Browsing all articles tagged with trivia.
Jeopardy!
Are you reasonably intelligent? Do you like showing that off? Do you own a Sega CD? Have you tried Jeopardy! before in its 8-bit incarnations, and found yourself missing Alex Trebek’s smarmy Canadian attitude? Sony Imagesoft to the rescue! A multimedia version of Jeopardy! makes good sense, and Sony Imagesoft’s early attempts here would set [...]
Remote Control
Remote Control was, and I believe remains, MTV’s only game show. It was their little experiment in trying to branch out their programming and create a quiz show that would appeal to their young demographics. For the most part, it worked pretty well. But its legacy is sort of like the reputation of a decent [...]
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! the gameshow has been around since 1964, is internationally syndicated, and has its own locally-produced versions in countries across the world. So chances are pretty good that I don’t have to tell you the basic premise. As expected, this is the Gametek home version for the NES, and even today it remains an excellent [...]
Bible Buffet
I think when we hear about a bible-themed game, such as one that has “Bible” in the title, we have certain expectations. Foremost on that list – it should probably have something to do with the Bible. Wisdom Tree’s last unlicensed Christian game for the NES doesn’t quite fall into the category of some of [...]
Press Your Luck
If you’ve ever seen Whammy or Whammy 2000 or whatever in the hell it’s called on Game Show Network, now you know the original from whence it came. If you’ve ever heard the phrase “Big Bucks, Big Bucks, No Whammies,” but never knew the reference – now you do. And now, through the magic (…magic?) [...]
Double Dare
The show Double Dare came out on Nickelodeon in the late 80s. The basic premise was that two teams of kids played against each other in both physical and mental challenges. The physical challenges always proved messy, and this show started the network’s strange affinity for green slime. Later, the company Gametek, on a quest [...]