Buzz!: Master Quiz

Buzz!: Master Quiz
Also known as: Buzz!: Gran Quiz (IT) Developers: Curve Studios, Relentless Software Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation Portable Released in US: September 23, 2008 Released in EU: July 25, 2008 Released in AU: July 31, 2008 This game has unused code. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

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Prototype Info

Unused Code

The script files QUESTIONSFF.LUA, QUESTIONSPTB.LUA, QUESTIONSPTF.LUA, QUESTIONSQUIZMASTERFUN.LUA, QUESTIONSTOPRANK.LUA, QUESTIONSVIDEO.LUA and QUESTIONSVIRUS.LUA, located in the folder DATA\SCRIPTS, are never called by the game's core program file, CORE.LUA. These scripts contain question/answer data for each of the game's modes, and were replaced by the files located in DATA\QUIZDATA_MERGED, which serve the same purpose.

Unused Text

The European release of the game has an early set of Finnish strings, found in STRINGS\FINISH.TXT. They are dated March 25, 2008, which is nearly five months before the finalized strings (August 15).

	Early STRINGS\FINISH.TXT	Final STRINGS\FINNISH.TXT
cStringPoints	PISTEET	PIST.
cStringPassPSP	OJENNA	VUOROON
cStringVirusSelectVictim	VALITSE SUUNTANÄPPÄIMILLÄ JA -NÄPPÄIMELLÄ KENELLE VIRUS SIIRTYY!	VALITSE VASTAAJA JA -NÄPPÄIMELLÄ KENELLE VIRUS SIIRTYY!
cStringInstructionAutoloading	ÄLÄ POISTA Memory StickIÄ™ TAI SAMMUTA JÄRJESTELMÄÄ	ÄLÄ POISTA Memory Stick™ -MUISTIKORTTIA TAI SAMMUTA JÄRJESTELMÄÄ
cStringStatusSaveFailed	TALLENNUS EPÄONNISTUI!	TALLENNUS EPÄONNISTUI! UUDELLEEN?
cStringStatusSaveFailed2	TALLENNUS EPÄONNISTUI!	Tallennus epäonnistui! Uudelleen?
cStringButtonOk	VAHVISTA	OK
cStringButtonConfirm	VAHVISTA	OK
cStringInstructionPressStart	PAINA START	PAINA START-NÄPPÄINTÄ
cStringPanelSinglePlayer	YKSINPELI	SOOLOVISA
cStringQuizDescPicturePerfectChall1	ARVAA MAHDOLLISIMMAN MONTA BONUSKUVAA 2 MINUUTISSA	ARVAA MAHDOLLISIMMAN MONTA BONUSKUVAA 1 MINUUTISSA
cStringQuizDescPicturePerfectChall2	ARVAA MAHDOLLISIMMAN MONTA BONUSKUVAA 5 MINUUTISSA	ARVAA MAHDOLLISIMMAN MONTA BONUSKUVAA 3 MINUUTISSA
cStringPanelFullGame	KOKO PELI	TÄYSI PELI
cStringPanelQuickGames	PIKAPELI	NOPEA PELI
cStringPanelCustomGame	MUKAUTETTU PELI	MUOKATTU PELI
cStringTrophyDescItchyTrigger	NOPEIN VASTAUSNOPEUS	NOPEIN KESKIMÄÄR. VASTAUSNOPEUS
cStringTrophyDescSlowcoach	HITAIN KESKIMÄÄRÄINEN VASTAUSNOPEUS	HITAIN KESKIMÄÄR. VASTAUSNOPEUS

Developer Credits

The game's .lua scripts contain developer credits:

Common Structure A

The .lua files in this section have credits which follow the following structure:

-- BUZZ	Pre production prototype Lua script
--
-- [FILENAME]		- [DESCRIPTION]
--
-- By [PROGRAMMER], Copyright Curve Studios 2007

The slots in italic are filled out as follows:

