List of Challenges in Takeshi's Castle - H

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• High Rollers: Called Roller Game in the original Japanese version, this game, similar to log rolling, finds contestants running over seven (once three and once five) large spinning drums without falling off. Very few appear to pass this challenge, and failure often looks painful with sudden impacts of the skull against the drums, and bodies folded as they fall. This game was also seen on the Peruvian children's series Nubeluz as "La Marimba Acuatica" (The Aquatic Marimba), where failure is much less painful, but still wet. The MXC name for this game is Log Drop and has been responsible for many #1 Painful Eliminations, while on a political themed episode, was named Congressional Log Jam. In Tele 5's Spanish version "Humor Amarillo" it was known as Los rollitos de primavera (Little spring rolls). In Brazil, it was called Rola o Rolo (Roll the rolls). In the UK version, the game is one of narrator Craig Charles's favourites.

• Home Run: Brad "The Animal" Lesley created this game. Wearing giant Japanese Baseball League uniforms, players try to avoid being knocked off a narrow balance beam by three foam baseballs thrown by "Animal-san". Known as Ball Busters on MXC.

• Honeycomb Maze: Known as The Devil's Domain in Japan, contestants make their way through a blind maze made of hexagonal rooms, shaped as a honeycomb, whilst chased by henchmen. They must make it to the correct exit without being caught and/or get blackened; other exits are pits of water which the players fall or the henchmen push them into. Known on MXC as Door Jam(med) along with In-and-Outhouse and The Legal Maze. In Tele 5's Spanish version "Humor Amarillo" it was known as El Laberinto del Chinotauro (Chinese-taurus Maze). In Brazil, it was called only as Labirinto. The song heard playing in the background of this game is the theme from Enter the Dragon.