[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 4 2005, 05:58 PM\'][quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Jun 4 2005, 03:36 PM\']Three colors? That must have been the Windows 3.1 version; pink, yellow, green and black. As long as you beat the computer, you could keep building up your total. I think I was up to $87,000 in 13 wins by the time we updated the computer.
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The four-color pallate was a CGA thing. Windows (and definitely by the time 3.1 shipped) always required at least 16-color graphics, I'm fairly sure.
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The PC at the time was weak for video games mostly. CGA was in the ol DOS days with ISA video cards that barely did 2D. When the original WOF came out for the PC, Windows 3.1 was still a pipe dream. I played that version many times and although the game is pretty good, the gfx make Vanna look like she has permanent liver disease
The C64 at the time by far was better and even the NES was beating the PC in the graphics and sound dept. Not until the early 90's where the PC could start surpassing game consoles for graphics and sound quality around the time Wolfenstein 3D came out. Then, the PC surpassed for good with Windows 95 being released and 3D graphics cards. Since then, Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud, and Jeopardy as examples have been faithfully reproduced. It would've been great if this to have happened 10 years prior.... games like Let's make a deal, High Rollers, Gambit and Card Sharks would've had nice high quality CD-ROM versions released for us to play and treasure (and I know some of the games I listed were never released or done). Now those game shows are so old since the original air dates that there's no drive for anyone to produce a game for them for the PC or console. I guess GSN or a 3rd party may want to look into the gameshow software market?? Problably not a viable option.