Friday Quiz: Christmas MegaQuiz 2023
Friday Quiz: Christmas MegaQuiz 2023
Last Christmas we gave you a quiz,
And the very next day, you continued to play,
This year, expect sweat and tears,
It's gonna be somewhat special (special).
That's right, folks. It's another MegaQuiz, brought to you by myself and Van_Dammesque. Starts this Friday, not sure what time yet, but hopefully somewhere between 09:00-10:00. I might be off work Friday (not sure yet, depends how tomorrow goes), and if I am I'll be doing my best to get a bit of a lie in. Brace yourselves, it's gonna be a big one.
And the very next day, you continued to play,
This year, expect sweat and tears,
It's gonna be somewhat special (special).
That's right, folks. It's another MegaQuiz, brought to you by myself and Van_Dammesque. Starts this Friday, not sure what time yet, but hopefully somewhere between 09:00-10:00. I might be off work Friday (not sure yet, depends how tomorrow goes), and if I am I'll be doing my best to get a bit of a lie in. Brace yourselves, it's gonna be a big one.
Re: Friday Quiz: Christmas MegaQuiz 2023
17 - Stonkers
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It's Friday! Wooooohoooooo!
Ok, this MegaQuiz will consist of five rounds. I'll post three rounds to begin with, and then post an additional round when one of these three is completed. There are also some bonus rounds that I'll post separately to this lot that are just for fun, there won't be any points given for those. Van_Dammesque has really outdone himself with this one, there's some really fun stuff there. Right then, on with the quiz... *deep breath*
Rules for this quiz: No more than three answers per post. No consecutive posts from the same user (mine don't count). Correct answers are worth 1 point each, or half a point each if/when clues are given. If clues are given, rules no longer apply (except the points rule, obviously). No peeking inside Maria's Christmas Box.
Round 1: Music Round
Can you identify which games these little ditties are from?
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
1-9
1-10
These clues can also be downloaded in a zip archive from here.
Round 2: SCRambled Round
Here are 20 screenshots, all "pixelised" using the Screen Paintbox tool in BASin. Some are in-game screenshots, some are loading screens. Can you identify which games they're from?
Round 3: Spot The Difference
Can you spot the differences between these Speccy screenshots?
Good luck, folks!
Ok, this MegaQuiz will consist of five rounds. I'll post three rounds to begin with, and then post an additional round when one of these three is completed. There are also some bonus rounds that I'll post separately to this lot that are just for fun, there won't be any points given for those. Van_Dammesque has really outdone himself with this one, there's some really fun stuff there. Right then, on with the quiz... *deep breath*
Rules for this quiz: No more than three answers per post. No consecutive posts from the same user (mine don't count). Correct answers are worth 1 point each, or half a point each if/when clues are given. If clues are given, rules no longer apply (except the points rule, obviously). No peeking inside Maria's Christmas Box.
Round 1: Music Round
Can you identify which games these little ditties are from?
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
1-9
1-10
These clues can also be downloaded in a zip archive from here.
Round 2: SCRambled Round
Here are 20 screenshots, all "pixelised" using the Screen Paintbox tool in BASin. Some are in-game screenshots, some are loading screens. Can you identify which games they're from?
Round 3: Spot The Difference
Can you spot the differences between these Speccy screenshots?
Good luck, folks!
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Here are the bonus quizzes, all just for fun, no points given for these.
Wordsearch
Colouring-in Quiz 1
Colouring-in Quiz 2
Criss-Cross Quiz
Criss-Cross Quiz Clues
Zig-Zag Quiz
Wordsearch
Colouring-in Quiz 1
Colouring-in Quiz 2
Criss-Cross Quiz
Criss-Cross Quiz Clues
Zig-Zag Quiz
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Right, well... I thought most of them would have gone by now. Anyway...
1-1 in the music round: not at all sure of this one, but it sounds like it should be from The Addams Family (by comparison with the SNES soundtrack).
1-10 is very, very definitely Auf Wiedersehen Monty.
I'm never any good at the SCRambleds so I'll move on to Spot The Difference:
on the Easy one, "Green Beret" has become "Green Bert", who sounds like an evil character from Sesame Street.
Over to everyone else for a bit...
1-1 in the music round: not at all sure of this one, but it sounds like it should be from The Addams Family (by comparison with the SNES soundtrack).
1-10 is very, very definitely Auf Wiedersehen Monty.
I'm never any good at the SCRambleds so I'll move on to Spot The Difference:
on the Easy one, "Green Beret" has become "Green Bert", who sounds like an evil character from Sesame Street.
Over to everyone else for a bit...
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2-3 Lunar Jetman
2-5 Uridium
2-5 Uridium
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2-5 Uridium
2-10 Hunchback
2-13 frankie Goes to Hollywood
2-10 Hunchback
2-13 frankie Goes to Hollywood
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Hysteria spot the difference:
- Horse facing the other way
- Score different
- One less little mountain on the horizon
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All right then, more Hysteria spot the difference (I didn't know what game it was, so cheers for that)...
- two red dots on the bottom-right robot-man-whatever-it-is icon on the right, they're yellow on the left
- another one of those flying things is poking onto the left edge of the screen on the right picture, it isn't there on the left
- there's a blob (a bullet / projectile of some sort) in front of the walking man on the left, it's gone on the right.
Now, what was that not-Addams Family tune, then? Over to everyone else.
