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A new month is here, and a new bout of the VGM guessing contest comes along with it – and an extra juicy portion at that. Let’s get this show on the road!
Rules
All you have to do is listen through the numerous 33-second tracks linked to down below, and write down which game or franchise each track you recognize belongs to. Do mind that while there may be melodies that are featured in multiple games, only the games that feature the exact arrangement sampled will give points.
The answers are to be sent to me by PM. You may revise or add on to your answers as many times as you need by sending me another PM as long as the deadline has not been reached.
The deadline is November 23rd, 8:00 PM (CET).
Guessing the correct game will give 1 point.
If you are the only person to guess a particular track correctly, you get an extra ½ point.
Guessing the correct franchise/game series (or a different game in the same series) will give ¼ point.
Wrong guesses give no penalties.
Please refrain from conferring with other people to discuss answers and the likes before the contest has ended. Searching on your own is fine, as is boasting about how much/little you have recognized already. Posting explicit hints/answers in the thread or elsewhere in the forums is prohibited.
In the case of any ties, they will be resolved by ordering the tied parties by their ratios of correct game answers versus correct franchise answers. If users still remain tied, the people who sent their final answers/addendums in the earliest will be favored.
Prizes
1st place | $50 |
2nd place | $30 |
3rd place | $10 |
4th – 5th place | $5 |
Prizewinners may decide whether to receive their winnings through PayPal (fees covered by me) or to be gifted a selection of games on Steam with roughly the same value sum (rounded upwards). Other options are negotiable.
Prizewinners will be contacted by PM when the contest has ended in order to discuss the details. If for any reason they fail to respond by December 23rd, their prize is effectively voided.
Music list
There’s a whopping 120 tracks in the selection this time around. The only thing that connects them all is that I have either personally played the games they appear in or watched someone else play them. The difficulty ranges from very obvious to being obscure to the degree I would be very surprised if anyone gets them right.
Download them all as a .zip, .7z, .rar, .ace, .dmg, or listen to them through a simple online playlist here or as a YT-video here.
Be forewarned that the loudness of the tracks may vary considerably from one to another. Some tracks may also suffer from poor audio quality, but they should still be recognizable.
As there is a large amount of tracks this time around, you may want to simply jump from one track to the next at first, judging from the first couple of seconds whether it rings a bell. Of course, if you would prefer to listen to the slightly-longer-than-an-hour ensemble back-to-back, be my guest.
Feel free to ask questions and whatnot; I will try my best to answer them. Best of luck!