Trivial Pursuit

Description

Pick one of four characters like the Red Baron to walk around the board, answering trivia questions. Based on the board game and has the same rules.

Trivial Pursuit was produced by Bally Sente in 1984.

Bally Sente released 23 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Bally Sente was based in United States.

Other machines made by Bally Sente during the time period Trivial Pursuit was produced include: Chicken Shift, Snacks 'n Jaxson, Goalie Ghost, Hat Trick, and Trivial Pursuit Young Player's Edition

Specs

Name	Trivial Pursuit
Developer	Bally Sente (United States)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10199
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Trivia / Quiz
Development Team	Wendi Allen, Video Hardware Design
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Bally Sente
Dipswitch Settings	Trivial Pursuit Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	4
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Backlit Buttons: 1 - Incorrect Backlit Buttons: 1 - Correct
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail

Trivial Pursuit KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.63 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.00

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 3.25

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	2.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	2.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Trivia

There are six known versions of this game:

Genus I
Genus II
All-Star Sports
Baby Boomer
Young Players
Spanish version

Bally and Sente must have been quite busy developing these games since they were all released within a year of each other!

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Trivial Pursuit Census

There are 15,272 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,670 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,971 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 10 known instances of this machine owned by Trivial Pursuit collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Trivial Pursuit machine for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 195; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 195; Color photo

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