Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game (Arcade) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- A playthrough of Capcom's 1992 trivia quiz arcade game, Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game.
Played through on the machine's default difficulty level.
Quiz & Dragons was an unusual release in the US when it first came out. While there had been some popular bar quiz-style games throughout the 80s, not many were still being produced by 1992. Even fewer still were ever translated to English, and none before Quiz & Dragons had sported such lavish production values. I wonder what convinced Capcom to invest the resources to create what was essentially a brand new, equivalent game for western audiences, particularly because it represents such a niche genre.
Though the gameplay is based on trivia, Quiz & Dragons has some neat twists - rather than adopting the standard "game show" format, Capcom went with dressing it up as an boardgame-themed RPG. Each of the four selectable characters have a unique special ability (for example, the warrior can regain health faster, while the ninja has a chance to do double damage on any of his turns) that will help them on their journey though Capconia to defeat the evil Gordian.
Yeah. Capconia.
I know, right?
There are seven stages to play through, and each has its own map lined with squares for inns (to recover lost life), elves (to win the occasional bonus item), and of course, encounters with bad guys. A six-sided die is thrown to determine how far you move, and once you've landed, you enter a "battle" scene.
The trivia battles are the center-stage gameplay mechanic. Everytime you get a question wrong you lose a hit point, and everytime you get one correct, the enemy loses a hit point. There are items and abilities that can impact the flow of these rounds (for example, you can cut down the number of answer choices you're given, or choose a specific category for questions), and it's surprisingly tense for how goofy it all is. It all makes for a simple but effective system, and one that goes a long way to keep the (fairly long) quest from feeling stale halfway through.
The enemies love to taunt you with all sorts of violent threats, and the character art is really cool, even if there isn't much animation to show it off. The music sounds like typical Capcom arcade fare - a good thing - and the hilariously overdone sound and voice effects (that would feel right at home in any fighting game) are a perfect fit. Who doesn't love hearing a brave hero scream in agony at the hands of a giant dragon because they didn't know what year the Korean War began?
The only real downside to the game is that the questions, as you would expect for a game from 1992, are badly dated. They often expect you to have a good grasp on pop culture, so if you're younger than 35 or so, many of these questions will likely leave you completely clueless. I have to admit that there were several questions that I had to randomly guess at, probably in some part due to how I was just ten years old when this was released.
Still, I've always had a soft spot for this oddity, and I still find it an incredibly entertaining way to blow an hour. Your mileage may vary, though, depending on just how much of the material you do (or don't) know.
I would've loved to have seen a port of this back on the old 16-bit consoles!
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Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2 has a version that's nothing but Capcom-related trivia. Fun times!
Fun times indeed
Who would've ever thought that combining King of Dragons with Trivial Pursuit could make for such a fun game?
The trick was you have to remember the year this was put in was 1992. For those with this game in the Capcom Classics Collection compilations, you need to think what was relevant then (if a sport question had someone succeed someone else as a point leader, you had to remember who at 1992 WAS THEN the correct answer).
don't forget the game has a sweet soundtrack
@@_Majoras Of course, it's early 90s Capcom!
"Alfred E. Neuman is the hero of which of these magazines?"
That one hurt my heart a bit. RIP MAD Magazine. At least Alfred E. Neuman never worried.
Oh man, crazy to think MAD is gone now RIP :(
Mad Magazine isn't gone; as of late, it's been rebooted and is now in the reboot's twelfth issue (as you read this comment).
Imagine this:
Your on the last day of college/High School, the teachers send you to the room that includes the last thing you have to do to graduate...
And all you see are arcade cabinets of this game. Teacher gives you a quarter and says : "Good Luck".
Just a spoonful of imagination that's all.
TRIVIA:
1:) The Japanese version of Quiz & Dragons was released two years later with the playable characters given anime/manga-style redesigns, a lifebar resembling that of a RPG game, and new music to go with the game.
2:) The Stage 5 BGM was later reused in Capcom's 1996, Japan-exclusive arcade Tetris clone known as Pnickies.
