Video games you'd watch on live television and control with a telephone.

[Sixtyfivekills]

I discussed with a friend about weirdest ways to play a game, and remembered that there were games you'd watch live on TV where you call the number on the screen and play if they pick up the line. In Serbia these were probably the biggest names I can recall:

"Secret Agent Izzy", a cat who has to save his girlfriend from some evil rat and his henchmen. This one was incredibly successful and had truckload of merch such as comic books, coloring books, sticker albums, ice creams, even a stage play: The game looked like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqzTqyapNDM

"Bunga Banga Re" no bloody idea what that means, I even forgot the premise but there are 3 elephants and some evil magician rabbit. Not as successful, but it still aired for a while:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaqHBE4yjtk

And the first one that I remember seeing, Hugo, who as I understood originated in Germany and even has a good chunk of terrible console games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_1WMSlrP0g



Now here's the thing, a friend I talked to was aware of Hugo as a Playstation game and not a TV one, and when I brought previous examples up he told me he has never seen something like this, and now I am beyond curious and want to know if other countries had games like this and if yes, I'd love to see them. There was also one that I barely remember, I can't even recall the name, it was a fighting game where two callers would play boxing but it aired like.... for a week.

[WarHeRo]

i think hugo made it global. but the input lag was horrible

[Sixtyfivekills]

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

i think hugo made it global. but the input lag was horrible

I never got the chance to play these games because at a time I was too young and parents wouldn't let me, but yeah I can imagine. It'd probably make any game with a terrible netcode look smooth.

[WarHeRo]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

i think hugo made it global. but the input lag was horrible

I never got the chance to play these games because at a time I was too young and parents wouldn't let me, but yeah I can imagine. It'd probably make any game with a terrible netcode look smooth.

still it was enjoyable. there were also games in the teletext of TV channels. there u could also play various mini games. after midnight those game pages turned into pixel porn

[WarHeRo]

i still remember my friends rubbing of to those pixel porn. u made me feel so old rn 😭😭😭
the teens these days have it so easy. so much high quality stuff. they still complain

[Sixtyfivekills]

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

I never got the chance to play these games because at a time I was too young and parents wouldn't let me, but yeah I can imagine. It'd probably make any game with a terrible netcode look smooth.

still it was enjoyable. there were also games in the teletext of TV channels. there u could also play various mini games. after midnight those game pages turned into pixel porn

Damn, guess I missed out, I had no idea teletext had actual games to play. At a time I thought that if I'm lucky a TV would have a built in Tetris or Snake.



But yeah you seem to be aware of Hugo, can you recall anything similar?

[WarHeRo]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

But yeah you seem to be aware of Hugo, can you recall anything similar?

1. The Interactive Cartoon Show (1998)
   
2. Stinky & Stomper
   
3. Sporty
   
4. Throut & Neck (1998)
   
5. Tush Tush

[Sixtyfivekills]

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

But yeah you seem to be aware of Hugo, can you recall anything similar?

1. The Interactive Cartoon Show (1998)
   
2. Stinky & Stomper
   
3. Sporty
   
4. Throut & Neck (1998)
   
5. Tush Tush

Yep, these are obscure as all hell, only managed to find some footage of S&S and T&N.

[WarHeRo]

where did the nostalgia hit you?

[Sixtyfivekills]

Originally posted by WarHeRo:

where did the nostalgia hit you?

Izzy's theme song did people's elbow on me just now, the rest however did nothing.