Wheel of Fortune (NES)

WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE! [8-bit version of theme music]

I've loved Wheel and Jeopardy since I was a little kid and didn't understand half the puzzles/questions. So naturally, I had (and still have) the NES versions of both games. I also have them both for Nintendo DS, but those are for another day. I also had the board game of Wheel a long time ago. It was actually really cleverly designed... I think I'll try to track one down so I can own it again. (In retrospect, actually, I should have saved all the versions of Wheel of Fortune to do a themed week, but I guess it's too late for that!)

I played against the computer... spoiler alert, "Leslie" won. (I played on Medium because I always played Easy as a kid and figured I could probably do better now?)

I have such a thing about 8-bit sound effects, as I'm remembering while I play all these old NES games. The best sounds from this game are the wheel's fast spin (sometimes it goes fast, sometimes it goes slow, I dunno) and the little alert sound for when there are only vowels left on the board, and the little "byoo" sound it makes when you choose a letter. Also, they actually recorded Vanna congratulating you at the end, because that's definitely her voice. (Check out the awful frilly pink ridiculousness she's wearing in the final round photo up there.)