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GamesMaster
Overview
GamesMaster was a British television show, screened on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998, and was the first ever UK television show dedicated to computer and video games.
Status
Ended
Network
Channel 4
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
John Fashanu
The first ever episode of GamesMaster, starring a very young, very not bald yet Dominic Diamond. Challenges: Super Mario Bros 3 (NES), Manchester United Europe (Amiga), Mad Dog MCree (Arcade) Celebrities: John Fashanu (Soccer Player and Presenter of UK Gladiators) Feature: GameBoy Customisation Reviews: Terminator (Mega Drive), Addams Family (NES), Indiana Jones - Fate Of Atlantis (PC)
Gary Mason
Challenges; Sonic the hedgehog (Mega Drive) Sonic Blastman (Arcade) Lemmings (Amiga (i think) Reviews; First Samurai (Amiga) Pit Fighter (Amiga) Double Dragon 2 (Gameboy)
Annabel Croft
Challenges; Mega Man 2 (NES) Pro Tennis Tour 2 (Atari ST) Zoom (Mega Drive) Reviews Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga) F1 Grand Prix (Amiga) OutRun (Master System) Dune (IBM and Amiga)
Eric Bristow
Challenges; Road Rash (Mega Drive) Heimdall (Atari ST) Panza Kickboxing (Atari ST) Reviews; Shadow of the beast (Amiga) Populus 2 (Amiga) Kings Quest 5 (PC) Battle between SNES and Mega Drive
Jimmy White & Ashley Paske
Challenges; Duck Tales (NES) Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker (Amiga) Neighbours (Amiga) Reviews; ToeJam & Earl (Mega Drive) Top Banana (Amiga) Bart Simpsons escape from camp deadly (Gameboy) The chaos engine (Atari ST, Amiga & IBM)
Pat Sharp & Mick Brown
Challenges; Top Player's Golf (NeoGeo) Ski or die (Amiga) Brat (Atari ST) Reviews; Alien Breed (Amiga) Speedball 2 (Mega Drive) Wing Commander 2 (PC) Review of the Neo Geo
Kendo Nagasaki
Challenges; James Pond 2 : RoboCod (Amiga) WWF WrestleMania (NES) Thunder Force 3 (Mega Drive) Reviews The Immortal (NES) The Secret of Monkey Island 2 (PC) Heores of The Lance (Master System) Alien 3 (Mega Drive) Top 5 Game Soundtracks
Pat & Emily Cash
Challenges; Strider (Mega Drive) Baseball Stars (NeoGeo) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Amiga) Reviews; Birds of Prey (Amiga) F-22 Intercepter (Mega Drive) Knights of the sky (Amiga) Atac (PC)
Barry McGuigan
Challenges; Zany Golf (Amiga) Final Blow (Atari ST) Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (MegaDrive) Reviews; John Madden Football 92 (Mega drive) NBA All Star Basketball (Gameboy) Graham Gooch Cricket (Amiga) Cyberfight (PC)
Emlyn Hughes
Challenges; Duck Hunt (NES with light gun) Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (Atari ST) Decap Attack (Mega Drive) Reviews; 10 best Selling games SNES Review
Top Cast
Patrick Moore
GamesMaster
Dominik Diamond
Self - Presenter
