When I was in ninth grade, I started getting sick. I had to stay home from school for a long time. That's when I started getting hooked on a game show that had been on the air for almost 50 years. Bob Barker was the original host of the game show before he decided to retire.
Drew Carey took over and is still hosting today. The games.... are what I want to talk about. They have these interesting games they had.
I won't talk about all the games, but people that are fans of this show would kill me if I didn't mention the best ones. And I know what games they're talking about. Here are a few games that are ok.... but not the best.
Balance Game:
This game is ok. A game where a contestant can win a trip or even a bedroom/kitchen whatever if they get the right price from another bag that one of the models has in their hands. Sometimes, they are in balance, and they win. Other times...it would be less than the price or too high which would lower the balance.
Check Out Game:
Being a Cashier, some of the games are good for me because they use grocery store items, and the contestant has to figure out what is the right price. They guess a price at random, soon, they see the real price. If they aren't over the $2.00 amount, they win. Other times, they're behind and lose. but they have to get within a two-dollar range to win.
Prices these days are soaring, and now let's just say back before 2003, they would make the price range of $1.00.
Hot Seat Game:
This game is new and came out before COVID did. It's called Hot Seat where a contestant has to pick if five items are higher or lower than the price shown. They would end up winning over $20,000 dollars if they were right on all five picks.
Sometimes, they would lose all the money if they run out of time, or one of the hot seat items they picked was the opposite on price.
Hole in One (or Two) game
Ever gone miniature golfing in your life? Well....then you might be able to win a car if you get a hole on one on Price is Right.
All you have to do is guess which price is more expensive than the others. Then, wherever you end up with after finding out you were wrong on one price, is the line you end up putting. Drew (as well as Bob) sometimes does the explanation of how it's done. It's a 50/50 win for certain contestants.
The Golden Road Game:
Do you want to win an expensive car? Well....the Golden Road will take you there. Almost everyone loves this game because the price of the car is more expensive than any of the cars they show. Sometimes, it could be worth over $250,000.
They have to walk the golden road, finding out prices for other items to get to the most expensive car. Sometimes...they win it.... other times.... they don't.
HAVE TO MENTION GAMES:
Cliffhangers Game:
This game is very popular to Price is Right lovers. This game was created around the late 1970's and has been one of the top ten best games played on PIR. A little yodeling guy that I dubbed "yodel dude", would climb up the tall mountain if you are wrong on guessing three prices.
You can either win the game or hear a yodel of the "yodel dude" going up the mountain and falling and losing the game. Someone dubbed him "Cliffy" but he's always known as yodel dude to me.
Lucky Seven Game:
Another chance to win a free car. All you had to do is guess the price of the car while keeping seven dollars in your hand.
The price of the car was different back in the 70's. They had four slots. Now....five slots to figure out the price of the car. Most of the time....the contestant will win the game with one dollar left in their hand. Rare, but it happens.
Race Game:
This is a game of strategy, endurance and winning four prizes by guessing the prices of four items that they could win. Sometimes....they don't win any of them. Other times...they win all four, or two or even one.
You just have to run and not look at the audience so much which is what many of the contestants do. They lose time by looking at their friends hoping they would help.
Master Key:
Do you wanna win a car? Or even a trip to a day spa, or a computer? With Master Key, you get three chances to win each of the three I mentioned.
Ok, the contestants get a chance to win three prizes. One of them being a car...of course. One key is a blank key which would open nothing. Sometimes, the contestant gets a key that will open one. But rarely, one contestant will win everything by choosing the master key.
Pathfinder:
This is a guess the price of a car game by stepping on numbers to form a path to the winning numbers.
The contestant would have to guess the amount of the prizes to pick the right number. It could be behind them or in front of them, or next to them. It depends on the amount of the car. Sometimes, contestants will win, other times, they lose.... but I rarely saw one contestant winning the car without getting one number wrong.
Maybe they did, I'm not sure though.
Dice Game:
This game makes you feel like the contestant is in Vegas, but they win a car instead of money. They have to guess the price of the car by rolling some dice. No number higher than a 6 and no number lower than a 1 which means there would be no 0s in the game.
If they get the right number, there would be a ding. But sometimes.... they would get a six or a one meaning that it is an automatic win.
Rat Race:
Recently a new game that came out around the 2000's. The contestant would choose a rat hoping they would win a car. They can get three rats to win not only the car, but two other prizes as well.
It's like Master Key involving rats that race. Every race was different, and you can never tell which color rat would win the race. Most of the time....it would be the green rat or the pink rat or even yellow. Sometimes the contestant will win all three.
THE BEST THREE GAMES OF PRICE IS RIGHT:
3. Temptation:
This game is tempting to the contestant. First off Drew (or Bob) would ask if it's the contestants birthday. Then you know what game you're playing. The contestant sees a few prizes that they think could have the numbers to the car they might win.
They pick the number and hope they are right. They get a chance to either keep the prizes that are shown... or even go for the car as well as the prizes. But if one number is wrong.... everything is gone.
2. Let Em' Roll
The contestant can win the car of their dreams if they get the price right for certain prizes. They get a chance to roll dice. It's like Yahtzee, but you want to get five images of a car to win the car.
It's an ok game and many people get their free spin and win the car, but sometimes, they get cash if they don't get the five cars. Mostly in the thousands area.
GAMES THAT WERE NOT MENTIONED BUT WERE GOOD:
Punch a bunch- You can win over $25,000 dollars if you get the right punch. Getting four punches on a punch board. It's all in the pick.
Spelling bee- You can win a car by spelling the word CAR. Getting C's, A's and R's. Sometimes...the contestant might get a card with the word Car and win automatically.
It's in the bag- To win a prize like a cruise or even a new bedroom, you have to pick out which grocery item is from the price. If it's revealed to be right, there would be a duplicate.
Now....or then- A game which you find out if the price is correct, of if it was the price back on a certain year. It used to be called Now...and then.
One right Price- This is a game in which you figure out from two items which is the price from only one price tag.
Pay the rent- A recently new game which has certain grocery items, and you have to figure out which one is the most expensive of them all.
1. Plinko
The most requested game any contestant wants to play. Believe me, seeing the show since I was fifteen... next to Cliffhangers, Plinko is the most requested game ever. All the contestant has to do is find out the price of a few items to get five chips to win $50,000.
Sometimes they would try to win over $100,000. It's one addicted game. One person won the most on Plinko and no one has beaten his win since.
Ever since 1972, this game show has been the most watched, and I can see why. Ever since I was fifteen, I got into this show. Been through everything. Even from host and announcer changes. Now, it seems its going nowhere anytime soon, and new games will be replacing games that is no longer in use. Till then.... come on down and enjoy the entertainment.
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