Anyway, nice playthrough of Q&D. I would love for Capcom to make these characters and this universe into a full-fledged series, and it could be a beat-'em-up or fighting game with RPG elements. At the very least, I would love to see the character of Lagnel the Amazon make a future appearance in one of their games, most likely a crossover fighting game. Keep up the good work!
I spent so many quarters on this game as a kid (shout out to Pinball Pete’s in Ann Arbor). Now I play it on my phone. Great game, I wish they still made good quiz arcade games.
This is where I play it too lol
Been in the same spot for like 20 years in the arcade lol
@@Sepharo Haha, right on brother.
I think i have brain damage from the number of times the air hockey puck hit me in the back of the head while playing this game. GnR pinball in that corner was also a fav of mine.
Im really glad that place didn't go out of business because of the pandemic.
@@Dumpweed971 Same, I donated to their campaign when that was up. And then when it re-opened we definitely visited a few times since.
2:17 HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!
So, is anyone going to question why these characters in a clearly fantastical world know about real world things like TV, movies, and book facts?
A very pleasant surprise !
This looks better than Star Wars Chess.
I remember this when I used to have the ps2 as part of the capcom classics collection
I have this on that very same collection as well, not to mention MAME.
I loved that one's option for Capcom themed questions.
I remember playing this on Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 when I was in middle school. And I remember they had a version with Capcom related questions on there which is the one I play the most. So much fun.
I played all the way through this game just this evening at an arcade, was really quite an unexpected experience
37:40 This elf right at the start of the dungeon gave me a shortcut all the way to the end of the area, was incredible. The question was which word describes the cornea, and the answer was "transparent."
Quiz games were much more common in the 90s in Japan than they were in the US. Capcom had actually made two Capcom themed games called Capcom World that were quiz based adventures like this game.
Capcom later on made a dating sim-quiz hybird game called Quiz Nanairo Dreams, which featured Saki, who would later appear in Marvel vs.Capcom as an assist character, and Tatsunoko vs.Capcom as a playable character.
I would love to see them turn this game into a Movie franchise
52:32 sound effects sample of Terminator 2.
The question at 18:52 says “When did President Eisenhower state willingness to launch a first-strike nuclear attack?” and the “correct” answer is 1951.
Harry Truman was President in 1951, not Eisenhower.
Fun game but hard as balls. Who pitched in the world series in 1972 kind of hard at times.
I like this video.
I could see this getting a modern re-release with updated trivia. Like I assume the fastest people be alive now are Usian Bolt and Ms. Usain Bolt. "I know she has a name I just can't remember it right now though funny enough she is Jamaican too." Also being made in the 90's Germany is now all once piece, with no Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia but an Italy, Turkey, and Greece. Also Pluto isn't a planet anymore. "It is to me but try convincing Neil Degrass Tyson that."
quiz games always age poorly
unless its something thats locked in a particularl time period like the totally 80's edition of trivial pursuit
there's an English translation patch for this game? I've always wanted to play it. Looks fun.
Yeah, this was an official US release.
NintendoComplete I never knew about it!
I know it's outdated by now, but the only way Quiz games that were not released in English before can now get English translations is with all the questions and answers dealing with video games.
the correct answer is melissa gilbert
Lagnel is so hot.
I feel like if you took that singer Cascada and gave her like a bushel of heroin, they could pass as sisters.
@Zedfinite: If you like her now, check her out with her updated, anime/manga-style look and sprites in the 1994 Japan release of the game. :)
Replay Burners playthrough of the Japanese version of the game with her here: ruclips.net/video/wNF5kdm6l0I/видео.html
@NintendoComplete where can I buy this arcade game or is it on a Nintendo game??
2020 COMPLETE
which of the following movies does not feature meg ryan:
1. when harry met sally
2. innerspace
3. who gives a rats ass - CORRECT
Well said.
QUESTION 6
1992 CAPCOM
It's a forgone but chrished era in which Capcom actually gave a damn.
The correct answer is 7
The cor
The music in these games are superb tracks! I love the composers!
1992 CAPCOM