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Summary: Absolutely the most pathetic software program ever written
Review: Holy fat mama! This game was the most hideous thing I have ever played. Not only is it easier than the TV show, its twice as dumb! The first and second questions I was asked the first time I played were the same stinkin' question. From the third game on, I never went without a repeat question. You should stay away from this. It will probably eventually drive you insane by the low-fi sound clip of Regis saying "Final Answer?" anyways. Try some of the not-as-pathetic games by eXpert software. Such as extreme paintball, deer hunter, and other quickly thrown together titles. It gets a second star for being functional (barely)
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Summary: NO QUESTIONS!
Review: This game had lots of potential! Regis is exciting in the game, the graphics are nice (although they never change), and it's fun! However, questions repeat and repeat and repeat! IT IS NO FUN! If winning a Million was this easy the show wouldn't even be on! LOL THIS GAME REALLY NEEDS IMPROVEMENT! IT SHOULDN'T BE LEGAL!
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Summary: Do you want to become a MILLIONAIRE?
Review: In this game, you learn new interesting facts that you maybe never knew! But, on the 3rd. to 4th. day, it started to repeat the questions. I was very disappointed that it repeated the questions. Later,it started to give my family and I some new questions. All in all, it is a very good game! I would reccomend this CD-ROM to people who would die to have this Millionaire CD!
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Summary: Room for improvement
Review: Although the graphics are excellent, the game is lacking in a few areas:1) Not enough questions. Once you've been through a few rounds, you see the same questions again and again. 2) The "Phone a Friend" lifeline is worthless. You phone one of Regis' friends, and they are rarely helpful. 3) The graphics get tedious after awhile- you have to wait so long between each question for the graphics. They get very old by the fifth time you play it. All in all, this game was fun for a few rounds, and got the whole family involved in a computer game. However, I reccomend visitng the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" website, and you can play there for free. You miss out on some of the graphics, but you can't beat the price!
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Summary: REGIS DON'T KNOW JACK
Review: VERY DISAPPOINTED. I'VE PLAYED "YOU DON'T KNOW JACK" (FROM SAME COMPANY) FOR MONTHS WITHOUT GETTING A REPEAT QUESTION. AFTER ONE NIGHT ALL OF THE FIRST 10 QUESTIONS WERE REPEATS. THE MULTI PLAYER FUNCTION DID NOT WORK. I KEPT HITTING VARIOUS LETTER KEYS FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER BUT IT DID NOT REGISTER. FINALLY AFTER MUCH PROMPTING FROM REGIS, HE JUST SHUTS DOWN THE GAME WITH A RUDE REMARK. DID THEY EXPECT PEOPLE TO PLAY THIS GAME ONCE OR TWICE? VERY VERY UNHAPPY WITH THIS PURCHASE.
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Summary: Who Wants To Get Ripped-Off
Review: This CD-Rom (from the makers of the great "You Don't Know Jack" series) is a huge disappointment! Because of the huge amount of data required for the annoying "Phone-A-Friend" feature, the number of questions on the disc is drastically reduced. As noted in other reviews here -- the first 10 questions literally repeat in consecutive games! The sound and graphics are merely o.k and Regis is as smarmy as ever. Beware of any title that can be prepared in such a short amount of time. Clearly intended to simply ride the "Millionaire" wave through the holiday shopping season.
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Summary: Good thing it's cheap...
Review: I've heard about people spending as much as $40 for this game...more fool they. I've played about 20 games so far, and have yet to have a repeated question, but I'm sure that's due to change. I have a few other gripes: First off, it's impossible to tourn the speech off. Sure, I can turn off my speakers, but then the silent game will pause whenever Regis is speaking. I'd rather just *play* the game, and not have to put up with Regis' generally unfunny banter. This is a contrast to other Jellyvision games (such as You Don't Know Jack) where the announcer is fun to listen to. And, strangely, Regis doesn't actually ask the questions -- they're text only. However, if you use your "phone a friend" option, the "friend" will comment specifically on the question. Why not Regis? It doesn't make a lot of sense. Unlike most games on the market, one cannot skip past the initial intro to the game, nor the logos of the game's producers. This means a few minutes of wasted time while loading up the program. The questions are also of strangely varying difficulty, too, much like John Carpenter's million-dollar win compared to (say) Matt Marcotte's 250K win. I've been able to win the million once with a terrifically easy question (what was the first Swanson's TV dinner?) and also lost out on the initial $100 question (what month is traditionally the most popular for weddings?). And, finally, as with the TV show, the game is very Ameri-centric. At least a third of the questions centre around US politics, history, sports, or geography. I'm a Canadian. What do I know from the Green Bay Packers? The game's likely to run out of interest in a couple of days, but on the other hand, it would have cost me roughly the same to buy two or three paperback novels. I'm glad that I'll be able to resell it for not much less than I paid for it.
