Gamesmaster Dave Perry Super Mario 64 Incident

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • The legendary moment in television history when the man who had the rep of being one of the best games players in the country (and was also a genuine sex symbol) failed miserably at Super Mario 64 and then sulked about it afterwards.
    Diamond's "and on that BOMBSHELL!" makes me laugh every time.
    Interview with Casually Hardcore
    CH: People still talk about the moment you lost on Games Master. At the time you said you was set up. What was going through your head at the time? Were the tears real or just some expert acting?
    Dave Perry: Tears? There weren't any tears that I remember. But I was majorly pissed off what had gone on that day. We were told that if we took part in the quiz and got through to the final, then there would be a play off on a neutral game. Probably a new version of WipeOut from Psygnosis. However, when I turned up on the day, the game had been changed suspiciously to Mario 64 on the N64. I had recently spoken out in the trade press saying that I would not play Mario 64 until it was released officially in the UK, as the amount of press attention the new Nintendo console was getting was ruining the Christmas games market in the UK. So everyone new I had not played this game as it was not due out in the UK until the next year.
    When I enquired if any of the finalists had played the game, it turned out that only one had... host Dominik Diamond's best friend. Not only had he played it, he had been playing it constantly for the past few months and completed it a number of times as he was helping develop Earthworm Jim 3D. Hardly a neutral game.
    When I complained to the Director, I was told not to worry because he would not get through to the final, and if he did, then the game would be changed. I should have smelled a rat.
    So, I played on, and won every round. However, when we got to the semi-final, if you watch the whole show you will notice that at least one question comes up about Earthworm Jim! The game Dominik's friend was helping develop! Coincidence?
    So now he's in the final against me, on a machine I've never played on, on a game I've never played, but he's been playing on for the past few months.
    When I went to see the Director about his promise that this wouldn't happen, he simply told me that there wasn't time to change anything as the crew had all run over on their scheduled time and the final had to take place immediately. He also told me that if I walked I wouldn't be allowed to use the company's hire car that had brought me to the shoot and would have to get home on my own. I was in the middle of an industrial estate in London on a Saturday evening. There weren't even any cabs. I was f*cked.
    Feeling set-up and really hard done by I decided to try and play my way out of it, but predictably lost by a couple of seconds. I felt betrayed that the show I'd helped create, and had served so loyally could do this to me. I should have reacted better, but I just wanted out. At least it made good TV. I quit the show there and then and never went back.
    CH: What did you think of Mario 64 once you got a chance to play the full version?
    Dave Perry: I've never played it. I have always hated those cutesy Nintendo games.
    www.casuallyhar...

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  • @davidwhitaker3411
    @davidwhitaker3411 Рік тому +167

    27 years of salt

  • @alneedham9363
    @alneedham9363 9 років тому +450

    The absolute end of the bell. I remember him writing about how he carried every type of joystick and peripheral with him at all times (presumably under his bandana, or on a Dave-Belt) in case he got challenged in the street to a game of Microcosm.

  • @gavinrussell8487
    @gavinrussell8487 Рік тому +160

    i'm old enough to have seen this - but can't remember seeing it. This is a priceless moment of TV gold. Thank you for keeping this content active.

    • @Chubbaknuckles
      @Chubbaknuckles 5 місяців тому +4

      Maybe you did not see it.

    • @kvarnerinfoTV
      @kvarnerinfoTV 5 місяців тому

      You are talking as if you were 89 years old...at least.

    • @MattyB-ee
      @MattyB-ee 4 місяці тому

      In our day if you missed it-you really did miss it!!

  • @hbk441
    @hbk441 Рік тому +182

    100% Brent, the leather trousers, 'stitch up'. The continued awkwardness as everyone else celebrates. This is TV Gold.

    • @GeordiLaForgery
      @GeordiLaForgery 11 місяців тому +12

      and on THAT BOMBSHELL! 😂

    • @rp6523
      @rp6523 6 місяців тому +11

      😂😂. We got this footage of him fucking up on Super Mario 64, do you want us to leave that out?
      What?! No! Leave that in!

    • @coopj250
      @coopj250 5 місяців тому +2

      Funny, I just rewatched the office and this is gold!

    • @ArcanePath360
      @ArcanePath360 5 місяців тому +1

      At least he didn't double denim.
      NEVER double denim

    • @adco9850
      @adco9850 2 місяці тому

      Dude I need a big ass red arrow so bad

  • @qweqwe2058
    @qweqwe2058 6 років тому +233

    Dave always struck me as highly narcissistic, its not really surprising that someone like Dominick would take a massive disliking to him. I think he had a low tolerance towards twats.

    • @bigduphusaj162
      @bigduphusaj162 2 роки тому +1

      Doms a lefty twat himself now.

    • @markmorris7123
      @markmorris7123 Рік тому +9

      But it was a set up..David has previously said he would buy it until released in UK.. he didn't even own an n64..Which Dominic knew

    • @FinnGamble
      @FinnGamble Рік тому +19

      I've just been listening to old Retro Hour podcasts, and interestingly, Dominick is the one who appears to love to continuously toot his own horn, whereas Dave just seems to be passionate about games.

    • @glmb8072
      @glmb8072 Рік тому +8

      @@FinnGamble Tone and attitude is important. One can just look at the interview in the description to get loads of that...

    • @massiveprogressive9488
      @massiveprogressive9488 6 місяців тому +23

      ​@markmorris7123 Yeah, but Dave taking the entire quiz seriously while the others were just having a bit of a laugh was hilariously tragic on his part

  • @Jay-kv2xu
    @Jay-kv2xu 6 місяців тому +82

    God I used to live for this show. But my dad would get in at like 18:15 and want to watch the six o’clock news. I would tell him he could watch the news at
    nine pm but noooo. Gone be the days when house had one TV and it took two men to lift it.

    • @Helbore
      @Helbore 5 місяців тому +2

      And only one man to change the channel. God damnit, dad!

    • @lukas_jay243
      @lukas_jay243 5 місяців тому

      Never underestimate a boomers need for his daily indoctrination. They were and still are fuelled on it.

