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Press Rewind: Games that require a VCR
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Inspired by the thread http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/91518 about DVD games. There was quite some comparison drawn between DVD games and their VCR-based predecessors. The general concensus was that the VCR games were of mediocre quality at best, and left to a fate of obscurity and thrift store fare. Having played one or two VCR games in the past, I looked for a Geeklist about VCR games, only to find none. This list fills that void. Please feel free to add to it. And don't forget, Betamax counts, too! (I've been trying to include images that show the tape itself.)
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The items in this GeekList are ordered by average rating
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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:03 pm
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Jonah Hex - 08/06/2010. I can't wait!
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Jonah Hex - 08/06/2010. I can't wait!
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Be careful during extreme close-ups, lest you get a pawn stuck in your eye.
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Here is another game requiring a VCR.
My copy has the tape but not the mini's
Oh, bother!
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This cannot be! Candyland... and television! Together! *gehg*
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Another example of blatant merchandising. Makes me want to be a beatnik.
Robocop had that bald tough guy look a decade before Vin Diesel made it look cool.
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Jonah Hex - 08/06/2010. I can't wait!
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Jonah Hex - 08/06/2010. I can't wait!
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Jonah Hex - 08/06/2010. I can't wait!
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One of the more recent additions to the genre of VCR game. Even includes James Earl Jones as The Voice of Vader.
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gamemark wrote: derk wrote: Whether gamers or non-gamers regard them better/worse than standard boardgames. For instance, is the new Clue with an included DVD better than the original? Actually, it is. I had the privilege of playtesting the American version and find that it actually has less luck involved (though it's stil present) and the mysteries are more interesting. The animation isn't going to win any awards, but it helped put Clue back on my "playlist", so to speak. |
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Jonah Hex - 08/06/2010. I can't wait!
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We played this a fair amount back in the late '80s. You watch a quick series of pictures, then pick them out from your cards. It was fun, and good for all ages.
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I've played this one a few times. This is a cooperative game, with all players racing each other to defeat a common enemy, which hosed players via the videotape.
One of the games I remember best was due to one incident of foul language in front of children. The game was progressing slowly for us, and the interruptions from our VCR-generated Klingon adversary were becoming steadily more annoying. My father responded to one interruption by hollering out "What do you want, you Klingon a**hole?!?!?" in front of myself, my younger brother and his friend, all about 12 or under. My mother then turned to Dad with an exclamation of shock and a look that I now know to be "You will be sleeping on the couch tonight". Ah, my formative years!
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Jonah Hex - 08/06/2010. I can't wait!
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It amuses me how the source material for this game predates the medium of gameplay. I wonder if there are film projecter games out there. "Laurel & Hardy: 8mm Memory Challenge"
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Boy, was this ever a fad!
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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:29 pm
Somebody still owns a VCR?