PrinceWatercress plays Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy - Longplay

Now for a commentary-free playthrough of the game!

Let's Play

Unlike other video game versions of Wheel of Fortune, you only have two players. You also have two rounds, a speed-up round, and a bonus round. You can either play on your own, against the computer, or against a human opponent.

The Control Pad lets you select options, and A confirms.

At the start of a round, the starting player depends on what round it is. Player 1 goes first in the first round, and Player 2 goes first in the second round.

From here, you can enter the names of the players. You only have a five-character limit. Use the Control Pad to choose letters, and press A to confirm. If you mess up a letter, go to "DEL" and press A. When you're done, go to "END."

You start out with no money, so you'll have to spin. Use Left and Right on the Control Pad to move the square along the bar. The further to the right the box is, the stronger your spin. Press A to spin the wheel. To see what you're going to land on, look at the box at the bottom of the screen. If you land on a numerical value, you'll be able to guess a consonant. If a consonant is in the puzzle, you'll get the number of points that you landed on for each appearance of the letter in the puzzle. For example, if you land on 300, guess there is an "L" in the puzzle and three L's show up, you'll get 900 points.

You can also buy a vowel for 250 points, and you'll lose those points regardless of whether the vowel is in the puzzle or not...so be careful. By buying vowels, however, you can open up the puzzle quite a bit.

If you guess a letter incorrectly, your turn is over, and it will be the other player's turn. If you land on Miss Turn on the wheel, your turn will also end. If you land on Bankrupt on the wheel, your turn is over and you also lose all of the points you have collected. From there, the other player plays until they guess a wrong consonant.

If you know what the puzzle is, you can solve it. If you solve the puzzle correctly, you keep all the points you've collected for that round.

R, S, T, L, N and E are the most commonly used letters in the English language. Keep that in mind.

After two rounds, you'll go to the speed-up round. The wheel is spun one final time, and whatever it lands on is the number of points you get for each successful letter guessed. Vowels are worth nothing, and consonants are worth whatever the wheel lands on. From here, both players guess letters until one is able to correctly solve the puzzle.

Whoever has the most total points from this and the previous two rounds at the end of the speed-up round is the winner and will go on to the bonus round. From there, you can use Down and Start to select your prize, then you can guess five consonants and a vowel (I stick to R, S, T, L, N and E). If you solve the puzzle correctly, you'll get your prize, the game will be over, and you can press B and go back to the title screen where you can play this game all over again.

Now to nitpick this game. The music here is not the best, given that three people - who probably didn't know much about how to program the Game Boy - were involved in this game. The gameplay isn't the best, either, as pressing A to select what you want to do is sometimes delayed and you have to press A again to get the game to confirm it. You only have two players instead of three, you only have three rounds, and the AI for the computer player is not the best. Sadly, this is the only Wheel of Fortune game to appear on Game Boy, and would be the only one on a Nintendo handheld until the Nintendo DS came out. Also, you have to pay attention during the speed-up round so you don't accidentally miss your turn. Other than that, it's a passable version of the game, but even then, there were better versions of the game on consoles and computers, and there definitely still are. At least this one has its place in history as the first portable way to play the game on a popular electronic gadget...so at least, there's that.

PrinceWatercress plays Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy - Let's Play

Believe it or not, Wheel of Fortune came out on Game Boy...but it's not the best version.

Longplay

Unlike other video game versions of Wheel of Fortune, you only have two players. You also have two rounds, a speed-up round, and a bonus round. You can either play on your own, against the computer, or against a human opponent.

The Control Pad lets you select options, and A confirms.

At the start of a round, the starting player depends on what round it is. Player 1 goes first in the first round, and Player 2 goes first in the second round.

From here, you can enter the names of the players. You only have a five-character limit. Use the Control Pad to choose letters, and press A to confirm. If you mess up a letter, go to "DEL" and press A. When you're done, go to "END."

You start out with no money, so you'll have to spin. Use Left and Right on the Control Pad to move the square along the bar. The further to the right the box is, the stronger your spin. Press A to spin the wheel. To see what you're going to land on, look at the box at the bottom of the screen. If you land on a numerical value, you'll be able to guess a consonant. If a consonant is in the puzzle, you'll get the number of points that you landed on for each appearance of the letter in the puzzle. For example, if you land on 300, guess there is an "L" in the puzzle and three L's show up, you'll get 900 points.

You can also buy a vowel for 250 points, and you'll lose those points regardless of whether the vowel is in the puzzle or not...so be careful. By buying vowels, however, you can open up the puzzle quite a bit.

If you guess a letter incorrectly, your turn is over, and it will be the other player's turn. If you land on Miss Turn on the wheel, your turn will also end. If you land on Bankrupt on the wheel, your turn is over and you also lose all of the points you have collected. From there, the other player plays until they guess a wrong consonant.

If you know what the puzzle is, you can solve it. If you solve the puzzle correctly, you keep all the points you've collected for that round.

R, S, T, L, N and E are the most commonly used letters in the English language. Keep that in mind.

After two rounds, you'll go to the speed-up round. The wheel is spun one final time, and whatever it lands on is the number of points you get for each successful letter guessed. Vowels are worth nothing, and consonants are worth whatever the wheel lands on. From here, both players guess letters until one is able to correctly solve the puzzle.

