Author Topic: what game show had the best end game? (Read 27021 times)

toetyper · « **on:** November 18, 2007, 05:17:01 PM »

alphabetics-- pyramid winners circle
pyramid winners circle-- alphabetics

very close call but ill go pyramid

BrandonFG · « **Reply #1 on:** November 18, 2007, 05:19:17 PM »

Winners Circle, tournament or not.

Wonderwall gets a very serious honorable mention.

/She still had a freakin' pit stop left...

The Pyramids · « **Reply #2 on:** November 18, 2007, 05:21:13 PM »

Fast Money

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #3 on:** November 18, 2007, 05:29:51 PM »

Definitely have to go with the Winner's Circle. Especially if you have a chance to see an episode of the $10,000 Pyramid. (An episode is on Page-O-Clips, btw.) You could definitely feel the tension, and sense the excitement of winning $10,000 in just a minute, which was unheard of in 1973.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #4 on:** November 18, 2007, 05:33:20 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'169850\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 05:29 PM\']
You could definitely feel the tension, and sense the excitement of winning $10,000 in just a minute, which was unheard of in 1973.
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Not a win, but watch how this one plays out. The audience's involvement was crazy.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 18, 2007, 06:22:32 PM »

Any Barry-Enright endgame. (kidding....)

Ummm...this is tough....I'm torn between Alphabetics, the Wonderwall, and the Pyramid Winner's Circle. Probably go with the Wonderwall.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #6 on:** November 18, 2007, 06:59:37 PM »

70's and 80's Pyramid of course, but I also liked the ShowDown roll.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #7 on:** November 18, 2007, 07:03:16 PM »

Pyramid's Winner's Circle, certainly. And I'll throw in an honorable mention for Scrabble's Bonus Sprint, just for how it was a natural extension of everything else on the show.

William_S. · « **Reply #8 on:** November 18, 2007, 07:06:21 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'169860\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 06:22 PM\']
Any Barry-Enright endgame. (kidding....)

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I'm not. I think those games of chance and skill are great! But If anything I'll go with the Ol' Matching game of Classic Concentration's Car bonus !!

And since I'm on the subject of Matching, But I'm not sure if this will count; it would be the Matching Board from 3 (or Three) on a Match as a honorable mention .

davidhammett · « **Reply #9 on:** November 18, 2007, 07:11:29 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'169850\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 06:29 PM\']
Definitely have to go with the Winner's Circle. Especially if you have a chance to see an episode of the $10,000 Pyramid. (An episode is on Page-O-Clips, btw.) You could definitely feel the tension, and sense the excitement of winning $10,000 in just a minute, which was unheard of in 1973.
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Agreed. Not having been around to experience the '50s big money shows, $10,000 was the most money I had ever heard of awarding someone on a game show, especially in 60 seconds; it far eclipsed the paltry sums that were more common on daytime games in the early '70s. I can remember screaming with excitement at age 10 the first time I ever saw anyone win the Winners' Circle.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #10 on:** November 18, 2007, 07:30:09 PM »

Winner's Circle. Why are we even HAVING this conversation?

toetyper · « **Reply #11 on:** November 18, 2007, 07:51:00 PM »

honorable mention wipeout

TLEberle · « **Reply #12 on:** November 18, 2007, 08:20:21 PM »

[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'169876\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 04:51 PM\']honorable mention wipeout[/quote]Really? I thought it was uninteresting at best, and completely broken at worst. The latter point is proven when one guy runs several checks in about 30 seconds to win the car without even looking at the answers he's swapping.

I agree with Brother Ottinger. This list begins and ends with the Winners Circle.

TLEberle · « **Reply #13 on:** November 18, 2007, 08:21:53 PM »

[quote name=\'William_S.\' post=\'169867\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 04:06 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'169860\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 06:22 PM\']Any Barry-Enright endgame. (kidding....)[/quote]I'm not. I think those games of chance and skil are great! [/quote]I suppose it takes a bit of manual dexterity to pull a lever or press down a button, but other than that I'm lost. Or do you mean the skill in saying "Naw, I don' t need a sailboat and china hutch, $950 is fine."?

clemon79 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 18, 2007, 08:45:09 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'169882\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 05:21 PM\']
[quote name=\'William_S.\' post=\'169867\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 04:06 PM\'][quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'169860\' date=\'Nov 18 2007, 06:22 PM\']Any Barry-Enright endgame. (kidding....)[/quote]I'm not. I think those games of chance and skil are great! [/quote]I suppose it takes a bit of manual dexterity to pull a lever or press down a button, but other than that I'm lost. Or do you mean the skill in saying "Naw, I don' t need a sailboat and china hutch, $950 is fine."?
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Admittedly, I like Face The Devil and Bonus Island too. (For some reason, Face The Dragon, not so much.) I don't pretend they are masterpieces of skill or anything, but Lord knows I play enough press-your-luck type games, myself.