Hi everyone!

Its been a while since the last contest, and both the page and community developed nicely since then. That is why I thought it would be only fair to organize another contest and with the richest prize pool so far!

There are five awesome prizes to be won!

Score board: [attachmentid=3809]

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Okay just sent all 5 answers. One of those was pretty hard for me personally. Even if you know and have played all the games, it's still easy to not recognise it by the screenshots because it seems Kosta loves using screenshots of intros/animated sequences which most people will even skip ;)

Just one was hard for you? Ok I'm toast. :wallbash:

Are all these games available on abandonia?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tomf @ Sep 30 2006, 08:32 AM) [snapback]258291[/snapback]</div>Probably yes.

:wallbash: i only know 1..... :ph34r:

Me too :).

guess me too :tai:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Sep 30 2006, 04:02 AM) [snapback]258283[/snapback]</div>The whole idea is that you are supposed to twist your brain a little and use searching engines and game museums on the net. ;)

Where would the fun be if it was so easy that everyone could answer it in 3 seconds?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Sep 30 2006, 09:53 AM) [snapback]258315[/snapback]</div>The whole idea is that you are supposed to twist your brain a little and use searching engines and game museums on the net. ;)

Where would the fun be if it was so easy that everyone could answer it in 3 seconds?
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Everyone? Not everyone has played so many games. I know hundereds of games for PC (if not thousands) if I get to see in-game screenshots but an intro which you see for a split second or only if you play a game for quite a while is much much harder. I just think that the screenshots shouldn't be mostly intro or cut-scene shots. As you say, then it becomes a matter of who is the best googler or browser. And that defeats the point of a quiz.

No worries, it just happens to be so in the first few "easy" sets. Later screens are all in-game ;)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Sep 30 2006, 10:32 AM) [snapback]258320[/snapback]</div>Good :P I'd like my head not explode in trying to remember some cut-scene. It's a miracle I recognised the hard one.

I'm not very good at this. Are all the pictures available on the internet to compare to the games? Obviously I'd have to look around to find them, but If I look will I find that actual picture? I don't get the chance to play many games; availability is a huge problem, closely followed by money with time nipping at its heels. I just don't have the resources at the moment to buy, download or research 50 different games. But that iPod looks maaaaighty fine :rolleyes: . So with this in mind, I'm going to try my best. So's I don't sound like a whiney kid. :) Whoops too late...

Thats great. I check in to see what is going on lately, and BANG! A contest is in progress... What's with you people? I go away for a while, and you start a contest while I'm gone... :P

And yes, mee too. I mean I only recognise 1 of the screens :(
I played many of the classic games, but earlier we didn't or more importantly we couldn't buy the original of the games. I only recieved rips of the original games, which dont have cutscenes, music or sound, just the game itself to spare disk space. This was more than 10 years ago though... The point is, even if I played most of the games back then, I saw no intros or cutscenes whatsoever. This makes it almost impossible to solve most of the screens here... :( I guess I don' really have a chance to win this contest :(

But I play anyway, for fun if nothing else :D

Im pretty confident in my answers for all but the first one. I just had a wild guess at that one. Good competition though. Thanks kosta. But will the answers be posted on here at the very end or as each new set of screenshots are posted??

Well, it doesn't bode well for me. I have no idea whatsoever from which games those screenshots may come from... If anything, I never played those games. And they are supposed to be the easy ones... :unsure:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Eagle of Fire @ Sep 30 2006, 11:19 PM) [snapback]258485[/snapback]</div>Remember that "easy" in this case is very biased. Kosta thinks these are easy, but what he considers difficult wil be considered laughably easy by someone else.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Sep 30 2006, 07:53 PM) [snapback]258315[/snapback]</div>The whole idea is that you are supposed to twist your brain a little and use searching engines and game museums on the net. ;)

Where would the fun be if it was so easy that everyone could answer it in 3 seconds?
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That's great and all, if you know what it is you're looking at to search for, and also where to search for.

EG: 1st picture: search for "army dude with explosion" I'm sure that'll return something useful. :D You really need to recognise these screen shots, so yea, it really is an answer in 3 seconds deal.

Looks like I'll just buy those sierra games.



EDIT: Is it possible to still be in the running if you can't guess any out of a block of 5, but can guess some in the next block, etc, and only have say, 30 out of 50 guesses submitted?

Hi folks.
Long time reader first time poster
I am not going to compete in this as I dont know any of the first five.
However I am a massive fan of Monkey Island, Discworld and the like, and the 4th picture looks of the same ilk.

If someone were to email me the game so I can try and get it I can promise I wont use it for this comp or give it to someone else.
Just really want to play it.
I only have the next couple of days off to play games so I can't actually wait for the comp to finish :)


Hope someone can help

Thanks in advance and great site!

If you like Monkey Island and Discworld and the like, you probably won't like the game in the 4th picture. The gameplay is just shrewd by comparison.

Remember all, hints result in disquualification if you read the rules...I pity you folks.

I however do have a question. In the rules it says "Whoever gets them all right wins!" I'm assuming if no one gets them all right, then the one with the most points wins, and so on?

