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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2019, 04:02:21 PM »
My honest opinion? Double Digits. It was a good game that made clever use of pricing. The colors weren't good, but that can be changed.

Also I would be open to...
     -Phone Home Game, but with just one person.  The idea of two people doesn't work with the standard one-person format that's usually used. Think of it as Pick-a-Pair for cash.
     -Superball! because I love Skee-ball, and the set was cool as well.
 
And yes, I'd love to see Car Pong as well.

No, seriously. :P
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2019, 10:33:16 PM »
Quote from: tpir04 on July 23, 2019, 04:02:21 PM


Also I would be open to...
     -Phone Home Game, but with just one person.  The idea of two people doesn't work with the standard one-person format that's usually used. Think of it as Pick-a-Pair for cash.
     
 

What purpose, then, would the phone serve in this format if there'd be no one to talk to on the other end? 
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2019, 10:35:25 PM »
Maybe one of the models.
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2019, 11:00:35 PM »
Phone Home Game or something like it could be interesting to play via Skype. Maybe they'd have a celebrity play with the contestant so the on-stage contestant gets the full prize instead of splitting it with a random person.

Quote from: Gerald78 on July 23, 2019, 01:22:58 PM
Bring back Give or Keep but instead of using small products play it with grocery items.  They could be displayed on a table like other games or use the old Joker game "carousel."
I could see a game using Give or Keep's rules played with groceries rather than small prizes.
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2019, 11:08:46 PM »
Bullseye '72, of course.  :-D ...With the $500 range. I'm not heartless.  :P You could re-name it Dialed In, or something like that.  :-)

...Oh, and how was the original Time is Money / It's Time to Stop worse than the current iteration? I honestly can't imagine that being possible. :P
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2019, 11:16:43 PM »
Quote from: DarkShockBro on July 23, 2019, 11:08:46 PM
...Oh, and how was the original Time is Money / It's Time to Stop worse than the current iteration? I honestly can't imagine that being possible. :P

Even though I personally like the newer version more, I did like the original UNTIL they changed the rules and made the name completely pointless. :-)


I think that Penny Ante would be the one game I would have brought back, on the condition the original set is used/remade. It would be perfect time wise, and it's a good test of pricing knowledge. Mystery Price would be another good choice to me, with a few gameplay changes (make the prize package similar to Safe Crackers with the smaller prize being the mystery prize, go from 4 small prizes to 3).

On a bit of a tangent, I think that Gold Rush from the TPIR/LMAD mashup week would be a great quick car game. IMO, if they just had reveals for where the digits went as they were picked, it would already be better than Gridlock.
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #21 on: July 23, 2019, 11:18:32 PM »
To Darkshockbro...

The premiere...


and its finale...

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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #22 on: July 23, 2019, 11:19:34 PM »
Quote from: JayC on July 23, 2019, 11:00:35 PM
Maybe they'd have a celebrity play with the contestant so the on-stage contestant gets the full prize instead of splitting it with a random person.

PLEASE spare us any further celebrity tie-ins to the regular daytime show. A "random person" might not be famous, but they're what I tuned into the show to see--ordinary people like me participating.
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #23 on: July 24, 2019, 01:17:17 AM »
Quote from: Trevor Tuominen on July 23, 2019, 10:35:25 PM
Maybe one of the models.

So somebody who works for the show is going to be directly responsible for how much money the contestant can potentially win? S&P issues aside (and I’m sure there’s a mountain), that’s a PR disaster waiting to happen.

Even in the 80’s Phone Home Game was a very “out there” idea. It worked, against all odds, but the novelty value is missing in an era where anybody can easily interact with the show on social media or win stuff on the website.
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2019, 02:35:24 AM »
Forget I said anything. Maybe it could be redesigned for Skype users?
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #25 on: July 24, 2019, 02:54:16 AM »
^I mean, we had The Home Phone Plinko on the Superfan show, so it technically is a possibility, but unless the game is a once-per-season game, I'm almost sure that there would be some type of technical difficulty.
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #26 on: July 24, 2019, 11:13:15 AM »
Quote from: Superballer on July 23, 2019, 10:33:16 PM
 

What purpose, then, would the phone serve in this format if there'd be no one to talk to on the other end?

It doesn't have to be called Phone Home Game. The game could simply be renamed, as in Make your Mark.
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #27 on: July 24, 2019, 11:22:26 AM »
Give or Keep could be interesting if it had 6 prizes in the $900-$1500 range
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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #28 on: July 24, 2019, 12:49:38 PM »
I wouldn't mind seeing Give Or Keep again.

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Re: What single game would you like to see make a return?
« Reply #29 on: July 24, 2019, 02:02:42 PM »
Quote from: JayC on July 23, 2019, 11:00:35 PM
I could see a game using Give or Keep's rules played with groceries rather than small prizes.

So could anyone with access to YouTube.  It's called "Hurdles." :P
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