- two red dots on the bottom-right robot-man-whatever-it-is icon on the right, they're yellow on the left
- another one of those flying things is poking onto the left edge of the screen on the right picture, it isn't there on the left
- there's a blob (a bullet / projectile of some sort) in front of the walking man on the left, it's gone on the right.
Now, what was that not-Addams Family tune, then? Over to everyone else.
Spectribution: Dr. Jim's Sinclair computing pages.
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Features my own programs, modified type-ins, RZXs, character sets & UDGs, and QL type-ins... so far!
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R-Type Spot the Difference:
1. Difference in amount of lives left (4 versus 5)
2. Red versus green "hills" at the yellow arms
3. Difference in beam charge meter
1. Difference in amount of lives left (4 versus 5)
2. Red versus green "hills" at the yellow arms
3. Difference in beam charge meter
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ALSØ: who's been putting extra BASIC keywords in the wordsearch? I've found TAN, PI, LN, IN and TO and they weren't listed. Not really surprised to see four of them there, mind...
ALSØ ALSØ: now that PQR's had a go, I'll get more in. You snooze, you lose.
- Hysteria: the right picture has an extra house in the distance (middle right of the picture) compared to the left
- Green Beret: (1) the beret is cyan, (2) F.D. Thorpe's signature is missing.
The fourth GB difference is also obvious, but I don't have the fifth yet.
ALSØ ALSØ: now that PQR's had a go, I'll get more in. You snooze, you lose.
- Hysteria: the right picture has an extra house in the distance (middle right of the picture) compared to the left
- Green Beret: (1) the beret is cyan, (2) F.D. Thorpe's signature is missing.
The fourth GB difference is also obvious, but I don't have the fifth yet.
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Spectribution: Dr. Jim's Sinclair computing pages.
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Features my own programs, modified type-ins, RZXs, character sets & UDGs, and QL type-ins... so far!
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R-Type Spot the Difference:
4. Rotation difference in circular parts of the yellow arms
5. Missing yellow canon in bottom right
6. Cyan versus white bottom part of the ship
4. Rotation difference in circular parts of the yellow arms
5. Missing yellow canon in bottom right
6. Cyan versus white bottom part of the ship
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Green Beret spot the difference: The guy above the lorry.
2-3 TranzAm
2-18 Batty
2-3 TranzAm
2-18 Batty
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And finishing Green Beret: "Konamii" with two is.
I've done the wordsearch and made a few interesting discoveries:
As for the other BASIC terms I've found that weren't listed...
ALERT: finished the Criss Cross, and there's a clue missing: _ H _ _ _ _ R _ D which I thought might be a mis-spelling of "SNOOKERED" but that fits elsewhere.
I've done the wordsearch and made a few interesting discoveries:
Spoiler
This must have been made with a make-a-wordsearch program, because (a) so much has been packed into a small space that it'd need s complicated algorithm to do it, and (b) some clues are in the same place as others, such as (see the next spoiler to find out):
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FOR and FORMAT, INT and PRINT, and (less obviously) REM and MERGE.
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TAN, PI, TO, IN (not in the same place as INT, INK or INVERSE), ACS, AT, two LNs, a second appearance of ABS, and... REG from Next BASIC, SET from Microsoft BASIC as used on the MSX and Dragon 32. Also, GATE, TARE, ALOE, FIT, FLUE, PSYFIRE (sounds like a good game, that...) ...and ARSE.
Spectribution: Dr. Jim's Sinclair computing pages.
Features my own programs, modified type-ins, RZXs, character sets & UDGs, and QL type-ins... so far!
Features my own programs, modified type-ins, RZXs, character sets & UDGs, and QL type-ins... so far!
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Green Bert! Marvelous.
Also, Green Bert wears a blue cap, and feels guilt about his actions. He will experience extreme PTSD after the conflict, but work through it to entirely re-establish broken family ties. Starring Tom Holland.
The original on the left, in contrast, wears a green hat and suppresses any possible guilt with drugs and alcohol. He dies of a Mescaline overdose a decade after the events of the game. Starring Mickey Rourke.
That's 3.
Also, Green Bert wears a blue cap, and feels guilt about his actions. He will experience extreme PTSD after the conflict, but work through it to entirely re-establish broken family ties. Starring Tom Holland.
The original on the left, in contrast, wears a green hat and suppresses any possible guilt with drugs and alcohol. He dies of a Mescaline overdose a decade after the events of the game. Starring Mickey Rourke.
That's 3.
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R-Type Spot the Difference:
7. Missing little cyan star in the background
8. Missing fourth green bullet
7. Missing little cyan star in the background
8. Missing fourth green bullet
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All correct, except these...
2-3 is Lunar Jetman, which PQR has already nabbed a point for.
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Re: Friday Quiz: Christmas MegaQuiz 2023
1.5 I think is Ball Breaker II
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2.2 Travel with Trashman
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2.15 Skool Dayz
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No consecutive posts from the same user, but I'll let you off this time because it's still only three answers. I'll only give you 50 lines. Don't do it again!
This one is incorrect though...
This one is incorrect though...
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Sorry. I reckon know another one too. When can I go again?
And if that wasn’t Ball Breaker II, I know what it was!
Multiple answers in one post?
Edit: I spotted the rules!
And if that wasn’t Ball Breaker II, I know what it was!
Multiple answers in one post?
Edit: I spotted the rules!