Monthly Gaming Quiz: can you guess the games based on tiny screenshots?

[BydoEmpire]

On 11/7/2021 at 1:29 PM, jeremiahjt said:

I am out on this one. I do not know even one of them.

I'm in the same boat on this round.  I think I have a good guess about #1, but not at all confident.

[Tanooki]

I looked.  I know a lot of games from various systems, but seeing that list much like others, the most obnoxious list of random stuff most people would have no idea largely what they are outside of a few key titles.  It is really a quiz or more like a google image search easter egg hunt?  Just ban me from the thread so I'm not tempted to keep reading this insanity.  I've enjoyed gaming quizzes online for over 20 years, until now.

[+jgkspsx]

Many of these are not obscure games at all… also many of them are really great games. (Watch, I’ll be wrong about half of them…)

[+jgkspsx]

(Of course, this is maybe my very favorite genre, or it least it was for most of the last twenty years.)

[Tanooki]

I think it's the fact you would seek out every game and know it in a genre you consider likely your favorite so of course they wouldn't be obscure.  To the normal person who goes after all sorts of variety, I'd call 2-3 of those answerable without having to put a lot of effort into it.

[Mr_Horizon]

On 11/9/2021 at 1:37 AM, Tanooki said:

I looked.  I know a lot of games from various systems, but seeing that list much like others, the most obnoxious list of random stuff most people would have no idea largely what they are outside of a few key titles.  It is really a quiz or more like a google image search easter egg hunt?  Just ban me from the thread so I'm not tempted to keep reading this insanity.  I've enjoyed gaming quizzes online for over 20 years, until now.

Ouch.  But I understand what you mean, to really find out every game seems like an inhumane effort. I believe solving it involves lots of clever google research as well as sifting through gaming data bases and steam tags (for more modern games). I know I am the one making these puzzles, but being confronted with one (sometimes other users create some too) I don't actually do very well. 

 

I always try to go for a compromise - have the first row be easy, the second be okay, and the latter ones harder until the last one includes screen fragments I'd consider "impossible" to solve. And yet, round after round, several players find out all 25. I worry about them sometimes! ?

 

Nobody wants to ban you from the thread, live and let live and maybe there's going to be a topic in the coming year that exactly fits your gaming niche.

 

 

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Clues #1

 

Well, found the double jump yet? Unlocked the grappling hook, discovered the Ice Beam behind the waterfall or finally got the Air Dash in your repertoire? The first twenty players have already jumped into the Metroidvania round, and I'd like to motivate the rest of you with this first batch of hints as well.

 

Hints #1:

 

1) Pictures 1 to 12 show the/one protagonist of the game.
2) Title 5 is a recent game with a distinctive "black hole head" main character. Released this August for PC, console ports to follow.
3) Number 3 is this year's sequel to a successful Metroidvania indie game.
4) Game 6 is also a sequel, kickstarter-funded and available on all major systems since 2020. 

 

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

 

Here's the quiz again, good luck: link

Edited November 12, 2021 by Mr_Horizon

[+jgkspsx]

4 hours ago, Mr_Horizon said:

1) Pictures 1 to 12 show the/one protagonist of the game.

2) Title 5 is a recent game with a distinctive "black hole head" main character. Released this August for PC, console ports to follow.

3) Number 3 is this year's sequel to a successful Metroidvania indie game.

4) Game 6 is also a sequel, kickstarter-funded and available on all major systems since 2020. 

Oh shoot.

 

1) I guess I got 11 wrong, then

2) still no clue.

3) I said the first game because I haven’t gotten around to the sequel yet. Hopefully that will count.

4) oh shoot, I remember what this is now. I just ordered both for two different systems. Poo. Can we enter again?

[Mr_Horizon]

22 hours ago, jgkspsx said:

Poo. Can we enter again?

Yes, you can update your entries as often as you want!

 

Just open the form again, add name+forum and leave all else free except the fields you want to add/update.

