Game shows you'd have dominated...

[aaron sica]

....if you were old enough.

As most of us here are, I was into TV from an early age. I very much took to "Remote Control" when it was on, but at the time it aired I was still in middle school and then high school, and of course way too young. I knew more than the contestants did!

Any shows (that no longer air) that you were too young to be on when it aired, that you would have, by your own admission, done great if given the chance?

[PYLclark86]

Press Your Luck. I feel that I'm highly qualified to hit a button while screaming catchphrases.

Serious answer: Having played $ale with friends, I've gotten pretty good at jumping the gun on questions.

[Clay Zambo]

1970s-era Password.

And I remember thinking, during a children's-week TJW, that I'd do pretty well at that, but living across the country from TV City it was a non-starter.

[carlisle96]

I climbed the Pyramid many times ... but it's a lot easier to do at home turning your back to the screen

[Casey]

I think I'd have done really well on 80s/90s Scrabble.

[BrandonFG]

80s Pyramid
Any of the original Passwords
$ale
Scrabble
Cross-Wits

[Blanquepage]

Definitely would've killed it on Pyramid, Super Password, or Lingo.
There is one show though that I'd have positively ruled if I were alive back then: Beat the Odds. Words are just my thing.

[TLEberle]

80s Pyramid
Any of the original Passwords
$ale
Scrabble
Cross-Wits

If Trivia Nationals can get a toehold (and pick a different weekend than NAQT championships!) I'd love to get the homebrew game show stuff spun back up again, even just a weekend at a time.

[BrandonFG]

80s Pyramid
Any of the original Passwords
$ale
Scrabble
Cross-Wits

If Trivia Nationals can get a toehold (and pick a different weekend than NAQT championships!) I'd love to get the homebrew game show stuff spun back up again, even just a weekend at a time.

Agreed. Those were some of the best weekends of my life, no hyperbole.

I’ll also add TTD or TJW to the list.

[Winkfan]

I've mentioned this before, but as a kid, I was good at Now You See It. Too bad Paley's network threw it out between my 7th and 8th grade stints.

Cordially,
Tammy

[Card Shark]

I could likely have nailed Card Sharks. I thought I could handle Pyramid. I did...while watching on tv and when I ordered the box game, I didn't even come close.

[Ian Wallis]

In all honesty, Press Your Luck.  Even after they changed to 32 patterns, I still knew enough of them that I could have done well.  Not like Larson, but probably enough to win big for at least a couple of games.

[jage]

I was just in college when Chuck's Lingo was big but without the means to easily get to LA. Also knew about 80% of Rock and Roll J!, which is a far cry of my knowledge on the mother show.

[MikeK]

Time Machine.  I have a knack with years.

[Ian Wallis]

Also knew about 80% of Rock and Roll J!, which is a far cry of my knowledge on the mother show.

Now that you bring it up I'd do quite well on Rock N Roll Jeopardy as well.  There were some boards where I knew just about every answer.