Games I Grew Up On: Anticipation

The very first four player game I played on a console system was the game, Anticipation.  The game itself is just Pictionary where the computer is drawing the picture for you.  Since the NES only had two controllers, they had to be creative for four players.  A player is assigned either the Control Pad or A/B buttons on a controller to buzz in with.  So with two controllers, up to four players can play.  That's assuming, of course, that once you buzz in, the other player assigned to your controller will let you have the controller to enter in your answer.

The game has multiple levels where players must answer each of four categories correctly to progress to the next level.  The higher the level, the less hints there are to suggest what the drawing is (less dots, no category, no dashes to indicate how many letters).  Higher levels also have gaps in the board so it's possible to fall back down to a previous level.  The first player to complete all four categories on the highest level wins the game.

This game was definitely a lot of fun to play as a kid, but even back then I realized that my brothers (and eventually I) knew all the answers already since we had played it so much.  Just like any game with a fixed set of questions/words/whatever, the game stops being fun at that point.  I wonder how different things would be if there was DLC for games back then...