Magic Pockets Phone-In Game - Motormouth (TV Series 1988–1992)

[Whitesnake]

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I'm sure people remember this but I wonder if the custom version used for the show will ever show up?

[jotd]

I suppose that there's only one level, similar to the NTSC/game demo but shorter. It seems that the shots are different (stones, usually used by cavemen) and there's a timer so you can't get far.

Obviously the best game for a phone game

[rabidgerry]

Originally Posted by Whitesnake

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I'm sure people remember this but I wonder if the custom version used for the show will ever show up?

Sure do! I couldn't believe it then when I finally realised I could get the game for the Amiga and play it at home! But back when I was a kid I was shit at playing it. Couldn't figure out the super jump using the whirlwind. Anyways I am much better at playing it, however it's a tough game.

[Megalomaniac]

Motormouth was 'my era' as far as kids TV goes, so I remember these scenes in a way I don't for the use of Xenon (same developers, you'll notice) on its predecessor Get Fresh. Andy Crane later hosted CITV's videogames show Bad Influence, so perhaps the enthusiasm was genuine. Sadly a lot of programmes made by TVS are lost now (the rights paperwork got lost in a sale, so there was no incentive for anyone to keep them) so a lot of episodes are missing, almost none of the previous first two years of Motormouth survives. Unless someone from the Bitmap Brothers kept it, I doubt any of this original version survives.

[Whitesnake]

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

Motormouth was 'my era' as far as kids TV goes, so I remember these scenes in a way I don't for the use of Xenon (same developers, you'll notice) on its predecessor Get Fresh. Andy Crane later hosted CITV's videogames show Bad Influence, so perhaps the enthusiasm was genuine. Sadly a lot of programmes made by TVS are lost now (the rights paperwork got lost in a sale, so there was no incentive for anyone to keep them) so a lot of episodes are missing, almost none of the previous first two years of Motormouth survives. Unless someone from the Bitmap Brothers kept it, I doubt any of this original version survives.

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If you skip to 13:40 you'll see Starglider, it appears a few times on the show.

Xenon here at [ Show youtube player ] 1:11

[acidbottle]

It is a shame that so much vintage TV has been lost to time.

Especially when you consider we have digitally perfected wall to wall on demand crap, on a billion channels, that will always exist and never be watched!

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by Whitesnake

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Andy Crane circa 2022

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/17297994...ooks-like-now/