Credit Card (pricing game)
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Credit Card is a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Debuting on December 7, 1987, it is played for five prizes, each worth between $200 and $3,000.
[edit] Gameplay
The contestant is presented with a large credit card, which is inserted into an ATM, which then displays a "credit limit" (usually $1,800 to $2,500). The player must select three prizes whose prices total below the credit limit to win all five prizes. The prizes are selected one at a time, and the price is deducted from the credit limit after each selection.
Credit Card is the logical antithesis of Shopping Spree, as the object is to spend at most the given amount. Furthermore, the credit limit is selected such that the simplified objective of the game is to choose the three cheapest prizes (whereas in Shopping Spree, the goal is to choose the most expensive items). Apart from their opposing goals and the fact that Shopping Spree uses four prizes to Credit Card's five, the games are played the same way.
In the event of a loss (when the contestant goes over the credit limit), three yellow markers pop up above the prizes that the contestant should have selected.
The card's expiration date, not seen on air, is December 2007; theoretically, the card has expired, but neither Drew or the producers have taken notice of this for certain.
