Step Up (pricing game)
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Step Up is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on February 7, 2002, this game is played for four prizes, each worth between $400 and $3,000; and a cash prize of up to $3,000.
[edit] Gameplay
The contestant is shown four prizes. He selects one, which serves as the "base prize," whose price is revealed. He is then is asked to select a second item which he thinks is more expensive than the base prize. A correct answer nets both prizes and a $500 bonus.
The contestant is then presented with the following decision: Quit, and keep the two prizes and the $500, or risk it all to choose another prize. Should the contestant continue, he selects one of the two remaining items he thinks is more expensive than the second prize. Another correct decision wins all three prizes and an additional $1,000 (for a total of $1,500).
Now, the player has one final decision to make: Keep everything won to this point, or risk it all and bet that the last-remaining item is the most expensive of the lot. In the latter instance, if the last item is indeed the most expensive prize, the contestant wins all four prizes and another $1,500, for a top cash prize of $3,000.
The most desirable way to end the game is to net all four prizes and $3,000. However, the game also ends if the contestant attempts to Step Up and finds a less-expensive item than the one previous; in that case, the contestant does not win anything.
