A*mazing, the Glossary
A*mazing is an Australian children's television game show that aired between 16 May 1994 until 1998 on the Seven Network.[1]
Table of Contents
51 relations: Brisbane, Bubsy, Children's television series, Cruis'n USA, Cruis'n World, Diddy Kong Racing, Disney Channel (Australian TV channel), Donkey Kong (character), Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Endemol Australia, Game Boy, Game show, Hal and Jim McElroy, James Sherry, Mario Kart 64, Mario Paint, Maze, Minigame, MRC: Multi-Racing Championship, Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing, Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Obstacle course, Outhouse, Pac-Attack, Perth, Plok!, Queensland, QWERTY, San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing, Seven Network, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Tennis, Tetris, The Age, Three wise monkeys, Time Masters (game show), Todd Woodbridge, Unirally, Video game, Wave Race 64, Western Australia, Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast, Winter Gold, ... Expand index (1 more) »
- 1990s Australian game shows
- 1994 Australian television series debuts
- 1998 Australian television series endings
- Australian children's game shows
- Esports television series
- Television shows set in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.
Bubsy
Bubsy is a series of platforming video games created by Michael Berlyn and developed and published by Accolade.
Children's television series
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television programs designed specifically for children.
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Cruis'n USA
Cruis'n USA is an arcade racing game originally released in 1994.
Cruis'n World
Cruis'n World is the 1996 sequel to the 1994 arcade racer Cruis'n USA.
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Diddy Kong Racing
Diddy Kong Racing is a 1997 kart racing game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64.
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Disney Channel (Australian TV channel)
Disney Channel (originally called The Disney Channel from 1996 to 1997) was an Australian pay television channel.
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Donkey Kong (character)
Donkey Kong, also shortened to DK, is a fictional gorilla character in the Donkey Kong and Mario franchise, created by Shigeru Miyamoto.
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country is a 1994 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is a 1995 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was released on 21 November 1995 in Japan, 4 December in North America, and 14 December in Europe. It is the second installment of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series and the sequel to Donkey Kong Country (1994).
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is a 1996 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
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Endemol Australia
Endemol Australia, formerly known as Southern Star Group, Southern Star Productions, Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia and Taft-Hardie Group Pty Ltd, was Australia's largest independent television production and distribution group.
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Game Boy
The Game Boy is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo, launched in the Japanese home market on April 21, 1989, followed by North America and Europe later that year.
Game show
A game show (or gameshow) is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment where contestants compete in a game for rewards.
Hal and Jim McElroy
Hal McElroy and James "Jim" McElroy (born 6 April 1946) are Australian film and television producers.
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James Sherry
James Sherry (born 14 November 1967) is an Australian television presenter, actor, and producer.
Mario Kart 64
is a 1996 kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 (N64).
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Mario Paint
is a 1992 art creation video game developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 (R&D1) and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Maze
A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal.
Minigame
A minigame (also spelled mini game and mini-game, sometimes called a subgame or microgame) is a short game often contained within another video game.
MRC: Multi-Racing Championship
MRC: Multi-Racing Championship is a racing video game developed by Genki and released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997.
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Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing is an arcade-style Formula One racing video game developed by Gremlin Graphics and released for various systems.
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Nintendo
is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
Nintendo 64
The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.
Obstacle course
An obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual, team or animal must navigate, usually while being timed.
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Outhouse
An outhouse is a small structure, separate from a main building, which covers a toilet.
Pac-Attack
, also known as is a 1993 falling-tile puzzle video game developed and published by Namco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis.
Perth
Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.
Plok!
Plok! is a side-scrolling platform game developed by British studio Software Creations using concepts and characters created and owned by Ste and John Pickford.
Queensland
Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.
QWERTY
QWERTY is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets.
San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing
San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing is a video game developed and published by Atari Games.
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Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network.
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Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64 is a 1996 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
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Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros.
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Super Mario Kart
Super Mario Kart is a kart racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
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Super Mario World
Super Mario World, known in Japan as is a 1990 platform game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.
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Super Tennis
Super Tennis is a 1991 tennis video game for the Super NES.
Tetris
Tetris (Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer.
The Age
The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.
Three wise monkeys
The three wise monkeys are a Japanese pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".
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Time Masters (game show)
Time Masters is an Australian children's game show hosted by Tony Johnston from 1996 to 1998 on the Seven Network, in 3 seasons at the beginning Tony would meet the two teams of two schoolkids. A*mazing and Time Masters (game show) are 1990s Australian game shows, 1998 Australian television series endings, Australian children's game shows, Seven Network original programming, television series by Endemol Shine Australia and television shows set in Brisbane.
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Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian broadcaster and former professional tennis player.
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Unirally
Unirally (released as Uniracers in North America) is a racing game developed by DMA Design and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in December 1994 and in the PAL territories on April 27, 1995.
Video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
Wave Race 64
is a 1996 racing video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.
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Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast is a water park situated in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, owned and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks.
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Winter Gold
Winter Gold is a 1996 winter sports video game developed by Funcom and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
1080° Snowboarding
is a snowboarding video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1998.
