Fans of the show should rent videos to watch instead of playing this terrible conversion, and anyone who has never seen it probably never will. This is simply one of the worst computer versions of game shows ever made. The fun of watching the contestants' expressions as they frantically use the plunger is also missing, since the graphics are quite poor in the game. The funny animation of the Whammy is missing, and the questions are neither exciting nor challenging. The winner, of course, is the one with the most money at the end of the game.Īlthough holding a valuable license, GameTek produced only a lackluster computer version which doesn't do the show justice. 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. Each 'spin' gave you a chance to play at the big 'Press Your Luck gameboard'. But its fun to see a big number pop up at the end. It is pretty situational, youll get knocked out of the air often if you press your luck. A wrong answer gives you no spins, but you won't get penalized. Even the A aerial helicopter spin is more useful now as each hit that sends you back into the air improves your damage when you use a landing attack.

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. Whammy has a Shout-Out to this, with a 740 space. Other than that and 525 (which was right above it), the other cash spaces all have amounts that are multiples of 50. 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. Tropes used in Press Your Luck include: Arc Number: The 470 space in the first round is a pretty oddball amount compared to other cash spaces. A decent computer version of an oldie TV game show of the same name.

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