Seriously, I really would like to know the game from picture 4.
There is noone else I can ask.
I am not competing, surely someone will help me?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Damo @ Oct 1 2006, 05:49 AM) [snapback]258535[/snapback]</div>Stop trying to get clues. If you were for real, you'd wait until the next 5 screenshots were posted.

I - am - not - competing.
What sort of sad wanker would sit here and ask for the answers and then turn around and compete.
Its the first time I am posting here because all I want is to play a old school adventure game I have not yet completed.

If you dont know or dont want to help me fine, but dont put of someone who might help me.
Tell me and I will go away.

Are you saying that the answer will be given to the first five when the second five are put up?
I didnt see that written anywhere.

Its just a little quiz there is no need to be so secretive for gods sake...

The things people do for free stuff :)

Idiots

I will just wait I guess. Thanks for all your help.
BTW I got several PM's of people asking to find out as they want to play it as well.

s'if I want an i pod shuffle, I have 2 here at my desk. But I guess you guys wouldnt know if I am lying or not, so its best to distrust.

User has been warned

Haha it's funny and sad at the same time, I know what the first one is... and I'm pretty sure the rest of the people that said I know only 1 are thinking of the same answer for the first one.

I'm not going to enter, not out of pride, I know I'll get whopped in that race for sure. I'll just game it up, give something back to the community that's given me so much.

P.S: Kosta, love the christmas take on Giger artwork you have for your avatar. Tres Classy

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MV75 @ Sep 30 2006, 07:35 PM) [snapback]258508[/snapback]</div>At first glance and to my personal despair I only recognized one of the game screenshots, because it was the only one of them that I've actually played before. But after like an hour of research on the internet I was able to figure out the other four games. So, as a matter of fact, it is possible to research the answers. Of course you need to use some logic and, as MV75 stated (but maybe in a sarcastic way, I think :D ), you must know where to look for (you can't use a search engine of course!). So, come on people! Give it a try. It may be like finding a needle in haystack, but who knows, you may get lucky like me! Three of those screenshots were from games I've never seen before in my entire life.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Damo @ Oct 1 2006, 09:21 AM) [snapback]258557[/snapback]</div>And this is exactly why people shouldn't tell you. You're a naive idiot who believes those people want to play it. I can garantee you that most are trying to get the answer from you and you'd willingly give it to them thinking they want to play it and not use it for the contest. WAIT FOR THE NEXT BADGE OF SCREENSHOTS. The first post says that you get points deducted for being late so that will make it at least a *bit* acceptable.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(shanuea @ Sep 30 2006, 08:01 PM) [snapback]258446[/snapback]</div>The correct answers, toghether with the list of how many points each participant scored will be posted at the end of the competition. The reason for this is because you CAN still send in answer after 48 hours have passed, only you will receive less points for the answers. :)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MV75 @ Oct 1 2006, 12:35 AM) [snapback]258508[/snapback]</div>Of course! No problem with that whatsoever, the final score out of 50 is what counts ;)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ReamusLQ @ Oct 1 2006, 02:18 AM) [snapback]258519[/snapback]</div>Yeah, I just assumed that there might be a person that will guess all of them. :) I will post a list of all people that participated and how many points they scored at the end of the competition.

Cool, finally a use for all my past gaming :D
How many people have joined in the compo so far?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(The Noid @ Oct 1 2006, 12:00 PM) [snapback]258580[/snapback]</div>Well, can't give you a number but I must say I am more than happy with the response! It will be a very exciting contest to the very end :max:

Ow Kosta, just wondering, are you only going to post PC games? Or also Atari, Amiga, Master System and etc games? Or just the ones that have been ported to PC?

This is tough... I don't recognize any of those. :P I have, though, used my leet searching skills to find two of them. Three to go..

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Chromanin @ Oct 1 2006, 12:22 PM) [snapback]258587[/snapback]</div>Well, Abandonia is a PC-DOS only site so we'll stick to those ;)

And I feel that I need to say something as well. Any more posts that are either flaming or trying "cleverly" to ask persons to tell them the names of the games will result in severe punishments.

The smallest punishment would be a complete suspension for as long as this competition is running.

I will not tolerate people ruining this competion for people who are being serious and trying to have fun.

Yup... do the best you can and have some fun in the process! :)

I just have one question: Can you lose points with a wrong guess or a totaly stupid answer? (Like I did with that very hard one :wallbash: )

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Goatboy @ Oct 1 2006, 04:07 PM) [snapback]258639[/snapback]</div>No, you're welcome to try and guess if you can't recall the name right, or it reminds you of a certain game :)

Set 2 posted!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 1 2006, 09:00 PM) [snapback]258659[/snapback]</div>Aah!
Too fast! If you waited 5 minutes I could have gotten my answers to the first part on time.

Ok, 5 new ones to figure out...

Ouch, these are tough :( Only know one of them right away...

Man, last one is tough... can't figure it out :(

EDIT:
Ah, got it! :D

Got them! :brain:
At least I think so.

