Yes, and new to the list will be a line of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader," products from various manufacturers. The following link will show you a card game from Cardinal, which also features a CD of questions, contained in a carrying case like DOND, and 1 VS 100 card games.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/n...-com_1946_55112

A report posted a few days ago, at tdmonthly.com mentioned that Pressman will be releasing a box game based on "Identity" this summer.

Oh, I also saw the new 1 VS. 100 electronic game at Linens-N-Things today for $39.99! I haven't bought it yet, since I'm waiting for my paycheck, and seeing if it goes "on sale," for less.

Cardinal is going to milk that mini-briefcase until the end of TIME. :)

Well hey, if enough game shows keep coming out, eventually you'll be able to collect your own set of 26 mini-briefcases for about $260. Then just invite over 26 of your favorite hot model friends and, um... yeah, I got nothin'.

Anyway, beside the novelty of the case, those Cardinal card games are poorly-conceived, half-arsed home games churned out for the quick buck. They're only useful as props for a game show party or for surplus questions. I'm intrigued to see how the tabletop 1 vs. 100 turns out. The Pressman board game is surprisingly well-executed, with a fully fleshed-out set of rules and decent materials. (And this coming from a company that can only fit 5 categories on a Jeopardy! board.)

You know, if you really wanted to duplicate the DoND experience (maybe as a classroom exercise or something), you could probably do a lot worse than starting with 26 of those little things. For a while, the NBC website was selling the actual model of briefcase they use on the show, but they were $90 each.

I wish I had hawt model friends. :)

It would be kinda cool to do have 26 small cases and play a classroom version of the game. The way classrooms are now, there'd be the possibility of having 27 kids in a math class...26 "models", the contestant, and teacher for host/banker.

NBC doesn't sell the cases anymore. But for the completely authentic experience, you gotta get the phone. IIRC, though, it was like $350.

/NBC does sell earrings that the models wore....

I'm sure little Timmy would be thrilled to wear those.

/and if he is, think it's time to call mommy.

You can get the same model briefcase from the manufacturer for the low Sale of the Century price of $69.95.

To self: Snag one of the 1 vs. 100 games for the classroom; it's one of a handful of shows most of my students enjoy.

I have no idea how rare a beast it was, but I have seen exactly one (1) DoND "briefcase" game in stores.

It was the big board game (with the chintzy board that you "flipped" the shutters when an amount was gone) packaged in a model-sized briefcase (obviously not the slick stainless steel but it was metallic). $30 at a WalMart here in Canada.

Wow...awesomeness. I looked at Amazon.ca (Canadian counterpart) and they only had the CD game and the scratch & play book.

StraightUpOffTopic: I found this gem while searching for "Deal or No Deal". It made me giggle a little.

[/b]UPDATE--5/20/07:[b]

Barnes and Noble's website shows a listing for the Match Game DVD game, as having been "published" in April, but if you click the following link, you'll see the box art credits/pictures host Gene Rayburn!:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...60339&itm=1

They also list/illustrate Pressman's Deal or No Deal boardgame, in a collectible briefcase:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...0018&itm=18

TRU in my area now has the "Pass 'N Play" DOND electronic game, which pretty much is just looking like it takes the best of the two previous versions, and blends them together (not quite as compact as the handheld, but smaller than the tabletop, and allows up to four players--plus audio, which the display model I tested, just audibly said "Deal or no Deal?")

Though I didn't see it at the same TRU store, their website is now listing the Jeopardy! DVD game to be "In Stock!" They list a price of $59.99! Kinda high, but more affordable than a "Host Your Own/Classroom Jeopardy!" game!

I'll admit that I bought the "Classroom/Host Your Own Jeopardy!". It's the "Host Your Own" edition. I bought it off of eBay for about $120, and it was new so I thought it was a good deal. Even though it's a little pricey, I'd have to say it's one of the coolest GS items I have ever seen. I've really gotten a lot of use out of it.

For $120, if you _really_ wanted to put on a Jeopardy production in your living room, that's not too terribly bad of a price. I'd think about paying that.

Might be a wise investment for the next GSC...besides, if all attendees divided the cost, it'd be quite feasible.

Chuck Donegan (The Always-Thinking "Chuckie Baby")

Would bwood or anybody else care to give a full review? The one thing that deflated me on pursuing buying it was the fact Daily Doubles are randomly chosen by the program.

-Jason

Considering that the lowest price I saw for that item via a Google search was over $350, I'd say you got a fantastic deal if it was new.

After seeing the Target.com site listing the Jeopardy! DVD Game as "in stock," for $49.99, I took a drive to the store in my area. They didn't have it, however they did (finally) have in stock the Jakks Pacific Plug & Play version.

