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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Second Edition (Windows, Mac OS Classic)

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Title Screen

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Second Edition

Also known as: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire CD-ROM: 2nd Edition
Developer: Jellyvision
Publisher: Buena Vista Interactive
Platforms: Windows, Mac OS Classic
Released in US: May 9, 2000


CopyrightIcon.png This game has hidden developer credits.
DevTextIcon.png This game has hidden development-related text.
MovieIcon.png This game has unused cinematics.


SPOILER: You don't actually win a million dollars.

Unused Cinematic

Millionaire2\Media\TEST.MOV is an alternate take of Regis announcing the show's title, without flourishing a wad of bills like he does in the used intro. (It's actually used in the First Edition, but that's another story.)

Java Obfuscation

At the end of Millionaire2\code\app.dat is a hidden credit for the RetroGuard Java bytecode obfuscator.

Obfuscation by RetroGuard - www.retrologic.com (author: Mark Welsh, markw@retrologic.com)

Installer Strings

Most of the installer language files in Setup\STRINGS begin with explanatory comments in English:

;;  %1% are insert parameters  where %1% = parameter 1  
;;				     %2% = parameter 2 
;;                                   %3% = parameter 3
;;
;;  Only 3 parameters maximum
;;
;; New lines (CARRIAGE RETURNS) are indicated by ^
;;
;; New strings CAN NOT BE ADDED WITHOUT CODING CHANGE.  
;; These strings are provided here for easy adaptation of presently defined strings.
;;
;;

The exception is the Spanish file, whose preamble simply reads:

;;  EUROPEAN SPANISH