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| title = Party Quiz Mega Q
| title = Party Quiz Mega Q
| image = MegaQCover.jpg
| image = MegaQCover.jpg
| developer = [[Sega]]
| developer = Minato Giken
| publisher = Sega
| publisher = [[Sega]]
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| composer = Hirofumi Murasaki
| distributor = Sega
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| composer =
| series =
| series =
| platforms = [[Mega Drive]]
| platforms = [[Mega Drive]]
| released = {{vgrelease|JP=5 November 1993<ref>{{cite web|title=セガハード大百科 メガドライブ対応ソフトウェア（セガ発売）|trans-title=Sega Hardware Encyclopaedia Mega Drive Software (Sega releases)|url=http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/soft.html|website=Sega|publisher=Sega|accessdate=26 September 2016|language=Japanese}}</ref>}}
| released = {{vgrelease|JP=5 November 1993<ref>{{cite web|title=セガハード大百科 メガドライブ対応ソフトウェア（セガ発売）|trans-title=Sega Hardware Encyclopaedia Mega Drive Software (Sega releases)|url=http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/soft.html|website=Sega|publisher=Sega|accessdate=26 September 2016|language=Japanese}}</ref>}}
| genre = Quiz
| genre = [[Quiz game]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
}}
}}


'''''Party Quiz Mega Q'''''{{efn|name=Party Quiz Mega Q|{{nihongo|'''''Party Quiz Mega Q'''''|パーティークイズMEGA Q|Pātī Kuizu Mega Kyu}}}} is a [[Quiz game|quiz]] video game developed and published by [[Sega]] in 1993 for the [[Mega Drive]] in Japan. Players participate in a television quiz programme, answering questions in rounds of differing rules, earning or losing points along the way. Up to five players are supported, and the game was released on the [[Nintendo Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] in 2007. In 2014, the soundtrack was released on the ''Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1'' album.
'''''Party Quiz Mega Q'''''{{efn|name=Party Quiz Mega Q|{{nihongo|'''''Party Quiz Mega Q'''''|パーティークイズMEGA Q|Pātī Kuizu Mega Kyu}}}} is a [[Quiz game|quiz]] video game developed by Minato Giken and published by [[Sega]] in 1993 for the [[Mega Drive]] in Japan. Players participate in a television quiz programme, answering questions in rounds of differing rules, earning or losing points along the way. Up to five players are supported, and the game was released on the [[Nintendo Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] in 2007. In 2014, the soundtrack was released on the ''Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1'' album.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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The game plays like a real television quiz programme: five contestants compete against each other in rounds of various quiz modes,<ref>{{cite book|title=メガドライブ大全 増補改訂版|date=2015|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-7783-1442-2|language=Japanese|script-title=Mega Doraibu Taizen Zouhokaiteiban|trans-title=Mega Drive Encyclopaedia enlarged and revised edition|page=191}}</ref> and up to five players can play simultaneously using the Mega Drive's Multiplayer Adaptor.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Beep! MegaDrive|publisher=SoftBank|department=BEメガ読者レース|title=パーティークイズMEGA Q　（セガ）|trans-title=Party Quiz Mega Q (Sega)|page=23|date=May 1994|location=Tokyo|language=Japanese}}</ref> In each mode, points are awarded for answering questions correctly, and deducted for answering incorrectly. Quiz modes include (although are not limited to) the Bet Quiz, where the contestants place bets before a question, and the Genre Selection Quiz, where a genre is chosen and a question of that genre is posed (each time a genre is selected, the point stake is increased). The programme features [[Advert Break|advert breaks]] during which Sega products are advertised.<ref name=Fan>{{cite magazine|magazine=メガドライブFAN|title=パーティークイズ　MEGA Q|trans-title=Party Quiz Mega Q|publisher=Tokumashoten Intermedia|language=Japanese|date=November 1993|pages=80,81|volume=45}}</ref> The winner plays the Time Attack Quiz, where questions are answered within a time limit to "win" prizes.<ref>{{cite book|title=パーティークイズMEGAQ　取扱説明書|trans-title=Party Quiz Mega Q Instruction Manual|script-title=Pātī Kuizu Mega Kyu Toriatsukaisetsumeisho|author1=Sega|publisher=Sega|page=32|language=Japanese|date=1993}}</ref> There is also a free play mode where players can practise quiz types without playing in the programme.<ref name=Fan />
The game plays like a real television quiz programme: five contestants compete against each other in rounds of various quiz modes,<ref>{{cite book|title=メガドライブ大全 増補改訂版|date=2015|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-7783-1442-2|language=Japanese|script-title=Mega Doraibu Taizen Zouhokaiteiban|trans-title=Mega Drive Encyclopaedia enlarged and revised edition|page=191}}</ref> and up to five players can play simultaneously using the Mega Drive's Multiplayer Adaptor.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Beep! MegaDrive|publisher=SoftBank|department=BEメガ読者レース|title=パーティークイズMEGA Q　（セガ）|trans-title=Party Quiz Mega Q (Sega)|page=23|date=May 1994|location=Tokyo|language=Japanese}}</ref> In each mode, points are awarded for answering questions correctly, and deducted for answering incorrectly. Quiz modes include (although are not limited to) the Bet Quiz, where the contestants place bets before a question, and the Genre Selection Quiz, where a genre is chosen and a question of that genre is posed (each time a genre is selected, the point stake is increased). The programme features [[Advert Break|advert breaks]] during which Sega products are advertised.<ref name=Fan>{{cite magazine|magazine=メガドライブFAN|title=パーティークイズ　MEGA Q|trans-title=Party Quiz Mega Q|publisher=Tokumashoten Intermedia|language=Japanese|date=November 1993|pages=80,81|volume=45}}</ref> The winner plays the Time Attack Quiz, where questions are answered within a time limit to "win" prizes.<ref>{{cite book|title=パーティークイズMEGAQ　取扱説明書|trans-title=Party Quiz Mega Q Instruction Manual|script-title=Pātī Kuizu Mega Kyu Toriatsukaisetsumeisho|author1=Sega|publisher=Sega|page=32|language=Japanese|date=1993}}</ref> There is also a free play mode where players can practise quiz types without playing in the programme.<ref name=Fan />