    • @nougat4416
      @nougat4416 5 місяців тому +3

      The world changed for the worse when we could afford more than one tv

    • @darrenwinn22
      @darrenwinn22 5 місяців тому

      This is the show that led me to work out how the VCR record timer feature worked. Would re-watch episodes again and again, particularly anything next-gen related - seem to recall SNES DKC, Sonic 3 on Megadrive, Playstation Ridge Racer demos and Virtua Fighter on Saturn etc blowing my tiny mind. Of course back then, pre-internet, it was GamesMaster or VHS stuck to a magazine if you wanted to see anything in action. Wouldn't change my childhood though - Golden gaming generation.

  • @kildogery
    @kildogery 2 роки тому +98

    I'll happily watch this, everytime it randomly pops up.
    Thanks again mighty algorithm.

  • @DrDavidCJames
    @DrDavidCJames 6 років тому +377

    This is so Partridgey.

    • @benharris2575
      @benharris2575 4 роки тому +29

      "Back of the FIFA net!"

    • @daverichardson6320
      @daverichardson6320 3 роки тому +70

      I'm not a journalist, I'm a marketing manager. See you in Strasbourg!

    • @eviltaylor1
      @eviltaylor1 6 місяців тому +39

      The models were hot although 30 years on the gamesmaster oil rig would not render them pleasurable to mine eye.

    • @karllonsdale4878
      @karllonsdale4878 6 місяців тому +30

      Stop getting gamesmaster wrong!

    • @SegaIsTheWorld
      @SegaIsTheWorld 6 місяців тому +17

      Mario's a good worker, but I suppose he's a bit like Burt Reynolds. Very reliable, but he's got a moustache.

  • @McMurchie
    @McMurchie 3 роки тому +190

    "You are a journalist, you can get it on import" 😂😂😂

    • @forthrightgambitia1032
      @forthrightgambitia1032 3 роки тому +5

      Not sure what he meant, I remember anyone could important games?

    • @ResidentWebbo
      @ResidentWebbo 3 роки тому +32

      @@forthrightgambitia1032 I think he meant that the industry they are in meant more avenues to get games on import than the general public.

    • @forthrightgambitia1032
      @forthrightgambitia1032 3 роки тому +4

      @@ResidentWebbo I mean, maybe. But I remember full page adverts from certain mail order companies and specialists shops in big cities like London where you could get your hands on them.

    • @hbk441
      @hbk441 11 місяців тому +9

      He says YOU are a journalist, WE can get it on import meaning we in this country, so as a journalist surely you got it on import too.

    • @macklee6837
      @macklee6837 5 місяців тому +7

      @@hbk441 No, he's not saying that.
      He's saying that as a journalist it's easy to import Mario from (Japan) before release (UK).

  • @simonhart7553
    @simonhart7553 3 роки тому +106

    Got to say great hosting here. Kept it going through the awkwardness expertly

  • @danmorley6517
    @danmorley6517 6 місяців тому +56

    What a time to be alive the 90's were.

  • @stuartb3082
    @stuartb3082 11 років тому +165

    So many years later and its still funny :D

    • @andy6576
      @andy6576 10 років тому +14

      Yep, this is NEVER getting old.

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum 6 років тому +3

      Yup! I remember seeing this when it happened, it was brilliant!

    • @Mawds69
      @Mawds69 5 років тому +3

      It was funny back in 1996. And it's still funny now in 2019

    • @the.internet
      @the.internet 4 роки тому +9

      @@Mawds69 I'm from the future and can confirm that in 2022 those of us who survived Covid-19 find this more hilarious than ever.

    • @karllonsdale4878
      @karllonsdale4878 5 місяців тому +2

      @@the.internet I’m from further in the future and it’s still fucking funny

  • @quincynufc
    @quincynufc 2 роки тому +138

    I’m not a journalist I’m a marketing manager

  • @vlastion
    @vlastion 6 років тому +248

    Dominic Diamond is straight-up SAVAGE in this video, hahaha

    • @DrumsTheWord
      @DrumsTheWord 5 місяців тому +1

      He really did have it in for Dave. Nasty man, in my opinion.

  • @shaneiacinsaniac
    @shaneiacinsaniac 6 місяців тому +87

    There goes Dave Perry..I must remember to thank him.

    • @yommmrr
      @yommmrr 6 місяців тому +7

      Often an amateur will stitch up a professional.

    • @mutate34
      @mutate34 6 місяців тому +5

      @@yommmrr shit joysticks on these ain't there?

    • @yommmrr
      @yommmrr 6 місяців тому +9

      @@mutate34 I PREFER A FLAN

    • @mousemat4
      @mousemat4 5 місяців тому +1

      That’s not me in bed with another man called Dominic

    • @BggProductions
      @BggProductions 5 місяців тому +2

      If I were asked to name three geniuses, I wouldn't say "Einstein, Newton... "
      y'know...
      I'd go "Kojima, Miyamoto, Meier".

  • @AgtX999
    @AgtX999 9 років тому +471

    Pretty bad being sour on a Christmas special of a tv show but being dressed in leather trousers & a bandana is something else

    • @GoldenGateNum9
      @GoldenGateNum9 5 років тому +22

      It was the 90's brah.

    • @mrnaughtycat
      @mrnaughtycat 4 роки тому +9

      He was dressed as a fairy in the 1993 Christmas special lol

    • @blacksunshine7485
      @blacksunshine7485 3 роки тому +9

      And the 'Seksi' Pepsi t shirt

    • @paulmay4785
      @paulmay4785 3 роки тому +38

      I grew up in the 90s but never once had leather trousers

    • @carn9507
      @carn9507 3 роки тому +2

      @@GoldenGateNum9 eh, even back then in the 90s we thought he looked a bit of a twat.

