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(November 2006)

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Michael
Brekkie Boy posted:
Blockbusters is quite strange - you don't choose a letter and then they put up the question and rather than multiple choice you have the option to reveal the answer and then have to input whether you were right or wrong?

Haven't got one wrong yet! Laughing


On the plus side though every question is read out, supposedly by Bob Holness but it sounds nothing like him!


I was really disappointed with Blockbusters, so much so I'm taking it back. It's SO easy for a DVD game to be designed so you can select a hexagon yourself, and the non-black gold run is pants, and the questions are way too easy, even for 14-year old teenagers from Leeds (not me, the kind that used to appear on screen.) Add to this a wholly artificially-recreated title sequence, a synthesized theme tune and the whole thing left me disappointed.

Bought DoND from Sainsburys for a fiver today though.
JE
Jez Founding member
Brekkie Boy posted:
Blockbusters is quite strange - you don't choose a letter and then they put up the question and rather than multiple choice you have the option to reveal the answer and then have to input whether you were right or wrong?

Haven't got one wrong yet! Laughing


On the plus side though every question is read out, supposedly by Bob Holness but it sounds nothing like him!


You have to input if you are right or wrong on the Family Fortunes one as well - its very confusing as its so different to how the game is on tv.
NW
nwtv2003
I got myself a good 'un in Tesco's tonight, I bought the Bullseye DVD with Bendy Bully inside, down from £19.99 to £14.99 and down to £7.48, the actual DVD in the Chart Section is still £14.99, though there weren't many left, so it might be worth a look.

As said the best place I've looked so far is Virgin Megastore, all of them have been reduced to no more than £7.99.
PE
peterrocket Founding member
Alexia posted:

I was really disappointed with Blockbusters, so much so I'm taking it back. It's SO easy for a DVD game to be designed so you can select a hexagon yourself, and the non-black gold run is pants, and the questions are way too easy, even for 14-year old teenagers from Leeds (not me, the kind that used to appear on screen.) Add to this a wholly artificially-recreated title sequence, a synthesized theme tune and the whole thing left me disappointed.


DVD games are nothing more than a series of well thought out and constructed DVD menus linking to other menus/video clips. As there's very little scripting that can be done to make them more interactive and ensure they play on all machines, your asked to input answers as being right or wrong. Not onlt that, there's little space on the player to save your content, so your relying on being pointed to a certain point on the disc that's appropriate to what level your at rather than it being smart.

Some have been well done, and some are just plain crap.
RW
RWT
The Blankety Blank one is very cheap... but then Wogan (who kind of sends it up anyway) and the cardboard set just adds to the tackiness of the original BBC series and provided tounge is firmly in cheek, the game can be quite a laugh (if playing with a like-minded individual who is also drinking with you)...
JE
Jez Founding member
A lot of them are half price now.
MC
mccanmat
Anybody Who likes sport's quizzes I highly recommend the Des Lynam Sports Quiz. 25 rounds of 20 questions... all sports great fun great clips

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