Season 1, Episode 1.1: Start It Right! (The Premiere Week)

Hi, everyone! Welcome to Wheel of Fortune: The Video Game! Our contestants are ready to spin, buy, solve, and win big money!

We're on the America's Game (Classic Game) set for this week!

Start It Right! (Episode 1)

Pat tells Vanna, "Time for us to travel in different directions. See you soon!" And Vanna chuckles at that!

Our first-ever contestant panel has two guys...
Zach Brown: Professional surfer from Upper Shores, CA (near San Diego)
Tony Garcia: Mechanic going back to school from Houston, TX
Jennifer Terry: Garden store owner from Durham, OR (near Portland)

Vanna explains the Toss-Ups (or T.U.'s for short). Letters randomly appear in the puzzle, and someone has to ring in with the right answer to get the amount the T.U. is worth. They get it wrong, they're disqualified. If nobody gets the puzzle, which I highly doubt would happen, then nobody gets the money.

Toss-Up 1: Thing
_ I _ _ T A L
B _ O K

Zach reads a DIGITAL BOOK for his first bit of money.

If nobody gets this puzzle, then the red player - in this case, Zach - will start the spinning.

Toss-Up 2: People
H _ _ P _
C _ M _ E _ S

Zach's one of the HAPPY CAMPERS, so he's two for two so far and will spin first after all!

Trip on the Wheel: Scotland, $9,500

Jackpot Round: Things

Jim, the announcer, explains this round. The Jackpot starts out at $5,000. Each dollar wedge landed on contributes to the Jackpot amount. If you land on the Jackpot wedge, call a correct letter, and solve the puzzle, you'll win the Jackpot plus whatever you have! Anyway, Zach starts out with an $1,100 pair of S's. But after he buys a trio of I's, he Bankrupts to lose $850. Tony collects $800 from two R's, but surprisingly, he can't find a T while on the Wild Card. The only lady of the panel, Jennifer, picks up that WC with three L's and the pink 1/2-Car with a pair of M's. After buying a quartet of E's and two A's...

E L _ I S
_ R E S L E _
M E M _ R A _ I L I A

...she buys some ELVIS PRESLEY MEMORABILIA with the $500 bonus, earning her a grand.

Jackpot Left Behind: $6,450

Zach: $3,000 Toss-Up money
Tony: $0
Jennifer: $1,000 + Wild Card

Mystery Round: Place

Jim also explains this round. There are two Mystery Wedges - one near the Million Dollar Wedge (or MDW for short) and the other near Lose a Turn. If you land on one, it could have either $10,000 or a Bankrupt. You can either flip it over and see what's back there or take $1,000 for each consonant. To start this round, the scoreless Tony finds a $900 R, a $600 S, and a T for the green 1/2-Car. But after he buys an E, he just misses the Scotland trip and duds out with L while on $800. Jennifer then gets a $300 N but then calls a dud of D on the Mystery Wedge in which she slipped past the Million Dollar Wedge. Zach slips past that MW and gets a pair of W's for $600. He lands on the other MW and asks for three Y's, takes a $3,600 gamble...uh-uh-uh, not gonna pay off. Tony retries with an A and and I...

N E W / Y _ R _
_ I T Y / S _ _ W A Y

...and takes the NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY with his first $1,250.

Zach: $3,000
Tony: $1,250 + 1/2-Car
Jennifer: $1,000 + Wild Card

Not-so-good scores, eh? Gonna have to change all that.

Prize Puzzle: Landmark

Very simple...whoever solves this puzzle wins a trip. And Jim explains the trip. Let's make these scores bigger, guys. Jennifer collects $1,800 worth of two R's, and decides to use her Wild Card to get more money...but there's no S up there. Dang it. Zach Loses a Turn, so we're coming to Tony, but he calls a negative of N on $900. Trying to rebound from that Wild Card waste, Jennifer gets the Gift Tag with two T's and buys a trio of E's. But after she calls a bad C while on $800...

T _ E / _ R E E _ _ _
T R _ _ _

...Zach quickly IDs THE FREEDOM TRAIL. And he knows that it's in BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; this getaway is worth $5,500. Jennifer missed out on $8,050 cash and prizes due to her errors.

Zach: $8,500 cash and Boston
Tony: $1,250
Jennifer: $1,000

Toss-Up 3: Thing
H _ R B
_ A _ _ E N

Zach grows an HERB GARDEN to sweep the Toss-Ups and break five figures ($10K and up). This should've been a Place, by the way.

Round 4: Phrase

After three turns, the Final Spin comes up. Pat explains that he'll spin, land on a dollar value, add $1,000 to it, and make each consonant worth the total value. Vowels are helpful, but they're worth zero. And if he lands on any other wedge, he'll have to spin again. If that happens when I have video, I'll edit it out. By the way, this will be shown at the red podium. Anyway, Zach gets things going in a horrible way while saying T for terrible on $5,000. Tony Bankrupts near that wedge, and Jennifer gets $600 worth of two L's, but it's Final Spin time...

...and uh-oh - consonants are worth $6,000 apiece! AND on the series premiere! Very nice!

Jennifer - No R. Dang it.
Zach - Those 3 N's...

L _ N _ / _
_ _ L _ _ N _ / _ _ N _

I'll quickly LEND A HELPING HAND to Zach by awarding him another $18,000!

Zach: $29,500
Tony: $1,250
Jennifer: $1,000

Total Maingame Winnings: $31,750

Bonus Round: Place

No one explains the Bonus Round, but I will. You will get any indications of the letters R, S, T, L, N, and E. Then, you have to pick three consonants (or four if you have the Wild Card) and a vowel other than those six easy letters I just mentioned. You will then have 50 seconds (like any other round) to make as many guesses as you can before getting it right. If you solve the puzzle in time, you'll receive the Bonus Prize! If not, you'll see what you didn't win. Let's see what Zach can do. Our big leader lands on the second A in AMERICA'S on the Bonus Wheel.

RSTLNE make this puzzle easy to get:

_ _ _ T _ R E S _ _ E
T _ _ N

This guy knows it already, just like me! He's going with PQWU...

P _ _ T U R E S Q U E
T _ W N

...and he can travel to a PICTURESQUE TOWN with the $25,000 he just won! Zach leaves us with $54,500, cash and Boston! Very nicely done!