Video Games Knowledge Quiz - Season 9 - Pirez

[DaveRattlehead]

Oh no!!! This was an easy one

[The Jonster]

Los Angeles! San Francisco! New York! Miami! Las Vegas!

Uhhhhh….SOMETHING!

[dr_st]

Los Angeles! San Francisco! New York! Miami! Las Vegas!

That's correct! No need to wait three days.

Oh no!!! This was an easy one

Sorry.

Maybe the next one will also be easy.

Scoreboard
Greengoop - 6 points
The Jonster - 4 points
DaveRattlehead - 3 points + 70% bonus question 1
LoveMetal - 1 point
Pirez - 1 point
Master - 1 point
PluMGMK - 1 point

Q18. Give three examples of Nintendo handhelds' compatibility with previous generation games.

[Greengoop]

The GBA can play Gameboy and Gameboy color games, the DS can play GBA games, and the 3DS can play DS games

[The Jonster]

Wait, those were all right lmao? I was just randomly guessing cities based on detective shows I was watching, I never actually played any GTA games!

[dr_st]

Wait, those were all right lmao? I was just randomly guessing cities based on detective shows I was watching, I never actually played any GTA games!

They really were!

New York = Liberty City (GTAIII)
Miami = Vice City (GTAVC)
Los Angeles = Los Santos, San Francisco = San Fierro, Las Vegas = Las Venturas (all: GTA SA)

The GBA can play Gameboy and Gameboy color games, the DS can play GBA games, and the 3DS can play DS games

Yes!

Scoreboard
Greengoop - 7 points
The Jonster - 4 points
DaveRattlehead - 3 points + 70% bonus question 1
LoveMetal - 1 point
Pirez - 1 point
Master - 1 point
PluMGMK - 1 point

Q19. Which (now iconic) video game character at the start of his 'career' had his name temporarily changed, to avoid a potential trademark clash with a cartoon villain?

[Greengoop]

Sonic?

[DaveRattlehead]

Duke Nukem!

[dr_st]

Duke Nukem!

That is correct!

Scoreboard
Greengoop - 7 points
DaveRattlehead - 4 points + 70% bonus question 1
The Jonster - 4 points
LoveMetal - 1 point
Pirez - 1 point
Master - 1 point
PluMGMK - 1 point

Q20. "But can it run Crysis?" and "But does it run Doom?" are two memes that sound similar, but refer to different technical concepts. Please explain.

[PluMGMK]

"Can it run Crysis?" refers to having a PC that's extremely powerful, because Crysis pushed the limits of what computer hardware could do at the time. If I recall correctly, there was no hardware in existence at the time of its release that could keep a smooth framerate with all the settings turned up to the max.

I guess "Can it run Doom?" refers more to "has someone ported Doom to run on it?" because Doom is a much lighter-weight game, and (since it was open-sourced) has been ported to run on many old and new platforms.

[Greengoop]

I know “Can it run doom” is a joke commenting on YouTube videos whenever someone shows off an obscure piece of hardware

[DaveRattlehead]

"f I recall correctly, there was no hardware in existence at the time of its release that could keep a smooth framerate with all the settings turned up to the max.

Actually, isn't that a similar reason of why Windows Vista was considered so bad for the people (most of them didn't have hardware powerful enough)?

[dr_st]

Actually, isn't that a similar reason of why Windows Vista was considered so bad for the people (most of them didn't have hardware powerful enough)?

One of the reasons, yes. I'd say the second reason is that quite a few driver models were changed, and the hardware vendors weren't given enough time and guidance to prepare. This led to a whole bunch of unsupported hardware and another bunch of hardware with buggy drivers.

Anyhow, Plum's explanation for the last question is very precisely spot on!

Scoreboard
Greengoop - 7 points
DaveRattlehead - 4 points + 70% bonus question 1
The Jonster - 4 points
LoveMetal - 1 point
Pirez - 1 point
PluMGMK - 2 points
Master - 1 point

Q21. Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are what in which game?

Also, it's time for the next bonus question!

Bonus Question 2: The following games have been released on the PC (usually on other platforms too) in the 1990s - Descent, Descent II, Earthworm Jim, Heroes of Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic II, Norse by Norsewest: the Return of the Lost Vikings, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Quake, Warcraft II. I have played all of them to various degrees.
Other than the aforementioned facts - what is one thing all these games have in common?

[DaveRattlehead]

They are DLCs of The Witcher 3.
Also... Thoughts on The Witcher 4?

[Greengoop]

Bonus: we’re all those games released on PC?

[The Jonster]

Lols, didn’t the question say they were all released on PC? Perhaps Greengoop should slow down a bit!

[Greengoop]

Well, I wasn’t wrong! Perhaps I should’ve guessed they all came in big boxes

[dr_st]

They are DLCs of The Witcher 3.
Also... Thoughts on The Witcher 4?

Well, I haven't read much about it. Let me confess - I own all the first three games, multiple copies thereof, but haven't spent a single minute playing them yet. Read all the books, though, and enjoyed them greatly. The TV series - not so much. I will surely play the games soon. Like, within the next decade?

Perhaps I should’ve guessed they all came in big boxes

I bet that all of them did, at one point or another, but so did hundreds of other games, so I'm looking at something more specific.

Scoreboard
Greengoop - 7 points
DaveRattlehead - 5 points + 70% bonus question 1
The Jonster - 4 points
PluMGMK - 2 points
LoveMetal - 1 point
Pirez - 1 point
Master - 1 point

Q22. Name the three Battletoads from the beat-em-up game series of the same name.

Bonus Question 2: Other than being games released on the PC in the 1990s, what do all of the following titles have in common?
Descent, Descent II, Earthworm Jim, Heroes of Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic II, Norse by Norsewest: the Return of the Lost Vikings, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Quake, Warcraft II.

[Pirez]

Rash, Pimple and Zitz.

[dr_st]

Rash, Pimple and Zitz.

Yes!

Scoreboard
Greengoop - 7 points
DaveRattlehead - 5 points + 70% bonus question 1
The Jonster - 4 points
PluMGMK - 2 points
Pirez - 2 points
LoveMetal - 1 point
Master - 1 point

Q23. In the 1980s there was a strange abundance of personal computing/gaming platforms and/or vendors thereof, whose names started with the letter "A". Name at least four of those.

Bonus Question 2: Other than being games released on the PC in the 1990s, what do all of the following titles have in common?
Descent, Descent II, Earthworm Jim, Heroes of Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic II, Norse by Norsewest: the Return of the Lost Vikings, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Quake, Warcraft II.