So, this was a great, great game!
I’m pretty sure it was called panic buttons, and I’m also pretty sure it came from M&S about 15 years ago.
There was a little machine, which had a button on top, and six yellow lights round the edge, and some cards with categories printed on them. You read the category out, eg “takeaways” and each person sat in front of their light. If your light lit up, you had to say the name of something in that category eg “Cantonese!”. The machine thing would play music which would gradually slow down, and then you had to try to NOT let your light be on when the music ran out.
Is it ringing any bells with anyone?! 🤣 I’d be willing to pay for it, if anyone is willing to sell one they have which is gathering dust? It was SO much fun and I really, really want to play it. I left mine at some friends’ a few years ago and they don’t know where it is. 🥹