Wheel of Fortune (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@GamingWithDrew]

I got this game Christmas morning of 1996. I was soooo disappointed because I really wanted an N64 and Super Mario 64, but instead I got Wheel of Fortune and Monopoly for Genesis. Even at the time I knew my parents were trying. They thought I had enough game consoles and video games, but were still willing to get me at least something. Now I have tons of nostalgic value for this game, so thanks so much for the full playthrough! :)

[@valeriemay6582]

Vanna White is 35 years old as in 1992. She just turned 40 years old as in 1997. She just turned 66 as in 2023.

[@hellokitty1494]

I used to watch my mom play this game as a kid.. god the sounds take me back to all those years ago

[@NintendoComplete]

It's pretty much the same as the SNES game, but the music no longer sounds like a funeral dirge!

[@solarflare9078]

Probably because of some "twangy" SNES engine that made some of the instruments sound weird. It's a bit easier to replicate on Mega Drive because of how it seems to be simply composed with several simple sine waves. Honestly, I prefer this Mega Drive music style over the SNES original and GameTek's later MD game show offerings that would use the GEMS driver.

[@matthewcasiglio2539]

​@@Dorian_Scottand as with jeopardy! This game is mostly sound effects and spoken dialogue(how many players would you like? Would you like to play against the computer 🖥 please enter your name please choose a character vroomp surck clapping 👏 choose a letter 🅰️ ding buzz congratulations 🎊 you are the big winner 🏆 congratulations 🎊 you won 🏆 the bonus round would you like to play again?)

[@krystalthesquirrel4973]

Wait, are you playing as all three of them?

[@justinlaboy6837]

In all my 39 years alive, I've never heard the phrase, "neat as a pin."

[@Dehler55]

I know I’m 40 and I was thinking the same thing 🤣

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Omg I wasn't even born back when this game came out!!!! Wait, 2021 is almost half finished!? Time flies soooo fast!!!!!

[@Vuer89]

was 5 back in 95'; I remember playing this game and falling asleep with it onand somehow the game reset itself. I ended up being woken up by the music and the game froze at :36 with Vanna just staring at me. Scared the shit out of me. I'm still creeped out by her and I'm 33 now

[@PlayerWM86]

This was the first _Wheel of Fortune_ video game I ever owned back in 1995. I missed out on the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation versions, but I did collect the PlayStation 2, 3 (2012, R.I.P. THQ) and 4 versions. I even owned the Tiger handheld version from 1995 as well. The first version I played was actually the 1991 NES version, but I wasn't very good at it, seeing I was around 6 or 7 at the time. I even rented the Rare versions from the late 80s, too. (Fun fact: The set used in the Genesis and SNES versions is from Season 7 (1989-90) in nighttime syndication when the show moved to Television City from Burbank, while Deluxe Edition and the SEGA-CD versions' contestant area is from Season 10 (1992-93)-Season 14 (1996-97 before the trilon puzzle board went electronic in February 1997) in syndication.))

[@dakotathacker3821]

and I thought I had a lot of random useless knowledge banging around up in my head.. but the there's this lolol

[@MorganNye]

THQ is back

[@MegaAnimazing]

I loved playing this game as a kid.

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

Wow the thumbnail looks way too realistic for a genesis game👀

[@Dorian_Scott]

Agreed. Pretty good graphics for Genesis.

[@PlayerWM86]

The thumbnail is actually a picture of when _Wheel of Fortune_ was in its NBC days from Season 1 (1983-84)-Season 6 (1988-89) in syndication, even with the old $25,000 sign in 1987. The sign, which turned into a grid of golden lights in 1988, would last until 1996 when the show moved to Sony Pictures Studios from Television City the year before (1995); Season 13 (1995-96) in syndication would be the last time that the $25,000 sign would be used.

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

@@PlayerWM86 so it's just a 16 bit recreation of the same shot in the show?

[@PlayerWM86]

@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 Not a recreation; a picture from footage from the '80s that likely took up most of the cartridge space back in 1992.

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

@@PlayerWM86 ok

[@RyGuy0520]

Those facial expressions on the contestants! The first guy looks kinda like a young Jimmy Fallon

[@MrVariant]

0:37 wow I'm old, didn't know vanna white looked like that back in the day. Shame they were stupid enough not to have columns for the letters and have to scroll all the way from S to B lol. No Pat Sajak, but he's a terrible boomer now lol

[@johncraw8572]

Awesomeness video please do more thanks

[@MastermindAtWork]

It doesn't feel right without any background music. I grew up playing the PS1 version.

[@wizardoferror9942]

This version is much, MUCH better than the Super NES version. Because the wheel actually spins like it does in the show. Unlike whatever the SNES’ wheel animation is.

[@jimmyboyzable]

OMG, that SNES version of "Wheel"; the original (same graphics as the Sega Genesis) is just BAD, especially with that badly-made graphic of the wheel and you noticed too that the contestant avatars only smile when they'd land on $800 or higher whereas here on the Sega Genesis version, they'll smile when they land on $500 and higher

[@wizardoferror9942]

@@jimmyboyzableExactly. Gotta love the blast processing.

[@RetroGamingPub]

The theme doesnt sound as depressing as the SNES. Genesis does what Nintendon't

[@bigboss6810]

100 % fun..................................................................................................................

[@Dorian_Scott]

Eh, not really. It's not as charming as one would hope this game would be.

[@stevenramirez514]

Hi

[@johnphilliptecson3793]

1st !

[@MorganNye]

Nobody cares

[@WillYouCutThatOut]

Shut up this is not a race it doesn't matter if your first or last grow up

[@Dorian_Scott]

Just another crappy TV show game adaptation. Nothing to see *_here_* .