz.
solved by: 38%
5) Total Annihilation
gun towers and resource display are from Total Annihilation, one of the first RTS games with 3D graphics.
solved by: 43%
6) Herzog Zwei
a classic from the Sega Genesis, recognisable via the plane and the energy meter in the lower menu.
solved by: 45%
7) Dark Reign
...Future of War. You can see two buildings, a tank and foot soldiers.
solved by: 20%
8.) Napalm
finally proper C&C feeling on the Amiga. I used the unit menu as well as the solar power plant.
solved by: 5%
other suggestions: Age of Empires, Battlezone, Cannon Fodder, Commandos 2, crazy commander, Desert Strike, Die Siedler, Earth 2140, Empire Earth, Krush Kill 'n Destroy, Megalomania, Populous, Rush for Berlin, Sim City, Sim City 2000, Spellforce, Tropico, Warcraft, Warzone 2100, Warzones
source screenshots:
Image 3
1) Monkey Island 2
the lower user interface.
solved by: 70%
2) Discworld
main character Rincewind as well as his walking treasure chest.
solved by: 57%
3) Flight of the Amazon Queen
main character and a guard.
solved by: 39%
4) Prisoner of Ice
the background image.
solved by: 18%
5) 1.5 Ritter
license game to a terrible comedy movie. You control Til Schweiger! I used the dialogue menu.
solved by: 36%
6) Big Red Adventure
only three people guessed this one right. The "Milicia" booth in the background.
solved by: 5%
7) Deponia
dialogue cursor.
solved by: 20%
8.) Sixth Sense Investigations
obscure Amiga adventure inspired by day of the tentacle. Taken from this title were the man in the green stand and the option/save icon.
solved by: 5%
other suggestions: beneath a steel sky, Broken Sword, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis, King Quest 6, Loom, Maniac Mansion, Police Quest, Red Comrades Save the Galaxy, Sam & Max, Simon the Sorcerer, Space Quest, Star Trek TNG, The Cave, The Dig, Torins Passage, WET: The Sexy Empire, Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth
source screenshots:
Image 4
1) Burai Fighter Deluxe
main character
solved by: 36%
2) R-Type
boss base
solved by: 57%
3) Choplifter 2
jet, tank, soldier and a piece of ground
solved by: 32%
4) Starhawk
player spaceship and enemies
solved by: 25%
5) Nemesis
You also got a full point for "Gradius". you can see enemies as well as a part of the ceiling.
solved by: 43%
6) Dr. Solar Striker
scoreboard at the bottom
solved by: 36%
7) Volley Fire
upper wall inluding the cannons
solved by: 16%
8.) Go Go Tank
the right wall with the gun towers
solved by: 18%
other suggestions: Aerostar, Battle Unit Zeoth, Bionic Commando, Blaster Master, Castlevania, Chikyuu Kaihou Gun, Contra, Daedalian Opus, Darius, Dropzone, Fortified Zone, Jet Pac, Katakis, Mega Man, Metroid II, Ninja Turtles, Parodius, Probotector, Robocop, sagaia, Salamander, Star Saver, Super Mario Land, Terminator, Tetris, Trax, Turrican, Xenon 2
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gms = Gamestar Forum
guf = Gaming Universe Forum
hcg = hardcore gaming 101
m!g = m!games Forum
mmx = Multimediaxis Forum
ntl = NintendoLife Forum
mnc = altes maniac Forum
pcx = PCX Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rat = rebell.at
rta = ResetEra Forum
rtg = Retro Gamer Forum
spl = Superlevel Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
vpf = Vierpfeile Forum
Thanks to all for participating, and see you next time... in May! There are other users posting riddles for April (in the old maniac, Powerplay and Multimediaxis forums), if you suffer from withdrawal feel free to check there.
Hey, am I late? Yes... this time with just 20 instead of 30 days quiz duration, I present the winner of the March-survey: Dragons! You voted those lizards just ahead of the sound quiz #3, which will then show up at some other month this year.
Thank you to the 24 people that already joined, and I am looking forward to more users participating! But now let me give you a first set of clues...
