Wheel 2000

***Wheel 2000*** (full title ***Wheel of Fortune 2000***) was a children's' television game show. It aired on Saturday mornings on NBC from September 13, 1997 to February 7, 1998. It was a spin-off of the television game show _Wheel of Fortune_. It was hosted by David Sidoni.

## Introduction

Gameplay was the same as the adult version of _Wheel of Fortune_, with some differences. Instead of money, players played for points. Winning a round earned the player a prize. Players picked from three categories at the start of a round. A new category replaced the one picked in the next round. Other things included:
- Bankrupt was called **The Creature**. It had a creature come out of the wheel to "eat" the player's points.
- Lose a Turn was called **Loser**.
- There was a **WWW.WHEEL2000.COM** space. If a correct letter was called, a randomly chosen person who had logged on to the _Wheel 2000_ website won a t-shirt. The player got 750 points per instance of their letter.
- There was a **Double Up** space. A contestant who landed on this space was asked a question. Getting the question right allowed the player to pick a letter for 1,000 points per instance. If the player answered wrong, it was 500 points per instance.
- There was a **Prize Box** space. Landing on this and calling a correct letter won the player a small prize. This prize was kept no matter if the player lost or won the game. The player also got 100 points per instance of their letter.
- Three 250-point stunt spaces were on the wheel. Landing on one of these spaces allowed the player to play a stunt. This would allow a player to earn up to three consonants. After the stunt, the player could see if the consonants were in the puzzle, or call their own consonant.
    - The physical games in Wheel 2000 are:
        - ***Call Waiting*** – The contestant would have to pick up telephones and figure out who was calling them.
        - ***Feed the Raptor*** – The contestant had to dig meat out of a pit with a giant spoon and put it into the raptor's mouth.
        - ***Monster Heads*** – The contestant was given an apron, gloves, and goggles to put on. He/She had to grab pieces of famous heads and stick them on the monster out of a slimy basket.
        - ***Letter Launch*** – The contestant had to put alien ships on a catapult and launch them into a spinning pod.
        - ***Smell-O-Letter*** – The contestant was given a mask with a smelling tube. He/She had to identify what the smell was inside the four tubes by sticking the tube in the hole. This physical game was similar to another physical game called _What's That?_ on the Canadian kids game show, _Uh Oh!_
        - ***Chutes and Letters*** – The contestant had to stick a ball down a tube towards a spinning wheel, and predict what color the ball would land in. This physical game's name is a play on words of the children's board game, _Chutes and Ladders_.
        - ***Remote Rally*** – The contestant had to control a remote-controlled car through an obstacle course, and cross each line until they got to the end. One line allowed the player to win a Wheel 2000 cap.
        - ***Cube Roll*** – The contestant had to toss pairs of cubes into the air, and match a pair of symbols to earn a letter.
        - ***Match It*** – The contestant played a matching game in order to earn letters.
        - ***Wash and Wear Words*** – The contestant had to put on clothes. Each of the 4 types of clothing (cap, shirt, shorts, shoe) contained a letter. The contestant had to spell the correct 3 to 4-letter words. When he/she hit the button, he/she had to say what word they were wearing to earn a letter.
        - ***Alien Toss*** – The contestant had to toss foam aliens at numbered windows with shapes behind them, and match a pair of shapes to earn a letter.

After a puzzle, a video clip about the puzzle was shown.

### Bonus Round

The winning player chose one of two prize packages, labeled "A" and "B." A puzzle was given, and all instances of the letters R, S, T, L, N, and E were shown. The player then picked three more consonants and a vowel. Solving the puzzle correctly in 10 seconds won the player the prize package.