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DoorNumberFour

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« Reply #75 on: November 21, 2007, 09:31:27 AM »
[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'170177\' date=\'Nov 21 2007, 05:59 AM\']
[quote name=\'BobbyLankford_83\' post=\'170160\' date=\'Nov 20 2007, 08:56 PM\']
My picks for best game show bonus rounds:

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Final Jeopardy!

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Art Fleming version: maybe.

Trebek version: aw, hells no!

-M
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Besides the host and the music, is there really that much of a difference?
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« Reply #76 on: November 21, 2007, 03:00:41 PM »
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'170181\' date=\'Nov 21 2007, 09:31 AM\']
[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'170177\' date=\'Nov 21 2007, 05:59 AM\']
Art Fleming version: maybe.

Trebek version: aw, hells no!

-M
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Besides the host and the music, is there really that much of a difference?
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The '78 version's (hosted by Fleming) really oddly-placed Super Jeopardy round.

And Trebek's is a "final round".
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« Reply #77 on: November 21, 2007, 03:00:54 PM »
[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'170176\' date=\'Nov 20 2007, 11:11 PM\']
[quote name=\'kenbob_clarker\' post=\'170174\' date=\'Nov 21 2007, 12:35 AM\'][quote name=\'BobbyLankford_83\' post=\'170160\' date=\'Nov 20 2007, 08:56 PM\']Break The Bank 1976-77 bonus round[/quote]Forgive me for looking like a dipwad, but that show had an endgame?  How'd it work?[/quote]
With the huge caveat that I'm relying on Wikipedia to back up my memory, it was virtually identical to what Tic Tac Dough would later use. Pick 1 of 9 numbers celebs at a time, and reach $2000 before finding the BUST card.
[/quote]I remember seeing the bonus round in the Jack Barry (weekly syndicated) version (well, the one episode GSN aired years ago - none of the stations in San Francisco aired it back in the day), but did the Tom Kennedy (ABC weekdays) version ever have it?

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« Reply #78 on: November 21, 2007, 03:10:30 PM »
[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'170127\' date=\'Nov 20 2007, 12:30 PM\']
Oh, man. That Carmen endgame brings back memories. I'd always feel bad for the kids who got Africa (or even Asia) because the game was that much harder. I loved the consolation prizes on that show too. I always wanted a world band radio.[/quote]Africa was hard, but before they made some changes, the hardest one was Europe - originally, on the Europe map, the host read something about each country before actually naming the country, so if the contestant waited until hearing the country name each time, there was only time to get through five or six of them.

(This show also seemed to have the least leeway in determining whether or not somebody won - one contestant had placed the seventh marker (back when you needed seven) down right when time expired, but he was still holding onto it when the time ran out, so it didn't count.
I also still wonder if the kids who wrote down "Florida" as their prize were expecting a trip to Orlando but probably ended up getting a trip to Pensacola or Jacksonville.)

-- Don
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« Reply #79 on: November 21, 2007, 03:21:12 PM »
[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'170197\' date=\'Nov 21 2007, 04:00 PM\']
I remember seeing the bonus round in the Jack Barry (weekly syndicated) version (well, the one episode GSN aired years ago - none of the stations in San Francisco aired it back in the day), but did the Tom Kennedy (ABC weekdays) version ever have it?
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No, since players could remain on the show thru many episodes (which also straddled, unlike the nighttime version) until they reached the ABC winnings cap ($25K at the time???).  I'm not sure if there were any retired champions on the daytime show, though.
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« Reply #80 on: November 21, 2007, 05:55:42 PM »
For me, it's Winner's Circle uber alles.

After that, I'll give ya Money Cards, Super/betics, the end game of Chain Reaction (along with its "enhanced" cousin on Go).
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« Reply #81 on: November 22, 2007, 01:50:20 AM »
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'170201\' date=\'Nov 21 2007, 04:21 PM\']
[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'170197\' date=\'Nov 21 2007, 04:00 PM\']
I remember seeing the bonus round in the Jack Barry (weekly syndicated) version (well, the one episode GSN aired years ago - none of the stations in San Francisco aired it back in the day), but did the Tom Kennedy (ABC weekdays) version ever have it?
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No, since players could remain on the show thru many episodes (which also straddled, unlike the nighttime version) until they reached the ABC winnings cap ($25K at the time???). [/quote]
$20,000 at that time. I think they upped it when "Feud" took off.
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« Reply #82 on: November 22, 2007, 03:44:05 AM »
[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'169980\' date=\'Nov 19 2007, 11:15 AM\']
You don't yell clues at the screen during the Winner's Circle? [/quote]
Sometimes I'd turn my back to the TV and try to receive. (I wasn't too good at it, but still fun.)

It's hard to argue against Pyramid's WC. Would the Fabulous Showcases on TPIR count as an end game? The price reveals can be dramatic if they're close.

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« Reply #83 on: November 22, 2007, 04:57:21 AM »
[quote name=\'GiraffeBoy\' post=\'170227\' date=\'Nov 22 2007, 03:44 AM\']
It's hard to argue against Pyramid's WC. Would the Fabulous Showcases on TPIR count as an end game? The price reveals can be dramatic if they're close.
--Charlie, MPW
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I would count the solo version of the Showcase Showdown (Davidson & UK versions) as an end game. The best one here would be Wonderwall. However, as the final series of Winning Lines proved. Nearly everybody got twenty correct answers (five out of six people). The only decent endgame here these days is the final round from Take It or Leave It.

There was also the end game from Endemol's In the Grid, but that was basically high-stakes Minesweeper.
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« Reply #84 on: November 22, 2007, 08:00:42 PM »
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$20,000 at that time. I think they upped it when "Feud" took off.

I think it was always a $20,000 limit (that's why Pyramid at that time had a $20K top prize), but they could keep anything up to $25,000.

Break the Bank came close on the first week to retiring a champ.  He broke the bank twice and won over $17,000 (IIRC).  He may have been the highest winner on the daytime run.
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« Reply #85 on: November 23, 2007, 01:06:11 AM »
I would agree with most of you that Winners Circle tops them all, but I must give honorable mentions to two of my faves:


TPIR Showcases

and


High Rollers Big Numbers

Two great endgame classics.
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« Reply #86 on: November 25, 2007, 01:39:09 PM »
I'm splitting mine up into categories, since I don't feel that there is one "great" bonus.

Most Clever: Pitfall

Best Tension: Pyramid

Most like main game: Blockbusters

Best "play-along" factor: Now You See It
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tpirfan28

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« Reply #87 on: November 25, 2007, 02:44:35 PM »
[quote name=\'deknaj\' post=\'170292\' date=\'Nov 23 2007, 01:06 AM\']
High Rollers Big Numbers
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I personally disagree with this...way too much blind-assed luck involved.  You could say the same with Joker's Wild's endgame...but you had the opportunity to bail.
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« Reply #88 on: November 25, 2007, 02:58:18 PM »
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'170476\' date=\'Nov 25 2007, 11:44 AM\']
I personally disagree with this...way too much blind-assed luck involved.  You could say the same with Joker's Wild's endgame...but you had the opportunity to bail.
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What's the difference? In the 'Rollers one you don't HAVE to bail...if you blow it, you get $100 per number.
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« Reply #89 on: November 25, 2007, 05:12:41 PM »
[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'170472\' date=\'Nov 25 2007, 01:39 PM\']

Most Clever: Pitfall
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i saw this  for the first time this morning and i admit it is pretty cool
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