All easy - very easy.

Damn that flight sim ;_;.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Chromanin @ Oct 1 2006, 08:32 PM) [snapback]258679[/snapback]</div>Personally I find flight sims unfair because you really really need to have played them lots before you can know for sure because a lot of them look very similar. Especially when they show a screenshot from an external view and not a cockpit show. I just happen to know this one for a reason I can't tell you without giving too much away ;)

Can I change my answers after sending or do only the first answers count?

Guess I should have played more space games! :tai:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 1 2006, 08:35 PM) [snapback]258682[/snapback]</div>Personally I find flight sims unfair because you really really need to have played them lots before you can know for sure because a lot of them look very similar. Especially when they show a screenshot from an external view and not a cockpit show. I just happen to know this one for a reason I can't tell you without giving too much away ;)
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It's alright, I found it :). I used to be a big flight sim fan, but sadly I never played this one before tho. Fortunately, I knew about the game :).

The amount of Flightsims in the same time span was amazing though back then - they all were small improvement over eachother so they can be very hard to identify.

I say people stop complaining about the shots being posted. No matter what's posted, there will always be people who know it and those who have never seen it before in their life...get over it, do your best, and play the game

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 1 2006, 08:54 PM) [snapback]258689[/snapback]</div>Sent you a PM cuz I don't want to spoil anything for the others on the board.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ReamusLQ @ Oct 1 2006, 08:55 PM) [snapback]258690[/snapback]</div>I'm being fair for the others :P I've known every game up till now so it's not for my own that I say these things. Besides, the screenshots are already picked so there's little I can say that will change it - and I love the contest so kudos to Kosta anyway. Just mentioning so that people who don't recognise the game don't feel silly.

That last one looks SO familiar but i cant quite put my finger on the name. :(

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 1 2006, 09:12 PM) [snapback]258695[/snapback]</div>I'm being fair for the others :P I've known every game up till now so it's not for my own that I say these things. Besides, the screenshots are already picked so there's little I can say that will change it - and I love the contest so kudos to Kosta anyway. Just mentioning so that people who don't recognise the game don't feel silly.
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I'm a decent game "researcher" myself as well :), although I really should get some underdoggers in here, as they completely blow me to bits when it comes to contests like this.

Ow and about the PM, I get your point, but it's not easy finding that out :w00t: .

Haha, well I should add that I've been testing DOS games for DOSBOX (I'm one of the beta testers) for quite some time and have been through hundereds of games - so far I tested over 800 DOS games on DOSBOX and all but one of the screenshots was among those. And that I've been re-reading old copies of games magazines since 1993 ;) that helps too. But yeah, obscure games could be a problem since those are often even hard to find for download, let alone be well known.

Now that the next 5 are up can the answers be given for the first 5?
I am just after number 4, as you may have noticed

no, because people can still submit answers for the first four, they just have a penalty for submitting them late.

LOL fantastic!
I thought that was the case, but and Admin and someone else said after the first 5 are done I could get an answer.
Good stuff

i recognise 4 of them ^_^

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Poker Crow @ Oct 1 2006, 08:11 PM) [snapback]258567[/snapback]</div>At first glance and to my personal despair I only recognized one of the game screenshots, because it was the only one of them that I've actually played before. But after like an hour of research on the internet I was able to figure out the other four games. So, as a matter of fact, it is possible to research the answers. Of course you need to use some logic and, as MV75 stated (but maybe in a sarcastic way, I think :D ), you must know where to look for (you can't use a search engine of course!). So, come on people! Give it a try. It may be like finding a needle in haystack, but who knows, you may get lucky like me! Three of those screenshots were from games I've never seen before in my entire life.
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Wow, I spent probably longer than that yesterday and turned up nothing. I don't know how you guys do it.

The only game I recognised in the first list was one that I know I've never played, but I knew what it was. :D Ah, the irony.

The 2nd list, man, forget it.

Sorta sucks that after playing games for the last two decades, I can't turn up squat on what's here.

Whoa, this is getting more and more difficult. Again, I only recognized one of them right away... now it took me about 4 hours of research to get the other ones right. #5 was a pain in the behind!! So far, so good however.....

8 out of ten im sure i got right.. the other two i really didnt know.

@ Chromanin and red_avatar
If I get any more reasons to think that one or both of you are cheating, I will personally suspend you for the duration of this competition. :angry:

LOL

Hi fellow gamers

Nice competition. it's difficult and yes sometime we do skip the irritating intro's etc. etc., but it's all about the competition. If you don't know it....then tuff luck, i also dont' know most of them. (tuff luck for me!)

... atleast submit answers to the screen shots and try your best. I tried, and i think i recognized 4 of the whole set 1 and 2 :wallbash:

It is difficult, but it all depends on score on how many you got right... so guess if you have to.... maybe you'll be lucky!

Good luck fellow gamers!

