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In Cliffhangers, the mountain climber makes his way up the mountain and turns one to ve reels wild.
feel like you’re actually on stage with Drew Carey. e familiar e Price is Right theme music sounds like it’s being played live. And while you may not be able to see the studio audience, you’ll hear them clearly as they shout encouragement and applaud your every win!
As fun as the base game play is, the real excitement comes with the bonus features. Both base game versions feature several di erent e Price is Right bonus games.
e Come on Down Bonus feature is randomly triggered, and the Bonus Pick feature is awarded with three “Bonus” symbols on any spin. And the Showcase Showdown is a Community Bonus feature that is randomly triggered and gives all eligible players a chance to win one of ve progressive jackpots!
In the Grand Game, players select prize boxes to reveal credit awards or multipliers.
Come on Down Bonus Feature
e Come on Down Bonus feature is randomly triggered
after any spin where the win is two times or more the total bet. e Price is Right theme music begins to play, and Rich Fields’ voice asks, “Are you ready to Come On Down?” Drew Carey appears at the top of the screen, asking the player to “Go ahead and pick a Price is Right stage.” e player touches one of three stages at the top of the screen to reveal one of three possible Come on Down Bonus features.
In the Change to Wild feature, Drew says, “Let’s get wild!” A symbol is selected as wild, and all matching symbols on screen turn wild. All of the line pays for the spin are recalculated and awarded to the player.
In the Grand Game, the game board lls the screen, and players are prompted to select one of six prize boxes to
win either credit awards or a credit multiplier amount. After their rst choice, players get to select again from
a new set of boxes.
If the player selects Cliffhangers, Drew announces,
“Get ready to yodel! And not just because we’re playing Cli hangers...because we know you like to yodel.” e screen changes and the familiar Cli hangers mountain is overlaid on the reels. e yodel music begins, and the climber makes his way up the mountain, and as he advances, he turns one to ve reels wild. e line wins are recalculated with the wild reels and the credits are awarded. If all ve reels are wild, players win 15,000
credits on the 20-line version, and 20,000 credits on the 30-line version!
Bonus Pick Features
When three scattered Bonus symbols appear, the Bonus Pick feature begins. Drew appears and tells the player to
pick any Bonus symbol for a prize. One Bonus symbol reveals a credit award.
One Bonus symbol reveals the Free Spin Bonus. Players are awarded eight free spins, and each and every winning spin triggers the Come on Down Bonus feature, where players can earn even bigger bonuses with the Change to Wild, Grand Game or Cliffhangers feature. e last Bonus symbol reveals either the Plinko®
game or the Punch a Bunch® game.
In Plinko®, players are rst prompted to select one of three prize boxes. e boxes contain either two, three or ve Plinko® chips. e screen
In the Change to Wild game, a symbol is selected as wild, and all matching symbols turn wild.
then changes to the familiar Plinko® board, and players choose where to drop the chip by selecting from three arrows. One of the arrows contains a random multiplier that multiplies the winnings from that chip from two times to ten times. As the chips bounce down the Plinko® board, they land in one of seven segmented bins at the bottom, each with its own credit value.
In Punch a Bunch®, players also begin by selecting one of three prize boxes to reveal the number of punches— two, three or ve. e screen then changes to the Punch a Bunch® game board, and players choose to punch any of 30 holes in the board. Inside each hole is a virtual slip of paper that contains the credit award. is game is di erent from the TV version. In the TV version, players have to trade in their win for a chance to punch a better prize, but these slots, players keep all of their wins. In addition to the credit amounts, players can also nd a special slip. ey might be awarded an extra pick; they might get their next credit award doubled; they could nd a slip that removes the lowest three credit awards from the board; or, they could nd the one special pick that reads “Award All Credits.”
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Players select one of three Plinko® chips to drop—and one chip contains a bonus multiplier.
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Punch a Bunch® players punch the holes to reveal their bonus credit awards.