Knightmare

[Herr Matzat]

Seriusly, we never had such great stuff on german TV.

http://spoonyexperiment.blogspot.com/2008/...are-review.html

The guy gives some good reviews, take a look at his "yor" video aswell.

[Liam]

I used to love Knightmare. Twas always worth a watch.

[MDK]

Shit, I remember that, it was awesome. I wanted to go on that show so much.

[Gazz]

Shit, I remember that, it was awesome. I wanted to go on that show so much.

Me too

Treguard was a badass

[Farmer Reil]

The only thing greater than Knightmare was the dude in that review.

I'm amazed nobody's done a guitar cover of the Knightmare theme though

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Knightmare was a fantastic programme and perfect for the era when attempts at computer graphics were pleasingly rubbish.

[Robsturgh]

On one part of the review, theres just a little thing that made me absolutely shit the bed with laughter, for NO reason. And that is, a really dramatic voiceover comes on, and in the top right corner is "Next> Bruce's Price is Right". Fantastic.

[James Casey]

Wow... I can remember getting really worked up about that show - I even stopped the review when the kid was in 'trouble' and Treguard was going nuts. The only bad thing about the show to my mind was when the kid doing the actual physical stuff fell down a hole, 'cos that was always such a rubbish effect.

Did anyone ever actually win? It always seemed like they'd get through about two or three shows each time, and then there'd be some sort of jump and the kid in the helmet would fall in.

And long, long after the show went off the air I found a couple of the CYOAdventure books based on it, and found out that no-one ever took the sword/knife/whatever other weapon because they'd lose if they did - but one of the items available was always a weapon. And I never knew why they never took it...

But yeah - great TV.

[GA!]

Did anyone ever actually win? It always seemed like they'd get through about two or three shows each time, and then there'd be some sort of jump and the kid in the helmet would fall in.

A couple. One of the winners was called Dicken Hair. Nope, not kidding.

[Cactus Drags]

The only thing greater than Knightmare was the dude in that review.

I'm amazed nobody's done a guitar cover of the Knightmare theme though

That surpised me too actually. If only I was any good on guitar.

[K]

It's weird, but up until a month or so ago, I had merged two different kids shows into one. For some reason, I always thought that Knightmare ended in this game...

(lol, david walliams)

[Cactus Drags]

Y'know, having watched the Knightmare review, I could've sworn it was CITV, not CBBC, like the guy says.

And holy shit, I did the same as you Keith, I thought that's how Knightmare ended where they all play pseudo-chess with those scary-ass knight dudes. That's a headtrip.

Edited September 22, 2008 by Dragsy

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

It was ITV.

[James Casey]

On a related note, there was a sci-fi game similar to Knightmare (although more like the Crystal Maze, I guess) on BBC in the mid-80s.

It was set in space, and the contestants may have been trying to escape from a malfunctioning space station by winning the pieces they needed to get free, or something like that.

Does anyone remember it?

Edit: Nevermind - it was The Adventure Game, it seems. I don't remember the celebrities at all, but as I was only 5 or so when it was on, that's not too suprising. And who calls their show The Adventure Game, anyway? How generic...

Edited September 24, 2008 by James Casey

[PkmnTrainerJ]

Stupid making me look at Knightmare again and the failed return of it. :-(

[fourstarfizzle]

Greatest episode ever, Christmas special...

"SPELL CAST!! C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S"

And everyone went home for Christmas, awwww.