TRIVIAL PURSUIT® by Handmark Price:
$29.99
Reviewed December 2003
It's hard to find anyone who hasn't been
hooked on Trivial Pursuit at one point in their lives. The
game has gained legions of fans in its board game and digital
format. Was anyone as hooked as I was on the old version
of the game that ran on PPCs like the Philips Nino that preceded
Pocket PCs? However that old version, by a different manufacturer,
was never updated to run on Pocket PCs. Thanks to Handmark,
Trivial Pursuit reigns again and this time on both Palm OS
and Pocket PC handhelds! The game runs on Palm OS handhelds
running Palm OS 3.5 or higher and supports high res displays.
The Pocket PC version runs on Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002 and
Pocket PC 2003 devices.
Thankfully the ever so familiar grid round
table interface has not been changed, and will make you feel
right at home when you launch the game. There are two game
modes: Classic and Flash. The Classic mode is where you roll
the dice and try to answer the questions correctly and reach
all the wedges before your opponent does. Flash mode is a
race where questions in each category are stacked up into
a tower; and whoever reaches the top wins the game.
While the categories have remained the
same as those found in the traditional Trivial Pursuit games,
the questions have gone through major updates. The younger
crowd will not scratch their heads after each question and
thinking “wish my Grandpa were here.” This update
shows through the most in Sports and Entertainment questions.
You think you are a sports nut? Do you know who invented
West Coast Offense in the NFL? How about the futility record
the Denver Nuggets set for the NBA in 2002? Baseball 2003
season box scores, anyone? Many of these questions are good
enough to appear on ESPN. Pop-culture questions are also
updated and have moved the era from Doris Day to Nicole Kidman,
Golden Girls to Charmed and Rolling Stones to Kurt Cobain.
In fact many aspects of modern life have been added in as
well. Did you know that Bluetooth technology was named after
an 11th century Danish King? You probably do know this if
you've read our Bluetooth article;
but did you ever think it'd come in handy when playing Trivial
Pursuit?
If your household has gone digital and
wireless, Trivia Pursuit for PDAs might be just the ticket
for a fun family gathering on a cold winter night. With over
1600 questions in this package, you won't get bored anytime
soon. If you have multiple PDAs in the household, the game
supports 2-6 players via IR. If that's not a big enough party,
go to Handmark's home page and join the multi-player lobby
where you can meet a large number of players and have a real
blast!
Playing Hints and
Tips
In Classic mode, if you don't like the
slot you landed and have options to re-roll the dice, you
should roll again and try to get a wedge. If you are playing
with TP veterans, try to set a time limit for answering each
question to make the game more challenging. |
