Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Windows, 1999) Gameplay

In loving memory of Regis Philbin: 1931-2020 If ever there were a period piece of early 2000s television, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was that incarnate for game shows of the time. You all know the show by this point, and in fact it's one of my earliest TV memories that doesn't involve PBS. Of course, I was so young at the time that I didn't know an ounce of even the 100 dollar questions, but a lot of things about it stuck with me -- the dramatic lighting, the dark and foreboding music, all the sounds you heard, «final answer», lifelines...indeed, it was a ratings behemoth for several years and was a big trendsetter, for better or worse, on game shows to come, such as the aforementioned dramatic environment, trivia questions, lifeline equivilants, super slow pacing, and extremely prestigious top-dollar prizes. With a show as popular as this, it's pretty much inevitable it'd get a video game adaptation, and I figured doing a video of it was a good way to pay tribute to Regis Philbin, which as suggested from that first line has only recently passed away as of this posting (in fact, by sheer coincidence I first tried this game on the day of his passing, as you may note in the high score list...talk about timing). The game is exactly as you expect, but for those who may be too young to remember this show, the format is as follows -- you are presented with a multiple-choice trivia question. Answer it correctly, and you win the next tier cash prize. There are fifteen questions...