Customer Reviews

Trivial Pursuit: Millennium Edition

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I had the old version of Trivial Pursuit and didn't like it. This one is a huge improvement. You can play alone, to beat your scores, or with friends or online. You can choose multiple choice or type in answers and the questions won't repeat till all 2000 have been asked. The graphics are very good on this game as well. It is a winner all around.

If you like the original board game, you'll no doubt love this surprisingly expanded computer version. Though traditional play is well-emulated, two other forms of the game are included here, which are different enough to be considered unique. In "Party Play", contestants huddle around a keyboard, trying to buzz in before their competitors, rewarding not just the smart, but the quick as well. "Point Pursuit" also gives the possibility of multiple player action, but is perhaps most fun for single players looking for a quick, 20 question version that involves a bit of strategy.

With 2000 different questions, and several game play options, you'll no doubt be playing this game for a long time. To be sure, the low selling price makes this game an excellent value for money.

Having said that, there are problems.

First, as another reviewer has pointed out, it DOES crash a lot if you do anything less than a full install--an operation that takes half a gigabyte of hard disk space. And, unlike other software titles where a full install puts a lot of rarely-used cinematics on your hard drive, you pretty much need everything in the full install to play the game. There is, therefore, a noticeable slowdown during normal play if you haven't done a full-install. So even if Hasbro comes out with patches that'll fix the crash problem, you're still stuck needing a pretty big chunk of free hard disk space to play the game at its best. People with limited hard disk space might therefore find themselves in a frustrating position.

Second, Macintosh users are completely left out of the fun. Though the game appears to use technology easily enough converted to Macintosh use, there's not currently a version catering to that market.

Third, if you're a fan of computer trivia games, there's a sense of "too little too late" about this product. While it arguably has the most trivia questions of any major trivia brand, its use of multimedia technology isn't terribly innovative. It's all been done before, and better, by You Don't Know Jack and its many brand name cousins.

Ultimately, then, your potential enjoyment of this game depends largely on whether you're looking for a good trivia game or looking for Trivial Pursuit. If you love Trivial Pursuit (and have a lot of hard drive space) you'll be surprised at how much more playable this CD is than the board game. But if you love trivia in general--and want a game that's totally different from any other trivia game you know--you'll probably be happier with the You Don't Know Jack series.

Whether you want trivia just for a fun challenge or are simply wanting to expand your mind to things you're unaware of, this game is perfect for it! My favorite feature is that many questions are supplemented with "additional" information after a question is answered by using visuals and audio to further enhance your knowledge and understanding. There are 2000 questions which do not repeat until all have been used, and you can play solo. The questions are fun, interesting, challenging and quite diverse within the categories. The game design and graphics are great, and the game moves quickly from question to question. The music is fun as well with different music for each category. Overall? A very enjoyable, high-quality game that has education and entertainment all wrapped up together!

I spent quite a bit on this game and can't play it, as it does not work on my Windows XP. I heard that it was a great program, though I will never know. Hopefully this info. will help someone else!

This was one of the first games I got after I got my laptop. I like the classics, point and party options. What I don't like is the stalling and dropout that often happens whenever I try to run this game, and my laptop has the memory for it. My friend's computer also had the same problems when he tried this game.

The game itself is loads of fun. The party option has a "first to buzz in" feature, and there are questions with visual and audio clues as well. In some cases, there's a brief explanation of the answers to entertain and educate you. I'm certain I heard Wink Martindale's voice on some of the questions. He did host the TV version of TP in the 90s. Overall a fun game, but be prepared for glitches and drop out, especially the longer the game goes. You need to have the disc in your PC to play it each time.