Catchphrase DVD Game

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Catchphrase DVD Game (2005)
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Genre(s): Game Show (Puzzle) Platform(s): DVD Player Release Date: November 2005 Developer(s): Spike Publisher(s): Upstarts Country: United Kingdom Series: Catchphrase Successor: Catchphrase DVD Game (2007)

Catchphrase DVD Game is a DVD game based on the UK version of the show of the same name. It was developed by Spike and published by Upstarts in November 2005.

About

The game plays much like the original game show, where two players or teams attempt to guess the Catchphrases, represented through animations.

Why it's bad, but not right

1. The game has no on-screen presenter, so no Roy Walker, Nick Weir or Mark Curry here. Instead, an off-screen voiceover is used; who at most sounds bored and wooden.
2. It is based on the badly-received Nick Weir/Mark Curry era, which gained flack from longtime fans in retrospect.
3. The theme tune to the game is a generic track that barely sounds like the theme tune to the show.
4. It is plagued with slowdown and lag, most times not responding to the DVD remote at all. This occurs no matter what DVD player you have or how powerful it is.
   • This part is made ironic is that the main purpose of Catchphrase is to be "Fast and Furious" and yet in this game it is "Slow and Unsteady".
5. Many of the catchphrases don't make any sense whatsoever and will frequently repeat a lot.
6. Much like most DVD games of its time, there is very little interactivity. The game makes you keep your score on a piece of paper that the game comes with and does not give any indication of how many points you get. The Catchphrases will also show up even before you can have a chance to guess what they are.
7. No background music of any kind.
8. It is nothing more than a pretty obvious Christmas rush job made to cash in on the success of not just the show, but the whole DVD Trivia Game fad.

Redeeming Qualities

1. Mr. Chips appears throughout the game, in both the menus and in the Catchphrases themselves.
2. Thankfully, the game does not freeze or crash mid-game despite how excessively slow it is.
3. The game is faithful to the original game show.

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