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Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on December 27, 2012, 03:20:44 PM
Over the past 15 or so years, almost every popular game show has been reworked as a slot machine. What have been some of your favorites and not-so-favorites over the years? Are there any shows that you'd like to see become slot machines?

I like the 3 line PYL slot that's out right now, and I liked the original Price is Right slots with Rod Roddy. I've never been a fan of Jeopardy slot machines because the bonus rounds are never interesting.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: JMFabiano on December 27, 2012, 06:01:32 PM
Hands down, the Richard Dawson version of the Family Feud slots.  Typical slot play, then a bonus that is very faithful to the show's main game.  (This refers to the "Survey Says" version, not the "Let's Play" one)

Seems all of them disappeared in AC and Vegas about 5 years ago or so...a pity.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: TimK2003 on December 27, 2012, 06:45:41 PM
I always had good luck on the $xxx,000 Pyramid vid slots, And back around the same time (+/- 15 years ago),

I used to love playing the Monty Hall-hosted LMAD video slots.  The great feature on this one was when Monty would randomly up the credit ante 2 or 3 times in a deal for not taking the box or curtain.

One of my other favorite TV slot machines is "The Munsters" (video version), which can still be found from time to time.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: jage on December 27, 2012, 07:00:53 PM
Wow, too bad more of these aren't around anymore. I've only played a few permutations of the WOF slots. The one where you get a bonus spin with possible additional spins to increase your multiplier has treated me well. WOF Secret Spin perhaps? A tad sad to play with Charlie O's voice on it  though. I wonder if there's a precedent for updating the slots if someone dies. Do slots like this get software updates, or do they just leave it?
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: jimlangefan on December 27, 2012, 07:44:10 PM
I think they just update them when they are no longer popular.  It's harder to find the newer TPIR slots in Vegas than the older ones with Roddy.  In fact as of Sept. 2011, The Venetian has a bank of at least 8 of them.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: clemon79 on December 27, 2012, 07:44:37 PM
Quote from: jage on December 27, 2012, 07:00:53 PM
Do slots like this get software updates, or do they just leave it?
Could they update the software? Absolutely.

Are they going to go to the trouble and expense when the people who would actually care about something like that represent maybe .001% of the player base? Hells no.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: jimlangefan on December 27, 2012, 07:45:02 PM
I'm going to Vegas in three weeks, so I'll find out what's there and what isn't.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: Jimmy Owen on December 28, 2012, 06:20:25 AM
Currently (Dec 2012) at the casino near my house (Mt Pleasant, MI) we still have Shop Till You Drop, Supermarket Sweep, You Bet Your Life, WOF, Top Dollar and Deal or No Deal.  Used to have $ale of the Century (with Joe G.), Hollywood Squares, Dick Clark Pyramid.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: chad1m on December 29, 2012, 05:05:10 AM
Quote from: Jimmy Owen on December 28, 2012, 06:20:25 AM
Deal or No Deal
The Deal or No Deal Join-n-Play is really fun.You spend ten minutes playing by yourself, earning money and multipliers for the main game and at the end of time, you play a replication of the real show as a bonus to work towards. Here's some video (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W12Z2aZSTz8\") of me playing one of the bonus games at the aforementioned casino.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: J.R. on December 29, 2012, 07:23:50 AM
Quote from: chad1m on December 29, 2012, 05:05:10 AM
Here's some video (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W12Z2aZSTz8\") of me playing one of the bonus games at the aforementioned casino.
How were you able to get a camera inside a casino? I always thought that was a huge no-no.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on December 29, 2012, 09:37:07 AM
Quote from: J.R. on December 29, 2012, 07:23:50 AM
Quote from: chad1m on December 29, 2012, 05:05:10 AM
Here's some video (http://\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W12Z2aZSTz8\") of me playing one of the bonus games at the aforementioned casino.
How were you able to get a camera inside a casino? I always thought that was a huge no-no.
Lots of phones have video cameras.  Also, slots are typically ignored.  Tables are where cameras are forbidden.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: BrandonFG on December 29, 2012, 08:29:04 PM
Clearly I must get to Vegas (or even Atlantic City), so I can see some of these slots in action. The only one I've played was Wheel, at the Vegas airport. Nearly 5 years ago... :-P
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: forkdumplings on December 30, 2012, 03:46:08 AM
When you consider how many game shows there have been over the years, that's slot a machines.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: Adam Nedeff on December 31, 2012, 12:28:40 PM
Quote from: J.R. on December 29, 2012, 07:23:50 AM
How were you able to get a camera inside a casino? I always thought that was a huge no-no.
Believe it or not, when I went to Vegas and went up and down the strip, only one casino told me to put my camera away.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on December 31, 2012, 01:31:49 PM
Quote from: BrandonFG on December 29, 2012, 08:29:04 PM
Clearly I must get to Vegas (or even Atlantic City), so I can see some of these slots in action. The only one I've played was Wheel, at the Vegas airport. Nearly 5 years ago... :-P