  • @BooNube
    @BooNube 10 років тому +44

    From Eurogamer:
    The feud came to a head during the filming of the 1996 GamesMaster Christmas special. The co-commentators took part in a quiz that included a round of questions about fighting games.
    Producer Jonny Ffinch says that Perry came to him the night before the shoot and asked for the answers. Perry explained he had a book about beat-'em-ups coming out and didn't want to look stupid. If Ffinch didn't oblige, Perry said he wouldn't show up for filming the following day. "So like a complete coward I went, 'Oh s***, alright, maybe I'll be able to sort something out,'" says Ffinch.
    "Jonny had a huge fit of guilt and told me," says Diamond. "I said, 'You've got to write more questions, that's ridiculous.' I was furious."

    • @andy6576
      @andy6576 10 років тому +29

      And just to reiterate; these were the actions of a fully-grown ADULT. I've read that article and Perry tries to suggest the dick-head thing was just an act; it clearly wasn't.

    • @andy6576
      @andy6576 7 років тому +21

      Except that literally _everyone else_ involved has stated quite categorically that it wasn't an act, he really was _that_ childish. This doesn't mean he wasn't an okay guy in other facets of life, of course, and I imagine he's grown up a lot since.

    • @myersfamilygaming3689
      @myersfamilygaming3689 7 років тому +10

      Jamie Williamson I met him Saturday at Revival Retro Events in Warsall. He is a genuine decent guy. He gave everyone time and was full of smiles. Glad he's put this incident behind him.

    • @andy6576
      @andy6576 7 років тому +19

      Good to hear and I'm sure if I met him I'd also find him to be a friendly guy, I'd certainly have no issues with him and would be happy to shake his hand. We've all been dickheads at certain points in our lives, especially in our younger days, but we're lucky that our moments weren't captured on camera.

  • @stevenheathsings
    @stevenheathsings 4 роки тому +90

    This is outstanding comedy. The timing and everything. It’s perfect Partridge.

    • @AlsGeekLab
      @AlsGeekLab 2 роки тому +3

      I agree, but I don't think Dave was doing his part for comedy value! he was sour grapes-o-rama!

  • @rosilinathedragon4382
    @rosilinathedragon4382 Рік тому +26

    I love how Dom drops the presenter voice for a solid 10 seconds out of sheer shock when Dave starts complaining

    • @GeordiLaForgery
      @GeordiLaForgery 11 місяців тому +6

      and on THAT BOMBSHELL! 😂

    • @conorsmith8551
      @conorsmith8551 5 місяців тому +1

      Knowing me knowing you 😂😂

    • @CelticSaint
      @CelticSaint Місяць тому

      @@conorsmith8551 You're sacked. You're the subject of a sacking.

  • @jonwayne70
    @jonwayne70 8 років тому +355

    Serves ya right Dave! When he was doing that Gamesworld magazine, he covered the opening of Blackpools Pepsi Max ride and was giving cutout vouchers where you spend £30 and you get another £30 free. So as a kid I took it to the pleasure beach only to be told that they was not valid and no one told them about the promotion. He probably thought no fucker would use them. Well I facking did Dave.

    • @ChloeJohnson
      @ChloeJohnson 8 років тому +17

      TBF its not about just failing at Mario 64, its about it not being a fair challenge if someones been able to practice and the other hasn't, AND the fact that its not just him failing, its him failing and it being broadcast to the world.
      He was super sourer though.

    • @jonwayne70
      @jonwayne70 8 років тому +19

      Tbh, he doesn't seem like a genuinely horrible person, just a real sore loser. On beat the elite on Sky ones Gamesworld you could see the expression on his face when he lost his 1st 2 rounds. He fucking despised losing, which makes him a person you want to hurt.

    • @munson84
      @munson84 5 років тому +4

      That is facking hilarious

    • @iby914
      @iby914 4 роки тому +5

      That's greasy af

    • @derrickcollider9841
      @derrickcollider9841 3 роки тому +3

      Dave Perry is a shill for Big Arsehole

  • @sturycroft
    @sturycroft 2 роки тому +58

    I love how Diamond could just dissolve any awkwardness or silence by just saying “…and on that 💣shell!!!”

    • @grahamwalker2168
      @grahamwalker2168 2 роки тому +17

      now we know where clarkson got it from i suppose

    • @A-small-amount-of-peas
      @A-small-amount-of-peas Рік тому +8

      @@grahamwalker2168 Alan Partridge too

    • @cdname47
      @cdname47 5 місяців тому

      ​@@A-small-amount-of-peasDominik ripped it off Alan first....then Jeremy ;)

  • @buffcode07
    @buffcode07 9 років тому +182

    Diamond handled that well, he is a pro

    • @DragonNexus
      @DragonNexus 6 років тому +22

      He was in on the wind up, honestly. He and David had a rivalry for the longest time.

    • @Amp1771
      @Amp1771 5 років тому +4

      yeah he fucked him before the show and changed games

    • @nickarmitt4722
      @nickarmitt4722 5 років тому +9

      @@DragonNexus "rivalry"? Erm... Dom tried to get him fired repeatedly. Was always rude. Never spoke to him off camera.
      Add that to Dave had never played on an N64 or Mario 64 at this point whereas his opponent (Dom's best friend) had been playing it solidly for 3 months).
      They still don't speak and in fact when Dom gets his smack taking weasily face on TV he seems obsessed with Uncle Dave.
      I've only ever been told about this by him and my bro so wanted to see it for myself. My friend just sent me this.
      Judging by the comments he should have actually spoken out more. Then again boomers are gonna be boomers.

    • @DragonNexus
      @DragonNexus 5 років тому +30

      @@nickarmitt4722 Boomers are gonna be boomers?
      You do know a boomer isn't defined as "Someone older than 28" or "Someone older than me" right?

    • @the.internet
      @the.internet 4 роки тому +33

      @@nickarmitt4722 hi Dave, sour grapes 24 years on?

  • @TH3-MONK
    @TH3-MONK 5 місяців тому +32

    Leather trousers and a bandana? Even if he’d won he still would’ve lost.

  • @CaptainSouthbird
    @CaptainSouthbird 10 років тому +48

    What's really kind of sad is that all he had to do was jump in place on the course for 20 seconds to technically remain on the course the longest. He was sort of doing that and I figured that was what he was going for.

