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Title: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: son_the_vampire on April 25, 2013, 11:30:30 AM
Legends of the Hidden Temple. Scary Aztec guys grabbing kids and snatching them into the abyss. Definitely wouldn't fly in today's society but I used to get scared as much as they did. My second choice is Supermarket Sweep. I wish it were around still, I'm a beast in the grocery store  :D
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: GuyStarwind on April 25, 2013, 01:38:56 PM
As a kid: Probably Guts. DDDDDDDo you have it.
Now:Jeopardy. It's pretty much the only thing I actually watch on television.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: crisis on April 25, 2013, 02:30:56 PM
What the hell is wrong with? #4: Nick Arcade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3AH9y_wkk0#)
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: X on April 25, 2013, 06:07:36 PM
Usually Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. But I hardly watch TV now unless there's something interesting on History channel, Discovery channel, Military channel or OLN channel
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on April 26, 2013, 03:03:36 AM
Are you smarter than a fifth grader, before.

But the only things i watch on tv now are the evening news and anything interesting on TLC. The rest i watch on youtube.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Ratty on April 26, 2013, 03:37:16 AM
Legends of the Hidden Temple and Nick Arcade were ok but gameshows always kinda bored me because I could never get invested. Same reason I can't get into sports. I watched those and Double Dare sometimes though just because it was marketed to me and there was nothing better to do. Oh the days before the internet, how I don't miss you.

But here have this shocking video from the Olmec Heads later years if you're 18+, which if you remember Legends of the Hidden Temple you almost certainly are.
Olmec: Sex Therapist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Ati_CW2mc#noexternalembed)

Otherwise just laugh at these dark times from days past.
The Camcorder LP's Ancestor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xysRavyu6c#)

In that vein, here's a bonus-
Flawless Victory (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK8FLwj8qIw#)
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Mooning Freddy on April 26, 2013, 04:10:41 AM
That Mortal Kombat segment was hilarious.  ;D

I was a fan of BBC's The Weakest Link. The only reason was Anne Robinson's excessive sarcastic remarks and clever insults of the players.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: son_the_vampire on April 26, 2013, 05:14:23 AM
Quote from: Ratty on April 26, 2013, 03:37:16 AM
Legends of the Hidden Temple and Nick Arcade were ok but gameshows always kinda bored me because I could never get invested. Same reason I can't get into sports. I watched those and Double Dare sometimes though just because it was marketed to me and there was nothing better to do. Oh the days before the internet, how I don't miss you.

But here have this shocking video from the Olmec Heads later years if you're 18+, which if you remember Legends of the Hidden Temple you almost certainly are.
Olmec: Sex Therapist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Ati_CW2mc#noexternalembed)

Otherwise just laugh at these dark times from days past.
The Camcorder LP's Ancestor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xysRavyu6c#)

In that vein, here's a bonus-
Flawless Victory (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK8FLwj8qIw#)
TOO FUNNY! Days before internet were so different!! But god damn where would i be now without YouTube?!?
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: X on April 26, 2013, 09:39:18 AM
Quote
I was a fan of BBC's The Weakest Link. The only reason was Anne Robinson's excessive sarcastic remarks and clever insults of the players.

That's actually not her off-camera. It's the writers of the show that have written all those excessive sarcastic remarks and expect her to follow along with the script. I believe the show was pulled off the air because they went too far. At least according to some of the stories I've heard. They even interviewed Anne Robinson about her position on the show and she told the interviewer that what you see on the Weakest Link is not who she really is. The weakest link is one of those programs that should tell other game show producers how not to do a game show. A lot of the people who went to The weakest link had to get therapy because of their experiences. Things like suicidal thoughts, tendencies and deep depression were the results of that show.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Ratty on April 26, 2013, 11:59:44 AM
Quote from: X on April 26, 2013, 09:39:18 AM
That's actually not her off-camera. It's the writers of the show that have written all those excessive sarcastic remarks and expect her to follow along with the script. I believe the show was pulled off the air because they went too far. At least according to some of the stories I've heard. They even interviewed Anne Robinson about her position on the show and she told the interviewer that what you see on the Weakest Link is not who she really is. The weakest link is one of those programs that should tell other game show producers how not to do a game show. A lot of the people who went to The weakest link had to get therapy because of their experiences. Things like suicidal thoughts, tendencies and deep depression were the results of that show.

But they only got humiliated in front of millions of p- oh...

Well on that note here's something less depressing.

Glad you guys liked the Retsupurae videos, they mostly make fun of bad Let's Play(er)s (thus the name which is an Engrish version of "Let's Play") but they've done some other news bits, some of the best are riffs on a reviews from an old public access video game review show from the 90s.

Great Video Game Idea! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0lzbCK9f8#)

Symphony of the Night was disappointingly enjoyable (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vhGSm0rfw#)

Notice that he gives Tomb Raider 2 an "A" in controls but Symphony of the Night gets a "C".

