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Neumms

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Another "when did it start"
« on: February 21, 2010, 01:08:04 PM »
What was the first game with extensive use of chaser lights? Hollywood Squares had flashing ones, I suppose, but the other NBC games of its era didn't and looked pretty sedate. Was it the three CBS games, Joker, TPIR and Gambit?

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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2010, 01:16:19 PM »
10K Pyramid debuted after those three, correct?
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2010, 01:24:14 PM »
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'236268\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 01:16 PM\']10K Pyramid debuted after those three, correct?[/quote]

Yes, March 26, 1973.

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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2010, 01:24:24 PM »
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'236268\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 01:16 PM\']10K Pyramid debuted after those three, correct?[/quote]

Yup. TPIR (still TNPIR?) moved to afternoons to make room for it.

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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2010, 07:13:27 PM »
Oldest one I can think of at the moment is Personality.

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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2010, 08:30:18 PM »
The use of the non-quantifiable qualifier "extensive" pretty much renders this entire thread moot.
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2010, 08:44:19 PM »
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'236270\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 01:24 PM\'][quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'236268\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 01:16 PM\']10K Pyramid debuted after those three, correct?[/quote]Yup. TPIR (still TNPIR?) moved to afternoons to make room for it.[/quote]
Yes...it was still The New Price Is Right for another two and a half months after that.

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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2010, 10:24:33 PM »
[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'236267\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 10:08 AM\']What was the first game with extensive use of chaser lights? Hollywood Squares had flashing ones, I suppose, but the other NBC games of its era didn't and looked pretty sedate. Was it the three CBS games, Joker, TPIR and Gambit?[/quote]
You might want to consider the syndicated The Movie Game as well - there may have been chaser lights in the opening credits, since it's the sort of thing you might associate with movie theater marquees.

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« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2010, 07:40:18 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Fiono Coyne\' post=\'236279\' date=\'Feb 21 2010, 07:13 PM\']Oldest one I can think of at the moment is Personality.

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That's the oldest one I can think of, too!