High Rollers is a main game first played on the original version of Takeshi's Castle.
The contestant has to make their way over cylinders that are suspended over water, each slightly higher or lower than the previous one.
The rollers aren't fixed still so will spin around when stepped on. The contestant needs to move quickly, and have good balance, so that they're not rolled off. If they fall into the water, they lose. By making it onto the platform at the end of the rollers the contestant wins the game
To begin with, there were only three rollers that needed to be crossed. This was increased to five, and then to seven.
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Log Runner, a obstacle in American Ninja Warrior, was inspired by the "High Rollers" game
- The High Rollers game later served as an inspiration for a obstacle in American Ninja Warrior (which was the American version of TBS sport reality show SASUKE), called Log Runner. The major difference of the Log Runner compared to the High Rollers was that the logs used in Log Runner were much thinner than the cylinders used in High Rollers due to limited space constraints.
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This game is also played in the following reboots: