What the heck, this is great. Very silly quiz game, tying a typical fantasy world (clearly Capcom was itching to get their hands on that D&D license) to a premise where THE BAD GUYS MUST BE DEFEATED WITH TRIVIA. Great job localizing the bazillion questions to be relevant to early 90s American pop culture, I can't imagine that was an easy feat. I think the D&D-esque setting is well-used, too - the different player classes lend themselves to fun bonuses, treasures add additional fun bonuses, the monsters' toughness scales very naturally to how many questions they pose, and the players' ability to choose their route is ESPECIALLY cool.
My only real objection is that this is very long for an arcade game, with some of the later boards being suuuuuper grindy. I don't really mind that it's a quarter muncher here, since that's a proportionate challenge for the trivia being asked (and the players being given a fair amount of time to respond; Professor Pac-Man this ain't). It just takes a very long time to fully clear it, so much that I dunno how quickly most players are gonna see it through to the end. But for what it is - very, very strong trivia game.
It is weird as hell seeing references to Calvin & Hobbes, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, castration, and Dachau all in the same game.
My only real objection is that this is very long for an arcade game, with some of the later boards being suuuuuper grindy. I don't really mind that it's a quarter muncher here, since that's a proportionate challenge for the trivia being asked (and the players being given a fair amount of time to respond; Professor Pac-Man this ain't). It just takes a very long time to fully clear it, so much that I dunno how quickly most players are gonna see it through to the end. But for what it is - very, very strong trivia game.
It is weird as hell seeing references to Calvin & Hobbes, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, castration, and Dachau all in the same game.