Wheel of Fortune was the first game based on the TV game show for the NES. It was developed by Rare and released on the same month as their NES Jeopardy! adaptation. Rare would follow it up with two more NES adaptations of the show: Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition and Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition.
It follows the rules of the show, where people spin a wheel and then try to solve a hangman puzzle, either guessing a consonant or spending their reward money to buy a vowel. Up to three human players can play via a pass-and-play system. Players must input their answers within a time limit using the in-game text parser.
Jeopardy! is a turn-based puzzle game developed by Sharedata and released by Sharedata in 1987. Jeopardy! runs on MS-DOS. This version of Jeopardy! was the first release based on the TV game show of the same name.
Based on the television game show, Family Feud pits two teams of five against one another as they attempt to guess the top answers to survey questions. The winning team advances to the Fast Money round where they have two tries to guess answers to five questions as a timer counts down. Players can challenge the computer or a friend and name their team.
All About America is an educational game that teaches children American history and geography as well as the English language. It consists of two main activities: history lessons and map reading skills. Both of these can be played by one or two players.
A very basic translation of the popular game show Wheel of Fortune, where you guess letters until you can guess the phrase. This CGA version has three old-school rounds of Wheel of Fortune (where the puzzles are simply "Phrase", "Title", "Person", etc.) and then a bonus round. You can compete against two computer players or up to three people can play against each other.
Math Rabbit is a 1986 video game that serves as a spin-off to the Reader Rabbit edutainment series. It was made by The Learning Company for DOS and Apple II. A Deluxe version was released in 1993 for DOS, Macintosh, and Windows 3.x. Then in 1997, the game was remade for Windows and Macintosh under the title "Reader Rabbit's Math 1". The final remake for Windows and Macintosh in 1998 was titled "Reader Rabbit's Math Ages 4-6", with a personalized version released in 1999.
Bingo Bugglebee Presents: Home Alone is an educational game about home safety for multiple systems.
Played on a 5 x 5 bingo card, the player is asked multiple choice questions about home safety for every box they select. If the player answers correctly, they get the space and a single point, and are blocked from the space if they answer incorrectly. The player gains 5 bonus points if they score 5 in a row, and Bingo Bugglebee dances for the player. The goal is to score as many points as possible.
"Trivia Genius" is a quiz game developed for MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator), released in 1985. The game focuses on testing players' knowledge through various trivia questions.
The core gameplay involves answering trivia questions presented in a quiz format.
From the mind of Dr. Timothy Leary comes Mind Mirror, a trippy journey through your own mind. Mind Mirror is not just a game, it is a valuable tool to help you explore your own mind, make decisions, and to envision your ideal self. Play it by yourself or with a group of people.
Garfield Double Dares is a 1985 educational video game by Random House for the Apple II series of computers and the Commodore 64 based on the Garfield franchise.