History Creator / Greggo

** ''Farkle'' uses the 1990s ''[[Series/TheJokersWild Joker's Wild]]'' music cues.

* ''[[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Anime Squares]]'', aka ''The AWA Squares'' (retired; uncertain what it was adapting, although an available shot of the logo suggests the Marshall era)

* ''Les Douze Coups de Midi'' (retired; a French game show, localized in America as ''The Hour of Reckoning'')

** ''Farkle'' had a couple of rule changes over time:

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: For Christmas 2015, in addition to his upload of an episode of Jeopardy, Greggo uploaded a video of himself reading a fanfic he found that had been written by someone else 13 years previously. Along for the ride was the crocheted Pikachu doll that acts as an extra life on ''WebOriginal/ThePokemonGameShow.'' Throughout the reading, Greggo [[INeedAFreakingDrink takes several sips from a cup he has handy]] and [[DeadpanSnarker makes snarky side remarks]]. As for Crochet Pika, he starts off the reading with an open can of Miller High Life beside him; the shot cuts to him several times throughout, with an increasing quantity of beer cans each time, and by the end, he's passed out drunk. [[BetterThanItSounds It's funnier to actually watch it.]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOslTrAAj8 Here it is in all its, uh... glory.]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: For Christmas 2015, in addition to his upload of an episode of Jeopardy, Greggo uploaded a video of himself reading a fanfic written he found that had been written by someone else 13 years previously. Along for the ride was the crocheted Pikachu doll that acts as an extra life on ''WebOriginal/ThePokemonGameShow.'' Throughout the reading, Greggo [[INeedAFreakingDrink takes several sips from a cup he has handy]] and [[DeadpanSnarker makes snarky side remarks]]. As for Crochet Pika, he starts off the reading with an open can of Miller High Life beside him; the shot cuts to him several times throughout, with an increasing quantity of beer cans each time, and by the end, he's passed out drunk. [[BetterThanItSounds It's funnier to actually watch it.]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOslTrAAj8 Here it is in all its, uh... glory.]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: For Christmas 2015, in addition to his upload of an episode of Jeopardy, Greggo uploaded a video of himself reading a fanfic written he found that had been written by someone else 13 years previously. Along for the ride was the crocheted Pikachu doll that acts as an extra life on ''WebOriginal/ThePokemonGameShow.'' Throughout the reading, Greggo [INeedAFreakingDrink takes several sips from a cup he has handy] and [DeadpanSnarker makes snarky side remarks]. As for Crochet Pika, he starts off the reading with an open can of Miller High Life beside him; the shot cuts to him several times throughout, with an increasing quantity of beer cans each time, and by the end, he's passed out drunk. [BetterThanItSounds It's funnier to actually watch it.] [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOslTrAAj8 Here it is in all its, uh... glory.]

* ''[[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Anime Squares]]'', aka ''The AWA Squares'' (retired; uncertain what it was adapting, although an available shot of the logo suggests Marshall)

* ''[[Series/TheJokersWild The Joker's Wild]]'' (based on the later years of the 1977-86 era, with the payouts and goals doubled; a version based on the 1991 category-based format was planned, but eventually scrapped)

* FanRemake: Pretty much half of Greggo's bread-and-butter, ranging from well-established franchises to cult classics (''Three On A Match'') to outright obscurities (''Line 'em Up'').

** ''Face Off''[='s=] debut show had a penalty in the elimination portion - miss a question, and your opponent got a point. This discouraged buzzing in, and hence was dropped.
** ''Farkle'' started out allowing each player up to three Reroll tokens (obtained by clearing the board in the front game). This was dropped in late 2012 to just one per player.
** ''Knockout'' had several changes to its bonus round:

** ''Match Game'' originally didn't award anything for winning the game. This was changed to ¥1,000 beginning in September 2012.

* RecycledSoundtrack: ''Farkle'' reuses the theme from the 1990-91 version of ''The Joker's Wild'' as its' theme tune.

** On ''Knockout''/''Strikeout'', the game ends if one team finds three Knockouts/Strikeouts (or, in the bonus round, three of the top seven answers).

* RecycledSoundtrack: "Farkle" utilizes a low-quality internet copy of the theme tune to the 1990-91 version of ''The Joker's Wild'' as its' theme tune.

