Knightmare
- TV Series
- 1987–1994
- 25m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
1.1K
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Dungeons and Dragons-style show that lets contestants explore a computer-generated fantasy world, with wicked special effects and cunning puzzles.Dungeons and Dragons-style show that lets contestants explore a computer-generated fantasy world, with wicked special effects and cunning puzzles.Dungeons and Dragons-style show that lets contestants explore a computer-generated fantasy world, with wicked special effects and cunning puzzles.
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- TriviaA Knightmare inspired game known as KMV is being played over the Internet, mixing prerecorded footage of characters with computer-generated live action of players. The cast and crew are all members of the on-line Knightmare fan-base and it is being led by the team captain of the winning team of Knightmare in season 8. The attempt to conquer the dungeon is filmed and broadcast on the KMV website every year - recreating the atmosphere of the original game show in an original manner.
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Dungeoneer: Where am I?
- Crazy creditsEach end credit sequence shows a room or a montage of images from the dungeon.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (2001)
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"Sidestep left..." - Very bizarre!
Well what is there to say about Knightmare? It was a kids TV programme/game show broadcast here in the UK. A team of teenagers would attempt to conquer the dungeons of doom by sending in the bravest among them into the dungeon... however there was a minor twist, the adventurer entering the dungeon had to wear a helmet which completely stops him from seeing anything except the exact spot where he was (so he could pick up and look at items he found etc) - the rest of the team had the arduous task of guiding him to safety by telling him which way to go.
Memorable aspects:
1) The "energy" of the adventurer is displayed as a helmed head, and as time progresses or danger threatens pieces of the helmet begin to strip off... then pieces of flesh and the finally pieces of the skull... the last thing to go is a pair of (by then) floating eyes and thats game over... you can replenish your energy by placing food in your knapsack.
2) spellcasting... sometimes you could answer challenges set by "nice" characters met in the dungeon and they would give you a spell... to spell you literally had to spell... "Spellcasting... S.. L.. E.. E.. P.." kinda thing...
3) big clanking gears and cogs and things and if the hapless adventurer missed his footing... well bye bye...
4) At the end of each episode a gong would sound and the team of teenagers would freeze in time until the next episode...
5) Tregard the dungeon master... a bearded rogue-ish looking fellow who would add strange cryptic comments after the team had frozen at the end of an episode.
6) Some random jester type blokey who I don't remember anything about except he was annoying...
7) Random evil-blokey (Lord Fear) who would just strut around and look menacing... usually only seen in a crystal ball..
8) Crystal balls where the foe would announce his master plan and give some sort of a hint before leering menacingly towards the adventurers at which point they would all panick and shout "drop it... drop it..."
9) The comments by the characters after you have answered one of their questions... "Truth accepted!" if it was correct... "Falsehood!" if it was wrong...
It was a very bizarre but yet strangely amusing programme (and completely non-violent... If I recall correctly the hero would die instantly if he attempted to brandish a weapon)... it was made into a computer game for several platforms at the time, and remade as a RPG for the Amiga a few years on, but none of these managed to capture the atmosphere of the programme...
Memorable aspects:
1) The "energy" of the adventurer is displayed as a helmed head, and as time progresses or danger threatens pieces of the helmet begin to strip off... then pieces of flesh and the finally pieces of the skull... the last thing to go is a pair of (by then) floating eyes and thats game over... you can replenish your energy by placing food in your knapsack.
2) spellcasting... sometimes you could answer challenges set by "nice" characters met in the dungeon and they would give you a spell... to spell you literally had to spell... "Spellcasting... S.. L.. E.. E.. P.." kinda thing...
3) big clanking gears and cogs and things and if the hapless adventurer missed his footing... well bye bye...
4) At the end of each episode a gong would sound and the team of teenagers would freeze in time until the next episode...
5) Tregard the dungeon master... a bearded rogue-ish looking fellow who would add strange cryptic comments after the team had frozen at the end of an episode.
6) Some random jester type blokey who I don't remember anything about except he was annoying...
7) Random evil-blokey (Lord Fear) who would just strut around and look menacing... usually only seen in a crystal ball..
8) Crystal balls where the foe would announce his master plan and give some sort of a hint before leering menacingly towards the adventurers at which point they would all panick and shout "drop it... drop it..."
9) The comments by the characters after you have answered one of their questions... "Truth accepted!" if it was correct... "Falsehood!" if it was wrong...
It was a very bizarre but yet strangely amusing programme (and completely non-violent... If I recall correctly the hero would die instantly if he attempted to brandish a weapon)... it was made into a computer game for several platforms at the time, and remade as a RPG for the Amiga a few years on, but none of these managed to capture the atmosphere of the programme...
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- Apr 25, 2000
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