Maruca initially sold 500,000 copies and, being a small company, could not produce the product fast enough.
Hasbro was so excited by the potential of the game that they gave Maruca the ultimatum of licensing to them, or being knocked off and advertised out of business.
[citation needed] Hasbro later returned the rights to Henry Makow of High Game Enterprises.
Due to the cultural aspect of the moral dilemma questions, Scruples was updated every five years, until the Millennium edition, which is the latest version.
A version of the game called "Ethical Dilemma" appeared in an episode of Married...With Children.