* WorkingTitle:
** ''Ponyville Derby'' was initially called ''The Pony Wheel'', owing to its similarities to ''Wheel of Fortune'' (plus the fact it was using the puzzle board algorithm Greggo had created for ''Wheel'' years earlier).
** ''Generation Gap'', set to debut in 2016, is currently one. Not to be confused with the obscure 1969 ABC game show of the same name, the format here is basically "What if ''Series/ChildsPlay'' was anime-themed and had the roles reversed?"

* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' (debuted 2010; based on the Trebek version, with Yen or points used for scoring depending on the convention {and sometimes dollars, mainly for ''Celebrity'' episodes)

** Three contestants play on ''The G.R.I.D.D.'', ''Knockout''/''Strikeout'' (per team), ''Ponyville Derby'', ''Press Your Luck'', ''Three On A Match'', and ''Wheel of Fortune''.

** Three contestants play on ''The G.R.I.D.D.'', ''Knockout''/''Strikeout'' (per team), ''Ponyville Derby'', ''Press Your Luck'', and ''Wheel of Fortune''.

** And, of course, 3 Strikes on ''The Price Is Right''.

While at Project A-Kon in May 1998, Greggo watched games of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' and ''Series/NameThatTune''. While he enjoyed the shows, he felt he could do better. He submitted a proposal to Project A-Kon's con chair for a version of ''Series/MatchGame'' to give congoers a chance to do something other than the traditional Q&A panel typical of conventions. He was accepted (it helped that the con chair was a fan of the franchise), and he debuted ''Anime Match Game'' the following year. It went so well that he did it again the following year.

Greggo's shows typically have the same general feel of the shows on which they're based, complete with software he programs himself and with all the accurate dollar figures converted to Yen (to fit with the anime motif, and to ensure he stays relatively within budget). On the occasion when he does a non-anime convention, some games (notably ''Jeopardy!'') are played with points instead.

** ''Match Game'' originally used physical set pieces, with no Flash at all. The physical Super-Match board was dropped in 2001 or '02, replaced by a board run in Flash (also used for the show's intro).

** ''Farkle'' started out allowing each player up to three Rerolls (obtained by clearing the board in the front game). This was dropped in late 2012 to just one per player.

* ''Face Off'' (debuted 2012; a visual quiz where five players identify anime faces)
* ''Farkle'' (debuted 2010; general-knowledge quiz based on the dice game)
* ''The G.R.I.D.D.'' (general-knowledge quiz with a wacky scenario not unlike those of the ''[[Series/WhereintheWorldisCarmenSandiego Carmen Sandiego]]'' game shows; very nearly became an actual show on the Anime Network in 2004, before plans of it being a 24-hour cable channel were scrapped)
* ''Know Your Role'' (debuted 2015; voice actors get clues {starting very vague and getting progressively more specific} and must identify whether they played that role or not)

* ''Stop the Music!'' (debuted 2011; somewhat a reworking of ''Series/NameThatTune'')
* ''Strikeout'' (debuted 2010; ''Series/FamilyFeud'' meets ''Series/{{Wipeout 1988}}''; known as ''Knockout'', with a boxing motif, through 2013 {the current version has a baseball motif})

** The ''Farkle'' debut had numerical digits for the "dice", which were changed to dice pips.
** ''Match Game'' originally used physical set pieces.

While at Project A-Kon in May 1998, Greggo watched games of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' and ''Series/NameThatTune''. While he enjoyed the shows, he felt he could do better. He submitted a proposal to Project A-Kon's con chair for a version of ''Series/MatchGame'' to give congoers a chance to do something other than the traditional Q&A panel typical of conventions. He was accepted (it helped that the con chair was a fan of the original show), and he debuted ''Anime Match Game'' the following year. It went so well that he did it again the following year.

* LongRunner: Over ''15 years'', barring a year-and-a-half hiatus in 2008-09. Just before a ''Password'' show at Zenkaikon 2014, Greggo made it clear just how long he wanted to do this:
-->'''Greggo:''' By the way, this is my 15th year of doing game shows at anime conventions, so...hopefully we're good for 15 more and I will eventually be as old as Bob Barker and still doing this, so...that would be neat.

While at Project A-Kon in May 1998, Greggo watched games of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}!'' and ''Series/NameThatTune''. While he enjoyed the shows, he felt he could do better. He submitted a proposal to Project A-Kon's con chair for a version of ''Series/MatchGame'' to give congoers a chance to do something other than the traditional Q&A panel typical of conventions. He was accepted (it helped that the con chair was a fan of the original show), and he debuted ''Anime Match Game'' the following year. It went so well that he did it again the following year.

* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}!'' (debuted 2010; based on the Trebek version, with Yen or points used for scoring depending on the convention {and sometimes dollars, mainly for ''Celebrity'' episodes)

* ''[[Series/BullseyeUS Bullseye]]'' (retired; only played twice, in 2009 and 2015)

* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}!'' (debuted 2010; based on the Trebek version, with Yen or points depending on the convention)
* ''[[Series/TheJokersWild The Joker's Wild]]'' (based on the later years of the 1977-86 era, with the payouts and goals doubled; a version based on the Finn era's category-based format was planned, but eventually scrapped)

* ''Series/ThreeOnAMatch'' (players match pictures, with one match winning the game and a prize)

* ''Spy Games'' (retired; adaptation of the unsold 1988 show ''Top Secret'')

* ''Stop the Music!'' (debuted 2011; a ''Series/NameThatTune'' spin-off)

** ''Ponyville Derby'' was initially called ''The Pony Wheel'', owing to its similarities to ''Wheel of Fortune''.
** ''[[Series/ChildsPlay Generation Gap]]'', set to debut in 2016, is currently one.

* ''[[Series/BullseyeUS Bullseye]]'' (uses a ¥2,000 goal in each game)

* ''Series/HitMan'' (debuted 2014)

* ''[[Series/TheJokersWild The Joker's Wild]]'' (uses two formats: 1970s-80s {based on the later years of the 1977-86 era, with the payouts and goals doubled}, and 1991 {based on the Finn version's category-based format})

* ''Les Douze Coups de Midi'' (debuted 2014; a French game show, localized in America as ''The Hour of Reckoning'')

* ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The ¥25,000 Pyramid]]'' (based on the 1980s Television City era, complete with 7-11 and Mystery 7)

* ''Know Your Role'' (debuted 2015; voice actors get clues and must identify whether they played that role or not)
* ''Majority Rules!'' (debuted 2014; based on ''Would You Rather?'', and used under that name for the entirety of 2014)

* ''Ponyville Derby'' (debuted 2013; a ''My Little Pony''-skinned ''Wheel of Fortune'')

* ''Shut the TARDIS!!'' (debuted 2013; a ''Series/DoctorWho''-themed take on ''Series/HighRollers'')

* ''Series/WinLoseOrDraw'' (retired; based on the Convy format)

->You take a game show, plug "Anime" in the title-" "It gets butts in seats! Because it's something that's recognizable."

If you've never seen any of his shows before, Greggo regularly records and posts videos of many of his shows on his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/gregdasgo YouTube channel.]]

** ''Match Game'' originally didn't offer anything for winning the game. This was changed to ¥1,000 beginning in September 2012.

* ''Strikeout'' (debuted 2010; ''Series/FamilyFeud'' meets ''Series/{{Wipeout 1988}}''; known as ''Knockout'', with a boxing motif, through 2013 {the current version has a baseball motif}))

* ''Series/AllStarBlitz''
* ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}''
* ''[[Series/BullseyeUS Bullseye]]''
* ''Series/{{Concentration}}''
* ''Series/{{Definition}}''
* ''Series/HitMan''
* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}!''
* ''[[Series/TheJokersWild The Joker's Wild]]''
* ''Les Douze Coups de Midi'' (a French game show; localized in America as ''The Hour of Reckoning'')
* ''Line 'em Up'' (Canadian game show from the 1960s, notable for having been produced by Dan Enright)
* ''Series/MatchGame''
* ''Series/PanelQuizAttack25''
* ''[[Series/{{Password}} Anime Password]]''
* ''Series/PressYourLuck''
* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''
* ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The ¥25,000 Pyramid]]''
* ''[[Series/SaleOfTheCentury Sale of the Centur¥]]''
* ''Series/ThreeOnAMatch''
* ''Series/TicTacDough''
* ''Series/WheelOfFortune''

