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Mr_Horizon

November Quiz- Clues #3

Say, is everyone on holiday already? The last weekend of November is upon us and just fifty people have sent in their entries! One of them from this forum. Now then, because it's almost Christmas.... I bring you presents in the form of a third serving of hints.

And in accordance with the principle of reciprocity, you now have to give me something too, so please join the game.

Are you ready for the (really!) last batch of clues?

Clues #3:
1) The first letters of the first three rows, strung together, make the words McAbgast Xatioby.... no, unfortunately I haven't found a nice anagram!
2) Number 7 is originally a game for the Xbox 360, a later update also appeared on other systems.
3) There are also films and/or series for games 2, 8 and 10.
4) Title 12 uses several songs by a well-known black metal band in its soundtrack.

Deadline is next Tuesday the 30th November, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz one last time, good luck: https://i3.lensdump.com/i/g45YnH.png

Mr_Horizon

BruceCM

Well, I can tell 1 is a Metroid but no idea which & 2 is clearly a Castlevania, @Mr_Horizon .... I don't know most of them, anyway

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Mr_Horizon

@BruceCM You are supposed to enter these via the survey form (the link) and not open in the thread, but I'll do that for you this time. You have two points!

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BruceCM

Lol, well, I wasn't going to bother with only the 2, @Mr_Horizon .... Especially since I wasn't sure which specific games I'm sure I must have played some of the others but not most of them

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lifer

Spoilers, guys. Spoilers!

lifer

Mr_Horizon

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November Quiz - Answers & High Score

So ladies and gentlemen, not only is this round over, but the whole quiz year has come to an end! With 107 players there was a lot of participation, thank you very much. I now grant you two months in which you may use your brains for other (albeit not quite as elementarily important) things than the monthly video game riddle.

And if you want to help me make even better quizzes next year, take a quick look at this short poll for the best quiz of the year: https://forms.gle/jZh9n6bhhPTUjkwH8

Here are the results... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score table.

1) Metroid Dread.
Samus Aran is a gaming icon, everyone knew her!
Answer rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

2) Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow.
In a "Metroidvania" quiz, both series had to be in it, so I thought we'd best have them at the beginning.
Solving rate: 93%
Other suggestions: -

3) Axiom Verge 2
The soundtrack of the new part is really good.
Answer rate: 73%
Other suggestions: Owlboy, Castlevania, AM2R

4) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Answer rate: 71%
Other suggestions: Blaster Master, Bloodrayne Betrayal, Castlevania, Deedlit in Wonder Labirinth, Ender Lillies: Quietus of the Knights

5) Grime
I'd seen this "black hole head" guy several times in video game news, so I thought more people recognised him.
Answer rate: 64%
Other suggestions: Dead Cells, Sundered, oddworld, Headlander, Outland

6) Alwa's Legacy
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: Asha in Monster World, Mystic Belle, Salt and sanctuary 2, Timespinner

7) Shadow Complex Remastered
Answer rate: 64%
Other suggestions: Strider

8.) The Mummy: Demastered
Answer rate: 66%
Other suggestions: Carrion, Thor: God of Thunder, Turrican 1 & 2

9) Xeodrifter
Answer rate: 63%
Other suggestions: Among Us, blaster master, Environmental Station Alpha, Void Bastards, X Parasite

10) Aliens Infestation.
The marines and the aliens... again!
Answer rate: 69%
Other suggestions: Carrion, Aztaka

11) Touhou Luna Nights
Answer rate: 62%
Other suggestions: 3x Rabi-Ribi, Timespinner

12) Insanely Twisted Shadowplanet
An UFO game with a special look and Dimmu Borgir soundtrack.
Answer rate: 55%
Other suggestions: forma.8, Song of the deep

13) Ori and the Blind Forest
The graphics style is recognizable even without the little rabbit.
Answer rate: 83%
Other suggestions: Hollow Knight

14) Blasphemous
Answer rate: 76%
Other suggestions: Xeodrifter, Castlevania Symphony of the night, Blood Of The Werewolf, Axiom Verge, 9 years of sickness

15) Yokus Island Express
Answer rate: 61%
Other suggestions: -

16) Cave Story
The cutesy classic Cave Story, not even half of you know it? o_O
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, La Mulana, Starcraft

17) Dandara
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: Dragon's Lair, Scooby-Doo: Shaggy's Special Snack

18.) Death's Gambit Afterlife
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: Dead Cells, Battle Axe, Castle of Heart, Castlevania, Ender Lillies, Gestalt, shovel knight, Vigil the Longest night

19) Sacred Armour of Antiriad
Answer rate: 33%
Other suggestions: Adventures of Captain Cosmic, Exile, Metroid, Robot Wants It All, Shovel Knight, the messenger, Zordak

