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The board configurations on this page are those that, for one reason or another, don't quite fit on their usual pages.

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$700+S	$1250	$500	$3000+S	$750*	$500	STATISTICS (compared to Pilot) Cash: 51200 (-250) Avg: 1552 (+8) PrEst: 10864 (+56) Dir: 12060 (+250) Total: 74124 (+562) [$C] 25, 1:2.16   [$+] 8, 1:6.75   [$T] 33, 1:1.64   [P] 7, 1:7.71   [D6] 4000   [D9] 1467 (+1) [D11] 1417 (+169) [D12] 4000   [D14] 1176 (+86)
$1400	$1500	$2000	$4000+S	Prize	$1500
	Prize		$5000+S		Back 2
$1750	Sep 19 '83-Aug 21 '85				$750
$2000	Demo Board (Intro) Same as the pilot board, aside from the two red slides (both with adjusted values) and another prize in [5]. *Sometime in Dec '83, a second prize appeared in [5]. Also, from Sep 19-27, 1983, the red $2000 slide in [18] was off-white. During the 12/17/84 and 2/25/85 episodes, a red $300 showed up in [10] -- the same episodes that featured two $500+Ss in [10] during R1.				Prize
$2000v-*
$1000					$1500
Prize					$2000
					$2500
$600					$800
$2500
					Move 1
$500+S	$2000	$1200	$500	$1500	$500+S*
$750+S		$1500v+		$2500	$750+S
Prize	Move 1	Prize	Big Bucks	Advance 2	Prize

$700+S	$1250	$500	$3000+S	Prize	$525	STATISTICS (compared to above) Cash: 49525 (-1675) Avg: 1548 (-4) PrEst: 12384 (+1520) Dir: 11874 (-186) Total: 73783 (-341) [$C] 24, 1:2.25 (-1) [$+] 8, 1:6.75   [$T] 32, 1:1.69 (-1) [P] 8, 1:6.75 (+1) [D6] 4000   [D9] 1258 (-209) [D11] 1433 (+16) [D12] 4000   [D14] 1183 (+7)
$1400*	$1500	$2000	$4000+S	Prize	$1500
	Prize		$5000+S		Back 2
$1750	Aug 26-30 & 1 unaired, '85				$750
$2000	Back-to-School Demo Board (Intro) When PYL switched over to the neon color scheme, they needed to redo the Demo Board. The values here are very close to the first demo board. Note the aqua BIG BUCKS slide in [12]! This configuration was only used during Back-to-School Week. *[1] turned lime on Aug 30, the last BTS episode.				Prize
$2000
$1000					$1500
Prize					$2000
					$2500
$600					$800
$2500
					Move 1
$500+S	$2500	$1250	$500	$1500	$500+S
$750+S		$1500		$2500	$750+S
Prize	Move 1	Prize	Big Bucks	Advance 2	Prize

$700+S	$1500v+*	$500	$3000+S	Prize	$525	STATISTICS (compared to above) Cash: 49525 (-1675) Avg: 1548 (-4) PrEst: 12384 (+1520) Dir: 11874 (-186) Total: 73783 (-341) [$C] 24, 1:2.25 (-1) [$+] 8, 1:6.75   [$T] 32, 1:1.69 (-1) [P] 8, 1:6.75 (+1) [D6] 4000   [D9] 1258 (-209) [D11] 1433 (+16) [D12] 4000   [D14] 1183 (+7)
$1400	$1500	$2000	$4000+S	Prize	$1500
	Prize		$5000+S		Back 2
$1750	Aug 22 '85-Sep 26 '86				$750
$2000	Neon Demo Board (Intro) After Back-to-School Week was taped, a few changes were made to the board, mostly involving colors (see [10, 13]; [1] had already changed). Also, for some reason, they decided to put two orange $1500 slides in [2]... *In late winter/early spring '86, [2] was changed to an aqua $1000 slide, while a navy $1250 appeared in [8].				Prize
$2000
$1000					$1500
Prize					$2000
					$2500*
$600					$800
$2500
					Move 1
$500+S	$2500	$1250c	$500	$1500	$500+Sc
$750+S		$1500		$2500	$750+Sc
Prize	Move 1	Prize	Big Bucks	Advance 2	Prize

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	Early Blank Slide Board (Intro) At the beginning of each episode (after the intro clips, when that was added) we would see a board of blank, solid squares. This particular arrangement was used early on in the show's run.

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	Late Blank Slide Board (Intro) At some point, the color scheme was changed to this one. The colors shown here may not be entirely accurate; they were selected based on some mid-1985 episodes, and the slides used may have faded by that point.

