Atari Brings the Ultimate Game Show Experience

[jrjgames]

Atari Brings the Ultimate Game Show Experience to PlayStation 2 with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune


BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--11/03/2003--         Popular Game Shows Are the Closest Experience to Being an                     In-Studio Game Show Contestant  

   Atari, through a licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products (SPCP), transports game show fans to the Hollywood studios of the most popular game shows with Jeopardy!® and Wheel of Fortune® for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Jeopardy! shipped last week to retail outlets nationwide, while Wheel of Fortune follows in a few weeks. The console games deliver players with the closest experience to being a contestant live in the studio.

   Game show fans can now experience what it is like to be a contestant on Jeopardy!, the #1 quiz show in syndication for seventeen years. The game comes complete with appearances by host Alex Trebek and voiceover from announcer Johnny Gilbert. Players can take contestant exams and challenge family and friends to see who knows more about history, literature and pop culture with categories, answers and questions created by the actual TV show writers. Jeopardy! for PlayStation®2 makes it easy to enjoy the excitement that has made Jeopardy! so popular on TV for 30 years.

   Wheel of Fortune, the #1 syndicated show on television for more than 19 years, arrives on PlayStation®2 with an awesome combination of host Vanna White, voiceover announcer Charlie O'Donnell, fun puzzles and glittering sets. Wheel of Fortune for console contains thousands of puzzles to entertain and challenge players of all levels. Players can spin for fantastic prizes, solve the puzzles and hear the studio audience go wild. It's all the action and fun that makes Wheel of Fortune all the rage on TV.

   "Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are extremely popular brands that continue to resonate with more than 67 million viewers still watching the game shows weekly," said Nancy MacIntyre, vice president of marketing for Atari. "The console games immerse players into the ultimate game show experience and both games are perfect to play alone or with a group."

   "We're very excited to be partnering with Atari for these truly worldwide brands," stated Al Ovadia, executive vice president, Sony Pictures Consumer Products. "As one of the leading publishers of interactive entertainment software, we are confident they will bring the gaming experience to a whole new level with the 'Wheel of Fortune' and 'Jeopardy!' games."

   Developed by Artech Studios, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are available for the suggested retail price of $29.95. For more information, please visit http://www.atari.com.

[Blanquepage]

...but alas, still no Pat. Ah well.

Kinda petty, but I hope they have include the current theme music on there this time. I think it's pretty snazzy.

--Jamie

[goongas]

Pat refuses to do any products associated with the show.

[Skynet74]

[quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 12:19 PM\'] Pat refuses to do any products associated with the show. [/quote]
 
  I don't understand why. Comon Pat....... Be a team player. I don't understand your problem with merchandising. You have been a major part of the shows success. Is it going to kill you to help out with the Video Game? It's not like it's going to ruin your career for God's sake.



John

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'jrjgames\' date=\'Nov 3 2003, 04:54 PM\'] Atari Brings the Ultimate Game Show Experience to PlayStation 2 with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune


 [/quote]
 Joy.  Another crap product from Artech.

[Skynet74]

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 12:46 PM\'] [quote name=\'jrjgames\' date=\'Nov 3 2003, 04:54 PM\'] Atari Brings the Ultimate Game Show Experience to PlayStation 2 with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune


 [/quote]
Joy.  Another crap product from Artech. [/quote]
 
  The first edition of Wheel for the PC was great. The next two editions bit the big one.



John

[Fedya]

JRJ Games wrote:

Game show fans can now experience what it is like to be a contestant on Jeopardy!, the #1 quiz show in syndication for seventeen years.

...

Wheel of Fortune, the #1 syndicated show on television for more than 19 years,

Have the two shows been in syndication long enough for one to have been #1 for 17 years and the other for 19?  (Specifically, was there an older syndie Jeopardy! in the Fleming era?)  Or were they tied for several years?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 05:21 PM\'] Have the two shows been in syndication long enough for one to have been #1 for 17 years and the other for 19? [/quote]
 Yep! That's my PR department at work!

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 07:21 PM\']
Have the two shows been in syndication long enough for one to have been #1 for 17 years and the other for 19?  (Specifically, was there an older syndie Jeopardy! in the Fleming era?)  Or were they tied for several years? [/quote]
 "Jeopardy!" is the number one quiz show--"Wheel" is a game show, not a quiz show. Or that's one possible rationale. (Those p.r. guys can't outsmart us ad guys.)

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 10:13 PM\'] [quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 07:21 PM\']
Have the two shows been in syndication long enough for one to have been #1 for 17 years and the other for 19?  (Specifically, was there an older syndie Jeopardy! in the Fleming era?)  Or were they tied for several years? [/quote]
"Jeopardy!" is the number one quiz show--"Wheel" is a game show, not a quiz show. Or that's one possible rationale. (Those p.r. guys can't outsmart us ad guys.) [/quote]
 That's the way I always believed it. Wheel would be considered more of a puzzle type game, so to speak.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 07:21 PM\']

Have the two shows been in syndication long enough for one to have been #1 for 17 years and the other for 19?  (Specifically, was there an older syndie Jeopardy! in the Fleming era?)  Or were they tied for several years? [/quote]
 WOF has been #1 in the syndie ratings since 1984(I think February), J! has been #2 since sometime in 1986.

There was a weekly syndie nighttime Fleming J! in 1974-75, complete with a bonus round at end of show(pick a square on the board and win a prize of up to $25K in Cash), more lights on the set, and Fleming in a tux. We aren't sure whether GSN has any episodes of this.

[Robert Hutchinson]

[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 12:40 PM\'][quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 12:19 PM\'] Pat refuses to do any products associated with the show. [/quote]

I don't understand why.[/quote]
Doesn't it have something to do with not wanting his kids to see his face plastered all over merchandise? I can't remember exactly.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 10:13 PM\'][quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Nov 6 2003, 07:21 PM\']
Have the two shows been in syndication long enough for one to have been #1 for 17 years and the other for 19?  (Specifically, was there an older syndie Jeopardy! in the Fleming era?)  Or were they tied for several years? [/quote]
"Jeopardy!" is the number one quiz show--"Wheel" is a game show, not a quiz show. Or that's one possible rationale. (Those p.r. guys can't outsmart us ad guys.)[/quote]
And of course, the new registered trademark slogan for "J!"--"America's Favorite Quiz Show ®".

[zachhoran]

With the new Video Game block on GAME SHOW Network, will one of the shows have a review of the new J! and WOF games?

[CoreyArcher]

I'm not sure if this is a bad sign, but the J! and Wheel games originally had release dates way earlier this year. Then suddenly the dates got pushed back to the fall. In Wheel's case, it could have been to capitalize on the anniversary buzz.

Anybody played J! yet?