1) Seven of the 25 correct answers have the word "dragon" in it. 2) Game number 10 was developed by a french company. 3) The third game is an exclusive title for the playstation 3. 4) title number 8 is from a well known run'n'gun (...or jump'n'shoot?) series, but the dragon we see here was never seen in a console version. 5) Four games use the first person perspective, but only three of them can be counted as first-person-shooters.
So, did that help? Or still more questions than answers.
hi everyone, this quiz round ends on Thursday night! So far we have 34 participants, two of which are from this community.
Here is the last set of clues, from now on you're on your own...
1) Game 13 is from a fantasy action series, where a new installment was just released with game-of-the-year ambitions. 2) Number 19 is an exclusive title for the Xbox One. 3) stop asking - for the first and second game (and all others too...) it's enough to name the series/franchise, you don't need the exact part. 4) The 15th game is a license title to a postapokalyptic action movie. 5) toughest one in the entire quiz... the 22 is a fantasy sidescroller for console and arcade.
Thanks for sending all your entries! I got some complaints about "Spyro the Dragon" missing from this round... but he was in the Quiz for February AND March. Also Skyrim (Dragonborn!) wasn't there, as it was featured in another recent quiz.
In terms of score, we got everything between two and twentyfive points... two users got all answers correct! Who they are?
Now we first have the names of the games as text, then as images, and the scoretable comes at the end of this post.
1) Dragon Quest Builders
solved by: 83%
other suggestions: -
2) Pokemon Rubin
solved by: 94%
other suggestions: -
3) Lair
solved by: 74%
other suggestions: Shadow of Mordor, Dragon Lair, Drakengard
4) Dragons Lair
solved by: 93%
other suggestions: -
5) Metroid Prime
solved by: 63%
other suggestions: MDK
6) Okami
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: -
7) Dark Souls
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: Demon Souls, Dragons Dogma, Skyrim
8.) Turrican 2
solved by: 41%
other suggestions: Contra, Dyno Wary, Mega Man 5, Metal Slug, Metroid, (Super) Probotector, R Type
9) Cuphead
solved by: 93%
other suggestions: -
10) Another World
solved by: 65%
other suggestions: -
11) Final Fantasy IX
solved by: 43%
other suggestions: -
12) Gods
solved by: 54%
other suggestions: Final Fantasy, Shinobi
13) God of War Ascension
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: Bayonetta, Final Fantasy, Panzer Dragoon, Secret of Mana, Elder Scrolls Online
14) Wings of Death
solved by: 30%
other suggestions: Dragonflight, Golden Axe, Kings Quest, Loom
15) Reign of Fire
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: Godzilla, Lair
16) Lionheart
solved by: 41%
other suggestions: Chrono Trigger, Golden Axe
17) Dragon Spirit
solved by: 57%
other suggestions: Dragon Saber, Golden Axe
18.) Castlevania - circle of the moon
solved by: 39%
other suggestions: -
19) Crimson Dragon
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Scalebound
20) Dragon Breed
solved by: 52%
other suggestions: -
22) Magic Sword
hardest title in the entire quiz, here you can see this dragon in action: https://youtu.be/63oFgwnruxQ?t=53m13s
solved by: 15%
other suggestions: Alisia Dragoon, Dungeons & Dragons, (Super)Ghouls n Ghosts
23) Dragonstrike
solved by: 33%
other suggestions: -
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ntl = NintendoLife Forum
mnc = altes maniac Forum
pcx = PCX Forum
pop = PowerPlay Forum
rat = rebell.at
rta = ResetEra Forum
rtg = Retro Gamer Forum
spl = Superlevel Forum
vgz = Videogameszone Forum
vpf = Vierpfeile Forum
For quite a while I have been collecting ominous blood messages on video game walls, with the intention of one day creating an especially dark quiz round. But after being unable to aquire 25 fitting contributions, I came up with a different approach... this round celebrates its contrast: half of it are bloody warnings from horror games,
and the other half is cute animal creatues, large eyed anime characters and other games with a colorful cutesy look.
Don't be distracted by this slightly disturbing mix and have fun finding the games!
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