Cyberzone
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I hadn't heard of Cyberzone, but I've just stumbled across a mention of it (and some photos) here:
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It's a real shame..
If you liked Knightmare, GamesMaster and The Crystal Maze, than you'd proberbly have liked Cyberzone. The techology wasn't properly realised, but they had balls to do it. I'm not sure if it would have been as good if Craig Charles wasn't part of it - he gave the presenting a lot of enthusiasm
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I did watch I believe possibly one of the last episodes. I did think it was a good game and then I couldn't find it anymore nor deafII (or what ever that section on BBC2 was called) :-. I also (one of about two or three) who liked Virtually Impossible. I wonder how VI and Cyberzone would fear today amoungst kids about 5-11 then!
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I remember CyberZone, with the people wearing those VR helmets!
Woah thats going back ages ago!
i think i remember that as well wasnt on in like 91-92 presented by craig charles
or is it a completely different program ?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkzF56tGYSg
I might have the remains of a couple episodes on an old Betamax video recorder in the attic (ancient even at the time! ) might look it out and see if things still work.
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I remember CyberZone, with the people wearing those VR helmets!
Woah thats going back ages ago!
i think i remember that as well wasnt on in like 91-92 presented by craig charles
or is it a completely different program ?
No, your thinking of the right program. At least five years ahead of its time, probably ten. And way before VR was at a transmittable quality. Still, quite a good show, as I recall.
I'm even tempted to suspect that the over enthusiasm some early 90s shows had for VR technology might have wound up holding it back due to it being rubbish at the time so no one was interested in it over their SNES (and remember it now as 'sub par for its time, why would I want to try it again now?'), but that has no basis other than my head.
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I hadn't heard of Cyberzone
Or so I thought. It turns that I have had a computer magazine article about Cyberzone (with coverage of Knightmare too) in my possession for over 20 years. I've added some information to the Lexicon under 'CCEG'.
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I just found a four page article about Cyberzone in the Red Dwarf Smegazine from January 1993:
http://archive.org/details/red_dwarf_smegazine-1993-01
Apparently "Freya Russell" (do they mean Freyja Westdal?) from The Satellite Game was originally going to be Craig Charles' co-presenter, but she was replaced by the Thesp character. Didn't know that before!
There's also a brief mention of Timebusters at the end.
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I've been alerted to a full length episode of Cyberzone that is available online, should anyone wish to investigate.
The episode contains a somewhat different version of Play Your Cards Right as well as some floor puzzles, though sadly the latter does not involve causeways.
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I have indeed investigated.
It's quite slow and clunky in places, and I'm struggling to see exactly how to retain control of your 'borg; the vehicles seem completely superfluous, as they also look difficult to control and easy for a 'borg to get around! Nevertheless, the VR is good for its time, and it's no doubt innovative. Not Knightmare, of course, but what is? Craig Charles is excellent, though, and no doubt the highlight of the programme.
Interesting - although not unexpected - to see Ed Welch pop up during the credits as composer, and I did a bit of a double-take at the name "Hamish Hamilton" - a quick Google and IMDb search confirms that this is not the music video director or a sentient manifestation of the publishing house: he worked on the art for the title sequence(s).
I watched until the end of the credits to see the Broadsword logo - it doesn't feel right without being preceded by the Knightmare ending theme!
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I've been alerted to a full length episode of Cyberzone that is available online
As of this month, there are two full episodes of Cyberzone online. The latest upload has Tessa Sanderson and Colin Jackson as guests.
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