Mind Grind (PC, CD-ROM) Microforum - 1996 USA, Canada Release

Mind Grind
Product ID	61297-02812
Product UPC	061297028122
Platform(s)	PC
Packaging	Retail Box
Media	CD-ROM
Copyright date	1996
Publisher(s)	Microforum
Category(s)	Entertainment, Traditional, Trivia
Country of Origin	Canada

Description from the packaging.

Put your knowledge to the test against the greatest minds in the universe, with this radical new trivia game!

Put your trivia skills to the ultimate test!

Bored out of your mind by ordinary trivia games? Then get your head around Mind Grind, the ultimate intergalactic trivia challenge. Mind Grind takes trivia to the next level, as players compete in a bizarre cosmic pentathlon to decide the future if the planet Earth. Questions range from movies to mythology, and each trivia 'event' tests players with a unique set of strategic challenges, and an array of unexpected pitfalls and hidden secrets.

Mind Grind, it's a trivia game like nothing you've seen before!

• Compete in a wide range of categories including inventions, observation, and horror.
• Also features a special audio category which tests your awareness of everyday sounds.
• Navigate your way through a galaxy of incredible 3D animation.
• Question difficulties constantly adjust from stage to stage.

It's you against the brightest minds in the universe, in the ultimate, intergalactic mental challenge!

It's the year 2232, and creatures from across the galaxy have gathered on the planet Dirt. The alien federation has decided that it's time for someone new to colonize the Earth. But who? Welcome to Mind Grind, the once-in-a-millennium, intergalactic trivia competition, to determine who is the wisest creature in the galaxy. You'll need all of your mental and strategic skills, as you're thrust into a bizarre cosmic pentathlon designed to test your knowledge of Earth's history, customs and trivial ways.

Challenge your strategic mind in an exciting series of "out of this world" trivia events!

Race against a collection of 3D-rendered alien opponents, in five challenging events. Each "game-within-a-game" provides a unique set of strategic challenges, from complex puzzles to an elaborate labyrinth, and brings you closer to your ultimate goal- winning the competition and proving your worth as the being whose race should re-populate the Earth. You'll test your knowledge in categories ranging from sports to popular culture, while avoiding unexpected pitfalls along the way. With full-motion video and amazing digital sound, all set against a backdrop of incredible 3D-environments, Mind Grind is a trivia game like nothing you've seen before!

• Test your knowledge against the galaxy's best minds, in a wide range of categories including brain teasers, human inventions, world records and mythology.
• Compete alone, or against a friend in two player action.
• Race against bizarre, 3D-rendered aliens accompanied by explosive special effects and full-motion video.

• Complex puzzles and elaborate labyrinths.
• Brain teasers.
• Full-motion video.
• 3D-environments.

System Requirements

PC Windows 95
Required CPU	486-66
Required RAM	8MB
Req. Hard Drive	13MB Free
Required CD Speed	4X
Recommend RAM	16MB
Required Audio	SoundBlaster
Supported Video	SVGA