Game Scope!: Try to Guess These Games Faster than IGN | IGN Live 2026

[MUSIC] What's up, everybody? Welcome to a very special IG Live Edition of GameCube. I'm your host, David Hapfield. [MUSIC] Thank you. As IG interns 30 this year, just this week, GameCube turns 20. I've been, I've been hosting this show for 20 Hacking Years. [MUSIC] We've got a great show, favorite this week. We have an IG Live edition of GameCube to show where we do way in the screenshots. All sorts of games, which of our two teams can guess the game's first. They might need your help to figure it out. But first, let's bring out the rest of the Omega Cops. He's been scubing with me for 15 years since 2011. As Cops, he goes, it's Sam Clayborn. [MUSIC] Good morning, good morning. It's so good to see all the campers. David, look at me, a cocky cock. [MUSIC] It didn't quite make it. Now, what other member of Goose Camp has been with us since 2011? There's no way to know. It's Justin Navez. [MUSIC] Woo! [MUSIC] Feats all K-Hop. Yeah, a couple of young fresh fellows. He's too old for Metroid Vanias. It's Mark, his final fantasy of sequel, Medina. [MUSIC] And last but not least, he's back, baby. It's sick limon. [MUSIC] Let's go, baby. Real quick, real quick, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over. [MUSIC] Thank you. >> Yeah, Nick. >> All right, here we are, finally. >> Woo, we did it, finally in the real scoop. >> Here at the end of all things. >> Everything was training for this. >> Everything has been leaning up to this moment, 20 years of GameSoups. I have the first episode that you all appeared on. >> Oh no. >> Funnily enough, the first episode I want to say was June 6th. 2006. I wasn't on that episode, I don't know why, I don't know why I wasn't. But I was on episode two going from there. Sam, Sam's first episode was February 18th, 2011. >> I remember it like it was yesterday. >> Yeah, I'm sure. February 18th is also my dad's birthday, and my dad is backstage, he's got up to my dad. [APPLAUSE] Actually, my whole, my whole family's here, my wife Kim and our kids, the Kingo and Beatrix are backstage shoes, so I love you guys. But February 18th, 2011, Sam was on, our headline was "Walking Dead Island" because "Dead Island" would come out later this year, and of course "Walking Dead" was one of the biggest shows in the world at that time. We were on with, it was a three person show, me, Sam, and Greg Miller. >> Wow. >> Wow. >> Always in our hearts. >> He's not dead, he's just not here. >> He's always in our hearts. >> I think I was there as an expert commentator on one topic, which was contra, but I can't well, there was that new concert game, hardcore uprising, which is an anime prequel to the Sega Genesis game, good game, concert hardcore, good game, very good game. >> I think I mainly just listened to Greg and Damon talk. >> Probably. The show had a different vibe back then, for sure. All right, Justin, your first episode was October 22nd, 2011. >> Wow. All right, all right. >> New meme, Greg and Jack Dvries. >> Sure. >> Yeah, I remember Jack. >> Greg had just reviewed Uncharted 3. >> Yeah. >> Wow. >> Sam out of 10. >> We're talking about Uncharted 3 Batman Arkham City. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And it says, a red dev redemption clone. >> Although I don't know what that would have been. >> No, no. >> No, no. >> No, no, no. >> No, no, no. >> No, no, no, no. >> No, no, no, no. >> None, none, none, 11, I don't think. >> Yeah, you're right. >> There's no way anybody could know. >> Mark. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Over the eight years. >> Yeah. >> Eight heckin years. I'm here, Damon. >> Yeah. >> [APPLAUSE] >> They love it. They love it. >> They do? It was you me, Sam and Tina. >> Oh. >> Oh, so not dead. >> Yeah. >> Just not here. >> Over at Xbox. >> Yeah. >> How big? >> Had a big show today. Everybody like that Xbox showcase? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Persona 4 Revival. I'm all about Persona 4 and Persona 6. >> Yeah. >> Crazy Taxi. Castlevania. >> Crazy Taxi. >> And Castlevania, yes. >> Castlevania looks so good. >> All the C games. >> Okay. Our headline was Megaman scares off Battlefield 5, which is just cheeky. I'm sure they were on the release date and then Battlefield 5 got a delay. >> Why would I be there for that? We need more on this. >> Why not? >> I think you covered Battlefield 5 back then. >> Well, by then we were playing 20 questions. The game was Super Mario run and it was a win. >> Hey! >> That's a hard one. >> That game is a win. >> Is that exclusive to a Nintendo platform? >> Finally, Nick, your first episode was in May of 2021? 