* ''Face Off'' (a visual quiz where five players identify anime faces)
* ''Farkle'' (general-knowledge quiz based on the dice game)
* ''The G.R.I.D.D.'' (general-knowledge quiz with a wacky scenario not unlike those of the ''[[Series/WhereintheWorldisCarmenSandiego Carmen Sandiego]]'' game shows; very nearly became an actual show on the Anime Network, before plans of it being a 24-hour cable channel were scrapped)
* ''Majority Rules!'' (based on ''Would You Rather?'')
* ''Know Your Role'' (voice actors get clues and must identify whether they played that role or not.)
* ''WebOriginal/ThePokemonGameShow''
* ''Ponyville Derby'' (a ''My Little Pony''-skinned ''Wheel of Fortune'')
* ''Shut the TARDIS!!'' (a ''Series/DoctorWho''-themed take on ''Series/HighRollers'')
* ''Stop the Music!'' (a ''Series/NameThatTune'' spin-off)
* ''Strikeout'' (''Series/FamilyFeud'' meets ''Series/{{Wipeout1988}}'')

* FanRemake: Pretty much half of Greggo's bread-and-butter, ranging from well-established franchises to cult classics (''Three On A Match'') to outright obscurities (''Line 'Em Up'').

* WorkingTitle: ''Ponyville Derby'' was initially called ''The Pony Wheel'', owing to its similarities to ''Wheel of Fortune''.

* ''Series/ThePriceisRight''

Greg Wicker (or "Greggo" as he's fondly known) has been hosting and producing [[FanRemake adaptations]] of various classic {{Game Show}}s at fandom conventions all over the country (and now, the world) since 1998. Initially, Greggo started out doing shows at {{Anime}} conventions; while he still does mostly anime conventions these days, he's since branched out and done conventions catering to other fandoms.

While at Project A-Kon in May 1998, Greggo watched games of ''Series/Jeopardy'' and ''Series/NameThatTune''. While he enjoyed the shows, he felt he could do better. He submitted a proposal to Project A-Kon's con chair for a version of ''Series/MatchGame'' to give congoers a chance to do something other than the traditional Q&A panel typical of conventions. He was accepted (it helped the con chair was a fan of the original show), and he debuted "Anime Match Game" the following year. It went so well that he did it again the following year.

Greggo's shows typically have the same general feel of the shows on which they're based, complete with software he programs himself and with all the accurate dollar figures converted to yen (to fit with the anime motif, and to ensure he stays relatively within budget). On the occasion when he does a non-anime convention, some games (notably ''Series/Jeopardy'') are played for points instead.

If you've never seen any of his shows before, Greggo regularly records and posts videos of many of his shows on his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/gregdasgo YouTube channel]].

In addition to all the adaptations of the classic shows he's done, Greggo has since come up with a few formats of his own that have found their way onto convention schedules. One of them very nearly became an actual television show.

* ''Series/{{All-Star Blitz}}''

* [[Series/{{Bullseye|US}} Bullseye]]

* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''
* ''Series/TheJokersWild''
* ''Les Douze Coups de Midi'' ("The Hour of Reckoning," a French game show)
* ''Line 'em Up'' (an old Canadian game show from 1962)

* [[Series/{{Password}} Anime Password]]

* [[Series/{{Pyramid}} The ¥25,000 Pyramid]]
* ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury''

* Face Off (a visual quiz, where five players identify anime faces)
* Farkle (general-knowledge quiz based on the dice game)
* The G.R.I.D.D. (general knowledge quiz with a wacky scenario not unlike those of the [[Series/WhereintheWorldisCarmenSandiego Carmen Sandiego]] game shows. This format very nearly became an actual show.)
* Majority Rules! (based on "Would You Rather?")
* Know Your Role (Voice actors get clues and must identify whether they played that role or not.)

* Ponyville Derby (a ''My Little Pony''-skinned ''Wheel of Fortune'')
* Shut the TARDIS!! (a ''Series/DoctorWho''-themed take on ''Series/HighRollers'')
* Stop the Music! (a ''Series/NameThatTune'' spin-off)
* Strikeout (''Series/FamilyFeud'' meets ''Series/{{Wipeout1988}}'')

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* ''Series/All-Star Blitz''
* ''Series/Blockbusters''
* [[Series/BullseyeUS Bullseye]]
* ''Series/Concentration''
* ''Series/Definition''
* [[Series/Child'sPlay Generation Gap]]

* ''Series/Jeopardy''
* ''Series/TheJokersWild

* [[Series/Password Anime Password]]

* [[Series/Pyramid The ¥25,000 Pyramid]]
* ''Series/SaleoftheCentury''
* ''Series/ThreeonaMatch''

* ''Series/WheelofFortune''

* Strikeout (''Series/FamilyFeud'' meets ''Series/Wipeout1988'')

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