Coming or Going

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Drew Carey and a contestant playing Coming or Going.

Coming or Going is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on October 2, 2003, it is played for a four-digit prize, usually valued between $3,000 and $10,000. This game was created by then-executive producer and host, Bob Barker.^[1]

[edit] Gameplay

The contestant is presented with a string of four digits on a tilting platform. If the person tilts the platform to the left (coming), the digits string to the left, forming one price, or if the contestant tilts it to the right (going), the digits string in the reverse order, forming another price (e.g., $1,234 vs. $4,321). One of the two prices is the correct price of the prize. The contestant is asked whether he is "coming" or "going" and tilts the platform accordingly. A correct guess wins the prize.

The game is very similar in concept to the pricing games Side by Side and Flip Flop.

Interestingly, this pricing game is the only one on the show that does not contain a price reveal, either by podium, model, or announcer. The contestant simply knows he or she has won by the winning bells and flashing lights on the main prop. A tag reveal was once considered, but never carried out. Similar games of 50:50 chance do, however, have price reveals (i.e., Double Prices, Side by Side, Switch?, and 1 Right Price).

[edit] References

1. ^ Sly, John, The Best of The Price Is Right – Liner Notes, BCI 

v • d • e The Price Is Right U.S. Versions Current version • 1956–65 original version • 1994–95 syndicated version $1,000,000 Spectacular • Live casino show International versions Australia • United Kingdom • Other international versions Major elements One Bid • pricing games • Showcase Showdown • The Showcase Hosts (U.S.) Bob Barker • Drew Carey • Bill Cullen • Doug Davidson • Dennis James • Tom Kennedy Others on-air (U.S.) Rich Fields • Johnny Olson • Rod Roddy • Models Producers (US) Roger Dobkowitz, producer • Kathy "Fingers" Greco, co-producer Notable Int'l Hosts Leslie Crowther • Larry Emdur • Bruce Forsyth • Marco Antonio Regil • Gigi Sabani • Ian Turpie Pricing Games v • d • e Active pricing games Any Number • Balance Game • Barker's Bargain Bar • Bonkers • Bonus Game • Bullseye • Buy or Sell • Card Game • Check Game • Check-Out • Clearance Sale • Cliff Hangers • Clock Game • Coming or Going • Cover Up • Credit Card • Danger Price • Dice Game • Double Prices • Eazy az 1 2 3 • Five Price Tags • Flip Flop • Freeze Frame • Golden Road • Grand Game • Grocery Game • ½ Off • Hi Lo • Hole in One • It's in the Bag • Let 'em Roll • Line em Up • Lucky $even • Magic # • Make Your Mark • Make Your Move • Master Key • Money Game • More or Less • Most Expensive • Now....or Then • One Away • 1 Right Price • 1 Wrong Price • Pass the Buck • Pathfinder • Pick-a-Number • Pick-a-Pair • Plinko • Pocket ¢hange • Punch a Bunch • Push Over • Race Game • Range Game • Safe Crackers • Secret "X" • Shell Game • Shopping Spree • Side by Side • Spelling Bee • Squeeze Play • Stack the Deck • Step Up • Swap Meet • Switch? • Switcheroo • Take Two • Temptation • Ten Chances • That's Too Much! • 3 Strikes • Time Is Money (on hiatus) • Triple Play • 2 for the Price of 1 v • d • e Retired pricing games Add 'em Up • Balance Game (1980s version) • Bullseye (1972 version) • Bump • Double Bullseye • Double Digits • Finish Line • Fortune Hunter • Gallery Game • Give or Keep • Hit Me • Hurdles • It's Optional • Joker • Mystery Price • On the Nose • On the Spot • Penny Ante • The Phone Home Game • Poker Game • Professor Price • Shower Game • Split Decision • Super Ball!! • $uper $aver • Telephone Game • Trader Bob • Walk of Fame