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Post by roboboy on Apr 15, 2016 8:49:52 GMT -5
I was wondering how much we know about the FFF consoles as I am considering getting a friend to attempt to build one based on what comes out of this discussion. The design I am thinking of using as my base is the one below.  Do we think/know if the computer monitor above the keypads was part of an individual console for each player or were all ten monitors connected directly to a server? I presume the LCD screen on the keypad displayed the buttons pressed in the entered order and that DEl either removed the last button press of the entire entry. |
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Post by millionaire94 on Apr 15, 2016 11:27:22 GMT -5
On the first series of Millionaire (until mid 2002), each FFF console consisted of two parts: the monitor, which displayed the question and four answers (and the show's logo, when not playing FFF), and the 'game console' so to speak. All monitors showed the same things on the screen (each was a carbon copy of another, 'main' monitor on the control room), and the console was the one who did all the game logic. It would tell "STANDBY" when not playing, and, when playing, it would show the order in which the answers were being sorted. One of the major 'flaws' of this system was that the lighting of the studio made it quite difficult to distinguish what was appearing on the screen while playing (and that's why you would probably see most players bobbing their heads while playing... it was so they could see what they were doing).  Starting from the 12th UK season, the software got a revamp, the graphics got a revamp as well, and, of course, the FFF consoles got a revamp as well: now they were 10 separate consoles, which allowed to get more 'personalised' game options (aside from the question and the four answers), such as the contestant's name and the answer that the contestant would then send to the main server.  Lengthy explanation, but hope that it helped! |
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Post by roboboy on Apr 15, 2016 20:39:22 GMT -5
That does indeed help for how the 1st generation keypads worked. I am now intrigued by how the second generation consoles worked.
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Post by futuregshost on Apr 15, 2016 23:00:23 GMT -5
Actually, there's en even older version of the console used (I believe) only in the first series! It looks cheaply made, and the screen looks much smaller than the other two examples. I'm definitely glad they changed it to the other version because this looks really, really tacky.  Also Comic Sans is very painful to see here |
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Post by roboboy on Apr 16, 2016 0:25:08 GMT -5
I forgot about that version. Are there six buttons on that keypad or just the four since at that point in time FFF used a regular style single answer question.
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Post by millionaire94 on Apr 16, 2016 8:52:31 GMT -5
I forgot about that version. Are there six buttons on that keypad or just the four since at that point in time FFF used a regular style single answer question. I suppose that there were only four buttons (A, B, C, D), because the qualifying round was first thought as "Fastest Finger First", that is, the 'winner' was the 'fastest' to punch the correct answer. But I'm intrigued about the three circles on the right side of the keypad (or, at least, I see them as circles, dunno) |
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Post by roboboy on Apr 16, 2016 10:20:06 GMT -5
I forgot about that version. Are there six buttons on that keypad or just the four since at that point in time FFF used a regular style single answer question. I suppose that there were only four buttons (A, B, C, D), because the qualifying round was first thought as "Fastest Finger First", that is, the 'winner' was the 'fastest' to punch the correct answer. But I'm intrigued about the three circles on the right side of the keypad (or, at least, I see them as circles, dunno) I am also intrigued by them as well as the large yellow/creme/beige rectangle on the other side of the buttons. Also do we know what the graphics for the second gen consoles looked like? I have decided I will go with the gen 2 consoles as the graphics are not personalised so I can project what would have appeared on the monitor. |
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Post by millionaire94 on Apr 17, 2016 13:57:51 GMT -5
Also do we know what the graphics for the second gen consoles looked like? I have decided I will go with the gen 2 consoles as the graphics are not personalised so I can project what would have appeared on the monitor. It would be something like this:  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 14:14:40 GMT -5
Also do we know what the graphics for the second gen consoles looked like? I have decided I will go with the gen 2 consoles as the graphics are not personalised so I can project what would have appeared on the monitor. It would be something like this: Confirmed :  |
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Post by retched on Apr 17, 2016 21:52:07 GMT -5
So question: What generation are the ones that have the "blue" backgrounds like the one @millichris' screen?
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Post by roboboy on Apr 18, 2016 0:51:37 GMT -5
So question: What generation are the ones that have the "blue" backgrounds like the one @millichris' screen? Is that not just the studio lighting. |
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) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
