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Faster than you can say "cha-ching," Disney has released Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: a terrific realization of the wildly successful television game show. Boasting voice work by Regis Philbin himself and a game engine by the makers of the well-respected You Don't Know Jack series, this is the perfect family title.

We originally reviewed the title for about an hour and a half before surmising its rating. By all means a good title, there's one big problem that arises only after repeated hours of play: the questions repeat, and repeat ... and repeat. Frankly, the resurfacing of questions--there are only about 200 total--was the only way we made it to a million dollars, but we can see that not everyone sees this as an enjoyable "asset." The justification from the manufacturer is that the package is at a low price and was never meant for hard-core gamers (or people who install the game on multiple machines). But even for just twenty dollars, you'll wind up being really sure how many stock make up the Dow 500 after five to ten hours of game play, and may walk away annoyed. People looking to purchase this game for multiplayer action also won't be pleased, since players who have spent time with the game will be at an advantage to climb to higher dollar amounts.

The best elements of the real-life game show through: in particular, Regis and his friendly-yet-sarcastic commentary. The software even mimics the pauses Regis takes, building tension as the (virtual) dollars mount up. "You think it's D?" he asks. With more inflection, and as if you're nuts, he adds: "That's your answer?" Then he bellows: "You are correct!" With touches like these, players really do feel like they're in the hot seat. (Regis even makes fun of you when you flunk out, exhorting you not to spend your zero-dollar check in one place.)

The game begins with the same painfully simple hundred-dollar-increment questions, revolving around pop-culture topics like Pac Man, the Jeffersons, and "Who's known as the 'Chairman of the Board'?" Just like the show, the easy questions soon dissipate into the more challenging, with topics revolving around things like the United Nations Security Council. The same lifelines are also in place, but instead of calling on your own support person--who's most likely standing behind your shoulder, ready to play the next round--you're saddled with Regis's own friends. (He seems to travel in a pretty uneducated crowd, since they provided wrong answers much of the time, tripping us up.)

Another warning: this isn't really a multiplayer game in the true sense of the word. All the parties try to buzz in on one question, ranking certain choices, for example, in numeric order. Whoever is quickest with the right answer wins the chance to see the questions through to the full million. That translates to a lot of time spent watching someone else play, but with this game, it's somehow excusable.

With great, simple graphics influenced by the show and the same violin-and-heartbeat soundtrack, Millionaire deserves to be a runaway success. The creators worked quickly but well, creating a game that everyone can enjoy, provided you can accept its considerable glitches. For fans of the TV game, time spent with this game will have you smiling as broadly as million-dollar-winner John Carpenter--without all the tax headaches in the morning. --Jennifer Buckendorff

PLATFORM: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me

CATEGORY: Software

MANUFACTURER: Disney Interactive

ESRB RATING: Everyone

TYPE: Millionare millioanire milionaire milyonair, regis millionair million millionire millinair, Computer Games, Trivia (Quiz)

MEDIA: CD-ROM

# OF MEDIA: 1

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UPC: 044702008742

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Customer Review of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Good - But Gets Boring
This is a great software. Everything seems real, and the graphics are great. The only problem is that the game starts repeating questions you've already had, it gets annoying because when you use ask the audience and phone a friend and their wrong. This also gets boring most of the time, so i'd suggest buying the secong edition if you already have this one. It is a great follow up. Also, there is one very annoying thing Regis does which you should be carful about. When you do a fast finger question, someone has to get is right, and if they don't Regis says "Oh my god, what happened here! Oh. . .eh. . .godness! I'm outta here!" and then the game quits! I can't believe Hasbro did that! To make sure that, that doesn't happen you should always play with two or more players. This is a great game in general, and it is really fun, but it is more fun if you have two or more people. Also, before you buy this make sure that you are prepared because these are harder questions then the TV edition. It's like you're startiong at the $1,000 question, but some questions are easy. This CD is also good for kids because it can increase their vocabulary and education, but an adult should always be around when they are playing to help them. I suggest this for you and your family, because it is entertaining and fun!

Short-Lasting, Realistic, and Drawn-Out
This game matches with the real thing quite well, but has too few questions to endure. If you've never seen the show, it's simply a series of fifteen, each increasing in dollar amount until the last, million-dollar question. It's drawn out. There's a speech clip for each dollar amount, answer, and other things. The infamous "final answer" option only appears when you take a while to answer, unfortunately. The lifelines are realistic, minus the fact that "phone a friend" is really "phone Regis's friend". The "fast finger" scrambles the choices, and the first correct key pressed wins. The graphics are pretty good and there are neat animations. I recommend this for Millionare fanatics or trivia people, but only those who won't run out of questions.

GOOD GAME BUT MY AUNT HATES IT
Let's face it i'm a giant Millionaire fan and was so psyched when the cdrom game came out. When I have time I still play it. But i'll tell who was the big naysayer when I played it. My aunt actually couldn't answer all the questions and couldn't even get past the FF round then finally got discouraged when Regis gave her the wrong answer. But what can you expect from a not really true Millionaire fan who was smart than her true fan niece. But with my help my aunt knew how to play. This is a really cool game which I think is really easy. Now if a Meredith Veira hosted 4th edition comes out

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