Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz
BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read presented a pop music quiz show, which is recreated here with questions from the 50s to the 80s. You can play against the computer or another human; either way, select a specialist…
Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz is a quiz/trivia developed by Elite Systems, released 31 December 1988 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz is
Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz is a quiz/trivia game developed by Elite Systems and released in 1988. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read presented a pop music quiz show, which is recreated here with questions from the 50s to the 80s. You can play against the computer or another human; either way, select a specialist subject and 2 team-mate graphics (all representing white people). The overall style and presentation are very similar to Elite's earlier A Question of Sport license. In the first round you select one of twelve random questions from the Jukebox, each of which has four options. A correct answer earns you two points, while an incorrect answer gives your opponent the chance to steal for one point. In round 2 you get three clues to name a star - you get three points for guessing from one clue…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
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