Guess the Video Game from the Screenshot

[Fool's Requiem]

Negative.

 

[VashTheStampede]

God I know i recognize that game but im currently drawing a blank

 

[shortkut]

God I know i recognize that game but im currently drawing a blank

It’s obviously a megaman judging from the room border

 

[Fool's Requiem]

It’s obviously a megaman judging from the room border

nope

 

[shortkut]

nope

 

[Ben]

Metal Gear Oobleck.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Uggghhhh im gonna be so annoyed if I can't figure this one out

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Lemme know if you want a hint.

 

[Ben]

I think I got it. I did not reverse image search, but I did give ChatGPT a ton of prompts until it recognized what I was describing.

Dunno if that counts.

Spoiler

Dr. Chaos

 

[VashTheStampede]

If thats the right answer then maybe I didn't recognize it like I thought I did lol

 

[VashTheStampede]

That's definitely it though

 

[Fool's Requiem]

That's correct. Using ChatGPT might as well be a reverse image search.

no fun

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Want me to do another since Ben cheated?

I can look for something more well known.

 

[Ben]

If basically describing the screenshot in detail to someone with broader knowledge is cheating, then this just becomes "who knows the most obscure games".

But if that's how you're playing it, that's fine.

 

[VashTheStampede]

If basically describing the screenshot in detail to someone with broader knowledge is cheating, then this just becomes "who knows the most obscure games".

But if that's how you're playing it, that's fine.

I mean, there's asking your buddy and then there's "let me query this program that has been collecting data from the entire internet"

 

[Ben]

I mean, there's asking your buddy and then there's "let me query this program that has been collecting data from the entire internet"

Still took a lot of prodding and it made like 50 wrong guesses to start with, but ok.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I doubt anyone would have gotten that one legitimately. Whether or not that makes it a good pick is up for debate. Personally I wouldn't be excited by a game where everyone is racing to say SUPER MARIO 64, but I totally understand if more people are into that kind of game.

My personal rule for games I post is that it has to be a game I have spent significant time with.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I wasn't trying to be a jerk about it.

I was willing to provide better images and a hint. I didn't think Dr Chaos was that obscure. Just the image I took it from was not a commonly seen location in the game based on most footage.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Still took a lot of prodding and it made like 50 wrong guesses to start with, but ok.

Oh no doubt, your ChatGPTaekwondo vastly outperformed my GoogleFu in this case.

 

[VashTheStampede]

I wasn't trying to be a jerk about it.

I was willing to provide better images and a hint. I didn't think Dr Chaos was that obscure. Just the image I took it from was not a commonly seen location in the game based on most footage.

I like the idea of giving hints if people seem to be stumped after a certain amount of time.

I just personally can't think of any hints that would have gotten me towards the right answer on this one. I may have glanced at a screenshot in a magazine or something a couple decades ago maybe. That UI looked SO FAMILIAR.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I like the idea of giving hints if people seem to be stumped after a certain amount of time.

I just personally can't think of any hints that would have gotten me towards the right answer on this one. I may have glanced at a screenshot in a magazine or something a couple decades ago maybe. That UI looked SO FAMILIAR.

Supposedly, Dr Chaos takes a LOT from The Goonies 2.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Supposedly, Dr Chaos takes a LOT from The Goonies 2.

Lmao that was the first game I googled for screenshots

 

[VashTheStampede]

I feel a lot less crazy now lol

 

[Smacktard]

then this just becomes "who knows the most obscure games".

Yes, that's the game. "Who knows the most well-known games" or "who can best describe an image to an AI" don't really seem like fun games to me.

My personal rule for games I post is that it has to be a game I have spent significant time with.

My approach when posting a screenshot isn't to think of the most obscure game, but a game I find interesting or unique, and which isn't completely trash or too easy to guess. Like, I could post Family Dog for the SNES because I grew up playing that shitheap, but I don't think anyone else would know it, and why would they want to?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

for reference and background info on Dr Chaos

 

[Fool's Requiem]

brb, looking up Family Dog on SNES

 

[Smacktard]

brb, looking up Family Dog on SNES

Don't.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Yes, that's the game. "Who knows the most well-known games" or "who can best describe an image to an AI" don't really seem like fun games to me.

That could totally be its own game though

My approach when posting a screenshot isn't to think of the most obscure game, but a game I find interesting or unique, and which isn't completely trash or too easy to guess. Like, I could post Family Dog for the SNES because I grew up playing that shitheap, but I don't think anyone else would know it, and why would they want to?

That's been basically my viewpoint as well. Though I may have overestimated the amount of people who played old Sierra games...

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Ok, SNESDrunk did a video on Family Dog. I like the animations for the doggo. Everything else is trash Ola.

Ok, give me a bit, I'll find another screenshot to use.

 

[dimmerwit]

I do remember on the old forums deliberately posting the most obscure shot I could find because I'm an asshole, and I actually found it.



Sadly Google Images does actually get it these days.

 

[Smacktard]

Ok, SNESDrunk did a video on Family Dog. I like the animations for the doggo. Everything else is trash Ola.

Ok, give me a bit, I'll find another screenshot to use.

I remember getting to one of the final levels as a kid, the dog pound level, and when I went up the stairs, the dog got stuck in a loop where it kept cycling up and down the stairs, breaking the game and forcing a restart. Then another time when I got to the last level, which is basically just a bunch of blind jumps, I died and got game over and that was the last time I ever touched that piece of shit game. The music is the worst use of sound in a video game excepting Taz-Mania.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I hope this isn't too obscure nor too easy.

I have actually played this game.

 

[shortkut]

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I hope this isn't too obscure nor too easy.

I have actually played this game.

Paperboy 3: the reckoning

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Paperboy 3: the reckoning

 

[shortkut]

Sorry, my bad


Real guess time:

Spoiler: Real guess

Prince of Persia 7: Modern Gunslinger

 

[Smacktard]

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I hope this isn't too obscure nor too easy.

I have actually played this game.

It's got that Xbox 360 piss filter.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Did they make a Wanted video game?

Did they use swords in Wanted?

I have never seen Wanted.

 

[Nae'blis]

I have never seen Wanted.

Not your loss.

 

[VashTheStampede]

Whew I was worried

 

[Nae'blis]

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Did they make a Wanted video game?

Did they use swords in Wanted?

I have never seen Wanted.

they did make a game

this isn't that game, though.

Movie was fine.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Whew I was worried

I need to know if you selected this gif knowing it was from Wanted or if it was a happy accident.

 

[shortkut]

My first two guesses were wrong…


Context clues: that bridge looks like the Golden Gate Bridge which is in San Francisco… so it has to be “Escape from Alcatraz”

 

[Fool's Requiem]

 

[dimmerwit]

It looks a teeny tiny bit like Driver San Francisco, but I know it isn't.

 

[shortkut]

It looks a teeny tiny bit like Driver San Francisco, but I know it isn't.

Could the fact that he isn’t driving be a clue?

 

[Smacktard]

I thought maybe XIII or Black, but it's neither. I dunno. I'm stumped.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Need a hint?

 

[dimmerwit]

Could the fact that he isn’t driving be a clue?

Yeah, I forgot you can't get out of the car in that one even though you can switch cars.

 

[shortkut]

Yeah, I forgot you can't get out of the car in that one even though you can switch cars.

I was being sarcastic because I know nothing about that game or most games