Bring back ....

Ruu_Old · 01-08-2006 4:29pm

Don't remember the name but when I saw his picture I recognised it.

mikedragon32 · 02-08-2006 4:19pm

A gameshow sprung to mind today...

It was an American show which was screened on Lifestyle (a cable channel of old).

The basic premise was that there was a board with a number of panels and behind each was a symbol, match pairs of symbols to win prizes. Was it called Concentration?

I used to enjoy that.

mikedragon32 · 02-08-2006 4:22pm

tori wrote:

Does anyone remember 'It's A Knockout'? - the best laugh ever!

I loved It's a Knockout! Stuart Hall and Eddie Butler were the commentators/hosts. Hall's laugh was infectious!

Always enjoyed the international version with teams from different european countries too, Jeux Sans Frontiers (spl?).

Happy days!

02-08-2006 4:24pm

mikedragon32 wrote:

A gameshow sprung to mind today...

It was an American show which was screened on Lifestyle (a cable channel of old).

The basic premise was that there was a board with a number of panels and behind each was a symbol, match pairs of symbols to win prizes. Was it called Concentration?

I used to enjoy that.

Yep, Classic Concentration I seem to recall.

quickbeam · 09-08-2006 11:58am

Baby4 wrote:

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Ford Boyard came first I believe (according to this) That was good too, but I loved The Crystal Maze much better. Would definitely be cool to see it on again or even to see repeats.

Would also vote for The Krypton Factor. Cool show!

Ruu_Old · 24-08-2006 12:36am

Wasn't that chap who play Dirty Den in Eastenders the host on Fort Boyard? Who was the other host on Crystal Maze after Richard O'Brien?

24-08-2006 4:09pm

Ruu wrote:

Who was the other host on Crystal Maze after Richard O'Brien?

Ed Tudor Pole *shudders*

Healio · 25-08-2006 2:37am

Got to be Bullseye, i wonder what they'd giveaway these days, seen as caravans and speed-boats arent really appealing prizes!!!

25-08-2006 2:46am

Bullseye has returned, although its on Challenge and has a different presenter. MP4 players seem to be popular on the prize board.

It's just not the same without Jim, the new guy Dave somethingorother even tries to add his own catchphrases into it. I don't like it.

a bientot · 03-02-2007 11:07am

Last night Fremantle Media France were in Dublin to find candidates to select the Irish team who will represent their country in France at the end of February against nine other countries..all will be seen on F3 and on TV5MONDE in 202 countries in early March.........

If you live in CORK and are interested go to the Alliance Francaise at 14h today Saturday 3 Feb...........

Pineapple stu · 07-03-2007 8:57pm

mikedragon32 wrote:

I loved It's a Knockout! Stuart Hall and Eddie Butler were the commentators/hosts. Hall's laugh was infectious!

Always enjoyed the international version with teams from different european countries too, Jeux Sans Frontiers (spl?).

Happy days!

Who is eddie butler? it was eddie warring the rugby league commentator r.i.p. Great show though

whirlwind · 28-03-2007 11:35pm

fade2black wrote:

What was that game with the giant keyboard in front of a screen,.....used to be on sunday nights...I think I liked that...

The lyrics board?

whirlwind · 28-03-2007 11:35pm

going for gold with henry kelly. pre school afternoons after neighbours. i was a weird child i know

Ruu_Old · 28-03-2007 11:36pm

Nope, it was All Clued Up. The Lyrics board...uuuuggghhhh.

*strangle Aonghus McNally*

Going for gold was a good show alright.

LilKitty · 23-04-2007 2:07pm

I realise this is based I assume on American versions of Game Shows but I voted for an aussie version. In other, it's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. The aussie version stopped being made about a year or so ago and it was one of my fav Game Shows of all time. It's also one of the only versions of it(if not the only version) to never have given away the million dollars to anyone.

