Wheel of Fortune (NES)

Wheel of Fortune is the first of four NES games based on the famous game show, and probably the "purest" translation of that group...even if the top amount in each round is a paltry $1,000.

Unused Coca-Cola Logos
Two unused versions of the classic Coca-Cola logo. It would appear that during the game's development in 1987, Coca-Cola wanted to advertise its ownership of Merv Griffin Enterprises, but the sale to Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. in February 1988 scuttled the idea.



The first logo is loaded into VRAM on the title screen, and was likely intended to appear in the scrolling text at the bottom of the screen (the palette used for the text fits the logo perfectly). The graphics data seems to have been shifted upwards by several pixels (note the bits of ribbon below the logo), and most of the ribbon is missing.



The second logo is loaded into VRAM on the copyright screen. While this version contains the missing ribbon tiles, it also has a couple of miscolored pixels inside the top loop of the "L".

Unused Puzzle
At the start of the puzzle bank ( in the ROM) is a puzzle not referenced at all by the game: WHEEL OF FORTUNE It seems to be an copy of the text shown on the puzzle board while the game is setting up, but the data for that is located at - in the ROM.

Unused Wheel Wedges
The game supports a lot more variety in Wheel wedges than is actually used, including values much higher than the normal top dollar of $1,000.

Revisional Differences
For reasons unknown, one puzzle was changed between the PRG0 and PRG1 releases:

The former is a line from Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, while the latter was Rodney Dangerfield's catchphrase.