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Summary: The Free Internet Version is Better!
Review: After playing watching the show, and playing the 15 games or so you can play for free with your browser on the ABC "Who wants to be a millionaire?" website, I bought this game and was very disappointed. The biggest disappointment, is that they recycle the questions. After just a few games, you start seeing some of the same questions, which just ruins the fun. Also, there doesn't seem to be that many questions overall. I had more fun playing the free game on the Internet which I highly recommend, esp. if you have a high-speed connection because it loads very fast. The best part of the game was the virtual Regis and the music.
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Summary: Unimpressed
Review: After working for Jellyvision and purchasing every single "You Don't Know Jack Title", I became accustomed to the high-impact multimedia designs created by Jellyvision in their games. You would think, in a product marketed by BOTH Jellyvision and Disney Interactive, that there could be more interactive elements, better questions, and a greater similarity between the TV show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and the CD-ROM game. For starters, the CD-ROM is missing many crucial elements that would make it a success: 1. In every Jellyvision game, narration between the host and the player takes place. "WWTBAM" leaves you to fend for yourself. Even when incorrect and the correct answer is given, Regis does not explain why. 2. No video. Except for the opening and closing video clips with Regis and his wad of cash, there is no "live" video other than 3D transitions. 3. Sound. Sound could be more consistent. With all levels at max on my mixer, voices were still lower than music. Obviously, the creators of this software were rushing to market this product before the holidays came and it is clearly evident. This game and its concept are phenomenal, it just is lacking the critical elements seen in other Jellyvision products.
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Summary: Gets neither the style nor the substance right.
Review: As a big fan of the TV show, I was really looking forward to the home version, and undoubtedly so were thousands of other fans. Unfortunately, the folks at Disney and Jellyvision were clearly aware of that, and the rush was obviously on to get this game to market as soon as possible, before the craze could die down. The result is a game that doesn't come close to matching either the TV show or Jellyvision's previous efforts. The most obvious problem is the limited number of questions. This problem is greatly compounded by the fact that the game doesn't seem to make note of which questions have already been asked--a simply inexcusable error, which results in repeated questions after only a few games. The box proudly touts the fact that a "virtual Regis" hosts the game; and sure enough, he's there. But his involvement in the project was clearly limited; he doesn't read any of the questions, only providing the pre- and post-question patter. That's understandable, given the amount of money that Regis would have probably demanded for such a large recording job; but it does greatly diminish the illusion of being on the show. The game's incorrect pacing destroys the rest of that illusion. Instead of encouraging the player to take his/her time as the show does, a 30-second clock is inexplicably added. And while the game rushes you through the questions themselves, it needlessly slows down between them. Since the designers couldn't have Regis read the questions, they clearly wanted to maximize his involvement between questions; so the game stops after every question while Regis delivers one of a set of long canned remarks. This is tolerable later in the game, but it comes across as simply silly during the first few easy questions that the TV show would blast through in short order. As others have pointed out, even the keyboard commands have problems. Assigning a lifeline to the same key as an answer choice is begging for mistakes; and the lack of an "Is that your final answer?" question in most cases further increases the possibility of errors, as well as erasing the remainder of the feel of being on the show. The game does have its moments; if multiple people are playing, a clever implementation of the fastest-finger round decides who gets to sit in the hot seat. But frankly, I can't imagine playing this as a multi-player game anyway; the show's format simply isn't suited to be a party game, and this home version simply isn't exciting enough to watch. In summary, the Millionaire computer game has its (brief) moments, but simply isn't worth even the low price Disney is asking for it. It's unfortunate that Disney and Jellyvision chose to put their names--and the show's reputation--on such a disappointing effort.
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