Family Feud (video game)

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Family Feud
Family Feud title screen from the SNES version of the game
Developer(s)	Imagineering, Inc.
Publisher(s)	Gametek Hasbro Interactive
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System SFC/SNES 3DO IBM PC Playstation 2 PC Game Boy Advance
Release date	1990, 1993
Genre(s)	Game show
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	N/A

Family Feud is the classic NES game, that was published by GameTek in 1990. Much like the actual show, family contestants must answer survey questions in order to win the game. The family with the highest score wins the game. The host of this version of Family Feud is a Richard Dawson-type person (though the actual host around this time was Ray Combs) and he actually kisses the women and gives the men handshakes during the course of the game. The set also resembles the Dawson version more than it resembles the Ray Combs version (though the cover art has the Combs version set, the actual set around this time, on it).

1 Later GameTek versions
2 Hasbro and Global Star versions
3 Gallery of images
4 External links

[edit] Later GameTek versions

GameTek later published Feud for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and for the Sega Genesis system in 1993, for the 3DO in 1994, and on a CD-ROM in 1995. All three include the Bullseye round (because the previous game was published in 1990, the Bullseye round, which debuted on the show in 1992, is not seen), yet the 1993 version features a host who greatly resembles Ray Combs (though Combs himself was not involved in any games). The 1994 and 1995 editions features a host who resembles Dawson (Dawson did return to the show in 1994, yet this is based on the 1992-1994 edition hosted by Combs), and has better graphics than the previous 1993 edition.

[edit] Hasbro and Global Star versions

In 1999, Family Feud was rereleased for the PlayStation and IBM PC by Hasbro Interactive. Louie Anderson, who was the host of the TV version at the time, is the host of the game. The game focuses on reliving the same aspect of the game show, in order to provide a better experience. The IBM PC version also features the ability to upload portraits of one's face, and placed in a three-dimensional animated body. This brought the whole experience closer, and it is often considered to be a good feature of the game.

In 2006, Global Star versions for the PlayStation 2, PC, and Game Boy Advance were made. Although the box art uses the 2006-2007 season's logo (the first time it was publicly seen before O'Hurley was announced as host), the first set design in the game is the one from the 2005-2006 season (Karn's final year). Other sets that can be unlocked are the original Dawson set, the Combs set and the current O'Hurley set. The host's voice was provided by Todd Newton.