I'm sorry, but Price is a game that will never work well like this...unless they have a customizable database for the prices. It'll get dated way too fast. But it is nice to see that someone is trying to one-up that horrific DOS version.

Not necessarily. In this age where many people have broadband, the company could provide a downloadable "prize pack" with updated prizes/prices.

Hell, WWTBaM 3rd Edition was doing that a few years ago when broadband was less common (YDKJ did thisas well, yes?)

I thought that very same thing...the question is, though, would there be enough demand for the game to justify producing new prize packs, year after year?

Well, maybe not every year...the way prices rise, I suppose you could get away with one every two years. But then there comes a point in the not-too-distant future when the game just becomes obsolete anyway and no one plays it...

/Like, say, 2014, when a Chevrolet Provoona costs $44,000...while the game has you playing Card Game for a Malibu worth $22K.

--Sam

You *did* read the part where they mentioned product placement opportunities, right? It would be cake (not to mention a nice revenue stream) to continue this after the game has been published, and fanb0is will suck down the new ads price updates like it's Christmas.

Users actually being EXCITED about downloading new ads is every video game maker's DREAM.

It's out. This was mentioned about half a dozen posts before yours.

From what I've read, the Deal DS game has the regular TV mode, a Card Sharks-style "higher or lower" game, and a game where you have to open a safe whose combination are three numbers from 1 to 26.

Amazon.com has the 1 vs. 100 DVD game in stock.

Thank You Mike!

I am going to Target right now and getting those 2 games.

(And i actually beat the mob three times in the handheld 1 vs 100)

You must be so proud.

Actually I am clemon. Normally I wuss out when i see $286,000 and its 1 vs 11.

And also the "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" Card Game has just released, time to pretend you remember grade school, by rolling a dice and picking a grade level.

You realize the money isn't real, right? 'Cuz honesty, right now, I'm not convinced that you do.

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Is this rule not enforced?

/waiting for someone to say "bad taste" like your post.

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Anyway, On the subject of "The Price is Right PC Game"; I feel like it would be great, if they change how it was played on DVD. So we could ACTUALLY give a bid on the showcase, rather than selecting one from a menu. I hope they also include more pricing games than the ones also featured in the DVD Game.

Jordan, two things:

1. Please read the email I just sent you.

2. Slow down.

Thank you.

If they *didn't* make that change, I would be shocked. This sounds like a completely different dev group anyhow, and you have to think, having been released from the shackles necessitated by the DVD format and a limited input device, that the game will be a LOT different.

Not authentic enough. If I wanted to relive grade school, someone would have to administer the atomic wedgies.

A local Toys R Us had both the Are You Smarter than a 10-Year-Old SAG Member 5th Grader? card game with bonus game material on CD for portable play, as well as the box game. The prices are $10 on the card game and CD, $22 on the box game.

A Target in the same plaza had the Jeopardy! Plug and Play, released not that long ago, clearance priced at $14.

I just picked up the PC version of Concentration and since no one's mentioned it yet, I will. I found it good, just like the version we saw on NBC in the early 90's (no shock, since NBC is even mentioned in the copyright information). However, with "over 100 picture puzzle to solve" it could get old quick. Heck, within the first hour of play, I had already repeated 2 puzzles.

And now here's something I stumbled across accidentally:

http://www.amazon.com/tv-lingo-zip-and-go/...9931&sr=1-1

I believe there was a posting sometime ago, about a version in the Netherlands, IIRC, but now a U.S. version is available. It may not be as much fun as the show, or the online versions, but looks a bit more challenging.

I downloaded the PC version of Concentration off of refelxive.com. It is a very good game, but I can see a problem after playing it a long while. It does hold true to the Alex Trebek version.
Second, at the Target near where I live, the Jeopardy Plug N' Play is on clearance for $9.99. A great steal if I do say so myself.
I can't wait to get my hands on the 1 vs. 100 DVD game---looks really good. The tabletop version is one of the best home games I have played in a long time, very true to the show.
As for Identity, I wouldn't mind getting a copy of the game, but I have a feeling it may not be released since NBC did not renew the show. I hope I am wrong.
Lastly, I just picked up the Press Your Luck DVD game. It isn't bad but my qualm with it is that you can't tell what you have stopped on until the actual prize or whammy is displayed. The questions are decent and Todd Newton does a reasonable job hosting. I know some have knocked it, but at least I enjoy it.

Well, the game's section says that there will be a dozen pricing games. This game is gonna get old soon. Not everybody wants to play Plinko and Cliffhangers every other show.

