Author Topic: New J! and Wheel Computer Games (Read 2450 times)

Jeremy Nelson · « **on:** June 04, 2007, 02:01:14 AM »

You can preorder the games on Amazon. In the meantime, here are the two pages for the games.

Wheel of Fortune
http://www.amazon.com/Encore-14130-Wheel-F...6665&sr=1-6
Jeopardy!
http://www.amazon.com/Encore-12380-Jeopard...6665&sr=1-5

chad1m · « **Reply #1 on:** June 04, 2007, 02:10:12 AM »

Judging from the description of Wheel of Fortune's game, these looks like the purchasable-online games, just in CD form.

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2007, 02:37:04 AM »

I was about 5 minutes away from posting that, as I am just now reading the item description.

The new edition of Wheel has already been released online, but Jeopardy! hasn't. As long as the clues are not multiple choice, it shouldn't be too bad.

vtown7 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 04, 2007, 06:37:16 AM »

Hey! Look at this! From the J! description...

New Double JEOPARDY! round with higher stakes and two Daily Doubles.

What will they think of next?

Ryan

Bob Zager · « **Reply #4 on:** June 04, 2007, 07:29:51 PM »

While observing those games, I also did a more thorough search of both titles, and found a listing for a NEW Deluxe WOF board game, coming in July, in honor of the shows 25th anniversary season!

The illustration is the same, as the version released last year, but reportedly, it will have a silver metallic replica of the wheel, as well as a silver metallic puzzle board, and some puzzles from the 80's thrown in as an added bonus.

http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-25th-Annivers...9555&sr=8-1

Sodboy13 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 04, 2007, 09:04:51 PM »

Unless the new edition features a return to the replica wheel with interchangeable additional money values, I'm not interested.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 05, 2007, 02:03:00 PM »

[quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'154261\' date=\'Jun 4 2007, 09:04 PM\']
Unless the new edition features a return to the replica wheel with interchangeable additional money values, I'm not interested.
[/quote]Looking at the picture, the replica wheel is back. It would be nice if the new wheel features (jackpot, $10K, mystery, etc.) were included too...but a begger can't be a chooser.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 05, 2007, 02:40:09 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'154279\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 02:03 PM\']
Looking at the picture, the replica wheel is back. It would be nice if the new wheel features (jackpot, $10K, mystery, etc.) were included too...but a begger can't be a chooser.
[/quote]

I generally don't do this, but:

[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' post=\'154257\' date=\'Jun 4 2007, 07:29 PM\']
The illustration is the same, as the version released last year, but reportedly, it will have a silver metallic replica of the wheel, as well as a silver metallic puzzle board
[/quote]

Here's hoping too that they actually improve on it. IIRC, the Deluxe redux released a year or so ago that the picture comes from did not have a single interchangeable wedge, much less anything close to what they do now. Maybe they could go so far as to have snap in gift tags, Wild Card and stuff? Eh? They've just been notorious in recent years of having home games far behind the curve with the TV show.

-Jason

tvmitch · « **Reply #8 on:** June 05, 2007, 02:41:07 PM »

Two minor observations from the WoF computer game box:

1. Who is in charge of the wedges for the box art? $900 next to the $5000 space? What next, $850 and $470 spaces? (tongue fully in cheek)

2. More seriously, why does the box tout "2,000 PUZZLES!!!1!" as a feature? I would seriously expect more puzzles than that. What would it take to cull a few thousand more puzzles off previous game releases? I know that 2,000 seems like an awful lot, but I figure it wouldn't be all that long before one gets repeats.

clemon79 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 05, 2007, 02:56:28 PM »

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'154281\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 11:41 AM\']
I know that 2,000 seems like an awful lot, but I figure it wouldn't be all that long before one gets repeats.
[/quote]
If it marks a puzzle as "used" when it's used and doesn't recycle it until all 2000 have been used (and I'm not saying that's necessarily the case, but if I were writing the game, that's what I would do), figuring 2 tossups, four front-game, and 1 bonus round, that's 285 full games worth of material. (Drop it to three front-game, and it increases to 333.) That's actually really good by computer-game standards.

Joe Mello · « **Reply #10 on:** June 05, 2007, 10:37:20 PM »

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'154281\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 02:41 PM\']Who is in charge of the wedges for the box art? $900 next to the $5000 space? What next, $850 and $470 spaces? (tongue fully in cheek)[/quote]
There used to be an $850 ages ago, didn't they?

If the game is straight from the show, then it'll actually be 3 tossups, 4 main and a bonus (not 2-4-1, as Mr. Lemon said), which is still 250 games of material which is 30-40% more than what's used in an entire season of the show.

Aside: If a computer game ever allows a customizable Wheel, the internet will crap itself.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 05, 2007, 11:10:23 PM »

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'154336\' date=\'Jun 5 2007, 10:37 PM\']
Aside: If a computer game ever allows a customizable Wheel, the internet will crap itself.
[/quote]

Are we on the same internet?

There was an $850 space for a time in the 70s.

-Jason

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2007, 08:06:57 AM »

http://www.answers.com/tongue-in-cheek