Andy Wear
Bad Influence! (1992)
Season 3
Bad Influence! is an early to mid-1990s British factual television programme broadcast on CITV between 1992 and 1996, and was produced in Leeds by Yorkshire Television. It looked at video games and computer technology, and was described as a "kid’s Tomorrow's World". It was shown on Thursday afternoons and had a run of four series of between 13 and 15 shows, each of 20 minutes duration. For three of the four series, it had the highest ratings of any CITV programme at the time. Its working title was Deep Techies, a colloquial term derived from 'techies' basically meaning technology-obsessed individuals.
Released Oct. 29, 1992
Episode 20 min
2+
Keywords: imdb.video-game-industry, imdb.video-game-culture, imdb.british, tmdb.video-game-development, tmdb.classic-video-games, tmdb.children-s-programming, tmdb.video-games + 12 more, tmdb.video-game-criticism, imdb.playing-a-video-game, imdb.video-game-review, imdb.punctuation-in-title, tmdb.game-show, tmdb.amiga, tmdb.playstation, tmdb.snes, tmdb.pc-games, tmdb.consoles, tmdb.computer-games, tmdb.mega-drive
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S3E1 - The Super Gameboy
Main Review: Donkey Kong (GB)
Features: The Super Gameboy adaptor; Voice recognition software
Reports: Dave Perry and Shiny Entertainment; ECTS
Sept. 8, 1994, midnight
S3E2 - Print your own T-Shirts
Main Review: Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES)
Features: Print your own T-Shirt's using transfer paper; A look at the Woodstock CD-ROM; The 3DO
Report: SIGGRAPH ‘94
Sept. 15, 1994, midnight
S3E3 - Screensavers
Main Review: Stunt Race FX (SNES)
Features: Various screen savers; The making of Magic Carpet with Peter Molyneux
Report: Flintstones the musical
Sept. 22, 1994, midnight
S3E4 - VR Go Karting
Main Review: Rebel Assault (MCD)
Features: A look at the Way Things Work CD-ROM; 8-way VR Go-Karting
Report: Silicon Valley
Sept. 29, 1994, midnight
S3E5 - Game Specific Controllers
Main Review: Earthworm Jim (Mega Drive)
Features: 3D Design software & virtual modelling
Report: Visual Computing
Oct. 16, 1994, midnight
S3E6 - Click & Play
Main Review: Earthworm Jim (MD)
Features: Game-specific controllers; An architects virtual design package; The Primal Rage arcade game
Report: Silicon Graphics
Oct. 13, 1994, midnight
S3E7 - The Video Toaster
Main Review: Alien Versus Predator (Jaguar)
Features: The Video Toaster/Lightwave 3D software; A look at basketball games
Report: Kodak’s film facility
Oct. 20, 1994, midnight
S3E8 - 3D Imaging
Main Review: Dynamite Headdy (MD)
Features: Explanation of 3D imaging technique; A look at new spooky games
Report: The Big One Rollercoaster in Blackpool
Oct. 27, 1994, midnight
S3E9 - Weather Forecasting on the PC
Main Review: Super Bomber Man 2 (SNES)
Features: A weather forecasting package for the PC; How ASF created the music for Inferno
Report: The Information Superhighway
Nov. 3, 1994, midnight
S3E10 - VR Helmets
Main Review: The Lion King (MD)
Features: Various gun accessories; VR helmets/Virtual world software
Report: Jim Henson’s British HQ
Nov. 10, 1994, midnight
S3E11 - The History of Pinball
Main Review: Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Features: The history of pinball and pinball sims; Robots
Report: Exploring the moon and planets
Nov. 17, 1994, midnight
S3E12 - Magic Eye Pictures
Main Review: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (SNES)
Features: Creating Magic Eye pictures with new software; Video projectors; Testing fabric drapability
Report: IMAX cinema
Nov. 24, 1994, midnight
S3E13 - The Sega Saturn and 32X
Main Review: Star Wars Arcade (MD32X)
Features: A look at Artpad and Dabbler art package; The Sega Saturn, 32x and The Scorpion Megadrive Clone
Report: A Motion capture studio
Dec. 1, 1994, midnight
S3E14 - The Neo Geo CD
Main Review: The Need For Speed (3DO)
Features: The Neo Geo CD; The Twelve Days of Computer Technology
Report: Recreating a Viking with the help of a computer
Dec. 8, 1994, midnight
S3E15 - The Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn
Main Review: Doom (Jaguar/MD32X)
Features: Multiplayer gaming; The Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation
Report: A Virtual trip below Loch Ness
Dec. 15, 1994, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 20 min.
Season Runtime: 1140 min.
Released: Oct. 29, 1992
Last Air Date: Jan. 2, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 2+
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