Whoever has the most total points from this and the previous two rounds at the end of the speed-up round is the winner and will go on to the bonus round. From there, you can use Down and Start to select your prize, then you can guess five consonants and a vowel (I stick to R, S, T, L, N and E). If you solve the puzzle correctly, you'll get your prize, the game will be over, and you can press B and go back to the title screen where you can play this game all over again.

Now to nitpick this game. The music here is not the best, given that three people - who probably didn't know much about how to program the Game Boy - were involved in this game. The gameplay isn't the best, either, as pressing A to select what you want to do is sometimes delayed and you have to press A again to get the game to confirm it. You only have two players instead of three, you only have three rounds, and the AI for the computer player is not the best. Sadly, this is the only Wheel of Fortune game to appear on Game Boy, and would be the only one on a Nintendo handheld until the Nintendo DS came out. Also, you have to pay attention during the speed-up round so you don't accidentally miss your turn. Other than that, it's a passable version of the game, but even then, there were better versions of the game on consoles and computers, and there definitely still are. At least this one has its place in history as the first portable way to play the game on a popular electronic gadget...so at least, there's that.

PrinceWatercress plays Wheel of Fortune for Super Nintendo - The Longplay

Enjoy!

PrinceWatercress plays Wheel of Fortune for Super Nintendo

I've already played Deluxe Edition; might as well.

Once you look at the brief intro sequence with a digitized photo of Vanna White, it's off to the gameplay screen, which you're going to be looking at about 90% of the time. You'll put in your name and choose one of six characters to represent you. Unlike Deluxe Edition, all six characters look the same. Also, Vanna White looks like she is made out of clay.

The aim of the game is simple. Spin the wheel, guess what letters are in there to get money, and solve the puzzle to keep the bounty you just scrounged up.

You can change puzzles before a round begins with Select, and choose with X. Before the beginning of the first round, you can also change the appearance of Vanna White's dress and shoes, which always match.

There are three rounds, followed by a speed-up round. Whoever has the most money at the end of the speed-up round gets to go on to the final puzzle. After you pick your prize, and all R's, S's, T's, L's, N's and E's are revealed, you'll pick three consonants and a vowel, and then you have to solve the puzzle with the letters you have. Regardless of whether you win or lose, you'll see what prize you got (or could have gotten).

Press Y to spin, B to buy a vowel for $250 of your current score, or press A to solve. When you land on a cash value, select a consonant with X and, if you choose correctly, you'll get that cash value for every time the letter appears in the puzzle.

R, S, T, L, N and E are the most common letters. R and S are the consonants to start with, and E is the one to start with. If there's a single-letter word, start with A or I, then use E, as A and I are the only letters in the English language to have a meaning.

PrinceWatercress plays Wheel of Fortune (NES) - The Longplays

I don't win in all of these, unfortunately. But at least here, you can see what normal games are like.

PrinceWatercress plays Wheel of Fortune (NES)

And now it's time for a one-shot.

This one is developed by Rare, and this one is pretty good. You can share the controller and play with up to three players, and if you play with computer-controlled opponents, you can choose from one of three skill levels from easy to hard. After everyone enters their name (up to nine characters), it's time to play.

From here, you can spin the wheel, watch what the wheel lands on, and get money for each letter you uncover on the board. You can buy a vowel for $250 (regardless of whether it is in the puzzle or not), and you can also solve the puzzle at any time. Just remember you have a limited amount of time to solve the puzzle. Also, if vowels are the only letters left to be uncovered in the puzzle, the game will let you know.

When you spin the wheel, there is a strength meter that goes back and forth, and the more of it that is filled pink, the stronger your spin will be. Press A or B to stop the strength meter, and hope you don't land on Bankrupt or Miss Turn.

From there, you can choose a letter. Choose between the letters with the Control Pad and press A to make your selection. You only have a few seconds, so pick quickly. If you guess right, you'll get the dollar amount on the wheel that you landed on for each time the letter appears in the puzzle. If you guess wrong, the game goes to the next person.

You can also get a free spin, and in case you guess a wrong letter, go bankrupt or miss a turn, you can use it to spin again. You'll have to earn it first, though.

There are a lot of puzzles in the game, and they are all randomly generated out of a list. You may get some twice, but not often.

There are three rounds to a game. Player 1 starts the first round, Player 2 starts the second and Player 3 starts the third, which is a speed-up round. In the speed-up round, the round is spun, and all letters are worth whatever the wheel lands on. When someone guesses a correct letter, they have a chance to solve the puzzle. People can keep guessing letters until someone is able to solve the puzzle and win the round. After the speed-up round, whoever has the most money will go on to the final round. The winner picks from a selection of prizes, then guesses a rather difficult puzzle. If the solution is guessed correctly, the player wins the prize that was selected; otherwise, they win nothing. After that, the game ends.

Is this one worth it? Well, you will have some pretty good computer-controlled opponents to play against, the music and sounds are alright, and the gameplay is perfect for what it is. Of course, you can definitely have a good time with friends for a little while with this one. If you see this one, pick it up. You won't be disappointed.