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What game (isometric perspective, showing buildings and trees) is shown in this newspaper snippet?
The game is Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery.
Here's a screenshot (that screenshot) from the game:
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What game is this character in the Pixels movie from?
This is one of the red-winged moth-looking enemies from Galaga.
Screenshot from mediamatic.net
Somewhat fittingly, the logo for Arqade, the spaceship, is inspired by the ship from Galaga.
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What game has this black main menu?
That is the main menu for the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas!
Makes me oddly nostalgic.
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What dungeon-based game has a mirror that creates a replica of your character?
That's the original Prince of Persia game. Fun fact: It actually came out for computers pre-PC days, on the Apple IIe.
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What is this first-person perspective game set in a tropical jungle?
It's Far Cry 3.
I actually found the exact spot this screenshot was taken:
Taken from this video. It's easier to see in the (low quality) video, but on the left there are the palm in front of the ...
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What is this handheld console/game?
Searching for the phrase "Blue whale & battle boat", led me to this hand held game:
The title on that page says it is: "Unusual FINAL FANTASY VIII Handheld Video 5 in 1 Game Mint Sealed In ...
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What game is this picture showing a character wearing a red bird costume from?
The game is called Hitman Blood Money and the mission is called The Murder of Crows.
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Which game is this Link from?
This gif comes from the fan-made short "Racing for Rupees" on Youtube:
The moment appears around the 3:30 mark.
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What game is being represented from 2006 in this 'Evolution of Videogames' video?
This is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
Your image is from the first person view, but the elements of the HUD match.
Health, mana and stamina bars are at the lower left, followed by icons for the ...
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What is this game with a dark alleyway and a red neon sign reading 'Terminus'?
It's from Hitman Absolution.
Videos/Articles showing the scene:
http://www.games73.com/1/2014/03/17/4k-screenshot-showcase-hitman-absolution/
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Can someone recognize this game from a laptop commercial?
The game is Halo: Spartan Assault (or maybe Halo: Spartan Strike).
The size of that picture is too low to find a definite answer but it is from either one of those. Both games looks like this: The ...
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What game is on the laptop in the background of this cat photo?
World of Warcraft (WoW)
I ran the image through various reverse image search engines. KarmaDecay led me to this 2019 Reddit /r/aww post (the image has been deleted in the post), where several ...
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What game (isometric perspective, showing buildings and trees) is shown in this newspaper snippet?
Taking a snippet of the screen, like
And going to Images.Google.com, using it in a search, yields a Wikipedia entry for Anno 1404, as the first result.
I would've done this in a comment, inspired by ...
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What game does this video from Twitter come from?
Those are Fran (left) and Balthier (right), two playable characters from Final Fantasy XII. They're "sky pirates", which explains their relevance in the tweet.
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What game is this picture showing a character wearing a red bird costume from?
Judging from the UI of the Game this should be Hitman Blood Money, in one of the Missions this is a Costume you can get from a NPC.
Also, it's a Bird, not a Duck.
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What video game is being played in Spiderhead (2022)?
It appears to be Joust, a 1982 arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and Atari, in which the player controls a yellow knight riding a flying ostrich.
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What game is in this video showing a green field with purple bushes and a 'No Power' message?
The game is Astroneer, a space sandbox and exploration game released on PC and XBOX. The game allows you to visit planets and exploit them to collect resources and craft different kinds of tools, ...
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What character is this and what game is it from?
It is the Assassin from the game Super Monday Night Combat/Monday Night Combat.
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What is this game shown on the TV series Preacher?
This is Qbert.
Q*bert is an arcade video game developed and published by Gottlieb in 1982. It is a 2D action game with puzzle elements that uses "isometric" graphics to create a pseudo-3D effect, ...
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Which mobile game featuring a red-roof cartoon house is this?
It looks like the game is called Rescue Wings (Android and iOS). I discovered this by cropping screenshot to get just the house, which lead me to the developers website.
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Can someone recognize this FPS from a sceenshot?
This game is valorant. You can see Viper in the middle-right of the screen.
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Sidescrolling shooter where you rescue Vietnam POWs
Looks like Broforce or The Expendabros. The screenshot and description match perfectly.
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What is this game with a red cricket pushing a ball?
Yoku’s Island Express. Searching by image on Google led me to this page with the name.
See the fruit counter matching your screenshot:
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Naruto fighting game with Hulk and Homer Simpson?
It was made with the M.U.G.E.N. game engine, which supports custom game creation - thanks to @Wondercricket for pointing it. Given its nature, that exact game may not exist for download - but it can ...
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What is this game? It's pixelated, and looks like a roguelike
The game is Nuclear Throne, and it is indeed a top-down roguelite shooter.
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What game is this? (First-person character holding an orange mass labeled "Paleberry")
That appears to be the game Satisfactory
This image is from Brendan Caldwell's review of the game at https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/satisfactory-review-early-access
I found it by searching “...
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Where are these two video game songs from?
Both of these tracks come off the 1993 beat 'em up Battletoads & Double Dragon (two of my favourite franchises from back in the day). The game was developed by the legendary British game studio ...
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Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder which game you are?
Dead Space 2, Ive seen the beginning of that game too many times not to know.
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What is this racing game on a snowy road with traffic?
I believe this is the game called The Crew. In this game, your drive across all of America (it's a fairly large map and it's also misshapen some), so you can encounter snowy regions like this. It is ...
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