Games World
| Games World | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Entertainment |
| Created by | Jane Hewland |
| Starring |
Bob Mills (1993-1995) Andy Collins (1998) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 800+ |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Hewland International |
| Running time | 30mins (inc. adverts) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky One |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 8 March 1993 – 1998 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | GamesMaster |
Games World was an entertainment video games show that was broadcast on Sky One each weekday from 1993-98. The overall concept of Games World was similar to GamesMaster.
The main body of the show took place on Mondays and Wednesdays, and was an elimination contest between several youngsters over several different video games, where winners would go on to Friday's edition. Every Friday, a single winner from the previous day staked points on various matches at differing games, and would go up against various cartoonish characters known as "Videators". Winners received a Games World bomber jacket, whilst the overall series winner would receive an arcade machine.
Bob Mills was the presenter for the show's original run from 1993–95, along with "GamesAnimal" Dave Perry, Jeremy Daldry and Tim Boone.
The original show also had different formats during the week, called The Peep Parlour, which was a computer-designed peep-parlour where videogamers would ask for advice from "The Games Mistress" related to their video game playing queries, and featured Diane Youdale, better known as Jet from Gladiators, and a selection of other characters. This feature also had "master classes" presented by the various Videators in which they would guide viewers through particular parts of a selected video game. The show became the highest rated British produced TV show on Sky One - beaten only by The Simpsons and WWF Wrestling.
The Peep Parlour was dropped for the second series and replaced by Barry's Joypad starring the Videator Big Boy Barry. It featured video game reviews, cheats, features, as well as being a comedy show for the Big Boy Barry character. This segment of the show had David Walliams in his first appearance on TV playing the part of Lesley Luncheonmeat, Barry's sidekick.
There was also an interactive phone-in show where callers would play video games live on the air, against other members of the public, with a celebrity guest at the controls while the viewer gave directions. The games were specially designed for the series, but from the midpoint of series two technological advances were brought in that allowed players to press the buttons on a touch tone phone to control the games, and were from this point games that could be found on the high street.
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