Has anyone bought \"Remote Possibilities\"? Is it the newest version of the Quizzard, or are the lockouts strictly tied to the game as written?
I bought it just to check out the buzzer system on it. Basically, when you turn the unit on, it first asks the players to use their buzzers to register. The system then calls out the colors of the buzzers in the order they were pushed. You could use that to determine who rings in first, but:
* The colors are not listed on the LCD screen in the same order they were pushed. You have to listen for the colors when they're called out.
* When two buzzers are pushed at the exact same time, they don't register. One has to beat the other.
* After this, you must reset the registration to do this again. If all six buzzers are used, you pretty much have to turn the thing off to start over. Either way, it takes way too long.
However, if I had any advice for you:
Avoid this game like the plague!* The unit I had was defective. The LCD readout showed incomplete words or no words at all very often. Many people have reported this same problem.
* The game itself is just plain bad and boring. One player acts as the host in each round and reads from the LCD screen. There are three types of games: General Knowledge (the host reads a trivia question to the players), Complete the Phrase (the host reads a phrase one word at a time, the players must finish it), and Complete the Word (the host reads a word one letter at a time, the players must guess the word). When a player buzzes in, the host must hit YES or NO to say whether or not the player was right.
* The only real \"strategy\" is the ZING button, which challenges another player to answer. (Think of the Screws in
You Don't Know Jack.)
My advice is to don't bother with it at all. The game sucks and could very well be broken to begin with. It's a good thing I bought it at half-price. Even then, I paid too much.
Dean Scungio
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