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 ADAPTATIONS INTO GAME SHOWS
Most game shows are more or less original, or based on some common pastime or card game (tic-tac-toe and blackjack have proven especially popular).  A few -- surprisingly, a VERY few -- were adapted from licensed or copyrighted properties in some other form.  Essentially, this list is the opposite of the other lists on this site.  These games were something else first, before they became game shows.  Note that in two cases (Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit), the game show ended up inspiring a home game of its own.  Those two, as well as a few other notable ones, are included in our regular pages.

BALDERDASH (PAX 2004)
    Based on the box game

BOGGLE (Family Channel 1994)
    Based on the Parker Brothers letter-cubes game

DROODLES (NBC 1954)
    Based on a book of Roger Price's humorous drawings published the previous year

THE GUINNESS GAME (Syndicated 1979-1980)
    Based on the best-selling book of world records

JUMBLE (Family Channel 1994)
    Based on the long running newspaper feature

MAD LIBS (Disney Channel 1998)
    Based on the popular series of humor books

MONOPOLY (ABC 1990)
    Based on the classic board game

PICK YOUR BRAIN (Syndicated 1993-1994)
    Based (loosely) on the 2-XL robot quiz toy sold at the time

PICTIONARY (Syndicated 1989, 1997-1998)
    Based on the board game

THE REEL TO REEL PICTURE SHOW (PAX 1998)
    Based on a Canadian board game

SCATTERGORIES (NBC 1993)
    Based on the board game

SCRABBLE (NBC 1984-1990, 1993)
    Based on the classic word game

SECRETS OF THE CRYPTKEEPER'S HAUNTED HOUSE (CBS 1996-1997)
    Based (loosely) on the HBO television series Tales From the Crypt

TABOO (TNN 2003)
    Based on the box game

TRIVIAL PURSUIT (Family Channel 1993-1994)
    Based on the popular board game

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? (PBS 1991-1996)
WHERE IN TIME IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? (PBS 1996-1998)
    Based on the popular line of computer games

YAHTZEE (Syndicated 1988)
    Based on the classic dice game

YOU DON'T KNOW JACK  (ABC 2001)
    Based on the popular series of computer games