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1!![[TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}} The Board Game]]:
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3* AdaptationOverdosed: Not even taking the sheer number of ThemedStockBoardGame versions or altered official versions into account, ''Monopoly'' has an utterly absurd amount of [[DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation video game adaptations]], nearly once a generation and sometimes more. It began with the UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem version in 1988 and there have been new ones put out at a steady consistent flow since. One can possibly owe this to the fact that the game benefits tremendously from becoming electronic, as it cuts out having to handle all of the paper money that is constantly on the move during the game and greatly simplifies the auction process, and being the most recognizable board game in history doesn't hurt either.
4* AscendedHouseRules:
5** The game's video game adaptations tend to include a lot of optional house rules that started out as unofficial house rules.
6** For an unusual case of the game acknowledging house rules, at least one printing mentions "no auctions", "Free Parking jackpot", "loans" and "deals not to charge each other rents" as popular ones, but tells you ''not'' to use them because they make the game drag on.
7* CashCowFranchise: For Creator/{{Hasbro}}, being one of their most widely-known and accessible board games.
8* DevelopmentHell: The live-action film adaptation has been on and off in production since the late 2000s.
9* FollowTheLeader:
10** Easy Money by Milton Bradley. Officially, both games are based on an older game called The Landlord's Game, but Easy Money was released as a direct response to Monopoly's success. Continues to be published, under license, by a third party company.
11** [[https://www.spmgames.com.my/saidina/saidina-standard-spm-21 Saidina]] is a Malaysian ForeignRemake of Monopoly going by a different name, with the settings changed (e.g. Atlantic City → Kuala Lumpur). In terms of gameplay, it's pretty much exactly the same (right up to using identical tokens!).
12** Another foreign remake is pre-[[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro Castro]] Cuba's [[http://sundownfarmandranch.com/album/vintage%20monopoly%20games/Monopoly%20games%20-%20Capitolio/slides/DSCN8210.shtml Capitolio]], which uses Cuban settings but otherwise has identical gameplay and even cards styled after those on Monopoly.
13* IncidentalMultilingualWordplay: Until 2009, when the original English title was restored, the game was commercialised in Italy under the name "Monòpoli", which sounds like an actual city name. This is thanks to the suffix "-poli" ("[[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-polis -polis]]") and the fact that the pronunciation moves the stress over the second O, while the word "monopolio" (monopoly, the economic concept) has the stress on the third O instead. There is in fact a real town called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoli Monopoli]] in Southern Italy!
14* TechnologyMarchesOn: The main reason behind the creation of the "Electronic Banking" editions of the game, which replace the now-iconic paper Monopoly money with four debit cards and a card reader. Because who uses ''cash'' these days?
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16!![[Series/{{Monopoly}} The Game Show]]:
17* AscendedHouseRules: This was the only official version of the game that used the "$400 for landing on GO" and "Free Parking jackpot" rules.
18* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: All 12 episodes circulate, but haven't been rerun. The pilot is on the Internet Archive.
19* OneBookAuthor: Mike Reilly, a waiter and former ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestant, has never had another hosting gig since.
20* ShortRunners: Only had 12 episodes; the thirteenth episode of ''Super Jeopardy!'' was instead accompanied by the premiere of ''Series/AmericasFunniestPeople''.
21* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
22** The 1989 pilot featured Creator/PattyMaloney playing the part of Uncle Pennybags and basically being a living token who moved per the dice rolls. The series replaced her with lights on the board.
23** The series was originally planned for syndication, but stations wound up balking for several reasons, one of which was Maloney's role.
24** Marc Summers and Peter Tomarken were both considered as hosts, with Summers hosting the original 1987 runthrough. However, when the show went into production, Summers was busy hosting ''Series/DoubleDare1986''. Tomarken hosted the pilot, but his clash with the producers over Maloney being treated as a thing rather than a person led to his departure.
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26!![[Pinball/{{Monopoly}} The Pinball Machine]]:
27* The game has numerous ticker messages, among them being:
28** “The ELECTRIC COMPANY keeps the Bank safe from {{Pinball/Safe Cracker}}s”
29** “Become [[Pinball/TwilightZone Lost in a Zone]] – Play Pinball.”
30** “Game tip – collect all property to play [[WizardMode LAND GRAB]]”
31** “NASDAQ +230 DOW JONES +410 … We Wish”
32** “[[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Never Panic]]”
33** “A Jackpot a day keeps boredom away”
34** “[[Pinball/FunHouse1990 Hey, it’s only Pinball]]”
35** “The future of Solar Electricity is Bright”
36** [[MediumAwareness “This sign is fun to watch”]]
37** “Did you know famous people play MONOPOLY?”
38** “Take a Chance – Play MONOPOLY”
39** “Boardwalk, Park Place … Not just for rich folks”
40** “The ball is always wild” [[note]](A reference to legendary pinball designer Harry Williams, who referred to the unpredictable nature of pinball by saying "The ball is wild.")[[/note]]
41** [[LampshadeHanging “How many messages does this sign have, anyway?”]]
42** “Electric Company reports POWER ON in game”
43** "Make new friends... then beat them by playing ''Monopoly''"
44** Even the custom operator's message can be seen (if there's one set).

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