UCP: The GamesMaster Retrospective

As it's the festive season and we're feeling generous, here is the full first episode of UCP Extra, where Luke and Ash review Crystal Maze series 4, episode 3 - featuring one of the worst teams you've ever seen!

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To celebrate the festive season, Luke and Ash look back at Christmas 1993, and the Argos book of wonders.

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There's a duel to the custard pie death on Cosmic Spacehead, before one lucky player aims to win the Golden Joystick by collecting jewels on The Jungle Book. Meanwhile, Punt & Dennis pop by to shoot up the joint on Lucky & Wild. Lovely.

Two big games hit the Review Zone this week in the form of Gunstar Heroes (MegaDrive) and Jurassic Park (SNES) along with Out to Lunch (SNES), GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Super Star Wars and Super Mario All-Stars - and helps one kind find a hidden game of Asteroids on Mega-Lo-Mania! Plus, there's a special look at Sigma Designs and Return to Zork!

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Only one may stand, as two competitors go head to head on Micro Machines before getting bouncy on Super Q*bert. Meanwhile, The Utah Saints drop by to play WWF Royal Rumble badly.

There's some big games in the Review Zone this week, as RoboCop Versus Terminator (MegaDrive), Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES), and Zombies Ate My Neighbours (SNES) get looked at, we get a huge preview of the upcoming Atari Jaguar, and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Super Mario All-Stars (SNES), Jungle Strike (MegaDrive) and Mystic Quest (GameBoy).

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Grab a hold of your big blue atlas, as it's a beat 'em up special with a tense challenge on Street Fighter II Turbo, leading into a colourful button mashing feast on Art of Fighting. And it's the finals of the Gladiators ClayFighter tournament; as returning champion Shadow takes on Scorpio!

GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Muhammad Ali's Heavyweight Boxing, Tough E Nuff, and Mortal Kombat (eventually), Aunty Marisha gets some help round the house, and the crew take a look at Flashback (SNES), Captain America And The Avengers (SNES), and a controversial review of Sonic CD (Mega CD).

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Alister McDonald, Amber Grig, and Tiny Tom Jenkins enter the GamesMaster Academy to take on platforming action on Mr. Nutz, with the winners going head to head on Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing. Meanwhile, Cobra and Scorpio from Gladiators take each other on in the second semi-final of the ClayFighter tournament.

We get a feature on the portable Phillips CD-i, GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Mr. Nutz, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and Cool Spot, and we get reviews of Lamborghini American Challenge (GameBoy), Pac-Attack (SNES), and Fantastic Dizzy (MegaDrive).

Which means we sound the klaxon and bring in our Dizzy Correspondent Dave Bulmer from Sonic The Comic The Podcast/Serious Disness to talk about the history of The Oliver Twin's famous egg, his thoughts on the MegaDrive port, and Dave Perry's mean comments!

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Welcome to this special free preview of our Patreon podcast review of Knightmare! If you want to listen to the full episode, back us on Patreon at any £ amount here!

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It's a sports special, with an opening challenge on James Pond's Crazy Sports on the SNES, leading into a finale on International Tennis Open on the Phillips CD-i - which features the best graphics you've ever seen in your life! Plus, a new mini-tournament gets underway as Scorpio and Shadow from Gladiators go head to head on ClayFighter on the Super Nintendo!

It's a big week of games, with Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (MegaDrive), Space Ace (SNES) and Garfield's Labyrinth (GameBoy) getting reviewed, and GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Tiny Toon Adventures (MegaDrive), Gunship 2000 (Amiga) and Another World (SNES).

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It's Team England vs. Team Scotland on Ultimate Soccer, with the winning team going on to a 4-way clash on Super Bomberman! Meanwhile pop star Gabrielle drops by the GamesMaster Academy for a monstrous clash on King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing!

Rock n' Roll Racing (SNES), Thunderhawk (Mega CD), and Hauting Starring Polterguy (MegaDrive) get grilled in this week's Review Zone, while GamesMaster helps struggling gamers on Striker (SNES), Alfred Chicken (GameBoy) and Kirby's Adventure (NES), and we get a special look at the Apple Newton!

Plus, we're joined by Misha Sumra to discuss his appearance on the Consoletation Zone, and that joke he makes at the expense of GamesMaster himself!

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Just a few days before Mortal Monday, GamesMaster kicked off their third season with a Mortal Kombat special! Not only do we have a tournament to crown a GamesMaster Golden Joystick winner, but Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade themselves drop by to show off their skills on the game.

Mortal Kombat also gets a full review, alongside Street Fighter II Turbo, and there's tips for both games in the Consoletation Zone (with a bonus tip on Starwing); and we get a special feature with interviews Daniel Pesina, Elizabeth Malecki, and Ho-Sung Pak.

Plus, we're joined by Daniel Pesina to talk about his time working on Mortal Kombat, and his experiences being on GamesMaster.

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