My mother was absolutely obcessed with this version of the game until she memorized all the puzzles and could just solve them by memory. Eventually it showed up on the Internet Archive and I gave her a shortcut on her desktop to that site and she still plays it after all these years.

I always thought the R L S T N E in Wheel of Fortune was a scrambled R. L. Stine from Goosebumps, as a kid.

Let's play   WHE     OF  FORT

The nostalgia I have for this game is real. My family and I would spend HOURS playing this on our IBM PS/1 2133 back in the day. Thanks for the reminder of fond memories!

The nostalgia from hearing the intro of this again after so many years hit me like a ton of bricks. This is one of a very small handful of games I can remember playing with my parents... I also remember liking "Vanna's" green dress since that was my favorite color as a kid... what a blast from the past!

Vanna (Off)White is wearing the Marge-Simpson-Collection realness.

GameTEK: the AAA publisher of "grandma games". I call them "grandma games" because Grandma would buy them in a heartbeat and expect her grandchildren to play them, *without* getting angry about it. The problem is, we weren't "cultured enough" yet to solve any of the puzzles, ask any jeopardy questions, or get an X on the hollywood squares board.

There was one version of Wheel of Fortune that had both Pat and Vanna in it- the one for the Wii that was released back in 2010 that got ported to the 360/PS3/WiiU in 2012.

Only LGR could make an 8 minute video about a Wheel of Fortune DOS game interesting.

Clint, you could make a video about a used toothbrush and it will be entertaining, don't worry about it.

this actually WAS comforting to watch so thank you! I remember going over to my grandmothers house (believe it or not she had all the latest computer gear in the 80's) and I played this during the summer when school was out. ahh good times way back when. Thanks for sharing, brings back some really warm memories :)

Ahhh... those bips and boops of a wonderful internal speaker. Just barely at the tonal level of melodic coherence... and just enough shrill volume to give you an instant headache.

This was the first PC game I ever played as a small child. I remember my dad had a DOS machine in his room in the early 90s but spelling wasn't really my thing and still isn't so I promptly went back to playing Mario

Maybe they called it Gold Edition just to make that ugly yellow graphics seem more appealing

Oh man, I love Whe Of Fort

I have watched and continue to watch every LGR video. I think this is one of the gold standards for technology and gaming content.

I played so many hours of this and Jeopardy on my Tandy 1000SL

This year brings back memories of when I was a little kid I used to play this when I was 8 years old I'm now 34 and miss this era

I used to love watching Wheel of Fortune as a kid in the '80s, during summer vacation, of course. I never wanted to play the computer version, though. Interesting side note, back then, after each round, the winner of that round would spend their money on gifts. Unused money could be used on a gift certificate at Service Merchandiser (a defunct store chain where you order from a catalog) or can be banked to be added to future winnings (good if you were saving up for larger prize, but risky). Different time.

My brother and I used to play this all the time. One of my all time favorites! Thanks for the trip back in time!

Love your stuff, you should do audio books. You have a very relaxing voice Clint.. :)

FRICK. I played this so much. I feel like everybody had a floppy of random games their uncle gave them.

Thank you for making this video. It brought back so many memories of me and my family playing this on my first computer in the 80's. I completely forgot about it until I saw the thumbnail.

I will just watch anything from you. The smooth jazzy music and calm pacing just make your videos relaxing.

Breakfast and LGR! Today is a good day

It's time for LGR *Wheel Of FORTUNE* !!!

Thank you so much for bringing all the great memories back.

"I'd like to solve the puzzle." "Go ahead." "You Fucr!" "I'm sorry, that's not correct. It's actually `Tax Collector`." "Isn't that what I said?"

you got some really sharp screen capture of that ibm wow

Presented in glorious Rasta Vision™

Oh, this brings back memories. Mom, Dad, and I would gather around the IBM PS/2 and play the first three versions of Wheel. Thanks for the nostalgia!

Even your substitute videos are top notch. Great stuff as always.

APPLAUSE!! APPLAUSE!!

Yay! It's time for an LGR thing! :)

I will watch almost anything you make, because you're very entertaining to listen to just ramble on about anything. Keep on keeping on! Thanks for still posting a video even if it wasn't what you planned!

You just brought back a ton of memories. This is one of the only games that my family gathered together to play. That only happened a couple of times but I still remember it. I also remember the computer opponents either being dumb as hell or instantly knowing the phrase without giving the player any leeway. Or maybe its just because I was a dumb kid and didn't know the phrases.

