Matt also says he used glasses from Captain EO to read the answers, but that movie did not use the old-fashioned red and blue glasses. Matt lied to us. Coupling that with the fact that he was unwilling to learn the rules, I can only conclude he hates us and wants us to die.

It was annoying to have to rewind and rewatch scenes over and over again in Clue. I remember you were supposed to write down the numbers on your VCR’s timer so you’d know where the scenes started. They also warned you not to leave the tape paused too long because it would degrade. And as Matt said, it’s pretty fuzzy, which can make the game difficult because sometimes you have to look for tiny details. It would work a lot better on DVD, but I doubt anyone will revive it.

I thought it was fun to figure out the mystery; it was all a big logic puzzle. I still have no idea how they fit so much detail into the rather short story to provide so many clues. I remember one clue was about people with facial hair, and that included Madame Rose. The later games were more complex, with multiple murders, multiple murderers, murderers getting killed by other murderers, the same weapon being used for more than one murder, and so forth.

By the way, Parker Brothers later released an update of the board game called Clue: Master Detective, which incorporated the new characters and weapons from the VCR game. But it basically had the same rules.