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These are the products/merchandise/goods that are brought to us due to the success of The Pyramid.

Board Games[]

Milton Bradley (1974-1981)[]

Box games based on The $10,000, $20,000 and $50,000 Pyramids  were made in eight editions by Milton Bradley from 1974 to 1981. (NOTE: While the $10,000 version was made in four editions and the $20,000 version was made in five editions respectively, the $50,000 version was made only in one edition.)

Cardinal (1986)[]

A box game by Cardinal Games was released in 1986, where you were allowed to play both The $25,000 Pyramid and The $100,000 Pyramid featuring Dick Clark on the cover.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: The board game makes a brief cameo appearance twice in both the 1987 episode of Valerie (later re-named as Valerie's Family and The Hogan Family respectively) called You Bet Your Life (which is also the name of the game show hosted by the late Groucho Marx)...

Mrs. Poole Pyramid Board Game

...and in the 1987 episode of Mama's Family called "Mama Sees Red".

Endless Games (2000, 2003, 2008)[]

Two home games were released as The $25,000 Pyramid in 2000 and as Pyramid Home Game featuring Donny Osmond on the cover in 2003...

...and a "Quick Picks" card game released based on The $1,000,000 Pyramid in 2008.

Unreleased box games[]

Pressman (2019)[]

A "Home Edition with Michael Strahan" of The $100,000 Pyramid[1]was released. It includes materials for 10 full games.

Computer Games[]

Box Office (1987)[]

A computer version of The $100,000 Pyramid was released in 1987 by Box Office for the Apple II, Commodore 64/128 and IBM (PC) computer systems.[2]

Sierra (2001)[]

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A PC CD-ROM version based on The $100,000 Pyramid was released in 2001.[3]

Video Slot Machine[]

IGT/International Game Technologies (2001,2004,2010)[]

Various slot machine games made by IGT were based on The $25,000 Pyramid, The $100,000 Pyramid and The $1,000,000 Pyramid. Online UK websites had versions based upon The $50,000 Pyramid and The $100,000 Pyramid.[4][5][6]

Mobile Game[]

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment (2003)[]

On November 8, 2003[7]a moble game based on the ill-fated 2002 version was released for Sprint carries only.

Lowekey (2019)[]

In September 2019, An app based on the 2016 version of The $100,000 Pyramid[8] was released for IOS and Android. (For some reason, the Winner's Circle is not included)

DVD Game[]

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MGA Entertainment (2006)[]

A DVD game based on The $100,000 Pyramid[9]was released in 2006.

Video Games[]

Ludia (2011)[]

Games for The Nintendo Wii, iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch entitled The $1,000,000 Pyramid were released by Ludia in 2011. While the logo was very similar to the '80s version, its set, cues, and theme song were based on the Donny Osmond version. (NOTE: Even though NBC and CBS had pilots for the show in 2000 and 2009 respectively, there was never a version of The $1,000,000 Pyramid being broadcast on TV as of now.) In 2020, screenshots from a early version of the game surfaced with a different color scheme and using the 2002 logo. Speculating that the game game may have been based off the 2002 version from the very beginning.

Interactive Online Games[]

GSN/Game Show Network[]

GSN had its own "webTV" version of The $100,000 Pyramid where you were allowed to play along with the show at a brief period.

GSN had its own online version of The $100,000 Pyramid where you play along interactively with the show for a brief period.

Sony (2002)[]

An online game based on Pyramid was released on their former website at PyramidGameShow.com[10]

Facebook Game[]

Iwin (2011)[]

A Facebook game based on The $100,000 Pyramid was launched in 2011.

Lottery Ticket[]

Cancelled Games[]

The Great Game Company (1983)[]

Video games based on the 1982 version were going to be released for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and Mattel's Intellivision by The Great Game Company in 1983. However, due to the North American video game crash of 1983, it was never made nor released to the public.

Coleco (1984)[]

A computer game based on the 1982 version was going to be released for the Coleco ADAM by Coleco in 1984, but the game wound up getting cancelled.

GameTek (1988-1993)[]

A planned NES game, based on 1982-88 version, was going to be released in 1988 along with a full-size arcade cabinet in 1989. Also, SNES/Sega Genesis/Sega Game Gear video games based on the 1982-88 and 1991-92 versions were also going to get released in 1993 as well, but all of the games were cancelled.

Phillips Interactive Media (1993)[]

Pyramid was planned for the CD-i along with Jeopardy!, The Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Name That Tune, The Joker's Wild and The Joker's Wild Jr.; all were released except for Wheel, Pyramid and TPIR.

Infogrames/Atari (2003)[]

CD-Rom and video game versions based on the 2002 Donny Osmond-hosted version was going to be released for the PC and Sony Playstation 2 by Infogrames and Atari in 2003, but the games were never made nor released.

References[]

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