    • @AndrewBishop1971
      @AndrewBishop1971 3 роки тому +6

      He was so shit he couldn't even do that

    • @Jizzlewobbwtfcus
      @Jizzlewobbwtfcus 4 місяці тому

      HAHAHAHAH!!!
      YOU ARE Captain James Tiberius Kirk Kobayashi Maru tier GENIUS! :D

  • @blinddeadmcjones5255
    @blinddeadmcjones5255 Рік тому +20

    God that face at 2:07 always gets me

  • @philmccracken7278
    @philmccracken7278 4 роки тому +25

    Time for my yearly re-watch.

    • @TheGaragebandGuide
      @TheGaragebandGuide 3 роки тому +2

      Me too pal.

    • @quincynufc
      @quincynufc 2 місяці тому +2

      For me it’s become as much a part of December as Mistletoe and Wine.

  • @UnbelievableEricthegiraffe
    @UnbelievableEricthegiraffe 5 місяців тому +11

    As of August 2024, Dominik Diamond is a presenter on 899TheWave
    Radio in Halifax Nova Scotia 🇨🇦 , As I discovered when I heard him on the taxi radio heading to Halifax Airport.

  • @Glozboy22
    @Glozboy22 3 роки тому +41

    This is pure 'Dad losing to his kid and taking the ball away'. Absolute classic.

  • @DeanPuckering
    @DeanPuckering 5 років тому +57

    My mate played against Dave Perry at a games convention once on Street Fighter 2. My mate absolutely destroyed him, it wasn't even close.

    • @RoyStantz
      @RoyStantz 5 років тому +7

      Good for your friend in doing that.

    • @adamweishaupt2846
      @adamweishaupt2846 4 роки тому +15

      Who did he accuse of stitching him up for that defeat?

    • @derrickcollider9841
      @derrickcollider9841 3 роки тому +1

      @@RoyStantz I can see you remember that event, Dave. You and the fans. Such memories.

    • @kf5541
      @kf5541 6 місяців тому

      Who is he?

    • @danielaspley9136
      @danielaspley9136 5 місяців тому

      @Panscrank999 Almonds

  • @DavidNPhotography
    @DavidNPhotography 10 років тому +285

    I'm not sad that I'm 36.
    I'm sad that nothing on tv has entertained me anywhere near as much as this show over the years.
    Fun times - and with all the amazing videogames out now, why would they cancel it ?

    • @jamstrings100
      @jamstrings100 10 років тому +44

      The 90s had some of the best TV shows e.g. TFI Friday, Gamesmaster, The Big Breakfast. I miss them all.

    • @andy6576
      @andy6576 10 років тому +4

      Diamond himself had grown sick of doing it, as had the show's producers. They wanted to quit before the audience got bored of it.

    • @BooNube
      @BooNube 10 років тому +25

      jammyjammer2015 Don't forget Eurotrash with Antoine De Caunes

    • @andy6576
      @andy6576 8 років тому +12

      That was "The Word". It had some pretty decent bands on occasionally but like everyone else, I detested Terry Christian.

    • @andyburton1160
      @andyburton1160 6 років тому +11

      The highlight of my week as a kid brilliant show
      Dave Perry now is a tattoo artist and dom works fro a candian radio station for them that don't know

  • @hopebgood
    @hopebgood 3 роки тому +29

    Anyone remember watching Sky's daily "Games World" with Bob Mills, Big Boy Barry and David Walliams first telly as Leslie Luncheon Meat?

    • @40somethingmanchild
      @40somethingmanchild 5 місяців тому +5

      Yep. And the Games Mistress was Jet from Gladiators.....

    • @glennmac81
      @glennmac81 5 місяців тому

      They had that game to collect the coins 😂

    • @Rebelscum264
      @Rebelscum264 5 місяців тому

      Barrie’s joypad! Top tv

  • @markguest5011
    @markguest5011 4 місяці тому +2

    If anyone hasn't read the book "Gamesmaster: The Oral History": Dominik Diamond claims that for the games trivia quiz just before this challenge Dave Perry tried to pressure the production crew into changing the questions to ones more favourable to him and basically wanted to rig the competition to protect his reputation as "best gamer in the country". Diamond got mad that Perry had the nerve to try and rig his show so insisted the final challenge be on Super Mario 64 to: 'teach him a lesson'. lol

  • @gimlifrog7772
    @gimlifrog7772 3 роки тому +6

    Just been announced that E4 is bringing this show back with Sir Trevor Mcdonald as the new GamesMaster

    • @kitezzz360
      @kitezzz360 3 роки тому +6

      it was just box ticking garbage as expected

  • @daftyofficial
    @daftyofficial 9 років тому +27

    Thanks Burns!

  • @benhimmself
    @benhimmself 8 років тому +9

    Haha I remember that! I also remember Dom taking the piss out of Dave Perry when they introduced a game on the show. Pulling faces behind him when he was speaking highlight of the show!

  • @TheRadMan
    @TheRadMan 4 роки тому +7

    The comments for this video are fantastic!

  • @LukesGamePage
    @LukesGamePage 9 років тому +21

    Ah miss Gamesmaster so much.

  • @psychogavx
    @psychogavx 10 місяців тому +7

    Ah this has just popped up on FB. I remember this well. Also remember thinking at the time "you went for the shortcut and cocked up" 😂

    • @tehf00n
      @tehf00n 5 місяців тому

      but the game didn't come out until a year later so you hadn't played it to know.

  • @thegoose126
    @thegoose126 5 місяців тому +5

    Always here for this!

  • @matthamm7559
    @matthamm7559 5 місяців тому +2

    My friend and I once met Dominic Diamond in a Oxford just outside the Turf Tavern in Oxford many moons ago. He misheard what we said when we walked past him. He was extremely angry and drunk and after a few words he then threatened that he could get our throats slit.
    The pub had to get the bouncer to throw him out. Totally changed my perception of him.

    • @CS-mo7xp
      @CS-mo7xp 5 місяців тому

      you sure it wasn't Steven Seagal? very similar accent...

    • @matthamm7559
      @matthamm7559 5 місяців тому +1

      @@CS-mo7xp Stevie McSeagal?