There's a DOS game that I miss a lot from my childhood, I think I it all the time in 1999, when I was like 6 I guess, the title screen music was a lullaby, and the game was sort of an action puzzle with a top down perspective, and the floor was big squares, there were lasers to avoid, and some baddies. Also the main character was like aa brown ball... My brother used to tell me he was a tennis ball, but I can't remember clearly. If anyone could clue me into what this game was called, I would appreciate it a lot

Don't mind me. Just lurking around the Monday retro goodness. Used to play the heck out of this game.

The hours I spent playing this back in the day. And when I watched the Wheel for the first time in many a year and saw that Vanna just touched screens instead of flipping the letters, it was quite the shock. Thanks for covering this game LGR. :)

As someone who didn't play a whole lot of video games when I was a kid, it's very nice with these kinds of videos where I can second-hand experience some retro gaming, but still from an adult's perspective. It's fun to hear about your nostalgia so, that's why I'm here and that's why I'll watch anything (by you) :)

Z, 4, Q, another Q, ah... a third Q and the batman symbol

I vaguely remember that game from a school pc in my childhood. Only we played it on a green monochrome monitor. Edit I spy with my little eye a woodgrain 486!

Thank you for this. I played this often back on my first computer. I saved a copy of the game, mainly because I played it with my grandmother sometimes. And while she is long gone now, I still have that game with her name in the Champs list to remember those times with her.

Wow! Flashback. I remember playing this way back when...thanks!

Q, Q, Q, another Q, and the Batman symbol.

wof wof

This brings back so many memories of playing this on my dad's 386 Gateway 2000 when I was a kid. Every time my parents stumble across an old box of floppys somewhere in their house, there is usually one of them with a backup copy of it.

Thank you for the videos that you create. You have a soothing voice and your videos are entertaining.

Every game is shareware if your scruples are loose enough.

"And it [high score] sticks around in a .DAT file in a DOS program for decades. Such is life."

My cousin had this DOS version and we used to play it all the time at her house! It brings back so many memories I have of her.

I'm watching because this is actually the first computer game I ever played. In '92 or '93 my dad was given an old IBM machine from a work friend of his, and that was the first computer our family ever had. It came with this game, though we played it on an orange and black monochrome monitor. Had to have been a 10 year old machine at that point that he'd replace the next year with a windows 3.1 machine that came with many games including King's Quest 6, Doom/Wolfenstein 3d/Commander Keen shareware, Jill of the Jungle, and so many others. This is highly nostalgic for the earliest time in my life using a computer, and I'm watching this now as a 30 year old in one of my IT classes.

Clint I have to ask you if you have a loving wife who gets to hear that sweet soothing voice every day because if not boy do I have an offer for you.

Great video. Brought back memories! I even remember the tune too - never heard the original it was based on in Australia.

I have fond memories of playing this in middle school on an old IBM PS2. Thanks for making my day!

I loved playing this on my old Compaq Portable. Thanks for the rememories!

Love this. Played it a lot when I got my first PC clone back in the day.

Such memories

This and Family Feud were my first PC games. I've been having fun revisiting these on my Bondwell B200 laptop (In monochrome CGA) and my Toshiba Windows 98 laptop. Thanks for covering this one!

This was one of the very first video games I have ever played on DOS. Just listening to the PC speaker music just brings me back some good memories. One of the many things that kept me out of trouble when I was 6-7 years old.

I used to play this game a lot when I was growing up! Such fond memories of playing all three contestants just to get as many guesses as possible :)

I would play this at my cousins' house all the time! Thanks for the nostalgia.

Oh, man. I totally remember that intro music from my brother's Tandy 1000.

You've now covered the two games I remember playing on my grandmother's monochrome AT&T 6300: this, and World Class Leader board. Thanks for the ultimate nostalgia.

This probably the first game I ever played way back in the mid 80s. I almost forgot about this game. Thanks for taking me back.

I do like watching anything you do Clint!!! I have memories of borrowed copies of WOF, boy pre modem days are nostalgic!!!

Oh man, the nostalgia is real for this one. I definitely played the hell out of this game in the early nineties, despite being too young to actually solve many of the puzzles correctly. I also remember playing a version of Wheel of Fortune that was included with a box of cereal in the early 2000s, and I believe that one only had Vanna White in it as the main host, dispensing with Pat Sajak entirely.

Classic memories as a kid playing this, Jeopardy, Family Feud, and Classic Concentration on my gram's Tandy 1000EX. I still fire it up from time to time when I visit.

Oh geez! My family had a copy of the first edition. I used to play it on a custom-built IBM compatible. I didn't have much in the way of games outside of some old-ish ASCII games (including a little ASCII pyramid adventure game that I can't find any trace of anymore), so this brings back a LOT of memories.

