Blockbusters for Android
We've listened to your feedback and read all your reviews - this new update includes more free questions, a new free topic pack, a whole new way of buzzing in, an ability to play up to 5 consecutive games carrying your score over (just like the show), Easy, Medium and Hard options for play as well as loads of new improvements. Download it now!
THE MEMORIES: “ I’ll have a ‘P’ please Bob ”
You grew up watching Bob Holness on ITV and BBC grilling contestants and playing the Gold Run and now it is your chance! We have made every effort to replicate the look and feel of the original show….
This app includes Bob Holness, the original music and game sounds, original question content and the original title sequence.
THE GAME: This is no ordinary TV quiz show and this is no ordinary quiz app.
* 1 Player
* 2 Player
ROUNDS 1-3: Players need to get across the board of hexagons (white to white or blue to blue). Each hexagon has a letter and the question and answers relate to the letter chosen. It is best of 3 boards to progress to the Gold Run. Sound easy? Lets see how you do. PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO BUZZER IN 1 PLAYER MODE - YOU SIMPLY SELECT THE ANSWER YOU THINK IS CORRECT BEFORE THE COMPUTER BUZZES IN.
THE GOLD RUN: This is high stakes. The winner of the rounds 1-3 steps up to take the 60 second challenge to get from one end of the hexagonal board to the other. Instead of choosing a letter you choose multiple letters (e.g. TXF / answer The X Factor). Good Luck!
QUESTIONS: The game includes General Knowledge / Popular Culture Question Pack (1000+ Q’s) PLUS a bonus Christmas Question Pack!
FEATURES:
[] Multi Player & Single Player
[] Google Leaderboards & Achievements
[] Local Leaderboard
[] 1000’s of Trivia Questions
[] Original Theme Tune, Intro Sequence, Bob Holness and In-Show Graphics
We want you to LOVE our games. Please tell us what you think at
hello@prettymobile.com
Developed and published by Pretty Mobile.
www.prettymobile.com
COPYRIGHTS:
Blockbusters is a trademark of FremantleMedia Limited.
Licensed by FremantleMedia UK.
Bob Holness image and likeness licensed from Robert Holness Ltd
Special thanks to Ros Holness
All question content used under license from The Question Co.
www.thequestionco.com
@thequestionco
MUSIC:
‘Blockbusters Main Title’, written & composed by Edward Welch.
Published by EMI Music Publishing. Synchronisation, Reproduction, Promotion, Edit and Arrangement rights licensed from EMI Publishing.
Computer comes in too early and gold run doesn't give you win even if you use correct spellings dont pay for this app it is a waste of your money and will only make the devs money and from all the comments they dont seem to want to fix it
Gold run impossible even though I am 100% correct in answer. Love the game but only gonna buy extras when gold run is fix. Next to give you the answers you got incorrect also.
Would be a great game if it wasn't completely ruined by the gold rush. Every answer I type is wrong.... fix it!
What "B" is a pile of crap and not worth downloading let alone paying for? Totally ruined by Gold Run functionality and exceptionally psychic computer player.
Who the hell can type answers out that quickly. Impossible . Making a potentialy great game pointless.
Despite knowing for certain I have the correct answer with the correct spelling and punctuation the game insists I am wrong. Beyond frustrating! Perhaps the game designers could review their spelling on this! Sadly I am not the only one who has this issue. Please resolve this issue.
No matter how well you answer questions in the Gold Run it will always claim your answer is wrong. Shame, the normal rounds before the gold run are very well done.
Great game BUT the gold run ruins it. If you mispell an answer or put a space at the end it is incorrect. Also the computer buzzes in with correct answers really early and it turns into a competition as to who can press first when the question has barely started loading. Hopefully some tweaks will take place.
Make sure you don't have a space after your answer otherwise it will say it is wrong. Still hard unless you can type fast
Impossible to play against others Bluetooth option freezes and online does not connect at all. Complete caca! One player is not too bad but gold run is ridiculous
Would be a great game if it had correct spellings of peoples names. Uri gellar was 1 it starts with a u not a y. Also emmerdale spely wrongly and have only played half a dozen times
Ffs! Keeps telling me I'm wrong on the gold run when I'm not, impossible to move on. Waste of money. Deleting it immediately!
The gold run is really frustrating, it feels like a spelling test against the clock. I know most of the answers but between autocorrect and not being 100% sure how to spell words like ouiji board or how many p's and l's in a celebrity's name I get more wrong than right.
The big thing that let's this game down is the adverts, not the fact that they are there just they don't load. Quite a few times I have got to the gold run and the advert starts to load then does nothing. Just constantly get a spinning circle which after 2 mins you give up.
Gold run ruins it. Can't get a question right even though I am answering them correctly. Would give it 5 stars if that was fixed. Wish I hadn't got overexcited and paid for the extras now. Boo! Update: have played gold runs 5 times with, and 5 times without spaces on easy so all answers were definitely correct and spelt correctly. Every time says I'm wrong. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!
