ABC Millionaire Coming Back

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 10:41 PM\'] [quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 08:31 PM\'] I'm glad ABC gave game show fans hope for 2004!

They're calling it Super Millionaire.  Guess they wanted to skip Millionaire + ala Pac-Man & Password

(Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, Super Pac-Man/Password, Password Plus, Super Password) [/quote]
Off topic, but what the hell

EXCEPT: Midway did it in the other order...Super Pac-Man shipped BEFORE Pac-Man Plus did (both were 1982)

(This according to the History.dat file I have for MAME...and it's been pretty accurate so far... [/quote]
 I have a little question that you may or may not be able to answer:

Was the Pac-Man arcade game ever widely released? Even since childhood, I've always seen MS. Pac-Man, no Super, no regular, always the blue and yellow Ms. Pac-Man machine (even though you probably only see those nowadays in laundromats or pizza parlors). Matter of fact, I didn't even know there *was* a regular Pac-Man until I saw "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."

ObGameShow: $10 million is still too damn much for WWTBAM, so there! ;-)

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 11:32 PM\'] Was the Pac-Man arcade game ever widely released?. Matter of fact, I didn't even know there *was* a regular Pac-Man until I saw "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
 [/quote]
According to a couple sites I found, over 300,000 machines were released worldwide. So I'd say yes.

Even since childhood, I've always seen MS. Pac-Man, no Super, no regular, always the blue and yellow Ms. Pac-Man machine (even though you probably only see those nowadays in laundromats or pizza parlors)

Remember that Ms Pac Man came out as a conversion kit, in addition to being a standalone game. So a lot of those Pac Man machines were, well, gelded. So that might be why you don't see so many around today...they all had a sex change!

[Jimmy Owen]

By chance, was there a "Pac Man All-Stars"?

[massman1]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 02:13 AM\']By chance, was there a "Pac Man All-Stars"?[/quote]
No, according to the "Killer List of Videogames" site:

Killer List of Videogames

[Terry K]

[quote name=\'Robair\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 05:04 AM\'] [quote name=\'Terry K\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 03:38 AM\'] They're going to need a huge prize budget if they want to really pull this off because offering $10 million will have to be next to impossible to win (I say bring the people who won the million back to try for the $10 million, that would be fun) [/quote]
That'd mean less time for me.

But if they keep the material at the level it is, or just turn up the difficulty level slightly, it should be interesting to see how people fare with the middle questions. Still, getting the first five and escaping with $10K ain't too bad. That's like a good second place on WOF. [/quote]
 On Meredith's WWTBAM, the 32 and 64k questions are incredibly hard, IMHO.  Of course, I've been seeing few contestants get that far without using up all their lifelines.

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 10:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 09:24 PM\'] [quote name=\'goongas\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 07:21 PM\'] According to Steve Beverly, it is a FCC regulation.  I will try and find it. [/quote]
Oh, well, yes, The Perfesser, of course, how could I have doubted you even for a second?

Two words: Card Sharks. Not even freakin' CLOSE. [/quote]
Three more words: Play the Percentages. [/quote]
 Oh, dear Lord. The changes made to those two shows were excremental.

[Thad Dixon]

[quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 10:10 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 12:18 PM\'] I agree. I know shows like Greed and 21 taught us that $1,000,000 is now worthless*, but a $10 mil prize is just a bit too much, and seems like a severe case of Mo Money Syndrome. I know ABC needs ratings, but this seems a little desperate. (For the record, I hated the escalating jackpot, it made me feel as if Millionaire sold out)

*I'd still take $1 million. :-P [/quote]
Um, Chris Lemon, you remember the spat we once had about 'mo money syndrome'?  I still stand by playing for $25,000 grand on a reincarnation of Password Plus, [/quote]
$25,000 GRAND?  If I'm reading that right, wouldn't that be two and one half times what the new ABC Millionaire is going to offer?  Are you trying to tell us that you would stand by playing for $25 MILLION on a Password Plus remake (now that would be WAY too much for THAT show) but only $10 million is too much for Millionaire?  In a way, you're contradicting yourself!  You can't POSSIBLY be serious!

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Thad Dixon\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 09:21 AM\'] [quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 10:10 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 12:18 PM\'] I agree. I know shows like Greed and 21 taught us that $1,000,000 is now worthless*, but a $10 mil prize is just a bit too much, and seems like a severe case of Mo Money Syndrome. I know ABC needs ratings, but this seems a little desperate. (For the record, I hated the escalating jackpot, it made me feel as if Millionaire sold out)

*I'd still take $1 million. :-P [/quote]
Um, Chris Lemon, you remember the spat we once had about 'mo money syndrome'?  I still stand by playing for $25,000 grand on a reincarnation of Password Plus, [/quote]
$25,000 GRAND?  If I'm reading that right, wouldn't that be two and one half times what the new ABC Millionaire is going to offer?  Are you trying to tell us that you would stand by playing for $25 MILLION on a Password Plus remake (now that would be WAY too much for THAT show) but only $10 million is too much for Millionaire?  In a way, you're contradicting yourself!  You can't POSSIBLY be serious! [/quote]
 Methinks you're taking nitpicking to a whole new level.