Here's some of their more typical videos though
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Neobelmont on April 26, 2013, 04:25:27 PM
Quote from: son_the_vampire on April 25, 2013, 11:30:30 AM
Legends of the Hidden Temple. Scary Aztec guys grabbing kids and snatching them into the abyss. Definitely wouldn't fly in today's society but I used to get scared as much as they did. My second choice is Supermarket Sweep. I wish it were around still, I'm a beast in the grocery store  :D

I can't believe I remember these two shows

LOTHT I remember this when I was like 4/5(?) those guys coming out of no where made me remember it scared the crap out of young ole me.

Legends of the Hidden Temple: Pendant of Kamehameha (Temple Run) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPN9hOEr4Fo#)
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Super Waffle on April 27, 2013, 11:11:26 AM
Quote from: crisis on April 25, 2013, 02:30:56 PM
What the hell is wrong with? #4: Nick Arcade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3AH9y_wkk0#)
The part where they're asking 10-year-kids on things that happen in the movie Misery gets me every time.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Ratty on April 27, 2013, 11:40:29 AM
Quote from: Super Waffle on April 27, 2013, 11:11:26 AM
The part where they're asking 10-year-kids on things that happen in the movie Misery gets me every time.

"What's the first national holiday of the New Year?" "Christmas?" gold. Granted I was probably just as dumb at the time if not more so.
I always wondered how they did the extra challenge rooms as a kid. The British took an interesting turn on the whole "Use blue screen to make kids gameshow" concept that was obviously less of a marketing tool than Nick Arcade was with "Knightmare"
Knightmare Review (Part 1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMqWizbXi6Q#)
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Mooning Freddy on April 27, 2013, 12:33:32 PM
Quote from: Ratty on April 26, 2013, 11:59:44 AM
Notice that he gives Tomb Raider 2 an "A" in controls but Symphony of the Night gets a "C".

He's narrating a narration? Narraception!  ;D
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: JR on April 27, 2013, 01:28:23 PM
Press Your Luck. I used to love that one as a kid, probably because of the dumb whammy animations, and the board itself was kinda neat.

Also, the Family Feud buzzer used to kind of scare me as a kid. Yes, I was a huge puss.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: TheouAegis on April 27, 2013, 05:24:51 PM
I have always liked Jeopardy, even as a little kid.

I played Family Feud on the Commodore 64 sooooo freaking much, I eventually had a lot of the questions memorized.


Video Power was the BEST game show... because it was a game show in a Game show!
Video Power (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oygIaaHKHhQ#)

(ok the show sucked but whatever. i liked the cartoon back in its early run)
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Ratty on April 27, 2013, 05:49:14 PM
Quote from: TheouAegis on April 27, 2013, 05:24:51 PM
I have always liked Jeopardy, even as a little kid.

I played Family Feud on the Commodore 64 sooooo freaking much, I eventually had a lot of the questions memorized.


Video Power was the BEST game show... because it was a game show in a Game show!

(ok the show sucked but whatever. i liked the cartoon back in its early run)

Yeah the first Retsupurae I linked earlier was of Video Power. The show has kind of an odd history but I only really know about it because of the Big Picture episode.
POWER DRAIN (The Big Picture) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cweZtoPixVA#ws)

Quote from: JR on April 27, 2013, 01:28:23 PM
Press Your Luck. I used to love that one as a kid, probably because of the dumb whammy animations, and the board itself was kinda neat.

So that's what the name of that show was. I enjoyed the Whammy animations on that a lot but found the rest of it pretty dull.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: A-Yty on April 29, 2013, 02:46:58 AM
Luuv quiz shows as much as I love quiz games like Trivial Pursuit. Too bad they hardly make those shows around here anymore. I was happy when they finally bought the format for Jeopardy! about five years ago. But the show only lasted for about two years. From about 1999 to 2002 I constantly watched the local version of Who wants to be a millionaire. I think they cancelled that too about 4-5 years ago.

Television might win me back if it showed me more than fat people struggling with their weight or former movie stars as lawyers or cops.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: son_the_vampire on April 29, 2013, 05:18:04 AM
i agree.. it seems the game shows that were enjoyable to watch are rare now. Im over Steve Harvey and Family Feud. Jeopardy is Jeopardy so i dun think that will ever change (thankfully) I like the shows where u can sit and compete with people at home!
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Lone Wolf on May 05, 2013, 08:03:38 PM
Passa ou Repassa(in Portuguese, means "Dare or Double Dare"). I think Lelygax knows pretty much what i'm talking about:

(click to show/hide)

Again, it's in Portuguese. Since it's a Brazilian game show, i don't think many of you guys could understand it.. :/
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Lelygax on June 18, 2013, 12:39:23 PM
Yes, I remember that.
Title: Re: What are your most memorable game shows?
Post by: Laina on June 18, 2013, 06:54:48 PM
Double Dare & Nick Arcade. Speaking of the latter, check out 15 year old-ish Joey Fatone on Nick Arcade!

Joey Fatone on The Nick Arcade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAJuTf2KnuE#)