I had an idea for a game that TPIR could use. I'm sure I'd never get to give it to them, and I'll never be rich anyway, so I'm going to put it here and see what you guys think of it.
I'd call it "Cash Cars", but if anyone can improve on that, please feel free. The contestant would come up from contestant's row to see a big game board, and, of course, the cars. The board would show 2 side-by-side columns of 4 slots. The left side would be covered signs, each listing what car belonged there, with the fourth representing the appropriate amount of cash. During the game, the right side would show the values of what the contestant put in. The game would be played with 4 cars.
To set-up the game for play, the MSRPs of all the cars would be looked at by the producers, and three of them would be chosen at random. Enough cash would be added to the total to equal exactly $100,000. The contestant would be given 1 freebie at the start of the game, and then have to choose the other 2 on their own. The prices of their choices would then be placed on the right hand side of the board. When added to the cash amount (which would also be revealed at the start of the game), if the contestant's choices added up to $100,000 exactly, they would win not only the cash, but all 4 cars.
However, before the final reveal, the player would get one chance to change their minds. After the choices are made, one of the 2 the contestant chose would obviously be correct, so that would also be revealed. This would leave the contestant with a 50/50 chance of winning. So, if the contestant so chooses, they can give up the cash amount to "switch" the cars. If correct, they still win the 4 cars, just not the cash. If they switch and they're wrong, they, of course, lose. Of course, if they refuse the switch, and are right, they win everything. If no switch, and they're wrong, of course, they lose everything.
To play an example, let's take these four cars:
Hyundai Sonata $22,895
Buick Lucerne $34,990
Ford Fusion $22,360
Volkswagen New Beetle $23,615
Using these cars (and the prices I got off the Company Websites), we can choose the 1st, 2nd, and 4th cars, to get a total up to that point of $81,500. This means the cash amount, listed at the start, would be $18,500. If we gave the player the Lucerne, and they chose the Sonata and the Fusion, we know they would lose, unless they used the $18,500 to change to the New Beetle and win. If they chose the Sonata and the New Beetle, of course, we'd know they would not want to switch, as they would win.
So, what do you think? Not any more complicated than many of the others, and certainly a worthwhile prize, no?
