Wipeout
In this trivia game, a screen of sixteen possible answers (to a question such as "Which of these inventions were discovered by accident?") are shown - eleven are correct, the first awarding $10, then $20, etc…
Wipeout is a quiz/trivia developed by ShareData, Inc., released 31 March 1989 on Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.
What Wipeout is
Wipeout is a quiz/trivia game developed by ShareData, Inc. and released in 1989. It is available on Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In this trivia game, a screen of sixteen possible answers (to a question such as "Which of these inventions were discovered by accident?") are shown - eleven are correct, the first awarding $10, then $20, etc. up to $110 for the last answer. The other five answers are incorrect, and hitting a "Wipeout" loses all your money from the whole game (ouch). The two contestants with the most money at the end of round 1 go to play in the Wipeout Auction. From 12 options, players bid on how many correct answers they can pick out (up to the maximum of 8). Hitting a wipeout allows your opponent to steal the frame if they can find just one correct answer. Winning two frames gets you through to the final.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Wipeout launched on 31 March 1989, within three weeks of Adventures of Lolo and Alleyway.
Released around the same time: Adventures of Lolo, Alleyway.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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