Shopping Spree (pricing game)

Shopping Spree (pricing game)

:"This article is about the pricing game featured on "The Price is Right". For the unrelated game show that aired on The Family Channel, see "Shopping Spree"."Shopping Spree is a pricing game on the American television game show "The Price Is Right". Debuting on January 17, 1996cite web|url=http://www.golden-road.net/faq/index.php/Pricing_Game_Notes#Shopping_Spree|title=Golden-Road.net FAQ - Pricing Game Notes|accessdate=2007-11-27] , this game is played for four prizes, each worth between $400 and $3,600.

Gameplay

The contestant is given a specified amount - usually between $3,000 and $5,000 - and is shown four prizes. One at a time, they must select the three items whose prices will total more than the given amount to win all four prizes.

Shopping Spree is the logical antithesis of Credit Card, as the object is to spend "at least" the given amount. Furthermore, the simplified objective of the game is to choose the three most expensive items (whereas in Credit Card, the goal is to choose the three "least expensive" items). Shopping Spree also bears similarity to Danger Price in which one prize out of four is to be avoided—in Shopping Spree, it's the least expensive item; in Danger Price, it's the item that matches the danger price.

History

Originally, the minimum total required to win was displayed on an orange lighted seven-segment display, and the larger green seven-segment display showed how much money had been spent. The orange display for the goal has been replaced with a black-on-orange placard, and the green display now shows how much money is "left" to spend. If the game is won, though, the green display will display the winning total of the three prizes chosen.

References

External links

* [http://www.gscentral.net/spree.htm Shopping Spree at Game Show Central]


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