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5.7/10
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Genre
  
Puzzle video game

5.4/10
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Initial release date
  
2000

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Developers
  
Hypnotix, Berkeley Systems

Publishers
  
Simon & Schuster, Xplorys BV

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Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game

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Who wants to beat up a millionaire


Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire? is a video game parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It was created by Hypnotix, and released in 2000 by Simon & Schuster Interactive for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Sega Dreamcast.

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Gameplay

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The objective of the game is to answer multiple-choice questions correctly, by using a buzzer to answer. Following this, the player assaults another player's character. The objective of the game is to assault another player sufficiently so that they drop off the game's ladder, a parody of the real show's question ladder. The last player is the winner.

Lifelines

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Like its more serious (and non-violent) real-life counterpart, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? gives the contestants "lifelines" to help them out if they get stumped. The three lifelines are:

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  • One or the other: Eliminates two incorrect answers, analogous to the 50:50 lifeline on the real game show.
  • Pass the buck and chicken out: Give the question to another contestant or swap the question out for a new one.
  • Fortune cookie: Gives the player a hint.
  • Characters

  • Egregious Philin, host and parody of Regis Philbin
  • Sheik Abdul Chickpea, a Middle Eastern oil magnate
  • Daisey Mae LePlume, a parody of Anna Nicole Smith
  • Rich Littleweasel III, a generic trust fund kid
  • Melvin Dotcom, a parody of Bill Gates
  • Ronald Hump, a parody of Donald Trump
  • Reception

    IGN rated the game 5.7 (Mediocre) for lack of replayability.

    References

    Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire? Wikipedia


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