2021, our headline was the games we hope to see at E3. >> Hey. >> Oh no. >> I wonder what game that would have been. Oh wait, that was at the last year. >> That was the last year when they did a digital event. That was hosted by me and Greg Miller. >> Yeah. >> And yeah, we were just talking about what we hope to see. That would have been like Halo Infinite. >> E3, always in our hearts. >> Actually dead. >> Actually dead. >> Our 20 question game that time was "Dino Crisis" and it was a win. >> Thank goodness. >> There you go. >> Surely because Nick took it home. >> Yeah, let's go with that. >> We're talking about 20 questions. There is a default 20 questions game. Does everyone know what it is? >> That's right. >> That's right. >> Blaster? >> Wow. >> Because one time a few years ago, someone from Scoop Nation, this wasn't my idea. Someone suggested that I should, whatever questions you ask, I should just answer yes until they get the game and I say yes. And that would be the default 20 questions game. >> Yep. >> And it's Blaster Master. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> We don't make the rules. >> We'll finally win. >> Yeah. >> Well, let's go. >> But today we're not playing 20 questions. Today we're playing game Scoop. >> Okay. >> This is a game where we zoom way in the screenshots and slowly zoom out to see who can guess in the fastest. Usually it's the free-for-all. Everyone's just guessing for themselves. But here we go. I've divided the panel up into teams. So Justin and Sam are team the jam. >> Yeah. >> And Nick and Mark are team the NARC. >> I got a couple of notes on that. >> Where are they? >> And their names. >> We are Omega Cups after all. >> Oh wow. >> Workshop that one. >> I've got a bunch of rounds of questions here. And remember, if you guess it's on the first zoom, that's a million points. >> One million points. >> Oh my god. >> We already had a million point winner in the audience earlier. And then Motake turns. We'll zoom out. We'll take turns bouncing basketball forth. These games could be, they could be new games like Crimson Desert. They could be ancient games like Pong. Although that would be pretty difficult. >> There's a lot of empty space. >> What's up? >> It's eliminated too. >> Or did I? >> Or did I? >> Oh. >> Or did I? >> Go. >> No, without further ado. Tio, working behind the scenes, let's go ahead and bring up round one. And we'll start. >> Oh no. >> Team NARC. >> Oh no. >> Start with Team NARC. >> Wait, is that a graphical glitch or is that actually that's it? >> That's it. >> That's it. >> All right. >> That's just a no-single. >> Yeah. >> Million points. >> Million points. >> That is a very distinct shade of blue. I think it's Sonic the Hedgehog. >> Sonic? >> Sonic. >> I don't know. It's just Sonic blue to me. >> All right. Let's go with-- >> What do you think? >> Sonic the Hedgehog. Is there a-- Team Jam have a guess? >> We've settled on 1942. >> Not that one. Okay, Tio, let's start the Zoom. >> Let's start the Zoom here. >> Oh. >> Okay, let's stop there. Okay, Team NARC. >> I think it's Cave Story. >> Cave Story? >> I don't know. I'm just guessing-- >> I still think it's Crimson Desert. But I'll go with your Cave Story guess. >> Is it Cave Story? >> Not Cave Story. Team Jam? >> Cave Story's a pretty good guess. >> What is that little red thing? >> I got Mario 2. >> Not Mario 2. All right, Tio, let's zoom out. >> Looks like a robot. >> Because anyone already know what it is. >> Let's zoom out and let's stop there. Let's stop there. >> Yeah. >> Team NARC. >> It is looking more-- why is a rocket growing on a tree? Is what I want to know? >> It looks very like Mother 3 coded to me. >> Mother 3? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> What's our guess? What do you think? >> Yeah. >> Oh, Mario Wear Game, maybe? >> Let's go. Somebody keeps saying Mario for NES. So I'm just going to say Mario for NES. >> Mario for NES? >> Yeah. >> What game is that? There's more than one Mario. >> Mario Brothers. >> Super Mario Brothers. The one with Doc. >> The one that has missiles in it. That's the Mario Brothers? >> Yeah. >> Okay, yep. >> I ain't getting that one. I just want to-- >> I ain't getting it. >> You just confirmed it's a missile. I want to phone a scoop nation. Let me hear one. Just one guess. >> I didn't. >> That's right. >> That's right. >> That's right. >> That's right. >> It's not mentioned. >> All right, Tio, let's zoom out. Let's zoom out. >> Let's zoom out. >> Let's zoom out. I know this oh shoot so do I get to phone a friend? - Yeah, let's call it a friend. This one looks like the little-- - Hey, Maul. - The man's red. - Oh, I know what it is. - But, Antire. - Okay. - Okay, yeah. - Does anyone know what it is? - We do. - I don't know what it is. - Okay, I guess we got to get this. I heard someone with a-- - Hey, shut up! Nobody has it! - If any-- (coughs) - From over there. - Contra? - Okay, all right, all right, what is