|OT| Monthly Videogame Quiz

[Parsnip]

I can probably get about 15 without research.

 

[Parsnip]

Had a few minutes kill earlier today and put in a quick first pass, 17 so far. Rest needs some more research.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Clues #1

What date in your life would you like to travel back to? Maybe to the 6th of September so you can think about this quiz longer!? Sounds reasonable.

With this post I'll bring the thread back up and give you some hints.

Clues #1:
1) One series is featured several times in this round.
2) Game 11 is the last part of an older trilogy.
3) In the first line of this puzzle, only #2 has never appeared on Windows PCs.
4) Number 12 was released in this decade.

Deadline is Thursday the 30th September, please participate via Video Game Quiz - September - Time Travel

Here's the quiz again, have fun: link

 

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Clues #2

I'm going on holiday tomorrow, so here are the second and last clues already today.... because I don't have a time machine, unlike many of the protagonists in the games asked this time.
So let's go: 60 people are already participating, and one week from today this round will be over.

Hints #2:
1) You control games 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20 and 21 from a first-person perspective.
2) Title 15 is a Metroidvania.
3) There is also a VR version of game number 3.
4) The nine titles with a first person view are joined by five from a 3rd person perspective and eleven with 2D gameplay.

Deadline is Thursday the 30th of September, participation via Video Game Quiz - September - Time Travel.

Here's the quiz again: link

 

[Parsnip]

No clues for the one I'm missing.

A full 25, just out of arms reach. So close, yet so far.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

Alright everybody, watch out! You only have until tomorrow to join this round.

Wibblewozzer mssq FunnyJay Arsene QFNS MegaApple

 

[MegaApple]

Alright everybody, watch out! You only have until tomorrow to join this round.

Wibblewozzer mssq FunnyJay Arsene QFNS MegaApple

Sorry, was burdened with work so much I didn't saw this.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Answers & Score

Wow, over a hundred people? With 113 players it's even the most visited quiz of all time. Now the time loop closes, we are back at the beginning of the month, and the solution is coming up. Did you guess everything right?

Let's see:

1) Back to the Future: the game
The Telltale version of Back to the Future.
Solution rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

2) Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
I usually am quite lenient, but the three people who entered "Ocarina of Time" here don't get a point this time!
Solution rate: 91%
Other suggestions: Ocarina of Time

3) Superhot
Solution rate: 91%
Other suggestions: Ghost Trick Phantom Detective

4) Day of the Tentacle
The second of the two games that really everyone recognized.
Solution rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

5) Braid
Solution rate: 92%
Other suggestions: Gerrard Way

6) Timeshift
Haze for the ps3 has a similar cover, but there the visor has a crack.
Solution rate: 71%
Other suggestions: 4x Haze, Anthem, Crysis, Dark, Dead space

7) Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Here we see the GBA version.
Solve rate: 94%
Other suggestions: Aladdin, Assassin's Creed.

8.) Life is Strange
Solution rate: 65%
Other suggestions: Gone Home, This Is The Police, Viewtiful Joe 2.

9) Blinx the time sweeper
Here's where you've been creative: Blinx the "time creeper, time sleeper, time cat".
Solution rate: 89%
Other suggestions: Nyx the cat, Ratchet & Clank.

10) Viewtiful Joe
Solution rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Ghost Trick

11) Timesplitters: Future perfect
I thought the main character (bald head and sunglasses) would have been more familiar.
Solution rate: 37%
Other suggestions: 5x Duke Nukem Forever, 4x Duke Nukem, Bioshock Infinite, Mass Effect 3, Saints Row 4, Serious Sam, Wolfenstein: The New Order

12) Death Loop
Solve rate: 57%
Other suggestions: Borderlands, Cyberpunk 2077, Quantum League, Time Splitters.

13) Super Back to the Future 2
A platformer about the second Back to the Future, with hoverboard of course.
Solution rate: 78%
Other suggestions: -

14) Singularity
Solution rate: 61%
Other suggestions: Bioshock Infinite, Crysis, Time Splitters.

15) Timespinner.
Chrono Trigger would have lent itself to this quiz, but I've already had it twice in other puzzles.
Solution rate: 61%
Other suggestions: 4x Chrono Trigger, CrossCode, Secret of Mana, Shantae, Timekeeper.

