I just got the PYL and Match Game DVD games, from boardgames.com. I actually found them to be better than I'd expected!
The PYL game has been talked about previously, so I won't go into detail about that.
The MG DVD kind of combines the three different versions of the 70's-90's. How? Well, all the questions and video footage are from the Rayburn version, scoring is in the form of money (like the '90-'91 version), and only FIVE celebrities participate in the game (like the '98-'99 series). Up to six people can play the game, and all players write down their own answer to all questions played in the game.
There are 25 different games contained on disc, and you choose a specific game by number, using your DVD's remote control. The game I chose to try it out with, featured Brett, Charles, Richard, JoAnne Pflug, and Fannie Flagg.
There are two regulation rounds to the game. The first round consists of two questions, with each match paying $50. After both questions have been played, all players can add to their total in the "Super Match," which is just the "audience match," portion of the TV show. The second round is played like round one, only each match pays $100! After the second round, any ties are broken with one question, and the players who are tied must write down an answer, but they cannot be identical ones. There is a "house rule," that before the game starts, determine the order of players, so that in the event of a tie, one player goes first, followed by the next person going clockwise, and so on.
After a winner is determined, that player gets the chance to play the "Star Match" to try to double his/her earnings. They make it look like a randomizer of celebrity photos picks the star you have to match.
Though video of Gene Rayburn reading the questions is used throughout the game, the audio instructing players what to do is by Todd Newton, who of course hosts the PYL DVD, and is heard (but not seen), on TPIR and Password DVD games!
