Post by Thenodfather on Mar 25, 2008 21:40:16 GMT
GamePro TV was a syndicated weekly video game television show that ran from 1990 through 1991. The show was a low-budget partner to GamePro magazine.
Hosted by J. D. Roth (and, initially, co-host Brennan Howard), the program showcased many new and upcoming video games, largely for the NES, Super NES, Game Boy, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 systems. Viewers could send in recordings of themselves explaining tips and codes for games, one of which was chosen to be shown in each of the early episodes. Viewer mail was also frequently answered on-air.
After its initial cancellation as a syndicated weekly series, GamePro TV was reborn as a paid advertisement program. The infomercial version of GameProTV consistently ran a 1-800 number along the bottom of the screen inviting viewers to subscribe to GamePro magazine. These episodes utilized the same sets as the syndicated program and retained J. D. Roth as host, but removed the option for viewers to send in tips or questions by mail. The half-hour ads ran for less than a year before GamePro TV finally vanished from the airwaves.
In 1998, Gamepro TV returned to the airwaves, this time with a different host (Michael Komessar), and a largely different format. This version of the show was produced by Timeline and aired on various Fox Sports Net channels in New England, Ohio, Chicago and the Bay Area. Reviews, previews, tips and interviews with press and developers were present in this version, utilizing the same themes and formats from the magazine. Review scores were lifted directly from the magazine as well. However, this version was shortlived, airing only a few episodes before its cancellation in early 1999.
In 2003, a new abbreviated version of GamePro TV titled the "GamePro Minute" appeared on the short-lived series GSN Video Games on Game Show Network.
The Following Episodes Are Not In Order As Aired But Managed To Be Recorded
GamePro T.V. Episode 1:
In this first episode of Gamepro TV there’s cheat codes and tips for Crystalis, Maniac Mansion, John Madden Football and TMNT: Rise of the Foot Clan, previews for Super Ghouls and Ghosts, Game Gear and Sega CD hardware, reviews of Wolverine for the NES and Castlevania II for the Game Boy and much more!
www.siliconera.com/2006/07/17/gamepro-tv-unearthed/
GamePro T.V. Episode 2:
Here’s the second recorded episode of GamePro TV!
Games featured in the video include: The Rocketeer (NES), Shadowgate (NES), The Immortal (Genesis/Megadrive), Battletoads (NES), Batman (GameBoy), Gain Ground (Genesis/Megadrive)
Ask The Pros: The Immortal – Genesis/Megadrive
www.siliconera.com/2006/07/27/watch-episode-2-of-gamepro-tv/
GamePro T.V. Episode 3:
On this episode are:
SWAT: S.C.A.T. - NES, Super Mario World - SNES, Bonk’s Revenge - TG16, Play Action Football - NES
Ask The Pros: StarTropics - NES
Pro Review: Mega Man IV - NES
Inside Info: Top 10 NES Video Game Rentals Feb. 1992 - Blockbuster Video, Final Fight (Ending) - SNES, Medieval History - Check your local library!
16 Bit Hits: Joe Montana Sports Talk Football – Genesis/Megadrive
www.siliconera.com/2006/08/04/gamepro-tv-episode-3/
GamePro T.V. Episode 4:
SWAT: Battletoads - NES, Gradius III - SNES, Castlevania 2 - Game Boy, Super Mario World - SNES, Low G Man - NES
Ask the Pros: Bionic Commando - NES
Pro Review: Treasure Master - NES
Inside Info: Top 10 NES Video Game Rentals Feb. 1992 - Blockbuster Video, Ninja Gaiden III (Ending) - NES16 Bit Hits: Super Adventure Island - SNES
Viewer SWAT: Legend of Zelda – NES
www.siliconera.com/2006/08/11/gamepro-tv-episode-4-cheese-bridge-and-soda-lake-edition/
GamePro T.V. Episode 5:
SWAT: ToeJam & Earl – Genesis/Megadrive, Mega Man IV - NES, Super Castlevania IV - SNES, Bonk’s Revenge - TG16, Devil’s Crush - TG16, El Viento – Genesis/Megadrive
Ask The Pros: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure - NES
Pro Review: Tiny Toon Adventures - NES
16 Bit Hits: Lemmings - SNES
Inside Info: Top 10 NES Video Game Rentals Feb. 1992 - Blockbuster Video
Viewer SWAT: Turrican – Genesis/Megadrive
Also, apparently this show is “2 legit” (you’ll see at the end of the episode).