16) Back to the Future 3
Solve rate: 88%
Other suggestions: Brokeback mountain

17) Titanfall 2
Solution rate: 63%
Other suggestions: Dark Souls, Quantum Break, Tinesplitter.

18.) Mario's Time Machine
No point without "Mario".
Solution rate: 58%
Other suggestions: 3x the Time Machine, Cambridge vs Oxford, Enigma Machine, Explora

19) Quantum League
Solution rate: 33%
Other suggestions: Atlas Reactor, Cyberpunk 2077, Deus Ex, Ghost, Infamous, Lemnis Gate, Overwatch, Perfect Dark, Quantum, Quantum Break, Time Splitters.

20) The Forgotten City
Solve rate: 49%
Other suggestions: 11x Bioshock Infinite, Assasin's Creed, Close to the sun, deracine, Dishonored 2, Midas touch.

21) Outer Wilds
Solution rate: 43%
Other suggestions: Half Life, Kerbal space progam, Portal, Portal 2, Quantum Conundrum, Thinking with Time Machine, Time Stall, TimeSplitters.

22) Past Cure
A not very good 3rd person shooter.
Solution rate: 34%
Other suggestions: 10x Control, 9x Quantum Break, Max Payne 1/2/3, Infamous, Constantine, John Wick, Plague Tale of Innocence, Remember Me, The Evil Within 2.

23) Time Machine
The hardest game of this round, fitting as it was quite confusing to play.
Solution rate: 28%
Other suggestions: Commander Keen, Ghost Trick, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Maniac Manson, Space Quest, Time Traveler, Zac McKracken.

24) Future Wars
I'm impressed that you guys could tell just by the scenery!
Solution rate: 37%
Other suggestions: Another Planet, Another World, Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior, Out Of The World, Red faction, Surviving Mars, Terminator 2, The Dig, The Silent Age, TIMEframe.

25) Time Slip
Trivial action game, but the clock fit in so nicely
Solution rate: 30%
Other suggestions: Civilization 2, Explora, No Time, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Trinity, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego.


Here is the puzzle image again, followed by the answer:

Answer:

Direct link


HIGH SCORE

01 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
01 - 25 points - rta - EarthPainting
01 - 25 points - mtc - Valdien
01 - 25 points - gav - Wizdom
01 - 25 points - hcg - excelsior
01 - 25 points - sh2 - Gatar
01 - 25 points - eab - Nobby_UK
01 - 25 points - spz - The_BACH
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
01 - 25 points - rta - residentgrigo
01 - 25 points - rta - Illusionary
01 - 25 points - mmx - Knuckles
01 - 25 points - gpo - Schokoweck
01 - 25 points - sh2 - G-Virus
01 - 25 points - rta - Roarer
01 - 25 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
01 - 25 points - mnc - Dream-Team
01 - 25 points - ntl - lifer
01 - 25 points - mmx - fedprod

