Germany's Glücksrad

I just got something in the mail today - the 1997 German version of Tiger's 1995 game! I ordered it back on December 2nd, but it wasn't until today that I got it. Weeks after eBay stated it was supposed to arrive, without a tracking number, and with a mailman who simply leaves packages on the porch or stuffs them into the mail slot without ever ringing the doorbell (even with international packages), I was left wondering if the game did indeed arrive only to be stolen. Just when I was about to give up and accept that I was never going to get it (I even asked the seller for my money back yesterday), it finally arrived. Nope, the mailman again never bothered to ring the doorbell. They just put it in the mail slot and continued on. Even so, I quickly let the seller know that it arrived and not to worry about a refund. He has yet to reply to my previous two messages, but at least he'll know I got it and will no longer have to worry.

As for the game itself, the seller said that the sound doesn't work. I tried just to be sure, but there's indeed no sound. I don't mind, figuring that the sound is the same as the American and French versions. The game uses the DM symbol when showing scores, but otherwise refers to the game as points.

In the American version, the $2500 and $5000 spaces are introduced in Rounds 2 and 3 respectively. Vowels, not surprisingly, cost $250.

In the French version, the 10,000-franc space is introduced in Round 3. Vowels cost 1000 francs, but there is a bug that subtracts 10,000 from your score if you buy a vowel with that amount. I'm not sure if it does that if you have more than 10,000 but I blame the bug on the fact that when you have no money, the score is displayed as double-zero as opposed to simply zero. The score, if I'm right, is also displayed one space to the right on the Puzzle Board when compared to the American version.

In the German version, however, the layout is the same throughout the game with a top value of 750. Vowels, like the American version, cost 250. As for the house minimum, it may be 200, but that amount may added to the score if a player solves with less than 200.

Hy,
here is a selfmade of the old german puzzleboard

Fantastic job! Keep it up!

I'm following Frederic Meisner on Facebook, and about eight hours ago as I type this up, he put up a post stating that Glücksrad is coming back on RTL2 with host Thomas Hermanns and hostess Sonya Kraus. If Sonya seems familiar to German Wheel fans, she should. She was the hostess during the Kabel 1 (now known as kabel eins) era from 1998 to 2002.

It's actually Risko. From what I've seen, you have to risk any or all of your winnings on a trivia question, similar to the Daily Doubles on Jeopardy! If you answer right, you may choose a vowel and any occurrences will be multiplied by your wager. Answer wrong and you lose the amount you wagered along with your turn.

Anyway, I learned more information about the revival on RTL2. It will premiere on December 7th. In addition, here's our first look at the Puzzle Board.
www.wunschliste.de/tvnews/m/gluecksrad-x-factor-joey-kelly-und-cathy-hummels-damit-plant-rtl-zwei

Never mind. It is Risiko after all. Where did I read it being spelled Risko?

Anyway, it looks like they changed the rules to be some sort of precursor to our Mystery Wedges. In addition, that one sound effect would later be used to introduce the puzzle on the original Philippine version.

I saw it, but there are some things about this version that I feel could be better. For one, the Wheel's font is Arial. It would be nice if it used a font that's a little more unique. In addition, the sound effects are the exact same as the 2016 version, which themselves are borrowed from the US version. Using modern variations of the sound effects from the SAT.1 era would not be a bad idea. Now the font that the Puzzle Board uses is a little more unique, but I am a little concerned about how small the letters are. Will every contestant be able to make each letter out? I don't know. All the same, however, the letters shouldn't almost as big as the boxes they're in either because that too can lead to its own set of problems. Even so, I understand they're starting out small. Hopefully, after a while, they'll make some changes provided this version works out. I'm sure it will since the set is spacious and welcoming like its original counterpart and thus helps give an overall good first impression.

Now with that out of the way, one thing I love is how each of the spaces on the Puzzle Board can change color, especially considering that the Board uses trilons. If you ask me, that's no small feat. In fact, I wonder if the trilons are made of three screens each. That too would be quite something indeed.

Sorry for the double post, but I found this photo indicating a change to the top euro values. On the premiere, they were all on the same space, but according to this photo, they will all be on the same layout but occupying different spaces. The question is now where 2500 will be. Also, if you look closely at the Wheel's center, you'll see that the layout appears to be divided into halves.

http://instagram.com/p/Cn48whhLoqN

Thanks for your updates. From the photos and information you've provided, it looks like this version is more faithful to the original iteration from the 80s and 90s. Unfortunately my VPN does not provide me access to watch the episode posted online. Does the show use a variation of the original theme music?