Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (2000 video game)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Developer	Hothouse Creations
Publisher	Eidos Interactive
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation Game Boy Advance Dreamcast (UK and France only)
Release date(s)	September 29, 2000 (UK/France)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a quiz/party game developed by Hothouse Creations and published by Eidos Interactive beginning in September 2000 in the United Kingdom and France, and expanded to many other countries internationally.

About

Much like the game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a trivia game where players must answer 15 questions correctly in order to reach the virtual jackpot. The original three lifelines - 50:50, Phone-a-Friend, and Ask the Audience appear as well.

Out of the 13 countries who received the game, 7 with Chris Tarrant (UK), Gay Byrne (Ireland), Jean-Pierre Foucault (France), Gerry Scotti(Italy), Lasse Lehtinen(Finland), Frithjof Wilborn(Norway) and Monta Mino(Japan) had their respected hosts narrate over the game, guiding players along the way, with all 7 having an image of themselves on the back of the cover art of the game.

Release

The original UK version of the game was released on September 29, 2000. The French version was released on the same day as well. These were the only countries to receive the game on the Dreamcast in addition to the PlayStation and Windows. Alternate English versions were also released for Ireland and Australia.

A majority of the International releases were released throughout 2001.

The Japanese version was released on December 20, 2001.

The German version is the only one to have released a third edition and a fourth edition (only on PC for the second), as well as the only one to have both an Junior edition and a Sports edition(only on PC for the Sports).

The GBA version of the French version was released on 14 Novembe 2002.

In Other Languages

• Denmark - Hvem vil være millionær?
• Finland - Haluatko miljonääriksi?
• France - Qui veut gagner des millions?
• Germany - Wer wird Millionär?
• Italy - Chi vuol essere milionario?
• Japan - Quiz $ Millionaire
• Spain - 50 por 15: ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?
• Sweden - Vem vill bli miljonär?
• Norway - Vil du bli millionær?
• Austria - Die Millionenshow
• Australia - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Australian Edition
• Ireland - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Irish Edition

Gallery

German version (1st Edition) (December 2000)

You Have Won DM1,000 (Germany 2000)

Logo of the Game (Germany 2000)

Ask the Audience (1st German Edition 2000)

Studio (Germany 1st Edition 2000)

Alternate Logo (Germany 2000)

Phone a Friend in Progress (Germany 2000)

How Many Players? (Germany 1st Edition 2000)

Money Tree (Germany 1st Edition 2000)

First Question (Germany 2000)

Need Instructions? (Germany 2000)

Finnish version (2001)

Logo of the Game (Finland 2001)

Main menu (Finland 2001)

Selecting the number of players (Finland 2001)

Entering the player's name (Finland 2001)

The first question for 500 MK500 (Finland 2001)

Asking the Audience (Finland 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Finland 2001)

Winning MK10,000 (Finland 2001)

Studio (Finland 2001)

Money Tree (Finland 2001)

Congratulations! (Finland)

High Scores (Finland 2001)

Winning MK100,000 (Finland 2001)

You Have Just Won MK1,000,000! Well Done (Finland 2001)

Italian 1st Edition (2001)

Logo of the Game (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Start Menu (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

How Many Players? (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Money Tree (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Studio (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

First Question for L100,000 (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Winning L1,000,000 (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Ask the Audience (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Winning L32,000,000 (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

You have just won 1 Millardo! Congratuazioni (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Congratulations! (Italy 1st Edition 2001)

Danish Edition (2001)

Logo of the Game (Denmark 2001)

Start Menu (Denmark 2001)

How Many Players? (Denmark 2001)

What is your name? (Denmark 2001)

Money Tree (Denmark 2001)

Studio (Denmark 2001)

First Question for DKK1,000 (Denmark 2001)

Winning DKK5,000 (Denmark 2001)

Ask the Audience (Denmark 2001)

Using Fifty Fifty (Denmark 2001)

Winning DKK50,000 (Denmark 2001)

You Have Just Won DKK1,000,000! Well Done (Denmark 2001)

Congratulations! (Denmark 2001)

Logo of the Game 2 (Denmark 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Denmark 2001)

UK 2nd Edition (September 2001)

Start Menu (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

Ask the Audience (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

Is that Your Final Answer? (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

Studio (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

How Many Players? (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

You have won 1,000 Pounds! (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

You have won 32,000 pounds, guaranteed! (UK 2nd Edtion 2001)

You have just won 1,000,000 pounds! Congratulations! (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

The virtual 32,000 pound cheque (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

