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Oh yes, it's another MegaQuiz. Brought to you by myself and Van_Dammesque. A Christmas collab.

Not sure how Christmassy the quizzes will actually be though, the bits I've done certainly aren't.

It'll start this Friday morning. Not sure what time exactly, but probably around 10:00-ish, maybe slightly earlier. I'm not at work, so I'll (hopefully) be having a lie in.

Anyways, do pop along if you can. Wear your ugliest Christmas jumpers. Bring your own refreshments.

Cool

Am also off work on Friday, likely to be having a fairly long lie in, so hopefully there will be a few unanswered ones by the time I arrive...

Aces!!!

My work have been kind enough to give us Thursday and Friday off so I'll be suitably hungover Friday morning to join in

Happy Friday, and happy Christmas Eve eve!

This is it, the big Christmas MegaQuiz, and boy is it mega! Here are four rounds of tantalising teasers for you all to wrap your minds around. Hope you've all had your Weetabix, there's a lot of it.

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 0.5 points each if clues are given. If/when clues are given, rules no longer apply (except for the points rule, obviously). Ye merry gentlemen must be rested.

Have fun, folks!


Round 1: SCRambled

Here are 20 loading screens, all "scrambled" using the Paintbox tool in BASin. Can you identify which games they're from?










Round 2: Spot The Difference

Spot the differences in the pairs of pictures below.








Round 3: Music Round

Can you identify which games these tunes are from?

1. https://www.dropbox.com/s/6doinziuhve778z/01.mp3?dl=0
2. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fgsj641upwtwyax/02.mp3?dl=0
3. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zu011zd2e3bizzs/03.mp3?dl=0
4. https://www.dropbox.com/s/v8jbzimb4akzw6h/04.mp3?dl=0
5. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fufab8h8ydqoz97/05.mp3?dl=0
6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/74ruzi3hec9z0lq/06.mp3?dl=0
7. https://www.dropbox.com/s/t0yb9miljgxxe8m/07.mp3?dl=0
8. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0n3d2psmp15lqdb/08.mp3?dl=0
9. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fgorlr4xek0cbhy/09.mp3?dl=0
10. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0qv3a156aulk8qc/10.mp3?dl=0
11. https://www.dropbox.com/s/dsa8jirzdjl93io/11.mp3?dl=0
12. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ai1o4zvwxiupdon/12.mp3?dl=0
13. https://www.dropbox.com/s/6xfwz9m4287d0xq/13.mp3?dl=0
14. https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1c4rimtwtijy1t/14.mp3?dl=0
15. https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1hb0by99004g94/15.mp3?dl=0
16. https://www.dropbox.com/s/gpi7xybl1wxjzgc/16.mp3?dl=0
17. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tng11ws52v91y8u/17.mp3?dl=0
18. https://www.dropbox.com/s/njtr7ukfi19ty7j/18.mp3?dl=0
19. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pkxh4chpp50f55i/19.mp3?dl=0
20. https://www.dropbox.com/s/nbe6g9a77otbjkg/20.mp3?dl=0

(The clips can be downloaded together in a zipfile from here.)


Round 4: Crossword Round

A fab, Speccy-related crossword. It's huge!



Across:
4. Born in Whitby? (7)
7. Small insects fighting (3,6)
10. (Basic)contains info on the colour cell (4)
11. (Basic)Something you can smoke (3)
12. A task to do set ahead of time (7,6)
14. (Basic)Sound (4)
15. (Basic)Like a feline (3)
18. Place for a fast-food snack (6,3)
19. UK Sports program in the 80's (large erection) (10)
23. Spherical but not probable at all (11)
26. (Basic)Blanks the screen (3)
28. (Basic)Is it truely this? (3)
29. (Basic)GOTO's brother (2,3)
32. Initials of a famous platform game (1,1,1)
33. Farmer after his ovums (7,3)
35. Shooter that is a type of catpault (9)
37. Famous character in the early spectrum days (6)
38. Light bouncing game (9)
39. Wonder about (8)
40. Neil Kinnock's friend who was a bit up and down (5,5)
41. Part of a brush (8)
42. (Basic)Tattoo? (3)
43. Sport with a small ball and clubs (4)
44. Football game (5,3)
46. Used to be a green thing under a bridge (5)
47. Type of fairground (8)
49. Let's go Mr Driver (5,1,1)
52. Go around and this is the effect (9)
53. An idiot who doesn't drink enough water (8)
55. Sega's run 'n gun (4,7)
58. A frogger clone (4,4)
59. The best of arrow throwing, maybe a pint or two with it (5,5,5)
62. Murphy was top of the charts for a longtime (7)
63. Arch rival (7)
64. Shoot the rocks in space (9)
65. (Basic)Short for Valerie (3)
66. A mix of combustion engine (9)
68. (Basic)1/50th of a second for PAL machines (5)
69. The most famous 16k game (3,3)
71. Aim and fire at feathered water birds (4,5)
74. Blocked light brave fighters (6,8)
75. Shooter from Hewson (6)


