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Post by celetheref on May 26, 2024 11:50:15 GMT -5
Unfortunately episodes are DRM protected, for now I can show some pictures from various episodes.
This edition of the game goes mostly by American rules with one big difference: THE BANKRUPT WIPES OUT EVERYTHING WON UP TO THAT POINT INCLUDING WINNINGS FROM PREVIOUS ROUNDS 
Only the winner takes home their winnings and will return the next day to win more! The returning champion always takes the center position.
There are 5 regular rounds with a €1000 toss-up before round 1, a triple €1000 toss-up before round 4 (€5000 for the sweep) and a €1500 toss-up before round 5. Vowels are €250 (unlimited purchasing) and the house minimum is €500.
A nice touch is that some rounds are themed. For instance, all the toss-ups in an episode are about one region of Italy. Just by chance, here's one about my region 
Round 1 is generic (no theme). Here's the wheel. Top value is €1000 (€1500 in R2, €2000 in R3, €2500 in R4 and €5000 in R5) The "Extra Coupon" is the Wild Card, the Gift Tag awards an unspecified amount of the advertised product and the Bankrupt/Double/Bankrupt doubles the value of the bonus round envelope.
Round 2 is about music
Round 3 is about myths, folklore and legends and it's the Mystery Round as well. The Mystery prize is €5000.
Round 4 is the Express Round (any subject)
Round 5 is, you would never have guessed, the Last Round. If time expires, good Gerry will give the wheel a final spin and add €1000 to that, unless he nails the big €5000.
He got it! That's one happy host! 
The bonus round works like in the Enrico Papi version. No choice of subject and only 3 consonants and 1 vowel in the free package. The bonus round is comically cheap (as low as €1000 up to maybe €7500) but one envelope has a nice €25900 SUV.
Another fun feature is that the model sometimes fires a multiple choice question at the host, whose batting average is not all that good. 
The ratings so far are impressive, I believe there will be more Ruota in the future, hopefully with more balanced gameplay.
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Post by SmashWhammy on May 26, 2024 12:44:17 GMT -5
thanks for the info, celetheref
that post will REALLY come in handy when it comes to recreating the layouts (though i'll probably use the US/English counterparts for the most part)
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Post by celetheref on May 26, 2024 13:48:49 GMT -5
Gerry does it again!
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Post by celetheref on May 28, 2024 17:33:27 GMT -5
What could it be?  let's find out! |
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Post by celetheref on May 30, 2024 7:35:40 GMT -5
Gerry has had enough of bankrupts!   From the USA themed episode: THE ROCKY MONUMENT VALLEY  And here it is   Background for the "sea" episode, with matching blue board  And for the "jungle" episode ("Hey, there's a tiger behind you!"  )  |
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Post by celetheref on Jun 1, 2024 17:04:41 GMT -5
Wheel of Fortune... IN SPACE!
Aww, close but no 5k
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Post by MarioGS on Jun 1, 2024 19:54:57 GMT -5
Is the US version the only version that still doesn't display scores of zero on the scoreboards?
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Post by celetheref on Jun 2, 2024 16:41:58 GMT -5
Season 20 of Ruota is in the books. Waiting for season 21, here are some stats:
Contestants won a total of €395,000 in cash and prizes
Just 20% of that came from the bonus round (12 W - 16 L); the top prize (the SUV) was won twice and lost once.
The biggest single-day maingame win was €29,050; the smallest €4,550
Gerry landed on the €5,000 three times on his Final Spin (in one episode the puzzle was solved before the bell)
Samira asked Gerry 56 questions, he answered correctly to 26 of them (.464)
Among the new (for Italy) features, the Wild Card was the most popular: it was taken to the bonus round a good number of times, including in the final episode.
The Mystery wedge was also popular but it was won only once.
The Express was avoided like the plague (landed on twice, none took it).
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Post by celetheref on Jun 11, 2024 14:53:48 GMT -5
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Post by celetheref on Aug 9, 2024 0:44:50 GMT -5
New season promo! Starting September 2nd
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Post by celetheref on Sept 1, 2024 22:15:03 GMT -5
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