UCP: The GamesMaster Retrospective

Before we depart the Games Academy and head STRAIGHT DOWN, Luke and Ash look back at the controversial third series of GamesMaster, and discuss their favourite moments, challenges, celebrities and more! Was Dexter Fletcher the villain of series 3? Did the Team Challenge sink or swim? Is Dave Perry a real problem? Plus, we hear from YOU, the listeners, with your feedback on series 3, and find out w...

Here it is! The finals of the (only) GamesMaster Team Championships! It's The Humberside Hawks vs. The MegaManiacs vs. The Elite 3 in five challenges for gamesplaying glory and a load of crap prizes!  The first half sees the teams battle it out on Cybermorph on Atari Jaguar and Rise of the Robots on PC, with the two best teams going to for a race on Sonic CD, a battle to the death on Street F...

It's the final semi-final as The Elite 3 take on The Nightmares and The Questors on Aladdin, Pilotwings and Street Fighter II: Turbo in search of those megamongus prizes, while boy band bomb Bad Boys Inc drop by to play Star Wars: Rebel Assault. Poorly. Meanwhile it's a MegaCD special in the Review Zone, with short reviews of Prize Fighter, Ground Zero Texas, Double Switch, and MegaRace. Plus, Gam...

The sei-finals roll on as Turbo Destructors take on The Mega Maniacs and Take This on a round robin tournament of Mortal Kombat, speed-running on Super Mario Bros. 3, and a football final on Striker. Meanwhile, The Incredible Crash Test Dummies of Slick and Spin drop by to play, well, The Incredible Crash Test Dummies, of course. It's a big week in the review zone with a look at Sonic the Hedgehog...

It's the first Team Championship Semi Final, and The GITS take on The Humber Hawks and The Dream Team on classic games including Starwing, Sonic the Hedgehog, World Heroes 2 and Super Mario Kart. Plus, top pop stars 2 Unlimited drop by to play Fatal Fury 2 on the Neo Geo. We look at football games on the SNES with reviews of Virtual Soccer, Empire Soccer '94, and Soccer Kid, and GamesMaster helps...

It's the final heat before the semi finals, as Fowey Force, Laser Force and The Questors battle it out on Skitchin', Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D, and Boxing Legends of the Ring. Meanwhile former WWF Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage drops by to play WWF Rage in the Cage on the MegaCD! Plus, it's a basketball review special as Hyper Dunk (Mega Drive), NBA Showdown'94 (Mega Drive) and NBA Ja...

The Dundee Megabites take on The Elite 3 and The Reading Console Crew in the penultimate heats for the Team Championships on Adventures of Yogi Bear, Lotus Turbo 2 and Jammit, while Ronnie O'Sullivan drops by to play Side Pocket on the SNES. The Legend of Mystical Ninja (SNES) and Alone in the Dark 2 (PC) get reviewed, there's a big preview of Virtua Fighter in the arcades, and GamesMaster helps s...

The Team Championship heats continue as The Delilahs, Take This and Wanstead Magic battle for a place in the semi-finals on Eternal Champions, Bubba 'n' Stix and Super Goal 2, while Andrew Paul and Lisa Goeghan from The Bill drop by to shoot up on T2: The Arcade Game on the SNES! We've got footage from the Winter CES 1994 - including previews of Stunt Racer FX on the SNES and Sonic the Hedgehog 3...

The Mega Maniacs, Warwickshire 49ers and Heavy Tactics do battle for a spot in the Team Championship Semi-Finals on Samurai Showdown, Pop 'n TwinBee Rainbow Bell Adventures, Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam! Meanwhile, Chris Akabusi drops by to race on James Pond 3: The Duel! There's reviews of Eternal Champions (MegaDrive) and Total Carnage (GameBoy), and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Jurassic...

Yes, you read that right! The Kickstarter for GamesMaster: The Oral History is now live, and you can back it here . To celebrate we're joined by the book's publisher Darren Wall, and its co-author (and host of GamesMaster) Dominik Diamond to chat about the project, stories, perks, stretch goals and memories of the show. A HUGE thank you to both Darren and Dominik for giving up their time to talk t...

Welcome to 1994! The Team Championship Heats continue as The Conquerers, The Nightmares and The Livewires battle for a place in the semi-finals on Top Gear 2, Tinhead and 3 Count Bout, while Simone Robertson from Neighbours drops by to race against the clock on Plok. Toejam & Earl 2: Panic of Funkatron (MegaDrive) and F1: Pole Position (SNES) get reviewed, the Room of the Future competition is...

The Team Championship heats roll on as The Dream Team, Team Perfection and The Charlton Crew battle it out on Super Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, Dragon's Revenge and Elfmania, while Jet from Gladiators - sorry - The Games Mistress drops by to play Lethal Enforcers against two kids vying to take her out on a date! Greatest Boxing Heavyweights (SNES) and F-117 Night Storm (MegaDrive) get reviewed...

