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SamJ93:
What game shows have situations in which a contestant who plays perfectly actually ends up winning less than a contestant who won but made mistakes?

-Money Game on TPiR
-$20K Pyramid: the only way to win the title prize was to lose your first two Winners Circle appearances

Brian44:
Pathfinder on TPIR: If you always step to the correct number in the car's price, you never get an opportunity to win the prizes that earn you additional chances.

Chuck Sutton:
You need to define " playing perfectly "  without going into games involving luck.

For example you first choice Money  Game,  what is a perfect game?   If you know the price of the car wouldn't a "perfect" game picking the three top dollar amounts and then the halves of the car?

Just think, a perfect game of 80s Press Your Luck would go on forever .

WilliamPorygon:
Super Password: Win the endgame five times, win $25,000.
Miss four times then win on your final go at it, win $25,000 plus up to $3,600 in consolation money.

That Don Guy:

--- Quote from: SamJ93 on April 21, 2025, 05:17:27 AM ---What game shows have situations in which a contestant who plays perfectly actually ends up winning less than a contestant who won but made mistakes?

-Money Game on TPiR
-$20K Pyramid: the only way to win the title prize was to lose your first two Winners Circle appearances

--- End quote ---

If $20,000 Pyramid counts, then include Now You See It, as the endgame prize goes up $1000 per unsuccessful attempt. (I would include something like All New Battlestars, but you don't leave the show after an endgame win, so you would win more with consecutive wins than with losses followed a win.)

Also, define "playing perfectly." There are any number of pricing games on The Price is Right where you can be told all of the prices in advance and still lose, while you can make mistakes and win. Examples: Hole in One (at least two people missed from the closest line - okay, this is much harder to do with Hole in One...or Two); 3 Strikes (with the 5-digit version, there is a 5/8 chance of pulling out the three strikes before the five digits, even if you remove every digit when it is pulled out); Let 'Em Roll (you can roll 5 cars with your free roll).

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