20) Headlander
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: Stick it to the Man, Oddworld, Metroid Prime, Abe's Oddyssey, Psychonauts 1 & 2

21) The Swapper
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: The Fall 2, Narita Boy, Mistery Guy

22) Brain Breaker.
A game from 1985 that fulfils the rules of a Metroidvania.
Answer rate: 10%
Other suggestions: 3x Environmental Station Alpha, 3x Exile, Metroid Samus Returns

23) Pharaoh Rebirth
Answer rate: 21%
Other suggestions: Iconoclasts, Unbound Worlds Apart, Megaman Power Battle, Indivisible, Hollow Knight, Guacamelee, Dizzy's Yolk Folk Furor, Clunky Hero

24) Super Daryl Deluxe
Answer rate: 33%
Other suggestions: Naruto, Wheelchair, Edna Breaks Out

25) Super Space Adventure
Only three people guessed this one correctly.... no wonder, an unspectacular indie game for Ouya and Android. Oh dear!
link: https://www.indiedb.com/games/super-space-adventure
video:https://youtu.be/RoodEtOQ_iQ?t=170
Answer rate: 3%
Other suggestions: Dr Atominus, Cave story, Outbuddies (DX), The Messenger, Metroid, Icachan, Environmental Station Alpha, Astrobot, 8-Bit Space, VVVVV

Here is the quiz picture again, followed by the answers:
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answers:
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Direct link: https://i2.lensdump.com/i/gMR9gr.png

HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
03 - 24 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
04 - 24 points - rta - EarthPainting
05 - 24 points - hcg - windfisch
06 - 24 points - rta - Roarer
07 - 24 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
08 - 24 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
09 - 24 points - hcg - excelsior
10 - 24 points - ntl - lifer

11 - 24 points - gsg - partykiller
12 - 23 points - mmx - Knuckles
13 - 23 points - rta - residentgrigo
14 - 23 points - mmx - fedprod
15 - 23 points - spz - Striderblade
16 - 23 points - rta - Marek
17 - 23 points - spz - The_BACH
18 - 23 points - mtc - Valdien
19 - 22 points - mtc - Parsnip
20 - 22 points - rta - Illusionary
21 - 22 points - gav - Wizdom
22 - 22 points - eab - Havie
23 - 22 points - mtc - mssq
24 - 22 points - rta - malus
25 - 22 points - gpo - DocMoody
26 - 21 points - can - Dark Kariya
27 - 21 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
28 - 20 points - hcg - personman
29 - 20 points - eab - Biscuit
30 - 20 points - mtc - MegaApple
31 - 20 points - hcg - dsparil
32 - 20 points - eab - NOBBY_UK
33 - 20 points - hcg - mainpatr
34 - 19 points - ftg - Lurker
35 - 19 points - eab - darkwave
36 - 19 points - mmx - Klunky
37 - 18 points - sh2 - Gatar
38 - 18 points - gms - hellermarie
39 - 18 points - ntl - Blooper987
40 - 17 points - ata - jgkspsx
41 - 17 points - mnc - Dream-Team
42 - 17 points - rta - Cucurbitacée
43 - 17 points - nto - Lockenvogel
44 - 17 points - eab - gimbal
45 - 16 points - pop - A Gentle Breeze
46 - 16 points - rpg - Anna
47 - 16 points - mmx - Lynx
48 - 15 points - lgs - Alicinger
49 - 15 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
50 - 15 points - gpo - rave
51 - 15 points - mnc - HomiSite
52 - 15 points - mnc - Schlomo
53 - 13 points - m!g - Red XIII
54 - 12 points - gpo - Bully
55 - 12 points - can - [CPC] M.Rick75
56 - 12 points - gms - kopyright
57 - 12 points - rta - Blufunk
58 - 12 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
59 - 12 points - mmx - Dnamei
60 - 12 points - lgs - Darkcloud
61 - 12 points - nto - Zarathustra
62 - 12 points - mnc - Klees
63 - 12 points - gms - hellifanboy
64 - 12 points - gpo - Navarone
65 - 11 points - eab - Mailman
66 - 11 points - hcg - teroknor
67 - 11 points - nto - Matchet1984
68 - 11 points - mnc - Lukulus
69 - 10 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
70 - 10 points - ntl - Dogorilla
71 - 10 points - gpo - Konsolomio
72 - 10 points - spz - Kal1m3r0
73 - 10 points - gav - Wytz
74 - 10 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
75 - 10 points - rta - Luke88
76 - 09 points - mtc - QFNS
77 - 09 points - mmx - LittleChoco
78 - 09 points - hcg - Alexmate
79 - 09 points - lgs - Numfuddle
80 - 09 points - rpg - Zion
81 - 09 points - sh2 - Vino
82 - 09 points - mnc - Mitschel
83 - 08 points - mmx - Winyett
84 - 08 points - pop - Don Como
85 - 08 points - gms - j1m
86 - 08 points - can - Franky Mikey
87 - 07 points - mnc - elementalMaster
88 - 06 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
89 - 06 points - nto - 4C8en
90 - 06 points - nto - Ande
91 - 06 points - gpo - Eddie
92 - 06 points - gms - Kanedat
93 - 06 points - gav - Sun
94 - 05 points - gav - Yoshi
95 - 05 points - sh2 - godzella
96 - 04 points - mnc - Yeboah17
97 - 04 points - gav - Rippi
98 - 04 points - hcg - snake
99 - 03 points - ata - JeremiahJT
100- 03 points - pop - Sascha
101- 03 points - mmx - Shades
102- 03 points - pop - PUH
103- 03 points - ftg - Cappy
104- 02 points - pop - Daiyama
105- 02 points - mtc - FunnyJay
106- 02 points - ntl - BruceCM
107- 01 points - pop - Arne
108- 01 points - m!g - Kong

