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The Big Board / Re: Bonus round over the front game?
« Last post by TimK2003 on November 07, 2025, 09:34:26 AM »
I generally didn't care about the front game of Shop Til You Drop except for the Shopper's Challenge round (tangent: Pat Finn is underrated in terms of handling rapid-fire Q&A), but I always found the bonus utterly delightful - and only JUST behind Legends of the Hidden Temple as the exemplar of the Stone-Stanley "Run around a ridiculously huge set finding stuff" bonus factory.

Meh.  On average, most of the gifts that were offered at the table were usually traded in the mall for something else.   It was mostly a blind luck bonus round whereas much of the front games were based on skill and the buzz-in round was based on knowledge.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by TimK2003 on November 07, 2025, 09:14:39 AM »
That reminds me, the current PYL. I still think 30 minutes is too long for a bonus round and you have to make a concerted effort not to look at the clock around 9:53.

I'm with you there.  As much as I've been a fan of PYL over the years, the bonus round on the current version is usually a drag to get thru.  It would have been better to have two half-hour games instead.

Seems like the current version of PYL is best viewed and enjoyed "On Demand" when you start it at a random time without looking at a clock.
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The Big Board / Re: Bonus round over the front game?
« Last post by Chelsea Thrasher on November 07, 2025, 01:21:13 AM »
I generally didn't care about the front game of Shop Til You Drop except for the Shopper's Challenge round (tangent: Pat Finn is underrated in terms of handling rapid-fire Q&A), but I always found the bonus utterly delightful - and only JUST behind Legends of the Hidden Temple as the exemplar of the Stone-Stanley "Run around a ridiculously huge set finding stuff" bonus factory.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by Ian Wallis on November 06, 2025, 11:19:30 PM »
That reminds me, the current PYL. I still think 30 minutes is too long for a bonus round and you have to make a concerted effort not to look at the clock around 9:53.

I'm with you there.  As much as I've been a fan of PYL over the years, the bonus round on the current version is usually a drag to get thru.  It would have been better to have two half-hour games instead.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by jage on November 06, 2025, 09:50:31 PM »
I lose interest in TPIR at the showcases unless they are something unique.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by Chief-O on November 06, 2025, 09:43:38 PM »
The Winner's Big Money Game would've been fine had $ale been an actual word-association game. Didn't help that you were pretty much on thin ice if you got one puzzle wrong.

Agreed; it's probably the brainiest of SOTC's bonus rounds, but it was misplaced. They probably should've pushed it upon "Super Password" (nothing against their adaptation on Alphabetics). (edit: Or some Bob Stewart show?)

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That reminds me, the current PYL. I still think 30 minutes is too long for a bonus round and you have to make a concerted effort not to look at the clock around 9:53.

Exactly; I've been a harsh critic of that bonus round from day one. I've personally done the look-at-the-clock and thought "oh, there's 4 minutes left and they've got (some amount well below the $500K), they're not getting the million"....best case scenario at that point is to just hope they don't whammy out.

Also, agreed on the Kennedy and Hall SS bonus rounds. From what I read re. the GSN version's bonus round, it's at least an improvement just by virtue of being based on the main game.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by BrandonFG on November 06, 2025, 09:10:43 PM »
$ale of the Century, at least the Perry version. In the shopping era, it was mostly anticlimactic unless someone played for the car, the jackpot, or the lot. Most of the lower-level prizes weren't that exciting.

The Winner's Board was solid but again, unless someone matched the car, one of the cash prizes, or maybe a trip it was still anticlimactic at times. But it at least fit NBC's mandate for an actual bonus round.

The Winner's Big Money Game would've been fine had $ale been an actual word-association game. Didn't help that you were pretty much on thin ice if you got one puzzle wrong.

One thing Temptation US got right was using Super Knockoff to build the jackpot quicker. For a reboot, maybe offer something similar here and offer more desirable lower-level prizes. Smaller trips, a stainless steel kitchen, maybe a personalized prize similar to what PYL does?

That reminds me, the current PYL. I still think 30 minutes is too long for a bonus round and you have to make a concerted effort not to look at the clock around 9:53.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by Casey Buck on November 06, 2025, 08:10:47 PM »
How the bonus round in the latter got a spinoff in Go is beyond me. Too gimmicky for my taste, but…obviously somebody liked it.
Yeah, that somebody is Bob Stewart. :P
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The Big Board / Re: Bonus round over the front game?
« Last post by Loogaroo on November 06, 2025, 07:56:31 PM »
Pyramid and all versions of Password, though I will say that I've always found the main game of P+ and SP to be far more exciting than 20 minutes of just guessing random words in the original PW main game.

I gotta say, as someone who's played it online, it can be really frustrating to play a game of Super Password and be done after what feels like six or seven words' worth of gameplay.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by gamed121683 on November 06, 2025, 07:21:02 PM »
Well, I started the original post. I might as well give some equal time. This might be a hot take, but even though both the front and end games are awesome, I preferred the multi answer guessing front game over Fast Money on Feud.

Parliboy & Ian: I agree with you two about the OG Split Second and Chain Reaction, two excellent answers! How the bonus round in the latter got a spinoff in Go is beyond me. Too gimmicky for my taste, but…obviously somebody liked it.
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