More new GS games coming soon

[pacdude]

Looks like we have a new "Wheel of Fortune" app for iPad/iPhone and this could be interesting, it's celebrating 30 years with Pat and it appears you can play the show at various stages through his tenure.  You start with "present day" but will be able to unlock "millennium" "90's" "80's" and "premiere"

I have to agree- the game is quite nice. Once you win five shows on a set, you get to go a decade back.

A couple other things I like:
-The in-game store takes place on the '80s shopping turntable. Nice tie-in. Still waiting for the eventual ceramic dalmatian reference.
-When you go back an era, the scoreboards go back to eggcrate. and the contestant backdrop changes.
-The staging is set up so that when you're given the spin/buy/solve option, the camera zooms into the puzzleboard (kinda hard to explain without you seeing it, but it's a nice addition)

Nitpicks
-Free Play only gives you a chance to choose a letter- you can't solve the puzzle. Granted, I don't think anybody has ever used the space for the latter, so it's no big deal.
-Same music/cues throughout. Like I said, it's a nitpick. I don't program, so I don't know the difficulty of having the puzzle solve cue be different for each era- I'm happy with what they've done here.
-I always thought Wheel would work great as a turn-based online game (in the same vein as Words With Friends), but alas, there's no multiplayer at all.

I can't say anything past that since I've only reached the early 2000s stage, but if I get to the 90s and tossups are gone, that would be awesome. Anyhoo, the positives definitely outweigh the negatives here, and for $3 bucks, I highly recommend it over the previous version. I'd love to see Jeopardy get the same treatment for its 30th season next year.

I've got to the 90s. The tossups are still there. BUT THE LETTERS TURN AROUND. So that's worth something.

[clemon79]

I don't program, so I don't know the difficulty of having the puzzle solve cue be different for each era

Aside from "obtaining clean copies of each one so they can make sound files out of them," it's utterly trivial. Programmatically it's a single case statement.

[pacdude]

For the curious, I've uploaded another gameplay video of Wheel of Fortune for iOS. The game is definitely worth the $2.99.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy are available on Wii U.

The new Wheel mobile game's sets are:
Current
Millennium (2002 set, uses 20th Anniversary logo)
Nineties (1994-95 set with W circle backdrops and puzzleboard w/spokes)
Eighties (1988 Radio City music Hall set with spiky puzzleboard and diamond backdrops)
Premiere (Classic eighties puzzleboard with original sunburst backdrops and gold curtain background)
i've posted pics of the latter 3 sets HERE.

EDIT: The ceramic Dalmatian makes an appearance in the credits after you've beaten the game. It stays on the puzzle board steps after you've completed the game, regardless of set.

Puzzles have already started repeating- so there's only about 200 included with the game.

[Thunder]

There's a new (at least to me) Facebook app called "DoubleU Casino". While checking it out tonight, I found the "Wheel of Wealth" slots game, got to the bonus round and found this disturbing & possibly infringing host on the big wheel.

[Dbacksfan12]

There's a new (at least to me) Facebook app called "DoubleU Casino". While checking it out tonight, I found the "Wheel of Wealth" slots game, got to the bonus round and found this disturbing & possibly infringing host on the big wheel.

This is hardly a unique circumstance.  Actual land-based casinos have many slot machines that "rip off" Wheel.

[Jeremy Nelson]

Jeopardy and Wheel are available for Wii U, and have been for at least a couple weeks. Nice to see that it was released so early- I can't remember (if ever) a game show video game being available this close to its console's launch.

Also, make sure to pick up a severely discounted Jeopardy calendar (among others) this time next week at your mall's seasonal calendar pop-up. IIRC, last year I picked up some decent calendars at no more than $3 apiece. Our pop-up closed on the Sunday after New Year's, so my guess is that the 5th and 6th are good days to pillage this year.

[Jeremy Nelson]

There's a new (at least to me) Facebook app called "DoubleU Casino". While checking it out tonight, I found the "Wheel of Wealth" slots game, got to the bonus round and found this disturbing & possibly infringing host on the big wheel.

This is hardly a unique circumstance.  Actual land-based casinos have many slot machines that "rip off" Wheel.

I'm sure anyone can get away with having a colorful wheel of chance within an already random game of chance. The Sajak likeness, however, is what would get this an additional look by someone's lawyers.

[Jeremy Nelson]

If you're looking for a Lingo fix, try Word Smack by EA. It's pretty slick.