Werner

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Oct 2 2006, 07:41 AM) [snapback]258780[/snapback]</div>@ Chromanin and red_avatar
If I get any more reasons to think that one or both of you are cheating, I will personally suspend you for the duration of this competition. :angry:
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I didn't tell him anything if you want to know. And if you wanted cheating, you should have gotten to Damo before because someone may already have sent him the answer anyway and maybe even passed it on to others. Don't have doubble standards.

Its unfair that I get banned for cheating with no evidence.
Surely admins can check my mail history to see I didnt get nor give any answers.
I understand that it is not good to look for answers in the middle of a comp. But seeing that I did not wish to compete and that I had been told by Red thingo that after the 2nd five are up I could be told I thought it was ok.
I am sorry for anyone who thinks I am cheating. I am not, just after a good game.
I got some other good games in another thread so I am fairly happy.
I would still like to know this one, but I will wait.
I request that I be unbanned though, and that Red thingo try not to be such a stirrer.

Wee, just relax peeps, it's just a game! No need to fight over it!

Ow and Tom Henrik, if I really wanted to cheat I would've done it more subtle than announce it in this thread :D. Don't worry, this is just a game for me :), I don't have any hopes of winning and just want to test my gaming knowledge skills, no fun in cheating in a contest like this :). You can check Kosta's PM to see that I sent my answers before I PMmed Red_Avatar :).

I appoligize for the confusion :). I won't PM anyone about it from now on :3.

Well its hard to relax when I cant access these forums from my PC.
I have to use the PC at my dads house.
That sucks, esp when I actually have dont nothing wrong.

Dam0, you should talk with Kosta (who banned you in the first place) and Titan (who warned you, and lifted your ban).

I recognised about 3 of them.

Ohh, nice set this one :)

Took me quite some time to find 'em all!

Maybe you could continue the numbering, instead of restarting at 1? Less chance of mixing up sets that way.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(The Noid @ Oct 2 2006, 07:53 PM) [snapback]258934[/snapback]</div>i agree - v. good idea.
besides this i was thinkin why not to close this topic to any new post except those ones from kosta with new screens - but now this idea i think is little late...

He he he....this is gonna be easy..

Here i come iPod!

I wish I could say that.

I found the 2nd set to be a lot easier than the 1st. The 1st set I only knew 2 games, no idea whatsoever about the other 3. The 2nd set I only made a wild guess for the last one, pretty sure about the others.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(The Noid @ Oct 2 2006, 05:53 PM) [snapback]258934[/snapback]</div>OK, I'll do that... I was thinking of doing that from the start but I thought clearer separation of sets would be of importance so that people can see right away what has been added. :)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 3 2006, 03:16 PM) [snapback]259145[/snapback]</div>OK, I'll do that... I was thinking of doing that from the start but I thought clearer separation of sets would be of importance so that people can see right away what has been added. :)
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Maybe you could add an extra space between each set though - just to show where each set ends to avoid confusion ;).

Third set is up! ;)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 3 2006, 07:11 PM) [snapback]259199[/snapback]</div>Definately harder - a few not-very-well-known games in there ;)

Damn, got the last three pretty easy, but the first two are rather hard.

*edit*
Ok, one to go.
Damn you, generic cutscene, damn you!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jigglypuff @ Oct 3 2006, 07:44 PM) [snapback]259205[/snapback]</div>Number 4 was easy for you ? :tai: The rest was easy peasy. Took me some searching to get number 4 though.

Pssst... don't say which ones you know, I don't want you dishartening the other players ;) I know that there are 5 prizes, but still...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 3 2006, 08:05 PM) [snapback]259211[/snapback]</div>Haha, well just being honest :) I was just surprised he found nr 4 to be that easy.

Well, I usually suck at remembering names of (old) games I've played, but in this case I remembered enough to find it pretty fast.

Now, back to trying to find out that first one.
I know I've seen it a number of times before, but I just can't remember where.
It's probably something blindingly obvious.

*edit*
Duh!

Woah, the 14th game has been a tough one to find :hairpull:

Hey, I know one of those! The number 8! :P

I have no idea whatsoever for any other tough. I am guessing that most of them come from adventure games, a genre that I hate and never play... :unsure:

I don't like the way the sets of pictures are being posted now. Don't you think it would be better to separate each set from another with a title, like you did with the first 2 sets, but mantaining the picture numbering you are using right now?

Ha ha ha ha!

I know the answers... :sneaky:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 3 2006, 08:05 PM) [snapback]259211[/snapback]</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheChosen @ Oct 4 2006, 06:29 AM) [snapback]259289[/snapback]</div>Someone needs to read the rest of the topic ;)

I've done a small edit to Kosta's post. Should be easier to navigate now :)

The layout of the first post is great now!