21 - 24 points - rta - malus
22 - 24 points - rta - Marek
23 - 24 points - eab - Havie
24 - 24 points - mtc - Parsnip
25 - 24 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
26 - 23 points - hcg - dsparil
27 - 23 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
28 - 22 points - spz - Striderblade
29 - 22 points - rpg - Zion
30 - 21 points - gms - hellermarie
31 - 21 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
32 - 20 points - gsg - partykiller
33 - 19 points - mtc - MegaApple
34 - 19 points - mmx - Klunky
35 - 19 points - nto - Curlybird
36 - 19 points - eab - gimbal
37 - 19 points - gpo - rave
38 - 18 points - lgs - Mister_L
39 - 18 points - eab - Biscuit
40 - 18 points - ftg - Lurker
41 - 18 points - rtc - elginmcqueen
42 - 18 points - pop - A Gentle Breeze
43 - 18 points - mnc - Dolphin
44 - 17 points - ntl - Blooper987
45 - 17 points - gms - hellifanboy
46 - 16 points - ftg - Zerimski
47 - 16 points - nto - Matchet1984
48 - 16 points - can - M.Rick75
49 - 16 points - hcg - teroknor
50 - 16 points - eab - darkwave
51 - 16 points - gpo - Navarone
52 - 16 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
53 - 16 points - m!g - geohound
54 - 15 points - nto - Tisteg80
55 - 15 points - can - Franky Mikey
56 - 15 points - lgs - frog
57 - 15 points - spz - Kal1m3r0
58 - 15 points - can - Dark Kariya
59 - 15 points - gpo - Eddie
60 - 15 points - mtc - FunnyJay
61 - 14 points - mmx - Winyett
62 - 14 points - gms - kanedat
63 - 14 points - mmx - Lynx
64 - 14 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
65 - 14 points - gpo - KHlover
66 - 14 points - mnc - elementalMaster
67 - 14 points - mnc - Lukulus
68 - 14 points - rpg - D4rkD
69 - 14 points - pop - Don Como
70 - 13 points - mnc - HomiSite
71 - 13 points - lgs - Numfuddle
72 - 13 points - mmx - LittleChoco
73 - 13 points - sh2 - Vino
74 - 13 points - lgs - Darkcloud
75 - 13 points - nto - Eims
76 - 13 points - rta - Blufunk
77 - 13 points - gpo - Gameproff
78 - 13 points - rta - PsionBolt
79 - 13 points - hcg - Personman
80 - 13 points - lgs - goschi
81 - 12 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
82 - 12 points - m!g - Red XIII
83 - 12 points - ntl - Dogorilla
84 - 12 points - rta - Luke88
85 - 12 points - hcg - windfisch
86 - 12 points - mnc - Mitschel
87 - 12 points - gms - kopyright
88 - 12 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
89 - 12 points - mnc - Klees
90 - 11 points - hcg - Alexmate
91 - 11 points - 4py - Scorplian
92 - 10 points - pop - Sascha
93 - 10 points - pop - Arne
94 - 10 points - nto - Zarathustra
95 - 10 points - pop - dixip
96 - 10 points - mtc - QFNS
97 - 10 points - rta - Cucurbitacée
98 - 10 points - lgs - M0rr1s0n
99 - 10 points - mnc - Yeboah17
100 - 9 points - mmx - Dnamei
101 - 9 points - sh2 - godzella
102 - 9 points - sh2 - Neo_SUC
103 - 8 points - gpo - Bully
104 - 8 points - pop - PUH
105 - 8 points - m!g - Kong
106 - 7 points - rtc - StayAwhile
107 - 7 points - gav - Yoshi
108 - 7 points - mmx - Shades
109 - 6 points - nto - 4C8en
110 - 6 points - hcg - snake
111 - 6 points - gsg - Drapondur
112 - 4 points - pop - Daiyama
113 - 3 points - eab - Mailman

Wow, 20 people with full score? That's really crazy. Congratulations to all of you!

Next round, I'll definitely have to turn the difficulty level up a bit again....


LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 25 points - Valdien
2 - 24 points - Parsnip
3 - 21 points - Wibblewozzer
4 - 19 points - MegaApple
5 - 15 points - FunnyJay
6 - 10 points - QFNS

Congrats to Valdien for the local lead.

By the way, about the "country" bonus question? You guys are from a very diverse range of places: Australia, Finland, India, Sweden and the USA.

Thanks to everyone for participating and see you next time!

 

[Parsnip]

Finland

I missed number 23, didn't have a clue. Not sure I've even heard of the game.

 

[Wibblewozzer]

Fun category. Had no idea on the last three. Timesplitters I played and loved back in the day and I recognized that specific image but couldn't place the game. I thought it was a lot more recent since I thought I had seen that image in the last five years somewhere or something.

 

[FunnyJay]

Timesplitters was has since it looked like a cross of Saints Row's Johnny Gat, Serious Sam and Duke Nukem. And none of those are "trilogies".

 

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Atari

This time we honour a former giant. Quite a few classics can be attributed to Atari Inc, which rose to become the biggest manufacturer of video games in the early 80s. We all know how the story ended, but similar to the SEGA group (see related puzzle a few months ago ) a whole lot of hardware has come together over the years, with quite a few titles... I won't be able to please all fans and I might have left out some classics, but I still want to put you to the test:
No matter if console, home computer or handheld, exclusive or multiplatform - do you recognise these games?

