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Monopoly

Monopoly is a 1995 video game based on the board game Monopoly. Developed by Westwood Studios, published by Hasbro Electronic Entertainment and distributed by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. This title was…

71 1 September 1995 ESRB E

Monopoly is a card & board game developed by Westwood Studios, released 1 September 1995 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Monopoly is

Monopoly is a card & board game game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1995. It was published by Hasbro Interactive. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Monopoly is a 1995 video game based on the board game Monopoly. Developed by Westwood Studios, published by Hasbro Electronic Entertainment and distributed by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. This title was one of many inspired by the property. It was later reissued in 1998 with a different box art.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business, kids and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Monopoly series

Monopoly is the seventh of 44 entries we hold in the Monopoly series. The next entry was BS Monopoly: Kouza Boardwalk he no Michi in 1995. Its critic score of 71 is 7 points above the series average of 64. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Monopoly holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Monopoly launched on 1 September 1995, within three weeks of Rayman, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds and MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Rayman, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds, MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

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Quick answers

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When did Monopoly come out?
Monopoly was released on 1 September 1995 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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