    • @CS-mo7xp
      @CS-mo7xp 5 місяців тому

      @@matthamm7559 aye, the Dumfirmline Destroyer!

  • @InstantClassicCDPunk
    @InstantClassicCDPunk 14 років тому +8

    thanks for bringing this to us from the states.

  • @JustAnotherGamer1985
    @JustAnotherGamer1985 4 місяці тому +1

    To be fair, he did have an unfair disadvantage.
    He'd never played the game before.

  • @mugwuffin22
    @mugwuffin22 11 років тому +31

    I met Dave Perry about 6 years ago in Devon when my fiancee was being interviewed for a teachers position in the school his kid went to.....he was still wearing a bandanna! but he was a really nice fella and I told him that I used to watch gamesmaster and collect the Mean Machine magazine with Oz Brown , Julian and Mr Perry, he was quite shocked due to being in this small village that someone remembered this.

    • @nickarmitt4722
      @nickarmitt4722 5 років тому +4

      No. You really didn't. He has lived in Torquay for quite a while. He owns a Tattoo studio now. I should know since he is good mates with my older brother and the reason I am studying games design b(sc) at Staffs Uni. The time you are talking about he would have been in London. At that time roughly he would have been making appearances on QVC to people.
      Also... You wanna know how I know you are bullshitting? He only ever wears a bandanna when asked. He only ever wore it because he got told it created a character. He actually likes showing off his frosted tips now. He only ever wore the bandanna during the gamesmaster days.
      Why do people feel the need to lie?

    • @ceirwan
      @ceirwan 5 років тому +8

      @@nickarmitt4722 Well the comment is 6 years old, but anyway this is the UA-cam comment section. You're both probably bullshitting.

    • @Pragnantweggyboard
      @Pragnantweggyboard 5 років тому +11

      @@nickarmitt4722 Frosted tips? It's 2020 mate.

    • @gimlifrog7772
      @gimlifrog7772 3 роки тому +8

      @@nickarmitt4722 This is definitely Dave

    • @Pragnantweggyboard
      @Pragnantweggyboard Рік тому

      @@weatherwaxdiscworld1261 Is it? Sure it's not 2025?

  • @bjk151gray7
    @bjk151gray7 6 місяців тому +26

    What a bell end. He can’t look back at this with any sense of pride. It has made my day though

    • @everything777
      @everything777 5 місяців тому +2

      Man got stiffed though bro

    • @Right_Said_Brett
      @Right_Said_Brett 5 місяців тому +3

      Shows what you know. If you had done your research you would know that Dave Perry was assured by the director that the final challenge game would be a neutral game (in fact "a special level of WipeOut, made by the developers for the show"), so that neither of the finalists would have an advantage. Furthermore, bare in mind that Dominik Diamond purposefully read the "quick fire" questions for Perry extra slow, whilst asking Kirk questions relating to Earthworm Jim (a franchise which he was personally working on). Oh, and Dominik and Kirk were best mates at the time. The entire thing was rigged to make Perry look like a tit.
      It's completely unjust that Dave Perry gets abuse for rightfully standing up against being gaslighted.

    • @miriglith4293
      @miriglith4293 5 місяців тому +5

      ​@@Right_Said_BrettYou alright, Dave?

    • @Right_Said_Brett
      @Right_Said_Brett 5 місяців тому +1

      @@miriglith4293 XD I'm not Dave Perry.

    • @TheZackkary1
      @TheZackkary1 5 місяців тому

      The thing wasn’t rigged to make Perry look like a tit. Perry IS a tit, the challenge just exposed his tittishness to the nation. It was clearly a practical joke at his expense. I imagine the general attitude of those behind the show was:
      “f*cking hell, that Perry is a complete w*nker… I mean, who the hell does he think he is!? Tell you what would be really funny…” the rest is history.

  • @Sandrock313
    @Sandrock313 11 років тому +14

    Well from the Eurogamer report that was posted today everyone apart from Dave Perry says that he was not cheated out of this match. In fact, the night before they recorded this episode, Dave went and got the answers to the quiz on fighting games or he wouldn't turn up (he was writing a book about beat em ups and didn't want to look stupid).

    • @MsHojat
      @MsHojat Рік тому +1

      I would say that he was cheated out of it, _however_ that "cheat" might have been _justified_ due to the fact that he supposedly cheated himself for the quiz. I don't know if the show was aware of that and hence changed the game for that reason, or not though. Overall they both did things wrong, but one could have been justified if they did it in response to the first cheat.

  • @Chriskey83
    @Chriskey83 10 років тому +13

    He really wanted that golden joystick.

    • @GaryLivesey1602
      @GaryLivesey1602 4 місяці тому

      I wanted that joystick, everyone in my school wanted the golden joystick lmao, can't believe it is just painted gold :( oh side note, i wanted the crystal from crystal maze too lmao

    • @HordrissTheConfuser
      @HordrissTheConfuser 4 місяці тому

      @@GaryLivesey1602 I wanted a FrightKnight from Knightmare.

  • @hoffy1888
    @hoffy1888 6 років тому +33

    Glued to the tv at 6pm back in the day.
    Oh and then there was Bits.
    I miss my younger days

  • @PixelSprixie
    @PixelSprixie 9 років тому +65

    Prior to this incident, Dave says he won't play Mario 64 'until it is released next year the the UK' however, after he is ousted by the GamesMaster production team he goes onto say 'I always hated cutesy Nintendo games.' x.x Taking salt to a whole new extreme.

    • @Jcob91
      @Jcob91 9 років тому +7

      +Spuki Koopa I dunno, if I went to a gaming competition, I'd expect to play games that take a lot of skill instead of nintendo games

    • @matth5030
      @matth5030 8 років тому +34

      +cob Obviously never played a Nintendo game.

    • @matth5030
      @matth5030 8 років тому +29

      +cob And if that was the case, shouldn't perry have smashed the shit outta Mario 64 seeing as it requires no skill?

    • @Jcob91
      @Jcob91 8 років тому

      Matt H I'll give you an anwser as soon as you point out where I said Nintendo games take "no skill".

    • @matth5030
      @matth5030 8 років тому +20

      Being pedantic doesn't prove your point...