Note to self: When making a Price PC game, remember that there are over 80 pricing games in rotation.

You may want to make a 2nd note to self that a DVD can only hold 4.7GB of data.

To do animation, etc for all 80 games you'd need HD-DVD or BluRay to become standard. Otherwise you're making a game on a media format available to almost no one. (can't play a PC game on your PS3) I don't think many manufacturers are shipping PCs with HD or BluRay ROMs unless it's a high-end machine. (Dell's XPS series for example)

Well I was at Toys R Us tonight and saw the plethora of DOND games, 1 vs 100 games and I saw the anniversary edition of Wheel and the DVD Jeopardy game as well as the card and board versions of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader....it looks like game show board games are back with a vengeance. Now if we could just get Match Game DVD from Endless...

You and me both. It's not like the show was a solid format to begin with. It would be more interesting to probe your friends for identities and have one victim friend try to match them up.

Then again, Deal or No Deal has proved well enough that a board game doesn't need to have a good format inside, or even any real play value at all.

Why? You don't get to keep the "money" that you win, so why not play on and see how many you can get right. For that matter, why not just chuck all of the other game materials and ask each other the questions?

I don't see the accomplishment in answering a handful of trivia questions and deciding to pack it all in. If you can provide some insight, it would be appreciated.

Yeah, but D/ND's a hit show. ;-)

Seriously, I see what you mean. D/ND can be played with index cards and a calculator. Will it be as flashy? Of course not. And the 26 models might take away some most all of the fun.

Could Identity be the shortest-lived show to get a home game? If you go by episodes, you might have, what, 12 or 13, including the December trial week?

I should bump this up, and say, i tried to make the "Identity" home game.

Me and my friends were at a resturant during a busy lunch time today, and they bet me $50 that the people next to us were gay.

I had guts to wait 10 minutes, then ask "If they were gay".

They weren't, it turns out they were college roommates.

And then i went back to my table, said "Sorry that is not their identity" and took the $50.

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I just got the Press Your Luck DVD Game today as well, Todd Newton is as excited as he is on the TPIR dvd game, the only problem is when you "Spin" the big board, it doesn't sync properly, and it is just whammying or landing on "2000", and at the end, when i passed 1 spin, my opponent hit "3000+spin" and the game just ended, with his total (which was still incorrect as they forgot to add the $3,000).

It was fun seeing whammies return. And to make things extra fun, throw confetti or silly string at your opponent for "Double Whammies".

3 out of 5 stars for this game. Better than The Price is Right, but there were errors.

Any idea on when the Jakks P&P 1 vs. 100 game will hit shelves? And has anyone played the DVD version yet?

I believe it's my turn in the rotation.

Wow.

My turn.

Why?

Ah, Jay, but you forget, some games can be pressed on a dual-layered DVD, which is about 8-9GB. Keep in mind there's games of similar veins (SEE: Party games) that have a truckload of games yet can fit on a single DVD.

If not all 80, at least 1/2 of the rotation would be nice.

I'm surprised, regardless of whether they were (and here's a hint for when / if you decide to grow up: IT DOESN'T MATTER AND IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS), you didn't take a richly-deserved asskicking in the process.

"Guts" isn't the word I would use. "Audacity," maybe, but not "guts."

The promise of $50 does not give you carte blanche to be a jerk.

Whee! Let's take the most idiotic element from the poor remake and recreate it!

QFT.

Why wow, or why would Jordan do such an idiotic thing?

Both. Among some OTHER (inappropiate) "Whys?"

Well, I can tell you at least that the "wow" is completely justified, particularly when someone essentially brags about doing something utterly uncouth and tasteless. That was Chartier territory, right there.

As for the "why," well, I can't help you there.

(besides, if you know to ask "why", then you know that the "wow" was deserved.)

Whoops. You're right.

So, realistically you're talking about 30 games then?

Actually, the more I think of it maybe a PC game could get lots of games onto one DVD. I guess I keep thinking about the DVD game and kind of forgot that a PC version lifts pretty much all of those limitations. Depends on the level of animation/audio components included I suppose.

If a pair of guys eating together is a sign that they're gay, imagine what those two guys must have been thinking about you and your multiple friends sitting together. "What a circle of jerks," or words to that effect, probably.

My God. You are a complete and utter jackass.

I don't care who you are...that's funny right there. :-)

Oh and Jordan, grow up. You're lucky you didn't get punched in the mouth...that's usually the first response when a straight guy gets asked that.

