New Pricing Game Review: SWITCHEROO

[Alfonzo]

New Pricing Game Review: SWITCHEROO

If there's one pricing game I'd wish would draw smarter contestants it's this one. Sure we see an occasional good contestant (That gentleman from the first week of Season 34 comes to mind!), but most contestants seem to blindly place blocks any which way and hope they end up with a car. Shame, because this is a pretty good game. It just draws bad contestants , is all.

Love the classic set with the stripes. It always seemed a bit to big to be on the turntable, though. I do like the Dom Casual font for lettering.

Played just the right amount of times each year, and it has nifty think music. What more can you ask for in a pricing game?

Rating: 8 out of 10

For rules and history of this game: http://www.gscentral.net/eroo.htm

[Frank15]

I could always ask for more playings !

Very different from other small prize games.  Instead of the usual "use the small prizes to get choices, or chips, or whatever" method that every other current small prize game uses save for Cliff Hangers, this one actually integrates the small prize pricing with the car pricing, making it quite unique, as far as small prize games go!  Basically, it doesn't really play like a small prize game.

The small prize pricing is important, of course, as that helps with the car pricing, which realistically, no one can really be expected to know the tens digit.  And of course, that's where strategy comes into play, of figuring out the small prizes first.  And where a lot of contestants make their mistake.  It's too bad, because it's really a lot of fun to watch!  And fun to watch the checkmarks light up at the end of the game.

The set is one of the nicer one's on the show.  One of the more unusual sets too, with the white and blue striped design.  Really cool Switcheroo title font, too!  The Dom Casual works better here than in other games, too.  And the music is really great, too... arguably better than the old music, even!

10 out of 10 on the old scale!  What's not to love?

[goldroadfanatic]

This game is a classic!  It has a unique format where you place the numbered blocks in where you think they belong in 30 seconds.  After the first try, you are shown how many prices you have right.  You can either bail out or try again with another 30 seconds.

I like the music played with its unique sound effects.

The set is awesome with the stripes and the check mark windows that flash if the contestant wins the car or wins all 5 prizes.

Overall, an awesome game!  I give it a 10 out of 10.

[rob79]

Switcheroo, ah yes, I love everything about this game, the set, the think music, the gameplay itself. I've said it before, i'll say it again-classic in every sense of the word.

10 out of 10.

[Aaron A. Camp]

Gameplay: 8
What makes this game a classic is the pricing of the bonus prize (in this case, a car) is intergrated with the pricing of small prizes.

Set Design: 8
I love the blue and white color scheme and the Dom Casual font.

Frequency: 8
For a car game, it is played just at the right frequency.

Fun Factor: 8
I find a race against time quite exciting.

Intangables: 8
The game is the only car game currently in the rotation that is a race against time. I do not consider Ten Chances a race against time, since the "shot clock" is not enforced.

Overall: 40 out of 40! (Perfect Score)

[Jordan7]

What a wonderful game this is. I wish the contestants would take the game more seriously, like Alfonzo said, because this game has a really neat concept. It involves both pricing the car and the small prizes, which is cool. Pricing the small prizes first is key, which hopefully leads you to winning the car.

The set is really cool, with the blue and white stripes, and the Dom Casual font is a nice new touch. It's got the great think music too.

It's played just perfectly. A very good game. A classic.

10 out of 10.

[jwatson2973]

I have to agree that this is a classic game. I like the set up and the game play is not that difficult. I especially like the suspense when Bob would ask what prize the contestant wins and hopefully it's the car.

10 out of 10

[JayC]

I don't like Switcheroo as much as most people do.  Personally I think the set isn't that good looking and it's not as interesting to me as it is to others.  And it attracts many dumb contestants that don't really pay attention to what they're doing and instead randomly guess.  It's exciting when it's won espically with all 5 since it so rarely happens.  I also like the think music  It's playing time is about right.  All in all, I like the game, but not as much as others.

My score- 7 out of 10

[joechopchop]

OK game.  Not too easy, but not too hard.  I agree with the fact that it has an interesting concept.  It sees too few playings, however.  Not only that, but contestents often walk away with the smallest prize on the board.

TOTAL SCORE: 7.5/10.

[Jordanar18]

One of the better SP games for sure, and the second-best car/SP game next to Pathy.  The set is classic -- simply one of the best on the show.  I'm not sure if I like the new font so much, but I really can't picture the old one anymore, so I guess it's good.

The think music is great!

Overall:  8/10

[pathfinder2119]

Even though Switcheroo isn't as good as Pathfinder, it's still an amazing game. The think music is wonderfully amazing, and I think it's clearly the best of any think music used on the show. The set is also very good. What I don't like, though, is that many contestants randomly place the blocks, which is frustrating.

It's still a great game, though, and it gets a 9/10.

[PimpinJC]

Pretty good game.  Easy enough to figure out; I like it.  And they give you 2 chances to get the prizes right.

It gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

[SolairWright]

Another fan of Switcheroo reporting in!

It's a shame that bad contestants plague a great game like Switcheroo, as Alfonzo pointed out. There were a couple playings that made me frustrated because the contestant spent most of the 30 seconds conveying with the audience for help. Your goal in this game is to fill five numbered blocks in the price of the car and the four small prizes along with it. Though, you get two tries. Which is good, because it may take those two tries to get all five right. It's possible to get all five right on the first try, which is extremely rare. The Switcheroo board hasn't changed much, despite the minor additions (clock, compatible with five-digit cars, Dom Casual fonts, etc.) to it within the past thirty-three years it has been around. It's even got kooky think music playing in the background. What's not to like about this game, besides it's easy to understand?

I know to stop at three right on the first try, because I don't want to lose a chance of getting the car. Though, I've seen almost everything with this game possible. Wipeouts, five right on the first try, three right first, none the second...you name it. It's a shame this game isn't won as much, but I do enjoy a lot about Switcheroo. Its frequency is alright with me, though it could show up a couple more times. I'm going to give Switcheroo an 8.5/10. It's always a treat to see this game played, but some playings frustrated me (the wipeout from Season 36 comes in mind, I saw it on a rerun.)

[hilocolin]

Switcheroo Is A Game Of Thinking And Price Value! The Head Clown Song Is The Best Cue In Switcheroo! I Admit That Switcheroo Is Game Of 2nd chances! Once You Get 0 Or 5 Numbers Right You HavE To Either Make Changes Or Keep Them! But If You Get 5 It Doesn't Matter You Win! The Lesson Learned From This Is That Life Does Have 2nd Chances!

[magic#92]

Drew, Drew, Drew.  When will you stop telling the contestants that "the small prizes are nice, but you need to focus on the car?"  It seems like around half of the contestants don't even try to price the SPs correctly anymore.

Poor contestants aside, I think this is a wonderful game.  The set is cool with the blue stripes, light-up check marks, and red blocks reminiscent of the dice in Dice Game.  The timer cue only adds to the coolness.  It could use a couple more playings per season.

If I were to get up on stage, this is one of the games I would want to play.  I like how seamlessly the SPs are integrated into the game.  30 seconds is just the right amount of time to place all the blocks.  It's always suspenseful when the number of blocks correct gets lit up, even more so in the second round.  I've seen contestants win the car with only one number correct, but some have gone from 3 to 0! Ouch!

Overall, this is a fun, suspenseful, and unique game.

8/10