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Here are a few of some game shows that wouldn't make a good home game:
Battlestars: Getting six people, and an electronic board for the triangular game board would be quite a stretch.
Bullseye: You can't make that 'swirly' effect on the board without some kind of motor.... plus, the bonus round would be nearly impossible to pull off.
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[quote name=\'garfybrewer\' date=\'Mar 9 2006, 09:55 PM\']
Bullseye: You can't make that 'swirly' effect on the board without some kind of motor.... plus, the bonus round would be nearly impossible to pull off.
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The bonus round is doable I think. Make sure there is at least one Bullseye in each of the three windows of the gameboard, and it's OK. The Joker Joker Joker home game had players turn over the top card from each of three color-coded prize cards decks. You could do the same for Bullseye.
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With all due respect, this is a pretty lousy topic, because really ALL game shows are do-able; whether they're any good or not is a matter of taste. The two examples you gave, Battlestars and Bullseye, are actually very easy to adapt, and as a matter of proof, I give you Hollywood Squares and The Joker's Wild, which were basically the same shows, both adapted into home games.
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Come to think of it, I guess you are right. This topic did seem like a good idea at the time..... oh, well.
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Well, okay. Let's try to save it, then.
I've said before that the TPiR home game doesn't work, or at the very minimum, doesn't hold up over time. The Endless 2nd Edition isn't a bad try, by using actual ad copy, but three years down the road, that ad copy isn't gonna work. I own my copy more for the possibilities it has as a TPiR Construction Set than to use it as an actual game unto itself.
A Love Connection board game wouldn't work either. But then, Love Connection isn't a game show. :)
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Oh, I don't know...The Guinness Game might be a bit too hazardous to do at home. ;-)
(Speaking of which, does anyone have the main theme? I've downloaded a couple of files that purport to be it, but it's not the one I remember -- the one that played at the top of the show, while Don Galloway described the stunts to be attempted in that episode. The only other place I've heard the theme since then was during some highlights on ESPN, and even that was many years ago.)
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As for potential games and how they would translate to a box: IMHO, a traditional in-the-box "Lingo" would blow. I don't think it even warrants explanation, but...
As for games that exist, "Card Sharks" never really did it for me. Prior to the Endless game, I made my own board for those TPIR "Card Game" size decks you can pick up, and even that didn't liven up the proceedings enough. A lot of the people I encountered didn't want to engage in the explaining of their answers, and the element of risk is gone from a lot of decisions without real money being on the line.
-Jason
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You'd probably be able to play "How's Your Mother-In-Law?" once before your wife leaves you.
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Call it a hunch, but I don't think Press Your Luck would work very well as a home game...
"Roll the giant 54-sided die or pass?"
"Ohh, that's another whammy... who wants to put on the Tammy Whamette costume THIS time?"
There's probably a fine line between a box game that can't be done because it doesn't work and because it would be expensive to build. For example: a Russian Roulette box game. Sure, you could take a cheap spinner and throw it in a box, but it's not nearly as fun as, say, a miniature version of the set with a spinner around the base. And buttons that make the drop zone floors open. GI Joes to act as contestants optional.
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Speaking of which, does anyone have the main theme? I've downloaded a couple of files that purport to be it, but it's not the one I remember -- the one that played at the top of the show, while Don Galloway described the stunts to be attempted in that episode.
I have the complete theme taped from an episode - most of it applause-free - but it probably wouldn't play well in a stereo tape player. Still sounds pretty good in my little portable I used to record it though!
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New for Christmas 2006, The Money Maze! Only requirement, a big back yard or an English Estate! You can even build the maze in your swimming pool!
I can't wait.
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[quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Mar 10 2006, 01:35 AM\']
"Ohh, that's another whammy... who wants to put on the Tammy Whamette costume THIS time?"
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GSWitch would probably be a leading candidate.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Mar 9 2006, 10:14 PM\']Oh, I don't know...The Guinness Game might be a bit too hazardous to do at home. ;-)
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The Guinness Game? BRILLIANT! (Sorry, I had to do that! ;-) )
How about this: Invite a bunch of people who don't know each to your house. Result: a Big Brother home game!
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Mar 10 2006, 03:28 PM\'][quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Mar 9 2006, 10:14 PM\']Oh, I don't know...The Guinness Game might be a bit too hazardous to do at home. ;-)
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The Guinness Game? BRILLIANT! (Sorry, I had to do that! ;-) )
How about this: Invite a bunch of people who don't know each to your house. Result: a Big Brother home game!
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Should I bring up at this point that there really *was* a "Big Brother" box game released in the U.S. after the first series in 1999?
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I did a bunch of these in the old days, even Battlestars, Moneymaze, Press Your Luck (which I did as Second Chance), and tons of others. But the #1 thing for several of them when I got done was....why?? As said earlier, almost all are doable, but when it gets right down to it, will anyone else play them with you?
I have a very workable BULLSEYE that has three snap-on spinners attached to the main game board, one in each swirled "window", with an outer ring of categories and values. I used the JOKER slot in the box idea for the bonus game. I have a LINGO that plays well with a dry erase board and master game book. As far as Love Connection goes, I have a version where couples race around a board with spaces requiring them to play various stunts like Newlywed Game, Scruples, multiple choice and similar quizzes where when they match, they "connect" and score a point, the first couple to ten points wins. I've kept only a handful of home mades, ones that have enough general interest. I'll put a few old favorites back together when time allows, but I won't go back to making one of almost everything again.
