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5 Least Favorite Current Pricing Games
Neumms:
Early in Drew's run, the notion was thrown out that more games be played for money. I like the idea of a Bonus Game bonus of, say, $5000 cash and playing with Race Game or Contestants' Row level prizes. The bonus reveal could be a starburst popping up from behind the board.
I agree on Range Game. Make the increments 1000 and the rangefinder $1500. Easy peasy. I'd bump Card Game from 10 to 100 times the card value, too. TPIR is often about luck with the illusion of skill, but with these two, the illusion is threadbare.
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on December 17, 2024, 01:00:59 PM ---Didn't Plinko offer (but never award) the biggest prize to date when it premiered? Golden Road may have eclipsed the $25,000 level by that time, but Plinko was the biggest all-cash prize offered at that time, which may explain the over zealous excitement for the game originally.
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Looks like it. I just looked up a few playings on the (unofficial) TPiR Wiki and it looks like the vehicles offered in late-82/early-83 were in the 14-18K range.
Considering a lotta Showcases were still four-figures and given that 25K was a year’s salary back then I could see the fuss with all the chrome. Never really thought about it, but the others make a good point that the only real excitement is the top prize potential. It’s other cash games that offer a nice payday and actually require you to know prices.
And to answer the question I don’t think I have a least favorite current game. Joker used to bore me to tears though. :P
wdm1219inpenna:
--- Quote from: TLEberle on December 16, 2024, 05:03:05 PM ---
--- Quote from: beatlefreak84 on December 16, 2024, 04:41:42 PM ---5. Pass the Buck (get a 1/6 chance of winning the car without needing to know anything about prices...at least Let 'em Roll makes it a 1/32 chance if you don't know anything about prices)
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One way that I would improve PTB at least in my mind is that if the contestant doesn't win either extra number choice that Drew reveals the location of the car and then the contestant chooses from what is left.
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I like that idea personally but I don't see it flying because of how let down the player would be as well as the audience there and at home.
Of course they could start out by saying "While you will get one pick for free from our board, you must win at least one more choice to qualify for the automobile." Would be akin I suppose to Ten Chances where the 10th chance is still being played for the 3 digit prize, you know the car won't be getting played for...
And when the show is in their ever-famous "budget mode", those grocery items could be an "evil" set up.
chris319:
The few times I've seen "To the Penny", it seems awfully awkward and doesn't work visually.
wdm1219inpenna:
To the one who talked about Double Cross being a possible evil set up with the default setting being right, I am okay with it since the name of the game is "double cross" after all!
That said, that pricing game bores me big time. Do The Math is a far superior game.
As far as Push Over being correct with the first sequence of blocks, the player still has to push the blocks over into the blue window, so I'm okay with that too actually. That said, Push Over is way overplayed in my humble opinion.
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