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 Post subject: Crazy Golf
PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:15 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Crazy Golf
PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:24 pm 
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CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NTN Buzztime, Inc.
(Amex: NTN), a leading developer and distributor of Play Along TV(R)
entertainment and technology, announced today the launch of its latest
multiplayer interactive television game -- Crazy Golf(TM) -- to its
dual-channel Buzztime iTV Network locations throughout North America and
the United Kingdom. Up to seven players in each location can control a
virtual putter to compete in Buzztime's arcade-style miniature golf game
and vie for the best round!
Crazy Golf is the second game on the Buzztime iTV Network to include
3-dimensional graphics for a more virtual and dynamic play-along
experience; the first game, Cutthroat(TM) billiards, was released May 17,
2006. Players have the option of positioning their shots from one of two
angles: behind the putter (at ground level) and from a standing position.
"Crazy Golf is similar to our blockbuster Texas Hold'em game since
players take turns and have more time to socialize. As in the case of Texas
Hold'em, we believe Crazy Golf will appeal to our existing customers and
many new bar and tavern locations," said Dario Santana, Chief Executive
Officer. "From a graphics point of view, it is one of the most visually
appealing and realistic games we offer. Players will enjoy the skill of
Crazy Golf, which offers a wide variety of challenges and obstacles that
must be mastered."
The game is designed to allow from one to seven players to compete in a
round of miniature golf. Each one hour game features up to nine holes.
Players take turns shooting and rotating after each hole. The holes vary by
par, crazy layouts and obstacles such as bumpers, pipes, broken bridges,
swinging maces and vanishing holes.
Crazy Golf is now available for play in more than 2,600 locations
across North American and the United Kingdom that carry the dual-channel
version of the Buzztime iTV Network.


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 Post subject: Re: Crazy Golf
PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:32 pm 
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Crazy Golf is referenced on the current Wikipeda Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzztime


NTN Buzztime is a company that produces interactive entertainment across many different platforms. Its most well-known product, simply called Buzztime, and formerly known as the NTN Network, since 1985, broadcasts trivia and other games via broadband over a national network to over 3,800 bars and restaurants in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Operations in the U.K. were discontinued Q3 2008.[2] Typically, independently-owned bars and restaurants offer Buzztime. However, it is also offered by major chains such as Buffalo Wild Wings and Damon's Grill, and is being implemented at some T.G.I. Friday's and Applebee's. Buzztime offers several different kinds of trivia games based on a variety of subjects, including pop culture, entertainment, world history, geography, sports and music, as well as general trivia games with questions in many categories.

NTN Buzztime, Inc. is based in Carlsbad, California. The company was founded as Alroy Industries[3] and formerly went by the name NTN Communications, Inc. from 1985 to 2005.

In January 2008 Buzztime Entertainment filed a legal suit against Sony Computer Entertainment Europe alleging that Sony had violated several of its trademarks with its Buzz! series of video games. The suit accused Sony of a "malicious, fraudulent, knowing, wilful, and deliberate" violation of its trademarks. In the suit Buzztime is seeking the recall and destruction of all infringing products and is asking the court for actual damages, punitive damages, legal fees and an order to the US Patent and Trademark Office not to register Sony's pending Buzz trademarks.[4]


Contents [hide]
1 How Buzztime works
2 Other products
3 Lawsuits
4 Notes and references
5 External links

How Buzztime works[edit]
The Playmaker is the wireless device used to play the Buzztime games, which are shown on television screenBuzztime players use "Playmakers" to answer the questions that are displayed on the television screens. Questions are answered by pressing numbered buttons that correspond to multiple-choice answers. The region on the right side of the Playmaker is known as the "Playzone" and it features a numbered keypad. The row of numbers at the top of the Playmaker can also be used to respond to questions.

After each game, the top 20 individual winners as well as the top 20 establishments on the entire network (based on an average of the five highest scores at that establishment—top six for Showdown) are broadcast in a "Network Rankings" summary for each game. Many teams gather together in their respective establishments to partake in the battle of wits.

Many frequent Buzztime players are enrolled in the "Players Plus" program. Players earn Players Plus points by participating in a game, and can earn additional points by beating a target score that is given before the start of each game. In the past, Buzztime trivia offerings were available over online services such as the now-defunct ImagiNation Network. Now, Buzztime trivia can be found on other platforms, such as an electronic home-system version and a mobile phone version.

In 2004, the company launched the Blast channel that is available to establishments that upgrade to the ITV2 system. (New Buzztime installations use the 2 channel ITV2 system.) This "Channel B" features the games Blackjack, Cutthroat (a form of billiards), Texas hold 'em poker, Shark Attack (similar to hangman) and Crazy Golf, a miniature golf-type game. It also can be used to broadcast some of the QB1 games, allowing the first channel to broadcast the trivia games.

In January 2006, the company renamed the NTN Network "Buzztime." Furthermore, the "Blast" brandname was discontinued. It also launched an expanded players' website, which features more-detailed player statistics and a phpBB-based forum. In 2009 a third "Channel C" all sports trivia channel was added to the system, but only 2 of the 3 channels (Trivia, Games or Sports) can be used simultaneously at a location. The Forum was discontinued in January, 2010 and replaced with a Blog.

Other products[edit]NTN Buzztime used to produce a variety of wireless paging products, the most common example being a device that vibrates when a food order is ready. The wireless product division was sold in 2006.

NTN Buzztime also once produced and distributed ProHost Seating and Reservations Software for managing door and floor operations in Restaurants, Casinos, Theme Parks, Hotels, in its Arlington, TX office- known as "Software Solutions". Signature customers include Harrah's Entertainment, MGM Mirage, Universal Studios and Hard Rock Cafe. The software solutions division was sold by NTN Buzztime, Inc. in 2007 to ESP Digital Media.

Lawsuits[edit]In 1997, a complaint was filed charging NTN for devising an "exit strategy" that would provide certain defendants with millions of dollars of compensation upon their resignation. In 2000, a settlement of $3,250,000 was approved.[5]


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 Post subject: Re: Crazy Golf
PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:03 pm 
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It sure would be fun to go back and ask/find out what sort of research led them to believe Crazy Golf would be a good game. And I'm willing to bet the logic behind that game would very closely match the logic behind the Opionation game, among other similarly questionable recent decisions.


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