Episodes
The series pilot was aired in 1983 (featuring a female Sphinx in the intro), with another five episodes (this time with a gentleman with an egg for a head) made in 1984-1985 with new games and a few brought back from the pilot. After that, an episode called "The Best of Braingames" was made which had five of the best Braingames games from episodes 1, 3, and 4, plus a special episode of "The Riddler" (see below) where Chuck Roast read off the winners of a contest for "The Absotively Posolutlely Worst Riddle in America". Every episode in the series ends with a sad and teary voice saying, "Braingames...is now...over." On the final episode, an even sadder voice says, "Braingames is now over...for good."
Although full episodes have not been shown in years, HBO has occasionally shown single games between programs in the late 1980s-mid-1990s.
In 1996-2000, full episodes were later shown occasionally each month on HBO Family.
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