Scrabble with clues!

Be on the lookout for future iToys games too. Their Price is Right game is forthcoming, as well as Password and Press Your Luck. More info on that is coming when it gets closer to the Fall. Wish I had more info for you, but at least this is something, eh?

Deluxe? Does this mean we won't have to write in our own answers anymore?

EDIT: THIS is my 200th post?!?! Sheesh.

Yes, based on what I have heard, that is exactly what that means.

The Deluxe version has the Plastic board the original versions from MB had.

Where'd you hear about Password and Press Your Luck from iToys? That sounds great!

If you click the following link, and proceed to page 23, you'll see a full page promo for iToys' Family Feud electronic tabletop, as well as their electronic TPIR, featuring the Big Wheel, Hole-In-One, and Plinko:

http://www.toyassociation.org/AM/PDFs/TFT_Day4.pdf

Endless Games' mini versions of game, mentioned earlier, are going to be called "Quick Picks," and apparently the $100,000 Pyramid card game is going to be called $1,000,000 Pyramid, at least from a prototype I saw on page 20 of this link:

http://www.toyassociation.org/AM/PDFs/TFT_Day2.pdf

Yeah! Where did you hear about them? I'm curious too!

(I don't know if you were being sarcastic or not. If so, sorry, it's been a long day. If you weren't, whoops.)

From, uh, iToys. I do promotions with them on my site occasionally and have a nice relationship with them.

Is iToys a part of Fisher-Price now? Is there a weeble-wobble of Drew included?

Josh

Or maybe a Play Family--er, Little People set. After all, look how that freckle-faced kid with the ballcap on sideways turned out.

/actually, scratch that . . . it's a recall waiting to happen
//goosenecks on that scale would never pass CPSC muster

Speak for yourself... I will be the first in line when that comes out. An actual mini Plinko board? Phenomenal. And the PYL game will hopefully be just as awesome. This is the sort of stuff I wish they'd had back in the 80s.

The iToys Feud tabletop game is going used on Amazon for as low as $1.99. At that price, it almost seems too good to be true. The few reviews I've read aren't exactly glowing. Lots of talk about question recycling. For those of you who have tried it, is it worth any price?

I suspect you are going to find that Plinko works much less well when it's really scaled down and the chips drop at the speed of light. Ditto the Wheel, which will not have that slow-rolling reveal that works so well on the show.

I'll pick one up when it's on clearance. Based on past history, it'll be on clearance soon enough.

Somewhat higher hopes here. This could be done well...if they decide they want to do it well.

Spoken like a true game show home game collector. Wait it out and in 3 months it will be in your price range.

Josh

More news from the GSHGHP as of last week:

A board game based on Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab"
A DVD game based on GSN's "Lingo"
A handheld electronic game based on "Power of 10"
An electronic game based on "Moment of Truth"

Are all currently in development.

Walmart's online site apparently has the new Plug 'N Play version of AYSTA5G, but only a "limited," number of stores themselves have it in stock.

"Now you can ruin your family's lives, all in the comfort of your own home!"

"Billy...are you still a virgin?"
-"No, mom..."

{buzzer goes off}

Here are a couple of links to see detailed descriptions, and, what are at least prototype boxes of:


Merv Griffin's Crosswords

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBra...81&ID=21355

and

Don't Forget the Lyrics

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBra...81&ID=21356

"The Social Wordplay Game"?

What is this, 1922?

I picked up the PC version of Merv Griffin's Crosswords at Gamestop yesterday (3/25) for $19.99. Most stores don't have it yet, I checked their website for a specific store that did have it. Also, last week at Best Buy, I picked up a DVD version of Name That Tune, the 80s version. Haven't had a chance to play them yet, busy with work. Hopefully, I'll find time to play them soon.

It's also available as a PC Download game:

http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games...ords/index.html

...which offers a free one-hour trial if you're unsure that it's worth the $20.

Is there any interest in Expansion Cartridge #1 for Tiger Electronics' TPiR? I found it at a suburban Los Angeles discount store.

I got an email from Ludia that said the TPiR computer game is now available ($19.95). There is a trial at:

http://www.playtpir.com/ml/tpir_ml_download.php

Edit: I tried out the game, the format is a little off, but it's really not too shabby in my opinion at first glance. Also note that the site now only says "Available soon for PC and MAC" not Wii and other platforms as it once stated. Bummer, I wanted it for my Wii.

For Ludia's sake, I hope that trial is really beta. What they had to do in order to pry 20 bucks for me is create something superior to what I've been able to download and update for free. They failed in that regard. Many of the graphics are crisp and clean, sure, but the gameplay is crap and the interface is sorely lacking. Here I am with a keyboard in front of me, and they're making me click up or down on each digit of my bid?

/I'm about to play Cliff Hangers for 20 Thouuuuusand dollars?

Very likely it's been designed to be ported to non-keyboard-having platforms with little or no changes.

In addition to the Price is Right demo being released, Ludia.com also released screenshots and video for Hell's Kitchen, complete with Gordon Ramsay's bleeped out swearing.

While this sorta sucks when it comes to PC input, it works wonderfully on my Tablet PC. Fun little game for the road.

Overall, I like the game. Sure, neither the multi-player or single-player is exactly like the show, but with some tweaking it would be a great game. I sure hope this gets released as a boxed game, because I dispise TryMedia, as they burned me over a purchase in the past (wouldn't give me any additional activations after 5). The addition of Video clips for the prizes is nice, but it looks as if they will run out quickly. However, there's some sort of auto-updating thing in the game, where it will go on the web, and get more prizes, it checks their server on every launch.

Why is that "being burned"? PopCap does the same thing with their games, and it was mentioned quite clearly during the install process. (I note that in this case it's stated clearly in their support FAQ, as well.)

