The best based on a TV game show games

American and other game shows have often been adapted into video games in the past, especially during the DOS era. Family Feud, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune are just a few of the quiz shows converted for PC, sometimes successfully, other times not. On other occasions, in the absence of official licenses, developers created entirely original game shows as the basis for their games (Lexi-Cross and others).

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Classic Concentration

DOS1988 Softie

Hollywood Squares

DOS1989 GameTek

Lexi-Cross

DOS1991 Platinumware

Lexi-Cross is an abandoned science fiction tv show-styled puzzle game. Lexi-Cross was developed by Platinumware and released for DOS by Interplay Productions in 1991. The gameplay is a turn-based mix between Scrabble and Wheel of fortune with elements of Battleship.

Wheel of Fortune

DOS1987 Softie

Late Night Sexy TV Show

DOS1994NSFW Dynabyte

Jeopardy!

DOS1987 Sharedata

Family Feud

DOS1987 Softie

Jeopardy! Junior Edition

DOS1989 Sharedata

Jeopardy! Second Edition

DOS1988 Sharedata

Mad Show

DOS1988 Silmarils

The $100,000 pyramid

DOS1988 Magicom Multimedia

Ever wanted to be on a game show without leaving your CRT-lit basement? The $100,000 Pyramid brings you that chance. You guess words. Your partner gives clues. Sometimes you wonder if your partner is helping or having a keyboard-related meltdown. The graphics scream "business presentation" and the host seems to have gone missing, but hey, you are h...

The all new Family Feud

DOS1989 Softie

Wheel of Fortune New Second Edition