Everybody play The D Show!
The D Show is a Party Game styled after a Game Show released for Windows and Macintosh computers on August 18, 1998. It features a wide variety of questions related to movies, films, and other memorabilia produced by Disney. During gameplay, one of three players has to buzz in and pick one of four answers to earn D-Bucks. There are quite a few video clips, varied voice lines, and even some bonus rounds.
As an aside, this computer game is known for naming the Beast as Prince Adam, even though neither the animators nor the screenwriters ever actually gave him a proper name.
These tropes are worth... 6000 D BUCKS!:
- The Announcer: Mark Elliott, Disney's go-to trailer announcer at the time, served as the announcer guiding players during the set-up before the game.
- Bonus Round: After finishing a section during the first and second round, the game will be interrupted for a bonus round. Those include:
- Before and After: Buzz when a character's original sketch and their film appearance are shown at the same time.
- Casting Call: Ten characters from a movie or show are revealed one after another. Buzz once you know what show they originate from.
- Cel-O-Vision: The game switches character cels and background paintings. Buzz when those match.
- Character Mix-Ups: Assemble a character from spinning parts on three wheel slots.
- Fast Focus: A highly distorted image of a character is shown and slowly corrects itself. Buzz when it's clear enough who is shown.
- Picture Perfect: A slider puzzle is slowly arranged. Buzz when it seems like it would be solvable, then use the cursor to slide every tile in its proper place.
- Color-Coded Multiplayer: There are three player slots. Contestant #1 is blue, contestant #2 is red, and contestant #3 is green.
- Double-Meaning Title: The majority of category titles have a meaning taken from their origin and what the questions are about. For example, "Under the Sea" is the name of a song from The Little Mermaid (1989), but the name represent how all answers start with the letter C.
- Follow the Bouncing Ball: The credits repeat the song from the beginning, but this time the lyrics are shown at the bottom with Mickey's head bouncing on them.
- Large-Ham Announcer: The hostess, played by Susan Cash, can really loudly announce how many D Bucks you can get for a question, and by the last round of the D Fibulator, she's downright ecstatic.
- Schmuck Bait: Some answers are almost blatantly wrong, like how Buzz Lightyear is one of the options for what Penny's toy was (because apparently a character who originates from a 1995 film known for its use of CGI animation can show up in a hand-drawn 1977 one). Still, it might be tempting to pick them just to hear what the hostess has to say.
- Timed Mission: As this is a game show-styled video game, all questions need to be buzzed and answered quickly while bonus rounds need to be completed within a minute or half.
- Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: The "Ye Olden Days" category. Beyond the name, the hostess repeatedly using words like "ye" and "forsooth" will make it clear.
