|OT| Monthly Videogame Quiz

[FunnyJay]

finally play the first Deus Ex, for example.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

August Quiz - Answers & Score

So, that's it (permanently) for the classics from the DOS years... where this category used to always ensure high numbers of participants, the fifth chapter has unfortunately become one of the more sparsely attended rounds of the year with 118 players, same as the much reviled Flash quiz.

This time a whole nine people got full points, I'm impressed - but my respect goes especially to the four people who sent in their answers even though they weren't sure about any game and didn't get any points at all.

I'm sure the next round will be more accessible.

Briefly on the additional question - your remake requests were very numerous, but the following titles were mentioned most often:

6x Ultima
4x Commander Keen
3x Fallout

Well, who holds the rights? Maybe write to them? After all, clearly the demand is there.


But now let's start with the answers... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score.

1) Carmaggedon
A well-known series and a very clear picture - the most frequently guessed title of this round still does not reach an 80% answer rate!
Answer rate: 79%
Other suggestions: Breath of the Wild, Death Rally

2) Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Apogee, the first... I thought that Wolfenstein 3D couldn't be the only "pre-Doom" first-person shooter that everyone remembers, but I guess I was wrong.
Answer rate: 65%
Other suggestions: 18x Wolfenstein, Doom, Myth

3) Silent Service 2
A lot of people recognised it as a submarine game, but then got the details wrong. "Silent Hunter" came later in the 90s, "Silent Scope" is the one with the sniper.
Answer rate: 64%
Other suggestions: 6x Battleships, Silent Scope, Silent Hunter, Sea Wolf, Stealth, Red Storm Rising, Fast Attack, Das Boot, Aces of the Deep

4) Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
The flying carpet suggests an Arabian background, in fact it is the successor of Bullfrog's carpet action game from 1995.
Answer rate: 76%
Other suggestions: Aladdin, Last Ninja, Prince of Persia

5) Transport Tycoon
Answer rate: 74%
Other suggestions: 4x Sim City, 4x Sim City 2000, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Holiday Island, Industry Giant

6) Kings Quest V
Roberta Williams keeps writing - the fifth part of the Kings Quest series.
Answer rate: 70%
Other suggestions: Another World, Legend of Kyrandia, Mixed-up Mother Goose, Nutcracker

7) Frontier: First Encounters
This is the third part of the "Elite" series. I wrote in the clues about "great freedom of play", why are you all suggesting linear Wing Commander?
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: 6x Wing Commander, Descent, Descent 3, Sentinel, System Shock

8.) Alien Carnage
Apogee, the second one... also known as "Halloween Harry".
Answer rate: 66%
Other suggestions: Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Metal Slug

9) Flight Unlimited
A highly acclaimed DOS flight simulation at the time...
Answer rate: 42%
Other suggestions: 4x Microsoft Flight Simulator, Stunt Island, Aces of the Luftwaffe, Pilot Wings

10) The Pandora Directive
Mmmh, or was it "Under a Killing Moon"? Another adventure in the Tex Murphy series. Full motion video within a real 3D environment creates its own look.
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: 5x Gabriel Knight, 7th Guest, Blade Runner, Countdown, Jack Orlando, Rex Nebula, Ripper, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes

11) Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva
German RPG based on the "Das schwarze Auge" pen&paper role-playing system. Pixel and render graphics combined, brave!
Answer rate: 49%
Other suggestions: 7x Ultima, 5x Diablo, Baldur's Gate, Eye Of The Beholder, Geneforge, Hero Quest

12) Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
Air combat in the Second World War.
Answer rate: 35%
Other suggestions: 4x Wings of Fury, Aces over Europe, Battlehawks 1942, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Jetstrike, P-47, Pajama Sam, Their Finest Hour: The Battle Of Britain

13) Battle Bugs
Exactly half of you know this one.
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: Bug Life, Pizzalien

14) The Lost Vikings 2
The second part of the Interplay classic, with even more characters and abilities but a change in graphics. Did any of your play this one?
Answer rate: 68%
Other suggestions: Hero Quest, Zac McKrakken

15) Carrier Command
Answer rate: 26%
Other suggestions: 9x Elite, Frontier Elite 2, Starglider, L'Arche du Captain Blood, Privateer, Star Wars X-Wing, Battle Zone, Wing Commander

16) Ultima 6
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Lord British!
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: Defender of the Crown, Eye of Beholder 2, Heroes of Might and Magic, Kings Quest, Solitaire

17) Monster Bash
And Apogee the third! A little boy in the graveyard.
Answer rate: 63%
Other suggestions: Commander Keen, Alex Kid, Bio Menace, Magic Boy

18) Dune
The blue eyes are kind of familiar to people that like Sci-Fi...
Answer rate: 75%
Other suggestions: Privateer, Rex nebular, Shadow Watch, Star Wars Dark Forces

19) Stronghold
Together with #23 the most difficult game of this round.
Solving rate: 18%
Other suggestions: Castles, Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis, Loderunner, Settlers