			New	New	New
	Late Blank Slide Board (Question) For some reason, different colors were used in some of the spaces during the Question Round. Unlike the board above, the colors here are pretty certain.				New
					New
New
New

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$750	$500	$500	$3000	$750	$750	STATISTICS Cash: 73750   Avg: 1446   PrEst: 0   Dir: 9833   Total: 85848   [$C] 51, 1:1.06   [$+] 0   [$T] 51, 1:1.69   [P] 0   [D6] 4000   [D11] 1833   [D12] 4000
$1400	$1000	$2000	$4000	$1000	$1000
$2000	$1250	$2500	$5000	$1500	Back 2
$750	Nov 22 '85				$750
$1000	All Cash Bonus Board * indicates the value that was hit ($2000 in [8])				$1000
$1500					$1500
$1250					$750
$1400					$1250
$1500					$2000*
$700					$750
$1500					$1250
$2500					$1500
$500	$750	$1500	$500	$1000	$1000
$1000	$2000	$1500	$750	$1500	$1500
$1500	$2500	$2500	Big Bucks	Advance 2	$2000

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$125	$215	$65	$100*	$200	$110	STATISTICS Cash: 4705 Avg: 138 PrEst: 969 Dir: 623 Total: 6297 [$C] 29, 1:1.86 [$+] 5, 1:10.8 [$T] 34, 1:1.59 [P] 7, 1:7.71 [D1] 141 [D11] 103 [D12] 233 [D14] 146
	$225	$150	$250	Prize	$240
Move 1	Prize		$350	*	L1W/$200+S
$65	1988				$150
$100+S	Australian Version (Intro & R1?) The source for these two boards come from a short video clip shown during a Australian game show retrospective. The clip didn't show any R1 gameplay; it's assumed they used the intro board. With that in mind, please consider that the information shown here may not be wholly accurate. In general, much lower values on this version (such as $30!). Also note the use of Lose-1-Whammy or $200+S early on in [6]. *Due to the brightness in the board, [4] is difficult to read. $300 would be a much better fit. [10] showed a solid yellow slide; my guess puts a prize here -- see R2 for my reasoning.				Prize
$100+S
$65					$50
Prize					$100
					$115
$50					$115
$100					$200
$200	$30	$70+S	$150	$70	$30
$230		$100+S		$210	$175
Prize	Move 1	Prize	Big Bucks	Back 2	Prize?*

Move 1	$300	$200	$1000+S	$275	$350	STATISTICS Cash: 12570? Avg: 466? PrEst: 3259? Dir: 3685? Total: 19514? (Adj.) (22773?) [$C] 18?, 1:3 [$+] 9?, 1:6 [$T] 27?, 1:2 [P] 7, 1:7.71 [D1] 416? [D11] 405 [D12] 2500? [D14] 364
	Prize	$400	$4000+S	Prize	L1W/$200+S
???	???		???		???
$150+	1988				$400
$750+	Australian Version (R2) Larger values, with a few odd twists (see $395 in [10]). L1W still lives in [6] with a $200+S offer. All Whammies seen were in the same poses and squares as from above.				Prize
???
$150					$150+
Prize					$350+
					???
$100					$100
					$550
???
$200+S	$400	$350	$300	$150	$250
$300+S		$400	Big Bucks	$400	$395
Prize	Move 1	Prize	?	Advance 2	Prize

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$350	$500	$250	$750	$300	$525	STATISTICS Cash: 13745 Avg: 417 PrEst: 2919 Dir: 2506 Total: 19170 [$C] 28, 1:1.93 [$+] 5, 1:10.8 [$T] 33, 1:1.64 [P] 7, 1:7.71 [D1] 200 [D6] 1000 [D11] 306 [D12] 1000
Whammy	$650	$400	$1000	Prize	$650
Move 1 Down	Prize	Whammy	$1250	Whammy	Move 2 Left
$100+S	1988				$470
$200+S	GameTek Version (R1) In 1988, GameTek released a PC version of the game. The back- ground colors matched the PC's default (usually blue). Directional spaces had red arrows, prize icons didn't change, and there were two different Whammy poses (which didn't match up with the real PYL board). "Big Bucks" was symbolized by a red sphere. One Whammy had been replaced by a "Lose One Spin" (marked with a yellow "X"). When hit, a player lost one earned spin (not counting the current spin) but kept their money. A player who had 5 earned spins and landed on "X" went down to 3 spins, while a player with 2e/2p went down to 1e/1p. No penalty if there isn't an earned spin to lose. Note also the "new" directional spaces (no more choices).				Prize
$300+S					Whammy
$200					$150
Prize					$300
Lose One Spin					$450
$150					$350
$300					$550
Whammy					Whammy
$550	$100	$200+S	$400	$200	$100
$700	Move 1 Right	$300+S	Whammy	$600	$450
Prize	Whammy	Prize	Big Bucks	Move 2 Left	Prize