www.siliconera.com/2006/08/18/gamepro-tv-episode-5-thecrushel-edition/
GamePro T.V. Episode 6:
SWAT: Treasure Master - NES, Aero Blasters - TG16, Powerball – Genesis/Megadrive, Super Mario World - SNES, Maniac Mansion - NES, Operation C - Game Boy
Ask the Pros: Dragon Warrior - NES
Pro Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project - NES
16 Bit Hits: Smash TV - SNES
Inside Info: Top 10 NES Video Game Rentals Feb. 1992 - Blockbuster Video, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! - NES, Captain Planet and the Planeteers (plus a lecture about environmental awareness from J.D. Roth) – NES
www.siliconera.com/2006/09/01/gamepro-tv-episode-6-007-373-5963-edition/
GamePro Episode: 7
SWAT: Laser Invasion - NES, NHL Hockey – Genesis/Megadrive, Ninja Boy - Game Boy, Final Fight - SNES, HyperZone - SNES, Shadow of the Ninja – NES
Ask the Pros: Sonic the Hedgehog – Genesis/Megadrive
The Cutting Edge: Philips CD-i 910 (Compact Disc Interactive) - It’s the future… at only $1000! And it can display full-motion video at 16 million colors! "WOW!" And was the abandoned SNES CD-ROM add-on, also developed by Philips, supposed to be able to play CD-i discs as well? Interesting!
Inside Info: Battletoads (Ending) - NES, NES Hands Free Controller
Viewer SWAT: HAL’s Hole in One Golf – SNES
www.siliconera.com/2006/09/22/gamepro-tv-episode-7-sip-and-puff-edition/
Hosted by J. D. Roth (and, initially, co-host Brennan Howard), the program showcased many new and upcoming video games, largely for the NES, Super NES, Game Boy, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 systems. Viewers could send in recordings of themselves explaining tips and codes for games, one of which was chosen to be shown in each of the early episodes. Viewer mail was also frequently answered on-air.
After its initial cancellation as a syndicated weekly series, GamePro TV was reborn as a paid advertisement program. The infomercial version of GameProTV consistently ran a 1-800 number along the bottom of the screen inviting viewers to subscribe to GamePro magazine. These episodes utilized the same sets as the syndicated program and retained J. D. Roth as host, but removed the option for viewers to send in tips or questions by mail. The half-hour ads ran for less than a year before GamePro TV finally vanished from the airwaves.
In 1998, Gamepro TV returned to the airwaves, this time with a different host (Michael Komessar), and a largely different format. This version of the show was produced by Timeline and aired on various Fox Sports Net channels in New England, Ohio, Chicago and the Bay Area. Reviews, previews, tips and interviews with press and developers were present in this version, utilizing the same themes and formats from the magazine. Review scores were lifted directly from the magazine as well. However, this version was shortlived, airing only a few episodes before its cancellation in early 1999.
In 2003, a new abbreviated version of GamePro TV titled the "GamePro Minute" appeared on the short-lived series GSN Video Games on Game Show Network.
The Following Episodes Are Not In Order As Aired But Managed To Be Recorded
GamePro T.V. Episode 1:
In this first episode of Gamepro TV there’s cheat codes and tips for Crystalis, Maniac Mansion, John Madden Football and TMNT: Rise of the Foot Clan, previews for Super Ghouls and Ghosts, Game Gear and Sega CD hardware, reviews of Wolverine for the NES and Castlevania II for the Game Boy and much more!
www.siliconera.com/2006/07/17/gamepro-tv-unearthed/
GamePro T.V. Episode 2:
Here’s the second recorded episode of GamePro TV!