Deadline is Sunday the 31st of October, participation via Video Game Quiz - October - Atari.

Here comes the quiz, have fun:

Direct link

 

[Parsnip]

This one's probably going to be a tough one. Unless my google fu is on point. I know maybe 1 or 2 off the top of my head.

 

[Valdien]

Cool. I recognize nothing.

I bet the folks over at the amiga board are jumping with joy.

 

[QFNS]

Ah geez this is going to be tough. Outside of my experience and I only recognize one off the bat. Gonna be a hard month. L ok l

 

[Mr_Horizon]

This one's probably going to be a tough one.

Cool. I recognize nothing.

Ah geez this is going to be tough.

I can spot a pattern here. Yes it's a more difficult month (and fewer people are joining...), the shift from more current games towards a 1980s focus is probably a big reason for that!
But don't despair, brush up on your arcade classics and await clues.

 

[Prodigy]

All these games are before my time

 

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Clues #1

Notice something? This round we're capitalising RETRO, one fellow player called it a "real boomer quiz"! You can see the focus just by looking at the release dates.... ten of the games were released before 1989, twelve in the 90s, and only three in this millennium. So it's a long way into the past, but don't lose heart! Just look up some Atari Arcade classics

So far, only 25 people are participating, the scores are low and a top 10 place is already up for grabs with 13 correct titles. With this post, I'll bring the thread back up and give you some hints....

Hints #1:
1) In game #4, you control a tank.
2) There are also arcade versions of the following game series: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15 and 17.
3) Title #3 is a licensed game, there are movies and comics with the same name.
4) Game #7 was a launch title of the Atari 2600.


Deadline is Sunday the 31st of October, enter via Video Game Quiz - October - Atari

Here's the quiz again, good luck. link

 

[QFNS]

Lol dammit. The clues are only helping confirm a couple of the ones I already had guesses on.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Clues #2

So my dear friends of video games, honour your classics and join in this round! There are less than ten days left before October is already over.

There are only about 40 players so far, and none from this community. Sure this round is frustrating, but remember - every single point helps your forum in the yearly ranking. So even if you only recognise one game, don't hesitate to submit your entry.

Hints #2:
1) #6 and #15 are multiplatform remakes of Atari classics for the new Atari VCS.
2) Do you like cat-themed mini games? Maybe game 13 is something for you.
3) Number 8 is a game with only three letters, which was ported to all kinds of systems between 1981 and 2010.
4) Title 11 is one of the most successful Atari 2600 games and sold millions of copies.


Deadline is Sunday 31 October, enter via Video Game Quiz - October - Atari

Here's the quiz again, now let's go!

 

[Mutant Strawberry]

These are all way before my time, but I did go through a retro computing phase a few years ago so I think I'm going to try to enter, even though I probably only definitely know like 3.

 

[Parsnip]

I punched in a quick start few days ago with 6 I think.

 

[Parsnip]

Did a second pass, I think I'm up to 19. Way way better than I expected.

 

[Wibblewozzer]

Pretty sure I'll end with 18 or so points. Definitely did better than expected but also spent more time than normal looking around for games. A couple I think I could eventually find if I just kept looking but I spent enough time I finally just made myself stop.

 

[FunnyJay]

Did. Not. Do. Well.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Atari

Here we go, the last weekend of the month is upon us! We have 68 players, only four of them from here - that can't be everyone, tough round or not. Valdien MegaApple QFNS mssq Arsene ...how about it?

Do you want me to give you guys more hints? Mmmmh... the most common wrong entries are Sim City, Transformers, Citytopia, Phoenix and Tank(s).

On up, closing date is this Sunday, enter via Video Game Quiz - October - Atari

Here's the quiz one last time: link

 

[Mr_Horizon]

October Quiz - Answers & Score

Just like the great glory of Atari, this round is now over. Once again I am happy about the almost 100 players, even though the games really were not easy. Are you ready for the results?

Ah wait, to the bonus question: 58% of you have never owned Atari hardware, 41% of you have... and it paid off, the latter scored 5 points more on average (11 vs 16).

The scores are at the end, now first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score table.