In the end everything gets added together and for every numbered field the last entry is the one that gets graded.

 

[+jgkspsx]

Woohoo! I guess I will leave my original answer for 11 just in case I’m wrong that I’m wrong.

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Clues #2

 

We are nearing the end of this quiz year, time for some Metroidvania backtracking! Have you really examined all the clues and scoured all the corners of the map to find the remaining games?

 

So far you can still reach the top 10 with less than 20 points!

 

The Metroidvania genre is still relatively new and this also applies to the games in this round: Only two of them were released before 2000 (!), three from the 00s, five from the current 20s... and a whole fifteen from the last decade. A complete departure to the Atari quiz of the previous month. 

 

Are you ready for the final batch of clues? 

 

Clues #2:
1) Game 16 is a Japanese indie classic, old enough to order a beer in the UK or Germany. Only three games in this round are older.
2) Number 19 is an 80s sci-fi Metroidvania that has appeared on several computers, but no consoles.
3) If you want to try a different jumping mechanic, you should play title 17. Runs on all modern systems!
4) In game 9 you explore several planets, the name starts with "X".

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

 

Here's the quiz again, good luck: https://i.imgur.com/pIZpeA9.png

[+jgkspsx]

For quick reference:

 

 

If y’all haven’t played 16, you should get on it! It was my introduction to indie games as a concept.

 

I never had 19 as a kid, but I saw it advertised in CoCo magazines. I have it now! If only I could get one of my CoCos working…

 

@Mr_Horizon if there is one more round of hints I would love hints for 22-25. They all seem really familiar but I can’t get them.

[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.

 

@jeremiahjt @BydoEmpire

 

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://i.imgur.com/pIZpeA9.png

[+jgkspsx]

8 starts with T? And it’s based on a movie? Okay, it is not what I thought it was (Dark Void Zero). Hmmm. Seems very familiar.

The clue for 12 seems slightly misdirecting as the game is not metal at all  

[+jeremiahjt]

Well since I was around one of my nephews for Thanksgiving I asked him if he knew any of them. He gave me three answers so I guess I will put those three in.

[+jgkspsx]

I figured out 8. It was one of the first Switch games I bought, and I haven't played it enough. EXTREMELY DECEPTIVE CLUE ?

[+jgkspsx]

Submitted final. Well, there were only 6 I didn't submit, and I'm confident about half of the rest

[Mr_Horizon]

7 hours ago, jgkspsx said:

I figured out 8. It was one of the first Switch games I bought, and I haven't played it enough. EXTREMELY DECEPTIVE CLUE ?

How was that deceptive? It's the main character!

 

 

@all: final call, this round ends tonight!

[+jgkspsx]

I meant the letter in the list of first letters…

[Mr_Horizon]

 

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.

 

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!
text link & video link
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:

answers:

Direct link

 

