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These are the licensed products that were brought to us due to the success of Sale of the Century (US version only).

Board Game[]

American Publishing Corp. (1986)[]

In conjunction with the "Quizzard" system, this was based on the 1983-89 version.

Commercial[]

Sale of the Century - Home Game Commercial

Review[]

Video Slot Machine[]

IGT/International Game Technologies (2003)[]

As part of their Game Show Greats lineup, its logo was based on the 1983-89 version. However, it only features the voice and appearance of Joe Garagiola (who had previously hosted the original show from 1971-74 under the "Al Howard" brand) instead of Jim Perry.

Unreleased Merchandise[]

The Great Game Company (1983)[]

Video Game version of $ale of the Century based upon the 1983-89 version was planned to be released for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and Mattel's Intellivision in 1983, but due to the Video Game Crash at the time, the project never got off the ground.

Box Office (1988)[]

A computer version of $ale 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 them 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, the company was planning to do a video game version of the 80's NBC version for the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) 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.

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