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Posted December 18, 2012
We've already [url=https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/411178_10151132738072657_1942233417_o.jpg" target="_blank]decorated our tree[/url]. We've started the sale. But seems like we're forgetting something.

Oh! That's right! It's not the holidays without a chance to visit GOG.com, looking for new and interesting ways that Coala has photo-chopped wintery iconography into them. It's a tradition that we're continuing for our fourth year!

The contest is simple: go through our catalog; we've edited 12 images, scattered across our wide selection of games, to include obvious holiday references, such as santa hats, Christmas trees, or reindeer. For an example, take a look at one of our screenshots from last year:

Click on selected thumbnail to enlarge
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When you’ve got them all, list them all in an email to "contest@gog.com" with the subject line being "GOG.com 2012 Scavenger Screenshot Hunt". From every valid application we will pick 10 winners who got all the games right and gift them two games from the entire catalog. The contest ends on Tuesday December 25th 2012 11:59 GMT.

Or, I suppose, on the 21st of December when the world erupts in fire and doom. But if we're still around after that, then we'll end the contest officially on the 24th. ;)
Posted December 25, 2012
This year's contest is quite easy. 1 thorough search and found 'em all. Contests 2010 and 2011 was much more harder :)
Posted December 25, 2012
Fellow scavengers, it looks like the hunt is over!
Posted December 25, 2012
Now that the contest is well and truly over, can someone post the answers? I want to know what 1 I missed.
Posted December 25, 2012
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Matchstickman: Now that the contest is well and truly over, can someone post the answers? I want to know what 1 I missed.
Why didn't you ask for a hint?
Posted December 25, 2012
I'd say it's better to wait for someone from GOG to officially end the hunt.
Posted December 25, 2012
Here's the answers I submitted:

Anomoly Warzone Earth
Assassin's Creed Director's Cut
Costume Quest
Duke Nukem 1+2
Edna & Harvey
Fahrenheit
Master of Orion 1+2 (the "racist" one, one of the trickiest)
Mob Rule
Syndicate
Witcher 2
Worms 2
The Zork Anthology

wrong answers
Chaser - snowman
Zork Nemesis - evergreen tree air freshener
Still Life - "merry christmas" banner
Posted December 25, 2012
I'm not sure it should be here before the hunt ends officially.
Posted December 26, 2012
Well, the GOG.com 4th Annual Screenshot Scavenger Hunt is officially over, and we can all now feel free to both post and discuss the answers.

To that, there's a few non-answers that were missed above:

Unedited wintry screenshots: (Includes those previously listed; now linked for your convenience!)
Cannon Fodder - Shot 3 - Very tiny Snowman - (from Antmusic, via private message)
</span> - <i>Shot 2</i> - Snowman - (from <span class="bold">[url=http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogcom_4th_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt/post144]Novotnus, found by many)
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - Shot 10 - Christmas tree lights - (from LeoLR)
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Shot 1 - Candy Cane pole - (from myself, also found by Antmusic)
</span> - <i>Shot 5</i> - Snowman in front of house - (from <span class="bold">[url=http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogcom_4th_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt/post266]Iain)
Still Life - Shot 1 - "Merry Christmas" banner - (from </span>, also found by <span class="bold">[url=http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogcom_4th_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt/post145]Cannard)
Tyrian 2000 - Shot 12 - Candy Cane "bullets" - (from Belgand)
Zork Nemesis - Shot 9 - Evergreen tree air freshener - (from </span>, also found by <span class="bold">[url=http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogcom_4th_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt/post197]Mr. King 58)

Additional unedited wintry shots from games that already had edited shots:
Edna &amp; Harvey: The Breakout + Harvey's New Eyes - Shot 5 - "Snowman" - (from myself, found by EVERYONE!)
Worms 2 - Shot 5 - Holly bushes in snow - (from myself)

Total number of unedited wintry shots: 10

Notes:
1. In the code, the shot sequence begins at "0" instead of "1", and thus shot 5 is listed as shot 4 in the code, and so on.
2. I only credit those who have posted in this thread or privately messaged me. It is likely that most of the shots have been previously discussed in other threads over the years. Credit goes to the first person to note the wintry elements of any given shot, and, if different, the first person to post the name of the game it is from.

Also, I can corroborate that Duggie's submitted list of games above is indeed correct. And so that everyone can quickly and easily view the shots Coala edited, I have re-listed and linked all 12 of the correct games below. ALL 12 of the shots can be found on the first page of the game's screenshots.

Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Assassin's Creed
Costume Quest
Duke Nukem 1 + 2
Edna &amp; Harvey: The Breakout + Harvey's New Eyes
Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)
Master of Orion 1 + 2
Mob Rule
Syndicate
The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings
Worms 2
Zork Anthology

Bonus! For comparison, here's both the </span></i> and <i><span class="bold">[url=http://static.gog.com/upload/images/2010/04/20180edcb8ac8dbdc91d729484efce235cc730f0.jpg]original shots from Master of Orion. Yes, the edited image is much smaller, but it is correctly enlarged on the actual game page.
Post edited December 30, 2012 by Eli
Posted December 26, 2012
There is also a Snowman in one of the shots for Postal in the front garden of a house.
Posted December 26, 2012
I totally forgot about that. Thanks for the catch Iain. Added!

If anyone else can think of any I missed, I'll update the list when I get up tomorrow (it's 2 AM here in Los Angeles right now). I'm sure there are a few others, but those are all the obvious ones I know of. And they're likewise probably the same shots most-often found on the "maybe" lists of those who had trouble with the contest.
Posted December 26, 2012
Patrican 1+2 screenshot "Fire in Bergen" looks kind of christmas-y with all that green and red ; )
Posted December 26, 2012
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!

I saw the Master of Orion one repeatedly but was convinced that I had seen it on the site before and it was not an edited screenshot.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!
Posted December 26, 2012
So, do we have winners yet?
Posted December 26, 2012
Just a tip if GOG decides to do the same thing next year. When trying to determine whether or not a christmassy thing is an edit from GOG, just look if said object matches the aesthetic. The edits on the correct answers are fairly obvious and will not match the graphics for the game. For example, I would say that the snowman in Chaser is incorrect since it's rendered in the game's engine. Same goes for the candy cane bullets in Tryian, they are clearly pixelated so the people at GOG probably didn't edit that picture.
Posted December 26, 2012
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Eli:
I think there was one in Atlantis 2 (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/atlantis_2_beyond_atlantis) that may have fooled some. I'm talking about the screenshot in the bottom right corner in the first set of pics - the weird lady with a Rudolph the Reindeer fixation.
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