Buzz! The Music Quiz

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Buzz! The Music Quiz
Game cover
Developer(s) Relentless
Publisher(s) SCEE
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Release date(s) October 21, 2005 (EU),
October 28, 2005 (NZ)
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s) PEGI: 3+
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Input Buzzers

Buzz! The Music Quiz is the first in the Buzz! series of video games created for the Sony Playstation 2 in which players answer questions asked by the quizmaster (also called Buzz) using the four Buzz! remote controls. The game was part of Sony's "Fire It Up" campaign, which also includes the Sony "Eyetoy" and Sony "SingStar" systems.

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[edit] The game

Hosted by the computer animated, ever-smiling Buzz and his assistant Rose, the game makes it seem like you are in an actual quiz show, complete with buzzers, theme songs and canned audience clapping/laughter. Jason Donavan is the voice of Buzz in the UK and Australia. Different voice-actors are used across Europe for Buzz and Rose.

Players can choose from 16 different contestants to suit that persons personal music taste. These include a pop diva (Gina), a rocker (Phil), a punk, an Elvis (Pelvis) and a disco dude (Stevie). These characters resemble famous pop musicians such as Gwen Stefani, Liam Gallagher and Geri Halliwell and Bob Marley.

There are over 1,000 music clips, all of which are international chart-toppers from the 1950s through to 2005 and over 5,000 questions to test a players knowledge, either by playing solo in a fast paced single-player mode or with friends/family in the multiplayer game. To add an extra layer of challenge (or simply to save on royalty fees), none of the music clips are original recordings, but are all first rate re-recordings gained under license.

Players can also choose to play in short bursts, or over a longer period. All wins and losses can be saved to Memory cards if you need to refer to them at a later date.

[edit] Game modes

[edit] Multiplayer

  • Point Builder
  • Snap
  • Fastest Finger
  • Offloader (Not available in two player mode)
  • Pass the bomb
  • Point Stealer (Not available in two player mode)
  • Buzz Stop
  • Look Before You Leap

[edit] Single player

  • Time Builder
  • HotSeat

[edit] Extras

  • Quickfire Quiz Mode
  • Quizmaster Quiz Mode (which Q&A in the Game Manual)

[edit] Cast

  • Jason Donovan (voice of Buzz)
  • Nicky Birch (voice of Rose)
  • Sarah Hadland (voice of the Floor Manager)
  • Adrian Dickinson (Voiceover Man)

[edit] Games in the Buzz! series

[edit] See also

  • Buzzamp, a free to download music quiz for PC similar to Buzz! The Music Quiz

[edit] External links

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