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 - windfish
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 - 17 points - ata - jgkspsx
40 - 17 points - mnc - Dream-Team
41 - 17 points - rta - Cucurbitacée
42 - 17 points - nto - curly bird
43 - 17 points - eab - gimbal
44 - 16 points - pop - A Gentle Breeze
45 - 16 points - rpg - Anna
46 - 16 points - mmx - Lynx
47 - 15 points - lgs - Alicinger
48 - 15 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
49 - 15 points - gpo - rave
50 - 15 points - mnc - HomiSite
51 - 15 points - mnc - Schlomo
52 - 13 points - m!g - Red XIII
53 - 12 points - gpo - Bully
54 - 12 points - can - [CPC M.Rick75
55 - 12 points - gms - kopyright
56 - 12 points - rta - Blufunk
57 - 12 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
58 - 12 points - mmx - Dnamei
59 - 12 points - lgs - Darkcloud
60 - 12 points - nto - Zarathustra
61 - 12 points - mnc - Klees
62 - 12 points - gms - hellifanboy
63 - 12 points - gpo - Navarone
64 - 11 points - eab - Mailman
65 - 11 points - hcg - teroknor
66 - 11 points - nto - Matchet1984
67 - 11 points - mnc - Lukulus
68 - 10 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
69 - 10 points - ntl - Dogorilla
70 - 10 points - gpo - Konsolomio
71 - 10 points - spz - Kal1m3r0
72 - 10 points - gav - Wytz
73 - 10 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
74 - 10 points - rta - Luke88
75 - 09 points - mtc - QFNS
76 - 09 points - mmx - LittleChoco
77 - 09 points - hcg - Alexmate
78 - 09 points - lgs - Numfuddle 
79 - 09 points - rpg - Zion
80 - 09 points - sh2 - Vino
81 - 09 points - mnc - Mitschel
82 - 08 points - mmx - Winyett
83 - 08 points - pop - Don Como
84 - 08 points - gms - j1m
85 - 08 points - can - Franky Mikey
86 - 07 points - mnc - elementalMaster
87 - 06 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
88 - 06 points - nto - 4C8en
89 - 06 points - nto - Ande
90 - 06 points - gpo - Eddie
91 - 06 points - gms - Kanedat
92 - 06 points - gav - Sun
93 - 05 points - gav - Yoshi
94 - 05 points - sh2 - godzella
95 - 04 points - mnc - Yeboah17
96 - 04 points - gav - Rippi 
97 - 04 points - hcg - snake
98 - 03 points - ata - JeremiahJT
99 - 03 points - pop - Sascha
100- 03 points - mmx - Shades
101- 03 points - pop - PUH
102- 03 points - ftg - Cappy
103- 02 points - pop - Daiyama
104- 02 points - mtc - FunnyJay
105- 02 points - ntl - BruceCM
106- 01 points - pop - Arne
107- 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 - 17 points - jgkspsx
2 - 03 points - JeremiahJT

Congratulations to jgkspsx for the local  lead.

 

I now understand what you meant by deceptive lead, "T" for "The Mummy" was a bit tricky!

 

Here's the link again for the short "best-of-2021" poll: link

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

Edited December 2, 2021 by Mr_Horizon

[+jgkspsx]

Americans at least of a Color Computer-loving persuasion are more likely to know Sacred Armor of Antitrad as RAD WARRIOR published by Epyx. It looks like that answer counted as well

 

I have heard of Touhou Luna Nights but haven’t played it. I said Timespinner for that even though I knew it was probably wrong since that’s not the main character. I swear I’ve been in a boss fight with somebody with a lot of knives, though.

 

I initially said Dark Void Zero instead of The Mummy Demastered. Amazing game, blows actual Dark Void out of the water  

 

Looking forward to trying the ones I didn’t know.

[Mr_Horizon]

Hey, hope you are all having happy holidays? 

Here is your local high score for this year - admittedly not that exciting as you've only been in the game for a few months. jgkspsx wins for now! ?

 

01 - 31 points - jgkspsx
02 - 20 points - JeremiahJT
03 - 16 points - BydoEmpire

I'll see you in the new year! 

Edited December 25, 2021 by Mr_Horizon

[+jgkspsx]

Entirely on the strength of being a geek for the subject of the last round. Next year will likely be a different story…

[Mr_Horizon]

It is 2022!

 

[Mr_Horizon]

 

February Quiz - Cooking Kitchen

 

Hey, it's 2022 and so it's time for the new (ninth!) season of quizzes. Once again, from February to November, you'll each get a quiz from me in which you have to guess the correct games from 25 picture fragments. Your points will be collected for you and evaluated in a high score list at the end of each round (at the end of the year also for your forum!).

 

This round is about "cooking"... so from real cooking games to food-based minigames to kitchens in computer games. How many do you recognise?

 

Of course, I will have left out one or two "perfect genre representatives", but that's difficult to avoid and makes the quiz a little less predictable.

Deadline is Monday 28 February, enter via http://www.retrogamequiz.com/

 

Here comes the quiz, bon appetit:

Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/STFWl0E.png