MERV GRIFFIN'S CROSSWORDS
(Parker Brothers
2008) [Ty Treadway on cover]
Released after the TV show had been
cancelled (plans for a second season fell through), this home edition is
not "Based on the TV Game Show" as you typically see, but instead is marketed
as "The Social Wordplay Game". What's more, though TV host Ty Treadway
is prominently featured on the lid, he is not identified by name anywhere
on the outside packaging.
(St. Martins
Griffin 2007) by Timothy Parker
Three Editions
[Ty Treadway and Merv Griffin on covers]
Each paperback book in this "official
tie-in to new hit game show" includes 100 crossword puzzles. It's unclear
whether some of the puzzles are identical to the puzzles used on the show,
but since the show made less than 300 episodes, it's certain that not all
of them are. The first edition offers "easiest" puzzles, the second
"easy" and the third "easy-to-hard". Parker, the crossword editor
for USA TODAY, is listed as the "puzzle producer" for the TV series.
Original art on some internet sites featured different, less colorful covers
and a different logo.
(THQ 2008) for
Nintendo Wii [Ty Treadway on cover]
(Elephant 2008)
[Ty Treadway on cover]
(Microsoft 2008)
for Xbox Live Arcade
Many of the TV episodes heavily
promoted the Xbox Live Arcade download.
(Electronic
Arts 2008)
Electronic Arts offered downloads
to various mobile devices in 2008.