  • @robl2894
    @robl2894 8 років тому +61

    20 years since the greatest event in television history happened. Still raises a smile.

    • @awh4272
      @awh4272 5 місяців тому +1

      Greatest event!? OK....

  • @TeamCGS2005
    @TeamCGS2005 Рік тому +5

    All he had to do was finish the damn stage!

  • @dani4ever
    @dani4ever 9 років тому +11

    ''Dave Perry: I've never played it. I have always hated those cutesy Nintendo games.''
    I had no idea there was this kind of butthurt... geez! xD

  • @Banthah
    @Banthah 5 місяців тому +2

    I was 25 when this episode came out. I was too old to watch it then!
    What am I doing now??!!!!

  • @Xbot4Life
    @Xbot4Life 8 років тому +21

    I remember watching this ep back in the 90's

  • @christianbliss8944
    @christianbliss8944 5 місяців тому +2

    The greatest moment in all of TV history, ever.

  • @theoriginalbuttonbasher2601
    @theoriginalbuttonbasher2601 6 років тому +8

    This never fails to amuse me

  • @dannycolverson6944
    @dannycolverson6944 5 місяців тому +1

    This can't be real. They must have been acting this scene for the "drama"

  • @MrBuch169169
    @MrBuch169169 6 років тому +6

    When I played this I was a clumsy child who always held the controller the wrong way. I don't think I ever put in as sorry a performance as either of those two. xD

  • @vikingfortiesfaeroes
    @vikingfortiesfaeroes 8 місяців тому +1

    Just seeing footage of that bloody level brings back the raw frustration

  • @magaz
    @magaz 5 місяців тому +3

    1:36 are you quoting my wife verbatim there?

  • @Kamau1865
    @Kamau1865 4 місяці тому

    Can't believe i grew up in the 90s, watched Gamesmaster, but first time I'm seeing this is 2024

  • @rayeasom
    @rayeasom 5 місяців тому +58

    1990s: I’m not a games journalist in a marketing manager.
    2020s: I’m not a political activist I’m a games journalist.

    • @Steve-Fish
      @Steve-Fish 5 місяців тому

      I have no idea who he is but i bet he's still a wanker.

    • @cheradenine1980
      @cheradenine1980 5 місяців тому +1

      Oh no. I bet he went full woke didn’t he

    • @ThePeppermintGeezer
      @ThePeppermintGeezer 5 місяців тому +13

      @@cheradenine1980 What's woke?

    • @ReggieBlinker-k9e
      @ReggieBlinker-k9e 5 місяців тому

      @@ThePeppermintGeezerBasically means your Gay, delusional and Anti-White.

    • @donaldwebb
      @donaldwebb 5 місяців тому

      @@ThePeppermintGeezer id politics fanatical activist type people

  • @neoboomboom
    @neoboomboom 5 місяців тому +2

    Imagine acting like controlling a characters movement with a joystick is some kind of specialist knowledge

  • @kroome111
    @kroome111 2 роки тому +3

    Hilarious moment, had to watch it again as 1) It's Christmas 2) The book that Dominik Diamond has released with the oral history of Gamesmaster gives some real context to what was going on.

    • @GeordiLaForgery
      @GeordiLaForgery 11 місяців тому

      hehe I'll have to check that out.

    • @lozinja
      @lozinja 5 місяців тому

      Could you elaborate more on 2 as I haven't read his book?

  • @David315842
    @David315842 12 років тому +12

    Kirk defenately deserved to win there. He actually admitted that he could have done better and was more modest then Perry was. Maybe he still refuses to watch Channel 4 to this day? :D

  • @macklee6837
    @macklee6837 5 місяців тому +3

    Not only do I remember watching this ep, but I recorded it on VHS too 😅

  • @squick1842
    @squick1842 6 років тому +13

    Its about staying on the cource the longest! And Dave starts off slow on the ramp. The other guy runs straight to it. The reason Dave fell off was that he was constantly breaking the speed. He was trying to show off, but fell on his ass crying instead. Epic moment.

    • @RoyStantz
      @RoyStantz 6 років тому +6

      Well, it is true that you need to get the right speed for each and every one of the corners on that slide, so practice definitely makes perfect.

  • @AlexOjideagu2
    @AlexOjideagu2 8 років тому +39

    3:10 So Dominick used that phrase before Clarkson?

    • @stitcha123
      @stitcha123 6 років тому +14

      ojideagu it came from Alan partridge

    • @TheWoodTink
      @TheWoodTink 6 років тому +9

      Partridge first

    • @sperrin
      @sperrin 5 років тому +15

      It's an age old phrase been around for decades long before either Clarkson or Partridge.

    • @niallmcardle7
      @niallmcardle7 6 місяців тому +1

      Alan Partridge

    • @alexojideagu
      @alexojideagu 6 місяців тому

      @@niallmcardle7 Yeh you're right Alan Partridge

  • @DrFred666
    @DrFred666 2 роки тому +14

    I came here after hearing a recent interview with David on a podcast...it sounds like a pretty bad situation when you have context. He had apparently previously taken a stand against playing the game up to that point because he was upset it hadn’t been released in PAL regions yet. They had agreed to play some other game and switched it on him last minute. I assume there was some animosity between him and the show runners? He claimed that if he refused to play, they were going to take away his transport to the production facility and strand him there for the night.

    • @DrFred666
      @DrFred666 2 роки тому +3

      Even worse...I think he helped originally make those cheesy joystick awards. Kind of a slap in the face at the end.

    • @rabid_si
      @rabid_si 2 роки тому +9

      Bet he didn't mention the part where he tried to cheat on the previous quiz section by getting the answers ahead of time from the producers.

    • @JoeyXSmith
      @JoeyXSmith 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@rabid_si This is why this setup happened. Dave said this wasn't true. He still denies it to this very day. Dominic said that Rik Henderson told him.
      A producer said to Rik that Dave asked for the questions and he relayed that information to Dom, which pissed him off.
      Dominic had creative control at that point of series, so he rigged it in favor of his best friend.
      Anyway, either Dave is lying, Ric lied to Dom or a producer lied to Rik.

