The game combines elements of a quiz game and a dating sim. Answering questions in the quiz allows the player to move through squares. Correct answers increases the love of the female characters and advances the plot. A quiz game that answers quizzes that are given questions as you move through the squares. The correct answer to the quiz increases the love and confidence of the girl, and the story unfolds. The game was originally an arcade title, and when ported to home console, two new routes were added. The two new scenarios were for Pixy and Lindt.
Plot
The goal of the game is to seal the devil, and that is achieved by restoring the seven crystals assimilated into seven girls.
Characters
In the arcade version, the seven heroines and some of the other characters were named after candy companies that sponsored the game. When Quiz Nanairo Dreams was ported to home consoles, the characters were renamed. The names from the arcade version are given first, followed by their names in the console versions. ;Megumi Morinaga & Company/Megumi Moritsugu ;Kumiko Ezaki Glico/Kumiko Shiozaki ;Momoko Fujiya Co./Momoko Fujikura ;Saki Kracie Foods/Saki Omokane ;Mayumi Tohato/Mayumi Kobato ;ShallLotte /Charlotte ;Emi Sakumaseika Co./Emi Sakura ;Pixy ;Lindt & Sprüngli/Linz ;Demon King Godiva Chocolatier/Demon King
In Japan, Game Machine listed Quiz Nanairo Dreams on their October 15, 1996 issue as being the most-successful arcade game of the year, outperforming titles such as Dancing Eyes and Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha. Upon release, Famitsu gave the PlayStation and Sega Saturn version of the game 28 out of 40.
Appearances in other games
Saki Omokane appears as a helper character in the Capcom fighting game' and a playable character in '. Her main weapon is her machine gun, though this makes her physical moveset limited. Her ending has her having tea with the rest of the female characters in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes. Saki starts explaining about her world and its mechanics, while the rest of the girls remain clueless about what she's talking about. In Ultimate All Stars, she helps save the twisting dimensions and soon finds that the reason she fights is to protect the friends she made. She then prepares to protect her city from a rampaging Hauzer. She is voiced by Yoko Honna. While she does not appear in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, one of Jill Valentine's alternate colors is based on Saki.
Saki also appears as Capcom character card C119 in the Neo Geo Pocket Color game . She comes with a special ability called "Stand-By", which is triggered once she enters the ring and allows the player to pick one card from his deck and shuffle the rest, while placing that card on top of the deck to be drawn on the next round. Another character, Linz, is depicted on Action card A42, called "Pester", which allows the player to put three of the opponent's pile cards among his/her discarded cards.