1) Jr Pac-Man
An update/successor to the best-selling Atari 2600 game of all time. All but three players recognised the Pac Man series.
Answer rate: 97%
Other suggestions: -

2) Tempest 2000
A colourful 90s update of the simple original for the Atari Jaguar (only years later on other systems).
Answer rate: 77%
Other suggestions: -

3) Alien vs Predator
I always thought the idea of being able to play all three parties (Aliens, Predators & Marines) was pretty cool.
Answer rate: 85%
Other suggestions: Gloom

4) Battlezone 2000
A version of the classic tank game for the Atari Lynx.
Answer rate: 77%
Other suggestions: Grebz, Battle Tanks

5) Asteroids
A port of the arcade classic for Atari 8 bit home computers... I think the colourful asteroids confused many of you.
Answer rate: 69%
Other suggestions: Wizball, Star Wars, Space Invaders, Mad Planets, Defender

6) Centipede Recharged
The new Atari VCS was released this year and offers the original Centipede as well as this remake - not for epileptics.
Answer rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Geometry Wars, Mushrooms in Space, Space Invaders, Spider Fighter

7) Combat
A launch title of the Atari 2600. No, not "Tank", that's an arcade game where the tanks look different.
Answer rate: 72%
Other suggestions: 4x Tank(s), Adventure, Battle City, Indy 500

8.) Qix
No, not "Missile Command", that's number 15! This is "Qix", the abstract action game in which you... yes, how do you actually describe it?? Anyway, here you can see the version for the Atari Lynx.
Answer rate: 60%
Other suggestions: 11x Missile Command

9) Yar's Revenge
Answer rate: 55%
Other suggestions: Galaxian, Space Tunnel, Guitar Hero

10) Gauntlet 3rd encounter
A Gauntlet spin-off for the Lynx handheld.
Answer rate: 53%
Other suggestions: Zombies Ate My Neighbor, Evil dead, Chips Challenge

11) Demon Attack
Another super hit for the Atari 2600.
Answer rate: 53%
Other suggestions: 6x Space Invaders, 5x Phoenix, Crackpot

12) Iron Soldier
3D polygon mecha action on the Jaguar.
Answer rate: 61%
Other suggestions: 7x Transformers

13) Alley Cat
Mini-games revolving around a street cat, one of my very first encounters with computer games.
Solving rate: 45%
Other suggestions: Custer's Revenge, Cat Trax, ET, Mouse Trap, Raiders of the Lost Ark

14) Dungeon Master
The front door of this classic multiplatform dungeon crawler.
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: Transformers, Sinistar, Pitfall Mayan Adventure, Bloodwych

15) Missile Command Recharged
Answer rate: 63%
Other suggestions: Space War, Gravitar, Geometry Wars, Asteroids

16) Oids
A mixture of Gravitar and Choplifter, Oids was an exclusive game for the Atari ST (later also for the Mac).
Answer rate: 34%
Other suggestions: 5x Defender, Galaga, Thrust, Lunar Lander, Gravitar, Choplifter, Gravity Force

17) Night Driver
Answer rate: 39%
Other suggestions: 4x Fatal Run, Road Race, Space Invaders, Moon Patrol, Lotus Racing, Great American Road Race, Enduro, Back to the Future

18.) Hunter.
A true open world sandbox game, with lots of usable weapons+vehicles and completely in 3D.... from the year 1991!
Answer rate: 41%
Other suggestions: Highlander, Midwinter

19) Midnight Mutants
All sorts of undead creatures are out to get you in this Atari 7800 action game.
Solving rate: 35%
Other suggestions: ET, Friday the 13th, Graveyard, Horror Zombies from the Crypt, King of Grabs, Living Dead, Zombi, Zombies ate my neighbour

20) Skull Diggery
An exclusive title for the Atari ST, only a scant third guessed it correctly.
Answer rate: 32%
Other suggestions: Boulder Dash, Monster Bash, Halloween

21) Ultra Vortek
A brawling game with creative characters but modest scores, exclusive to the Jaguar.
Answer rate: 46%
Other suggestions: Primal Rage, Vicious Circle, Rise of the Robots, Killer Instinct, Kasumi Ninja

