Millionaire - winner of the ABBUC SW Contest 2018

[Marius]

This is absolutely great. I can't wait to test it on my 800XL. Thanks MaPa, love your games, it's always a pleasure to play your games. I'm still a huge fan of Ocean Detox and RBG. This is something different, highly appreciated. Thanks!

[snicklin]

Found a bug, if you use a 50:50 and then ask the audience on the same question, a lot of the audience will still choose an option which has been ruled out by the 50:50.

[SS]

Exactly! And how about black, yellow, dark blue and light blue in the answers section. That's some clever programming!

It is so well executed that it makes it look easy.

[pseudografx]

Found a bug, if you use a 50:50 and then ask the audience on the same question, a lot of the audience will still choose an option which has been ruled out by the 50:50.

Thanks for the report! Interestingly, this case was tested and we did not find the bug as it does not always occur. Fix will follow soon.

[Yautja]

That would be great! Let me know (PM) if you need any special characters in the font. I suppose you'd at least need the reversed question mark?

 

á, é, í, ó, ú

 

Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú

 

ñ, Ñ

 

¡

 

¿

[manterola]

ü.

For pingüino, or Kun Agüero.

Edited October 22, 2018 by manterola

[+Cafeman]

It looks so high res and clean! What Antic mode is used for the graphics and the text characters? Surely not mode F with its 1 color per mode line restriction??

 

Nice job, and congratulations on the win.

[pseudografx]

It is indeed mode F, with clever usage of PMGs to add colours.

[Yautja]

Just tried to load the game using aspeQt with my Atari 130XE. It crashes after the title screen.

 

- Y -

Edited October 22, 2018 by Yautja

[+MrFish]

I noticed one of the questions asked about the location of a particular key on a keyboard.

This seems like a somewhat silly question to ask when the game itself is being played on

a computer keyboard. You might want to rethink using that one.

[pseudografx]

I noticed one of the questions asked about the location of a particular key on a keyboard.

This seems like a somewhat silly question to ask when the game itself is being played on

a computer keyboard. You might want to rethink using that one.

I am aware of this and the question is there on purpose. It is quite easy to do a mistake in this question if you're not focused enough, since you may tend to press the letter instead of the correct answer. It is in the easiest tier of questions anyway

[erichenneke]

It is quite easy to do a mistake in this question if you're not focused enough, since you may tend to press the letter instead of the correct answer.

Exactly what I did... Multiple times!

[baktra]

Congratulations, gentlemen. Very well done. The graphics and text rendering are excellent. It feels like competing (and sweating) in the studio.

[_The Doctor__]

I am aware of this and the question is there on purpose. It is quite easy to do a mistake in this question if you're not focused enough, since you may tend to press the letter instead of the correct answer. It is in the easiest tier of questions anyway

 

absolutely! remember millionaire isn't always knowledge but also a game of wit!

Edited October 22, 2018 by _The Doctor__

[Mclaneinc]

I am about to load it up and give it a try! It looks like fun! Generally speaking I'm not one for games shows or most game show games. But not because they aren't fun to watch or play, but because they are so brain-liquefyingly addictive I stay clear. But I do like trivia games and the ability to change questions is nice. So I guess I'm about to get addicted and liquefy my brain after all...

 

That's not going to happen Matt, you need a brain to liquefy it

 

Best ask Mum re the questions

 

Joking aside, I'm normally the same re these sorts of games but if something looks good I'll give it a go and this looks good.....As for the questions....I don't expect to score well in these anyway, I'm one of those mountains of really USELESS trivia, never the stuff that helps or makes cash

[+MrFish]

I am aware of this and the question is there on purpose. It is quite easy to do a mistake in this question if you're not focused enough, since you may tend to press the letter instead of the correct answer. It is in the easiest tier of questions anyway

 

OK, that makes some sense. Admittedly, I initially had the instinct to do something like that too;

but my initial instinct was overcome by a few extra seconds of thought. I would assume most

people to give questions a second thought too; but apparently some will not, most likely owing

to the fact that the game is being played for points rather than real money.

Edited October 22, 2018 by MrFish

[Inky]

I know what's going on my UNO cart tonight...

[gorgh]

A first I was like "LOL, how come a quiz could win", but today, after deeper consideration during meditation I came to conclusion, that your efford guys was righteously awarded, and you deserved it. Thanks for an entertainment.

[Wilheim]

For those who want one, here's a cartridge version of the game. In different formats.

 

Cheers!

Millionaire cartridges.zip

[+slx]

Found a bug, if you use a 50:50 and then ask the audience on the same question, a lot of the audience will still choose an option which has been ruled out by the 50:50.

 

Happens on the real show, too Quite frequently someone not paying attention or unable to hit the correct button choses an answer that has already been ruled out by 50:50 (TBH, that usually does not amount to more than 1-2%).

 

 

BTW, is the correctness of the audience joker somehow tied to the tier of the question, i.e. is the audience less likely to know the correct answer to the higher ranked questions?

[+MrFish]

For those who want one, here's a cartridge version of the game. In different formats.

 

Cheers!

 

Thanks... very useful; as the game takes a bit of time to load from disk.

[Inky]

Gave it a test run in Altirra tonight. VERY snazzy! Really enjoy this!

[pseudografx]

BTW, is the correctness of the audience joker somehow tied to the tier of the question, i.e. is the audience less likely to know the correct answer to the higher ranked questions?

Yes, the closer you are to the final question, the more likely will the audience be incorrect.

[+slx]

Very polished game, really looks better than what one would suspect the Atari to be capable of and perfectly captures the feel of the show. If you ever upgrade it, some kind of ‚confetti shower‘ for the millionaire answer would be nice.

 

Looking forward to some user-made question sets. (Can the cart version load question sets from disc?)

 

 

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[pseudografx]

Very polished game, really looks better than what one would suspect the Atari to be capable of and perfectly captures the feel of the show. If you ever upgrade it, some kind of ‚confetti shower‘ for the millionaire answer would be nice.

 

Looking forward to some user-made question sets. (Can the cart version load question sets from disc?)

 

 

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Thanks! The final winning screen effect has already been added in this past-contest release :-)