A lot of game shows were in the Super Nintendo at the height of television shows. Most notably of those are Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. For the latter, they made two versions. A regular edition, and a deluxe edition. Essentially there isn't much difference, but the main things to the deluxe edition is six rounds and a ton of different puzzles. While the puzzle substance is there, how does this game add up to anything else?
Positives:
1. It's a very quick game: You'll be done with this game in less than an hour. Literally even though it took me three tries, I was done in less than an hour's time and it went straight to this review. I think that can be a good thing if you want it to be. If you want to keep playing, then keep on playing!
2. Depth of puzzles: There are over 4,000 puzzles to this thing. So you likely wouldn't go through the same ones time after time. Gametek, the producers of this game, knew it would be a quick game so they want to keep the gamer going with puzzles upon puzzles if they wanted. So you can't complain about variety at all.
3. Kind of like Wheel of Fortune: It's kind of realistic like Wheel of Fortune because you have to pick and guess and solve. The prizes are also involved at the end like the show as well. It's the best they could do to simulate it, so they deserve the award for trying at least.
4. Multi-player: This is a sticking point with me as you can game with more than just two computers. You got the capacity to play multi-player and have fun with a friend, relative or significant other. For a lot of gamers, this could be a good thing.
Negatives:
1. AI Difficulty: It's really not there, unless you forget the letters you have (admittedly guilty of this.) So it's not as realistic in that sense like the real show because the AI just are not very bright.
2. Lack of player choices: Only six characters in the screen to choose from. It would have been really cool if they went in-depth with this with multiple characters to choose from.
Neutral:
1. Graphics- They aren't bad, but aren't great. They are alright for the time frame and the ability to be a quick game.
2. No Pat Sajak, but Vanna White is featured: For those watchers of the show, Pat is not featured in the game, but Vanna is. Given there isn't much for substance of the characters themselves, it's more a neutral than a negative that only one of two main show people were featured.
Analysis:
Wheel of Fortune: Deluxe Edition is a game that if GameTek put more into this, could have been a game on PS1 or N64 that would be really fun. I know it is out for the latest Gen Nintendo console, so they brought it back. For the SNES though, it's limited in sphere of how they can do it. It's got a multi-player feature which is huge for the game and definitely benefits it. For the intelligence of AI lacking though, it drops it down a peg. To me, it's good that it is a quick game, because that's how it was made and why it was made for. The fact that it is a quick game is what makes it alright. It's not great, not bad either. It's an above average game that if you want to spend half an hour on, go for it.
Grading, where does it rank all-time of SNES games?
For a grade, I'd say 6.3 out of 10. Like I said it's not a bad, nor great game. It's a game that is there and collected money for the title. It has a multitude of puzzles if you want to keep going with the game after beating it. For an all-time rank, I'd say around 340th. It's being above average puts it above the median line only just. Not a bad game if you are looking for a little bit of a break from the world.
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