22) Substation
A rare find... an fps for the Atari ST!
Answer rate: 30%
Other suggestions: Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, The Corporation, Robocop, Galactica, ET, Battle Star Galactica, Alien Breed 3D

23) Battlesphere
Space battles on the Jaguar.
Answer rate: 19%
Other suggestions: Star Raiders, Space War 2000, Lunar Lander, Hover Strike, ET, Captain Blood, Aliens

24) Alien Brigade
The most difficult entry of this round! A mean screen fragment from a rail shooter for the Atari 7800... can be played through in under 20 minutes, by the way (I guess this is due to the genre).
Answer rate: 11%
Other suggestions: Bruce Lee, Rambo, Missing in Action, ET, Bad Dudes

25) White Men can't jump
Speaking of mean clips... this one was purposefully chosen to mislead you, I don't understand how almost 20 of you figured it out anyway. Congrats! :O
Answer rate: 19%
Other suggestions: 7x Sim City, 4x Rollercoaster Tycoon, 4x Citytopia, Fast Food Tycoon, Zany Golf, Township, Theme Park, Paper Boy, Lunar Battle


Here is the quiz picture again, followed by the solution:

Solution:

Direct link


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - hcg - windfish
01 - 25 points - pop - PUH
01 - 25 points - rta - AuraPaladinne
01 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
01 - 25 points - hcg - excelsior
01 - 25 points - rta - Marek
01 - 25 Points - ntl - lifer
08 - 24 points - eab - Havie
09 - 24 points - spz - The_BACH
10 - 24 points - mnc - Gerhard S.

11 - 24 points - mmx - fedprod
12 - 24 points - mmx - Knuckles
13 - 23 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
14 - 23 points - mnc - Dream-Team
15 - 22 points - rta - Roarer
16 - 22 points - eab - darkwave
17 - 22 points - lgs - AirBaeron
18 - 22 points - gsg - partykiller
19 - 22 points - rta - residentgrigo
20 - 21 points - rta - EmmaDansTonU
21 - 21 points - eab - Nobby_UK
22 - 20 points - mtc - Valdien
23 - 19 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
24 - 19 points - m!g - lmarvin
25 - 19 points - gav - Wizdom
26 - 19 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
27 - 19 points - mtc - Parsnip
28 - 18 points - sh2 - Vino
29 - 18 points - eab - Biscuit
30 - 18 points - rta - malus
31 - 18 points - hcg - teroknor
32 - 17 points - spz - Striderblade
33 - 17 points - ntl - GrailUK
34 - 17 points - ata - JeremiahJT
35 - 16 points - hcg - dsparil
36 - 16 points - ata - BydoEmpire
37 - 16 points - ftg - Lurker
38 - 16 points - hcg - Alexmate
39 - 15 points - gpo - Bully
40 - 15 points - rta - EarthPainting
41 - 15 points - m!g - geohound
42 - 15 points - rta - Cucurbitacée
43 - 15 points - can - M.Rick75
44 - 15 points - can - Dark Kariya
45 - 14 points - rta - Illusionary
46 - 14 points - ata - jgkspsx
47 - 13 points - gpo - rave
48 - 13 points - gms - kopyright
49 - 13 points - rtc - elginmcqueen
50 - 12 points - nto - curlybird
51 - 12 points - pop - Guzzi
52 - 12 points - sh2 - Gatar
53 - 11 points - mnc - Dolphin
54 - 11 points - pop - a gentle breeze
55 - 10 points - eab - Mailman
56 - 10 points - rpg - Zion
57 - 10 points - ftg - Cappy
58 - 10 points - rpg - D4rkD
59 - 10 points - mnc - elementalMaster
60 - 10 points - gsg - Drapondur
61 - 10 points - m!g - Red XIII
62 - 10 points - mnc - Yeboah17
63 - 09 points - pop - Arne
64 - 08 points - mmx - Dnamei
65 - 08 points - sh2 - godzella
66 - 07 points - mtc - Mutant Strawberry
67 - 07 points - pop - Sascha
68 - 07 points - gpo - Eddie
69 - 06 points - ntl - Dogorilla
70 - 06 points - mnc - HomiSite
71 - 06 points - lgs - Numfuddle
72 - 06 points - mmx - LittleChoco
73 - 06 points - mtc - FunnyJay
74 - 06 points - hcg - snake
75 - 06 points - mmx - Klunky
76 - 06 points - gpo - Konsolomio
77 - 06 points - gpo - Navarone
78 - 06 points - pop - Don Como
79 - 06 points - lgs - Mister_L
80 - 05 points - mmx - Lynx
81 - 05 points - mtc - QFNS
82 - 05 points - rtc - stayAwhile
83 - 04 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
84 - 04 points - nto - 4C8en
85 - 04 points - mnc - Mitschel
86 - 03 points - pop - Daiyama
87 - 03 points - nto - Ande
88 - 03 points - m!g - Kong
89 - 03 points - rta - Blufunk
90 - 02 points - gms - hellermarie
91 - 02 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
92 - 02 points - gms - hellifanboy
93 - 01 points - lgs - kristheb
94 - 01 points - mmx - Shades
95 - 01 points - 4py - Scorplian
96 - 01 points - rta - luke88
97 - 01 points - nto - Eims
98 - 01 points - gav - Yoshi

