The VCR Basketball Game
boardgame
This board game simulates coaching an NBA team through tactical play calling. It includes videotape footage from all NBA teams in the mid-1980s, along with a mini basketball and hoop for free throws.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 10
Predicaments
boardgame
In this VCR party game, players dive into absurd soap opera scenes. They watch parodies on screen and answer humorous character questions using action cards. The first player to score points and circle the board twice wins the adult-themed game.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 18
NFL Football Trivia Game
boardgame
- Players:
- 0
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0
The VCR Hockey Game
boardgame
This board game simulates ice hockey until a team reaches a set score. Turns are driven by cards and dice for movement and shots. Special VCR cards prompt players to watch video footage to determine if they get an opportunity to physically flick the puck into a net to score.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
RoboCop VCR Game
boardgame
This VCR board game is based on RoboCop using original movie footage. Players react to video cues to make four arrests and return to the station. The tape is only fast-forwarded as players land on locations without frequent rewinds.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 12
SpyQuest
boardgame
In SpyQuest, players become secret agents. After watching one of three specially produced VCR movies, they travel the world gathering clues, decoding keys, and surviving interrogations. Mutual sabotage and strategic gameplay determine who wins the race to find the secret location first.
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- 90 min
- Min. Age:
- 14
America's Funniest Home Videos Game
boardgame
In this board game adaptation of a TV show, 3 to 6 players move around the board to be the first to reach 100,000 dollars. The game includes 250 video clips that players must recall in order to successfully advance.
- Players:
- 3–6
- Time:
- 1 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Hi Ho Mother Goose VCR Game
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–5
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 3
VCR California Games
boardgame
Race friends from San Francisco to San Diego down the California coast. Roll dice to navigate highways, earn money through video competitions, and save enough cash for your plane ticket home to win the game.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Nightmare
boardgame
Nightmare is a video-driven board game where players race against time to collect six keys and reach the Nightmare Square. The entire experience is strictly controlled by a timer and the game's host, The Gatekeeper.
- Players:
- 3–6
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
VCR Baseball
boardgame
VCR Baseball is a two-player strategy game combining board game mechanics with professional footage. Players make tactical pitching and batting decisions, compare them, and watch a videotape to see the outcome of hits. Includes two modes.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 45 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Candy Land VCR Board Game
boardgame
This Candyland board game uses a VCR tape and features four distinct color and picture matching games. Players watch the screen, listen to the story, and must quickly remove matching cards from the board to collect scoring tokens and win the game.
- Players:
- 1–4
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 4
A Question of Sport
boardgame
A Question of Sport is the board game adaptation of the popular UK BBC television show. First released in 1986, the trivia game has seen numerous editions and expansions over the years, featuring question cards, boards, and accessories.
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 14
TV Play-along Wheel of Fortune
boardgame
- Players:
- 1–3
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 10
Myth
boardgame
Myth is an interactive video card and combat game from Western Australia. Players battle by simultaneously playing cards to collect five different warriors of varying or matching numbered sets. An accompanying video featuring the Battlemaster dynamically influences gameplay by penalizing leaders and assisting losers to ensure only the best players prevail.
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Disney's Cartoon Classics
boardgame
This 1986 Milton Bradley video board game for 1-3 children aged 3 to 6 uses classic Disney animated cartoons on VHS. It includes three games: Mickey's Bingo, Feeling Ducky, and Every Which Way.
- Players:
- 1–3
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 6
Rich Little's VCR Charades
boardgame
In this board game, two teams guess charades while competing against a videotape featuring Rich Little, whose team is also guessing. Players also act out their own charades to score points.
- Players:
- 2–20
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 13
Dragon Strike
boardgame
Dragon Strike is similar to HeroQuest, with one player acting as the Dungeon Master controlling villains. Other players choose hero classes to complete adventure goals. It features four different boards including outdoor maps, an advanced combat system with polyhedral dice, more spell varieties, and an introductory VHS videotape.
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Star Wars: The Interactive Video Board Game
boardgame
This fast-paced, real-time board game requires a VCR. Players take on the role of rebels working together to sabotage the second Death Star while Darth Vader taunts them through a video tape sequence.
- Players:
- 3–6
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
The X-Files Trivia Game
boardgame
This X-Files board game is based on seasons 1 to 3 and requires a VCR. Players watch video clips and answer questions about characters, history, mysteries, and behind-the-scenes facts across two different difficulty levels.
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- 45 min
- Min. Age:
- 14
Skull & Crossbones
boardgame
Skull & Crossbones is a family board game where deserted pirates must find Captain Skull's treasure and escape before he returns. Movement uses cards. An optional real-time video features Captain Skull trying to stop the players.
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Murder Mystery Video Party Game
boardgame
- Players:
- 0
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Nightmare II
boardgameexpansion
Nightmare II is an interactive video board game for 3 to 6 players aged 12 and up. Featuring a 60-minute VHS tape and new Time and Fate cards, it delivers spooky, fast-paced thrills starring the zombie Baron Samedi.
- Players:
- 3–6
- Time:
- 60 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
VCR Hockey Night in Canada
boardgame
In this hockey board game, players move across the board, draw cards, and follow instructions to win the hockey game. A VHS video cassette features historical plays that determine scoring points during specific board spaces.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 10