Software:Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire

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Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire
Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire front cover (Sega Dreamcast).jpg
North American Dreamcast cover art
Developer(s)Hypnotix
Publisher(s)Simon & Schuster Interactive
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast
ReleaseWindows
  • NA: August 8, 2000[1]
  • EU: May 11, 2001
Dreamcast
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

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 Microsoft Windows and Sega Dreamcast.

While the Microsoft Windows versions feature mainly 2D-animation and menus, the Dreamcast version mainly uses 3D models for the player, as well as 3D environments and the millionaires the player beats up in 3D, rather than 2D animation in the PC version.

Gameplay

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.

Lifeboats

Like its more serious (and non-violent) real-life counterpart, Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire gives the contestants "lifelines" (also known in-game as "lifeboats") to help them out if they get stumped. The three lifeboats are:

  • 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, analogous to the Switch the Question lifeline on the original show.
  • 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

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
DreamcastPC
AllGame1/5 stars[3]1.5/5 stars[4]
CGSPN/A1.5/5 stars[6]
EGM1/10[7]N/A
GameSpotN/A5.4/10[9]
IGNN/A5.7/10[10]
PC Gamer (US)N/A15%[11]
PC ZoneN/A4%[12]
Aggregate score
GameRankingsN/A30%[2]

The game received unfavorable reviews to overwhelming dislike on both platforms.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "THAT [HAD BETTER BE YOUR FINAL ANSWER AS "WHO WANTS TO BEAT UP A MILLIONAIRE" MAKES ITS DEBUT ON THE PC AND SEGA DREAMCAST"]. August 8, 2000. http://www.simonsays.com/subs/press.cfm?areaid=58&view=909688615. 
  2. ↑ "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire for PC". CBS Interactive. https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/371475-who-wants-to-beat-up-a-millionaire/index.html. 
  3. ↑ Thompson, Jon. "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire (DC) - Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25571&tab=review. 
  4. ↑ Wigmore, Glenn. "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire (PC) - Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25569&tab=review. 
  5. ↑ Navarro, Alex (August 29, 2000). "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire (PC)". CNET. http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0%2C6%2C0-4675%2C00.html. 
  6. ↑ Yans, Cindy (September 10, 2000). "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire". Strategy Plus, Inc.. http://www.cdmag.com/articles/029/133/bm_review.html. 
  7. ↑ Sewart, Greg (February 2001). "Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (139): 133. https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e5/EGM_US_139.pdf. Retrieved July 16, 2023. 
  8. ↑ Koval, Rob (August 31, 2000). "Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire (PC)". Greedy Productions Ltd.. http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=3045. 
  9. ↑ Walker, Trey (September 11, 2000). "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire Review (PC)". Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/who-wants-to-beat-up-a-millionaire-review/1900-2626718/. 
  10. ↑ Blevins, Tal (August 15, 2000). "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire? (PC)". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/08/16/who-wants-to-beat-up-a-millionaire. 
  11. ↑ "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire?". PC Gamer (Imagine Media). 2000. 
  12. ↑ Woods, Dave (December 2000). "Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire?". PC Zone (Dennis Publishing) (96): 90. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_096_2000-12_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n89/mode/2up. Retrieved July 17, 2023. 

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