ata - Atari Age
can - PC Canard
eab - English Amiga Board
ftg - fontgeek
gav - Gaming Village
gms - Gamestar
gpo - Gamepro
gsg - Gamersglobal
hcg - hardcore gaming 101
lgs - last game standing
m!g - Man!iac
mmx - Multimediaxis
mnc - old maniac
mtc - Metacouncil
ntl - NintendoLife
nto - NTower
pop - Powerplay
rpg - RPG Maker
rta - ResetEra
rtc - RetroCanteen
sh2 - Shock²
spz - Spazio PC

Well then, award ceremony: congratulations to EmmaDansTonU and Mangamaniac2171... you both got FULL POINTS and won this round!

Also congrats to Gerhard S., EarthPainting, windfisch, Roarer, TheLastToKnow, Wibblewozzer, excelsior and lifer, together you are the TOP 10.

LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 24 points - @lifer
2 - 18 points - @Blooper987
3 - 10 points - @Dogorilla
4 - 02 points - @BruceCM

Congratulations to lifer for the local lead!

Here's the link again for the short "best-of-2021" poll: https://forms.gle/jZh9n6bhhPTUjkwH8

Thanks to all of you for taking part. Maybe we will see each other again next year!

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Mr_Horizon

Dogorilla

Oh no, I've had a notification from @Mr_Horizon in this thread but again can't actually see the post

"Remember, Funky's the Monkey!"

Funky Kong

Mr_Horizon

@Dogorilla please not this again!

@antdickens to the rescue please? Looks like my quiz results are not being shown again... I myself can see them though, post number 728 in this thread. Can you have a look?

Mr_Horizon

BruceCM

Uh oh.... No post 728 visible to me, there's lifer's 727 & dogorilla's 729

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dmcc0

Same here, post #728 not showing

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lifer

The forum seems a bit unstable. Maybe it recognizes @Mr_Horizon as a spammer because of the long posts?

lifer

Mr_Horizon

No clue. I will wait for antdickens to have a look over the weekend, if not I'll do the "piece by piece" approach from last time on monday.

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Dogorilla

Hooray!

I've never heard of Grime, I only got it by looking up 'black hole head metroidvania' or something along those lines. Also I'm disappointed that Scooby-Doo: Shaggy's Special Snack is not a real game.

"Remember, Funky's the Monkey!"

Funky Kong

Mr_Horizon

@antdickens Thank you very much. Say, is there something I can do about this in the future? Can you tell me what exactly triggers this error (exceeding character limit, amount of pictures etc), maybe I can work around it?

I'm asking because next year I'll post more monthly quizzes, which will all have a large "results & high score" post.

Mr_Horizon

Mr_Horizon

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FINAL HIGH SCORE 2021

Once again a quiz year has passed, and I'd like to announce the year-end-ranking of all the 25 participating forums.

How do you score points for your forum?
Untitled SCORE HIGH - get placed in the Top 10.
Untitled ENDURANCE - participate in at least five quizzes without a break.

More details: https://i2.lensdump.com/i/r8vCPx.png

2021 FORUM RANKING
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The NintendoLife forum ("ntl" in the table) decreases its rank from 4 to 5, even though it has a better score than last year! This is because the hardcore gaming 101 ("hcg") as well as the old maniac forum ("mnc") gained ground more quickly. Still, you are doing very well.

So who scored your points? (1st number is points via high score, 2nd number is points via endurance)

@lifer (41+3)
@Dogorilla (0+4) (congrats on 44 rounds without a break!)

Table from 2020: https://i3.lensdump.com/i/r8vi4F.png
Table from 2019: https://i2.lensdump.com/i/r8vWtr.png
Table from 2018: https://i1.lensdump.com/i/r8v8b7.png

Forums that joined the game this year: Atari Age, Fontgeek, NTower, play3 and IGN Italia. Welcome!

