Game Show Home Games That Wouldn't Work

[garfybrewer]

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.

[zachhoran]

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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.

[Adam Nedeff]

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.

[garfybrewer]

Come to think of it, I guess you are right. This topic did seem like a good idea at the time..... oh, well.

[clemon79]

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.

[dzinkin]

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.)

[JasonA1]

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

[Jimmy Owen]

You'd probably be able to play "How's Your Mother-In-Law?" once before your wife leaves you.

[Speedy G]

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.

[Ian Wallis]

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!

[GSFan]

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.

[FOXSportsFan]

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"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.

[GS Warehouse]

[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!

[uncamark]

[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?

[The Ol' Guy]

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.