Play Hollywood Squares Online

Hollywood Squares for the NES came out in 1989, developed by Rare and published by GameTek. It was one of many game show adaptations on the system, a straightforward translation of the TV program where you compete in a tic-tac-toe grid of celebrities.

You control a contestant, selecting squares on the board to hear a celebrity's answer to a host's question. Your main objective is to get three squares in a row by correctly judging if the celebrity is telling the truth or bluffing. The core mechanics involve choosing a square, listening to the answer, and then agreeing or disagreeing with it; winning a square lets you place your mark, while losing a square gives your opponent the chance. The pacing is methodical, dictated by the question-and-answer format, and the difficulty comes from trying to outthink both the celebrities and your human or computer opponent. It feels like a quiet test of your own knowledge and intuition against a familiar TV structure.