Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game
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Quiz & Dragons: Capcom Quiz Game was the only quiz game released in the arcades by Capcom in 1992. The game combined elements of RPGs with that of board games to create a unique twist to the quiz game genre.
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[edit] Story
The far off land of Capconia lived in peace and prosperity for years thanks in part to the Knowledge Tree, a tree in which the holder of the tree's seeds are granted infinite knowledge of the world around them. However, an evil beiing known as Gordian has taken a seed of the tree and has planted a Knowledge Tree of his own. Gordian has given some of the seeds to some of the dragons in the land and now, which unfortunate soul who cannot answer any of the dragon's questions correctly will be eaten by them. The King then decides to send out four brave warriors entrusted with the knowledge of the land out to stop Gordian and end his tyranny once and for all.
[edit] Gameplay
The game plays similar to a board game, where the player is given a predetermined dice roll that moves the player up to six spaces on the board. However, if the player is so given the choice, he can move to a space of his choosing if there is a fork in the road. After landing on a space, the player is given a series of questions (The amount of questions needed to be answered increase as the game progresses) in order to proceed back to the board for another dice roll. The player is given a time limit to answer the question, with points given that vary based on how fast the player answered the question correctly. If the player is successful in answering a question, one of the gems above the enemy's picture will light up, indicating a correct answer. If the player answers a question incorrectly, he will lose a life point. if the player loses all life points, the player must continue within the time limit or else the game is over.
There are also two special spaces on the game board that the player may land on. If a player lands on an inn space, An inkeeper will ask him one question. If the player answers the question correctly, the innkeeper will increase his health by two health points. The other space is an elf space. If the player answers the elf's question correctly, he is granted a special skill which will be used in the next round of play.
There are certain spaces on the game board that are bigger than other spaces on the game board that contain one of Gordian's dragon followers. The player cannot skip this battle and must answer the questions in order to move on in the game.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Fighter
The Fighter's special ability is that he recovers health points faster than the other three characters.
[edit] Amazon
The Amazon's special ability is that she usually only has three, rather than the usual four answers to choose from when she is given a question.
[edit] Wizard
The Wizard's special ability allows the Wizard to choose the category of the questions to be given.
[edit] Ninja
The Ninja's special ability is to deal out double damage to the opponent, which effectively cuts down the number of questions needed to be answered by one.
[edit] Ports
The game was ported to Playstation Portable as a part of Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed and on the Playstation 2 and Xbox as a part of Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2.
[edit] Capcom Quiz & Dragons
In Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2, a special feature of the game is an updated version of Quiz & Dragons called Capcom Quiz & Dragons. However, the game retains the same graphics as the original 1992 release. The questions in this version are changed from pop culture references to questions about the various video games created by Capcom up to the release of Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2.
