MG2

This is chronicling the unsold 1996 pilot called MG2 (a.k.a. MG2: The Match Game).

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The format featured gameplay that was not used in any other versions:

Instead of just celebrities writing down answers while the two contestants provided verbal responses, MG2 had everybody write down their answers. But the two groups swapped the roles, meaning that the celebrities had their answers checked first before going to the contestants. It is similar to a tiebreaker on Match Game P.M.. The winner of each game won $250.
A "Panel Poll" took the place of the "head-to-head" match in the Super Match. Each celebrity was given a choice of three adjectives and the contestant guessed who picked what at $100 per match. This was done twice, after which the audience match was played.
In the audience match, instead of having the third, second and most popular answers worth money, they each multiplied the contestant's earnings. The third most popular response doubled the "Panel Poll" winnings, the second most popular tripled the winnings, and the most popular multiplied the winnings by five. This made the top prize $7,500.

The five celebrities that were in the pilot are: "Downtown" Julie Brown, David Chokachi, Gil Gerard, Rondell Sheridan and Kathleen Kinmont. Sheridan would later be one of the five rotating panelists on Match Game '98 with Michael Burger.
Many elements from this pilot such as a change from six celebrities to five were kept in for a second pilot shot a year later with Michael Burger as host.
Charlene Tilton was one of the rotating panelists on the original 1979-82 syndicated version of Match Game.