Congratulations Video (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

Logo of the Game (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

What is your name? (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

Money Tree (UK 2nd Edition 2001 PS1 and PC)

the virtual 500,000 cheque (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

500,000 pounds is yours (UK 2nd Edition 2001)

French Version (1st Edition) (September 2000)

Start Menu (France 1st Edition 2000)

Is That Your Final Answer? (France 1st Edition 2000)

You Have Won F4,000,000! Bravo! (France 1st Edition 2000)

Dreamcast Cover

PC Cover

How Many Players? (France 1st Edition 2000)

High Scores (France 1st Edition 2000)

4 Million Francs Win! (France 1st Edition 2000)

Winning F300,000 (France 1st Edition 2000)

Ask the Audience (France 1st Edition 2000)

Studio (France 1st Edition (2000)

Money Tree (France 1st Edition 2000)

First Question for F1,000 (France 1st Edition 2000)

French Version (2nd Edition, June 2001)

Money Tree (France 2nd Edition 2001 PS1 and PC)

Studio (France 2nd Edition 2001)

First Question for 200 Euros (France 2nd Edition 2001)

Winning 1,500 Euros (France 2nd Edition 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (France 2nd Edition 2001)

Ask the Audience (France 2nd Edition 2001)

Winning 48,000 Euros (France 2nd Edition 2001)

Winning 300,000 Euros (France 2nd Edition 2001)

You have just won 1,000,000 Euros (France 2nd Edition 2001)

Congratulations! (France 2nd Edition 2001)

Logo of the Game (France 2nd Edition 2001)

Start Menu (France 2nd Edition 2001)

How Many Players? (France 2nd Edition 2001)

What is your name? (France 2nd Edition 2001)

High Scores (France 2nd Edition (2001)

Germany Version (Dritte Edition) (November 2002)

Start Menu (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

How Many Players? (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Money Tree (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

First Question for 50 Euros (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

What is your name? (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Winning 500 Euros (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Winning 16,000 Euros (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Winning 500,000 Euros (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Ask the Audience (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

You have just won 1,000,000 Euros! (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Congratulations! (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Logo of the Game (Germany Dritte Edition (2002)

High Scores (Germany Dritte Edition 2002)

Spanish Version (2001)

Logo of the Game (Spain 2001)

Are You Male or Female? (Spain 2001)

Winning 1,500,000 Pts (Spain 2001)

Start Menu (Spain 2001)

You Have Just Won 50,000,000 Pts! (Spain 2001)

First Question for 25,000 Pts (Spain 2001)

Winning 300,000 Pts (Spain 2001)

Ask the Audience (Spain 2001)

Congratulations! (Spain 2001)

High Scores (Spain 2001)

What is your name? (Spain 2001)

How Many Players? (Spain 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Spain 2001)

Irish Edition (2001)

Start Menu (Ireland 2001)

How Many Players? (Ireland 2001)

Ask the Audience (Ireland 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Ireland 2001)

First Question for 100 Euros (Ireland 2001)

Studio (Ireland 2001)

Winning 1,000 Euros (Ireland 2001)

Winning 32,000 Euros (Ireland 2001)

You have just won 1,000,000 Euros! Well done (Ireland 2001)

Congratulations (Ireland 2001)

Logo of the Game (Ireland 2001)

High Scores (Ireland 2001)

Alternate Logo (Ireland 2001)

German Version (Junior Edition) (2001)

Start Menu (Germany Junior 2001)

How Many Players? (Germany Junior 2001)

What is your name? (Germany Junior 2001)

Money Tree (Germany Junior 2001)

First Question for DM100 (Germany Junior 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Germany Junior 2001)

Winning DM1,000 (Germany Junior 2001)

Winning DM32,000 (Germany Junior 2001)

You Have Just Won DM1,000,000! Well Done (Germany Junior 2001)

Congratulations! (Germany Junior 2001)

High Scores (Germany Junior 2001)

UK Junior (July 2001)

Start Menu (UK Junior 2001)

How Many Players? (UK Junior 2001)

What is your name? (UK Junior 2001)

Money Tree (UK Junior 2001)

Studio (UK Junior 2001)

First Question for 100 Pounds (UK Junior 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (UK Junior 2001)

Winning 1,000 Pounds (UK Junior 2001)

Ask the Audience (UK Junior 2001)

Winning 32,000 Pounds (UK Junior 2001)

You have just won 1,000,000 Pounds (UK Junior 2001)

Congratulations! (UK Junior 2001)

High Scores (UK Junior 2001)

