Boom

There was a time, not too long ago, when the TV game shows were the star of the grid. 'Time is money', 'One, two, three', 'The fair price'… programs like these crowded millions of viewers in front of the so-called 'stupid box' every day, following the adventures of ordinary citizens, excited because their life would change, from one day to the next, thanks to a considerable sum of money. We liked these programs because we shared the illusion of the participant and we were moved by them.

If you have never dared to go on TV to participate in one of these contests, or perhaps you have not been lucky enough to be called, you can always use mobile applications that emulate this type of games. We have scoured the Android app store to bring you some of the best apps based on TV quiz shows. Boom, Pasapalabra, Saber y Ganar… in total, 5 contests, classic and modern, to turn your mobile into a TV dish.

Boom Quiz

The Antena 3 program presented by Juanra Bonet has been an unexpected success for the channel's programmers. In its time slot, it continues to offer viewers the chance to see how a team of contestants win millions of euros or end up covered in ink, due to a bomb explosion. Of course, we have its mobile version. It is not official of the program, but the result is frankly similar.

We have a question and a bomb to which four possible answers are connected by cables. We must go 'cutting' each cable to eliminate the answers that we believe are wrong, until we are left with the right one. If it is valid, a next bomb will be delivered to us. If it's wrong, it will explode in our face and we'll have to start over.

Play Boom Quiz alone or with your friends, a game that you can download completely free from the Android Play Store. Just warn that the game contains ads that may cause you to spend on mobile data. And, in this sense, note that your download file has a weight of about 20 MB.

Pass word

Pasapalabra is an already mythical Telecinco contest in which its participants demonstrate their vocabulary skills, facing a 'donut' with the complete alphabet, which they must fill in through a series of definitions presented.On the phone we can also play Pasapalabra, and we have to tell you that its translation to mobile support is quite good, with a very correct graphic section and a quite successful similarity with the program.

In the Pasapalabra mobile game we go directly to the donut phase We have a complete circle full of spheres, each one containing one letter. Definitions will appear and we have those letters as a clue. We must try to complete the entire donut to succeed in the challenge. But we warn you that filling it out completely requires extensive knowledge of the language.

You can download Pasapalabra for free in the Android app store. Its setup file is 5 MB in size.

The roulette of the fortune

One of the most famous contests in the history of TV is this one in which the contestants spin a roulette wheel, which contains different amounts of money and a prize, and they must solve a riddle in the manner of the hanged man.Asking for vowels and consonants, the contestant must figure out what is hidden behind the panel.

The Crazy Roulette mobile game is exactly the same as the TV show, although with the added difficulty that we have a certain amount of time per turn. We play against other people in turns: we pull the wheel, we say vowel or consonant and we fill in the panel. Different prizes can be found in roulette: if we are right choosing a letter that is on the panel, we accumulate the money. We'll take the accumulated if, in the end, we manage to hit the panel.

You can play Wheel of Fortune or 'Crazy Wheel' for free from the Android app store today. The setup file is just over 50 MB in size.

To know and to win

The longest running game show on TV that continues to be broadcast is the one presented by the almost immortal Jordi Hurtado. It is a program that breathes classicism on all four sides: a presenter is asking general culture questions and his contestants must be the first to know the answers. This is what we are going to find in its game format, neither more nor less.

The Saber y Ganar application is also official: it is developed by the interactive media of RTVE and can be obtained for free in the Android application store. The application is so similar to the TV program that we even have a small Jordi Hurtado acting as master of ceremonies. In addition, we will have well-known sections such as ‘Every wise man with his theme.’

The Saber y Ganar application has a weight of 25 MB. We recommend downloading the app always under a WiFi connection, but if you have enough data, feel free to use it. The game is very entertaining and can save us from more than one trip or waiting room.

Ciphers and letters

Another quiz showmythical tabletop 2Its mechanics were even simpler than in Saber y Ganar: it only consisted of two types of games, as its name indicates. With the figures we had to perform different mathematical operations with certain numbers to arrive at a certain amount. With the letters, we had to try to make the longest word we could. Something so simple was on the air from 1991 to 1996. As of 2002 it became part of the grid of regional television stations.

In this emulator of Numbers and Letters we can play in classic mode, that is, alternating numbers or letters, or choose just one of the categories. The game mechanism is exactly the same as on TV. You can download it for free from the Play Store, although taking into account what it contains inside.