4py - 4players
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

Participants from here are in bold, in case of equal scores weighted points decided (less frequently guessed titles give more), if all else fails the date of the first entry.


Well then, an award ceremony: Congratulations to PUH, windfisch, AuraPaladinne, Mangamaniac, excelsior, Marek and lifer... you all got FULL POINTS and won this round!

Also congrats to Havie, The_BACH and Gerhard S, together you are the TOP 10.


LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 20 points - Valdien
2 - 19 points - Wibblewozzer
3 - 19 points - Parsnip
4 - 07 points - Mutant Strawberry
5 - 06 points - FunnyJay
6 - 05 points - QFNS


Congratulations to Valdien for the local lead.

Parsnip and Wibblewozzer are 0.008 points apart!

Thanks to everyone for playing and see you next time, for the last quiz of the year.

 

[Parsnip]

Parsnip and Wibblewozzer are 0.008 points apart!

 

[Wibblewozzer]

Surprised you can still chew after that beating I gave you.

 

[Parsnip]

Surprised you can still chew after that beating I gave you.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

November Quiz - Metroidvania

So, here is the last quiz of the year! A few months ago I had you vote on which themes you would like, and Metroidvania had made second place. So why not have a round about this popular genre with somewhat "fuzzy edges", because where does a souls-like start, and which title is more of an action adventure?
I hope you enjoy this one, even if some genre classics are not included because they were already in another quiz.

Next year there will also be another Make-a-Wish quiz, so please enter your wishes in the bonus question!


Deadline is Tuesday 30 November, enter via Video Game Quiz - November - Metroidvania.

Here comes the last quiz of 2021, have fun:

Direct link

 

[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 Video Game Quiz - November - Metroidvania

Here's the quiz again, good luck: link

 

[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 Video Game Quiz - November - Metroidvania.

Here's the quiz again, good luck: link

 

[Parsnip]

I think I got 22. Just no clue on the ones I'm missing, even though one of them has a hint.

 

[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! Two 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.

Valdien Wibblewozzer Mutant Strawberry FunnyJay QFNS

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 Video Game Quiz - November - Metroidvania

Here's the quiz one last time, good luck: link

 

[Mr_Horizon]

Okay, this is my last call to all of you - this round is the final one of 2021, and it ends tonight.

Video Game Quiz - November - Metroidvania

 

[FunnyJay]

Another really difficult quiz. This was apparently not my kind of genre.

 

[Wibblewozzer]

Okay, this is my last call to all of you - this round is the final one of 2021, and it ends tonight.

Video Game Quiz - November - Metroidvania

I feel like the bolded is targeting me! But I already submitted mine.

 

[Valdien]

Okay, this is my last call to all of you - this round is the final one of 2021, and it ends tonight.

Video Game Quiz - November - Metroidvania

I'll be submitting mine later today. I usually hold off until the last hint if I haven't figured out all of 'em by then.

 

[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: the best and worst (quiz) of 2021

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?
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 & video
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 - 24 points - Wibblewozzer
2 - 23 points - Valdien
3 - 22 points - Parsnip
4 - 22 points - mssq
5 - 20 points - MegaApple
6 - 09 points - QFNS
7 - 02 points - FunnyJay


Congratulations to Wibblewozzer for the local lead.
Parsnip and mssq are 0,012 points apart.

