Author Topic: A Place to Play Britsh Game Shows (Read 7438 times)

Jeremy Nelson · « **on:** March 09, 2007, 12:16:07 AM »

At www.wedigtv.com , you can play Catch Phrase, Countdown, Blockbusters, and Family Fortunes. Just be sure to have a decent internet connection- the games incorporate video clips from the actual show.

davewalls · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2007, 11:06:11 PM »

Surprised no one has commented on this, but this site is extremely well done. Video clips are heavily used, and it truly gives you the feel of being on set of Family Fortunes (Feud), Countdown, Catch Phrase, and Blockbusters.

Worth a try by any game show fan.

clemon79 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2007, 05:01:52 AM »

Yeah, that's bomb-ass. I'll definitely be going back when I'm on my desktop machine with a little more reliable network connection.

GSFan · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2007, 03:25:10 PM »

I've played, but can't seem to get passed one round of play for any game on the site. Anyone else have the same problem?

clemon79 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2007, 03:28:08 PM »

[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'147760\' date=\'Mar 10 2007, 12:25 PM\']
I've played, but can't seem to get passed one round of play for any game on the site. Anyone else have the same problem?
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I did, but I blamed it on a wireless connection to my laptop prone to breaking at exactly the wrong time. I was gonna try on the hard-wired desktop machine in a little bit.

Neumms · « **Reply #5 on:** March 10, 2007, 03:57:34 PM »

All the games worked swell on my MacBook. They're terrific.

The commercials are pretty clever, too, with the "trace the S" deal to make sure you pay attention during them. I hadn't seen that before--had anyone else?

Joe Mello · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2007, 04:32:36 PM »

It says while the games load you need broadband and a 1GHz compy. Wireless probably isn't the best choice.

Very awesome, although I royally suck at Countdown. Hopefully, they will expand to more games and a greater variety of commercials.

/Blockbusters has the best opening sequence ever.

clemon79 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 10, 2007, 04:40:37 PM »

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'147765\' date=\'Mar 10 2007, 01:32 PM\']
It says while the games load you need broadband and a 1GHz compy. Wireless probably isn't the best choice.
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Wireless is still broadband, chief.

That said, yeah, it worked just fine on my hardwired machine. I'm guessing that it's just not very tolerant of signal interruptions, which is reasonable.

Friggin' brilliant presentation and implementation, and I've only played Blockbusters yet.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 10, 2007, 04:51:57 PM »

I started with Countdown...and the show just isn't the same without Richard. But other than that...brilliant.

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'147765\' date=\'Mar 10 2007, 04:32 PM\'] Very awesome, although I royally suck at Countdown.[/quote]
I will join that club.
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'147767\' date=\'Mar 10 2007, 04:40 PM\'] Friggin' brilliant presentation and implementation, and I've only played Blockbusters yet. [/quote]
I personally cannot wait to see that.

davewalls · « **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2007, 05:47:41 PM »

FWIW, I've been playing these games from my laptop on a wireless connection, and haven't experience any problems with getting through the multiple rounds of the game.

Whilst playing "Countdown" last night, however, I did run into a lone problem when the network dropped..the game kept going (i had just finished the last numbers round), but it lost connection with the database, I believe. When the conundrum came up, it showed as "AAAAAAAAA". When I rang in, the letters "NUERIFDNE" came up..spelling "UNDEFINED". I admit, as frustrated as I was with the game crapping out at the end, it did make me laugh.

Random observation: "Countdown" makes me feel dumber than a 5th grader. "Well, this number puzzle wasn't too hard..." has been followed by some choice words of my own in the last 24 hours. Still, I'm hooked.

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2007, 05:56:29 PM »

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'147765\' date=\'Mar 10 2007, 04:32 PM\']
/Blockbusters has the best opening sequence ever.
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Agreed. Amazing that theme was actually stock music.

As to the site, I enjoyed it so much I blew a cork out of my blocked nose.

cmjb13 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2007, 08:42:03 AM »

2 things I noticed:

Blockbusters - The family pair (or whatever they are called here) answer every question correct. They never answered incorrectly.

Family Fortunes - Some of the answers you can choose from aren't on the survey, while the other team gets choices that are. Example: Name something that crawls? I chose "children". It's not there. While the other team chooses "babies" and is there. But the worst one I encountered was something like "Name something can
give a bank robber a hard time". I chose "burglar alarm" and it was at the bottom while the other team guessed "alarm" and was higher

clemon79 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2007, 03:08:03 PM »

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'147790\' date=\'Mar 11 2007, 05:42 AM\']
Blockbusters - The family pair (or whatever they are called here) answer every question correct. They never answered incorrectly.
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And they never beat you to the buzzer. That's a quite intentional part of the program.

Sometimes, to make a Web game work, you have to take a few liberties.

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #13 on:** March 11, 2007, 03:58:22 PM »

For Family Fortunes, the answers you are given to choose from are shuffled after every turn. So if you see an answer you were looking for before, take it before it disappears again. In addition, I wish they would show the remaining answers after a survey. Besides that, I'm really impressed with the way they designed these games.

Edit: I'm not too fond however, of the relation between the toilet seat and the cutting board.

Hastin · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2007, 06:58:49 PM »

Also, the boards and pictures (on the celebs page) seem to indicate that they are working on Bullseye and The Price is Right.

These are great games, and I think that Countdown is the most impressive.

//But those red and blue 'generic' contestants freak me out.