it? - Is it John? - John! - Yay! Look at that fish! Look at that fish! - Why did you start us with the hard mode? That's hard, dude. - It was water. - I just thought it was water. - All right, time for a C-shanty. - Show me the way to go. - It's just got remastered on PS4. - I know. - Jeremy Parrish did it. - Oh, wow, that's cool. - We added like side quests and stuff. It's nuts. - I still think that that's Sonic in the background. - That's fun. - I just want to point out, this is a late game difficult thing to do in Goss. - Yeah! - Nobody here has ever seen. - I owned this game, but at the end, you stabbed Goss with your boat. I never got there. - Have you one owned Goss? - On NES? - We had a few. - A few out there. - Got there. - I've just never gotten that far. - Okay, I'm really sorry. - So, that's a thought. - One point for Team Dark. - Team Dark. - Oh, no. - Oh, I'm sorry, Team Jam. - Sorry. - Yeah, for Team Dark. - Okay, let's bring up round two. Everyone's loosened up. - Oh, my goodness. - Everyone's loosened up. Okay, let's put it on the big board behind us. - All right. - Hey you. - It's underwater level. - Let's start with Team and Arc. - Underwater level, clearly. - Donkey. - I think it's Donkey Kong. - Donkey Kong. - Donkey Kong Country. - Yeah, Donkey Kong. - Donkey Kong, 'cause you know, your team. - We're gonna go with dead cells. - Not dead cells. Let's zoom it out. Let's zoom it out. Let's give them a little bit more. - That's not helping at all, but more of the hints. Let's stop it there. - Oh. - Those are some pretty toned legs. - Castlevania. - Oh, those are legs. - I think those are legs. Those are looking pretty legs. - I do like Ninja Gaiden. - Ninja Gaiden? - Yeah. - No, wait, Ninja Gaiden. No. - Looks like there's some trouble with Team and Arc. - Okay. - Is it out of this world? - We literally have seven minutes. So let's get some-- - Is it out of this world? - Not out of this world. Team Jam? - Yeah, we're gonna say Super Castlevania IV. - Interest. - So let's zoom out, Tyo. What do we got here? Let's stop. Oh, I got it. It's my Oversus Capcom. - Oversus Capcom. - There's Venom. - Yeah, Venom. - Oversus Capcom. (audience cheering) - That's right. We're on the board. - We're on the board. - Got the full Venom spider. - And I help. - It's a tie game, one to one. Okay, this next round is box art. - Box art. - Box art. - Let's go ahead and set it up. Box art. Team Jam can start and guess first. - Will you get to guess first? - Yeah, if you can. - Okay. - That would put you ahead. - I think it's what's the most popular black box game. - Oh, I don't know. I was gonna say favor of it. - Mike Tyson's punch out. - What is it? - I was gonna say the original final. - Good answer. - Final fantasy one. - No, not Final Fantasy one. All right, zoom it out, Tyome. Let's stop. - Rogue Squadron. - Not Rogue Squadron? - Art. - Art type? I was gonna say Art type. And I heard Art type over here. - Art type. - Art type, let's zoom it out. This is gonna get a parry. - Oh no! - That's not fair. - Which one? - Oh, wait, oh, maybe not. I mean, okay, it's, we don't know. Yeah, we know. We know, but which one? - Which one? - Which one? - Which one? - Star Fox two. - Star Fox two. - No. - What? - Star Fox one. - Yes! - Yes! - Thank you. - Let's go. - Look at the guy. - Let's go. - Okay. - Team Arch. - The check is in the mail, thank you. - We have two minutes. Let's jump into the next round, Tyler. Let's see what happens. - Speed round, speed round. - Let's just see what happens. Bring it up. Okay, Team James, guess. - Cool, great. What is it? Box Art or something? - It's screenshot. Screenshot. - Okay. Super Mario Brothers three. - No. - Out of this world. - No, zoom it out, Tyler. (laughing) - Whoa! - It out? What's it gonna be? Let's stop there? - This is a game with graphics. - T-N-O-3. - Nope. - X-Men, Organs, Wolverine. - Rock band? - Nah, rock band. Let's do it now, Tyler. - A little bit more. - And stop. - Oh, maybe not. - Oh. I think I know it. - I think I know this. - Forza Horizon. - Forza Horizon. - Yeah. - Oh. - Park! - Davies, it's a Tiger Tour! - You interviewed Sun Gay. - It was an Arty. - You've known this. - And I didn't even know. - Hope we can do one more. We're allowed to do one more. - Yeah. - Hi, Breaker. - Oh. - Oh, yeah. - This is a screenshot. - Screenshot, Team Nark. - This looks like a Cyberpunk 2077. - Not Cyberpunk Team Jam. - One of 'em. I don't know, yeah. - Yeah. - Resident Evil Requiem. - One million points! - There's a rolling dice! (laughing) - One million points! (laughing and cheering) - I cannot believe what just happened. - Okay. - Wait, I didn't get to see this, too. - Okay, well. - That was a good game. - Good game. GG, as the youth say. - That wraps up. 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