/Hey aren't you Richard Simmons?
//Hey aren't you Richard Simmons's brother?...
///wait for it...
////Richard Simmons?

I wonder if the "H" in his last name is silent. If not, perhaps it should be.

Johnny Jacobs, what do we have for our departing contestant?

The phone lines are CA-LOSED!

What about Top Secret? It only had a pilot and still managed to get a home game.

From the game's page:
...the prices, prizes and products featured in the game are all based on real-world merchandise, continually updated for endless hours of entertainment.

I think we have our answer. And yes, Jay, I do remember the YDKJ add on packs.

Oh, I didn't mean that all eighty needed to be included. I was just making the point that 12 limits the variety in the game, and those are probably going to be the same 12 games that were on the DVD version. Like someone else already said, even half the games would be alright.

EDIT- Like many other downloadable games, what if this one were to use still shots with limited animation (e.g. Bigjon's TPiR)? Wouldn't that bring the size of the file down significantly?

If you keep the amount of FMV to a minimum, I see no reason why you couldn't fit 80 games in a 4.7 gig program.

But then, I come from a place where entire PC games fit on a 130K floppy.

/We stored them on our belts
//Next to the onion

So I was right to put you on ignore based solely on your introductory post in Let's Meet Our Players. I'm relieved.

Staying on topic, re: the TPIR PC game, wouldn't one of the problems with having every game in the rotation be the random selection of said games during play? I mean, who would enjoy a simulated show that consists of Joker, One Right Price, Magic #, Credit Card, Double Prices and Push Over? Of course, I'm sure there'd also be a function that would allow you to pre-select games, but part of the fun (for me at least) is not knowing what's coming next.

Presumably in that situation, the game could be programmed by categories (as Roger currently does).

That might be what I was thinking of. Thanks!

Though the Endless Games website shows a 5th edition Password, with a box similar to the four previous versions, amazon.com is showing a box similar to the DVD version:

http://www.amazon.com/Password-Game-%252d-...1691&sr=8-1

RE: Identity game--Until now, I've been under the impression that the show would probably return as a mid-season replacement, since the show's site says it will return soon. But with the moves made this week, I don't know whate to expect.

Agree with Steve. It would be REALLY EASY to make the process, shall we say, less random. Whether they WILL, however, is another question entirely. It WOULD be fun to be sitting there saying "okay, they haven't played a car game yet today..."

Wow, that's a LOT of air in that box. Disappointing.

/sez the man who has a good 5 separate card sets in his 15th Edition box

Yeah...that situation with the "ads" would be perfect.

Maybe as a relief to the whole "there'll only be X games on the disc" can be relieved with multiple expansion packs? Maybe start with the 20 or so most popular...then start adding the other 80+ on other releases. Each of those releases can update minor things (such as new doors, color changes, etc.).

If you think this game is going to sell REMOTELY well enough to merit that, you're not thinking.

In all honesty, you really should thank your lucky stars this thing is even coming out at all. Don't expect PDLC, because you're not gonna get it.

I basically failed programming back in high school, but I don't understand how complicated this can be.

If you assigned each kind of prize some kind of variable/value, couldn't the game figure out "if 3 (car) hasn't been picked by PG#3, pull 3 and play game x"?

Quoting, too, apparently.

It would be dead easy to make sure that each six-game set contained one cash game, two car games, and three normal-prize games. DEAD easy. _I_ could write the code, that's how easy it is. The question is one of whether the developers will give enough of a shiat to do it. My guess is no.

And many years before "Top Secret", a Desilu game show titled "By The Numbers" didn't get past the pilot stage (though it has been said that it may well have briefly aired on a local basis in Los Angeles) but Milton Bradley still released the home game in anticipation of the coast-to-coast launch that never materialized.

Jake

LA newspaper listings confirm that By The Numbers did air as a local show but yes, that still doesn't justify a national board game launch, so the intent must have been for the show to reach the network. (Desilu's other show from that era, You Don't Say, enjoyed a similar local-to-national roll out.)

I spoke to Wink about Top Secret when he appeared on the Shokus Radio show. He described the sequence of events that led to the board game coming out. Short version is that Wink's company had sold the show to the daytime people at CBS, and Parker Brothers was so keen on the show that they pushed a box game into production to have it ready for the toy industry trade show that was scheduled a few weeks before the series was to debut. In between the industry show and the air date, something happened (I believe he said there was a regime change at CBS) and the show didn't get picked up after all. He called it one of his biggest disappointments.