Author Topic: Jackpot (Read 3288 times)

golden-road · « **on:** September 28, 2004, 05:53:16 PM »

What were the highest Jackpots on each version? Also, OT, who distributed the 1989 version?

gsnstooge · « **Reply #1 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:26:39 PM »

Palladium Entertainment distributed the 1989 version of Jackpot!

zachhoran · « **Reply #2 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:48:51 PM »

[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Sep 28 2004, 04:53 PM\'] What were the highest Jackpots on each version? [/quote]
It was around $6300 for the USA version, and in the $9K range for the 1989 syndie version(helped by that version's Double Dollars riddle and a few missed Jackpot riddles)

gsnstooge · « **Reply #3 on:** September 28, 2004, 09:31:58 PM »

The Double Dollars riddle shows why it was worth it to only add money to the Jackpot after a riddle was answered correctly on the '89 version. The USA version may have had low stakes, but that's why it was worth to award a car for anyone who could solve all 15 riddles correctly, no to mention adding $1,000 to the Jackpot if the last riddle picked was the Jackpot riddle as well as the $10,000 prize for guessing the most riddles in a ten week period.

gsnstooge · « **Reply #4 on:** September 28, 2004, 09:36:54 PM »

I also have on tape probably the cheapest riddle on the '89 version. Even Geoff thought so. It was worth only $55!

MikeK · « **Reply #5 on:** September 28, 2004, 10:46:50 PM »

[quote name=\'gsnstooge\' date=\'Sep 28 2004, 09:36 PM\'] I also have on tape probably the cheapest riddle on the '89 version. Even Geoff thought so. It was worth only $55! [/quote]
There were $50 riddles on the 80s versions.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #6 on:** September 29, 2004, 08:50:23 AM »

The highest amount I remember seeing on the original version was about $7150. Geoff even joked that "if we don't solve a jackpot riddle soon, we'll have to build a 5-digit scoreboard!"

golden-road · « **Reply #7 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:26:12 AM »

What were the highest Super Jackpots?

zachhoran · « **Reply #8 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:30:39 AM »

[quote name=\'golden-road\' date=\'Sep 29 2004, 08:26 AM\'] What were the highest Super Jackpots? [/quote]
$50K for the 70s NBC version(the multiplier was 50 and the target was 995, so the show kicked in the extra $250 to make the SJ! $50K), however it was not won. The highest won in the 70s IIRC was $38,750(the riddle was the I'm a Carpenter and He's a Shepard, and we're both astronauts, as seen in the one existing episode of 70s Jackpot on the trading circuit). $9900 was the highest SJ possible in the USA version, and IIRC it did show up on the randomizer once was not won. $25K was the highest SJ possible in the 1989 syndie version or if it showed up on the randomizer, but I don't recall what the highest win was.