Cheggers Party Quiz is a quiz video game developed by Oxygen Games, featuring the TV personality

Keith Chegwin Keith Chegwin (17 January 1957 – 11 December 2017), also known by the nickname Cheggers, was an English television presenter and actor, appearing in several children's entertainment shows in the 1970s and 1980s, including ''Multi-Coloured Swa ...

as a host. The game was released for the

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and

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on 26 October 2007, and on the

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on 7 December 2007. The game received negative reviews from players and critics.

Gameplay

''Cheggers Party Quiz'' is a party quiz game where players compete against each other to answer questions correctly in a series of rounds.

appears as the host in CGI form, giving updates on which players are in the lead and interjecting with one-liners. The game features a selection of thousands of questions for players to answer. The questions are based on

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and

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from up to two decades before the game's release date. A total of 8 round types are included, titled "Opening Night", "Big Break", "Picture Show", "Star Turn", "Prime Time", "Typecast", "Channel Hopping" and "Final Cut". Round types include a slow reveal round where question marks slowly turn into letters or the "channel hopping" round where each player's answers are briefly revealed and everyone has a chance to change their answer. There are also rounds where the fastest player to buzz in can answer and another where the answer must be guessed from picture clues. Players can customize the game length but cannot pick specific round types. Whereas the

version uses the

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controller and an "L1" button press to buzz in, the

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version utilises the motion sensitive

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, requiring players to lift their hand and the remote in the air as fast as they can.

Development

During an interview, Keith Chegwin stated that he had recorded over 900 separate voice overs and that the process was more ad-libbed than strictly scripted. Alan Hansen's Sports Challenge was developed concurrently with ''Cheggers Party Quiz'' and both games were released in tandem on the same dates.

Reception

Jon Blyth at

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rated the game 10/100, calling it a "bottom-feeding attempt to draw nourishment from the Chegwin name." Ellie Gibson at

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gave the game a 6/10, saying that "you're better off investing in

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References

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