Also may I ask what these game shows were? To my knowledge no Australian versions of them were ever made.
3-2-1
The Crystal Maze
Atari jaguar

Ruu_Old · 23-04-2007 3:29pm

Mostly gameshows that were shown on UK and Ireland television, LilKitty. Atari Jaguar is just an in-joke with a few of the boards members who have been here a while, basically it is the 'I don't care' option in the polls.

Anyway, 3-2-1 was a show in 3 parts, first was general questions and I can't remember the other two parts. It was rather cringeworthy.

Crystal Maze is probably most popular among boardsies. This was where 6 contestants entered the maze which was divided into four zomes, Aztec, Medieval, Futuristic and Industrial — Industrial was replaced by Ocean from series 4. So in each zone, one of the team would play a few games with the object to collect as many 'crystals' as possible.

Each crystal gives you 5 seconds of time in final challenge called the Dome (see below, the team had x amount of seconds like whatever crystals they got for playing and winning games in the other zones. The object of the Dome game was to collect as many gold tokens as possible. There were silver tokens mixed in with gold and collecting a silver token would cancel out a gold one).

I'll dig up some Youtube clips.

edit: Heres one, notice the hair styles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1spCBvHKsfg

Pride Fighter · 04-05-2007 3:19am

15 to 1 was always my favorite. It ruled. That is why I voted other. The more difficult the quiz the better.

LilKitty · 04-05-2007 4:08am

Pride Fighter wrote:

15 to 1 was always my favorite. It ruled. That is why I voted other. The more difficult the quiz the better.

What exactly was the game show all about?

05-05-2007 3:37pm

LilKitty wrote:

What exactly was the game show all about?

I was trying to explain it, but I think this site explains it better than I can.

LilKitty · 05-05-2007 6:24pm

Karsini wrote:

I was trying to explain it, but I think this site explains it better than I can.

Yeah I understand it a lot more now but it's still confusing compared to some other game shows! I know the shows are not really alike but the set reminded me of "The Weakest Link" and what was the grand prize, two thousand year old pot?

Xylem · 07-06-2007 5:40pm

You can play Blockbusters and a couple of other retro TV quizzes here.

http://www.wedigtv.com/?aff=mirror

Ruu_Old · 07-06-2007 5:48pm

Brilliant find, Xylem!:)

edit: lost in the gold run on blockbusters *slams fist*

fionated7 · 20-06-2007 12:44am

supermarket sweep!!!!!!!

or gladiators? does that count as a gameshow???

or that one that was on channel 5, its a knockout i think it was called?

Ruu_Old · 20-06-2007 1:07am

Ah Supermarket Sweep, remember watching it when I was "home sick" from school, would be on in the morning just as the bus left.

Shame about that eejit of a host, Dale Winton.

ilovemooch · 21-06-2007 9:23pm

Oh, I used to love supermarket sweep.
I preferred Wheel of Fortune though. Always guessed the answers before they did.

Does anyone remember that kids gameshow called 'Funhouse'? At the very end of it after they did an obstacle course they got to race cars round a track and collect tokens off the walls.

21-06-2007 9:30pm

ilovemooch wrote:

Does anyone remember that kids gameshow called 'Funhouse'? At the very end of it after they did an obstacle course they got to race cars round a track and collect tokens off the walls.

I sure do, the theme's burned into my head, lol.

ilovemooch · 21-06-2007 9:34pm

Yeah, I'm singing it now too! I used to always want to go on that show.

LilKitty · 22-06-2007 5:28am

ilovemooch wrote:

I preferred Wheel of Fortune though. Always guessed the answers before they did.

I hardly ever did but I still watched it occasionally.:o

Hagar · 22-06-2007 6:41am

What about Quicksilver? Stop the lights.

Poxyshamrock · 09-08-2007 12:55am

Karsini wrote:

I sure do, the theme's burned into my head, lol.

Ah memories of childhood...it was on CITV

"funhouse, whole lotta fun"

This is a vague description...but does anyone remember a quiz sorta show on BBC1 or BBC2 at about 1-2pm weekdays during the mid 90's. There was something to do with Red and Green Neon Round Lights???