UCP: The GamesMaster Retrospective

The sei-finals roll on as Turbo Destructors take on The Mega Maniacs and Take This on a round robin tournament of Mortal Kombat, speed-running on Super Mario Bros. 3, and a football final on Striker. Meanwhile, The Incredible Crash Test Dummies of Slick and Spin drop by to play, well, The Incredible Crash Test Dummies, of course.

It's a big week in the review zone with a look at Sonic the Hedgehog (MegaDrive), and Choplifter III (SNES)a huge preview of Road Rash, John Madden Football and FIFA International Soccer on the Panasonic 3DO, and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Lotus Turbo 2 (MegaDrive), Rock N Roll Racing (SNES), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (GameBoy).

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It's the first Team Championship Semi Final, and The GITS take on The Humber Hawks and The Dream Team on classic games including Starwing, Sonic the Hedgehog, World Heroes 2 and Super Mario Kart. Plus, top pop stars 2 Unlimited drop by to play Fatal Fury 2 on the Neo Geo.

We look at football games on the SNES with reviews of Virtual Soccer, Empire Soccer '94, and Soccer Kid, and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Kevin Keegan's Player Manager (SNES) and James Bond: The Duel (Master System). And when we say "struggling gamers", one of them is Kevin Keegan himself!

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It's the final heat before the semi finals, as Fowey Force, Laser Force and The Questors battle it out on Skitchin', Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D, and Boxing Legends of the Ring. Meanwhile former WWF Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage drops by to play WWF Rage in the Cage on the MegaCD!

Plus, it's a basketball review special as Hyper Dunk (Mega Drive), NBA Showdown'94 (Mega Drive) and NBA Jam (Mega Drive) get reviewed, and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Lamborghini Challenge (SNES) and Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition. Oh, and we also find out the winners of The Room of the Future!

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The Dundee Megabites take on The Elite 3 and The Reading Console Crew in the penultimate heats for the Team Championships on Adventures of Yogi Bear, Lotus Turbo 2 and Jammit, while Ronnie O'Sullivan drops by to play Side Pocket on the SNES.

The Legend of Mystical Ninja (SNES) and Alone in the Dark 2 (PC) get reviewed, there's a big preview of Virtua Fighter in the arcades, and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on The Adventures of Dr. Franken (SNES), Desert Strike (Master System) and Cosmic Spacehead (MegaDrive).

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The Team Championship heats continue as The Delilahs, Take This and Wanstead Magic battle for a place in the semi-finals on Eternal Champions, Bubba 'n' Stix and Super Goal 2, while Andrew Paul and Lisa Goeghan from The Bill drop by to shoot up on T2: The Arcade Game on the SNES!

We've got footage from the Winter CES 1994 - including previews of Stunt Racer FX on the SNES and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on the MegaDrive! And GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Puggsy (MegaDrive) and Zool (MegaDrive).

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The Mega Maniacs, Warwickshire 49ers and Heavy Tactics do battle for a spot in the Team Championship Semi-Finals on Samurai Showdown, Pop 'n TwinBee Rainbow Bell Adventures, Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam! Meanwhile, Chris Akabusi drops by to race on James Pond 3: The Duel!

There's reviews of Eternal Champions (MegaDrive) and Total Carnage (GameBoy), and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Jurassic Park (SNES) and Brutal Football (Amiga).

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Yes, you read that right!

The Kickstarter for GamesMaster: The Oral History is now live, and you can back it here.

To celebrate we're joined by the book's publisher Darren Wall, and its co-author (and host of GamesMaster) Dominik Diamond to chat about the project, stories, perks, stretch goals and memories of the show.

A HUGE thank you to both Darren and Dominik for giving up their time to talk to us!

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Welcome to 1994! The Team Championship Heats continue as The Conquerers, The Nightmares and The Livewires battle for a place in the semi-finals on Top Gear 2, Tinhead and 3 Count Bout, while Simone Robertson from Neighbours drops by to race against the clock on Plok.

Toejam & Earl 2: Panic of Funkatron (MegaDrive) and F1: Pole Position (SNES) get reviewed, the Room of the Future competition is underway, GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Rocket Knight Adventures (MegaDrive), Magic Boy (SNES) and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GameBoy), and there's a big preview of the Atari Jaguar's Alien vs. Predator.

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The Team Championship heats roll on as The Dream Team, Team Perfection and The Charlton Crew battle it out on Super Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back, Dragon's Revenge and Elfmania, while Jet from Gladiators - sorry - The Games Mistress drops by to play Lethal Enforcers against two kids vying to take her out on a date!

Greatest Boxing Heavyweights (SNES) and F-117 Night Storm (MegaDrive) get reviewed, and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Techno Clash (MegaDrive), Shadowrun (SNES), and Alien3 (SNES).

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In this special bonus episode, Luke and Ash sit down with Paul Rose (aka Mr. Biffo) to talk about his career in Teletext, appearing on GamesMaster in series 3, memories of the gaming scene at the time, the rise of Digitiser and more!

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