Family Feud
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
Publisher: GameTek, Ballistic (US re-release) | ||||||||||
Developer: Imagineering, Eurocom Entertainment Software | ||||||||||
Sound driver: Sound Images v1.4 | ||||||||||
Genre: Table | ||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||
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Family Feud is a video game interpretation of the US TV quiz show. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in North America.
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Gameplay
Family Feud is a quiz game based on the American television program of the same name. The premise of the show is that two families compete to name the most popular answers to survey questions. For each question, a hundred people were asked a question in a survey; when a family gives an answer in the game, they are awarded points corresponding to the number of respondents who gave the same answer (if any).
Players can choose from a 1 Family Game (one player controls a family and competes against a computer-controlled family), a 2 Family Game (two players control separate families using separate control pads and compete against each other), or a Practice game (one player controls a family and competes without an opponent). Since each family has five members, up to ten players can play the game by sharing their family's control pad. In the two competitive modes, players can play up to five games in a series, using a password to continue the next game as "returning champions" with their previous earnings, until eliminated by losing a game. In 2 Family Games, each player can enter a separate password. In the Practice mode, the player plays until earning 300 points, then plays the Fast Money Round.
Each player can name their family. The D-Pad selects a character, types the selected character,
deletes the last character, and START submits.
changes the appearance of the family (between four different appearances).
Bull's-Eye Round
At the start of the game, the families play a bonus round called the Bull's-Eye Round. This round determines the amount of money that each family will have in the Fast Money Round at the end of the game. As this round was added to the show in 1992, it can be disabled in the options (in which case both families go into the Fast Money Round with $5,000). In the Bull's-Eye Round, each family member, starting with the father, competes with their counterpart in the family to name the number one answer to a survey question. Every member of both families gets a turn, with the first question worth $1,000, second question worth $2,000, and so on, until the fifth and last question is worth $5,000. Every family starts with $5,000, so the highest potential payout is $15,000 for getting the top answer to every question.
When a question is read out, the contestants have three seconds to "buzz in" by pressing ,
, or
. The first contestant to buzz in can answer, but if the contestant buzzes in before the question is completely read out, they must answer the incomplete question. When answering a question, the player has 45 seconds to input an answer. Answers are input in the same way as family names. The game has some tolerance for misspellings and different names for things (for example, it accepts both "phone book" and "telephone book"), and spaces are optional. Failing to buzz in or submitting a blank response counts as a wrong answer. If the player correctly names the top survey answer for the question, the cash prize is awarded; otherwise, the other family is given an opportunity to answer. The second family to answer always gets the whole question read out, even if the first contestant buzzed in before it was fully read.
Regular rounds
The first round begins with a "toss-up question" that determines who gets to play first. The two fathers from each family are asked a question and given three seconds to buzz in. A number of slots on the board will hide correct answers. The first contestant to buzz in can answer. Answers are input in the same way as in the Bull's-Eye Round, though the player can also show the board by pressing while answering. If the contestant gives an answer that appeared on the survey, it is revealed on the board with the number of respondents. If the contestant gave the top answer, their family wins the toss-up. Otherwise, the other contestant can answer. If this contestant gives the top answer, their family wins the toss-up. Otherwise, the family whose contestant gave the more popular answer wins the toss-up. In the event of a tie, the contestant who buzzed in first wins. The winner of the toss-up gets to choose "play" (take the first turn) or "pass." If neither contestant gives an answer that appeared on the survey, the next members of each family get a turn to answer the same question, and so on until every member of both families gets a turn. If no member of either family can get an answer, the game proceeds to another question.
If a family chooses to "play" or has the question passed to them, each member of that family (starting with the first member who has not yet answered the question) gets a turn to provide an answer (starting over with the father when every family member has answered), until every answer is revealed on the board or until the family gets three "strikes" (answers that were not given for the survey). The family collects the point values for all valid answers for the round. If the family correctly gives all of the survey responses, they win all of the points earned. Otherwise, the other family has the opportunity to "steal" all of the points by giving one correct answer to the survey question.
The second round plays the same as the first, but the mothers from each family start with the toss-up question. Point values are doubled for this round. Whichever family is first to obtain 300 points (for every round cumulatively) wins the game and proceeds to the Fast Money Round. If neither family earns 300 points, another round is played that starts with the next family member answering the toss-up question, and so on until a family wins. Point values are tripled for these additional rounds.
Fast Money Round
The Fast Money Round is a final bonus round played by two members of the winning family. In this round, each member has a limited number of time (90 seconds for the first person and 120 seconds for the second person) to answer five questions. Questions are answered as in the other rounds, but the contestant can choose to pass on a difficult question by pressing . If there is still time left over after answering the other questions, passed questions are asked again at the end. When one family member has finished their turn, the point values of each answer are revealed on the board. The second family member then answers the same set of questions in the same manner. However, this family member cannot give the same answers as the first contestant.
Once the second family member has finished, the point values for the answers given by both family members are totaled. If the total number of points is 200 or more, the family wins the entire amount earned in the Bull's-Eye Round (or $5,000 if that round was skipped). Otherwise, the family earns $5 for every point.
Production credits
- Original Code by: Dave Wiebenson
- Original Graphics by: Mike Sullivan
- Original Game by: Imagineering
- Converted by: Eurocom Developments Ltd.
- Music and Sounds by: Tony Williams
- Producer: William B. McCormick
- Art Director: Stephen Curran
- Production Coordinator: Sherry Dunnigan
- Production Consultant: Rodney Victor Humble Esq.
- Chief Executive Programmer: Nicholas A. Jones
- Programmer of Original Code: Dave Wiebenson
- Original Graphics: Mike Sullivan
- Music and Sound Effects: Tony Williams
- Chief Executive Programmer: Nicholas A. Jones
- Converted by: Eurocom Development, LTD
- Producer: William B. McCormick
- Production Consultant: Rod Humble
- Art Director: Stephen Curran
- Illustration: Richard Romeo
- Production Manager: Sherry Dunnigan
- Manual Edited by: Stacey Ruderman
- Manual Design: Griffes Advertising
- Package Design: John Tombley
Magazine articles
- Main article: Family Feud/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
ExpandSega Retro Average |
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Based on 5 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: Family Feud/Technical information.
References
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 180
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 56
- ↑ File:Family Feud MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Family Feud MD US Manual.pdf, page 11
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 112
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 70
- ↑ VideoGames, "March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 79
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