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Post by germanname1990 on Apr 19, 2011 23:03:16 GMT -5
Yes, anyone can have fun using the capital Sigma (Σ) replacing the E when you're talking about something related to Greek just like in the movie, "My Big Fat GRΣΣK Wedding," and here's one thing I can mention about WHΣΣL OF FORTUNΣ when it comes to Greece - Ο τροχός της τύχης
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Recently a couple people uploaded a few Greek Wheel episodes, and here they are.
From about 1990 or so; not sure since there's no description.
From 1990; absolutely certain.
From 1994; the intro looks quite familiar. Same story with the theme, only it sounds familiar. What I like about this one is that everyone gets to keep what they've acquired regardless of who solves the puzzle, just like in the UK version. The only difference is the player receives a bonus of 100,000 Äñ (the drachma was Greece's old currency before they switched to the Euro).
From 1998.
A clip from 1989 if not 1990.
And finally, for some icing on the cake, some commercials for Greek Wheel.
1992:
1992 (Again):
1993:
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Post by germanname1990 on May 23, 2013 13:47:59 GMT -5
Folks, here's an episode from 1992. It was uploaded just 18 hours ago as I'm typing this.
Some interesting things to note. The first is about the Bankrupt/Failure (what their Bankrupt actually mean) spaces. If you land on either of them, you lose EVERYTHING, regardless of whether or not you solved any previous puzzles. Unfortunately, that would be a deciding factor in this episode. So, just like in Croatia's version, you'd want to stay away from these spaces at all costs.
The other is about the speed-up round. As long as you keep choosing letters that are in the puzzle, your turn will continue until you choose an incorrect letter or missolve the puzzle.
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Post by WarioSajak on May 23, 2013 19:50:22 GMT -5
And to add to this, here's a clip from 1991:
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Post by germanname1990 on Aug 2, 2013 22:28:45 GMT -5
Who wants a collection of Greek Wheel clips? Check out the clips with the three small wheels at 11:00 and 11:29. I just asked the uploader about them with a little help from Google Translate.
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Post by mechamind on Dec 23, 2013 3:02:15 GMT -5
And those YouTube links in the original post no longer work. I don't know how long ago it happened, but the now-mysterious YouTube account got banned.
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Post by designerboy7 on Aug 4, 2014 17:18:25 GMT -5
And those YouTube links in the original post no longer work. I don't know how long ago it happened, but the now-mysterious YouTube account got banned. They need to stop removing videos like this. |
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Post by Prizes on Aug 4, 2014 18:19:18 GMT -5
They need to stop removing content they have intellectual rights to? That is their choice. You need to stop making posts like this.
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Post by thiswheel13 on Aug 4, 2014 22:35:09 GMT -5
Two things...
The first is I love the water tube backdrops and the second is... holy crap, 980K lost to a bankrupt. I think that's the biggest bankrupt I've seen on Greek Wheel.
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Post by designerboy7 on Aug 5, 2014 13:32:06 GMT -5
How do you know that?
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Post by thiswheel13 on Aug 6, 2014 9:04:06 GMT -5
I didn't say that it was the biggest. Out of all the videos I've seen it was definitely the largest. The fact that it was included in with these clips probably suggests that it could have been the most lost to a bankrupt.
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Post by germanname1990 on Aug 6, 2014 11:01:36 GMT -5
Just like in Croatia's version, you'd want to stay away from these spaces (Bankrupts) at all costs. I meant to say to say the Czech version when I typed this last year. Also, I'm trying to figure out where the 980,000 drachmas were lost, unless it was a collective total. |
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Post by germanname1990 on Feb 24, 2015 23:48:00 GMT -5
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Post by designerboy7 on Feb 25, 2015 18:54:37 GMT -5
I knew it.
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Post by germanname1990 on Mar 5, 2015 0:44:55 GMT -5
Oh, you did, didn't you, DB7? Well, that's good.
Anyway, I just got word on who will be Pat and Vanna over there later this month: sports radio producer Peter Polychronidis (Πέτρος Πολυχρονίδης) and Julia Nova (Τζούλια Νόβα).
I've yet to know what the set, the Puzzle Board, and the Wheel are going to look like, but I promise to let you guys know about all of that as soon as I find out.
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Post by qr333 on Mar 6, 2015 19:12:34 GMT -5
Hey and the new network that is broadcast the new Greek wheel is "Star channel" (please not have any relation with a "star" network in other countries)
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Post by SmashWhammy on Mar 6, 2015 19:42:25 GMT -5
looks like a pointed version of the NBC logo
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Post by germanname1990 on Mar 6, 2015 20:04:44 GMT -5
That's one of the things I noticed about Star's logo too, SmashWhammy. It's quite a coincidence how their logo somewhat resembles that of the network where Wheel all started.
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Post by germanname1990 on Mar 9, 2015 16:30:08 GMT -5
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Post by StrangerCoug on Mar 9, 2015 19:34:45 GMT -5
The wheels in logos never seem to be accurate, do they?  What I'm hoping is that it doesn't turn into the drag the Turkish version usually is from what I've seen of it. |
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Post by germanname1990 on Mar 9, 2015 20:13:18 GMT -5
Well, considering how foreign versions seem to care less and less about the game, StrangerCoug, I'd be surprised if your wishes are granted. Out of the versions that still air, Spain and Vietnam are the only versions I can think of that are mostly about the game and less about the talk apart from contestant interviews.
Even so, compared to Erbil's version, Ayrık's version of Turkish Wheel seemed to focus a little less on having a nonsense party and a bit more about playing the game. Hopefully, Greece will be much more straightforward just like their other eras were.
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