Monthly Videogame Quiz

I'm kind of surprised so few people recognised Alkibiades (No. 19) tbh... Did not many quiz takers play Odyssey? He makes quite an impression for better or worse

June Quiz - Retro Pixel 2022

After last month's theme gave several people a strange browsing history and caused some discontent, we're falling back to familiar territory for June: the annual Retro Pixel Quiz with zoomed in game characters.

We have 25 games with (mostly) 2D graphics from the years 1985 to 2023, so as usual old & new combined for your enjoyment and scaled up so far you could count all the pixels. Have fun!

We're looking for the name of the game and not the name of the character (even if they are sometimes identical), and if you recognise the series that's enough - you don't have to name the exact instalment.

Deadline is Thursday 30th June, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here comes the quiz, good luck:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/JfDfNe9.png

June Quiz - Clues #2

Wow, what a short month: we are actually in the last weekend of June already! The short time meets an extra hard puzzle where despite almost fifty players (of which one from here) not all games have been recognised yet.
Whether it's 1986 or 2023, Spectrum home computer or Nintendo Switch... here are the last hints, your forum needs you!

1) The games are spread across the decades as follows: three from the 80s, ten 90s, three 00s, six 10s and three from this decade.
2) Numbers 8 & 14 are early spin-offs from famous & long-running JRPG series.
3) Numbers 12 and 17 you can only play on Windows and Switch... but one of them didn't come out yet.
4) The following titles have (also) been released on the Commodore Amiga: 4,6,11,16,19,20,22,25.

Deadline is next Thursday the 30th of June, participation via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here is the quiz again, good luck: i.imgur.com/JfDfNe9.png

Cheers for the reminder. Hadn't a clue on most of them.

Exact same as Ryan. I know maybe five this time? Could guess at one or two more, but I really don't have a clue on most of these.

June Quiz - Answers & Score

It is rare that a game of this series has an answer rate of less than 10% - this time it was even just 0.7% for game #24, so only one user out of over 100 players found the right answer. Congrats to Marek from the ResetEra for this achievement!

About the bonus question: 94% of you are vaccinated, 6% have no vaccination (and 24 users were left out because of no or unclear answer). Sounds quite reasonable?

And on a personal note - the NexGam community and the World-of-Players are dropping out due to a lack of players, instead the Forum64 and the Circuit Board are joining with a total of seven players. A warm welcome!


But now it's time for some answers... first the names of the games as text, then the pictures, then the high score table.

1) Crash Bandicoot XS
Also known as "Crash Bandicoot - the huge adventure".
Answer rate: 99%
Other suggestions: -

2) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The adaptation of the first film for the GBA.
Answer rate: 96%
Other suggestions: -

3) Spyro 2: Season of Flame
Which character from the first row is the most famous: Harry, Simba, Spyro, Ecco or Crash? It's Spyro... As the only one with 100% Answer rate.
Answer rate: 100%
Other suggestions: -

4) Lion King
The adult Simba in battle against Scar.
Answer rate: 99%
Other suggestions: -

5) Ecco Jr
The prequel to the Sega Dolphin games.
Answer rate: 91%
Other suggestions: Arielle, EcoQuest, The Touryst

6) James Pond 3
Answer rate: 71%
Other suggestions: 3x Yoshi, Super Mario Bros, Wario world, Jelly Boy, Muppets, Rex

7) A Short Hike
This is a bird, not a penguin.
Answer rate: 53%
Other suggestions: 9x Animal Crossing, club penguin, Disgaea, Minish Cap, Pingu, The Turyst, Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero

8.) Final Fantasy 2
Answer rate: 53%
Other suggestions: 3x Gauntlet, Athena, Dragon Quest Monsters, Gianna Sisters, Kid Icarus, Red Sonya, Wonder Boy in Monster World

9) Golf Story
Sports Story, which has not yet been released, apparently uses the same protagonist and therefore also counted.
Answer rate: 57%
Other suggestions: Pokemon, Earthbound, Harvest Moon, go vacation, gravejard keeper, Andy Capp, Mother, River City, Stardey Valley

10) Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
From this title on, the answer rate drops below 50% and stays there...
Answer rate: 46%
Other suggestions: FEZ, Flashback, Hyper light drifter, Kingdom: Two Crowns, Machinarium, Salt & Sanctuary, Uncanny Valley

