Andy Wear
Bad Influence! (1992)
Season 2
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
S2E1 - MPEG and the new CD Systems
Main Review: Jurassic Pak (MD)
Features: Personal computers that recognise handwriting; A look at the new CD systems and MPEG; A look at Mortal Kombat
Report: The latest from the US including the 3DO
Sept. 9, 1993, midnight
S2E2 - Composing Music on Deluxe Music
Main Review: Rocket Knight Adventures (MD)
Features: Composing music on The Deluxe Music Construction Set 2; Playing Air Warrior over the telephone lines with other players
Report: How a Jean Michel Jarre concert is staged
Sept. 16, 1993, midnight
S2E3 - Luxury Game Consoles
Main Review: Super Mario All Stars (SNES)
Features: A look at the Dinosaurs CD-ROM; The luxury games consoles
Report: Industrial Light and Magic
Sept. 23, 1993, midnight
S2E4 - The Amiga CD32
Main Review: Asterix (SNES)
Features: The Amiga CD32; Amiga Scrabble challenge and other games based on board games
Report: The Virtual Geographic League
Sept. 30, 1993, midnight
S2E5 - The Development of MPEG
Main Review: Street Fighter 2 Turbo (SNES)
Features: A Mega CD Karaoke add-on and a Karaoke Macbeth CD-ROM; The development of MPEG and the Reel Magic PC card
Report: Turning movies into games
Oct. 7, 1993, midnight
S2E6 - The Atari Jaguar
Main Review: Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES)
Features: The Atari Jaguar;
Reports: Back to the Future the Ride; The Computer Cavern
Oct. 14, 1993, midnight
S2E7 - Computer based Animation
Main Review: Aladdin (MD)
Features: The Thunder Seat accessory; A look at a computer- based animation package
Report: How photos can be manipulated in advertising
Oct. 21, 1993, midnight
S2E8 - Voice Activated Software
Main Review: Jurassic Park (SNES)
Features: A look at new spooky games; Voice-activated software
Report: Forthcoming Star Trek games
Oct. 28, 1993, midnight
S2E9 - PC Firework Simulator
Main Review: Sonic Spinball (MD)
Features: Using a PC Firework simulator package; The appeal of Beat ‘em ups; Andy's Bad Influence! fireworks display
Report: SIGGRAPH ‘93
Nov. 4, 1993, midnight
S2E10 - A to Z Guide to Computers
Main Review: Super Bomberman (SNES)
Features: A look at the Oceans Below computer package; An A to Z guide to computers and computing
Report: Thinking Machines' CM5 Super Computer
Nov. 11, 1993, midnight
S2E11 - Rights and Wrongs of Video Game Piracy
Main Review: Yoshi’s Safari (SNES)
Features: A look at Make My Video games; The rights and wrongs of video game piracy; The Dual Turbo IR MD controller
Report: Using computers in fashion design
Nov. 18, 1993, midnight
S2E12 - Onyx Reality Engine 2
Main Review: Jungle Book (GG)
Features: A look at Theme Park; Creating graphics using an Onyx Reality Engine 2
Report: The Other Side VR Arena
Nov. 25, 1993, midnight
S2E13 - Joysticks and Joypads
Main Review: Lawnmower Man (SNES)
Features: A look at joystick, joypads and other control devices; The latest football games
Report: IS Robotics
Dec. 2, 1993, midnight
S2E14 - Playing Arcade games at Home
Main Review: FIFA International Soccer (MD)
Features: How you can play arcade games at home; The Cam Net headset; Games you build yourself
Report: Walsall Arboretum Laser show
Dec. 9, 1993, midnight
S2E15 - Panasonic 3DO
Main Review: Super Empire Strikes Back (SNES)
Features: The making of Rise of the Robots; A look ahead at games coming in the New Year; The 3DO
Report: The MIT Media Lab
Dec. 16, 1993, 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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