The Joker's Wild - Adaptations

Adaptations

Board game manufacturer Milton Bradley produced four editions of The Joker's Wild home game, starting in 1973, the fourth of which was actually branded for Joker! Joker! Joker!. The first edition of the game included the "Jokers and Devils" bonus round.

In the mid-1990s, Philips produced two games for its CD-i platform based on The Joker's Wild, licensed by Sony Pictures Television, by now which owned the franchise. These games featured "real" hosts and were based more or less on the first syndicated series, while the sets on both games resembled the 1990 version. Wink Martindale "hosted" the first and best-known of these games, while Marc Summers could be found on a special "Junior" edition of the game. Charlie O'Donnell served as announcer on both games. Martindale was among the first candidates to host the original series when CBS was still not entirely sold on Jack Barry as host, due to his involvement in the quiz show scandals of the 1950s. However, Martindale already chose to host Gambit, another of the three game shows that premiered on the same day in 1972 on CBS (New Price also debuted that day). O'Donnell was an announcer on the series in question also. The theme music in these games was a remix of the 1977–1986 theme.

In 2009, IGT released a slot machine based on The Joker's Wild.

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