The game placed fifth on PC Data's annual chart the next year, with 397,864 units sold and almost $13 million earned in revenue. Reception Sales Īccording to market research firm PC Data, Monopoly was the 11th-best-selling computer game in the United States for the year 1996. Monopoly was released in September 1995 to coincide with the board game's 60th anniversary, allowing over 23 million players to play in a variety of languages the game offered immediate translations of currency exchange and properties, allowing international players to view regional versions of the game when playing. While Hasbro stockholders expected to see the game during the company's annual New York City meeting on May 12, 1995, the game was officially previewed at the 1995 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. In a May 1995 edition of Bangor Daily News, it was reported that Hasbro Interactive was currently testing the game, which the company claimed would be the first to have a multiplayer feature allowing players to play each other over the Internet.
The division was created by Hasbro in 1995 to create video game adaptions of their most popular titles.
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The game was developed by Las Vegas software development company Westwood Studios, on behalf of publisher Hasbro Electronic Entertainment (later Hasbro Interactive). Like the board game, players roll the dice, travel around the board to collect properties, and aim to bankrupt their opponents.
The game's music was in a MIDI format and had a ragtime theme, while the sound effects were in WAV. Up to six human players can play either on the same computer or over LAN. 3D animations are provided for player movement across the board. The game is an adaption of the board game of the same name, with the components of physical gameplay given automation and digital representations.
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