Down:
1. David Hasseloff would be proud (6,5)
2. Like a James Bond Film but involving legs (3,4,6,4)
3. (Basic)Printer will get these items (5)
5. Spheres and unwanted balls on your xmas jumpers (6,6)
6. Revenge by a Ninja (7)
8. Yabba dabba do! (3,10)
9. Ever vigilant watcher (3,8)
13. (Basic)Arcsine (3)
16. Shape of a five-pointed star (9)
17. Quest for the largest Planet (7,7)
20. (Not again) but without a cause (8)
21. (Basic)slice of this mathematical constant (2)
22. Type of dream with Sir Lancelot (e.g.) (10)
24. (Basic)Lost the....? (4)
25. Old challenge one last time (4,4)
27. Bothered on the road, beat em up (12)
30. (Basic)1-d array (3)
31. Hit out at a our natural satellite (4,6)
34. (Basic)Followed by Randomize (3)
36. (Basic)Get this into memory "" (4)
45. Known as Contra elsewhere (6)
48. Save from our natural satellite (5,6)
49. Garden bug, arcade shooter (9)
50. Society without authorities or a governing body (7)
51. Larger than an atom person (8,3)
54. Americanised PC name for a refuse collector (8)
55. Hit with open hand combat, shooter (4,5)
56. Platformer that is trendy beer (9)
57. The technician that is good at running (3)
60. Kirk shouts this when Klingons appear (3,5)
61. (Basic)Absolute value of a number (3)
67. Wisdom from this puzzle (9)
70. An unclear educational establishment (5,9)
71. An egg character (5)
72. Initials of US nuclear plan in the 80's (1,1,1)
73. King and Queen was a free giveaway (5)
75. Largehead, rhymes with sub (3)

That's a lot! Crikey.

11. Uridium
6. Sir Fred

Sweeps face is blue in one picture

I shall print out the crossword to do tomorrow

Mpk wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:19 am That's a lot! Crikey.

11. Uridium
6. Sir Fred

Sweeps face is blue in one picture

I shall print out the crossword to do tomorrow

The "Sweeps face" bit is obviously from the Spot The Difference round, but I need to know what rounds the other answers are from.

Easy spot the difference - glinting light on the letter "II"

Music:
10 - Xenon
11 - Yie Ar Kung Fu

You weren't kidding by "Mega"! Thanks a lot for this. Will have to print off the crozzy too I think.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:32 am Easy spot the difference - glinting light on the letter "II"

Music:
10 - Xenon
11 - Yie Ar Kung Fu

You weren't kidding by "Mega"! Thanks a lot for this. Will have to print off the crozzy too I think.

All correct except for Yie Ar Kung Fu.

Huraaaah! What a huge quiz!

1.1 Italia 90'
1.8 Tetris
1.9 Atic Atac

GreenCard wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:30 am The "Sweeps face" bit is obviously from the Spot The Difference round, but I need to know what rounds the other answers are from.

Never mind, I've identified Uridium as correct, but can't find Sir Fred in any of the answers lists, so that's incorrect.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:36 am Huraaaah! What a huge quiz!

1.1 Italia 90'
1.8 Tetris
1.9 Atic Atac

All correct!

1.18 Ping Pong

Easy - The right hand flag on the castle changes from cyan to magenta.
Medium - £1 note changes to a £2 note
1.3. Geoff Capes Strongman

1.16 Thunder Blade

PQR wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:40 am1.18 Ping Pong
1.16 Thunder Blade

Vampyre wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:40 am Easy - The right hand flag on the castle changes from cyan to magenta.
Medium - £1 note changes to a £2 note

All correct!

Vampyre wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:40 am1.3. Geoff Capes Strongman

Not correct.

Medium - Tankard added in image 2 (next to the £2 note)
Hard - Shot changed to Shoot
Hard - Bullet North East of your ship is missing in image 2

1.3 Tapper

All correct!

1.10 Nemesis
1.12 Rampage

PQR wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:51 am 1.10 Nemesis
1.12 Rampage

No consecutive posts from the same user (mine don't count), but I'll allow this one as you only had one answer in your last post. Both correct.

Spot the Difference:

- Easy - Tree missing on left
- Hard - Selector arrow points to 'Side' in first pic, 'Wing' in second

Music Round:

3.4 - Fairlight?


Are we submitting crossword answers, or is that for us to 'take away'?

Slap fight difference, a different weapon is selected - Side vs. Wing

Also a bullet/laser is just leaving the screen on the 2nd picture, above the player ship

And the top right circle thing is missing on the 2nd picture

These might be harder to describe accurately than to find.

1.17 - The Hobbit
3.15 - Flying Shark

Awesome Chrimbo quiz by the way!

clebin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 11:36 am 1.17 - The Hobbit

OMG how did I not see that one??

1.4 Star Wars
1.5 Fire And Forget
1.20 Mugsy's Revenge

1.14 Juggernaut