If you're lucky, one of your local casinos may have a couple other machines. Mine had Price, Password, and at least 4 variations of the Wheel machine.
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: That Don Guy on December 31, 2012, 04:50:59 PM
The Slot Finder for the Caesar's properties lists no Feud, Jeopardy, or Password anywhere, and the only TPIR machines are penny slots in Atlantic City, Kansas City, New Orleans, and Windsor (Ontario) - none in Nevada.  Lots of DoND and WoF all over the place.  (In fact, my biggest slot win was $125 on a dollar Wheel slot at the Golden Nugget in Vegas, about five years ago.)
Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: jimlangefan on January 24, 2013, 10:03:14 PM

I have just returned from my trip to Vegas.  After recovering from my 2 day hangover, lol, here\'s the scoop.  ALL of the Rod Roddy and Drew Carey Price machines are gone from The Strip and Fremont Street.  In a few places there is a TPIR Plinko machine, but it plays completely different than the former.  It does feature the current models, but they do not have a speaking role.  The announcer is George Gray.  You can find many variations of Wheel of Fortune, even the old school Wheel machines in some places, &  Deal or No Deal no matter where you go.  In a few places you can still find the Press Your Luck slot machine.  In Treasure Island and on Fremont Street they have The Amazing Race.  Here\'s the big surprise, In two casinos on Fremont Street you can still find The Joker\'s Wild slot machines!!  Still plays great and even won $60 bucks profit off of it!!  That\'s all I can remember for now.  If anything else comes to mind, I\'ll let you know.


Title: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: Stevek83 on January 24, 2013, 11:48:11 PM
A tad sad to play with Charlie O\'s voice on it though. I wonder if there\'s a precedent for updating the slots if someone dies. Do slots like this get software updates, or do they just leave it?

 


I think they just leave it. In 2006, I was in Las Vegas and played a Price is Right slot machine featuring Rod Roddy\'s voice, even though he had died three years before.


Title: Re: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: johnnya2k3 on June 11, 2015, 10:40:52 PM
I just returned from a few days at the Treasure Bay casino in Mississippi, and Wheel of Fortune is the only game show slot machine there. That's the bad news, though I'm thinking others like Beau Rivage and Island View have TPIR, Let's Make A Deal, etc.

The good news? Just moments before we checked out, I won close to $900 on Quest for Riches (wanted to go for $1,000, but took the credit prize and added it to my winnings with about 50 free spins of over 500 remaining)!! I really did press my luck this morning!!!
Title: Re: Game Shows and Slot Machines
Post by: Neumms on June 12, 2015, 11:47:04 AM
Monty's is terrific. It helps that his game show is based on risk and dumb luck. The most annoying when you're trying to sleep in your room at the Luxor: Wheel of Fortune. Between the audience chant and the "new puzzle" bells, it'll drive you to drink.