GamesMaster

GamesMaster

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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Seasons

1. John Fashanu

Air Date: 1992-01-07

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)

2. Gary Mason

Air Date: 1992-01-14

Challenges; Sonic the hedgehog (Mega Drive) Sonic Blastman (Arcade) Lemmings (Amiga (i think) Reviews; First Samurai (Amiga) Pit Fighter (Amiga) Double Dragon 2 (Gameboy)

3. Annabel Croft

Air Date: 1992-01-21

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)

4. Eric Bristow

Air Date: 1992-01-28

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

5. Jimmy White & Ashley Paske

Air Date: 1992-02-04

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)

6. Pat Sharp & Mick Brown

Air Date: 1992-02-11

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

7. Kendo Nagasaki

Air Date: 1992-02-18

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

8. Pat & Emily Cash

Air Date: 1992-02-25

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)

9. Barry McGuigan

Air Date: 1992-03-03

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)

10. Emlyn Hughes

Air Date: 1992-03-10

Challenges; Duck Hunt (NES with light gun) Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (Atari ST) Decap Attack (Mega Drive) Reviews; 10 best Selling games SNES Review

1. Tony Slattery

Air Date: 1992-10-01

2. Frank Bruno

Air Date: 1992-10-08

3. Vinnie Jones

Air Date: 1992-10-15

4. Rory Underwood

Air Date: 1992-10-22

5. Take That

Air Date: 1992-10-29

6. 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan

Air Date: 1992-11-05

7. Jet & Shadow from Gladiators

Air Date: 1992-11-12

8. Kristian Schmid

Air Date: 1992-11-19

9. John Parrot

Air Date: 1992-11-26

10. Richard Norton

Air Date: 1992-12-03

11. Johnny Herbert

Air Date: 1992-12-10

12. Todd Carty

Air Date: 1992-12-17

13. Bob Holness

Air Date: 1992-12-24

14. Linford Christie & Colin Jackson

Air Date: 1992-12-31

15. Ian Wright

Air Date: 1993-01-07

16. Mark Wingett & Huw Higginson

Air Date: 1993-01-14

17. Cathy Dennis

Air Date: 1993-01-21

18. Ulrika Jonsson

Air Date: 1993-01-28

19. Vic Reeves

Air Date: 1993-02-04

20. Gordon Burns

Air Date: 1993-02-11

21. East 17

Air Date: 1993-02-18

22. Josie Lawrence

Air Date: 1993-02-25

23. Tony Daley

Air Date: 1993-03-04

24. Steve Backley

Air Date: 1993-03-11

25. Arm Wrestling Special

Air Date: 1993-03-18

26. Ice Hockey Special

Air Date: 1993-03-25

1. Mortal Kombat Special

Air Date: 1993-09-09

2. Sean Maguire

Air Date: 1993-09-16

3. Gabrielle

Air Date: 1993-09-23

4. Shadow & Falcon from Gladiators

Air Date: 1993-09-30

5. Cobra & Scorpio from Gladiators

Air Date: 1993-10-07

6. Shadow & Scorpio from Gladiators

Air Date: 1993-10-14

7. Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis

Air Date: 1993-10-21

8. Utah Saints

Air Date: 1993-10-28

9. Monie Love

Air Date: 1993-11-04

10. Nigel Benn & Barry McGuigan

Air Date: 1993-11-11

11. Les Ferdinand & Vinnie Jones

Air Date: 1993-11-18

12. Liam Botham

Air Date: 1993-11-25

13. Dani Behr

Air Date: 1993-12-02

14. Dennis Wise & John Barnes

Air Date: 1993-12-09

15. Vinnie Jones & John Barnes

Air Date: 1993-12-16

16. Christmas Special - Panto Stars

Air Date: 1993-12-23

17. Diane Youdale (The Games Mistress)

Air Date: 1993-12-28

18. Simone Robertson

Air Date: 1994-01-04

19. Kriss Akabusi

Air Date: 1994-01-11

20. Lisa Geoghan & Andrew Paul

Air Date: 1991-01-18

21. Ronnie O'Sullivan

Air Date: 1994-01-25

22. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage

Air Date: 1994-02-01

23. 2 Unlimited

Air Date: 1994-02-08

24. Crash Test Dummies

Air Date: 1994-02-15

25. Bad Boys Inc.

Air Date: 1994-02-22

26. Gamesmaster Team Championship Final

Air Date: 1994-03-01

1. Frank Skinner

Air Date: 1994-09-20

2. Dan Falzon & Sarah Vandenbergh

Air Date: 1994-09-27

3. Jimmy White

Air Date: 1994-10-04

4. Ant & Dec

Air Date: 1994-10-11

5. Andy Cole & Kasey Keller

Air Date: 1994-10-18

6. Vinnie Jones & Andy Townsend

Air Date: 1994-10-25

7. Kasey Keller & Andy Townsend

Air Date: 1994-11-01

8. Ian Kelsey & Camilla Power

Air Date: 1994-11-08

9. Rupert Moon & Dewi Morris

Air Date: 1994-11-15

10. Let Loose

Air Date: 1994-11-22

11. C.J. Lewis

Air Date: 1994-11-29

12. Marcus Bagley & Del Wilkes

Air Date: 1994-12-06

13. David Coulthard

Air Date: 1994-12-13

14. Christmas 'Stars' Special

Air Date: 1994-12-20

15. Roger Black & Du'aine Ladejo

Air Date: 1994-12-27

16. Prince Naseem

Air Date: 1995-01-03

17. Natalie Imbruglia

Air Date: 1995-01-10

18. Gamesmaster Gore Special

Air Date: 1995-01-17

1. The Shamen

Air Date: 1995-09-21

2. Jadene Doran

Air Date: 1995-09-28

3. Stephen Hendry

Air Date: 1995-10-03

4. Donna Air & Vicky Taylor

Air Date: 1995-10-12

5. Stuart Wade & Tonicha Jeronimo

Air Date: 1995-10-19

6. Dean Holdsworth & David Kerslake

Air Date: 1995-10-26

7. Phil Babb & Graeme Le Saux

Air Date: 1995-11-07

8. Dean Holdsworth & Phil Babb

Air Date: 1995-11-09

9. Johnny Herbert & Mark Blundell

Air Date: 1995-11-16

10. Cobra & Panther from Gladiators

Air Date: 1995-11-23

11. Ronnie O'Sullivan

Air Date: 1995-11-30

12. E.Y.C.

Air Date: 1995-12-07

13. Whigfield

Air Date: 1995-12-14

14. Patsy Palmer & Dean Gaffney

Air Date: 1995-12-21

15. Christmas Highlights Special

Air Date: 1995-12-28

16. Mr Motivator

Air Date: 1996-01-04

17. Stewart Lee & Richard Herring

Air Date: 1996-01-11

18. Janick Gers

Air Date: 1996-01-18

1. Samantha Fox

Air Date: 1996-10-24

2. Danny John-Jules

Air Date: 1996-10-31

3. John Regis and Tony Jarrett

Air Date: 1996-11-07

4. Paul Leyshon

Air Date: 1996-11-14

5. Uri Geller

Air Date: 1996-11-21

6. Richard Rufus and Michael Duberry

Air Date: 1996-11-28

7. Chris Armstrong

Air Date: 1996-12-05

8. Richard Rufus and Chris Armstrong

Air Date: 1996-12-12

9. Christmas Special - the Gamesmaster Christmas Quiz

Air Date: 1996-12-19

10. Zoe Ball

Air Date: 1997-01-02

11. Deepak Verma

Air Date: 1997-01-09

12. Bear Van Beers

Air Date: 1997-01-16

13. Tracy Shaw

Air Date: 1997-01-23

14. Phil Tufnell

Air Date: 1997-01-30

15. Paul McKenna

Air Date: 1997-02-06

16. The Brotherhood

Air Date: 1997-02-13

17. Gene

Air Date: 1997-02-20

18. Michael Fish

Air Date: 1997-02-27

1. Jo Guest

Air Date: 1997-11-19

2. Kaleef

Air Date: 1997-11-26

3. Ryan Rhodes and Khalid Shafiq

Air Date: 1997-12-03

4. Sol Campbell and Christian Daily

Air Date: 1997-12-10

5. Emma Harrison

Air Date: 1997-12-17

6. All Saints

Air Date: 1998-01-06

7. Sarah Vanderberg and Carryl Varley

Air Date: 1998-01-13

8. Catalina Guirado

Air Date: 1998-01-20

9. Debbie Flett and Emma Noble

Air Date: 1998-01-27

10. Series Finale - Lookback Show

Air Date: 1998-02-03

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Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

1992-01-07

Episodes

126 (7 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Hewland International

Channel 4 Television

Channel 4 Television