Blockbusters is a television game show in which contestants answered trivia questions to complete a path across or down a game board of hexagons.

Blockbusters was an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s. Created by Steve Ryan for Mark Goodson Productions, the first version debuted on NBC on October 27, 1980, and ran until April 23, 1982. Bill Cullen served as the original host on this version, which was noted for its format in which one contestant competed against a "family pair" (a team of two related contestants, but never a husband and wife) to answer questions, given the first letter of the answer.

A revival debuted on January 5, 1987, hosted by Bill Rafferty; this version, unlike the previous incarnation, the revival featured one-on-one competition. The newer version lasted until May 1 of the same year.

The students who perform the "Hand-Jive" dance at the end of each fifth program were allowed to do the "Hand-Jive" by the producers, as it was the final thing they did before they went home.

An updated version of the popular early-80's game show of the same name. While the original used pairs of family members as contestants, this version used a simpler, one- on-one format. Presented with a grid of hexagons, each with a letter printed on it, one contestant had to make a horizontal line of five hexes, while his opponent tried to make a vertical line of four. For each chosen hex, a general knowledge question was asked, the answer to which began with the letter printed on the hex. Whoever gave the correct answer to the question got control of the hex and could choose the next hex to be used. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

Based on the popular 1980 game show, in this revamp version, the "family pair" had been dropped, and 2 contestants competed in a best two-out-of-three game match, 1 a returning champion, the other a challenger, competed to connect hexagons by answering trivia questions that started with each letter on a 4 X 5 computerized grid board. All letters in each of those hexagons were all 1-word answers to questions, relating to them. Also, instead of challenging questions, this updated version would feature a question in 2 parts: one is a series of suggestive questions by Mary Ellen, Hellouise, among many others and the second is the normal question on which the answer had been given right away. In Round 1, the challenger (red) had the advantage first, by connecting, top to bottom, in as few as four moves, as the champion (white) has the disadvantage by connecting side by side, in as few as five. In Round 2, the advantage switched as the champion (white) connected, top to bottom, in as few as four moves, while the challenger (red) had the disadvantage of connecting, side by side, in as few as five moves. If 2 contestants came close to each other (in paths on the board), after the last contestant picked the letter (in which one team whose path was connected and the other blocked), then the final sudden death question will be asked. If in an event of a tie, a tie-breaking round is used on a 4 X 4 computerized game board that gave nobody the advantage (meaning that the challenger (red) needed to connect, top to bottom, in as few as four moves, as the champion (white) needed to connect, side by side, also in as few as four moves). The champion played the Gold Run bonus round, where they had to make the connection side by side, connecting the gold to the gold on a 4 X 5 computerized board in 60 seconds, by answering rapid-fire questions about that/those initial(s) to win a flat $5000 (before the jackpot that started at $5000 plus $5000 for each time it was not won). The Gold Run's answers consists of 1 to 5 letters whose words start with those initial letters on each hexagon, represents a person, place, thing, phrase, event, etc. Correct answers on a hexagon turns gold while wrong answers or passes turns the hexagon black "block" and the contestant had to work their way around that block. If a contestant failed to make that connection or was completely blocked in, then he/she is rewarded $100 for every gold hexagon that a contestant had. Written by Gary Richard Collins II (hugsarealwaysinorder@yahoo.com)

Game show which sought to resolve the question, "Are two heads better than one?" A single contestant competed against a team of two (related in some way but not married) to answer general knowledge questions, which allowed them to claim hexagonal boxes on a large five-by-four game board if they answered correctly. Each box had a different letter of the alphabet on it, and each question had a one-word answer beginning with whichever letter was selected by a player. The single contestant had to complete a vertical path on the board to win (a minimum of four red boxes), while the two-person team had to finish a horizontal path on the board (a minimum of five white boxes). Oftentimes, more than the minimum number of boxes were required to win a game. The first team to win a two-out-of-three-game match became the champion and played the "Gold Rush" for a chance to win $5,000 in cash. The same game board was used only with each box having one letter or as much as five initials to a phrase, title, name, etc. The champion, whether it be the single player or one member of the two-person team, had one minute to make a horizontal connection across the board. Each clue answered correctly turned the box in question gold, while incorrect answers or passes turned a box black, making it a block that a contestant had to work around. If the champion failed to make such connection, he/she won $100 per correct answer. Teams continued until winning 10 games or being defeated. The 10-game maximum was eventually extended to 20 games, allowing previously-retired champions to be brought back to the show. Written by Anonymous