Author Topic: Encore Ships Jeopardy, Wheel for Mac (Read 2401 times)

dzinkin · « **on:** January 21, 2008, 09:23:49 PM »

Full story here. Excerpt:

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Encore Software has released Jeopardy Deluxe and Wheel of Fortune Deluxe for the Mac. The updated versions of the classic game shows are available in boxed versions at Macgamestore.com.

Here is the link for WoF and here is the one for Jeopardy. Per the specs, you'll need at least a G4 processor and Mac OS X 10.3.9.

GameShowFan · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2008, 07:01:06 PM »

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'175816\' date=\'Jan 21 2008, 08:23 PM\']
Per the specs, you'll need at least a G4 processor and Mac OS X 10.3.9.
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My home just became a Mac home. (It helps the husbear is employed by said company.) <SWOON!>

'Brian

TenPoundHammer · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2008, 01:23:20 PM »

Wow, computerized versions of game shows are starting to look more and more like the real thing. All the Wheel seems to be missing is the 127 different prize discs. And as a diehard Mac user, I'm glad to see them finally releasing this stuff for the Mac.

..."Husbear"?

clemon79 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 24, 2008, 02:25:19 PM »

[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'176118\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 10:23 AM\']
..."Husbear"?
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I'm guessing his husband is a bear.

Tony Peters · « **Reply #4 on:** January 24, 2008, 04:17:06 PM »

[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'176118\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 12:23 PM\']
All the Wheel seems to be missing is the 127 different prize discs.
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Which already makes it superior to the TV show;)

/I have the PC version, FWIW

tvmitch · « **Reply #5 on:** January 24, 2008, 04:56:53 PM »

Welcome news as a Mac user myself.

However, I don't know that I would advertise on the box that my WoF game has 2,000 puzzles. That just doesn't seem like enough. Puzzles themselves can't take up that much disk space - I'd want to have even more in there to avoid duplicates. Unless the software is smart enough to not reload duplicates.

This all makes me wonder how many puzzles the older Apple II/Nintendo/etc. versions of WoF had.

clemon79 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 24, 2008, 05:01:40 PM »

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'176148\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 01:56 PM\']
However, I don't know that I would advertise on the box that my WoF game has 2,000 puzzles. That just doesn't seem like enough.[/quote]
Figure a full game goes through 8 puzzles, including toss-ups. (I don't even know if the PC version has toss-ups.) That means there is 250 full games in there. By PC trivia game standards, that is a LOT of content.

GameShowFan · « **Reply #7 on:** January 24, 2008, 07:35:01 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'176125\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 01:25 PM\']
[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'176118\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 10:23 AM\']
..."Husbear"?
[/quote]
I'm guessing his husband is a bear.
[/quote]

10 out of 10 for style, plus several million for getting it.

'Brian

TLEberle · « **Reply #8 on:** January 24, 2008, 08:39:42 PM »

[quote name=\'GameShowFan\' post=\'176167\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 04:35 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'176125\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 01:25 PM\'][quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'176118\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 10:23 AM\']..."Husbear"?[/quote]I'm guessing his husband is a bear.[/quote]10 out of 10 for style, plus several million for getting it.[/quote]I do think this counts as my Thing I Learned Today.

Congratulations, best wishes and all that good stuff.

pacdude · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2008, 09:39:00 AM »

[quote name=\'GameShowFan\' post=\'176167\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 07:35 PM\']10 out of 10 for style, plus several million for getting it.[/quote]

A H2G2 reference, or am I hopped up on coffee?

Anyway, I think this is welcome news, mainly because the online version at Sony Station apparently requires Internet Explorer to run (which is a pain, especially for Mac users like me who don't feel like opening VMWare Fusion just to play what should be a dinky Flash game).

With this news, I guess I can stop trying to program my own Wheel of Fortune game. Sweet.

Tony Peters · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2008, 01:06:50 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'176149\' date=\'Jan 24 2008, 04:01 PM\']
[(I don't even know if the PC version has toss-ups.)
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It does.

BTW, the format goes like this (for a 3-person game anyway): $1000 Toss-Up, $2000 Toss-Up, Round 1 (Bankrupt/$10000/Bankrupt), Round 2 (Jackpot), Round 3 (Mystery), Bonus Round (if a human player wins). Once the Jackpot space is landed on, it disappears on the next turn regardless of whether an attempt to solve the puzzle is made. Similarly, both Mystery wedges disappear when one is picked up. Also, no $5000 wedge on the wheel.

GameShowFan · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:48:06 PM »

[quote name=\'pacdude\' post=\'176232\' date=\'Jan 25 2008, 08:39 AM\']
A H2G2 reference, or am I hopped up on coffee?
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<DING!> 10 points!

'Brian

/Or does that get "10 out of 10 for style plus several million for getting it" as well?