[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 04:30 PM\'][quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 02:22 PM\'][quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 12:16 PM\']SP, Classic Concentration, Blockbusters....just not the same thanks to modern technology.
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Pyramid, too. Bring back trilons. (Well, and capable writing.)
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Pyramid was fine for me, monitors or trilons. It's one show where it didn't feel like the flow was gone with modern technology. I'll agree with you on the writing, though.
Two more mid-80s examples I thought of, Crosswits and High Rollers. Never seen the 70s C-W, but I remember reading there was a model, and the 80s version using a chryon puzzleboard just seems lackluster, or was the show just lackluster? ;-) (Yes, Zach, I know the Sparks version had a female announcer, and it doesn't compensate)
BTW, anyone have any pics of the 70s C-W board? Always wanted to see some screenshots.
The chryoned columns on HR seemed cheap IMO, and just didn't fit into such a flashy set.
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On Pyramid, I'll also agree with the writing aspect, but I also must add my complete dislike for the "judging" on the show....So many times while watching Donny's Pyramid, I would get so steamed at how so many of the clues that would have gotten the ol' "cuckoo" back in the Dick Clark days would go untouched...It's like I'd hear what would be contrived as a "illegal" clue, then I'd hear the "cuckoo" in the back of my mind (having the old ruleset burned into memory), and then wait to hear whatever the hell you would describe thier sound as, and then get nothing. On that note, I'll take a big cleansing breath now.