We pull up a legacy app to play the 2020 hybrid board game edition of Press Your Luck! In it, we find some challenging and sometimes questionable questions, and we find some bugs in the app that lead to janky sound and, worst of all - FALSE WHAMMIES. How does the board game stack up to the classic game show we all know and love? And, more importantly, who comes out ahead when the final round takes place? #ClassicTV #GameShows #BoardGames #PeterTomarken #ElizabethBanks #NoWhammies #BigBucks #Playthroughs

1987's Parker Brothers edition of that year's reboot of the game show High Rollers is - serviceable. However, they only included two standard size six-faced dice, which we feel was a travesty.

So, an online order from Target and a few Instacarts from hardware and art supply stores later, we have giant white dice and giant golden dice with which to play a true-to-life version of the classic game of luck, strategy and sabotage.

(Note, there's a brief discussion of our prior use of GenAI in older episodes, which we pledge not to use moving forward - skip to 12:15 if you don't want to hear it (no judgement!)

This week Tyler and Chase open up an unsealed but never played copy of 1986's $25,000 Pyramid home game - which can also be used to play the $100,000 variant - but only if you're willing to use up one-fifth of the supplied clues in one sitting! The boys aren't, so using house rules, they each attempt to make it to the Winner's Circle, and one of them walks away with $25,000 in fake money! #MentalHealthMatters - Play more games with friends and family! #gameshows #classictv #DickClark #DonnyOsmond #BruceForsyth #Pyramid #PyramidGame

Tyler and Chase get more than they bargained for when they crack open copies of Double Dare and Wet 'n' Wild Double Dare from the mid-80s! The super sloppy superfans throw in an homage to the granddaddy of green slime, You Can't Do That on Television to make up for the fact there won't be as much mess in the home games as compared with the TV show. But, what they find when they begin playing the version requiring water may stop the show altogether - GROSS. #DoubleDare #MarcSummers #YCDTOTV #Nickelodeon #nostalgia #boardgames #tvgameshow #messy #gunge #physicalchallenge

In our latest episode, we crack open a sealed 1986 copy of the #HollywoodSquares board game issued early in the run of the '80s syndicated edition starring #JohnDavidson. Our main gripe (and there are many) is that the celebrities in the Squares are parodies of real celebrities - thinly-veiled references to John McEnroe, Joan Rivers, and others. Despite the shortcomings, we did have a fun time playing a best two-out-of-three match, with Tyler bringing out his Arnold Schwarzenegger impression that threatens to bring down the house.

In this special edition, we show off every piece of TV game show home game ephemera we own! Special thanks to @GameShowGumbo for the mystery box she donated to our cause! If you have any board games you'd like us to rehouse and play in a future episode, reach out to us! #NowYouSeeIt #NewlywedGame #WheelOfFortune #BigBrother #Traitors #tvgameshow #boardgames #collection #pyramid #highrollers #doubledare

In Chase's defense, he couldn't help it! In this episode we examine the relatively recent British #gameshow, its less-than-stellar American counterpart (known as #BeatTheBridge), and play a few rounds of the #homegame, discovering a fundamental flaw in the game's design in the process. Join us for more #EastEnders references, last-minute plot twists, path turns, and brain-bending clues. Who beats the bridge... even if they had a leg-up in the process? #tvgameshows #BBC #RossKemp #GrantMitchell #BaldIsBeautiful #JustPlay

After an unfortunate incident involving our lapel mics, we're back with better equipment and an app-enhanced game - the Australian version of Deal or No Deal! Tyler and Chase discuss why they feel the rebooted half-hour format works better among all the versions they've seen - much of the credit due to host Grant Denyer. Then the boys each take a crack at winning the $100,000 AU non-realistic cash prize. Who borks it up and who comes out with the better deal? Watch along and find out. Watch full eps for free at the official YouTube pages - ⁨@DealOrNoDealAU⁩ and ⁨@dealornodealuniverse⁩ #ACopyOfOurHomeGame #dealornodeal #gameshow #GrantDenyer #tvgameshow

In this episode of A Copy of Our Home Game!, we open a sealed copy of the 1986 Sale of the Century electronic home game, complete with its mysterious little Quizzard devices. After the first unboxing, we take a look at the components, figure out how the game is supposed to work, set everything up, and then play by our own House Rules — because the official game expects at least three players, and there are only two of us. So we each play two rounds, compare our final cash and merchandise totals, and see who comes closest to becoming the Sale of the Century champion. Along the way, we discover a few quirks: a board that gets a little off-kilter and wobbly once the Quizzards are inserted, prize cards with some surprising duplicates — including multiple carpeting and bedroom set prizes — and plenty of 1980s game show home game weirdness. We also had a lot of fun with the questions, which led to cutaways and references ranging from Monty Python to King of the Hill, The Simpsons, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters, and more. Was it elegant? Not always. Was it very 1986? Absolutely. Did we have fun? You bet your Instant Bargain we did. #GameShows #gameshow #gameshowhistory #saleofthecentury #JimPerry #80snostalgia #quizzes

Tyler is stepping up to the board — but will he clear it, or will he WIPEOUT? In this episode of A Copy of Our Home Game!, we play a fan-made, Flash-based video game adaptation of the classic 1988–89 game show Wipeout, created by a fellow game show fan, @GameShowMachine , who sells his homebrew games on Etsy. This version includes a board generator, allowing players to create custom categories by entering the correct answers and Wipeouts, then copying the generated code into each game folder. Since Wipeout is built for three contestants, Chase takes on hosting duties while also “playing” the other two players — with just enough playful coaching, selective strategy, and shameless cheating to help Tyler experience every round of the game. This episode’s custom categories are mostly TV-themed: “Brilliant… But Canceled” - Which short-lived series were featured in Trio’s classic programming block? “Did Duffy Do It?” - Which TV shows featured Patrick Duffy as a guest star or regular cast member? No Dallas or Step by Step allowed! “Treasure Island Chapters” - A literary detour through the chapter titles of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel. "Bart Simpson’s Prank Calls” - Which fake names did Bart give Moe over the phone? And finally, Tyler faces the bonus round: “Current EastEnders Businesses”- Can he identify which pun-heavy Albert Square businesses are currently open for trade? Play along at home, keep track of your own Wipeouts, and see whether Tyler can survive the board! And if you're interested in hosting your own version of Wipeout or dozens more classic game shows, visit Travis' shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/GameShowStudio #Wipeout #PeterTomarken #GameShows #HomeGame #ClassicGameShows #RetroGaming #EastEnders #TheSimpsons #PatrickDuffy #TreasureIsland #ACopyOfOurHomeGame