2010 · Port · Arcade

Minute To Win It

Port

The game show Minute to Win It challenges contestants to complete unusual tasks using common items within 60 seconds. For example, bounce 7 pencils into cups using the eraser end. After each challenge, the contestant can either take their winnings and go home, or risk it all on the next challenge. Thankfully, they have three "lives", so the first failure won't doom them.

Released: 1 November 2010
Platforms: Nintendo DS Xbox 360
Genres: Arcade
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person

About

Minute to Win It is an international game show franchise where contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around the house. The first version of Minute to Win It to air was the American primetime game show, which premiered on NBC on March 14, 2010, and ran till 2011 with restaurateur and TV personality Guy Fieri as the host. It was revived in 2013 on GSN with host Apolo Ohno. The second network to air a version of the concept was Brazil's SBT, on April 17, 2010.

This series was called Nada Além de um Minuto (Portuguese for Nothing But a Minute) and was played as part of the pre-existing program Programa Silvio Santos, hosted by Silvio Santos. 1 aired Die perfekte Minute (The perfect Minute) and on June 22, 2010, Australia's Seven Network aired Minute to Win It. Currently over fifty countries worldwide have produced a version of Minute to Win It.

Keywords

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game show
based on - tv show
licensed game

Media

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Gameplay

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"10 games, each 60 seconds. Playing using household items could win you one million dollars."

Reception

In a pre-broadcast review, Cinema Blend's Kelly West praised Guy Fieri's "enthusiastic" performance and his ability to interact well with contestants. West also noted that the show could do well with families and viewers who have a preference to non-intellectual game shows, although the challenges were criticized for needing little to no skill to accomplish.