20) The Bard`s Tale I
Answer rate: 53%
Other suggestions: Gauntlet, Wizardry, Abbandoned Place, Forest of Illusion

21) Might and Magic III
WTF is this enemy design?
Answer rate: 38%
Other suggestions: The Black Eye, Dungeon Master, Mother, Nogginknockers 2

22) Xtreme Assault
Answer rate: 21%
Other suggestions: Armored Fist, Incoming, Mechwarrior, Metal Rage, Project IGI, Seek and destroy, Tank Golf

23) Night Shift
Night Shift's character selection. Together with #19 the hardest game of this round.
Answer rate: 18%
Other suggestions: Leisure Suit Larry, Sim City 2000, Snowwhite

24) Betrayal at Krondor
Interesting mix of pixel and polygon graphics.
Answer rate: 26%
Other suggestions: 5x Daggerfall, Elder Scrolls, Eternam, Future Wars, Neverwinter, Baphomet's Curse

25) Town of ZZT
The puzzle & game construction kit "ZZT".
Answer rate: 21%
Other suggestions: Rogue, Dark Woods, Game of Life, Mailorder Monsters, Mastertype, Nethack, Pickaxe Pete, Qix



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HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - cib - frozentiger
02 - 25 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
03 - 25 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
04 - 25 points - rta - marek
05 - 25 points - mnc - Michel
06 - 25 points - stf - n_quadra
07 - 25 points - mnc - OfflineChris
08 - 25 points - mnc - Ost West Elite
09 - 25 points - hcg - teroknor
10 - 24 points - smu - Herr Schatten
11 - 24 points - spz - The_BACH
12 - 23 points - rta - hamsterstyle
13 - 23 points - gms - kopyright
14 - 22 points - gdc - Calastellio
15 - 22 points - gsg - partykiller
16 - 22 points - mmx - fedprod
17 - 22 points - rtg - Antiriad2097
18 - 22 points - cib - ectorhga
19 - 21 points - rta - EarthPainting
20 - 21 points - can - Dark Kariya

21 - 21 points - ftg - Destria
22 - 21 points - ntl - charlix12323
23 - 21 points - ftg - JuniorFE
24 - 21 points - eab - Havie
25 - 20 points - rta - Illusionary
26 - 20 points - gms - kanedat
27 - 20 points - rta - malus
28 - 20 points - stf - Okey_Dokey
29 - 20 points - gpo - DocMoody
30 - 19 points - eab - gimbal
31 - 19 points - stf - Kirby
32 - 19 points - hcg - dsparil
33 - 19 points - mtc - Parsnip
34 - 18 points - mtc - KainXVIII
35 - 18 points - mnc - PaulBearer
36 - 18 points - gav - Wizdom
37 - 17 points - spz - Striderblade
38 - 17 points - stf - soniq
39 - 17 points - sh2 - Vino
40 - 17 points - eab - Nobby_uk
41 - 17 points - rta - aLaxLuthor
42 - 16 points - mnc - HomiSite
43 - 16 points - ftg - rwklau
44 - 16 points - mtc - Valdien
45 - 16 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
46 - 16 points - gdc - Fyrchtegott
47 - 16 points - cib - LockeBoss
48 - 16 points - mmx - Knuckles
49 - 15 points - pop - turzilla
50 - 15 points - mtc - FunnyJay
51 - 15 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
52 - 14 points - rta - DaveLong
53 - 14 points - gpo - rave
54 - 14 points - gpo - Messor Torvus
55 - 13 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
56 - 13 points - rtg - elginmcqueen
57 - 13 points - eab - mailman
58 - 13 points - ata - jgkspsx
59 - 12 points - ata - Keir
60 - 12 points - mmx - Lynx
61 - 12 points - can - Jean-Luc Hazek
62 - 12 points - nto - Ande
63 - 11 points - pcx - Pascal Parvex
64 - 11 points - ftg - Lurker
65 - 11 points - hcg - windfisch
66 - 11 points - ftg - LockeTribal
67 - 11 points - eab - darkwave
68 - 10 points - gms - hellermarie
69 - 10 points - mmx - LittleChoco
70 - 10 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
71 - 10 points - ftg - Lizard
72 - 9 points - cib - Seizokano
73 - 9 points - mnc - elementalMaster
74 - 9 points - gms - j1m
75 - 9 points - mnc - Mitschel
76 - 9 points - mmx - Dnamei
77 - 9 points - gpo - Bully
78 - 8 points - f64 - Jammet
79 - 8 points - hcg - snake
80 - 8 points - wtd - svenoble
81 - 8 points - mnc - Lukulus
82 - 8 points - pop - Don Como
83 - 7 points - hcg - personman
84 - 7 points - cib - akuma:0
85 - 6 points - spz - Geddoe
86 - 6 points - rkb - kirika1987
87 - 6 points - ntl - Dogorilla
88 - 6 points - stf - zeratul2099
89 - 6 points - ntl - Bunkerneath
90 - 6 points - rkb - Philippe161
91 - 6 points - nto - 4C8en
92 - 6 points - m!g - Red XIII
93 - 5 points - ftg - mrpon
94 - 5 points - gpo - Eddie
95 - 5 points - rta - vgp
96 - 4 points - stf - Thymon
97 - 4 points - gdc - HTX
98 - 4 points - rkb - FolderOfDoom
99 - 4 points - mnc - chifan
100 - 4 points - mtc - QFNS
101 - 3 points - ntl - Teksetter
102 - 3 points - pop - Sascha
103 - 3 points - gpo - Navarone
104 - 3 points - gpo - Konsolomio
105 - 3 points - smu - Guigui
106 - 2 points - gav - Yoshi
107 - 2 points - pop - Arne
108 - 2 points - mmx - Shades
109 - 2 points - gpo - kataka
110 - 1 points - gdc - Zion
111 - 1 points - m!g - Kong
112 - 1 points - gpo - GAMEPROFF
113 - 1 points - gav - Scorplian
114 - 1 points - pop - PUH
115 - 0 points - pop - Daiyama
116 - 0 points - cib - Jan565
117 - 0 points - ntl - BabyYoda71
118 - 0 points - gav - RedBrooke