Forums that left us this year: Play3, IGN Italia, 4Players, PCX and Videogameszone. The latter three were with us for years, sad to see you go!

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GLOBAL TOP 100

No matter if they were gained them with real skill or with steady persistence - here is the point ranking of the Top 100 players of this year:

The first five entries also show the change compared to last year. Congrats to lifer for his second winning year! But watch out, the lead is shrinking.

01 - 244 points - @lifer (-15)
02 - 242 points - The_BACH (+12)
03 - 236 points - residentgrigo (-12)
04 - 236 points - Gerhard S. (-6)
05 - 236 points - TheLastToKnow (+211)
06 - 229 points - EarthPainting
07 - 229 points - Valdien
08 - 219 points - AuraPaladinne
09 - 218 points - Knuckles
10 - 216 points - Fedprod

11 - 215 points - Nobby_UK
12 - 214 points - Excelsior
13 - 214 points - Havie
14 - 210 points - Roarer
15 - 201 points - partykiller
16 - 198 points - Parsnip
17 - 196 points - Striderblade
18 - 196 points - Mangamaniac2171
19 - 192 points - malus
20 - 191 points - Dreamteam
21 - 189 points - Windfisch
22 - 185 points - Wibblewozzer
23 - 183 points - Illusionary
24 - 183 points - Wizdom
25 - 179 points - darkwave
26 - 175 points - Gatar
27 - 174 points - Biscuit
28 - 174 points - Dark Kariya
29 - 164 points - teroknor
30 - 162 points - Vino
31 - 159 points - a gentle breeze
32 - 149 points - Antiriad2097
33 - 133 points - hellermarie
34 - 120 points - marek
35 - 118 points - kopyright
36 - 117 points - Kong
37 - 116 points - ElementalMaster
38 - 115 points - FunnyJay
39 - 112 points - Red XIII
40 - 111 points - Rave
41 - 108 points - HomiSite
42 - 107 points - Don Como
43 - 106 points - Klunky
44 - 106 points - gimbal
45 - 103 points - alexmate
46 - 103 points - Emmadanstonu
47 - 102 points - aLaxLuthor
48 - 97 points - Eddie
49 - 94 points - Cucurbitacée
50 - 93 points - Numfuddle
51 - 92 points - M.Rick75
52 - 89 points - Navarone
53 - 86 points - Lynx
54 - 85 points - Mitschel
55 - 84 points - @Dogorilla
56 - 82 points - Blufunk
57 - 81 points - dsparil
58 - 80 points - Geohound
59 - 80 points - godzella
60 - 79 points - Lukulus
61 - 79 points - LittleChoco
62 - 78 points - MegaApple
63 - 77 points - Dolphin
64 - 76 points - hellifanboy
65 - 76 points - Klees
66 - 75 points - mssq
67 - 75 points - Zion
68 - 74 points - Yeboah17
69 - 74 points - Lockenvogel
70 - 71 points - Bully
71 - 70 points - Personman
72 - 69 points - Dnamei
73 - 68 points - SonicFanNerd
74 - 68 points - Nihilistic Monk
75 - 66 points - FoxSpitzer
76 - 64 points - Sascha
77 - 64 points - @Blooper987
78 - 64 points - Zarathustra
79 - 61 points - PUH
80 - 61 points - BVBFabi09
81 - 61 points - Mister_L
82 - 61 points - Dixip
83 - 60 points - ElginMcQueen
84 - 58 points - Luke88
85 - 53 points - Thrawn
86 - 53 points - Lurker
87 - 51 points - Franky Mikey
88 - 49 points - TheSnesFreak
89 - 49 points - D4rkD
90 - 48 points - Snake
91 - 47 points - Splunge
92 - 47 points - Darkcloud
93 - 46 points - mailman
94 - 45 points - Wiede
95 - 43 points - PsionBolt
96 - 43 points - KHlover
97 - 42 points - Yoshi
98 - 40 points - Belgarath
99 - 38 points - Scorplian
100- 38 points - QFNS

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LOCAL TOP 10 (more results on the previous page)

No matter if you gained them with real skill or with steady persistence - here is your ranking in the local Top 10 of the year 2021:

01 - 244 points - @lifer (-15)
02 - 84 points - @Dogorilla (-1)
03 - 64 points - @Blooper987 (+40)
04 - 34 points - @GrailUK (+34)
05 - 12 points - @CactusMan (+12)
06 - 08 points - @dmcc0 (+8)
07 - 02 points - @BruceCM (+2)
08 - 00 points - @JoakimZ (-131)
09 - 00 points - @Krull (-16)
10 - 00 points - @BabyYoshi12 (-12)

I'll see you in the new year!

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