Now on to find those answers... :)

Too bad the screenshots don't come each night - it takes like 15 minutes to get the answers and double check them and then two days of waiting for the next ones :P.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 4 2006, 05:57 PM) [snapback]259401[/snapback]</div>We have to be considerate to people living in other time zones... ;)

Oh god. So you have to send answers for each set at a time and not for all 50 pics in the end???
Argh... I'm not even gonna bother now :blink:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Soc @ Oct 4 2006, 06:42 PM) [snapback]259408[/snapback]</div>That is why I wrote the contest rules.... :whistling:

Well I like the fact that there's a time penalty. For one, 5 at a time gives you time to focus on 5 instead of overwhelming you and making you lose courage. But it also means that people would get a limited time to "research", thus awarding people who know most answers right away.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 4 2006, 07:06 PM) [snapback]259413[/snapback]</div>That is why I wrote the contest rules.... :whistling:
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Well I am aware of this. It's more my late discovery of the contest that is the factor here :tai:

Good luck to the participating members :)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Soc @ Oct 4 2006, 09:34 PM) [snapback]259447[/snapback]</div>Ah, sorry to hear that. Well, there'll be more contests so keep checking back or subscribe to the mailinglist ;) You can still play, its only the first 15 that have been posted, and penalties for being late aren't THAT rigorous!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 4 2006, 07:57 PM) [snapback]259401[/snapback]</div>Showoff.
More like 5 minutes to get most of them and up to two hours trying to remember plots and bit's of the titles so one can double check the rest.

A contest with only five minutes or so between sets would really reward the best gamer and not just people who have far too much time on their hands and spend fours hours plus searching for the game on the web.

:)

Other than that small rant, Im having fun playing this contest (though i probably wont win). Three cheers for Kosta!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 5 2006, 03:57 AM) [snapback]259401[/snapback]</div> :brain: <_<

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jigglypuff @ Oct 4 2006, 09:47 PM) [snapback]259451[/snapback]</div>Showoff.
More like 5 minutes to get most of them and up to two hours trying to remember plots and bit's of the titles so one can double check the rest.
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Maybe with the harder ones later, but not with the ones posted so far. 2 hours is a looong time though for looking up a game. If you haven't found it by then ...

Once again the time zone issue...I'm like, nine hours behind the board. This is unfair to people in my time zone, and I want that King's Quest collection as much as the next person!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ReamusLQ @ Oct 5 2006, 07:37 AM) [snapback]259510[/snapback]</div>Wha? How is any of this unfair? Is 2 days not enough? If you can't get the answer in 2 days, then you obviously don't recongise the screenshots at all.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 5 2006, 08:56 AM) [snapback]259507[/snapback]</div>Hehe. The problem is that I have the attention span of a goldfish in a washing machine and end up digging up old games I haven't played or heard about and spend far too much time reading up on them.

So..when do we get the next set?

Im eager to win this contest! :titan:

the time zone comment was towards the guy who said "they should be posted every five minutes; that would prove who the real gamer is" or something like that. Two day is more than enough time for me.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ReamusLQ @ Oct 5 2006, 02:14 PM) [snapback]259600[/snapback]</div>It should be ;) 2 days would be enough for all 50. At least for those that don't have to look up every second screenshot.

Damn, first time that a screenshot really has me stumped - I recognise it but can't place it. I'll have to go through my list of games to see if it rings a bell.

EDIT damn you Kosta :P Typical that it would be a cut-scene screenshot. I just recognise the style but can't figure out the game.

I'm glad its finally being a challenge for you ;)

Question: I've just realized that one of the games in the firsts' sets has a different name in it's port for another platform, and I believe I used that different name as an answer. Does that count as a failed answer?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SoulHunter @ Oct 6 2006, 01:29 PM) [snapback]259779[/snapback]</div>If it's #3 then the port for another platform is different - very similar but not the same.

Hey, I know #19. That's two on 20. :D

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SoulHunter @ Oct 6 2006, 01:29 PM) [snapback]259779[/snapback]</div>Send me a PM regarding which game and the names, and I'll look into it!

Done :)

Seeing how much trouble game nr 20 is giving to people, I added two more screens from it! ;)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 6 2006, 07:23 PM) [snapback]259827[/snapback]</div>I told you screenshots from intros/animated sequences are bad :P

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 6 2006, 07:49 PM) [snapback]259834[/snapback]</div>A screen from the game itself would be a dead giveaway, this was more of a joke as it doesn't really help squat :bleh:

Tisk tisk. I got that one immediately, but I've never played the game - ever :bleh:

Just too bad I can't enter the competiton, as I have supplied some of the screens ;)

Anyways, my knowledge of in-game screens derives mostly from browsing through the entire MobyGames archive on a regular basis, going through all the games on Abandonia very often, and constantly keeping updated about other AW sites ;)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Oct 6 2006, 09:58 PM) [snapback]259852[/snapback]</div>Don't make me kill you ;) I've been trying to find out which game for ages. If it's from some end sequence of a game I'm going to kill Kosta :P

Hi Kosta, I have a question: what if I submit an incomplete answer for a given set? Can I submit the missing answers after the 2-day limit and still get credit for them?

submitting after the 2 day period. => less points
incomple set. => no problem.