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Pitfall: more of an office building game than a home game, since you need a bunch of elevators.
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I made a Lingo with Michael and Lusty Dusty version for me and my buds to play many years ago. And just like that version of the show, I didn't pay off the winners.
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New for Christmas 2006, The Money Maze! Only requirement, a big back yard or an English Estate! You can even build the maze in your swimming pool!
Curt Alliaume pointed out the prob w/that on his MM page: "No Crow's Nest". :-)
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Should I bring up at this point that there really *was* a "Big Brother" box game released in the U.S. after the first series in 1999?
There is also a "Survivor" box game, which I played once with three family members. We didn't think much of it...
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Want to do a home version of Gambit? Get a regular deck of playing cards and a trivia book, and you're in like Heatter!
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'K.C. Winkler of the Big Board!'
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Three words: "The Crystal Maze."
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Storm the Castle. Unless you have a drawbridge leading to your front door.
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Celebrity Sweepstakes.
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[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'116680\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 03:42 PM\']
Celebrity Sweepstakes.
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Why not? It would be as dull as the MG '7X and Hollywood Squares home games, but it could be done.
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Masters Of The Maze might be pretty hard, too. (So pretty much any show with the word "Maze" in it's title...)
Legends of The Hidden Temple wouldn't work too well either. Unless you have twelve friends, a pool, and a really big house.
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I was almost going to say Supermarket Sweep...until I remembered MB did a box version of it. So instead, here's one game that could NEVER fit into a box....
Treasure Isle.
And even if you could put it into a box...how would you make it work?
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Brains and Brawn, Way Out Games, Blackout, and Hit Man would be tough shows to make into home games.
--Jamie
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On the same lines as Money Maze, I'm not sure how well a Big Showdown game would work. Sure, the trivia part would work pretty well, but the bonus would be really hard I would think. But then again, I guess there's been other games that have had timed bonus games, so maybe it would. But the payoff point would be hard to keep track of I'd think.
David
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Fiono Coyne\' post=\'116727\' date=\'Apr 21 2006, 01:33 AM\']
Brains and Brawn, Way Out Games, Blackout, and Hit Man would be tough shows to make into home games.
--Jamie
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Hit Man probably could be done. Have the host read some information about a subject, have some markers representing the contestants "hit men". Have some strips of paper with room from one to five markers, use the same two subjects as in the front game, turn the player's back to the board, and you have the bonus round. Get one player to sit out the first round and bring them in to replace the player who doesn't survive round one.
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I sent Jay Wolpert copies of a Hit Man and a Whew home game, and he was very complementary about them. He said Milton Bradley backed out of a Whew home game because it would have been too expensive. I made it with existing Milton Bradley parts. The Hit Man characters were on magnetic dots which looked great on the Triple Crown bonus. Include a cassette (today a CD) of Peter or someone telling the stories, and you're off and running. Please forgive this, as I'm not saying this as boasting..it's just that when this thread first appeared, I was curious as to how many versions of tv games I had put together over the years that had some workability, and I found about 50. Some had versions put out later, and some of mine were variations on the main theme, but there are not too many that can't be made in some way or another..it's just how much of of the game can you duplicate exactly and can you generate a good amount of the show's excitement? And is it a solid enough game that people would still have an interest in playing it after the show is long gone from the air? A lot of a show's excitement is generated by the host, whoever is leading the audience, the bright music and, on occasion, some celebrities. And, of course...playing for real money! I've probably kept about 10% of them, and there's a couple I'm thinking about re-doing - but I could only see a couple of them having any kind of life past a year on a store shelf.
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As the proud owner of a couple of The Ol' Guy's games (including a kick-butt Chain Reaction), let me say that he's not talking about scribbling some notes on index cards and calling that a home game. His games are fully-realized boxes with one eye toward playability and another toward real-world cost-effectiveness. The only thing his games lack is the superficial sheen that would come from mass production.
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[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'116720\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 11:15 PM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'116680\' date=\'Apr 20 2006, 03:42 PM\']
Celebrity Sweepstakes.
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Why not? It would be as dull as the MG '7X and Hollywood Squares home games,
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That's why.
I mean, it's possible, but what for?
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[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' post=\'116738\' date=\'Apr 21 2006, 10:09 AM\']
I sent Jay Wolpert copies of a Hit Man and a Whew home game, and he was very complementary about them. ... Hit Man characters were on magnetic dots which looked great on the Triple Crown bonus. Include a cassette (today a CD)... [/quote]
Au contraire! Make it a DVD! Probably a way to put the questions on the disc too, as with those Trivial Pursuit games, but I think it'd be more fun to have players switch off serving as MC.
As for the Triple Crown, rather than magnets, how 'bout that static-cling stuff Colorforms are made of? (Or "were made of," perhaps I should say.)
All in all, though, concerning your home games, and Matt's praise of 'em, I have just one more question: When can we see pictures?