Monopoly

There have been more than a dozen video game adaptations of Parker Brothers and Hasbro’s highly successful board game Monopoly.

A PlayStation version was developed by Gremlin Interactive, whilst a Windows/Mac version was by Westwood Studios. The Windows/Mac version played top down, while the PlayStation version was in 3D. They both had cutscenes in common, played when showing the game pieces moving on their own.[citation needed] In 1998, Hasbro Interactive released a Monopoly video game for Microsoft Windows, which used 3D graphics instead of the top-down design used in previous versions. It ran on Windows 95 (although can be run on up to Windows XP, but won’t work on Windows Vista and up) and had a special online play feature which used a modem.[citation needed]

A new version developed by Electronic Arts was released in 2008 for the Wii, PlayStation 3, iPhone and Xbox 360, with a slightly stripped-down version for the PlayStation 2. It includes a transatlantic selection of boards, including the new Here & Now edition boards and new game mode, Richest. There are no online features, however.[citation needed] EA’s Monopoly game scored fairly poorly, with a 54% average on the PS3 on Metacritic,[2] and 56% on the Xbox 360.[3] The Wii version fared better with 70%.[4] The Official Nintendo Magazine in the UK were most positive in their evaluation of the Wii version, which they called “great fun” in the Christmas 2008 issue.[5] EuroGamer was less enthusiastic, saying: “For the price of Monopoly for Wii, you could buy real Monopoly. Twice. Or you could just buy no Monopoly at all and spend the money on something more likely to inspire amity and harmony, like a book by Hitler.”[6]

The Monopoly Family Fun Pack, produced by Ubisoft for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, was released on November 18, 2014.[7] It is an on-disc bundle consisting of the digitally-released Monopoly Plus and Monopoly Deal, as well as Monopoly Plus ‘s My Monopoly extension.