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See also
1990s Australian game shows
- A*mazing
- All-Star Squares
- Battle of the Sexes (radio contest)
- Big Square Eye
- Blankety Blanks (Australian game show)
- Blind Date (Australian game show)
- Blockbusters (Australian game show)
- Burgo's Catch Phrase
- Challenger (1997 game show)
- Cluedo (Australian game show)
- Concentration (Australian game show)
- Family Feud (1978 Australian game show)
- Gladiators (1995 Australian TV series)
- Good News Week
- Hot Streak
- Keynotes (Australian game show)
- Let's Make a Deal
- Man O Man (Australian game show)
- Mind Twist
- My Generation (Australian game show)
- New Faces (Australian TV series)
- Now You See It (Australian game show)
- Pick Your Face
- Sale of the Century (Australian game show)
- Strike It Lucky (Australian game show)
- Supermarket Sweep Australia
- The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime (Australian game show)
- The Main Event (Australian game show)
- The Price Is Right (Australian game show)
- Time Masters (game show)
- Total Recall (game show)
- Vidiot
- Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show)
- Who Dares Wins (Australian game show)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)
- Wipeout (1999 game show)
1994 Australian television series debuts
- A*mazing
- Alan Jones Live
- Big Girl's Blouse
- Blue Heelers
- Boffins (TV series)
- Cody (TV series)
- Denton (talk show)
- Escape from Jupiter
- Frontline (Australian TV series)
- Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
- Halifax f.p.
- Heartbreak High
- Heartland (Australian TV series)
- Janus (TV series)
- Jimeoin (TV series)
- Level 23
- Loud (Australian TV series)
- Man O Man (Australian game show)
- Ocean Girl
- Over the Hill (TV series)
- Sky Trackers
- Stampede (TV series)
- Strike It Lucky (Australian game show)
- Sydney Weekender
- Talking Footy
- The Battlers
- The Big Byte
- The Bob Morrison Show
- The Damnation of Harvey McHugh
- The Ferals
- The Footy Show (AFL)
- The Footy Show (rugby league)
- The Times (TV program)
- The Zone (Australian TV program)
- Total Recall (game show)
- Under Melbourne Tonight
- Under the Skin (TV series)
- Wedlocked
1998 Australian television series endings
- A Difficult Woman
- A*mazing
- Battle of the Sexes (radio contest)
- Bobtales
- Bullpitt!
- Challenger (1997 game show)
- Children's Hospital (Australian TV series)
- Crocadoo
- Driven Crazy
- Face to Face (Australian TV program)
- Good Guys, Bad Guys
- Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
- Hot Streak
- House From Hell
- House Gang (TV series)
- In Melbourne Tonight
- Kings in Grass Castles
- Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers
- Magic Mountain (TV series)
- Medivac (TV series)
- Midday (Australian TV program)
- Minty (TV series)
- Mirror, Mirror II
- Race Around the World
- Raw FM
- Something Stupid (TV series)
- State Coroner (TV series)
- The Adventures of the Bush Patrol
- The Day of the Roses
- The Genie from Down Under
- The Music Shop (TV series)
- The Russell Gilbert Show
- The Silver Brumby (TV series)
- The Violent Earth
- Three Forever
- Time Masters (game show)
- Twisted Tales (Australian TV series)
- What's Goin' On There?
- Who Dares Wins (Australian game show)
Australian children's game shows
- A*mazing
- Big Square Eye
- Bindi's Bootcamp
- Blockbusters (Australian game show)
- Challenger (1997 game show)
- Child's Play (Australian game show)
- Download (game show)
- Flushed (game show)
- Go Go Stop
- Kitchen Whiz
- Lab Rats Challenge
- Match It
- Mind Twist
- Move It (game show)
- My Generation (Australian game show)
- Now You See It (Australian game show)
- Pick Your Face
- Pyramid (Australian game show)
- Sharky's Friends
- Smashhdown!
- Spit It Out (game show)
- Splatalot!
- Steam Punks!
- The Great Australian Spelling Bee
- Time Masters (game show)
- Total Recall (game show)
- Wipeout (1999 game show)
Esports television series
- A*mazing
- BLAST Pro Series
- Blast Premier
- ELeague
- Gank Your Heart (TV series)
- Go Go Squid!
- Noobees
- Players (2022 TV series)
- Protocol: Rain
- The King's Avatar (2019 TV series)
- Video Game High School
- WCG Ultimate Gamer
Television shows set in Brisbane
- A*mazing
- Agro's Cartoon Connection
- Australia Wide
- Australia's Funniest Home Videos
- Bluey (2018 TV series)
- Boy Swallows Universe (TV series)
- BrainBuzz
- Challenger (1997 game show)
- Content (web series)
- Couch Time
- Cricket Superstar
- Crocamole
- Download (game show)
- Extra (Australian TV program)
- Family Feud (1978 Australian game show)
- Gamify (TV series)
- Gladiators (1995 Australian TV series)
- Hot Source
- In the Box
- Lab Rats Challenge
- Midnight Zoo
- New MacDonald's Farm
- Now You See It (Australian game show)
- Puzzle Play
- Pyramid (Australian game show)
- Saturday Disney
- Scope (Australian TV series)
- Secrets & Lies (Australian TV series)
- Slide (TV series)
- Smashhdown!
- The Bureau of Magical Things
- The Shapies
- The Wayne Manifesto
- Time Masters (game show)
- Toasted TV
- Totally Wild
- Ttn
- Where Is My Friend's Home
- Wipeout (1999 game show)
- Wurrawhy
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*mazing
Also known as Amazeing.