Trivial Pursuit

Copyright : Domark | Reviewed by : Malc Jennings

Back in the early 1990s and late 80?s it was considered a rule by some board manufacturers to release a computerised version of their family board game, Waddingtons jumped on the band wagon and released at least 4 of their board games to the public (Monopoly, Cluedo, Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit) each with a plus side and a down side.

The idea of the game is to answer a series of questions from such topis as Science, Geography, History and Entertainment in order to win wedges on the board and make your way to the center before any of your friends manage to beat you to it.

It?s worth mentioning that the game is designed for more than 1 player and at the very least you are going to need one person to play the game with. For example in the game reviewed below I entered CPC Zone, Peter D, Kazuya, XxAmpXx and BWB in the name table and gave it a go - we won by the way.

Graphics

Trivial Pursuit has never been a board game favourite for me and my family, but then again we didn?t spend much time playing these things anyway and always thought that rich people with nothing better to do played games like this one - maybe we?re right, maybe we?re wrong -who cares?

The graphics in this computer version of the game are quite good actually, the board has been pulled across with plenty of information on one screen so that you don?t have to keep checking your score on a piece of paper or something. A tiny little guy appears in the bottom right corner asking you to throw a dart into the board and then choose a square (each one represents a different subject and location on the board) before asking you the questions, the different rooms he walks into represent the type of question you have chosen and what he is going to ask you - it?s all very well done indeed.

Sound

Sound is again superb in this computer conversion as the little guy asks you questions "mm mmm mmm" noises can be heard with an English translation at the top of the screen. You are also treated to music from famous composers and films from time to time, very well done indeed.

Gameplay

Gameplay is for those that didn?t quite like the board game but liked the general idea. It has been ported to the computer pretty well with a good number of surprises and additions to keep even the die hard board gamer happy. If you didn?t like the board game or don?t have anyone to play the game with in the first place then perhaps you should stear clear.