I grew up playing this with my mom and brother! At the time, he was studying for his computer science degree. Ah, little me learned how to program around this time when we weren't playing the game. I even remember typing the guesses for my family members who didn't use computers. Ah, thanks for bringing back the memories!

This bite sized episode was perfect for my bite sized lunch! Sorry the other video didn't work out but thanks for uploading something anyway!

I've been trying to find this (not so shareware) version of WoF for a while now. It was included with a pack of shareware floppies I had as a kid. Thanks for the memories!

I grew up with this one and jeopardy. That PC speaker tune really takes me back!

Love all the transitions in this video.

Used to play this at my grandparents in the early 90s. Good stuff. Much memories :)

I remember having this on the family Amstrad PC1512, and the tune played on solving a puzzle - it was a classical piece that I can't recall the name of that this very moment. I was not very good at the game, but I later became interested in the TV show (likely because we had this game). We also had a version of Jeopardy on the same machine and it also played an accurate (if primitive) PC speaker version of that show's theme song.

We never had a computer growing up, so my nostalgia includes playing this at other people's houses, in their basement rec rooms & on a card table in their living room, during like parties and stuff when the adults would just let the kids do their own thing. Now I run it on Boxer. I'm so glad you did this video. (BTW, one thing you didn't note... if you play with a name from the Champions list, and you lose, your name is removed. I was pretty steamed at my boyfriend a few years ago when I decided to play with him one night and he ended my 6-game winning streak by kicking me off the Champions list.)

I remember playing this on the family Tandy as a kid in the early 90's. Thank you for the nostalgia.

Ho-leeee crap, dude. I had completely forgotten about this game. I remember around the age of 4 visiting my Aunt and Uncle, who in addition to having an NES, they also had a PC. I played endless hours of this, Classic Concentration, Police Quest, Life or Death, and the Hoyle Book of Games. They were the reason I ended up asking for and getting my first PC for Christmas one year. They were always buying the latest tech, and when they upgraded to a new 486, I was gifted their old 386 system. I know it was a pointless story, but seeing this game brought it all back.

I’m crying because this is the game my Papa first showed me when I was like 6 and getting into computers. It was our only common interest. If he were alive today i think he’d be loving how crazy tech has gotten. That music just triggered such an intense memory and emotion in me.

Oh man did this bring me back to kid days I had a copy and played all the time it just brought me back thanks again LGR

I actually remember playing this game when I was a kid, same with Jeopardy, Hero Quest and Leisure Suit Larry (I was really good at solving the 'are you 18' questions for that one). You're making me miss my childhood X'D

I loved playing this back in the early 90's. I spent hours playing this on a old Packard Bell 486 computer and I always thought "Vanna" was wearing roller skates though.

Had this as a kid too! So loved it

I'm so glad you covered this. When I was 5 something odd was happening to my legs (rickets?) I was crying at night and in crutches during the day. This, Pacman, and Zoom! were my escape. The beeper-speaker was loud AF, but I didn't care. I always started by guessing N. I can't tell you why, it was a lucky letter.

Honestly man I think you could talk about anything and I'd listen to it. Your voice is super soothing.

i had a Family Feud game back in the day that ran on one these old IBMs. good stuff!

I had this exact game as a kid and played it in CGA just like this. Memories!

I remember this one... I also had Castle, Captain Comet, some fishing game, a bunch of Apogee shareware...

I remember playing this as a kid. That and Family Feud. Love these videos

I'd completely forgotten about that game! Thanks!

Much nostalgia, played this and bc’s quest for tires a lot on my dad’s old Tandy 1000

I used to play this WOF DOS game a lot back around 1990 or so. We had a commodore pc compatible with a 4MHz CPU that would turbo to 7MHz. At one point a math co-processor was installed. And a CGA green monochrome monitor!

Vanna was prominently featured in the Windows 3.1 version "Wheel of Fortune Deluxe" (it's on the Software Archive) which lives on my 486. But this version (DOS) holds a special place in my heart for all the times I used it as a break from Monkey Island.

LGR quickies like this remind me of the "Celebrate the moments of your lives" campaign & jingle from General Foods International Coffees

I played this nearly every day when I was younger. So many memories

I loved playing this with my grandma back in the day!

This brought back sweet sweet memories!!! Loved this game as a kid!!!

Had it for Apple II, still have pavlovian reaction to the PC speaker opening theme music. Amazing!

They had this on the Apple computers at my school. And like Oregon Trail, I don't recall ever actually playing it until they upgraded the computer lab to brand-new Windows 98 machines and moved all the Apples into the classrooms for us to play with during study hall.