$700+S	$1250	$500	$3000+S	$750	$500	STATISTICS Cash: 52000 Avg: 1486 PrEst: 10402 Dir: 10470 Total: 72872 [$C] 26, 1:2.08 [$+] 9, 1:6 [$T] 35, 1:1.54 [P] 7, 1:7.71 [D9] 2000 [D11] 1229 [D12] 4000 [D14] 1241 [D17] 2000
$1400	$1500	$2000	$4000+S	Prize	$750
Whammy	Prize	Whammy	$5000+S	Whammy	$1500
$1750	1988				$750
$2000	GameTek Version (R2) See comments above. Note here that a Whammy has been replaced with $300+S (?!) and another Whammy has been converted into a "Lose One Spin". For those who like safer investments.				Prize
$2250					Whammy
$500+S					$1500
$1000					$2000
Move 1 Up					$2500
$300+S					$800
$600					Whammy
$2500					Move 1 Up
$750+S	$2000	$1000	$500	$1500	$500+S
Prize	Lose One Spin	$1200	Whammy	$2500	$750+S
Prize	Move 1 Right	Prize	Big Bucks	Move 2 Left	Prize

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$750	$1250	$1000	$3000+S	$1250	$500	STATISTICS Cash: 42430 Avg: 1369 PrEst: 9581 Dir: 11704 Total: 63715 [$C] 25, 1:2.16 [$+] 8, 1:6.75 [$T] 31, 1:1.74 [P] 7, 1:7.71 [D1] 1062 [D6] 4000 [D9] 1186 [D11] 1456 [D12] 4000
	$1500	$2000	$4000+S	Prize	$700
Move 1	Prize		$5000+S		Back 2
$500+S	Jun 8 '06				$470
$750+S	Game Show Marathon (R1) While not an "official" episode by my definition, CBS's Game Show Marathon shows what the board might have been like had the show continued to this day. Some features: Neon colors still used. Huge increase in the board's total -- almost 165%! Must have liked the Big Tongue Whammy, as he appears twice on the board. Meanwhile, the Taunting Whammy and Reaching Whammy are both missing. Eight extra spins, compared to four in the '80s. This board was also used for the intro.				Prize
$1000+S
$800					$1000
Prize					$1500
					$2000
$1200					$750
$1250
					Move 1
$500	$530	$1250	$1000	$530	$500+S
$800	$2000	$1750		$650	$750+S
Prize		Prize	Big Bucks	Advance 2	Prize

$1750	$1550	$1500	$6000+S	$5000	$4000+S	STATISTICS Cash: 91550 Avg: 2953 PrEst: 23626 Dir: 27629 Total: 142805 [$C] 15, 1:3.6 [$+] 16, 1:3.38 [$T] 31, 1:1.74 [P] 8, 1:6.75 [D6(PAC)] 2520 [D6(B2)] 8000 [D9] 2359 [D11] 3833 [D12] 8000 [D14] 2917
$3500	$2000	Prize	$8000+S	Prize	Pick A Corner
	$2500		$10000+S		Back 2
$1000+S	Jun 8 '06				$2500
$1250+S	Game Show Marathon (R2) More comments: Board value is 79% larger, not as much as R1. The same Whammies take their spots on this board, except that [16] moves to [11]. In a break from tradition, the prize in [2] moves to [3], [13] moves to [12], and [15] moves to [16]. Also, [10] gets two prizes again, similar to April-June, 1984. Values in [4] are doubled from R2. Also, $2000/L1W didn't get updated; losing a Whammy may be more attractive. PAC still broken: $3000 vs. $3500, $1750 vs. $2000+S or $2500+S, and a Whammy back in [1]. Tradition lives!				Prize
$1500+S
$1500+S					$1500+S
Prize					$1750+S
					$2000+S
$2000/L1W					$1500+S
$3000
Prize					Move 1
$1500+S	$1750	$3000	Prize	$4000+S	$3000
$2000+S		$3500			Prize
$2500+S	Move 1	$5000	Big Bucks	Advance 2	Prize

Sources: Jim Balcerek's PYL Board Changes page, originally hosted at Jim's PYL Slides Layout inspired by Jason Wuthrich's Board Configuration Page at Game Show Warehouse Corrections and additional information provided by: Jim Balcerek (Demo Board, Neon Demo Board) Jeff Pfeifer (Demo Board, Neon Demo Board, All Cash Bonus Board, GameTek PYL) Brian Baker (Neon Demo Board) Jim Todd (Early Blank Slide Board) Edward Shore (Game Show Marathon) Brandon Zeigafuse (bmhedgehog) (Australian Version)

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