Though I didn't buy the device, I looked at the packaging, and like other P&P games, the video quality looks a lot like 8-bit/16-bit Nintendo technology. The biggest drawback, IMO, is that it uses multiple-choice responses.

The DVD game system, which I saw (but didn't buy) at TRU, is nicely packaged, but also uses multiple-choice responses.

Just like with iToys DOND electronic games, the description on the package says a Philips screwdriver is required to open the battery compartment to the unit, and you need both AA and AAA batteries, for the unit and the remote buzzers respectively.

Working at the bullseye, I need to remind you that not everything online is available in stores, but you should probably know that right now.

Has the Feud board game been on its 3rd edition for awhile? I've seen it at places and I feel like it's recent.

True, but I thought I'd check it out, since the site said "Also in stores." I'll try the "Find it..." feature next time.

As for the 3rd edition Feud board game, I believe it was released late '04 or early '05. It wouldn't surprise me if a 4th comes out soon, but I haven't heard anything either way.

I went to the Endless Games website today, looking to see if any new info was there regarding Match Game DVD Edition, and noticed a new feature of a block saying "Buy Now." I clicked it, and the description said that it unavailable at this time, but can be preordered. There was a "parts" illustration, which showed it looking pretty much like the Newlywed Game contents--DVD disk, dry-erase markers, and dry-erase boards.

I also saw they are taking preorders for a new FIFTH edition Password game.

That's good news. We're starting to run out of content.

/gotta start searching Ebay for back editions...

I sent Endless Games an e-mail last week about the Match Game DVD game, and this is what they told me:

"Thank you for your interest in our game. Matchgame will be available AUG 1ST.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS GAME ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.ENDLESSGAMES.COM in AUg.

Call me as it approaches on 732-721-1032 and I can tell you what stores carry this item in your area if you prefer to buy it from a store."

The "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader" board game debuted at my local Wal-Mart this morning. As I went to pick up some other things, they were putting them on a display for "the low, low 'Sale of the Wal-Mart Century'* price" for $18.93.

And while at Toys R Us a couple of days ago, they had the J! DVD game for $59.99. Slick stuff.

/we wanted to know how to FUBAR 'Temptation'....

Jeopardy! 2 (or Jeopardy! Deluxe is you're on Amazon.com) also uses multiple choice answers, effectively ending my hope of ever again having a new J! game where I have to type in answers.
http://www.sonypictures.com/games/jeopardy2/index.php?hs308=

I was in Blockbuster tonight and I saw a collection of DVD games which included, DoND, Press Your Luck, and, surprisingly, Family Feud 3rd edition. Nothing looks too different, other than the fact that John O Hurley is on the cover, and they used the new set in the game's graphics.

As long as we're on this subject, has anyone here played the LMAD DVD game? If so, what is your opinion of it?

Not too bad. The game mechanics get a little predictable after a while--never a good thing with LMaD--but with a large group of people, it can still be fun. Monty looks and sounds ancient, but he still keeps things moving with a good amount of energy. The best part are the prizes/zonks--they're taken from clips of the '70s show and are a nice retro touch.

--Sam

Better than D/nD, though after a playing or two, it's tedious....Good to see Monty working, though....

I haven't seen any of those games in any Blockbuster store in my area, but I was curious if the Feud 3rd edition features the new logo, introduced on the show this season? Imagination Games is releasing a day-to-day calendar based on Feud, and it does show the new logo.

While here, I thought I'd let you know that I was in Toys R Us in my area, and they now have the 1 VS. 100 electronic game from Itoys, for $39.99! They also have the Pass N Play version of Deal or No Deal, which I recently bought. Besides having a talking host, the game play has been updated to where the bank offer is always a nice, round number in thousands of dollars.

In addition, they had the "Are You Smarter..." card game from Cardinal. I showed an illustration earlier, but the case that the actual game comes in is NOT identical to the DOND/1 VS 100 card games. This is in an aluminum carrying case, with a blue sky & light clouds, and features the show's logo on it. First time something has the game name on it, so it doesn't look so much like a generic carrying case.

In fact, instead of looking like a carrying case, it, more appropriately for this game, looks like an official lunchbox of the show.

One of the managers at my work, had a copy of a toy publication, and let me look at it. Inside, it showed what was, at least, a prototype package for Pressman's "Identity" card game. It appeared to be in a tin box, small in size, and featured Penn Gillette's picture on it. A press release said that both this, and a regular board game, will be available this summer.

At a local Target yesterday, I saw the same game for $34.99. The same Target had the Jeopardy! Jakks Pacific P&P game for $18.99.

Here's a link to a site demonstrating the new electronic 1 vs 100 game:

http://www.spectaclelovesyou.com/

The box pictured here is of smaller size than what I've seen in stores, and other websites.