11) Arabian Nights
We already had this last year (my mistake), at least the sprite was completely different.
Answer rate: 33%
Other suggestions: 7x Aladdin, Earthbound, (Super) Mario Bros, Mario vs Donkey Kong, Soccer Kid

12) ElecHead
Released last month on the Switch, but has been available for PC for some time.
Answer rate: 38%
Other suggestions: 9x Mega Man, Chibi Robot, Blaster Master, Bomberman, Super Magnetic Neo

13) To the Moon
This is the fight against the squirrel! The sequels "Finding Paradise" and "Bird Story" also count.
Answer rate: 29%
Other suggestions: Always Sometimes Monsters, castlevania, Chrono Trigger, Crosscode, Dojo Dan, Iconoclasts, Lone Survivor, Moonwalker, Pokemon, Pokemon Ranger, Project X Zone, Secret of Evermore, Secret Of Mana, Zombies Ate My Neighbourhood

14) Persona
The very first "Persona" on the Playstation.
Answer rate: 23%
Other suggestions: Final Fantasy, Alone In The Dark, Clock Tower, Cogan Sword of Rewind, Fire Emblem, Flashback, King of Fighters, Might and Magic, Prince of Persia, Resident Evil Gaiden, Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, Sword art Online, Ultima

15) Super Time Force
So many people have named the sequel that I'm not sure myself which part this is.
Answer rate: 30%
Other suggestions: Broforce, Door Kickers: Action Squad, Exit the Gungeon, Hero Legend, One step from eden, Zelda

16) Base Jumpers
One of the three Amiga exclusive titles in this round.
Answer rate: 23%
Other suggestions: Incredible Crash Dummies, Pilotwings, Amiga Boy, California Games, Commander Keen, Crazy Sue, Downwell, Magic Pockets, Mr. Pants, sega rally, Sky Scrapers, Sonic The Hedgehog

17) Gunbrella
This game doesn't come out until 2023! I discovered it in a Nintendo Direct just like ElecHead.
Answer rate: 15%
Other suggestions: 7x Spelunky, Anvil Saga, broforce, Bud Spencer and Terence Hill slaps and beans, Celeste, Don't Starve, Eastward, Golf Story, Indiana Jones, Inscryption, La-Mulana, LISA, Mother 3, Papers please, Rick Dangerous

18.) Cortex Command
Answer rate: 9%
Other suggestions: 4x Metal Slug, CT Special Forces.
Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare, Contra, Braid, Broforce, Green Beret, Moss Warrior, The Mummy Returns, Z

19) Chiki Chiki Boys
...also known as "Mega Twins"
Answer rate: 36%
Other suggestions: 6x Wonderboy, Monster Boy, Magic Boy, Alex Kidd

20) Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
Answer rate: 20%
Other suggestions: Addams Family, D-Generation, Impossible Mission, Nintendo World Cup, Speedball, Superball, Syndicate

21) Solitaire (Windows 98)
Not as difficult as I thought - a king from Windows 98 Solitaire. There are so many variations of it that I just accepted any "card game" in the end.
Answer rate: 75%
Other suggestions: Katamari Damacy, Kingdom hearts, King's Quest

22) Exolon
The Euro shmup classic Turrican would not be listed in the last row.
Answer rate: 13%
Other suggestions: 13x Turrican, Doom, Megaman, Probotector, Soldier of Light, Terraria, X Com.

23) the Eidolon
Okay, a really mean screen fragment. My respect to the people who recognised it.
Answer rate: 12%
Other suggestions: 6x Godzilla, 4x The Hobbit, Bards Tale, Dungeon Master, Dungeons & Dragons, Final fantasy vi, Knight, Pokemon, Rampage, Thanatos, The Immortal

24) the Abduction of Oscar Z
An Amstrad CPC title, the winner of CPCRetroDev 2020.
link: cpcretrodev.byterealms.com/contest-en/cpcretrodev-2020-2/
gameplay: youtu.be/tl_FG8vHK8Q?t=170
Answer rate: 1%
Other suggestions: 23x The Simpsons, Milhouse Summer Games, Track and Field, Maniac Mansion, Day Of The Tentacle, Earthbound, Police Quest

