Andy Wear
Bad Influence! (1992)
Season 4
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
S4E1 - Update on the Super Consoles
Main Review: Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
Features: A update on the super consoles; Virtual Violet on sequels; The Virtual Guitar accessory
Report: Dave Perry and Earthworm Jim 2
Sept. 6, 1995, midnight
S4E2 - Games based on TV Shows
Main Review: Comix Zone (MD)
Features: Games Based on TV Shows; Virtual Violet on Websites; A look at Nickelodeon Director’s Lab
Report: Community access cable TV show Video Game Slams
Sept. 13, 1995, midnight
S4E3 - Serial Play Multiplayer Gaming
Main Review: Donkey Kong Land (GB)
Features: Serial Play multiplayer gaming; The Bad Influence! web cam; Virtual Violet on live web cams
Report: SIGGRAPH ‘95
Sept. 20, 1995, midnight
S4E4 - The Sony Playstation
Main Review: Wipeout (PS)
Features: The Playstation, its games and peripherals; Virtual Violet on Development of Joypads; A look at a Doom editor
Report: The birthplace of videogames, Silicon Valley
Sept. 27, 1995, midnight
S4E5 - The History of Pool Games
Main Review: Command & Conquer (PC)
Features: The history of Pool Games; A look at the flight sim EF2000; Virtual Violet on Endorfun; The Nintendo Virtual Boy
Report: Virtual World in LA
Oct. 4, 1995, midnight
S4E6 - Worms
Main Review: Shinobi X (Saturn)
Features: Getting Worms noticed by publishers; a look at The Net film and its website; Virtual Violet on viewers’ feedback
Report: A motion capture studio in Sheffield
Oct. 11, 1995, midnight
S4E7 - The Cheat Boy
Main Review: Killer Instinct (SNES)
Features: Cheats and tips with Cheat Boy; A new 3D imaging system without special glasses; Virtual Violet on science fiction
Report: Using GPS to aid the visually impaired
Oct. 25, 1995, midnight
S4E8 - How a Laser Display is created
Main Review: Tekken (PS)
Features: Game Pro magazine’s worm lollypop cover mount; How a laser display is created; A look at Doom-style games; Virtual Violet on playing bad guys
Report: Filming The Darkening at Pinewood Studios
Nov. 1, 1995, midnight
S4E9 - Telephone calls over the Internet
Main Review: Powerdrive Rally (Jaguar)
Features: A look at new gadgets; Making phone calls over the Internet and the latest Internet technology; Virtual Violet on viewpoints in 3D games
Report: Guide to turn an idea into a game
Nov. 8, 1995, midnight
S4E10 - Clothes designed on Computer
Main Review: Worms (PS)
Features: Clothes designed on a computer; A look at the latest football games; Virtual Violet on cheats available on the Internet
Report: Shooting video sequences for games
Nov. 15, 1995, midnight
S4E11 - Cyber Pets
Main Review: Vectorman (MD)
Features: Cyber pets; A new technique to model virtual hair
Report: The Nintendo Ultra 64
Nov. 29, 1995, midnight
S4E12 - Games for the Sega Saturn
Main Review: Earthworm Jim 2 (SNES)
Features: Games for the Sega Saturn; A look at Simply 3D scene designer software; Virtual Violet on Consoles Versus Computers
Report: A Royal Navy helicopter simulator
Dec. 6, 1995, midnight
S4E13 - Motion Capture Animation
Main Review: Extreme Games (PS)
Features: A look at Card Studio and Animated Greetings packages; Motion Capture Animation; Virtual Violet on her top 10 games of 1995; The best places to buy a console this Christmas
Report: Tokyo’s National Games Day
Dec. 13, 1993, midnight
S4E14 - New Games for 1996
Main Review: Yoshi’s Island (SNES)
Features: The best things to do with a computer; A look at games coming out in 1996; Using the Atari ST as a music computer; The highs and lows of 1995; A look at Juggling Master package; The Shamen sing Heel the Separation
Jan. 2, 1996, 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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