Read on BuzzerBlog that a retail store box version will be released in the fall with more pricing games and some tweaks. Take that as you will as truth or "bowling buddy" info. Haven't heard it anywhere else yet.

I feel obligated to point out that this was posted by someone named "Todd" as a comment, and therefore is even more unsubstantiated than BuzzerBlog usually is. I could post a comment that the "Go" PC Download game would be shipping next week with no difference in verite.

(In other words, until "Todd" steps forward and cites a source for this information, based on what I know of the PC Download-to-retail market (and I do know a little bit), I'm not buying it. It's possible since they are very clearly operating this on a fee-plug-for-content model, but it seems very unlikely.)

A source from someone reliable...doesn't mention additional games, but does say higher-quality videos and bonuses.

I *wish* "Go" would be a downloadable game. :)

Yes, that is somewhat more reliable. The rest of the post, however, made my head hurt.

(A lot of that also sounded very pie-in-the-sky, and the guy doesn't know how his own game is being licensed? C'mon.)

Can't say I'm surprised. Go would be a HORRIBLE PC game, and you're talking to one of the biggest Go fans on the planet.

Agreed, Go would make a horrible PC game. There have been at least two board games just like it though: Talkin' Tango by Patch Products and Bialogue by Resimont.

Here's a peek at the box art for the new Disney themed Wheel of Fortune game:

http://www.mercyu-s-a.com/products.cfm?Act...Det&ID=1193

Just spotted the 2nd Edition Wheel of Fortune Plug N Play at Kmart ($21.99). The colors are different, it boasts 360 new puzzles, and it seems to make use of some of the newer gimmicks on the show such as the WILD card.
I would have rathered that they stuck with the original "GameKey" idea where you buy new cartridges instead of scrapping that idea and releasing a new console every so often.

While I agree with you, it was a solution in search of a problem. Jakks Pacific's customer base is willing to purchase new consoles at full price, so why should they go to the bother of keeping the GameKey thing going?

Also note, like an earlier junior edition, all the amounts are even hundreds, so as to prevent any "icky" math with ends-in-50 amounts...or something. Are vowels worth a hundreds amount, too, I wonder?

-Jason

They probably did. It also looks like they added trip spaces to the wheel as well.

Pressman games' online store is taking pre-orders for their ESPN Jeopardy! game. Here is a box illustration, showing the electronic lock-out device, which when set-up in that manner looks like a baseball diamond:

http://store.pressmantoy.com/ESPN-Jeopardy...e_p_0-1771.html

Also, at the same site where the Disney WOF game is shown, there's an illustration of the ESPN Jeopardy Attache:

http://www.mercyu-s-a.com/products.cfm?Act...Det&ID=1218

While nothing official has been stated by Ludia yet (other than vague mentions about 'other gaming platforms'), I was looking around at the assets in Ludia's TPiR game and found a Nintendo logo and the Wii wrist strap warning that begins all current Wii games. I'd figured by the up/down arrow interface that this was being planned for one console or another, but this shows there are at least plans for a Wii version.

Should this come to fruition, it'll be the first ever appearance by TPiR on a console (after failed attempts by The Great Game Co. and GameTek). Should it not, it will be the third failed attempt.

I'm curious as to whether they'll flesh it out as a full release retail game, or leave it as a smaller WiiWare (or XBLA or PSN) downloadable game.

I just wish there was less Rich Fields. I'd gladly shell out Wii points for a Rod Roddy expansion pack. Or even Drew.

I can't find the official announcement, but maybe Matt can tell us where he did, because on his site he says that 360, Wii, and DS versions have already been announced. (Or at least the intent to produce same.)

My guess is WiiWare. My further guess is that Ludia hasn't announced anything concrete because WiiWare hasn't launched yet, and when it does an official release will come shortly thereafter.

Ludia has clearly done their market research.

/wow

There's a Ludia rep who's been keeping the boys at Golden Road salivating, and he's made several specific references to versions being adapted to other platforms. He also said specifically that the Wii version would be a retail game, not 'WiiWare' (whatever that is). I'm afraid I don't have anything more official than that.

WiiWare is the Wii's downloadable channel service (ala Xbox Live Arcade - which Ludia says TPiR is coming to as well, at 720p resolution).

When did they announce this?

It's in the Golden-Road thread:


and

The Rod Roddy/Drew Carey DLC comment was merely a joke about the number of microtransactions available on the consoles these days (and the fact that Rich is annoying). Perhaps a downloadable ECM-51 for 100 points would have been a better joke. Though, I think I should get 20 acievement points for listening to him during the whole game.

So this will definitely be an unique release. Retail on the Wii, and downloadable on XBLA.

No mention of PS3/PSP/PSN in all of this yet, interestingly enough.

I still think there will need to be major additions before this game can survive as a retail game on any console.

Ah, interesting, thanks. I've known about this for a while, but I hadn't seen a press release, so I wanted to know if that was horse's-mouth or public speculation or what. (I suppose, since it's his company, if he wants to announce it, he can. :))

Anyone who may be interested :

The 1v100 plug and play is half price clearance @ Target. roughly 9 bucks.

An article recently mentioned that "Cash Cab" host Ben Bailey did a photo-shoot for the box art, and that the game should be out in August or September.

Also, here is a link, to the box art and product description for the "Moment of Truth," game which will be from Hasbro (not Cardinal as one source mentioned earlier) in August:

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBra...81&ID=21834

No word on the status of the other games AFAIK.

"Play it at your next family gathering!"

Many years ago, there was a game called "Scruples" that used the same question matter, sans lie detector. Save yourself $17 and find it on Ebay.