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Bamboozle was a general knowledge, multiple choice quiz. A hacker at heart I noticed the correct choice (red/green/yellow/blue) went to a different page number to the rest. So if you quickly flicked through all the colours until you found the different one you could blaze through with 100% correct.
My sister was amazed when I could get every question right first time.
Teletext (Ceefax on Channel 4) had some games you could play 'through your TV!' :) Bamboozle was a general knowledge, multiple choice quiz. A hacker at heart I noticed the correct choice (red/green/yellow/blue) went to a different page number to the rest. So if you quickly flicked through all the colours until you found the different one you could blaze through with 100% correct. My sister was amazed when I could get…
Some broadcasters even had "apps" that you could "run" through an assigned Teletext page and your phone (using DTMF), including home banking and silly games.
If you picked up a random page in a certain interval you would actually see anonymized account data being broadcast around...
(also check ETS 300 706 and 708 for more fun stuff about teletext)
Lovely bit of legacy.
Teletext (Ceefax on Channel 4) had some games you could play 'through your TV!' :) Bamboozle was a general knowledge, multiple choice quiz. A hacker at heart I noticed the correct choice (red/green/yellow/blue) went to a different page number to the rest. So if you quickly flicked through all the colours until you found the different one you could blaze through with 100% correct. My sister was amazed when I could get…