UCP: The GamesMaster Retrospective

There's a duel to the custard pie death on Cosmic Spacehead, before one lucky player aims to win the Golden Joystick by collecting jewels on The Jungle Book. Meanwhile, Punt & Dennis pop by to shoot up the joint on Lucky & Wild. Lovely. Two big games hit the Review Zone this week in the form of Gunstar Heroes (MegaDrive) and Jurassic Park (SNES) along with Out to Lunch (SNES), GamesMaster...

Only one may stand, as two competitors go head to head on Micro Machines before getting bouncy on Super Q*bert. Meanwhile, The Utah Saints drop by to play WWF Royal Rumble badly. There's some big games in the Review Zone this week, as RoboCop Versus Terminator (MegaDrive), Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES), and Zombies Ate My Neighbours (SNES) get looked at, we get a huge preview of the upcoming...

Grab a hold of your big blue atlas, as it's a beat 'em up special with a tense challenge on Street Fighter II Turbo, leading into a colourful button mashing feast on Art of Fighting. And it's the finals of the Gladiators ClayFighter tournament; as returning champion Shadow takes on Scorpio! GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Muhammad Ali's Heavyweight Boxing, Tough E Nuff, and Mortal Kombat (e...

Alister McDonald, Amber Grig, and Tiny Tom Jenkins enter the GamesMaster Academy to take on platforming action on Mr. Nutz, with the winners going head to head on Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing. Meanwhile, Cobra and Scorpio from Gladiators take each other on in the second semi-final of the ClayFighter tournament. We get a feature on the portable Phillips CD-i, GamesMaster helps struggling gamers...

It's a sports special, with an opening challenge on James Pond's Crazy Sports on the SNES, leading into a finale on International Tennis Open on the Phillips CD-i - which features the best graphics you've ever seen in your life! Plus, a new mini-tournament gets underway as Scorpio and Shadow from Gladiators go head to head on ClayFighter on the Super Nintendo! It's a big week of games, with Street...

It's Team England vs. Team Scotland on Ultimate Soccer, with the winning team going on to a 4-way clash on Super Bomberman! Meanwhile pop star Gabrielle drops by the GamesMaster Academy for a monstrous clash on King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing! Rock n' Roll Racing (SNES), Thunderhawk (Mega CD), and Hauting Starring Polterguy (MegaDrive) get grilled in this week's Review Zone, while GamesMast...

Just a few days before Mortal Monday, GamesMaster kicked off their third season with a Mortal Kombat special! Not only do we have a tournament to crown a GamesMaster Golden Joystick winner, but Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade themselves drop by to show off their skills on the game. Mortal Kombat also gets a full review, alongside Street Fighter II Turbo, and there's tips for both games in the Consolet...

Before we depart the GamesRig and set sail for the GamesMaster Academy, Luke and Ash look back at series two and discuss their favourite moments, challenges, celebrities, features and more! What was the best challenge of series 2? Which celebrity left them smiling? What feature left their nostalgia batons stirring? Plus, we hear from YOU the listeners with your feedback on series 2, and find out w...

The end is here, and the GamesRig is sinking! But before then, David Newland from Exmouth slays some beasties on Shadow of the Beast 3, ice hockey takes on field hockey as Kevin Conway takes on Sean Kerly on NHLPA Ice Hockey 93, and it's an incredible main event as Andy Thomas challenges Jim McGuyver on the arcade game, Mortal Kombat. FIGHT! Final Fantasy II (SNES), Dungeon Master (SNES) and Cyber...

Jamie Spencer unsheathes his sword on ActRaiser, big beefy arm wrestlers break Arm Champs 2, and it's a double celebrity challenge as Duncan Goodhew get us all wet on Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun! Radio Automatic returns to the review zone to look at Eliminator Boat Duel (NES), Micro Machines (MegaDrive), and Dirty Racin' (GameBoy), we find out the winners of the Easy Amos competition, and Game...

Aaron Hill from Newbury tackles a tough challenge on Super Mario Bros., world record holder Steve Backley tosses on Summer Games, and it's the excellent final of the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 tournament. Gotta go fast! Danny Curley returns to GamesMaster for a hilarious feature, GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Super Mario World, Final Fight and Wonderboy in Monster Land, and it's time to evolve...

Emily Taylor fat shames Captain Dynamo, the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 tournament continues on Chemical Plant Zone with Paul Mellerick from Mega and Dean Mortluck from Sega Power, and poor Ben McClusky gets battered by Aston Villa's Tony Daley on Striker. GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Populous and The Legend of Zelda 3: Link to the Past (but not Streets of Rage 2), Ash gets mad at Les Gray's ex...

While GamesMaster ruled the video game challenge landscape on Channel 4, and Bad Influence provided something slightly different on CITV, Sky asked Hewland International to pitch them their own challenge-based TV show. That show would become Games World, a 5-night-a-week extravaganza of challenges, cheats, reviews and Videators. In this special bonus episode, Luke and Ash review the first episode...