25) Sensible Train Spotting
The last Amiga game by Sensible Software - published on the coverdisc of the "Amiga Power" magazine in September 1995.
Answer rate: 7%
Other suggestions: Police Quest, Back to the Future, Bench Sprayer, Forest Gump, Graffiti Man, Hobo Game, Rags to Riches, Shrek, Skate or Die, Street Fighter, Summer Games, Zach McCracken, Mr_Horizon on the Bench



quiz image:



answer image:

Direct link: i.imgur.com/Hm9LfHY.png


HIGH SCORE TABLE

01 - 25 points - rta - Marek
02 - 24 points - mmx - Nayuta
03 - 23 points - mnc - Ost West Elite
04 - 23 points - spz - The_BACH
05 - 23 points - gsg - TheLastToKnow
06 - 22 points - rpg - Calastellio
07 - 22 points - mnc - Mangamaniac2171
08 - 21 points - rta - EarthPainting
09 - 20 points - mnc - Dream-Team
10 - 20 points - smu - Herr Schatten
11 - 20 points - ntl - lifer
12 - 18 points - spz - Striderblade
13 - 18 points - eab - Little Havie
14 - 18 points - eab - darkwave
15 - 18 points - rpg - Dezue
16 - 18 points - rtc - Antiriad2097
17 - 18 points - gsg - partykiller
18 - 18 points - gpo - DocMoody
19 - 17 points - eab - Havie
20 - 17 points - mnc - Gerhard S.

21 - 17 points - mmx - Klunky
22 - 17 points - mtc - Valdien
23 - 17 points - mtc - Wibblewozzer
24 - 16 points - hcg - excelsior
25 - 16 points - can - M.Rick75
26 - 16 points - eab - Nobby_UK
27 - 16 points - hcg - dsparil
28 - 16 points - mtc - Parsnip
29 - 15 points - gpo - FireSmoke
30 - 15 points - nto - Lockenvogel
31 - 15 points - ata - jgkspsx
32 - 14 points - can - Dark Kariya
33 - 14 points - gpo - OutOfBounds
34 - 14 points - cib - sundog
35 - 14 points - gms - kopyright
36 - 14 points - smu - BulletMagnet
37 - 14 points - pop - Don Como
38 - 14 points - mmx - Dnamei
39 - 14 points - sh2 - Vino
40 - 13 points - rkb - Addearheart
41 - 13 points - hcg - Son of Suzy Creamcheese
42 - 13 points - rta - Bushmonkey
43 - 13 points - mnc - Bozbar!
44 - 13 points - nto - Ande
45 - 13 points - mmx - fedprod
46 - 12 points - ftg - Lurker
47 - 12 points - gav - Wizdom
48 - 12 points - wtd - zoltan.schwegler
49 - 12 points - mtc - MegaApple
50 - 12 points - rta - Illusionary
51 - 12 points - ftg - DeekyFun
52 - 12 points - ftg - LockeTribal
53 - 11 points - mnc - elementalMaster
54 - 11 points - hcg - windfisch
55 - 11 points - ntl - Matt_Barber
56 - 11 points - hcg - teroknor
57 - 11 points - ntl - ReadytoShock
58 - 11 points - mmx - LittleChoco
59 - 11 points - wtd - svenoble
60 - 11 points - ftg - rwklau
61 - 11 points - mtc - FunnyJay
62 - 11 points - gpo - Konsolomio
63 - 11 points - mmx - dasDull
64 - 11 points - gpo - Eddie
65 - 11 points - mnc - Mitschel
66 - 10 points - ntl - Fizza
67 - 10 points - rta - Blufunk
68 - 10 points - rta - SinOfHeart
69 - 10 points - ntl - Pirate_Capn
70 - 10 points - rtc - ElginMcQueen
71 - 10 points - f64 - Endurion
72 - 10 points - mmx - Lynx
73 - 10 points - spz - Geddoe
74 - 10 points - hcg - snake
75 - 10 points - mnc - HomiSite
76 - 10 points - ftg - mrpon
77 - 10 points - hcg - alexmate
78 - 10 points - ntl - Dogorilla
79 - 10 points - f64 - Jammet
80 - 10 points - rta - malus
81 - 10 points - sh2 - Bonz
82 - 9 points - mtc - xxr
83 - 9 points - cib - GaiaGensouki
84 - 9 points - mmx - Cutter Slade
85 - 9 points - m!g - Red XIII
86 - 9 points - gpo - Navarone
87 - 9 points - can - Marmottas
88 - 9 points - rkb - Kirika1987
89 - 9 points - smu - Guigui
90 - 9 points - m!g - geohound
91 - 9 points - gms - hellermarie
92 - 8 points - ftg - Destria
93 - 8 points - ntl - Krull
94 - 8 points - mmx - Knuckles
95 - 8 points - rta - Triggerhappytel
96 - 8 points - ftg - cubby
97 - 8 points - ata - JeremiahJT
98 - 8 points - rta - *Splinter
99 - 8 points - gpo - rave
100 - 8 points - rkb - Philippe161
101 - 8 points - wtd - jenoogle
102 - 8 points - rkb - salversurfer
103 - 8 points - sh2 - FoxSpitzer
104 - 8 points - ftg - Cappy
105 - 7 points - eab - Mailman
106 - 7 points - rkb - Phliege
107 - 7 points - gav - Scorplian
108 - 7 points - rpg - Zion
109 - 7 points - rkb - flof1ghterLegend
110 - 7 points - cib - Elemental Master
111 - 7 points - rta - Gygas
112 - 7 points - mtc - QFNS
113 - 7 points - sh2 - godzella
114 - 7 points - pop - Sascha
115 - 7 points - can - Jean-Luc Hazek
116 - 7 points - gpo - Bully
117 - 6 points - eab - TCD
118 - 6 points - gms - hellifanboy
119 - 6 points - gpo - Gameproff
120 - 6 points - rkb - Luggsen
121 - 6 points - gms - Black Friday
122 - 6 points - sh2 - BVBFabi09
123 - 6 points - pop - PUH
124 - 6 points - cib - IchoTolot
125 - 6 points - gpo - KHlover
126 - 6 points - mmx - Shades
127 - 6 points - nto - 4C8en
128 - 6 points - gav - Yoshi
129 - 6 points - cib - tharathiel
130 - 5 points - spz - Kal1m3r0
131 - 5 points - sh2 - the_joker2
132 - 5 points - rkb - Grandhanate
133 - 5 points - ftg - Ryands
134 - 5 points - m!g - Kong
135 - 5 points - pop - Daiyama
136 - 4 points - rkb - ToniLustig
137 - 4 points - rpg - Rainder
138 - 3 points - rpg - Moons.of.Kandar