LOCAL HIGH SCORE

1 - 19 points - Parsnip
2 - 18 points - KainXVIII
3 - 16 points - Valdien
4 - 15 points - FunnyJay
5 - 15 points - Wibblewozzer
6 - 04 points - QFNS

Congratulations to Parsnip for the local lead.

Thanks to everyone for participating... there are THREE quizzes left before I retire!

 

[FunnyJay]

Damnit!
So it was Lord British!
I recognized that pink king, but I was so certain that the Realms of Arkania pic was Ultima Pagan...

 

[Parsnip]

No "oh duh" games this time, Krondor might have been doable if the screencrop had included any of the portraits.
Same with Might and Magic 3 too actually, I was so certain that it must be some low brow Wolf3D engine game based on that enemy design and 1st person perspective that I didn't even consider a turn based dungeon crawler.

 

[Wibblewozzer]

No "oh duh" games this time, Krondor might have been doable if the screencrop had included any of the portraits.
Same with Might and Magic 3 too actually, I was so certain that it must be some low brow Wolf3D engine game based on that enemy design and 1st person perspective that I didn't even consider a turn based dungeon crawler.

Yup, 100% expected Might and Magic 3 to be some random Wolf3D clone that just had a bunch of pervy art or something. And agreed that there was really nothing I was close to being on the right track for the handful I skipped but had tried to find. In the bottom two rows I got Monster Bash and Dune and the only one I even tried to find for a couple minutes was Ultima 6 but quickly gave up and didn't even look up anything for 19-25.

 

[FunnyJay]

I thought Might & Magic 3 looked like one of the Marathon games that Mandalore recently made videos about. Art style seemed to match.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

Damnit!So it was Lord British!I recognized that pink king, but I was so certain that the Realms of Arkania pic was Ultima Pagan...

I can't see a pink king anymore without thinking of Ultima.

I thought Might & Magic 3 looked like one of the Marathon games that Mandalore recently made videos about. Art style seemed to match.

You are not alone, several players thought it to be some sort of trashy fps!

 

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Halloween Horror

The supermarket displays leave no doubt - since the first of September everything has been geared towards Halloween. Do you all have enough pumpkins, orange buckets, plastic spiders and cardboard bats yet?
This September my quiz series follows the trend, similar to the zombie and spider puzzles we had many years ago. Accordingly, all signs point to Scary & Horror: 25 games that want you to be scared... a few from before 2000, and many more recent ones. Will you dare to keep your eyes open and recognise them all?

And what's up with the strange bonus question?

Deadline is Saturday, 30th September, enter via Video Game Quiz - September - Halloween Horror

Here's the quiz... you can do it!

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[Parsnip]

I expect this one to be a weaker one for me.

Horror games are too spoopy.

 

[Valdien]

Horror's among my favourite genre, so this one's pretty easy for me. Although I am missing one game... 24/25 so far.

 

[Mr_Horizon]

September Quiz - Clues #1

Some of you have already noticed, we are actually a month early for a Halloween round. I blame the supermarkets, they confused me with their sudden plastic spiders and pumpkins!
Hopefully the current quiz will confuse you less. The first 25 players are already in, and now I'm helping you out a bit.

Here are the first clues:

1) Image 12 shows the first game of a four-part series & is considered to be one of the best horror games of all time.
2) In game 6 you take on lots of supernatural enemies.
3) Number 19 is a Dreamcast game.
4) Only one game of this round was released in the 80s, and a whole 19 had their release after the year 2000. The other five somewhere in between.

Deadline is Saturday 30th of September, enter via Video Game Quiz - September - Halloween Horror.