Here's Grocery Game without its sign or the WIN!/OVER readout on the cash register from September 8, 1972 (#0015D, aired out of order on September 5) and featured on Disc 1 of the DVD set.
OUCH! Eight cents over!
But here's better news; a win with 13 cents left to go.
Here's the later look of Grocery Game from the 80s
That's worse than the finishing total above.
Here's better news; a win with two cents left to go.
This is what Grocery Game looks like these days.
The contestant that won did it in one shot, and with 7 cents to spare.
$20-$21 Range[]
WOW! A win with three cents left to go! (the total to win was $20-$21 at this point)
Without a doubt, the most heartbreaking total in the history of this game (at least in the $20-$21 era).
From 2002: Without a doubt, the worst total in the history of this game (at least in the $20-$21 era).
Notice something here? That's right, no sign! That's because (as noted above), when the game debuted, it had no sign. However, we're still playing with the then-used $20-$21 range here.
$20-$22 Range[]
Without a doubt, the worst total in the history of this game (at least in the $20-$22 era).