Doug

[Little Big Brother]

OK, by what information I have gathered to this point is that this new incarnation is going to have updated graphics and updated music. Regarding those two items, what is so wrong with what was being used before? I mean, sure I can understand increasing the payouts (which I think are way too lofty), and altering title (as previously mentioned)... but I don't see the point of why these need to be changed. And I know people are going to bash me over the head with, "Oh trust Mr. Davies, he knows what he's doing"... but that still dosen't mean that everything the man does turns to gold upon first press of said ideas.

Well, he might turn the color scheme into a gold motif (that's what I've been picturing anyway).  If anything, I'm hoping the new look will take a few steps away from the industrial look the original show and almost every single game show since then has adopted.

As for graphics, I'm curious about which ones will be changed.  Besides the logo, will the veteran lifelines get a facelift?  Will the money tree be altered?  Will the question and answer box-thingy (what would the current design be called?) change?

I know that this and many other questions can't be answered now, but what  theories do y'all have?

[CarbonCpy]

[quote name=\'petek66\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 09:43 PM\']I want to see a "Search the Net" lifeline. Give them 30 seconds with
"our friends at Google" and show us the screen as they search.[/quote]
Seeing as how spammers have started to figure out how to rig the search results on Google, a "Search the 'Net" lifeline would be pretty interesting...

Although they might run afoul with the FCC with some of the findings, but I'm not a college professor;  Your mileage may vary*




*depending on tidal shifts, the previous day's Dow Jones average, and the metaphysical position of the driver.  All taxes are the responsibility of the contestant.  "Winners don't use drugs" -- William S. Sessions, Director, FBI

[Brandon Brooks]

[quote name=\'Thad Dixon\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 10:21 AM\'] Um, Chris Lemon, you remember the spat we once had about 'mo money syndrome'?  I still stand by playing for $25,000 grand on a reincarnation of Password Plus, [/QUOTE]
$25,000 GRAND?  If I'm reading that right, wouldn't that be two and one half times what the new ABC Millionaire is going to offer?  Are you trying to tell us that you would stand by playing for $25 MILLION on a Password Plus remake (now that would be WAY too much for THAT show) but only $10 million is too much for Millionaire?  In a way, you're contradicting yourself!  You can't POSSIBLY be serious! [/quote]
 I must not be able to read, because I didn't see where he said that.

Brandon Brooks

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 11:15 AM\'] [quote name=\'Thad Dixon\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 10:21 AM\'] Um, Chris Lemon, you remember the spat we once had about 'mo money syndrome'?  I still stand by playing for $25,000 grand on a reincarnation of Password Plus, [/QUOTE]
$25,000 GRAND?  If I'm reading that right, wouldn't that be two and one half times what the new ABC Millionaire is going to offer?  Are you trying to tell us that you would stand by playing for $25 MILLION on a Password Plus remake (now that would be WAY too much for THAT show) but only $10 million is too much for Millionaire?  In a way, you're contradicting yourself!  You can't POSSIBLY be serious! [/QUOTE]
I must not be able to read, because I didn't see where he said that.

Brandon Brooks [/quote]
 I think his fascinating reasoning is that since 25 grand is $25000 that 25000 grand is $25M, yes?

[Ian Wallis]

Being able to control your own Googling probably would be an advantage over yelling terms to a friend, hoping he makes the right choices and keeping up the pretense that it's just a smart buddy on the other end of the phone, all in thirty seconds.

I'm quite surprised at the number of times a phone-a-friend will still be thinking, or won't give an answer before the 30 seconds runs out.

These phone-a-friends do know they have ONLY 30 seconds, don't they?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 08:33 AM\'] If anything, I'm hoping the new look will take a few steps away from the industrial look the original show and almost every single game show since then has adopted. [/quote]
 I'm picturing a couple of easy chairs, a pitcher of gimlets, a nice fire....

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 12:21 PM\'] [quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Jan 27 2004, 08:33 AM\'] If anything, I'm hoping the new look will take a few steps away from the industrial look the original show and almost every single game show since then has adopted. [/quote]
I'm picturing a couple of easy chairs, a pitcher of gimlets, a nice fire.... [/quote]
 And have some hot babe begin a striptease for each correct answer. Meaning that if someone is able to make it through all fifteen questions.........................