Wheel Of Fortune Arcade

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The game has two modes: a regular mode and a "Double Play" mode (accompanied by a graphic similar to the Double Play token), which doubles the value of all spins and costs twice as much to play. After inserting the desired amount of credits, the player chooses a mode, and the game opens with a shortened Season 27 opening animation. The player is then greeted by an announcer.
The puzzle and category are displayed. Depending on the number of letters in the puzzle, a few may already be revealed at this point. Punctuation is omitted, including from contractions (as was the case until about 1978), and all Same Name puzzles spell out AND. The player spins by turning the "Spin" knob and will get either one or three spins depending on the settings configured by staff. Spin power is displayed on a meter at the bottom of the screen: if the spin is too weak, the player must spin again; otherwise, the words "WATCH WHEEL" appear with two arrows pointing up (again, similar to the Wheel of Fortune slot machines). After the Wheel stops, the player is shown the value and a keyboard appears to choose a letter (although only letters that appear in the puzzle can be chosen). If the mode only allows one spin, the player chooses three letters; otherwise, the player spins three times, once for each letter. When a letter is chosen, all instances are revealed as a model walks across. Vowels are treated in the same fashion as consonants and will not cost the player if chosen. The player receives the value of the spin in tickets for each instance of the associated letter. After three letters are picked, the player must solve the puzzle. Depending on how much of the puzzle is already revealed, a bonus is awarded for a correct solve. When solving, if a wrong letter is typed, the player is buzzed and the puzzle is revealed. Even if the puzzle is not solved, the player still wins the tickets earned from guessing letters.
Like its TV counterpart, the Wheel has 24 wedges. There are multiple different layouts that can be used, all of which have different payouts. Each layout has an assigned cost required for playing the game. On the default layout, which assigns the game a cost of $1.00 for regular play, normal ticket values range from 2-10. There are also four "special" wedges, all located 90 degrees apart and split into thirds like the show's Million-Dollar Wedge. The outer two sections are white and only worth one ticket on all layouts (two at Dave & Buster's locations as tickets are distributed by two, thus not allowing odd-numbered payouts). The middle section is gold and is worth 20, 50, or 200 tickets. The Wheel layout with the highest payout assigns the game a cost of $3 for regular play. Normal ticket values range from 4-20 and the three top values are 100, 250, and 500.
Though the Wheel used in this game has no penalty wedges, the earliest known prototype of the game used four Bankrupts (plus two on the outer sections of the top ticket value instead of 1-ticket spaces) and two Lose A Turns (displayed on the "Spin" knob only on the earliest known playable demo {displayed at the 2010 European Amusement and Gaming Expo}, whose in-game Wheel replaced these with white 1-ticket spaces).
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Wheel Of Fortune is a ticket redempion quiz game developed by Play Mechanix. Published by Raw Thrills, in association with Konami in Summer 2010 for ICE pc based arcade system. The motif is based on that of Season 27, with various music cues from the show and gameplay using photos from the actual set. The machine itself has a large, vertically-mounted Wheel displayed in front of where the player sits, similar to the Wheel of Fortune slot machines and a 32″ HD touchscreen display. Under the Wheel is a touch-sensitive monitor with a small "knob" underneath used for spinning the Wheel. An optional feature is a stool the player sits on, which has a curved shape similar to a contestant podium from the show, and a blue cushion along the top in a fashion similar to the padded railing of the contestant area; the outer side of the stool bears the Season 27 logo. Sitting along the sides of the machine are two large cutouts of the basic Wheel template with the Season 27 logo over it, but with the top dollar value and penalty wedges replaced with cash wedges. A similar layout is printed on the "Spin" knob.