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Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 11:25 pm
by Edward Byrne
I was watching this old episode of Countdown from 1988 and I noticed footage of the goody bag, which seemed to start this year as there is no mention of a goody bag in an episode I saw from 1987. see link here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOJQsGdzhX0&t=190s At 10:14 in this clip you can see the contents of the goody bag. What intrigues me is in the bottom middle of the screen beside the puzzle magazines which appears to be a VHS tape. It must be some media of a certain kind that I do not have. I have both publications which feature a history of countdown, Meade's Countdown Companion and Eadie and Wylie's Spreading The Word. As I am quite interested in the history of the show I am wondering what that mystery item is, especially if it is a VHS tape. I want to know what it is and then set about tracking down a copy.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:26 am
by Martin Hurst
Looks too skinny for a video - I would guess it is a computer game on something like a Spectrum or a Commodore 64, though an hour's trawl through google images hasn't come up with anything that matches
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 1:06 pm
by Edward Byrne
I cant see why it would be a video game. many contestants on countdown were elderly then and what use would they have for such an item.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:42 pm
by Martin Hurst
Edward Byrne wrote:I cant see why it would be a video game. many contestants on countdown were elderly then and what use would they have for such an item.
Probably more use than two of the same board game that seem to be there
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 8:07 pm
by JimBentley
It's almost definitely some version of the computer game, which had appeared a couple of years previous. This is the inlay from the Spectrum version:
Not identical, but it's possible that other versions (e.g. for the Commodore 64 or BBC Micro) or different re-releases had slightly different inlays.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 8:47 pm
by Gavin Chipper
I think it's the Mega Drive version. It came as a double A-side with Streets of Rage.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:34 pm
by Edward Byrne
do you happen to own a copy of that jim?
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 11:46 pm
by JimBentley
Edward Byrne wrote:do you happen to own a copy of that jim?
Heh, no. 99% of the games I had were - brace yourself - illegal copies. But I remember the reviews from the time and have played it since on emulators (it's not especially good and certainly not worth tracking down today, although it certainly has novelty value).
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 1:05 am
by Edward Byrne
JimBentley wrote:Edward Byrne wrote:do you happen to own a copy of that jim?
Heh, no. 99% of the games I had were - brace yourself - illegal copies. But I remember the reviews from the time and have played it since on emulators (it's not especially good and certainly not worth tracking down today, although it certainly has novelty value).
no? definitely not a chance of classic games from the show held in the games memory which players can play against which might have recaps from unrecapped episodes?
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 1:48 am
by JimBentley
Edward Byrne wrote:JimBentley wrote:Edward Byrne wrote:do you happen to own a copy of that jim?
Heh, no. 99% of the games I had were - brace yourself - illegal copies. But I remember the reviews from the time and have played it since on emulators (it's not especially good and certainly not worth tracking down today, although it certainly has novelty value).
no? definitely not a chance of classic games from the show held in the games memory which players can play against which might have recaps from unrecapped episodes?
You're kidding, right?
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 1:04 pm
by Ian Volante
JimBentley wrote:Edward Byrne wrote:JimBentley wrote:
Heh, no. 99% of the games I had were - brace yourself - illegal copies. But I remember the reviews from the time and have played it since on emulators (it's not especially good and certainly not worth tracking down today, although it certainly has novelty value).
no? definitely not a chance of classic games from the show held in the games memory which players can play against which might have recaps from unrecapped episodes?
You're kidding, right?
Kids nowadays. Back then, it was all they could do to make some of the text move around on screen. Damned impressive, I can tell you.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 3:29 am
by Jason Larsen
Where is a copy of The Language Report anyway? I had one but it was stolen from me.
I asked Susie for a copy of it, but she hasn't responded to me yet.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:07 pm
by Matt Morrison
Who on earth stole it Jason?
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:48 pm
by Jason Larsen
Matt Morrison wrote:Who on earth stole it Jason?
The last roommate I ever had did, Matt. He did that because i treated him poorly but honestly, he dserved it
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 11:23 am
by Ciaran McCarthy
Isn't the computer game or video similar to interactive DVD game with Des Lynam??
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:17 pm
by Countdown Team
Edward Byrne wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2017 11:25 pm
I was watching this old episode of Countdown from 1988 and I noticed footage of the goody bag, which seemed to start this year as there is no mention of a goody bag in an episode I saw from 1987. see link here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOJQsGdzhX0&t=190s At 10:14 in this clip you can see the contents of the goody bag. What intrigues me is in the bottom middle of the screen beside the puzzle magazines which appears to be a VHS tape. It must be some media of a certain kind that I do not have. I have both publications which feature a history of countdown, Meade's Countdown Companion and Eadie and Wylie's Spreading The Word. As I am quite interested in the history of the show I am wondering what that mystery item is, especially if it is a VHS tape. I want to know what it is and then set about tracking down a copy.
It's supposed to be the PS3 version of the game, but at the time of taping the goody-bag pack-shot, Sony still had the PS3 in its very early development stages, so they mocked up a box just for visual representation.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:40 pm
by DJ Marky Mark
Tracey got a small handheld Computer game when she got her goody bag in 2002 Tracey still has it today ands still works, she also got the Board Game we bring to Co-Events especailly Colin, She got the old mug which we still have too.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:41 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Countdown Team wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:17 pm
Edward Byrne wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2017 11:25 pm
I was watching this old episode of Countdown from 1988 and I noticed footage of the goody bag, which seemed to start this year as there is no mention of a goody bag in an episode I saw from 1987. see link here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOJQsGdzhX0&t=190s At 10:14 in this clip you can see the contents of the goody bag. What intrigues me is in the bottom middle of the screen beside the puzzle magazines which appears to be a VHS tape. It must be some media of a certain kind that I do not have. I have both publications which feature a history of countdown, Meade's Countdown Companion and Eadie and Wylie's Spreading The Word. As I am quite interested in the history of the show I am wondering what that mystery item is, especially if it is a VHS tape. I want to know what it is and then set about tracking down a copy.
It's supposed to be the PS3 version of the game, but at the time of taping the goody-bag pack-shot, Sony still had the PS3 in its very early development stages, so they mocked up a box just for visual representation.
Early development stages - about 20 years before its release.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:09 am
by Jon Corby
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:41 pmEarly development stages - about 20 years before its release.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:38 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Jon Corby wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:09 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:41 pmEarly development stages - about 20 years before its release.
Well I realised it was a joke, but since it had gone unacknowledged, I thought I'd say something, even if it was pretty inane.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:00 am
by Zarte Siempre
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:38 pmWell I realised it was a joke, but since it had gone unacknowledged, I thought I'd say something, even if it was pretty inane.
In future, don't.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 1:18 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:00 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:38 pmWell I realised it was a joke, but since it had gone unacknowledged, I thought I'd say something, even if it was pretty inane.
In future, don't.
Lesson learnt.
Re: Countdown Goody Bags through the ages.
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:39 am
by JJ Smith
Jon Corby wrote: ↑Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:09 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:41 pmEarly development stages - about 20 years before its release.
A screenshot from an episode of the Simpsons, a scene in which Rainier Wolfcastle appends a punchline with "That's the joke", necessary, as it was unclear to the audience that the sentence was a joke because it was so incredibly unfunny.