    • @highnoon7097
      @highnoon7097 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@JoeyXSmith the eventual winner (kirk) can't have been Dom's best mate though, he forgets his name at the end of the video.

    • @JoeyXSmith
      @JoeyXSmith 6 місяців тому +1

      @highnoon7097 Well, Dave said that they were best friends and hanging around with each other a lot at that time. They also did another show together called Dom and Kirt Night O' Plenty. So I'm going off information about what has been said in interviews.

  • @TheNorthanShowcaseChannel
    @TheNorthanShowcaseChannel Рік тому +3

    Brillint, I bet he's still in the huff 😂

  • @gjustg1540
    @gjustg1540 5 місяців тому +1

    I'd forgotten just how arrogant, self-important, annoying and hateful Dominic Diamond was. Until now. And hearing a Scot repeatedly saying 'Dom-in-ic' as if it's a test is just painful, why do they struggle so much with words of more than two syllables?

  • @S0mewhat_Damaged
    @S0mewhat_Damaged 3 роки тому +5

    If Dave hadn’t owned the game like he said how did he know to cheat by jumping off to the slope below?

    • @SDRockman
      @SDRockman 6 місяців тому +1

      Falling off a ledge is not cheating.
      For him to cheat on the N64 in Mario 64, he would need to have one of those game genie adapters to artificially make Mario jump really high, or walk through walls etc.
      To fall off a ledge in a game is not cheating, as the coding of the game is not being changed, like cheating software being used in first person shooters like Call Of Duty to aim for you is a great example of cheating, done by cheating software.

    • @S0mewhat_Damaged
      @S0mewhat_Damaged 5 місяців тому

      Dave thought he could shortcut it and he failed miserably. He looks like someone who would cheat if he could. Bell fruit of a human.

  • @lordhoot1
    @lordhoot1 5 місяців тому

    When the camera switches and we see how much shorter he is than the other two, that cracked me up

  • @Retro2futuregaming
    @Retro2futuregaming 7 років тому +5

    This is class, never get bored of watching this lol

  • @doughboysnerdly2745
    @doughboysnerdly2745 4 місяці тому +1

    i, for one, am firmly on Dave Perry's side

    • @RoyStantz
      @RoyStantz 3 дні тому

      He was unhappy how much the show lost its competitive nature.

  • @steveyoung8186
    @steveyoung8186 4 роки тому +21

    Impromptu moments of hilarious awkwardness, scantily clad, big breasted ladies giving out trophies.... you just wouldn't get this on TV nowadays!! :D Ah the 90's.

    • @kildogery
      @kildogery 2 роки тому

      We took it as far as we could.
      I'm glad we got better.
      It's best kept online.
      There's probably Japanese porn where it's a computer game competition, but everyone is naked.
      Know what I mean?
      Let's not be horny on main.

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas Рік тому +1

    i had a rugby game that day in the 90's so couldnt watch it, thank you youtube

  • @palmondos
    @palmondos 10 років тому +124

    Never played the game..bollocks! He was obviously aiming for the shortcut

    • @steve_ire321
      @steve_ire321 9 років тому +22

      +palmondos Exactly right. He tried to show off by timing that. It lands you right on the final part of the slide, just near the finish line if you manage to do it correctly.

    • @irishbloke99
      @irishbloke99 7 років тому +3

      lol i get salty when i loose but this guy was over 9000

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum 6 років тому +6

      Was he? The jumping makes it look like he's desperate not to fall off. Does that mean he missed the shortcut?

    • @inlovewithi
      @inlovewithi 6 років тому +9

      Doesn't look like that at all. I guess maybe if a person who's not familiar with the game might read your comment and agree with you, and that's why you have 74 thumbs up, but he lost momentum and was struggling not to fall off the ice.

    • @pferreira1983
      @pferreira1983 6 років тому +3

      @@inlovewithi He never played the game before. Had nothing to do with a shortcut.

  • @PKaye-ru2ks
    @PKaye-ru2ks 5 місяців тому +1

    Just reminds me of the absolute magic of playing Super Mario 64. Incomparable.

  • @shockedthemonkey
    @shockedthemonkey 13 років тому +8

    "And on that bombshell"...Dave now owns a tattoo parlour in Torquay

  • @Bownzinho
    @Bownzinho 5 місяців тому +1

    I remember seeing this when it was aired, it was so great seeing him get made a fool of after all the years of being full of himself.

    • @3622Dave
      @3622Dave 5 місяців тому

      Agreed. Any normal person would have just laughed it off but not Dave Perry. What a colossal man-child.

  • @srwilson3s2k14
    @srwilson3s2k14 4 роки тому +4

    Anyone catch Diamond saying "The New games Animal" lol OUCH

    • @RoyStantz
      @RoyStantz 3 роки тому +2

      Kirk had all the on-screen charisma of an ice-cold Pot Noodle.

  • @LouisBee
    @LouisBee 6 місяців тому

    There is some irony to this whole Earthworm Jim developer conspiracy in that Dave Perry (the marketing manager) happens to share the same name as the original Earthworm Jim's lead developer in David Perry (of Shiny Entertainment).

  • @Synwolf1985
    @Synwolf1985 9 років тому +55

    "Greatest player, in Britain."
    Never heard of you.

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum 6 років тому +6

      He meant greatest in his own mind. Which is undoubtably true.

    • @urbanmidnight1
      @urbanmidnight1 6 років тому +6

      If you've never heard of Dave Perry do you even game ?

    • @RighteousBrother
      @RighteousBrother 3 роки тому

      Oh well if YOU haven't heard of him.....

  • @dynamicvoltage9765
    @dynamicvoltage9765 4 місяці тому +1

    I mean it was clearly a set up...the first guy had played it before and the second guy hand't. Nobody goes into those awkward controls the first time and gets that far.

  • @koopa42
    @koopa42 11 років тому +10

    Diamond is LEGEND!

    • @RoyStantz
      @RoyStantz 7 років тому

      That's right, because Dominik is the real twat here, not Dave.

