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Mike Tennant:
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--- Quote from: MSTieScott on August 15, 2025, 03:34:46 PM ---(I acknowledge they were probably under a tight deadline to capitalize on the show's popularity.)
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Take a look at this article, where Harry Gottlieb says they were giving like 2.5 months from concept to game.
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That's twice as long as the infamous Atari 2600 E.T. game got.
TLEberle:
I’ll give a bit of a dissenting view. I’ve never looked for a board game or video adaptation to function as the real thing but instead to be a fun way to scratch the itch. That said I loved that Electric Jeopardy actually moved beyond the world of clicker crickets and a die to break ties with the blue plastic casing buttons and the score wheels, and the Quizzard not just being the buzzer umpire but having the different game modes was profoundly cool. I’ve gotten more use from the Quizzard at family events than likely all of the home games I’ve ever owned.
I wish that Deluxe Wheel of Fortune had expansion modules with new wedges and materials but it was not to be. Also I have the Millionaire for Game Boy Color within arm’s reach. I’ll never sit across from Reege but damn if it doesn’t remind me of those halcyon days.
SuperMatch93:
12-year-old me was buying pre-release Wii accessories at Target and camped outside Best Buy the night before launch.
What a time to be a gamer.
Game-show adjacent? I'd have to go with YDKJ. My dad adores that game because, in his words, it was "the first video game to call [him] a pendejo."
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: SuperMatch93 on August 15, 2025, 05:54:41 PM ---Game-show adjacent? I'd have to go with YDKJ. My dad adores that game because, in his words, it was "the first video game to call [him] a pendejo."
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Having played the original PC game - both general knowledge and the Sports edition - I was a huge fan, and was very disappointed in the Paul Reubens/Troy Stevens version. It took the irreverent, sarcastic anti-game show and turned it into more of an over-the-top parody. If they'd gone with a vibe closer to Idiot Savants or Win Ben Stein's Money, I think they would've been on to something.
cliffhanger285:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on August 15, 2025, 06:03:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: SuperMatch93 on August 15, 2025, 05:54:41 PM ---Game-show adjacent? I'd have to go with YDKJ. My dad adores that game because, in his words, it was "the first video game to call [him] a pendejo."
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Having played the original PC game - both general knowledge and the Sports edition - I was a huge fan, and was very disappointed in the Paul Reubens/Troy Stevens version. It took the irreverent, sarcastic anti-game show and turned it into more of an over-the-top parody. If they'd gone with a vibe closer to Idiot Savants or Win Ben Stein's Money, I think they would've been on to something.
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There was a pilot in 1996 produced by Ron Greenberg and hosted by Harry Gottlieb/Nate Shapiro that I would love to see. I would imagine it's a closer experience to the PC game.
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