Toys R Us now has in stock the "25th Anniversary Edition" of Wheel of Fortune! This one, unlike the one described at Amazon.com, is a traditional version, with the regular spinner type cardboard wheel, not a deluxe version with the replica of the wheel. Maybe Pressman will also be releasing a "deluxe" version along with this.

The TRU site doesn't show an illustration of it, but I did find one here:

http://www.unclesgames.com/product_info.php/products_id/9696

Only 30 spaces on the puzzle board now? So they've actually shrunken the board from their '80s home game version, while the board on the show expanded. Er, yeah, that makes sense. Then again, having a $5000 top value on the wheel for all four rounds is another stroke of brilliance. Having the same values all four rounds worked in '85, when $750 was top dollar and there were $500 and $600 spaces. But now, with $300-$900 surrounding the 5k... it weakens the gameplay. Just put the $2500 space on there instead. Or bring back $1000.

And outside of us, who knows that the 80s game(s) had more spaces? I had two Wheel games in the 80s, and I didn't even know that. Will it make for smaller puzzles, possibly, but I'm sure it could still be a fun game to play.

I do agree that it's silly to have a $5,000 for every single round, but that's easy to take care of...just call it the top dollar value for each respective round, i.e. round 1=$1,000, round 2=$2,500, round 3=$3,500, then round 4=$5,000. Crisis averted.

I still think that the 1975 WoF game was a stroke of genius. We'll give you some puzzles, but you are free to make your own for eternity.

Really, a modicum of work in Microsoft Word could make an easy-to-print template for Wheel that would work just fine for the home game. (Assuming the cards are less than 11 inches wide; I haven't seen the inside of the home game for years."

My abacus. Where's my abacus? 2007 minus 1975 gives me 32.

They go by 1983. To this new-age of 'Wheel', Woolery never left Wheel...because it never existed (to them).

And people never bought their prizes!

/Not even the ceramic Dalmatian...
//...which gets referred to quite often in pop culture

Still, 22 years later, a crayon on a cardboard card doesn't "wipe off". Even having a dry-erase marker would help. In addition, the box states that it contains "Bonus Puzzles based on the 1980s" So Pressman decided to add The 80s as a category. Big whoop.

How many Pressman employees does it take to create a decent Wheel home game?

Ooh! Ooh!

"I'll let you know as soon as one comes out."

I was thinking "All of them", but that didn't quite work. And I like yours better. So, winnar.

On the subject of the 1 vs. 100 electronic game:

I bought mine at Target the other day. I just got it out to play it today, and the A button doesn't work. Anyone else have this problem, or did I get super lucky for buying this game on 7-7-07?

ToysRUS.com is now illustrating the "Are You Smarter..." game box, as well as the contents:

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?p...h#prod_prodinfo

Deal or No Deal for the Nintendo DS is in stores. This afternoon, I saw it at the local Micro Center for $29.99. Target.com has it for the same price. Some DS screenshots can be seen here.

So they advertise "family games for family prices", and then charge what is basically the going rate for a DS game for it?

I'd burn in hell before I bought a DonD game anyhow, but there is NO WAY that it's worth more than $20. Big Brain Academy was $20, and that was actually a good game.

I agree with you 100%, Chris. However, Deal or No Deal is a big name title for Destination software, compared to Chicken Shoot, Uno, or those 4-in-1 board game compilations. I'm not justifying the $30 tag vs. $15 or $20 for just about any other Destination title. All they're doing is milking the cash cow called Deal or No Deal.

The Destination site removed Deal as coming for the Wii. That could've been a halfway interesting game if Miis were involved in some capacity.


I enjoy Big Brain but Brain Age did a superb job with sudoku. Still, both games are likely superior to Deal.

Adorable? Yes. Interesting? Not in the least.

Brain Age didn't feel like a game, though. (Though I agree they did nail the Sudoku.) When people ask me which one they should buy, I ask them if they want a training program or a game. If they want a trainer, Brain Age. If they want a game, Big Brain Academy.

TWO "1 vs. 100" products are now/or about to appear in stores. I've seen some online sites now listing the DVD game in stock, and if you click the following link, you'll see a demo of the new Plug it in & Play game from Jakks Pacific:

http://www.jakkstvgames.com/onevsonehundred.html

A brief posting earlier today at http://www.buzzerblog.com/ mentions that iToys will be releasing a tabletop electronic version of Family Feud!

So I am waiting for the following items now:
-1 vs 100 DVD Game
-1 vs 100 Plug and Play
-Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader (DVD)
-Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader (Card)
-Deal or No Deal (DS)
-Family Feud (Tabletop)
-Identity (Board Game)

Seriously, i can't believe "Idenitity" is going to be a board game, I was going to try-out to be a contestant!

Finally... an "official" Price PC game:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070717/tv_nm/...O08BA8tcthlM3wV

EDIT - Ludia website:

http://ludia.com/