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Post by StrangerCoug on Nov 13, 2012 22:38:43 GMT -5
One of the few countries to adapt Wheel of Fortune in the 1970s was Belgium, and here we have a brief clip. Note the four-line puzzle board, the earliest known one. There's also something else, and I believe this to be a carryover from the American version, but I won't spoil it for you  Edit: Whoopsy-daisy—this would be the Belgian version, not the Dutch version. All references edited accordingly. |
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Post by germanname1990 on Nov 13, 2012 23:41:23 GMT -5
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Post by StrangerCoug on Nov 14, 2012 0:20:00 GMT -5
Your link's messed up in the post here, but it works through your DeviantART page of it.
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Post by WarioSajak on Nov 14, 2012 8:14:07 GMT -5
 I didn't think Merv sold the show abroad this quickly -- the earliest I was aware of was Chile, from 1978-79. Interestingly, the Wheel layout here is an "x10" version of the Round 1 layout from the very earliest days (when $25 was the minimum), suggesting this was a really early adaptation. My Google Chrome translator says "Koop Een Klinker" is...Buy A Vowel. Yeah.  Can't tell if it's required for vowel purchases on this version, though (I'm guessing vowels cost 2,500). And oddly, I don't see any spots for "ON ACCOUNT" displays... As for the ending...that was weird. Still, it proves that particular rule did exist somewhere, at some point. ( Here's that Flickr photo germanname tried to link to, by the way.) |
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Post by StrangerCoug on Nov 14, 2012 10:43:46 GMT -5
Interestingly, the Wheel layout here is an "x10" version of the Round 1 layout from the very earliest days (when $25 was the minimum), suggesting this was a really early adaptation. That may be true, but if they did a straight ×10 of an early Round 1 layout, then the $25 space must have been given the ax early on, as a 3,000 fr. space appears where you would expect a 250 fr. space looking at the layout on the American premiere. The only other change I see is that the Buy a Vowel-$100-$250 stretch got moved a wedge counterclockwise with $150 moving in the gap. I made the layout last night, and I plan on posting it soon. |
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Post by WarioSajak on Nov 14, 2012 12:20:57 GMT -5
Well, yeah, good point. |
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Post by William on Nov 14, 2012 13:13:45 GMT -5
I think that puzzle in English is "Blood Cell."
If more of this is uncovered, maybe we could find out what the Round 2 Wheel really was in America at the time!
And I think Coug is right, $25 was probably gotten rid of before the other two-digit values in America.
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Post by germanname1990 on Nov 14, 2012 17:11:42 GMT -5
Well for some reason this won't allow the @ sign. The best I can say is to copy and paste the link, and then you'll see it.
Now as for the video, once our Dutch friend decides to upload later parts of the episode, maybe that will give us a good hint to what our 1975 Wheels may have looked like.
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Post by Bryce L. on Jun 19, 2013 2:46:02 GMT -5
Apologies for the bump, but I'm not sure what rule you're referencing, Daniel. Just saw the clip and a little confused by the ending...
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Post by WarioSajak on Jun 19, 2013 4:52:37 GMT -5
There was apparently a rule early on that if only vowels remained and nobody had enough to buy a vowel, each player got one guess at the puzzle. If nobody could solve it, the puzzle was revealed and they moved on to the next round. This rule is used (and fully works) in the 2012 THQ video games, complete with Pat voiceover explaining the situation.
In the case of this Belgian version, I'm not sure -- someone who understands the language may be able to confirm this, but I don't think the host ever gave anyone the option of buying a vowel. If the rules didn't allow the players to do so at any time, it would suggest that Buy A Vowel had to be hit to purchase vowels, which in turn would suggest that the rules changed before the minimum became $100 (and hence before Milton Bradley took the pictures on its two Wheel board games).
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Post by MarioGS on Jun 19, 2013 13:12:06 GMT -5
Someone should see if the rule takes effect in all the other video games, as well.
EDIT: Just tried it on DS and it did not. It just keeps cycling through the players until someone is able to solve.
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Post by germanname1990 on Nov 24, 2021 6:05:28 GMT -5
All right. I know it's been nearly eight and a half years since anything was said here, but just now, I was looking through Google Images for anything related to this era of Belgian Wheel. Considering the recent craze that occurred following the surfacing of proof of the American Round 2 layout from January 1975, I just came across a black-and-white photo of what is quite possibly the Round 3 (and maybe even perhaps Round 2 as well) layout of Het Rad der Fortuin. www.hln.be/showbizz/vtm-pionier-mike-verdrengh-viert-in-alle-rust-75ste-verjaardag-als-ze-mn-pillen-afpakken-zak-ik-als-een-pudding-in-elkaar~a05756e9/22018875/Now if you look at this one wedge at the left of the photo (counterclockwise of the 10,000-franc space), you'll notice a wedge with the word Verassing sitting on top of what is presumably a 500-franc space. Now although we used Prize wedges for the Hour Long shows back in late 1975, we didn't use them regularly until the syndicated version started in 1983. Belgium may very well have been the first country to use Prize wedges on a regular basis. To add to that, they may have also been the first country to use Surprise (what Verassing translates to) as a game element! |
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Post by germanname1990 on Nov 24, 2021 15:04:06 GMT -5
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Can't tell if it's required for vowel purchases on this version, though (I'm guessing vowels cost 2,500). And oddly, I don't see any spots for "ON ACCOUNT" displays...
