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Gallery Game was a game where a contestant would paint a number in the price to complete it.

Gameplay[]

  • The contestant was shown a painting of a prize being played for. Below the painting was most of the price - three complete digits and a partially completed fourth digit. The contestant had to "paint" in the rest of the digit with a marker (accompanied by the Alla Hornpipe movement of Handel's Water Music). A correct choice won the prize.
  • The partial fourth digit usually had a distinguishing mark completed, in order to reduce the field of possible answers, such as a horizontal line across the top, indicating a 5 or 7. A curved top would indicate a 2, 3, 8, 9, or 0. A similar curve in the middle would mark a 6 or 8. A slash through the middle of the bottom portion could become a 2 or 7. A vertical line could be a 1 or 4. A pair of reflecting curves on the right could be 3 or 8.

Trivia[]

  • Although this game was the first to premiere in the 1990s, it was also the first pricing game to be retired in that decade.
  • Stan Blits’ book erroneously lists Gallery Game as “Masterpiece” which was a working title used while the game was being developed.
  • Like Ten Chances and Check Game, Gallery Game is about writing a number to win a prize.
  • This game is functionally identical to Pick-A-Number, the only difference being that the number of options for the digit can vary. Sometimes there were two options; sometimes there were three; sometimes there were four; sometimes there were even five.

The game was played for 24 times in one season (season 19).

Gallery[]

To view the gallery, click here.

Retirement[]

Gallery Game was played 24 times, ending with a win-loss record of 9-15. This is believed to have contributed to its retirement. Production may also have felt that commissioning paintings of prizes was too expensive for what the game was ultimately worth.

Links[]

The Price is Right Gallery Game premiere
Price is Right - Vintage Pricing Game - Gallery Game
The Price is Right (1990): The Debut of Gallery Game!

1990s Pricing Games
Gallery Game | Swap Meet | Pick-A-Number | Switch? | Buy or Sell | Magic Number | Cover Up | Joker | Side by Side | Make Your Mark/Barker's Markers | Freeze Frame | Split Decision | Shopping Spree | Eazy as 1-2-3 | It's in the Bag | Fortune Hunter | Line 'Em Up | Clearance Sale | One Wrong Price | Push Over | Let 'Em Roll
Retired Pricing Games
Bullseye (1) | Double Bullseye | Give or Keep | Double Digits | Mystery Price | Poker Game | Hurdles | Professor Price | Finish Line | Shower Game | It's Optional | Telephone Game | Penny Ante | Trader Bob | Hit Me | Super Ball!! | Phone Home Game | Walk of Fame | Balance Game (1) | On the Nose | Bump | Add 'Em Up | Credit Card | $uper $aver | Gallery Game | Buy or Sell | Magic Number | Joker | Make Your Mark/Barker's Markers | Split Decision | Fortune Hunter | Clearance Sale | Step Up | On the Spot | Time is Money (1)
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