I got more email asking me about the retirement of Hit Me then I did the retirement of Bob Barker. Bizarre.

Of course the first email I got on the subject said something like "After 26 years, Hit Man is finally being retired." That naturally had me all confused, wondering what small station in Iowa had been airing its own local version of Hit Man all these years without the rest of the world knowing.

Instead it's Hit Me being retired, curiously because it was "too confusing". That's sort of like when I heard that the original Caesar's Challenge bonus round was killed because it was "too easy".

Hit Me is one of two or three games on TPiR that should never be lost. Find the item with the exact price. Find the item ending in zero. Win something you probably don't want. End of story.

Weaknesses aside, any blackjack fan could at least enjoy the portion of the game which involved the blackjack hands getting played out. Since most contestants never hit blackjack, there was at least some drama involved there.

 

posted by Brad @ 2:56 PM   4 comment(s)