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  Millionaire? Pick me!

Advantages: Ability to really play as a family
Disadvantages: Can't kick start the game without listening to the pre-amble

...do something about that! Interactive DVDs seem to be the talk of the town at the moment. Some, such as Family Fortunes or Bullseye, I just don't get. How can you can play these games on a DVD? WWTBAM on the other hand fits superbly. ** What's in the Box?** Don't go expecting fancy game kit here. You'll get a standard DVD and a very brief instruction booklet that tells you how to control the gameplay. That's it. no flashing lights, no tall stools ...
...of those games that people are going to open on Christmas day only to find that the next hour is spent trying to dicipher the instructions. It really is as simple as it gets: turn on the TV, turn on the DVD player, put the disk in the slot and away you go. The disk self-starts, looping around an intro sequence until you have managed to locate your DVD remote control and press ENTER to move on to the next scene. At this point you will be asked to ...

CareBear 07.12.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Interactive Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 3 (DVD)

Ideal XMAS gift this year - INTERACTIVE DVD GAMES

Advantages: Lots of questions and lots of fun
Disadvantages: Screen sometime freezes slightly

I bought this DVD for the family for Xmas last year and I must say it's very entertaining. We unwrapped it on Xmas morning but did not get a change to play it untill we visted the out laws just after Xmas. Now the game is exactly as seen on telly. You start of low and aim for the million. We started of playing in two teams against each other but after some (more) alcohol the questions seemed to get harder! Seriously I think the questions might be ...
...and phone a friends are less intelligent). We ended up all playing as one team and we only ever made it to the £125.000 question. In other words we are a really stupid family! Anyway we had a good 5 hours worth of fun that evening. As said the game works exactly as on the telly, you answer the question and have the same life-lines. With the phone a friend you have a pre-set 'automated' bunch but on the whole they seem quite useless, bit like my ...

BudB 27.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Interactive - 2nd Edition (DVD)

Win yourself a million from the comfort of your armchair.

Advantages: Recreates the thrills and tension of the show. Somewhat addictive.
Disadvantages: Questions are repeated perhaps too often.

Who Wants to be a Millionaire has been on our TV screens since 1998, and has confirmed itself as one of the most popular and compelling gameshows in history. Before the release of this and the computer games based on the show, we were helplessly shouting at our screens, urging the contestant to pick what we thought was the right answer to the questions. Now thanks to this simulation DVD game, we can now play the game for ourselves in an experience ...
...to actually sitting opposite host Chris Tarrant than actually appearing on the TV show. The rules are simple. Answer 15 multiple choice questions correctly in a row to win a cool million pounds. Sounds easy, and you even get 3 lifelines to use along the way (50/50, phone a friend and ask the audience). It's not so easy unfortunately, as the questions get increasingly harder the further up the money ladder you go. At any point you can take the money ...

Sbriers1 26.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Interactive (DVD)

* Get Fit With Claire *

Advantages: Fun
Disadvantages: Not many!

I used to be a HUGE Steps fan in my younger days! I was mad about them! I had all their CDs , Videos , Books , T Shirts , Scarfs , Posters , Mugs .... if it had a Steps logo on it , I had it. So as you can image I was pretty gutted when they split up. Fast forward seven years and Claire Richards , ex member of Steps , is back on the scene with a fitness DVD which helped her drop five dress sizes! I remember, it was Christmas last year, when the DVD ...
...it was too expensive. I can't remember exactly how much it was at the time , although I think it might have been aroung £17 which I thought was far too much to pay for a fitness DVD. So I decided I would wait. I waited so long that I forgot about the DVD , until recently. I was browsing through the DVD pages on Amazon when I came across the DVD selling for £12.98 ; still quite expensive considering that the DVD is now a year old. However I still ...

xdonzx 21.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of 5 Step Fat Attack With Claire Richards From Steps (DVD)

Does Jeremy Kyle really access all areas of quality?

Advantages: Gives an insider view of the popular TV show.
Disadvantages: Bit expensive for what it is. Not a lot more than you would get in a standard episode.

The Jeremy Kyle has established itself as one of the staples of daytime TV today. Since 2005 it has covered interesting and often controversial issues such as paternity disputes (most common), infidelity, feuding neighbours and drug and alcohol addicts. However there are some uplifting issues that they deal with, such as family reunions and rejuvenating torn-down estates where crime and depravity are rife. The most well-konwn feature of the show ...
...at the studio and film Jeremy himself being pampered ready for the recording. The bulk of the 83 minutes of the DVD however I regret to say is not much more than an ordinary episode (though it was made especially for the DVD and has such never been broadcast on TV). There are 2 DNA tests and one lie detector test (I shan't give away the results). When watching this I did feel that the DVD wasn't perhaps worth the £12.71 I paid for it (which to be ...

Sbriers1 19.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Jeremy Kyle - Access All Areas (DVD)