Now then, an award ceremony: Congratulations to Marek, Nayuta, the East West Elite, The_BACH, TheLastToKnow, Calastellio, Mangamaniac, EarthPainting, the Dream Team and the Herr Schatten... you are the TOP 10 and have won this round!

Scroll up if you want to see the other players in the top 20.


LOCAL HIGH SCORE:

1 - 12 points - Lurker
2 - 12 points - deekyfun
3 - 12 points - LockeTribal
6 - 11 points - rwklau
5 - 10 points - mrpon
6 - 08 points - Destria
7 - 08 points - cubby
8 - 08 points - Cappy
9 - 05 points - @ryands


Congrats to Lurker for the local lead, 0,13 points ahead of Deeky.

Nine people, that's a participation record for FontGeek! can we get a comment for the press?

@spookyxelectric - I don't have you in my list this time, did you enter a different name.

Thanks to everyone for playing!

I wasn't last!!!! 😎😎😎

I choose to look at the global list not the local one.

Ah balls, I should have known A Short Hike! All the others I didn't get, no idea!

Exolon!! Fuck!! Would've nailed that if it was a speccy shot.

Whoever got Crash wrong, have a word with yourself.

Anyone can join in, just put in your details at the top of the quiz.

July Quiz - Gaming Maps

Well, when was the last time you drew a map yourself in a video game? I think my last really big dungeon map was in the RPG Ishar 2 in the 90s, in my old math exercise book... after that, small stuff at most. This round is about all kinds of "maps" - from futuristic radar UIs to classic dungeon crawlers, from transparent automaps to floor plans scribbled on paper.

So, how many do you know? And bonus question, where did I take the map from the intro picture from?

Once again, I'm sure I've left out a lot of really great games because I simply didn't know them (or the titles were already in previous rounds). Leave me a comment with your favourite missing map?


Deadline is Sunday 31st of July, enter via www.retrogamequiz.com/

Here's the quiz, grab your compass and let's go!

Direct link: i.imgur.com/c3y7vic.png

Oh hello my future lowest score.

I need some clues, I might be lucky with a handful & some guesses but this one is rough!