Serious Game Classification

Mister Quizz Et La Malédiction Du Manoir pixelpark (France), VTech (International), 1999

Informations Analyses Discussion

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Keywords

Action - Board game - Ecology - Educational - Game show - Geography - History - Horror - Music - Science - Strategy

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:

Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:

Entertainment
Education
Ecology

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25 / 8-11 / 3-7
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

0 analysis

Up to four players take part in a game show hosted by "Mister Quizz", a rather baffled and unorganized guy, who is accompanied by his naughty dog. The show takes place at a spooky castle, where the players have to answer three rounds of questions about history, culture, entertainment and computer games, each one located in a different room.

Players can choose an avatar form a total of eight, including a mad scientist, a mummy, a zombie, a werewolf and a black widow.

The player that answers the most quickly (and correct of course) gains points. Winning the mini-game, a spider race, adds to the score too.

The game's objective is to raise a monster in the castle's secret lab. After each round each player's score lets his or her monster grow, which of course has an catastrophic outcome!

Mister Quizz is entirely played with a set of buzzers (two of which are included in the box) that are connected to the PC's joystick port. The standard keyboard can be used as alternative input device. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Windows)