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Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune was the first game based on the TV game show for the NES. It was developed by Rare and released on the same month as their NES Jeopardy! adaptation. Rare would follow it up with two more NES…

1 September 1988

Wheel of Fortune is a quiz/trivia developed by Rare Limited, released 1 September 1988 on Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Wheel of Fortune is

Wheel of Fortune is a quiz/trivia game developed by Rare Limited and released in 1988. It was published by GameTek, Inc.. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Wheel of Fortune was the first game based on the TV game show for the NES. It was developed by Rare and released on the same month as their NES Jeopardy! adaptation. Rare would follow it up with two more NES adaptations of the show: Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition and Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition. It follows the rules of the show, where people spin a wheel and then try to solve a hangman puzzle, either guessing a consonant or spending their reward money to buy a vowel. Up to three human players can play via a pass-and-play system. Players must input their answers within a time limit using the in-game text parser.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Wheel of Fortune series

Wheel of Fortune is the third of 49 entries we hold in the Wheel of Fortune series. The next entry was Wheel of Fortune: New 3rd Edition in 1989.

See all 49 Wheel of Fortune games in release order →

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When did Wheel of Fortune come out?
Wheel of Fortune was released on 1 September 1988 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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