Four whammies at any time will kick you out. If you land on a Whammy, you lose everything you have accumulated up to that point in the game. When the board is stopped, you'll get whatever you stop on. The board would spin, and you can stop it by slamming a plunger. The value of each square changes every second or so. Each square has 3 different cash values, prizes, or a Whammy. This huge board, which was what the show was famous for, has 18 different positions. A wrong answer gives you no spins, but you won't get penalized.Įach "spin" gave you a chance to play at the big "Press Your Luck gameboard". If you answer the question correctly, you get up to 3 spins. The questions usually test common knowledge, or is a survey question. A game is divided into 4 rounds, the first and third being standard trivia sessions. Press Your Luck is best described as Wheel of Fortune meets Jeopardy!: a show that pits one champion against two challengers and requires both luck and knowledge to win. Its CGA graphics make it less flashy than the TV version, but the suspense of "pressing your luck" on the board rounds remain intact.Ī decent computer version of an oldie TV game show of the same name. This represents the only "home game" version of the show commercially released, and follows the format of the show loyally. One Whammy will erase a contestant's score, and four will remove them from the game.
Spins give you the power to dictate whether you will use them yourself, to increase your total prize money, or force them on others in the hopes they will land on a Whammy. Based off of the 80s game show of the same name, Press Your Luck allows you to play as one of three contestants in both a quiz round, and a shot at the "big board." Correct answers in the quiz round give spins for the board round.
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