Austrian Version (2001)

Start Menu (Austria 2001)

How Many Players? (Austria 2001)

What is your name? (Austria 2001)

Money Tree (Austria 2001)

Studio (Austria 2001)

First Question for ATS1,000 (Austria 2001)

Ask the Audience (Austria 2001)

You have just won ATS320,000! (Austria 2001)

You Have just won ATS10,000,000! Well Done (Austria 2001)

Congratulations! (Austria 2001)

Logo of the Game (Austria 2001)

Norwegian Version (2001)

Start Menu (Norway 2001)

How Many Players? (Norway 2001)

Money Tree (Norway 2001)

What is your name? (Norway 2001)

First question for NOK1,000 (Norway 2001)

Winning NOK10,000 (Norway 2001)

Ask the Audience (Norway 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Norway 2001)

Winning NOK100,000 (Norway 2001)

You have just won NOK2,000,000! Well done (Norway 2001)

Congratulations! (Norway 2001)

Logo of the Game (Norway 2001)

Logo of the Game 2 (Norway) (2001)

High Scores (Norway (2001)

Swedish version (2001)

PlayStation Cover.

Logo of the Game (Sweden 2001)

How Many Players? (Sweden 2001)

Main Menu (Sweden 2001)

What is your name? (Sweden 2001)

Money Tree (Sweden 2001)

Studio (Sweden 2001)

First Question for SOK1,000 (Sweden 2001)

Winning SOK10,000 (Sweden 2001)

Winning SOK320,000 (Sweden 2001)

Ask the Audience (Sweden 2001)

Is That Your Final Answer? (Sweden 2001)

You Have Just Won SEK10,000,000 (Sweden 2001)

Congratulations! (Sweden 2001)

High Scores (Sweden 2001)

Japanese versions (December 2001 1st Edition PS1 and PC, November 2002 Waku Waku Party PS1, December 2002 PC)

PlayStation (Front Cover) (1st Edition 2002)

PlayStation (Back Cover) (1st Edition 2001)

Tree

Studio

Ask the Audience

Question and lifelines

Final answer? (Yes/No)

Answer

Phone-a-Friend

Australian Edition (December 2001)

Logo of the Game (Australia 2001)

Main menu (Australia 2001)

How Many Players? (Australia 2001)

Entering the player's name (Australia 2001)

Money Tree (Australia 2001)

Studio (Australia 2001)

First Question for $100 (Australia 2001)

Winning $1,000 (Australia 2001)

50:50 in Progress (Australia 2001)

Winning $32,000 (Australia 2001)

Virtual $32,000 cheque (Australia 2001)

Ask the Audience (Australia 2001)

Phone-a-Friend in Progress (Australia 2001)

Winning $1 MILLION (Australia 2001)

Congratulations! (Australia 2001)

Hosts

Region	Host	Years of Release	Top Prize
UK	Chris Tarrant	September 2000 (1st Edition) November 2001 (2nd Edition) July 2001 (Junior Edition)	£1,000,000
Australia	Ken Sparkes	December 2001 (1st Edition)	AU$1,000,000
Austria	Arne Elsholtz	2001 (1st Edition)	ATS10,000,000
Denmark	Timme Mehrens	2001 (1st Edition)	DKK1,000,000
Finland	Lasse Lehtinen	2001 (1st Edition)	MK1,000,000
France	Jean-Pierre Foucault	September 2000 (1st Edition) 2001 (2nd Edition) 2001 (Junior Edition)	4,000,000 F (2000) €1,000,000 (2001)
Germany	Norbert Langer (2000) Arne Elsholz (2001-2004)	December 2000 (1st Edition) 2001 (2nd Edition) 2001 (Junior Edition) November 2002 (3rd Edition) 2003 (4th Edition) 2004 (Sports Edition)	DM1,000,000 (2000-2001) €1,000,000 (2002-2004)
Ireland	Gay Byrne	2001 (1st Edition)	€1,000,000
Italy	Gerry Scotti	2001 (1st Edition) 2002 (2nd Edition)	₤1,000,000,000 (2001) €1,000,000 (2002)
Japan	Mino Monta	December 2001 (1st Edition) November 2002/December 2002 (2nd Edition) (PS1/PC)	¥10,000,000
Norway	Frithjof Wilborn	2001 (1st Edition)	NOK2,000,000
Spain	Carlos Lopez Benedi	2001 (1st Edition)	50,000,000 Pts
Sweden	Johan Gry	2001 (1st Edition)	SEK10,000,000