The gold run format is impractical. Given the prevalence of keyboard apps that autocomplete with terminal spaces, it makes it remarkably frustrating. Playing against the computer is also frustrating when there is not enough of the question visible (eg "What S is the football club that used to have their grounds at-") to make a guess at the answer, and it jumps in with the right answer. Finally, check the spelling of words in the questions and answers. You do not "throe" a yo-yo, you throw it. Uninstalling.
Great game which brings back childhood memories of watching it on tv. The thing that let's it down big time is the Gold Run. I put in the correct answers and it still gives a x. Get it sorted because it could be a 5 star game.
Grammar is atrocious, questions are misspelt, answers not fact checked. Not worth downloading. Clearly made by someone who doesnt have English as their first language! One of the questions on gold is wm - a device for washing clothes and linen...but washing machine isnt the answer... Alrighty then! I want my money back!
Agree with other comments - easy mode too easy, computer didn't buzz before me once, but on medium computer buzzes way way top quick. However, biggest issue is the time it takes to load between sections, really spoils it
No point having a 2 player button as it does not work...tried it via Bluetooth which just froze after answering 1st question...as for going via online it just kept going round in circles through Google play and so never got to play a 2 player game - disappointing. Please sort this out otherwise where is the fun in this game..? Also agree with the fact that it will mark you wrong in the gold run for spelling mistakes, which is unfair as if in the real game you would be speaking the answer...needs rectifying
Something wrong with the timing. Only way to answer in one player mode is to buzz in before the question is half written the guess the question from the possible answers, else the computer will always buzz in by the time the question is 2/3 written. Sometimes it even buzzes in correctly after the word "what". Also doesn't allow full functionality of the Swype keyboard in the gold run (no alternate word options for cases where Swype incorrectly interprets a gesture). Otherwise great.
Another money making machine so badly coded that a human has no chance. Has a fault where often the last - and vital - word of the question does not come up. Awful!
You have to be quick to beat the computer on medium difficulty. My issue is with the gold run, that you need more time to type in the answer but even when you think it's right, computer says no. I'm guessing because the dictionary is US English not English English? If that's fixed I would play more.
So disappointed. Both husband and I downloaded. App continuously froze, couldn't link online, downloaded full app for 99p, still got adverts, waste of money. We were really looking forward to a bit of banter and play reliving our childhood and shouldn't have bothered.
It keeps crashing after round one! A few times I've made it to round two without it crashing but then it crashes after round two so I never get to the gold run!!! Fix this and it might be better and worth more than 1 star.
Questions answered by computer before they have finished asking them. 1 minute is not enough time to type in answers in the gold run. Rubbish game. Will delete it. Glad I didn't have to pay for it.
Not enough time to type answers on the gold run. One minor mistype and you get the answer wrong. Should incorporate voice recognition to speak the answers. Ok google understands my accent well so the tech exists.
I've seen a lot of complaints from people saying they answer gold run questions directly but the game says they are wrong. I only experienced this once and if was because I used my keyboards auto word fill in which always adds a space to the end of the word ready for another. I either deleted the space or typed the word entirely and it works for me
First few rounds are just multiple choice and are too easy. Goldrun is better as you have to type the answer in. But still too easy. Didnt have the problem of trying to spell the answers on the gold run like some complained about. Didnt even put spaces between words and it worked.
I lost every round according to the computer. I don't think so I'm 60 so I know quite a bit. Shame I paid for the no ad pack. Will be deleting it.
Gold Run can get a bit frustrating when even spaces count as a spelling mistake, but overall good fun.
Good game to play. Quite addictive. Can be a bit slow loading some scenes though
My only complaint is that on easy the computer rarely buzzes in early, but on medium it will often buzz in before the question has been fully given... One is too easy, the other impossible. Still I enjoy the trivia and the nostalgia. Worth 99p to get all the question packs.
Really needs work on the gold run the final round either multiple choice answers or allow for spelling mistakes either way it needs to be fixed. Once fixed then I would pay for question packs.
If you miss out a punctuation mark or spell something incorrectly, Inc putting an S on the end of words it says you're wrong. Wish it was less specific
Answers that are definitely correct in the gold run get marked as wrong meaning you can NEVER complete it!
Fun but not enough time to type on the gold run and as said even a space can make it wrong. Please update the gold run!
QUESTION: What 'I' is a capital city? ANSWER: Istanbul Istanbul is in Turkey and the capital of which is Ankara. This is basic primary school stuff. Can you amend this so it is correct? . Also how can the computer answer this question; what 'y' is.... and then buzz in and give the correct answer? Nonsense!
Good but BUGS!!! Can only complete game 1, 2 and gold run but can't get any further (buffering sign) to win all 5 rounds. TIP Don't put spaces in gold run or it will tell you it's a wrong answer.
by J####:
In a one player game, the computer buzzes in before the questions have even finished being written out. And where the hell is the buzzer anyway?