Here is a PSA about the characters explaining about one of the Marketplaced Themed Games that's a hit in the 1960s
This is for those who are unfamiliar with the TV Show from 1963 to 1986, Let's Make a Deal is one of the Costume Party Themed Games where players played Minigames in hopes winning Top Quality Prizes by Purchase and Trade Ins.
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PSA Segments: Rules of the Game: Let's Make a Deal Dealer's Market
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:07 pm
[Wheel of Fortune Sound Stage: Pinwheel] *Puzzleboard Readout* WELCOME DEALERS & TV TRADERS
The PSA opens with the Narrator inside the Set of Wheel of Fortune Daytime.
*History & Gameplay* Narrator: Hiya, its the Narrator. Its good to be back on the Wheel of Fortune Set as today, I'm about to talk about an exciting Game from the 1960s... Let's Make a Deal!
However, that Marketplace Game you know on Television didn't always start that way as during the 1963 Pilot Episodes, Let's Make a Deal began as a Marketplace Expo set where people can trade items for High Quality or Worse Quality as a Black Tie Convention since the Pilot Episodes lasted for 2 weeks. Then someone got Monty's Full Attention with a Signboard with a short poem.
Soon after that, more people came with more signs and even in Colorful Costumes which caused an Uproar among NBC Network Executives and Staff to which residing host Monty Hall stated "We're going to let them in." As a Result, what once started as Marketplace Themed Game Show became a Costume Party for over 60 years and continuing up to this day.
While the Gameplay was the same from 1964 to 1986, it featured several deals between the host and players. The Host would pick a single player or a pair that counts as a single team to be brought on stage to play Minigames which had various formats. One example is that the player was given a Standard Value Prize or Cash Amount then the Host would offer that player to keep the item or trade it for a Mystery Item. The Mystery Items are usually hidden behind one of 3 Curtains, Doors or Boxes (Long before the Internet with Free to Play Games and its Lootboxes). The Initial Item was also hidden inside a Wallet, Purse, Bundled with a Grocery Item, Envelope, just to name some examples.
The Mystery Item would contain a Prize, Trip, Cars, Cash or a Zonk. Zonks were unwanted items of the Lowest Quality Possible which sounds like knocking a player out of a Minigame Round but NOT the Game entirely.
Other Minigames had different elements such as the Cash Register where it featured 15 Typewriter keys where a player would hit one key at a time hoping to win $50, $100 or more. If that player hits $1,000, then that player would win High Quality Prize. However, 2 of the Keys were labeled "NO SALE" and if that was hit then the player was given a Consolation along with a Double Multiplier of the next key hit and if it was the second NO SALE, that player would win $500.
Next came the Pricing Games Style of Minigames which would equal to the value as the goal is to price a set number of items within limits without going over. If that player was right, then either a Number was added or removed for from the price of the High Quality Prize. If all the items were priced within their limits, that player can get the item. Since the last item was hard, the player is shown a Mystery Item as a sure thing in which they can take or risk it all more times than others.
*Endgame* Before the closing, The Winning Players would then choose to play for the Big Deal or keep their Standard to High Quality Item, starting with the Most Won and ending with the least won.
Even players who were knocked out of a Round by a Zonk would have a shot at redemption. The Players would then be showed the Famous Big Deal Doors 1-3 listed in Value from Small to Big. This game also had Quick Deals.
Door Number 4 had 4 Formats which were also included in the Big Deal Endgame. Format 1 had a RNG called People Picker Computer ranging from 1-36 which matched the numbers that the players had along with a hidden value of money ranging from $1 to $5,000 where that player can keep it or trade it.
Format 2 had 3 Big Wheel Versions called "Dealer Wheel". A 20 Space Wheel ranging from $100 to $5,000 in which the player would spin for something good to land on. However, by landing on "Double Deal", they would spin again for 2x the amount from $200 to $10,000. Hitting Double Deal Twice was an instant $10,000 Win.
Version 2 of the Dealer Wheel had $100 to $3,000 with 2 spaces marked as a Prize. They had the option of taking $750 or risk it by spinning the wheel.
Version 3 had $100 to $4,000 with an initial $1,000 cash out. These 2 Versions had ZONK on them. Hitting that gave that Player a T-Shirt which also applies if that player was knocked out of a Round by a ZONK.
[Wheel of Fortune Sound Stage: Pinwheel] *Puzzleboard Readout* WELCOME DEALERS & TV TRADERS
The PSA opens with the Narrator inside the Set of Wheel of Fortune Daytime.
*Design & Host* Narrator: The Set Design for Let's Make a Deal had Pastel Colors and Vibrancy which was copy pasted into a Las Vegas Theater. By the 1980s, the set had a Vibrancy of more Colorful Tones as did the 4 Doors each with their own colors so they would not be any confusion... Door 1 was Yellow/Orange Door 2 was Purple Door 3 was Blue/Pink Door 4 was Blue/Purple.
The Pricing Games were updated as well being a Trilon Stand. This game was also the last to feature a $500 & $1,000 Bill as when the show was canceled, the US Congress ceased production of those 2 bills....
*One Dinner Later...*
Narrator: As I was saying... ...This game was also the last to feature a $500 & $1,000 Bill as when the show was canceled, the US Congress ceased production of those 2 bills but the biggest cosmetic change was the Display of the Big Deal Totals.
*Reboot Version* Narrator: In 2009, Let's Make a Deal was Rebooted and hosted by Wayne Brady as this version plans to break the record of 14 years. Well, that's all there is to it when it comes to a Marketplace Themed Game Show where there's risks & rewards through minigames.
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:53 pm
*Coming Soon to Game Lab*
Let's Make a Deal OOC Game = Monty Hall Era Classic Version 1964-1981 All New Version 1984-1986