In this special bonus episode, Luke and Ash sit down with Paul Rose (aka Mr. Biffo) to talk about his career in Teletext, appearing on GamesMaster in series 3, memories of the gaming scene at the time, the rise of Digitiser and more! Get next week's show a week early and ad free by supporting on Patreon ! Join the GamesMaster conversation on Discord ! Theme song by Other Chris Bed music by TeknoAX...

Ho Ho Ho and Meeeery Christmas 1993! GamesMaster gets festive with an Xmas special of panto stars playing terribly on Adventures of Yogi Bear, Alfred Chicken and Holiday Lemmings, while Frank Bruno battles his daughter on Greatest Heavyweights. The review team name their favourite games of 1993 - including Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition, Syndicate, FIFA International Soccer and ClayFi...

It's the biggest episode of GamesMaster in history with FIVE challenges! Not only are there Team Championship bouts on Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition, Magic Boy, Super Mario Kart and Davis Cup World Tour, but also there's the finals of the FIFA International Soccer tournament between Vinnie Jones and John Barnes. Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Mega Drive) and World Soccer (SNES) get rev...

It's week two of the Team Championships Heats, as The Layton Wizards take on Culture Crew and The GITS on Skyblazer, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Tournament Fighters for a spot in the semi-finals. Plus, Dennis Wise and John Barnes battle on FIFA International Soccer for a place to take on Vinnie Jones next week! Aladdin (SNES) and Cybermorph (Atari Jaguar) get...

The Team Championships kick off as the Hertfordshire Armchairs take on Turbo Destructors and Redbridge Raiders on Aladdin, Val d'Isere Championship and World Heroes 2 for a place in the semi-finals. Meanwhile, another tournament kicks off as Vinnie Jones takes on Les Ferdinand on FIFA International Soccer! Sensible Soccer (MegaDrive), Dennis (SNES) and Goal! (Game Boy) get reviewed, and GamesMaste...

We interupt our regular programming with this special piece of news: it looks like a GamesMaster reboot is coming out this year! Luke and Ash dive into this brand announcement and speculate as to what it could all mean. You can read it yourself here . Thanks to @_Eurisko for the heads up! Join the GamesMaster conversation on Discord ! Theme song by Other Chris Follow Luke on Twitter Follow Ash on...

It's the final episode of the first half of series 3, and we've got two competitors battling it out on Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind on the MegaDrive before saving the President in Jungle Strike. Meanwhile Liam Botham drops by to play Graham Gooch World Class Cricket on the Amiga. It's a big week in the Review Zone as Plok (SNES), Lawnmower Man (SNES) and FIFA International Soccer...

Tim from Bedford and Kelly from Cowley light candles on a specially designed level of Puggsy, with the winner racing to victory on the Mega CD version of Batman Returns. And Dani Behr drops by to smash moles on Monkey Mole Panic. Jaz Rignal hates platformers as Aero The Acro-Bat (SNES) and Skyblazer (SNES) get reviewed alongside Lethal Enforcers (Mega CD), GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Mo...

We're LIVE from The Future Entertainment Show 1993 for GamesMaster Live '93! Dexter Fletcher struggles to keep things in order as we've got a diamond run on Aladdin, a heavyweight clash on GM favourite Sonic Blast Man, and a chaotic finale on Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition! Plus, let's take a look around the event and find out about what burgers you can eat, and GamesMaster helps stru...

Things get a bit complicated with a bizarre challenge on Super Mario All-Stars, they get even weirder in the celebrity challenge with Monie Love playing Cool Spot (with a dream date on the line), and things are pretty normal in the final challenge on F1. Young Merlin (SNES), Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (SNES) and The Fidgetts (GameBoy) get reviewed, and GamesMaster helps strugglin...

We've got ball busting action on Super Pang, with the winner getting to play the exclusive first-look at RoboCop Versus The Terminator! Plus, Eastenders star Sean McGuire drops by to score on Striker! A few big releases in the Review Zone this week as Cannon Fodder (Amiga), Top Gear 2 (SNES) and Dune 2: Battle For Arrakis (MegaDrive) get put under the microscope, GameMaster helps struggling gamers...

As it's the festive season and we're feeling generous, here is the full first episode of UCP Extra, where Luke and Ash review Crystal Maze series 4, episode 3 - featuring one of the worst teams you've ever seen! Check out other episodes of UCP Extra by backing Under Consoletation on Patreon here ! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/underconsolepod . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

To celebrate the festive season, Luke and Ash look back at Christmas 1993, and the Argos book of wonders. Get next week's show a week early and ad free by supporting on Patreon ! Join the GamesMaster conversation on Discord ! Theme song by Other Chris Bed music by TeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music Follow Luke on Twitter Follow Ash on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoleta...