Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Third Edition

by Disney

Product Features

• This new version features over 600 mind-boggling new questions
• Once you've answered all of them, you can download even more
• Play solo or tackle your friends
• You can even handle the really tough questions as a team
• 15 new phone-a-friends to choose from

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005BH3T
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 23, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,440 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #3 in Video Games > Mac Games > Trivia
  • #24 in Video Games > PC Games > Trivia
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Based on the popular TV quiz show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Third Edition features host Regis Philbin, who keeps the questions flowing with his hilarious commentary. This edition includes more than 600 mind-boggling new questions on a wide variety of topics. Also available are new downloadable question sets, so consumers with Internet connections can download new question sets from ABC.com for free. New question sets will be added to the Web site frequently. The all-new lifelines option has more than 15 wacky phone-a-friend characters. The game features Fastest Finger challenges to determine who gets to sit in the hot seat, and a leaderboard to track winners' scores.

Product Description

Regis is back with Millionaire 3. . .and this time, it's downloadable

Product Information

Join Regis with his hilariouscommentary along with the all new lifelines option which has new Phone-a-Friend characters.

In addition to all of the legendary gameplay that has made the Millionaire series a runaway smash hit, the 3rd Edition contains a brand newfeature--FREE downloadable question sets from the Internet!

You have to be quick with the New Cool Feature "Fastest Finger" challenge.  Be the quickest and you are in the Hot Seat!

Enjoy the graphics andmusic which make it that much more realistic!

On the road to riches...the third time's a charm!


Product Highlights

Virtual Regis
Regis keeps the pressure mounting, the questions flying, and thewisecracks coming.

Fastest Finger
If you're the fastest on the draw, you'll earn the right to sit in the Hot Seat.

Downloadable Questions
Go to the Web site to download new questions for Free!

Lifelines
Not too confident? Don't hesitate to use your lifelines: Ask the audience, Phone-a-Friend, and 50/50


Product Features

• Over 600 mind-boggling new questions
• Host Regis Philbin keeps the pace flowing with his hilarious commentary
• Top scorers earn a place of honor on the Leader Board
• Award-winningmusic from the ABC smash hit
• Play solo, challenge your friends, or tackle the questions as a team
• New downloadable questions

WindowsRequirements

• Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An improvement, but the downloads aren't so great, September 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Third Edition (CD-ROM)

The 3rd edition of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" is slightly better than the 1st edition. There are more questions, Regis's comments are not as bombastic, and there are some minor graphics improvements. This 3rd edition boasts the ability to download additional questions from the Internet and add them to your game. However, there is one drawback to this. I thought once these additional questions were downloaded and installed, they would be merged with the original 600+ questions that came with the game. Nope. These "question packs", two of which are currently available as I write this, are played seperately. This means if you play a downloaded "question pack", you are asked the same 15 questions every time. That gets old quick.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Gets Old Fast, July 16, 2001

By 

Todd (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Third Edition (CD-ROM)

Millionaire 3rd Edition has some nice features that aren't there in the first edition (I never bought the 2nd) but that's not enough to save it.

The 2-player fastest finger is cool, although the first time my friend and I played it, neither of us knew the answer to the first FF question and instead of getting a new question, we were stuck trying to answer the same question over and over again. Finally after 3 or 4 tries, Reege finally quit the game and made us start over. Admittedly, we may have been extraordinarily dumb, but it seems that it would be a little more "user friendly" to at least present a new FF question after several consecutive wrong answers.

Another annoying aspect is that for most of the normal questions, there's apparently no way to change your answer or to confirm that it is indeed your "final answer." Only at a few of the "$ Levels" does Regis give the player the opportunity to change the answer.

The game is very realistic with lots of Regis chatter and graphics/music that remind one of the TV show. However, the "action" drags when having to wait for Regis to finish his chit-chat before revealing the correct answer and moving on to the next question. On the TV show, all the chatter, music, and graphics add up to an exciting game but for a computer game, it slows the action down too much.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deeply saddened, October 24, 2001

By 

Stupid Bastards (Richmond, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Third Edition (CD-ROM)

I loaded up the 3rd Edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire expecting hours and hours of quality entertainment. I was sorely disappointed. After only a couple of hours of playing the 600 new questions were exhausted. With the 2nd Edition, which I have played for at least 10 times as much wihtout seeing repeat questions. This was $19.99 NOT well spent. Downloading the 'additional' questions only allowed for a few more rounds before my fun was over.

Take my advice and stick with games such as 'You Don't Know Jack' or even the on-line version of Trivial Pursuit and you will be much, much happier.

O'Doyle Rules!