1987 - Present
Credit Card is a game played for five prizes. The contestant begins with a pre-set credit limit which limits his/her purchases in the game. If the contestant can purchase three prizes without exceeding the limit, s/he wins all five prizes.
Credit Card would be more interesting if there were more than one way to win the game. But there is just one way to win the game. Two of the prizes are always so expensive that purchasing one of them will guarantee a loss. Credit Card is therefore a bit too difficult to win considering the level of prizes offered.
One (slightly) unique feature to this game is the credit card Bob uses on the credit card board to display the credit limit for the day. Another cool feature is the price reveals are huge and are unique to the game. Of course, neither of these features makes the game easier to win.
To add insult to injury, the producers invented a game five years later called Shopping Spree which is basically an exact inverse of this game--and only slightly easier to win.
In recent years, a common hint in this game is that the bottom three prizes have always been the three to pick.
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| Is that an ATM machine? No, it's the challenging pricing game called Credit Card. | An array of prizes! A dishwasher, power tools, food preparer, apothecary chest, and a fireplace. |
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| Here's today's credit limit. I assure you that all those buttons there are useless. | That preparer was probably a good buy. |
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| He's got $1,900 plus to spend. | And that dishwasher isn't a bad pick either. |
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| He's got $1,481 left to spend, but two of those prizes are more than that...can he pick the right one? | He sure can! He wins all five prizes! |
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| He wins with $398 left! | The chest was $1,710 and that fireplace was $1,695. Told you this was a tough game. |