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I also loved the original Concentration when it was still taped at Rockefeller Center in NYC. It was hilarious when one or more of the numbered trilons on the board would get stuck while turning. Then there was a time there was smoke coming from behind the game board, like one of the motors that turned the trilons caught fire. Here's an old episode from 1963 I found on YouTube:
The original version of "Jeopardy!" was the best. Instead of having to wait until the host finished reading the question, a contestant who felt they knew the answer could buzz in and ask before the question was finished.
Really fast readers had a split second or so advantage, and it was more exciting for the game to move fast instead of having to watch (nowadays) people struggling with the buzzer. I wish they would bring back the original version.
Another game I liked better when it first came out was "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", when potential contestants sat around in a circle and were given several (four, I think) things that had to be put in order as they happened in history (and possibly other things like math) and then the first to win that small round got to be the contestant. Then more of the questions had less "goofy" questions, had more educational questions and more people won big. I haven't seen anyone win $500,000 or a million in the past several hundred times I have caught the show, so I stopped watching. I think they pick people who are unlikely to win the big money now.
Growing up, there was a fantastic and frustrating game on that's not listed; it was called "G.E. College Bowl Quiz". It was so hard, and moved so quickly that this little girl got only a small fraction of the questions correct, but it was enough to spur me on to learn to compete much more effectively and to study subjects I had not considered before.
I also used to love watching all game shows with my Mom when I was growing up. She was a big game show fan and we especially liked to compete on "Wheel of Fortune," just to see who could finish the puzzle first.
Oh boy! You're old. (Like me. ) "What's My Line?" and "To Tell the Truth" were on at about that same time. My parents seldom missed "What's My Line?"
The original "What's My Line?" is back to Tivo. My husband and I enjoy the civilized and very witty banter. I think we have seen nearly all the episodes now. Great show.
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Then there was a time there was smoke coming from behind the game board, like one of the motors that turned the trilons caught fire. 
Here's an old episode from 1963 I found on YouTube:
) "What's My Line?" and "To Tell the Truth" were on at about that same time. My parents seldom missed "What's My Line?"
