Front Game Rules

Two players, or teams of two, competed. In each round, host Edwards asked a two-choice video game question. Buzzing in with the right answer earned the right to choose which arcade game of five available would be played for that round. (One of the games was called the "Mystery Game" and if selected, that player/team won a prize.) At that point, each player (teams would nominate one member to play) had 50 seconds to play that game, or until that player got a Game Over. The points that the player scored on that game was added to his score.

The second round was played in identical fashion. The leader after two rounds got to advance to the "Name the Game Board", where he/they tried to identify screenshots from four different arcade games. Each screenshot had two choices. The player/team won a prize for getting either three or four correct answer. In the third round, one final game was played for 40 seconds, and the player with the most points at the end of the round won a prize and advanced to the bonus round.

End Game Rules

The winner now chose between the two remaining games on the stage, and had 30 seconds to either match or beat an average set by 20 or so audience members who had played the game for the same interval of time. If successful, the player/team won the grand prize: Their own arcade game.