Monthly Videogame Quiz

I'll say this right away, my submission this time was a joint effort between JonFE and myself. I did find a good few on my own (including #25, somehow ) and could probably have found a few more with some extra digging, but credit where it's due

June Quiz - Clues #2

Insert coin to continue... 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...alright, that was close! But you now have less than a week to get in the game and take the top spots from the already active 50 players. Next Friday the fun will be over and this Arcade will shut down.

Here are the second and final clues:

1) In number 10 you have to collect all the dots on the screen, like Pac Man.... only this title came out a whole year earlier!
2) Game 11 is one of the first arcade games with digitised language, where you fight killer robots. Ported to Atari & Vectrex.
3) Picture 13 shows the multiplayer mode of a top down shooter where you get to control a sci-fi soldier to shoot all kinds of fantasy enemies.
4) Title 18 lets you sink submarines, but in colour...not black and white. Did you guys notice that? ^_^

Deadline is Friday the 30th of June, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here is the quiz again, good luck i.imgur.com/Nr7XcAn.png

Guys, it'll feel really weird if I'm the only one from here that enters in the arcade round of all subjects, come on... 😅

Entered after this announcement, right? Sorry for the weird question, I just want to make sure that nothing weird happened when I submitted my answers, it's been a while 😅

Yes, entered just before my post, after the announcements.

Will submit mine in a few hours

Absolutely rubbish. Don't think I've actually ever played an arcade cabinet, so don't really know much about them, other than a few bits and pieces I've picked up from watching too much RetroPals on Twitch.

Even after lots of research I only managed to get just over 10 answers in. I wanted to get into double figures though, so that will be good enough.

Do we have until the end of the day today to submit? I need to get home and take a spin through my Mame cabinet !

June Quiz - Answers & Score

Insert Coin - 1P or 2P - Press Fire to Play! Ah yes, the good old days... but now the round is over, the arcade has closed and there is only one important high score left, which is the one at the end of this post

After the (very niche) Flash Game quiz in May, more people participated again this time (125!), but the focus on the 80s was probably too far in the past for many. Next round will be more accessible, I promise.

Now, let's check out the answers: first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score.

1) Tempest
A classic from Atari with a very unique look.
Answer rate: 79%
Other suggestions: Asteroids, Star Wars, Battlezone, Doom, Glaxion, Styx

2) Centipede
I never liked this game... everything is so tiny and fast. :/
Answer rate: 86%
Other suggestions: Gauntlet, Snake, Space Invaders

3) 1942
This shmup classic was the easiest title of this round for you. All numbers between 1941 and 1945 gave the point.
Answer rate: 91%
Other suggestions: RAID over Moscow

4) Galaga
I also let the predecessor "Galaxian" pass.
Answer rate: 84%
Other suggestions: Space Invaders, Centipede, Phoenix

5) Gauntlet
Probably the most stressful dungeon crawler of all time, your life energy doubles as your (ticking down) time limit and the enemy hordes spawn endlessly. Oh dear!
Answer rate: 74%
Other suggestions: Chaos Engine, Mercs

6) Pole Position 2
Answer rate: 74%
Other suggestions: Grand Prix, Pit Stop, Pitstop 2, F-1, F-Zero, Formula Racing, Gran Premio F1, Turbo

7) Rave Racer
The third arcade machine of the "Ridge Racer" series.
Answer rate: 48%
Other suggestions: 4x Need for Speed, Outrun, Crusin', Sega Rally, Chase HQ, Crazy Taxi, Cruis'n Exotica, Daytona, Daytona USA, Lucky & Wild

8.) Rally-X
In my boundless goodness, I also let "the mini-game from ps1 Ridge Racer" count as an answer.
Answer rate: 61%
Other suggestions: Dodge em, Formula Racing, Motor Mania, Rally Speedway, Xevious

9) Slip Stream
Your answers have introduced me to many new racing games. Thank you very much!
Answer rate: 40%
Other suggestions: Final Lap (R), Super Monaco GP, Virtua Racing, Ground effects, Power Drift, F-1 Grand Prix Star II, F1, F1 Grand Prix Star, Formula Racing, Racing Simulator, Daytona USA, F1 Super Lap, Exhaust Note

10) Head-On
"Pac Man with cars" before Pac Man was even released! The original from 1979 was required here, not one of the later copies.
Answer rate: 44%
Other suggestions: Dodge em, Crash, Formula Racing, Maze Runner, New Rally X, Rally, Rolling Crash, Route 16, Space Chaser

11) Berzerk
"Chicken, fight like a robot"
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: 4x Robotron, Robotron: 2084, Escape, Organ Trail

12) NARC
The figures are not hand-pixellated, but digitised real images. A very unique look, though not necessarily in a positive way.
Answer rate: 48%
Other suggestions: Mortal Kombat, Beyond Sunset, Doom, Ninja Warriors, Shadow Warriors, Time Crisis

13) Wizard of Wor
Answer rate: 30%
Other suggestions: Joust, Buck Rogers, Robotron, sky lancer

14) I, Robot
A licensed game for the Will Smith film. Or is it?
Answer rate: 46%
Other suggestions: Blaster, Robotron, Scramble

