Two years after Password Plus left the air, NBC revived the game again but giving the show a new look and a new name. Super Password was played exactly like Password Plus. There were two contestants paired up with two celebrity players. The celebrity or the contestant tried to communicate a "password" by using one word clues. When the password was sovled, the word would go up on the password puzzle board. That password would be a clue that would describe a person, place, thing, or event. A person who solves the puzzle in the first game won $100. The second game was worth $200. The third game was worth $300 and so forth. The first person to reach $500 was the winner of the game and went on to play the End Game for a chance to win $5,000.




The End Game was played exactly like Alphabetics. There were 10 words arranged alphabetically (i.e. 10 words starting with A going all the way to the letter J). The first password started with the letter A. The celebrity partner would try to communicate the 10 passwords using one word clues in 60 seconds or less. Each correct guess was worth $100. If all 10 words were guessed, the contestant would win $5,000. $5,000 more was added to the jackpot each day the End Game was not won. The biggest jackpot the End Game ever reached was $55,000.




A new feature was added to this version of Password, Cashword. The winner of the $200 puzzle played Cashword. The celebrity partner had three chances to communicate the password. If the contestant said the correct password, they won $1,000, not affecting the score of the game. $1,000 was added to the jackpot each day Cashword was not won. Super Password ran on NBC daytime from 1984-1989.

RGS STATS

Host
Bert Convy


Announcers
Gene Wood
Rich Jeffries


Premiere Guests
Pat Sajak
Gloria Loring


Airdates
Premiere:
September 24, 1984
Finale :
March 24, 1989
(1,151 Episodes)


Episodes

Oct 10, 1988


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