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| ...and a "Gold Run" win! This team's total is now $12,000. The maximum was originally $60,000 (ten matches) but was upped to $120,000 (twenty matches). |
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| This player got creative and painted the "Gold Run" board on her fingernail. |
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| "Blockbusters" returned in 1987 on NBC. Here's the opening logo. |
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| Here's "Blockbusters" second host, Bill Rafferty! |
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| Now the board was electronically generated. Some other changes were made as well. |
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| Perhaps the biggest one was a new one-on-one format. In the first game the champion got the advantage, and the challenger in the second. If a third was needed an altered board was used so no one had an advantage. |
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| Each game was worth $100 and two was still worth a trip to the "Gold Run". Now the bonus was played for a progressive jackpot, which started at $5,000 and increased by that much until it was won. |
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| Here's a wide shot of the main set. |