Here's the link again for the short "best-of-2021" poll: the best and worst (quiz) of 2021

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

 

[Parsnip]

For this round I missed 19, 22 and 25.

Maybe next year I'll get one quiz with the full score.

 

[Valdien]

Damn, lost to Wibble

Mr_Horizon Thank you for doing these yet again this year. I'm curious if you'll be doing a statistical breakdown, similar to the one you did last year?

 

[Mr_Horizon]

Mr_Horizon Thank you for doing these yet again this year. I'm curious if you'll be doing a statistical breakdown, similar to the one you did last year?

Yes, that'll come in the next weeks. The data is already gathered and sorted.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

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?

SCORE HIGH - get placed in the Top 10.

ENDURANCE - participate in at least five quizzes without a break.

More details: link

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2021 FORUM RANKING

Congrats, the MetaCouncil ("mtc" in the table) increases its rank from 12 to 10, thanks to several strong contributors!
Who were these high scorers? (1st number is points via high score, 2nd number is points via endurance)

Valdien (14+3)
Wibblewozzer (1+3)
Parsnip (0+3)
Valdien (0+3)
Wibblewozzer (0+3)
FunnyJay (0+1)
QFNS (0+1)

Table from 2020: link
Table from 2019: link
Table from 2018: link

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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 15

No matter if you gained them with real skill or with steady persistence - here is your ranking in the local Top 15 of the year 2021:

01 - 229 points - Valdien (+159)
02 - 198 points - Parsnip (+32)
03 - 185 points - Wibblewozzer (+14)
04 - 115 points - FunnyJay (+115)
05 - 78 points - MegaApple (+4)
06 - 75 points - mssq (-31)
07 - 38 points - QFNS (-4)
08 - 27 points - Arsene (+27)
09 - 18 points - freshVeggie (+9)
10 - 18 points - KainXVIII (+18)
11 - 07 points - Mutant Strawberry (+7)
12 - 00 points - Ruvon (-61)
13 - 00 points - xxr (-20)
14 - 00 points - RionaaM (-15)
15 - 00 points - DriftedPlanet (-10)

I'll see you in the new year!

 

[Parsnip]

Valdien's quiz game is too strong!

Thanks for doing these Mr_Horizon! Here's to a new year of quizzes.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

 

[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 Video Game Quiz - February - cooking & kitchens

Here comes the quiz, bon appetit:

Direct link

 

[Parsnip]

Looks tough.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

February Quiz - Clues #1

Listen up, here's some lunch.... and clues! The first quiz of the year is running and over thirty players are already participating. This round we have more complaints about omitted genre representatives than usual, so before we get to the clues, let me name three cooking games mentioned by fellow players that are definitely not in this month: Pressure Cooker, Ore no Ryouri, Po'ed.

So, now clues #1:
1) The 1 and 7 are point & click adventures of the late 80s that are considered genre classics. The 11 is also one, but less old & classic.
2) In game 5 you don't just design pizza, organised crime is also an integral part of the gameplay.
3) Games 8, 14 and 20 are games based on movies or TV series.
4) Game 9 is a twelve-letter Japan-only platformer that has appeared almost exclusively on Sony consoles (stationary+handheld).

Deadline is Monday 28 February, enter via Video Game Quiz - February - cooking & kitchens

Here's the quiz again, bon appétit: link

 

[Mr_Horizon]

February Quiz - Clues #2

Forty cooks are already hanging around these video game kitchens (but no one from here), let's see what comes out of the oven in the end! Granted, I hope quite a few more people join in the remaining ten days. More than half of the month is over, and soon we'll be serving - are you with us?

Here are the clues #2:

1) Number 10 is a VR game where you act out different professions.
2) Title 13 is thematically the furthest from "cooking" - a racing game!
3) The sixth picture shows a survival game, already the name indicates that cooking is important.
4) Game 15 is a well-known free to play MMORPG.


Deadline is Monday 28th February, participation via Video Game Quiz - February - cooking & kitchens.

Here's the quiz again, enjoy: link