BAMBOOZLE! – THE CULT QUIZ
If you grew up in the UK in the 80s or 90s, there's a good chance you spent hours playing Bamboozle. This simple quiz game, tucked away inside Teletext, became a proper cult phenomenon. I've no idea how many hours I lost to it, but it was a lot.
HOW IT WORKED
You'd head straight to page 152 and be greeted by the quiz. Each question was multiple choice, answered using the coloured buttons on your remote: Red, Green, Yellow, or Blue. Get it right and you'd progress to the next page; get it wrong and you were often sent back. Brutally simple, but weirdly addictive.
THE CHARACTERS
Bamber Boozle guided you through the quiz, acting as host and mascot. Different themed runs introduced other characters too, all rendered in classic teletext block-mosaic graphics. Limited colours, chunky shapes, hardly any detail, yet they were full of charm. Those blocky little characters were strangely endearing.
THE ADDICTION
There was something deeply satisfying about completing a Bamboozle quiz. The slow page loads, the pause before the next question appeared, the tiny thrill of pressing a coloured button and hoping you were right. It was gaming before gaming went online: minimal, patient, and it worked. It really worked.
MODERN TRIBUTES
QFAX is itself a love letter to this era. The coloured buttons, the page numbers, the sense of ritual and nostalgia. It's the same magic, just with live data. Hopefully capturing some of what made teletext special.
RELIVE THE NOSTALGIA
QFAX brings back the teletext experience for modern football fans. Live scores on PAGE 316, Vidiprinter on PAGE 350, and On This Day on PAGE 381. Download now and step back in time.
