This is one of the aspects I miss about Nickalodon, the game shows. I always loved to watch most of the game shows on this channel because the concepts were always colorful, creative, there was physical activity involved, but most importantly fun. Out of all the game shows on this channel this show was my favorite.
In a way it was kinda a dream come true since I was a kid I was a big fan of the "Indiana Jones" movies and always had fun watching games shows like "Fun House", "American Gladiators", "Double Dare", etc. Putting both the "Indiana Jones" franchise and the concept of game show into a blender and it makes one hell of a drink. I remember as a kid I wanted to compete in this game just to go though the temple.
I really love the production value of the show from the amount of work and detail it conveys the pulp adventure atmosphere perfectly; all the sets practically really look like a hidden Mayan temple. The host was solid, but I really like the talking animatronic Mayan Omec. I just really like that voice which was just booming and conveyed wisdom.
Each of the team had some really cool names like Silver Snakes or Red Jaguars, which I'll admit almost sounded like the names of some high school or collage basketball or football teams.
The first challenges are trial by elimination where in one have to answer questions correctly to advance but we were all more interested in the physical challenges which were always something different. And actually did involve some intelligence because some of them where always the simple get this amount of balls into one bin within limited time. But some of them were actual puzzles, which just raised the stakes in the tension because they all had to think on their feet literally and that to me is what makes this game show great it really teaches a valuable technique on thinking in mere seconds while in constant action.
However the highlight no doubt is the temple challenge itself which is awesome. The challenge is literally a maze as contestants have to get from point A to B within a limited time frame. But of course as usual it's not as easy as that in fact it's a lot more complicated. The temple has two different pathways, each of the door to these pathways will continue to lead you forward or delay your progress.
Each of the sections are practically a mini puzzle or challenge, just to get a door open like one that was the most nerve racking would be the monkey which is a 3D Jigsaw puzzle where you have to put the head together perfectly, it's an easy puzzle to solve (by my standards) but it really can eat at your time. Also in a few sections a temple guard is hidden whom takes you out of the game completely, however if you have a pendant they let you pass, but like I said you have only one pendant when it's gone your vulnerable so whichever path you choose tread carefully. Also what raises the stakes are the fact that in each episode the temple will change one of the sections and each season the temple is changed completely, which really give the game an unpredictability element, which raised the tension up even higher for me as I was wondering how the heck the contesting is going to clear this or that obstacle or can they make it? I even like that there is a sense of audience participation in that part of the game, I'm always cheering and yelling for one contestant or another saying things, "What are you doing, other way stupid!" or "Cmon your so close just keep going!" It just always gave me a surge of excitement which I don't get often.
This is a temple worth visiting.
Rating: 4 stars
In a way it was kinda a dream come true since I was a kid I was a big fan of the "Indiana Jones" movies and always had fun watching games shows like "Fun House", "American Gladiators", "Double Dare", etc. Putting both the "Indiana Jones" franchise and the concept of game show into a blender and it makes one hell of a drink. I remember as a kid I wanted to compete in this game just to go though the temple.
I really love the production value of the show from the amount of work and detail it conveys the pulp adventure atmosphere perfectly; all the sets practically really look like a hidden Mayan temple. The host was solid, but I really like the talking animatronic Mayan Omec. I just really like that voice which was just booming and conveyed wisdom.
Each of the team had some really cool names like Silver Snakes or Red Jaguars, which I'll admit almost sounded like the names of some high school or collage basketball or football teams.
The first challenges are trial by elimination where in one have to answer questions correctly to advance but we were all more interested in the physical challenges which were always something different. And actually did involve some intelligence because some of them where always the simple get this amount of balls into one bin within limited time. But some of them were actual puzzles, which just raised the stakes in the tension because they all had to think on their feet literally and that to me is what makes this game show great it really teaches a valuable technique on thinking in mere seconds while in constant action.
However the highlight no doubt is the temple challenge itself which is awesome. The challenge is literally a maze as contestants have to get from point A to B within a limited time frame. But of course as usual it's not as easy as that in fact it's a lot more complicated. The temple has two different pathways, each of the door to these pathways will continue to lead you forward or delay your progress.
Each of the sections are practically a mini puzzle or challenge, just to get a door open like one that was the most nerve racking would be the monkey which is a 3D Jigsaw puzzle where you have to put the head together perfectly, it's an easy puzzle to solve (by my standards) but it really can eat at your time. Also in a few sections a temple guard is hidden whom takes you out of the game completely, however if you have a pendant they let you pass, but like I said you have only one pendant when it's gone your vulnerable so whichever path you choose tread carefully. Also what raises the stakes are the fact that in each episode the temple will change one of the sections and each season the temple is changed completely, which really give the game an unpredictability element, which raised the tension up even higher for me as I was wondering how the heck the contesting is going to clear this or that obstacle or can they make it? I even like that there is a sense of audience participation in that part of the game, I'm always cheering and yelling for one contestant or another saying things, "What are you doing, other way stupid!" or "Cmon your so close just keep going!" It just always gave me a surge of excitement which I don't get often.
This is a temple worth visiting.
Rating: 4 stars