These are the many products/merchandise/goods that were brought to us due to the success of Sale of the Century.
Board Games[]
Milton Bradley (1969, 1970)[]
First released in 1969, Milton Bradley's take on a Sale home game is based on the original '60s-'70s show, namely Jack Kelly's tenure. Much like Milton Bradley's Jeopardy! games, Sale reuses the Concentration game board design for questions. Gameplay is similar to the TV show, with the exception of Instant Bargains, wherein each one offered has three different values attached (varying from low to high), with the buyer not knowing the value of said prize until they buy it using the included play money. Players "buzz in" using a "Quick Response" plastic bowl, with each player throwing their chips in, the player whose chip in the bottom of the bowl being the one that gets to answer.
A second edition was released in 1970. Both editions are the same, aside from the box and the inclusion of 96 new questions.
American Publishing Corp./Great Games Pty., Ltd. (1986)[]
In 1986, the second Sale-based home game was done by American Publishing Corp./Great Games Pty. Ltd. and combines the then-popular Quizzard buzzer system with the gameplay of the 1983-89 version, including Instant Bargains and Fame Games. Gameplay, however, is based moreso on the Australian version of the show (the first edition of the game being released there and having Australian host Tony Barber later Glenn Ridge on the box), meaning multiple deviations.
For starters, the rounds play differently, with games lasting as little as 3 (1 round with each player [the minimum being 3] as emcee) or 6 (likewise, or the alternative ruling wherein one player is emcee for all 6) rounds, with players keeping score of both their in-game money and their prize money. In lieu of play money, round scores are dictated using the game board, with a lower limit of $10, and an upper limit of $75. The game, however, lists no way of keeping track of full-game score. Each round consists of 22 questions, with 2 Fame Game questions (7 and 14); questions 1-6 and 8-13 are all worth $5, while questions 15 onward are worth $10.
Instant Bargains and Fame Games play similarly to the show (8 instant bargains for each dollar amount, and 14 Fame Game cards), with the exception that the emcee cannot discount or add on to Instant Bargains, and Fame Game cards must be chosen from the deck, instead of the grid pattern most iterations used.
At the end of each round, the player with the most money takes a Winner card from the pile and adds it to their full-game score, and the game resets with everyone returning to the $20 mark, meaning Fame Games and Instant Bargains are allowed (and welcomed) to be repeated. The game ends after the determined amount of rounds (no Speed Round is played), and the player with the highest score from all games is declared the winner.
The base game supports 110 regular rounds, and 10 "Junior" rounds, all included in the Rules & Questions book. Other books have reportedly been made (2 "General Knowledge" books and one "Young Players Question" book), all supporting 120 rounds of the given topic, although none have resurfaced.
Video Slot Machine[]
IGT/International Game Technology (2003)[]
Released as part of their "Game Show Greats" lineup, its logo was based on the 1983-89 version, but instead of Jim Perry, Joe Garagiola (who hosted the show from 1971 to 1974 under the "Al Howard" brand at the time) appeared in the game.[1]
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Unreleased Merchandise[]
The Great Game Company (1983)[]
Video game versions of Sale of the Century based upon the 1983-89 NBC version was planned to be released for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and Mattel's Intellivision by the Great Game Company in 1983, but due to the Video Game Crash at the time, the project never got off the ground and was cancelled.
Box Office (1988)[]
A computer version of Sale of the Century based on the 80's NBC version using the Winner's Big Money Game bonus round and Instant Cash round was going to be made and released by Box Office in 1988 for the Apple II, Commodore 64/128 and IBM-PC. However, the games were scrapped before they were released onto store shelves.
GameTek (1988-89)[]
In 1988 or 1989, GameTek was planning to do a video game of the 80's NBC version for the NES, using the Winner's Big Money Game bonus round and Instant Cash round, but the project did not get off the ground at all and was therefore cancelled.
Imagination Entertainment (2008)[]
A DVD game of Temptation: The New Sale of the Century based on the 2007-08 American version hosted by Rossi Morreale was planned for release in 2008 by Imagination Entertainment, but it never got released at all.
Online Store[]
Temptation Shop-At-Home offers[]
Before commercial breaks, offers for products at discounted prices were advertised. These items were purchased online through the show's official site. The offers were originally separate items, but later became generic "60% off retail" plug offers.
