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Buzz The Music Quiz for PlayStation 2
Buzz The Music Quiz for PlayStation 2 turns pop history into a television contest for one to four participants. Host Buzz and assistant Rose ask questions about artists, song titles, years and events from roughly six decades of music. The game contains more than five thousand questions and over one thousand re-recorded music clips. Before starting, you choose whether older music, newer music or both will appear and set a match lasting about 15, 30 or 45 minutes.
Each contestant uses a wired Buzz controller with a large red button and four coloured answer buttons. Point Builder rewards correct answers, Fastest Finger emphasises speed and Pass the Bomb transfers the risk after every correct response. In Point Stealer, the quickest player can take points from an opponent. Buzz Stop instead asks contestants to react as soon as a named characteristic matches the clip being played. A tie-break question resolves an equal final score.
The solo contest combines Time Builder and Hot Seat: first you earn time, then try to score as many points as possible within that reserve. Up to four people play together in the local quiz. Quiz Master lets an extra host use a DualShock controller to ask custom questions and approve or reject answers. The special Buzz controllers are required for standard matches; a regular controller cannot replace them. This offer concerns the game and includes controllers only when explicitly stated with the product.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL 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.
Buzz The Music Quiz requires wired Buzz controllers for PlayStation 2; up to four contestants use one complete set via USB. A regular DualShock controller cannot replace the Buzz handsets during the quiz. This offer concerns the game. Buzz controllers are included only when the product explicitly says so.
Manual
Buzz The Music Quiz for PlayStation 2 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 The Music Quiz
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe released Buzz The Music Quiz for PlayStation 2 on 21 October 2005. Relentless Software developed the game after Sony wanted to expand a music quiz with licensed content into a complete game show. The studio chose a television studio with recognisable contestants, a witty host and a dedicated controller for each player rather than a digital board game. Sleepydog assembled the music and helped create the question bank.
The simple five-button controller arose from the aim of letting four people participate without knowing a standard gamepad. One USB hub connected four handsets to the console. More than one thousand songs were re-recorded for the questions without original vocals, allowing clips from the 1950s through 2005 to be used. The different rounds linked factual knowledge to timing, risk and point stealing, giving the quiz more structure than one long sequence of multiple-choice questions.
The Music Quiz started the Buzz series. According to a Relentless retrospective, sales only gathered pace around Christmas and eventually exceeded one million copies. The Big Quiz followed in March 2006 with general knowledge and support for eight contestants. Specialised entries about sport, film and pop music came later. This first PS2 release remains recognisable by its four wired controllers and its 2005 music selection; later wireless controls and newer hits belong to other instalments.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Buzz The Big Quiz retains the studio, host and wired coloured buttons but replaces the exclusive music focus with film, television, sport, science, nature and geography. The sequel supports up to eight contestants with two controller kits; The Music Quiz remains limited to four. Music fans get more clips and questions per subject here, while The Big Quiz distributes opportunities across many areas of knowledge.
Buzz The Pop Quiz is a later PS2 entry that also covers performers and hit songs. Its question bank focuses more heavily on popular music from a newer period and uses different rounds and clips. The Music Quiz is the original 2005 release with more than one thousand re-recorded excerpts from roughly six decades. Both require wired Buzz controllers, but their questions do not completely overlap.
Buzz The Mega Quiz, like The Big Quiz, focuses on broad general knowledge and lets up to eight people play with two controller kits. The Music Quiz supports four contestants and builds every category around music. Both offer more than five thousand questions and mix fast responses with scoring rounds. Mega Quiz better serves a group with varied interests; The Music Quiz rewards recognition of melodies, performers and years.
SingStar uses USB microphones on PlayStation 2 and judges how accurately one or two players sing along with familiar recordings. The Music Quiz does not involve singing: four contestants recognise re-recorded clips and answer knowledge questions with buttons. Both derive their atmosphere from pop music and dedicated accessories, but SingStar is about performance and pitch while Buzz measures factual knowledge, speed and tactical point distribution.
Guitar Hero II has players follow note sequences on screen using a guitar controller. The Music Quiz requires no rhythm performance and uses short clips only as parts of questions. Both cover several eras of rock and pop and require unusual input devices. Guitar Hero II trains timing over complete songs; Buzz alternates recognition with years, performer facts and rounds in which opponents can lose points.
