Reviews

This is the third and final game based on the Blockbusters game show and this one I owned many many years ago. This one was released in 1987 by TV Games, a label of Domark. First off, the theme is shorter and much worse than the original. Second it has Bob Holness in the game! Sure his face twitches all over the place but still, Bob Holness, dearly missed and it is a nice touch and technical achievement in itself. This time you can play against the computer, but don't bother because he just picks letters at random rather than try to win the game and that spoils the fun.

It's presented more favourable to the show, for example the player would say “Can I have a P please Bob?” for hilarity, and Bob would ask questions like he did in the show, for example, “What P is a common breakfast meal?”, the answer would be porridge, well not me because I strongly detest porridge but that's just me! It's quite enjoyable really but again, no Gold Run in the end which again spoils the fun.

So for the proper Blockbusters experience to play at home, make your own game up rather than play these.

1987 TV Games (UK)
by the Oxford Digital Enterprises

Due to the fact that the game questions are entirely in English it was not easy for a 12 year old boy like myself to play it, specially regarding grammar and words only common to the English language, but I did play this game as I did the wonderful and more universal Trivial Pursuit. Analyzing it by the angle of an Anglo-saxo native, I must say it is quite enjoyable and a well accomplished TV quiz show rendition.