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Buzz De Slimste van Nederland for PlayStation 3
Buzz De Slimste van Nederland for PlayStation 3 presents general knowledge as a Dutch-language television show. The disc contains more than four thousand questions about history, geography, sport, television, music, nature, video games and popular culture. Dutch subjects receive extra attention, but the quiz goes far beyond national facts. Host Buzz reacts to answers, keeps score and lets every contestant choose a character, outfit, name and buzzer sound.
The contest combines direct multiple-choice questions with rounds in which speed and risk change the score. Wie is het snelst rewards early correct answers, while Wie heeft de bom? puts pressure on the current player. In the final, contestants stand on separate podiums that sink after mistakes and lost time. Question categories can change between contests, so a lead in sport or music is not automatically enough for overall victory.
Up to four people play locally with a set of wireless Buzzers and its USB receiver. The dedicated red buzzer and four coloured buttons are required; a regular DualShock cannot replace these controls. The original release also offered online contests, custom MyBuzz questions and leaderboards, but those old network services have ended and are not promised to work here. The complete local quiz and all questions on the disc remain playable without a network connection.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
You can play alone or locally with two to four contestants. Every player needs a wireless Buzz controller; one set of four uses the matching USB receiver. This offer is for the game. Controllers and receiver are included only when explicitly stated with the product. The former online contests, MyBuzz questions and leaderboards have ended; the local quiz remains playable without a network connection.
Manual
Buzz De Slimste van Nederland for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Buzz De Slimste van Nederland
Relentless Software developed Buzz De Slimste van Nederland as the Dutch version of Buzz Brain of the World. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe released the European series for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PSP on 27 March 2009. More than twenty regional variants appeared in total, each with its own title and a question selection partly focused on the relevant country. The Dutch release combined that local perspective with broad international knowledge.
The PlayStation 3 version built directly on Buzz Quiz TV from 2008. The HD studio, wireless Buzzers, character selection and fixed round structure remained, but the disc received a new national question bank, video games as an immediately available category and additional divisions within music. At the time, players could also create and share their own questions through MyBuzz. That online environment was an addition; the local content was entirely on the Blu-ray disc.
De Slimste van Nederland appeared when Sony distributed the Buzz series across three platforms at once. The PS3 release differed from PS2 through online contests, leaderboards and access to user questions, while the core quiz used almost the same national format. The network services and store packs from that period were later discontinued. This offered version should therefore be regarded as a local quiz from 2009, with the questions, rounds and state of knowledge assembled at the time.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Buzz De Slimste van Nederland and Buzz Quiz TV use the same HD studio, wireless Buzzers and recognisable round structure. Quiz TV appeared first and contains more than five thousand questions across five broad channels. De Slimste follows with a new Dutch-language question bank, local subjects and more than four thousand questions. The old online features of both releases have ended, but their local contests remain playable from the original PS3 disc.
Buzz Quiz World expands the PS3 formula with more choice over contest length, subjects and rounds, new characters and a larger new question bank. De Slimste van Nederland uses the earlier fixed contest structure and places more emphasis on Dutch general knowledge. Both work with Buzzers and were once linked to MyBuzz and downloadable packs, but only the local content on the disc can be expected without the discontinued network services.
Trivial Pursuit for PlayStation 3 turns the board game into a digital playing field with the familiar six knowledge categories and standard controllers. De Slimste van Nederland presents questions as a loud television show, uses dedicated Buzzers and changes the scoring differently in each round. Both test broad general knowledge, but Trivial Pursuit revolves around spaces and coloured wedges while Buzz centres on speed, timing and the host's reactions.
National Geographic Challenge focuses on geography, nature, history and images from the National Geographic archive. De Slimste van Nederland covers those subjects alongside sport, music, television, video games and local knowledge. National Geographic uses standard controllers and board-like challenges; Buzz requires the dedicated coloured buttons and builds a full game show around quick answers. Both the controls and the distribution of subjects therefore differ.
Buzz The Ultimate Music Quiz for PS3 focuses on artists, genres, hits and audiovisual music questions and adds optional PlayStation Move rounds. De Slimste van Nederland uses music as one part of a much broader knowledge quiz and does not require Move controls. Both let several players answer simultaneously with Buzzers, but the national release rewards broad knowledge whereas Ultimate Music Quiz asks for specialist music knowledge.
