[quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Jul 7 2003, 10:13 AM\'] Another one I remember vaguely was "$1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime". I don't remember if the gameplay was overshadowed, but they had that dumb big computer they had to jump on to enter letters. [/quote]
They didn't have to jump on it, but they did have to two-hand the buttons. And actually it did serve a purpose in the game, since only the lit letters which represented those in the puzzle (and one extra letter that was not, the Stinger) were available to be pressed. So it was as good a method of displaying the Available-Letter Board (for lack of a better term) as any.
The first Great Big Set that comes to mind that hasn't already been mentioned: Go. Don't get me wrong, Go is a fave of mine. Great set, great host, great game, great music. Kevin O'Connell had one of the best outcues in the genre. Love it from top to bottom. But considering what they did on it, the set didn't need to have three levels of stairs, and those Flying-V (for you Mighty Ducks fans, and I'm referring to the movie, not the overacheiving hockey team who lost what little talent they actually had over the weekend) podium areas, and the Biggest Damn Hanging Scoreboard Outside Of A Pro Sports Arena, Period.
I think the set of MGHSH is remembered more fondly for that huge pseudo-matrix board than for either incarnation of MG or HS played on it, as well.
And, of course, how many of you can actually tell us how Diamond Head Game is played? That's right, but if you know the least little bit about the show you know it was played outside and that the bonus round money shower thing was built into what looked like a volcano.