==History==
==Legacy==
''Party Quiz Mega Q'' was released on the Virtual Console in Japan on 18 December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=パーティクイズ MEGA Q|trans-title=Party Quiz Mega Q|url=http://vc.wiimk2.net/title.php?title=386|website=Wii mk2|accessdate=26 September 2016|language=Japanese}}</ref> The soundtrack was released on the ''Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1'' album in Japan on 2 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=CD「MEGA DRIVE 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1」7月2日にリリース！|trans-title=CD "MEGA DRIVE 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1" to be released on 2 July!|url=http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/653729.html|website=GAME Watch|accessdate=26 September 2016|language=Japanese|date=17 June 2014}}</ref>
''Party Quiz Mega Q'' was released on the Virtual Console in Japan on 18 December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=パーティクイズ MEGA Q|trans-title=Party Quiz Mega Q|url=http://vc.wiimk2.net/title.php?title=386|website=Wii mk2|accessdate=26 September 2016|language=Japanese}}</ref> The soundtrack, composed by Hirofumi Murasaki, was released on the ''Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1'' album in Japan in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=CD「MEGA DRIVE 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1」7月2日にリリース！|trans-title=CD "MEGA DRIVE 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1" to be released on 2 July!|url=http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/653729.html|website=GAME Watch|accessdate=26 September 2016|language=Japanese|date=17 June 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:13, 1 October 2016

Party Quiz Mega Q
Developer(s)Minato Giken
Publisher(s)Sega
Composer(s)Hirofumi Murasaki
Platform(s)Mega Drive
Genre(s)Quiz game
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Party Quiz Mega Q[a] is a quiz video game developed by Minato Giken and published by Sega in 1993 for the Mega Drive in Japan. Players participate in a television quiz programme, answering questions in rounds of differing rules, earning or losing points along the way. Up to five players are supported, and the game was released on the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console in 2007. In 2014, the soundtrack was released on the Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1 album.

Gameplay

A typical game in progress.

The game plays like a real television quiz programme: five contestants compete against each other in rounds of various quiz modes,[2] and up to five players can play simultaneously using the Mega Drive's Multiplayer Adaptor.[3] In each mode, points are awarded for answering questions correctly, and deducted for answering incorrectly. Quiz modes include (although are not limited to) the Bet Quiz, where the contestants place bets before a question, and the Genre Selection Quiz, where a genre is chosen and a question of that genre is posed (each time a genre is selected, the point stake is increased). The programme features advert breaks during which Sega products are advertised.[4] The winner plays the Time Attack Quiz, where questions are answered within a time limit to "win" prizes.[5] There is also a free play mode where players can practise quiz types without playing in the programme.[4]

Legacy

Party Quiz Mega Q was released on the Virtual Console in Japan on 18 December 2007.[6] The soundtrack, composed by Hirofumi Murasaki, was released on the Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1 album in Japan in July 2014.[7]

References

  1. ^ "セガハード大百科 メガドライブ対応ソフトウェア（セガ発売）" [Sega Hardware Encyclopaedia Mega Drive Software (Sega releases)]. Sega (in Japanese). Sega. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  2. ^ メガドライブ大全 増補改訂版 Mega Doraibu Taizen Zouhokaiteiban [Mega Drive Encyclopaedia enlarged and revised edition] (in Japanese). Tokyo. 2015. p. 191. ISBN 978-4-7783-1442-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "パーティークイズMEGA Q　（セガ）" [Party Quiz Mega Q (Sega)]. BEメガ読者レース. Beep! MegaDrive (in Japanese). Tokyo: SoftBank. May 1994. p. 23.
  4. ^ a b "パーティークイズ　MEGA Q" [Party Quiz Mega Q]. メガドライブFAN (in Japanese). Vol. 45. Tokumashoten Intermedia. November 1993. pp. 80, 81.
  5. ^ Sega (1993). パーティークイズMEGAQ　取扱説明書 Pātī Kuizu Mega Kyu Toriatsukaisetsumeisho [Party Quiz Mega Q Instruction Manual] (in Japanese). Sega. p. 32. {{cite book}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)
  6. ^ "パーティクイズ MEGA Q" [Party Quiz Mega Q]. Wii mk2 (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  7. ^ "CD「MEGA DRIVE 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1」7月2日にリリース！" [CD "MEGA DRIVE 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1" to be released on 2 July!]. GAME Watch (in Japanese). 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2016.

Notes

  1. ^ Party Quiz Mega Q (パーティークイズMEGA Q, Pātī Kuizu Mega Kyu)


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