Gallery Game
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Gallery Game was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Lasting from the Season 19 premiere on September 10, 1990 to April 11, 1991, it was played for a large prize, worth more than $3,000.
[edit] Gameplay
The contestant is shown a painting of the prize he/she is playing for. Below the artist's rendering was the price - three complete digits and a partially completed fourth digit. It was up to the contestant to decipher the fourth digit and "paint" in his/her answer with a marker.
The partial fourth digit usually had a distinguishing mark completed, in order to reduce the field of possible answers. For instance, a horizontal line at the top usually meant the answer was a '5' or '7.'
A correct answer won the prize.
[edit] Trivia
- This game made extensive use of gimmickry, such as classical music during the game and an elaborate reveal of both the gameboard and the "actual retail price" readout (a curtain draped over both, just as at an art gallery when they introduce new artwork).
[edit] Retirement
No official reason has been given.
