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By Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr is a writer at large for EW and is no relation to Raymond or Aaron

I know that the CD-ROM audience is going mainstream, but do the makers of Wheel of Fortune really expect the show's couch-tuber fan base to be PC adepts? Conversely, will anyone who knows his way around The 7th Guest want to waste time on this agonizingly slow, completely brain-dead CD-ROM? For the record, you get eight different players to cast as yourself and your computer opponents. Then you watch as the wheel spins, Vanna burbles, and your players grimace or grin. Don't try to click or quit while any of the video footage is rolling: You can't. You can, however, elect to turn off the video entirely — which leaves you with a $50 game of hangman. The word you're looking for is S-U-C-K-E-R. F


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Posted Jan 27, 1995
 

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