Really short-lived rules

[tpirfan28]

How long did Match Game PM only have two rounds?

[Dbacksfan12]

I don't recall this rule, but apparently on Wink's Tic Tac Dough, in the bonus game, for a very brief time, you had to get EXACTLY $1,000 to win the game.  I don't ever recall seeing an episode with that rule, and haven't been able to find any video of that either.

And I'm gonna call shenanigans on that, because I saw the very first episode of the nighttime show (the first episode to use the Tic-Tac-Dragon game), and this was never the case near as I remember.

Citation needed. Proof or Not Real. Etc.

Well, allegedly, this came in sometime during the run, not off the bat.

Note I said allegedly.  I couldn't find any episodes featuring the bonus game on Youtube from 1983 itself.

[SRIV94]

How long did Match Game PM only have two rounds?

One season, IIRC.

[Marc412]

For the first several episodes of Cash Cab, each game started with 5 $25 questions instead of just 4.

[SamJ93]

Don't forget the "Buy a Vowel" space that existed for at least the first few months of Wheel (long enough, at least, to find its way into the first MB home game).  I've never been quite clear on whether contestants could still buy vowels even without landing on the space, though.

[clemon79]

Well, allegedly, this came in sometime during the run, not off the bat.

Note I said allegedly.  I couldn't find any episodes featuring the bonus game on Youtube from 1983 itself.

Then my declaration of shenanigans stands, since nobody but nobody seems to be able to cite any proof whatsoever.

[clemon79]

Don't forget the "Buy a Vowel" space that existed for at least the first few months of Wheel (long enough, at least, to find its way into the first MB home game).  I've never been quite clear on whether contestants could still buy vowels even without landing on the space, though.

They could.

[NickintheATL]

How long did Match Game PM only have two rounds?

The entire first season.

[Twentington]

Don't forget the "Buy a Vowel" space that existed for at least the first few months of Wheel (long enough, at least, to find its way into the first MB home game).  I've never been quite clear on whether contestants could still buy vowels even without landing on the space, though.

They could.

Which makes one wonder why they bothered with a wedge in the first place. I mean if you hit Buy a Vowel and didn't have the money, or all the vowels were revealed, you lost your turn, right?

[Kevin Prather]

Which makes one wonder why they bothered with a wedge in the first place. I mean if you hit Buy a Vowel and didn't have the money, or all the vowels were revealed, you lost your turn, right?

If buying the vowel was compulsory upon landing upon the space, that's the only thing that would make the space relevant. If you can buy a vowel when not on the space, and you can not buy a vowel when on the space, then the space might has well have been "Would You Like A Cookie".

[SamJ93]

If buying the vowel was compulsory upon landing upon the space, that's the only thing that would make the space relevant. If you can buy a vowel when not on the space, and you can not buy a vowel when on the space, then the space might has well have been "Would You Like A Cookie".

Throw in the toss-up puzzle lockouts from 25 years later, and the space could say "Hit the Buzzer, Win a Cookie!"

/too obscure?

[Steve Gavazzi]

Throw in the toss-up puzzle lockouts from 25 years later, and the space could say "Hit the Buzzer, Win a Cookie!"

/too obscure?

Nah, I don't think so.

/HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY, CAT!

[Jay Temple]

Which makes one wonder why they bothered with a wedge in the first place. I mean if you hit Buy a Vowel and didn't have the money, or all the vowels were revealed, you lost your turn, right?

I don't know what happened if there were none left. I don't recall seeing a game in which a person with an insufficient bank landed on a space. However, I did see a still once that showed a negative bank. It would appear that such a player was compelled to buy a vowel, and this was the result.

[tvwxman]

I don't recall this rule, but apparently on Wink's Tic Tac Dough, in the bonus game, for a very brief time, you had to get EXACTLY $1,000 to win the game.  I don't ever recall seeing an episode with that rule, and haven't been able to find any video of that either.

And I'm gonna call shenanigans on that, because I saw the very first episode of the nighttime show (the first episode to use the Tic-Tac-Dragon game), and this was never the case near as I remember.

Citation needed. Proof or Not Real. Etc.

Well, allegedly, this came in sometime during the run, not off the bat.

Note I said allegedly.  I couldn't find any episodes featuring the bonus game on Youtube from 1983 itself.

I cannot show proof, other than to say that I remember this as well. I thought it was an odd change, and can't for the life of me imagining it lasted that long.

But I do remember it....and all I have to back it up is my reputation.

[WarioBarker]

I did see a still once that showed a negative bank. It would appear that such a player was compelled to buy a vowel, and this was the result.

Where did you see the picture? I tried various searches on Google, to no avail (and I'm fully aware that it may have been in a book).