Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (U.S. Game Show) - Merchandise

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Several video games based on the varying gameplay formats of Millionaire have been released throughout the course of the show's U.S. history.

Between 1999 and 2001, Jellyvision produced five video game adaptations based upon the original primetime series for personal computers and Sony's PlayStation console, all of them featuring Philbin's likeness and voice. The first of these adaptations was published by Disney Interactive, while the later four were published by Buena Vista Interactive which had just been spun off from DI when it reestablished itself in attempts to diversify its portfolio. Of the five games, three featured general trivia questions, one was sports-themed, and another was a "Kids Edition" featuring easier questions.

In 2008, Imagination Games released a DVD version of the show, based on the 2004–08 format and coming complete with Vieira's likeness and voice, as well as a quiz book and a 2009 desktop calendar.

Two Millionaire video games released by Ludia have been offered on the show as prizes to audience contestants. The first, a game for Nintendo's Wii console based on the 2008–10 clock format, was offered on the show during the 2009–10 season, and the second, on Microsoft's Xbox 360, was based on the newer shuffle format and offered on the show during the next season (2010–11).

Ludia has also created a Facebook game based on Millionaire, which debuted on March 21, 2011. This game features an altered version of the shuffle format, condensing the number of questions to twelve—eight in Round 1, and four in Round 2. A player can compete against eight other Millionaire fans in Round 1, and play Round 2 alone if they make it into the top three. There is no "final answer" rule; the player's responses are automatically locked in. Answering a question correctly earns a player the value of that question, multiplied by the number of people who responded incorrectly. Players are allowed to use two of their Facebook friends as Jump the Question lifelines in Round 1, and to use the Ask the Audience lifeline in Round 2 to invite up to 50 such friends of theirs to answer a question for a portion of the prize money of the current question.