Now behind the numbers were various amounts of money - $100, $150, $250, $300, $400 and $500. Also, there was a "Tic" a "Tac" [ROAR] and a dragon. For a brief period in the 80's, "Dragon Finder" was played if the bonus round had been won or if a contestant stopped to take the money. Instead of revealing the board to show where the dragon was, Wink would in the studio audience and a lucky audience member picked at random would get to play. The object was to find the dragon from the remaining numbers that have not been revealed; but you were given only one chance. If the audience member
found the dragon, that person would win $250 and a yellow baseball cap that had the dragon printed on the front. If that person was unsuccessful, another audience member would be selected and the value would go down by $50; making it worth $200 and so on, until the dragon was found. The game later switched to a 2-player format.
Picking cash kept the bonus round going. The player could stop and take the money or try to accumulate $1,000 or more. Doing this won a prize package valued around $3,000-$6,000. A win could also be achieved by picking "Tic" and "Tac" which brung the pot automatically to $1,000. Finding a dragon lost all the cash accumulated.
For a very short time in 1984, you had to accumulate $1,000 exactly. It was a
ridiculous concept with the dollar configurations and it was shelved almost immediately in favor of the original $1,000 or over to win.
