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Who Created the Games?
« on: December 10, 2011, 11:54:21 PM »
Sorry if this has been asked before I tryed to search but I found nothing.
Does anyone have a list of who created what games?  If so can you please post it
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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2011, 08:10:32 AM »
If it's not in the FAQ I doubt anyone would have a game-by-game list like that, but I'm pretty sure most were created by Roger Dobkowitz.  The only two I know for sure:

Rat Race - Drew Carey (and Mike Richards?)
Pay the Rent - Mike Richards

(I'm also fairly sure Gas Money was Roger's as well, come to think of it.)
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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2011, 08:18:12 AM »
http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=6912.0

This thread has a lot of information. IIRC, it was mentioned here that someone from Card Sharks created a pricing game but I can't remember what the game was.

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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2011, 09:28:59 AM »
Pay the Rent - Mike Richards
I wish to say it was Adam Sandler -- when Drew once said that "Rat Race is so much better than that stupid Pay the Rent game", he then said "Hi, Adam."

(I'm also fairly sure Gas Money was Roger's as well, come to think of it.)
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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2011, 11:12:29 AM »
I wish to say it was Adam Sandler -- when Drew once said that "Rat Race is so much better than that stupid Pay the Rent game", he then said "Hi, Adam."

I believe you are both correct. Adam Sandler said that Richards wanted a game that could pay off your mortgage and Sandler actually created the game. So, Richards had the idea and Sandler had the method.
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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2011, 11:50:18 AM »
Frank Wayne created the most Pricing Games of anyone; at least 25.  There are a few games that we don't have an official creator pinpointed, such as Double Prices which was a simple concept devised when the show was being reformatted.

Another instance, 5 Price Tags was a group effort of people who came up with the various aspects of the game.  One person suggested 5 choices, another came up with the True/False format.

Perhaps I will post a few of the games and their creators shortly.
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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2011, 12:35:47 PM »
I know Barker created 2 for the Price of 1, Bonkers, Triple Play, Coming or Going, More or Less and Eazy az 1 2 3 (not quite sure on that last one).

Fingers Greco did Secret "X", Pick-a-Pair, and Line em Up

As much as I liked having Roger on the show, he did created what is now my least favorite game......That's Too Much!

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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2011, 01:31:47 PM »
Former director Bart Eskander created Stack the Deck.

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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2011, 01:41:39 PM »
Former director Bart Eskander created Stack the Deck.

...and Flip Flop, Side by Side, and Step Up.
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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2011, 02:02:41 PM »
I believe Fingers created Master Key as well.

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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2011, 02:05:32 PM »
Does anyone know if Howard Felsher created a pricing game? His son, Andy, created Hit Me.

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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2011, 02:11:01 PM »
Imie Camelli created Grocery Game.

I note this only because I like the name "Imie Camelli." :)
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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2011, 02:20:17 PM »
I believe Fingers created Master Key as well.

Nope, that was Frank Wayne (my source?  The FAQ).

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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2011, 02:22:59 PM »
Let's not forget Mandel Ilagan's Half Off.
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Re: Who Created the Games?
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2011, 02:40:32 PM »
Fingers created Secret "X"; and I'm pretty sure it was Adam that created Pay the Rent, not Mike.

Bob created Triple Play, Bonkers, More or Less, Eazy az 1-2-3, and Coming or Going.

I heard somewhere that Mark Goodson himself created several of the earliest games, such as Clock Game.
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