So I know this is one of the worst mario party clones known to man, but... I've never been able to actually play this game.

I've had 3 legit copys of the game, two I had to return to seller due to non-working, the third worked for about half an hour into the quest mode, but now it won't proceed.

Is this naturally a broken / unplayable game, or was this a series of bad luck?

From what I hear, its not really worth working hard to get to play, but "new" versions of this game are still easy to find and cheap, and I like the idea of sonics room.