GamesMaster (1992)
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.
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Episode 1 - John Fashanu
Release Date: 1992-01-07The 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)
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Episode 2 - Gary Mason
Release Date: 1992-01-14Challenges; Sonic the hedgehog (Mega Drive) Sonic Blastman (Arcade) Lemmings (Amiga (i think) Reviews; First Samurai (Amiga) Pit Fighter (Amiga) Double Dragon 2 (Gameboy)
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Episode 3 - Annabel Croft
Release Date: 1992-01-21Challenges; 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)
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Episode 4 - Eric Bristow
Release Date: 1992-01-28Challenges; 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
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Episode 5 - Jimmy White & Ashley Paske
Release Date: 1992-02-04Challenges; 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)
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Episode 6 - Pat Sharp & Mick Brown
Release Date: 1992-02-11Challenges; 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
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Episode 7 - Kendo Nagasaki
Release Date: 1992-02-18Challenges; 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
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Episode 8 - Pat & Emily Cash
Release Date: 1992-02-25Challenges; 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)
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Episode 9 - Barry McGuigan
Release Date: 1992-03-03Challenges; 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)
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Episode 10 - Emlyn Hughes
Release Date: 1992-03-10Challenges; Duck Hunt (NES with light gun) Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (Atari ST) Decap Attack (Mega Drive) Reviews; 10 best Selling games SNES Review