15) Operation Wolf
Answer rate: 50%
Other suggestions: Metal Slug, NAM 1975, Area 51, Blaster Master, Cabal, Commando, Contra, Line of Fire

16) Arkanoid
Answer rate: 47%
Other suggestions: Crypt killer, Pang, Parodius

17) Ikari Warriors
No, not "Commando".
Answer rate: 53%
Other suggestions: 12x Commando, Rambo, Dogs of War, General Chaos, Guerilla War, James Bond, Mercs, Senjou no Okami, SNK

18.) Deep Scan
In 1977, "Depthcharge" came out, also called "Sub Hunter". But that was in dull two-tone blue/black.... What we were looking for here was SEGA's "Deep Scan" from 1979, which was in colour.
Only the Atari 2600 port "Sub Scan" also gave a point. Pretty mean, huh?
Answer rate: 37%
Other suggestions: 8x Depth Charge, 6x Sea Wolf, Battleship, N-Sub, Battlestations, Destroyer, Fleet Commander, Hunter Killer, Silent Service, Submarine, Sub Hunter, Submarine Hunter, U-Boat

19) Ninja Baseball Bat Man
A wacky 2D brawler.
Answer rate: 49%
Other suggestions: Mega Baseball, Twinbats

20) Toobin'
Amidst all these action games with war, death & destruction, I found Toobin' refreshingly harmless.
Answer rate: 49%
Other suggestions: Zombies ate my Neighbors, California Games

21) House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn
This was actually the last arcade machine I played (this January!).
Answer rate: 37%
Other suggestions: 4x Time Crisis, Virtua Cop, Resident Evil

22) Star Castle
Answer rate: 30%
Other suggestions: Asteroids 2, Geometry Wars, Omega Race, Reactor, Sinistar, terranean, Thrust, War Castle

23) Asian Dynamite
The only title in the "Dynamite Deka" series that is only available as an arcade machine.
Answer rate: 30%
Other suggestions: 3 count bout, Die Hard Arcade, Funky head boxers, Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter, WWF Wrestlemania

24) Navarone
Answer rate: 27%
Other suggestions: Blues Journey, Magical Drop 2, Pac pirate, Polybius, Pulsar, Pulstar, Space Invaders

25) Boong-Ga Boong-Ga
A very special machine and the hardest entry of this round. "The objective is simple, ram a plastic finger up a virtual ass as hard as you can."
Answer rate: 26%
Other suggestions: House of the Dead, Bemani, Bunga, Dragons Lair, hot pinball, Irritating maze, Time Crisis

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26) Bonus question
Where does the short clip of the arcade hall from the intro gif come from? See for yourself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QWEcj7UXFs
The bonus point was not weighted, so it is the "weakest" point of this round.
Answer rate: 27%
Other suggestions: 5x Stranger Things, Terminator 2, The Wizard, Barcade, WarGames, Las Vegas, Galloping Ghost Arcade, Gremlins, Joy Stick Heroes, Leeds, Pixels, Butcheroni's Great Arcade New Orleans 1987, Studio 54, Tapper, The Last Starfighter, Back to the Future



Quiz image:



Answers:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/mqQ6eul.png



HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 26 points - eab - Havie
02 - 26 points - mnc - Gerhard S.
03 - 26 points - spz - The_BACH
04 - 26 points - rta - marek
05 - 26 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
06 - 26 points - ata - jgkspsx
07 - 26 points - mnc - OfflineChris
08 - 26 points - rta - hamsterstyle
09 - 26 points - rta - malus
10 - 26 points - wtd - AirBaeron
11 - 25 points - mnc - elementalMaster
12 - 25 points - gsg - partykiller
13 - 25 points - ftg - JuniorFE
14 - 25 points - smu - Herr Schatten
15 - 25 points - mnc - Ost West Elite
16 - 25 points - mtc - Parsnip
17 - 25 points - rtg - Antiriad2097
18 - 25 points - rpg - Calastellio
19 - 25 points - mmx - fedprod
20 - 25 points - rta - EarthPainting

21 - 24 points - cib - frozentiger
22 - 24 points - cib - ectorhga
23 - 24 points - eab - Nobby_UK
24 - 23 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
25 - 23 points - gav - Wizdom
26 - 22 points - mtc - Valdien
27 - 22 points - gpo - DocMoody
28 - 22 points - pop - A Gentle Breeze
29 - 21 points - can - Dark Kariya
30 - 21 points - spz - Striderblade
31 - 21 points - can - M.Rick75
32 - 20 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
33 - 20 points - hcg - teroknor
34 - 20 points - ftg - Lurker
35 - 20 points - hcg - dsparil
36 - 19 points - rta - Illusionary
37 - 18 points - gpo - rave
38 - 18 points - mnc - Lukulus
39 - 18 points - mnc - PaulBearer
40 - 18 points - ntl - Teksetter
41 - 18 points - eab - darkwave
42 - 17 points - cib - Seizokano
43 - 17 points - ata - Keir
44 - 17 points - rta - jett
45 - 17 points - rtg - Markopoloman
46 - 16 points - ftg - mrpon
47 - 16 points - hcg - windfisch
48 - 16 points - mnc - Yann
49 - 15 points - mmx - Knuckles
50 - 15 points - ntl - dmcc0
51 - 15 points - ftg - rwklau
52 - 15 points - rtg - Elginmcqueen
53 - 14 points - gms - j1m
54 - 14 points - gms - hellermarie
55 - 14 points - hcg - mainpatr
56 - 14 points - ftg - Youthist
57 - 14 points - gms - kopyright
58 - 13 points - hcg - personman
59 - 13 points - hcg - snake
60 - 12 points - ftg - Vandelay
61 - 12 points - m!g - Red XIII
62 - 12 points - cib - GaiaGensouki
63 - 12 points - mmx - LittleChoco
64 - 12 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
65 - 12 points - pop - Don Como
66 - 11 points - cib - Elemental Master
67 - 11 points - can - Marmottas
68 - 11 points - gpo - Konsolomio
69 - 11 points - ftg - Lizard
70 - 11 points - gpo - Messor Torvus
71 - 10 points - nto - Lockenvogel
72 - 10 points - spz - Geddoe
73 - 10 points - sh2 - Vino
74 - 10 points - rpg - LONER
75 - 09 points - ntl - Dogorilla
76 - 09 points - eab - mailman
77 - 09 points - f64 - Jammet
78 - 09 points - gpo - Eddie
79 - 09 points - mnc - chifan
80 - 09 points - hcg - Alexmate
81 - 09 points - smu - BulletMagnet
82 - 09 points - mtc - QFNS
83 - 08 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
84 - 08 points - mtc - MegaApple
85 - 08 points - nto - 4C8en
86 - 08 points - pop - Daiyama
87 - 08 points - rta - Optional Objectives
88 - 08 points - rpg - Zion
89 - 07 points - cib - @kuma:0
90 - 07 points - mmx - Lynx
91 - 07 points - ntl - Krull
92 - 07 points - pop - Arne
93 - 06 points - f64 - Pat Power
94 - 06 points - mtc - FunnyJay
95 - 06 points - mnc - HomiSite
96 - 06 points - pop - Sascha
97 - 06 points - ftg - Destria
98 - 06 points - pop - PUH
99 - 06 points - ntl - Bunkerneath
100- 05 points - ftg - LockeTribal
101- 05 points - cib - Retro_Willie
102- 05 points - rpg - Fyrchtegott
103- 05 points - gpo - GAMEPROFF
104- 04 points - gav - Rippi
105- 04 points - m!g - Kong
106- 04 points - mnc - Mitschel
107- 04 points - ata - RangerS
108- 04 points - wtd - svenoble
109- 04 points - gpo - kataka
110- 03 points - rkb - salversurfer
111- 03 points - gpo - Bully
112- 03 points - ntl - StarPoint
113- 02 points - gpo - FireSmoke
114- 02 points - mtc - freshVeggie
115- 02 points - cib - Jan565
116- 02 points - mmx - Dnamei
117- 02 points - gav - RedBrooke
118- 02 points - rkb - Philippe161
119- 01 points - gpo - Navarone
120- 01 points - gav - Yoshi
121- 01 points - gav - Cube
122- 01 points - ntl - BabyYoda71
123- 01 points - cib - IchoTolot
124- 01 points - gav - Scorplian
125- 00 points - mmx - Shades


LOCAL HIGH SCORE

1 - 25 points - JuniorFE
2 - 20 points - Lurker
3 - 16 points - mrpon
4 - 15 points - rwklau
5 - 14 points - Youthist
6 - 12 points - Vandelay
7 - 11 points - Lizard
8 - 06 points - Destria
9 - 05 points - LockeTribal

Congrats to JuniorFE for the local lead and Top 20 position.

Thank you all for playing!

What is a weighted point in the context of these quizzes?

When I started the quiz and didn't have as many players as in later years,  the rule was if you had the same number of points (which happens quite often when there are always over 100 players), the submission date decided who got the higher place. So you were the first to send it in, and you were at the top of all the people with... say 14 points.

But I thought that was not a good system, so I came up with the idea of "weighted" points.

With an Excel formula, each point is given a decimal place, depending on how easy it was to guess. So each correct answer is worth between 1.0000 (everyone guessed the game) and 1.1000 (no one guessed the game) points.

So in this round, the hardest title (#25, Boong-Ga Boong-Ga) was worth a whopping 1.0744 points, as it had an answer rate of only 26%. In contrast, the easiest title was "1942" (#3, with an answerrate of 91%), for which you only got 1.0088 points.

With so many decimal places, it is very rare for two people to have the exact same score, and I can always say with 100% certainty that the high score list is fair.

Here are all the people with 14 points, but this time including decimal places:

14.5896 - gms - j1m
14.5632 - gms - hellermarie
14.5448 - hcg - mainpatr
14.5320 - ftg - youthist
14.5104 - gms - kopyright


Does this help?

Yes, it does thanks. I always did wonder how the order for people tied on the same number of points was determined.

Are we identifying the bird’s name, or the name of the game they’re from?

Don't worry, just the games!

Many of these birds don't even have names.