	Description	Programmer
AWARDS.LUA	-- Awards.lua - Handle awards screen	Steve Jones
BUZZHOST3D.LUA	-- BuzzHost3D.lua - Buzz host character handling scripts	Steve Jones
CHARACTERASSIGN.LUA	-- CharacterAssign.lua - Character assignment screen handling scripts	Steve Jones
CORE.LUA	-- Core.lua - Core functions and global enums, variables	Steve Jones
DIALOG.LUA	-- Dialog.lua - Dialog handling scripts	Steve Jones
FADER.LUA	-- fader.lua - screen fader handling	Steve Jones
GAME.LUA	-- Game.lua - Common game handling scripts	Steve Jones
GAMEBASICROUNDFLOW.LUA	-- gamebasicroundflow.lua - Script example of a basic round flow, just asks each player in turn a question and awards points for correct answers	Steve Jones
GAMEPICTUREPERFECT.LUA	-- gamepictureperfect.lua	Steve Jones
GAMEPTB.LUA	-- gameptb.lua - Pass the Bomb handling scripts	Steve Jones
GAMEPTF.LUA	-- gameptf.lua - Place the Face handling scripts	Steve Jones
GAMEQUICKFIRE.LUA	-- gametoprank.lua - Top Rank handling scripts	Steve Jones
GAMEQUIZMASTER.LUA	-- gamequizmaster.lua - Quizmaster handling scripts	Oladotun Rominiyi
GAMEROLLOVER.LUA	-- gamerollover.lua - Rollover handling scripts	Oladotun Rominiyi
GAMETIMECHALLENGE.LUA	-- gametoprank.lua - Top Rank handling scripts	Steve Jones
GAMETOPRANK.LUA
GAMEVIRUS.LUA	-- gamevirus.lua - Virus handling scripts	Steve Jones
GAMEWS.LUA	-- gamews.lua - Weak Spot handling scripts	Steve Jones
GUI.LUA	-- gui.lua - Handle misc GUI objects	Steve Jones
MAINTITLE.LUA	-- maintitle.lua - Handle main title bar movement and states	Steve Jones
MENU.LUA	-- menu.lua - Menu handling and setup functions	Steve Jones
MENUCONTESTANTSELECTION.LUA	-- menucontestantselection.lua - game round selection menu	Steve Jones
MENUCREDITS.LUA	-- MenuCredits.lua - Credits handling scripts	Steve Jones
MENUCUSTOMISERSOUNDS.LUA	-- menucustomiserounds.lua - round customisation menu handling	Steve Jones
MENUDEBUG.LUA	-- menudebug.lua - Debug Menu handling scripts	Steve Jones
MENUDIFFICULTY.LUA	-- MenuDifficulty.lua - Options Menu handling scripts	Steve Jones
MENUGAMELENGTH.LUA	-- MenuGameLength.lua - Options Menu handling scripts	Steve Jones
MENUMAIN.LUA	-- MenuMain.lua - Main Menu handling scripts	Steve Jones
MENUNUMBEROFPLAYERS.LUA	MenuNumberOfPlayers.lua - Options Menu handling scripts	Steve Jones
MENUOPTIONS	-- MenuOptions.lua - Options Menu handling scripts	Steve Jones
MENUPLAYGAME.LUA		Steve Jones
MENUPROFILE.LUA	-- menuprofile.lua - Profile Menu handling scripts	Alex May
MENUQUIZSELECTION.LUA	-- menuquizselection.lua - quiz selection handling	Steve Jones
MENUSINGLEPLAYER.LUA	-- MenuSinglePlayer.lua - game round selection menu	Steve Jones
MUSIC.LUA	-- music.lua - Handle music player functions	Steve Jones
PAUSE.LUA	-- pause.lua - Pause handler	Steve Jones
RESULTS.LUA	-- Results.lua - Handle results screen	Steve Jones
SLIDESHOW.LUA	-- Slideshow.lua - Slideshow handling scripts	Steve Jones
SOUND.LUA	-- sound.lua - Handle misc sound functions	Steve Jones
SPECIALAWARDS.LUA	-- Specialawards.lua - Handle special awards screen	Oladotun Rominiyi
SYSTEM.LUA	-- system.lua - Misc system related functions, vars and enums	Steve Jones
TIMER.LUA	-- timer.lua - Handle onscreen round timer functions	Steve Jones

Common Structure B

These have a similar structure to Common Structure A, but the introductory line is also different. In QUESTIONHANDLER.LUA, the copyright year was also changed to 2008.

	Intro	Description	Programmer
COMMENTARY.LUA	-- BUZZ Lua script	-- commentary.lua - All commentary handling scripts	Steve Jones
GAMESHARELOBBY.LUA	-- BUZZ Lua script	-- gamesharelobby.lua - Gameshare Lobby Menus	Stuart Miler
GAMESHAREMAINMENU.LUA	N/A	-- GameShareMenuMain.lua - Gameshare build specific main menu handling scripts	Stuart Miller
MEMORYSTICK.LUA	-- BUZZ PSP Lua script	-- memorystick.lua - contains routines for dealing with memory stick access	Alex May
MENUMULTIPLAYER.LUA	-- BUZZ Lua script	-- menumultiplayer.lua - Multiplayer Menus	Stuart Miler
MENUNAMEENTRY.LUA	-- BUZZ PSP Lua script	-- MenuNameEntry.lua - Name Entry Menu handling scripts	Steve Jones
NETWORK.LUA	-- BUZZ Lua script	-- network.lua - Misc network related functions, vars and enums	Steve Jones
QUESTIONHANDLER.LUA	-- BUZZ PSP Production Lua script	-- questionhandler.lua - Handles question picking, sorting and ageing	Steve Jones

Other

COROUTINEMANAGER.LUA

-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- File   : CoroutineManager.lua
-- Author : Stuart Miller
-- Brief  : Replacement for the ScriptManager coroutine manager. This one allows
--          garbage collection to continue working by keeping the lua stack 
--          intact.
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

GAMESHARELOBBY.LUA

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.Initialise()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Initialisation of Lobby Resources
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.Handle()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Handles processing of the core lobby logic
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.HandleClient()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Clients specific logic processing
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.HandleClient()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Host specific logic processing
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.HandleConnect()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Handles Connection Flow
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.HandleScanForHost()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Handles Searching for the Host on the client
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.HandleClient()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Character Selection Screen ( Host + Client )
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.SetupCharacterIcons	()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Initialises the character icon array
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Function : GameShareLobby.SetupCharacterLozenges	()
-- Date     : 23/10/2007
-- Author   : Stuart Miller
-- Brief    : Initialises the character background lozenge array
-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

GAMESHAREPAUSE.LUA

-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- File   : GameSharePause.lua
-- Author : Stuart Miller
-- Brief  : Reduced version of the main pause.lua. Doesn't actually pause,
--          but shows the continue/quit options.
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Regional Differences

Questions

Between both releases in English, the original European version has many exclusive questions compared to the American one. These exclusive questions mainly refer to things, people, events and organizations from or within the Commonwealth of Nations. Curiously, a question regarding the Vietnam War was also cut from the American release.

Characters

The character Pelvis was renamed to Fred in the American release.

Other

The Slowcoach Award, "awarded" to the slowest player to answer a question in a multiplayer match, was renamed to "Slowpoke Award" in the American release.