    • @MrGenedancingmachine
      @MrGenedancingmachine 6 років тому

      @zar athustra
      LEGEND is what they said

    • @derrickcollider9841
      @derrickcollider9841 3 роки тому +4

      @@RoyStantz Dave. You honestly look like a massive twat by posting all these comments. No-one else could possibly love Dave Perry enough to stand up for him like you have done. I mean, 10/10 for effort and reputational hustling, but by now everyone knows it's you.

  • @BooNube
    @BooNube 8 років тому +12

    Another thing Dave - based on these 'cutesy Nintendo games' you deride, why were you so unspeakably shit at them that as the self-professed 'greatest games player in Britain', you couldn't last 15 seconds?

    • @BooNube
      @BooNube 8 років тому +4

      Deep Ghoul Witty!

    • @thesprawl2361
      @thesprawl2361 6 років тому +6

      Deep Ghoul Hello Dave!

    • @Pro_Skillz
      @Pro_Skillz 6 років тому

      Manlets. So bullied, so jelly, so hateful

    • @derrickcollider9841
      @derrickcollider9841 3 роки тому +2

      @@RoyStantz Dave Perry is back with his goto comment. 'Fuck You.' Fuck you right back Davie!

    • @derrickcollider9841
      @derrickcollider9841 3 роки тому +1

      @@thesprawl2361 See! It's clearly Dave all over these comments pulling his tiny pud.

  • @TiwazGoudsnor
    @TiwazGoudsnor 4 місяці тому

    He pulled the controller away. Like my wife trying to play a game.

  • @BoredOfThisSite
    @BoredOfThisSite 13 років тому +7

    I love this. Dave Perry is such a bellend.

  • @jekw23
    @jekw23 5 місяців тому +1

    Ever like Diamond but he handled that very well. Looks like he may have been enjoying it a little as well.

  • @exunderscorejai
    @exunderscorejai 7 років тому +2

    Awww poor Dave. I bet he wishes online gaming was a thing back then so he could say he'd been hacked.

  • @robjacks8306
    @robjacks8306 5 місяців тому

    Someone tweet Jezze ChatGPT's answer "The phrase "And on that bombshell" became famously associated with Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear in the UK. Clarkson used it frequently at the end of episodes to transition to the credits, often after a particularly humorous or shocking moment.
    However, Dominic Diamond used a similar phrase on Gamesmaster before Clarkson's use on Top Gear. Diamond would often conclude episodes of Gamesmaster by saying, "On that bombshell," which indicates that he used it first.
    So, Dominic Diamond on Gamesmaster was the first to use the phrase in a TV program, before Jeremy Clarkson popularised it on Top Gear."

  • @TomScholes
    @TomScholes 12 років тому +107

    1. Try to win/showoff by using shortcut
    2. Fail, miserably.
    3. Throw tantrum
    4. ???
    5. Profit

    • @VerdeAntico
      @VerdeAntico 4 роки тому +3

      hahahah don't lose your time here on youtube, go collect those underpants (8 years later)

    • @MrJimmyTide
      @MrJimmyTide 3 роки тому +10

      Was he trying to shortcut? He didn’t seem like he knew how to use the controller. I could see it going either way.

    • @AnthonyDark
      @AnthonyDark 6 місяців тому +6

      He wasn't trying the shortcut. He was holding back on the analog to go as slow as possible to last longer than the other guy did but he fell off. 😂

    • @james-he1op
      @james-he1op 4 місяці тому

      he was definetly going for that shortcut and failed

  • @David315842
    @David315842 8 років тому +4

    It wasn't Dominic who decides who wins or who losses, that would be the fault of the producer of anything, yet Dave Perry immediately stuck around Hewland for her sister programme; Games World on Sky One, clearly he wasn't that pissed off. :D

    • @CGoody564
      @CGoody564 8 років тому +2

      Jonny Ffinch produced season 3 and onwards. He was the one whom decided this after talking to Diamond about Dave trying to get answers to the quiz about fighting games since he had a book about beat-em ups coming out soon.

    • @David315842
      @David315842 8 років тому

      Cory Goodman And screwed him over with that Sonic question and deliberately tampered with the footage.

    • @CGoody564
      @CGoody564 8 років тому +2

      David315842 i was under the impression they threw in multiple questions to throw him off, like what's the name of the sequel to so and so, and kirk answers so and so 2... as for tampering footage, it's a tv show first and contest 2nd. i only say that because dave perry has since stated so. but yes, still ridiculous.

    • @David315842
      @David315842 8 років тому

      Cory Goodman My point being first and foremost that if he really was pissed off. He should have left Hewland Internatuonal, since Hewland was the one that likely screwed him over, but he stayed to be a co-commentator on the last series of Gamesworld on Sky One, meaning that he really wasn't that pissed off.

    • @CGoody564
      @CGoody564 8 років тому +1

      David315842 you are incorrect. hewland created the show; ffinch took over production season 3 on, meaning he had complete control. if anything, hewland did nothing but help him constantly

  • @alexkodr
    @alexkodr 5 місяців тому +1

    Billy Mitchell (The King of Kong) vibes

  • @partybwal
    @partybwal 12 років тому +4

    If he had newer played the game, how did he know about the shortcut? Why didn't he just play it safe?

  • @nickwalsalltown75
    @nickwalsalltown75 5 місяців тому +1

    Dom Diamond was a Diamond presenter. Acerbic wit and cheeky innuendos 😂 Leather trousers, a bandana and a strop on TV. What a great half hour he had 😂

  • @floydpinkerton7090
    @floydpinkerton7090 8 років тому +13

    Should've half-pressed the A button.

  • @pb5531
    @pb5531 5 місяців тому

    Dominic was always amazing. Handled it perfectly with that 🔔 end

  • @tominator4468
    @tominator4468 4 роки тому +2

    Pop Up Pirate got served.

  • @MsHojat
    @MsHojat Рік тому +1

    Kind of looked like he was doing a shortcut (unintentionally of course)
    edit: although apparently some people think it's intentional. I don't believe that _at all_ because it's likely he never played the game before, and even if he did, he would have been able to beat 20 seconds easily without doing that risky shortcut.