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ITSBRY:
I guess I should try to qualify this...I was thinking of end games that are identical to the main game, not really end games with a varation (as most end games are).  I used HR as an example because it's such a good one.  The game is exactly same...knock off 9 numbers.

I agree somewhat with Fast Money...pretty much the same in that you're trying to find top answers to a survey.

I don't think I'd put CC's car game into this category.  There is a pretty large variation here in that there's no puzzle to solve.  The matching tile thing is there yes, but that's all you're doing in the bonus game is matching.

I'd also eliminate Super match...yes, it's still matching a celeb but there's a whole element to the end game (polling) that's not there in the front game.

Can't comment on Jackpot or Go as I don't remember either of these games.

ITSBRY
itsbry@juno.com

BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Jun 17 2003, 06:22 PM\']After watching some old HR episodes, it dawned on me that the front and end games are essentially exactly the same (remove 9 numbers and avoid bad rolls) and I couldn't think of any other show where this was the case.  Of course, I'm probably missing something obvious but I thought I'd toss it out there to see who could jog my memory.

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-Shopping format on $ale of the Century
-Money Maze (one team member directs the spouse through the maze)
-Someone said Classic Concentration.....yes and no; yes, you're trying to remember where the names of each car were, but no, there's not a rebus....but how about the \"Double Play\" round from the 70s syndie Concentration, minus the matching?
-Wipeout
-Although it doesn't count as a bonus round per se, I'd add the Showcase from TPiR; you're still trying to find the closest bid, just with multiple prizes
-Cross(-)wits, in trying to complete a crossword puzzle

opimus:
I'm suprized no one came up with WOF sooner.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Jun 17 2003, 10:52 PM\'] The game is exactly same...knock off 9 numbers. [/quote]
 I KNEW you were gonna do this.

The object of the front game of High Rollers is to either a) knock off all nine numbers, or b) force your opponent to make a bad roll. To do that, you answer c) questions to gain control of the dice.

The Big Numbers are missing both b) winning by forcing someone (say, the house?) to make a bad roll, and c) questions. Which is not to say I disagree with you that it's very similar to the front game, but if you are going to use that as your golden example, then to throw out CC because it's missing one element from the game is moronic.


--- Quote ---Can't comment on Jackpot or Go as I don't remember either of these games.
--- End quote ---

Jackpot doesn't have an endgame, per se, but I think you misread my reference to the Jackpot round ON Go, which had the entire team (and lesser components thereof) forming questions one word at a time instead of just two players.

I agree with the dismissal of Super Match, though, since matching an audience poll instead of the celebrities is a severe difference. I think that Tammy was referring specifically to the Head-To-Head Match portion of the Super Match, which has somewhat more merit, but I agree is only one part of the larger game.

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jun 18 2003,07:15 AM\']Shopping format on $ale of the Century[/quote]

Not hardly. Never have I seen a player answer a question while shopping. Ever.


--- Quote ---Money Maze (one team member directs the spouse through the maze)
--- End quote ---

Good example here.


--- Quote ---Wipeout
--- End quote ---

Horrible example. The whole \"check your work and then make changes\" facet of the endgame changes the whole thing. This is tantamout to suggesting Bonkers and One Away are the same game. Again, you can't include this and deny me CC at the same time.


--- Quote ---I'd add the Showcase from TPiR; you're still trying to find the closest bid, just with multiple prizes
--- End quote ---

I wouldn't. Might be close to a One Bid, but it certainly has nothing to do with the individual pricing games.


--- Quote ---Cross(-)wits, in trying to complete a crossword puzzle
--- End quote ---

But the key in the front game involved solving the puzzle. Again, you allow me CC, I'll let you have this.

Ghastly_Gary:
I remember that Snap Judgment, a G/T show hosted by Ed McMahon, looked like a Password clone towards the end of its run on NBC.

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