Games featured in the video include: The Rocketeer (NES), Shadowgate (NES), The Immortal (Genesis/Megadrive), Battletoads (NES), Batman (GameBoy), Gain Ground (Genesis/Megadrive)
Ask The Pros: The Immortal – Genesis/Megadrive
www.siliconera.com/2006/07/27/watch-episode-2-of-gamepro-tv/
GamePro T.V. Episode 3:
On this episode are:
SWAT: S.C.A.T. - NES, Super Mario World - SNES, Bonk’s Revenge - TG16, Play Action Football - NES
Ask The Pros: StarTropics - NES
Pro Review: Mega Man IV - NES
Inside Info: Top 10 NES Video Game Rentals Feb. 1992 - Blockbuster Video, Final Fight (Ending) - SNES, Medieval History - Check your local library!
16 Bit Hits: Joe Montana Sports Talk Football – Genesis/Megadrive
www.siliconera.com/2006/08/04/gamepro-tv-episode-3/
GamePro T.V. Episode 4:
SWAT: Battletoads - NES, Gradius III - SNES, Castlevania 2 - Game Boy, Super Mario World - SNES, Low G Man - NES
Ask the Pros: Bionic Commando - NES
Pro Review: Treasure Master - NES
Inside Info: Top 10 NES Video Game Rentals Feb. 1992 - Blockbuster Video, Ninja Gaiden III (Ending) - NES16 Bit Hits: Super Adventure Island - SNES
Viewer SWAT: Legend of Zelda – NES
www.siliconera.com/2006/08/11/gamepro-tv-episode-4-cheese-bridge-and-soda-lake-edition/
GamePro T.V. Episode 5:
SWAT: ToeJam & Earl – Genesis/Megadrive, Mega Man IV - NES, Super Castlevania IV - SNES, Bonk’s Revenge - TG16, Devil’s Crush - TG16, El Viento – Genesis/Megadrive
Ask The Pros: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure - NES
Pro Review: Tiny Toon Adventures - NES
16 Bit Hits: Lemmings - SNES
Inside Info: Top 10 NES Video Game Rentals Feb. 1992 - Blockbuster Video
Viewer SWAT: Turrican – Genesis/Megadrive
Also, apparently this show is “2 legit” (you’ll see at the end of the episode).
www.siliconera.com/2006/08/18/gamepro-tv-episode-5-thecrushel-edition/
GamePro T.V. Episode 6:
SWAT: Treasure Master - NES, Aero Blasters - TG16, Powerball – Genesis/Megadrive, Super Mario World - SNES, Maniac Mansion - NES, Operation C - Game Boy
Ask the Pros: Dragon Warrior - NES
Pro Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project - NES
16 Bit Hits: Smash TV - SNES
Inside Info: Top 10 NES Video Game Rentals Feb. 1992 - Blockbuster Video, Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! - NES, Captain Planet and the Planeteers (plus a lecture about environmental awareness from J.D. Roth) – NES
www.siliconera.com/2006/09/01/gamepro-tv-episode-6-007-373-5963-edition/
GamePro Episode: 7
SWAT: Laser Invasion - NES, NHL Hockey – Genesis/Megadrive, Ninja Boy - Game Boy, Final Fight - SNES, HyperZone - SNES, Shadow of the Ninja – NES
Ask the Pros: Sonic the Hedgehog – Genesis/Megadrive
The Cutting Edge: Philips CD-i 910 (Compact Disc Interactive) - It’s the future… at only $1000! And it can display full-motion video at 16 million colors! "WOW!" And was the abandoned SNES CD-ROM add-on, also developed by Philips, supposed to be able to play CD-i discs as well? Interesting!
Inside Info: Battletoads (Ending) - NES, NES Hands Free Controller
Viewer SWAT: HAL’s Hole in One Golf – SNES
www.siliconera.com/2006/09/22/gamepro-tv-episode-7-sip-and-puff-edition/