Set 5 is up, we're halfway there ;)

Answers sent :) Man, glad I don't have to spend two days trying to figure out one game :P

I hope red aviator and his big fat mouth lose :)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(shanuea @ Oct 8 2006, 02:28 AM) [snapback]260013[/snapback]</div>Sounds like you're a bad loser ;) :P At least I'm not the one shouting "THAT IPOD IS MINE!" like a certain someone in this topic :P

Besides I'm mostly playing just for fun.

still, you're "It's nice to not have to look for every game" and all that jazz is very arrogant and it's starting to piss some people off...myself included. If you're playing for fun, fine, but you don't have to comment on how easy every freaking set is.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ReamusLQ @ Oct 8 2006, 05:45 PM) [snapback]260118[/snapback]</div>The arrogance is because of your inability to read, it seems, not from me. If you try to quote me, at least make sure I ever actually said that, instead of just making it up. I spent two days trying hard to find the solution to nr 20 and I was honestly happy not having to do that again. Nothing to do with "easy" - it's been since the first few sets (which were easy) that I said that.

Okey, people try to relax a bit. Just because red_avatar claims some of the screens to be simple, doesn't mean he's gotten them all right. ;)

(I'm not a judge, so I don't know who has the most correct answers at the moment, only Kosta knows).

And red_avatar, just be a little more humble. In competitions it is more polite and appropriate to bang your head against a brick wall, while stating how difficult you find certain screens - as it boosts the moral of those that have managed to identify that game, than it is to claim that certain sets or screens were easy - as that decreases the morale of those who have difficulties with those.

Just remember that this is all for fun. :)

Hey they all seem quite dificult but some of teh games look great can't wait to find out what they are after the contest

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tomf @ Oct 9 2006, 06:22 AM) [snapback]260198[/snapback]</div>You can bet it, i've discovered many jewels in between these games ^_^

Ok, in this set I recognized 3, but only remembered two of them.
Number 24 is especially annoying, since I know I've seen it before.

Set 6 is up! Hopefully it won't give you too many headaches ;)

Aaaw, man, 30 is pure evil... I hope that at least is on the site...

Hehehe, I know #27 and #29 firsthand this time. This is getting easier...

<Deleted by Kosta, PM sent!>

More then evil!
I wonder if anyone knows that one...

Seems Kosta wants to make sure no one gets a perfect 50 score... :P

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rorschach @ Oct 10 2006, 08:07 PM) [snapback]260530[/snapback]</div>Well if I had 50 prizes I'd make everyone a winner :bleh: But since we've just got 5, I have to make it a little challenging!

I totally give up. Of all the screens so far, I recognized only 3, with a huch on a fourth. Good luck to the rest of you.

hm... the 'evil one' is about the only game i know from this set...

Set 7 up, just 3 to go! I'm saving the best for last ;)

Aargh. It's getting harder.
Again only two I recognized.

*edit*
Ok, found another one.

i have question: all screens are original or some are somehow modified ?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(LoveBeer @ Oct 12 2006, 05:21 PM) [snapback]260920[/snapback]</div>I'm not sure if it helps, but every screen belonging to set 7 is original.

Regards,
squizzz

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(LoveBeer @ Oct 12 2006, 05:21 PM) [snapback]260920[/snapback]</div>All the screens are original. The only "modifications" were done if the actual game name was written on the screenshot, and that usually involved just erasing the name and nothing else.

Set 8 is up! I had to post it a little sooner today but I will accept answers for set 7 without any deducted marks until 20:00 GMT, as usual! :)

Stoopid cutscreens!
The rest was easy peasy tho.

Ooooh, I'm feeling mighty, this is the first set I'm able to get 2 right answers straight away... :P

And just 5 to go ;)

*groan*
I don't recognize even one of them.
Better start searching.

There's one of them that I almost know for sure is right, but I can't verify it because I don't find any place that has that screenshot and it would mean playing through the game to nearly the end.

Sorry for being late with the last set! That's it, the results will be posted Thursday 19th after 20:00 GMT! :)

Sorry to be so out of topic, but when the contest is over (heck, or now, cause I'm not entering or anything)I'd like to know what game is #39. I would like to try it out. Not entering, cause I know only 3 or 4 LOL. Which means - I played the more popular games in my childhood.

BTW, the last one is really unfair - what if people couldn't play till the end?

Not really. That particular type of graphic is really tell-tale and unique for the company that made that game. And once you have the company, there's not that many games that could've shown a castle :P

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(troop18546 @ Oct 18 2006, 12:19 PM) [snapback]262002[/snapback]</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Oct 18 2006, 02:24 PM) [snapback]262030[/snapback]</div>Yup, that graphic style is very recognizable and also there's a chance you can recognize that castle even if you never finished the game. As a matter of fact #50 was the only screenshot from the last set I could somewhat identify and I didn't even remember the ending... I finished that game sooooo many years ago.

number fifty was the only one I knew from that set. It's probably one of the most memorable and funnest games I played years back.

49 is a killer. im near sure i played this game, and this makes me really mad ;/

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 17 2006, 07:15 PM) [snapback]261786[/snapback]</div>GMT? That's now then ?