Gavin Hansperd saves lives on Lemmings 2: The Tribes, Who's Line Is It Anyway star Josie Lawrence shoots up on Mad Dog McCree 2: The Lost Gold, and it's the first semi-final of the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 tournament, as Paul Davis from Mean Machines Sega takes on Dave Goodyear from MegaDrive Advance Gaming. Get your fists up in the Review Zone as we get reviews of Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop (Atari Lyn...

Helen Williams from East London gets green to save Bill's Tomato Game, Walthamstow bad boys East 17 fly out to the GamesRig to play Super Probotector: Alien Rebels (aka Contra 3: The Alien Wars), and it's *that* brother vs. sister challenge on Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing. Get retro in the Review Zone with reviews of Track & Field (GameBoy), Dropzone (NES), and Paperboy 2 (NES), we get...

Richard Sylvester from Berkshire changes masks on Kid Chameleon , The Krypton Factor's Gordon Burns has a blast on Blastris , and it's double bubble as we get a second celebrity challenge with London Monarch's Victor Ebubedike taking on The Celestine brothers on Football Frenzy ! GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on The Magical Quest and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (as well as Aunty...

Dominick from Ross on Wye gets magical on Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (not Mystical Quest as Luke keeps calling it in the show), comedy legend Vic Reeves has a comedy of errors on Sleepwalker for Red Nose Day 1993, and get ready for the first-ever 3D challenge on terestrial TV, as three challengers travel into deep space on The Maelstrom 3D Challenge ! Plus it's sports games in the Review...

Shango Stapleton bursts his way through Alien3 on the MegaDrive, Thomas Patterson faces his toughest challenge yet on Pilotwings , and Kris Brodie takes on his older sister on World Heroes , who just so happens to be Gladiators host Ulrika Johnson! Get ready to blast, as Xenon 2 (GameBoy) , Axelay (SNES) and Probotector II: Return of the Evil (NES) get reviewed, and GamesMaster helps struggling ga...

Marlon Rose's trendy haircut crashes and burns on Road Rash II , Nintendo Champion Thomas Patterson faces Scottish competition on Super Soccer , and the male crew swoon as pop starlet Cathy Dennis graces the GamesRig to save the world on Global Gladiators . It's time to get culty in the Review Zone, as Blues Brothers (SNES) , Dalek Attack (Amiga) and Star Wars (Game Boy) get reviewed, the 32-bit c...

In loving memory of Seb Patrick. Simon Bland from Croydon shoots up on T2: The Arcade Game , Mark Wignett and Huw Higginson from The Bill also shoot up on Gallagher's Gallery , and Nintendo Champion Thomas Paterson also shoots up (albeit shooting hoops) on NCAA Basketball in the first of his Patterson Challenges! Get your hears pumping and spirits erect as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (MegaD...

Nick Kapur goes down under on Taz-Mania , Tammy Edmeat meets her hero Ian Wright and plays against him on Super Kick Off , and it's boss vs. employee as Clive Borden takes on Richard Walkling on Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing . There's everything from the Milky Way to Uranus as Warspeed (SNES) , Elite 2: High Frontier (PC) and Eye of the Storm (PC) get reviewed, and GamesMaster helps st...

GamesMaster isn't just the UK's greatest video game challenge TV show, it's now also the UK's greatest video game multi-format magazine! Released in December 1992, GamesMaster would run for an impressive 25 years, ending recently in October 2018. In this bonus episode, Luke and Ash dive into the first issue of the magazine - with news on Street Fighter II on the MegaDrive, Sonic the Hedgehog teari...

Happy new year! And GamesMaster is in full panto mode, as David Finch bangs his way to Uranus on To the Earth , Carl Lewis races aganist Colin Jackson and Linford Christie on Quest for Gold / The Carl Lewis Challenge , and it's shades of 1966 as Sega European Champion Rezar Abdolali takes on British Sega Champion Carl Roberts in one-on-one Streets of Rafe 2 action! Rub your helmet in glee, as Torn...

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas 1992, everyone! On this festive outing, Paul Tucker takes on murderous mince pies of Santa's Xmas Caper , the finals of the Street Fighter II tournament sees GameZone face Mean Machines for multi-format magazine glory, and special guest Bob Holness challenges his grandson Oliver Gibson to Volfied . Shine your helmets as Super SWIV (SNES), Steel Talons (MegaDrive) and Maxi...

Commodore marketing man Kelly Sumnar orders around some Humans , Eastenders star Todd Carty swings the meaty bit of his bat on Baseball Stars 2 , and its the second semi-finals in the multi-format magazine Street Fighter II tournament! It's movie tie-ins in this week's Review Zone, with our panel of experts looking at James Bond 007: The Duel (MegaDrive) , RoboCop 3 (SNES) , and Universal Solider...