EDIT: oh wait, we're GMT +2 until next weekend I forgot.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 19 2006, 09:07 PM) [snapback]262191[/snapback]</div>We are BST (popular: GMT) +1. After means after not at 20:00.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Luchsen @ Oct 19 2006, 07:10 PM) [snapback]262192[/snapback]</div>We are BST (popular: GMT) +1. After means after not at 20:00.
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Yeah but it was 20.07 ;). That's after :P

So... even if the winner ain't clear yet, is it possible to get the correct answers?
There's some of the screens I would really like to know.

Well after can mean 24th october 2046. :P

I'll shush now...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tulac @ Oct 19 2006, 08:39 PM) [snapback]262217[/snapback]</div>Well it's 11.30pm here, can't wait much longer :P

Ah crap, sorry guys, I had a really busy day. I'll count up the scores and post the results tomorrow afternoon! I'll attach the answers to the topic now!

Aw man, I made only about 65 out of a 104, guess I won't be contending for a runner up spot... :/

Well, it was fun anyway. ;)

I have 2 questions for Kosta:
1) How many points are awarded for the answers submitted after the 2 day period?

2) Maybe I'm wrong, but are you sure that the screenshot #45 belongs to the game "Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday" and not to its sequel "Matrix Cubed"? I haven't found that exact screenshot anywhere, so I can't be completely sure about this, but as far as I know both games used the same graphic interface (or at least a very similar one) and could be easily confused. However, the posted screenshot has some text that describes that man wearing a ring with the letters P-U-R-G-E. I've searched thoroughly in reviews and walkthroughts for both games (there's only a few I must say) and the organization P.U.R.G.E. is part of the plot in "Matrix Cubed" and does not appear at all in "Countdown to Doomsday" (check HOTU). That's why I believe that game really is "Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed".

Ok, now I'm 100% sure... as a matter of fact, game #45 is "Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed". I just downloaded it from HOTU to check whether the game interface was the same as in "Countdown to Doomsday" and yeah, it's the same.... but that's not all. Luckily the posted screenshot appears right away after starting the game! You should correct that answer.

Sorry if I caused any inconvenience to you Kosta.

Gah! I thought number 20 was Gateway II- I have that game but not on CD so it seems I never got to see that intro :S

I think that there isn't CD version for GateWay 2, in fact, that cutscene shows up at the beginning of the game, when you left the building, at least in the version that can be downloaded here in abandonia.

I'm really disapointed with my performance in this contest :blink: Now I know that I really could find answers to all screens I didn't answer. And about one of the games... one of the easiest... my first impression was right, but I really couldn't confirm it, so I didn't send it :wallbash:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Poker Crow @ Oct 20 2006, 04:58 AM) [snapback]262357[/snapback]</div>It is Matrix Cubed. I supplied Kosta with that screen, and also told him that it was Matrix Cubed at the time. This seems to have been a slip-up.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Oct 20 2006, 12:26 PM) [snapback]262438[/snapback]</div>I knew it!
Haha, another 3 points to boost my far to low score.
Since I don't remember all my answers or when I answered them, I think I just might be nudging 70 points or something like that.

So, no ipod for me then.

*edit*
I can't get over the fact that I missed Voyeur and Space Quest 4!
Damnit, I've played those games for effs sake.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jigglypuff @ Oct 20 2006, 11:53 AM) [snapback]262450[/snapback]</div>I knew it!
Haha, another 3 points to boost my far to low score.
Since I don't remember all my answers or when I answered them, I think I just might be nudging 70 points or something like that.

So, no ipod for me then.

*edit*
I can't get over the fact that I missed Voyeur and Space Quest 4!
Damnit, I've played those games for effs sake.
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I didn't get SQ4 at first either - I first thought it was Rex Nebular but the graphical style didn't match yet I remembered that it was a comedy sci-fi game - it has been 10 years since I played SQ4 though. Voyeur I recognised right away though - bought that game years ago.

I'm thinking of making my own contest - but one that is slightly different :P I'd merge two games into one screenshot and make people guess both games. I wouldn't tell which parts would be off game 1 or game 2 of course ;) What do you think?

Scoreboard posted! Congratulations to all the winners and participants for making this the best Abandonia competition so far! :brain:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kosta @ Oct 20 2006, 04:35 PM) [snapback]262535[/snapback]</div>Wow that was close! I didn't have much time to look up the last series so I only got three out of 5 there - I thought I was done for :P Don't ask me how the point system works though ;)

Congratulations to everyone who participated! :kosta:

7th place ex equo is not bad, could be better though...

I count 6+5+9+8+6+10+2+6+6+9=67 (according to the scoreboard I have 12 points regarding SET 6 which gave max 11 points :blink: ) for me, but that's not important and probably based on my PMing problems (e.g. I just saw that one PM came back - "This message was sent to Luchsen" :blink: ). Splendid choice of screenshots/games and an entertaining contest! Can't wait until the next one! :kosta:

P.S. Already played three games which had interested me. :D

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Luchsen @ Oct 20 2006, 04:33 PM) [snapback]262549[/snapback]</div>It's why I asked Kosta from time to time if he got all my answers so far - to avoid running into surprises at the end when turns out he didn't get a set.

I'll start working on the contest tonight but I'll leave some time before posting it :). I still have to find some cool prizes to give away - I have lots of older games and even some rarer ones twice (like System Shock). I doubt there will be an ipod though ;-)

congrats to everyone.
i had fun trying to remember lots of these games, but i think i had to look up most :wallbash:
great contest!

I _KNEW_ it! I sent a PM in response to sets 8, 9, and 10 and the stupid message board ATE IT!!! I was suspicious when I didn't see it in my 'sent' folder, but I didn't want to send it multiple times! That's at least THREE points I would have had!

Correction, FIVE points!!! Stupid message board...

congratulation red avatar
we all thought you were an arse
and it turns out you actually are the best...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 20 2006, 06:50 PM) [snapback]262555[/snapback]</div>don't worry, system shock will be more than ennough for me :ok:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(red_avatar @ Oct 20 2006, 10:50 AM) [snapback]262555[/snapback]</div>
You could always give away the iPod you just won!!! (By the way - I'd be happy to trade my game for it! Only 2 points - ARRGGHHHHH!!!!!!!)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(OldGameNerd @ Oct 20 2006, 06:59 PM) [snapback]262581[/snapback]</div>
You could always give away the iPod you just won!!! (By the way - I'd be happy to trade my game for it! Only 2 points - ARRGGHHHHH!!!!!!!)
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Haha sorry - but then again, I lost a few points because I hadn't dared guess Homeworld despite being nearly sure of that game and because Highway Hunter was not counted as the right answer despite Highway Hunter and Highway Fighter being virtually the same game :P

EDIT: Oh, and lots of thanks to the folks at PCGamer Forum and the DOSBOX crew and guys hanging out on IRC for helping me with some of the answers :) Saved me a lot of time which I didn't always have.

Man, I don't know wether you lot should play less games or if I should have played more ^_^ Congratulations to the winners.

Oh, maybe the winners should have their name on some High Score list like they have on the real old games like the archade games? :max: you know: Really pixelated graphics with lots and lots of flashing colours :D

Congratulations to everyone!!! :ok:

I really loved this contest and had a very good time :brain:

This was indeed a nice contest. My answers for set 6 seem to never have reached Kosta unfortunately :-/ And I had 4 out of 5 correct :wallbash:

Congratulation to Red Avatar and everybody else who kicked my arse :D and thanks to Kosta for this great contest!!! I learned a lot during these past weeks and found tons of cool games I've never seen while searching for the answers, but I'm glad it's over... sometimes I couldn't sleep trying to figure out the games I didn't knew. Now that I have time I'm going to download some of those games and enjoy!

Thanks again Kosta!

P.S. An advice to all those people complaining about unsent PMs: you should have used the message tracker option. That way you'd allways be sure whether your message got read or not :ok: and it avoids the neccessity to bug the receiver with constant "did you get my PM?" messages.

Darn I don't think I won anything

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Poker Crow @ Oct 21 2006, 01:42 AM) [snapback]262617[/snapback]</div>The 'message tracker' option is great, however, it doesn't always work. I had a few messages that were marked 'unread', but after Kosta read it, they didn't change to 'read'. They just disappeared from message tracker. So I didn't have any idea whether ther were read or not, and I just had to PM Kosta again, asking if he got my answers. Fortunately, he did. :ok:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Overseer @ Oct 21 2006, 06:28 AM) [snapback]262720[/snapback]</div>OMG, I just realized that was the way the "message tracker" works. I didn't even notice there was a "read messages" section (doh! stupid me! :tomato:). Only 1 out of 13 tracked PMs got into the "read" section, all of the other ones just dissapeared from the "unread" section after being read by Kosta (I thought that was the way the tracker worked). However, judging from my personal experience I can say that if the message dissapears from the unread section it has been read for sure (thanks god). Anyway, I always kept a copy of the PM'd answers in the sent items folder. In case of any problem they were proof of the time and date I sent them.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom Henrik @ Oct 20 2006, 10:26 AM) [snapback]262438[/snapback]</div>It is Matrix Cubed. I supplied Kosta with that screen, and also told him that it was Matrix Cubed at the time. This seems to have been a slip-up.
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Wow, I had Matrix Cubed right! With the 3 extra points, assuming the 3 guys above me (jigglypuff, squizzz and The Noid) didn't get Matrix Cubed right, I could tie for 7th place. Doesn't get me to the top 5, but it's respectably closer... ;)

I didn't win anything did I?

It was a great contest, thanks to al the people who made it happen! I had lots of fun, and found some new cool games to play :D

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rorschach @ Oct 21 2006, 07:24 PM) [snapback]262770[/snapback]</div>Unfortunately for you... I got that one right :bleh:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rorschach @ Oct 21 2006, 07:24 PM) [snapback]262770[/snapback]</div>Ha! But I had Matrix Cube right, so :P

Anyways, great contest.
If I'd only had managed to get a some more of those last ones right I would have won... something at least.

I'm rather pleased with myself tho, since most of my wild guesses was, if not correct, at least not completely off the mark.