The low down:
Classic Game Show hosted by Richard (Rocky Horror Picture Show) O’Brien and was shown on Channel 4 between 1990 and 1995.
The series was set in “The Crystal Maze”, which is set within four different “zones” set in various periods of time and space. Here is the overview of the zones:
Aztec, Futuristic, Industrial & Medieval:
A team of six contestants took part in a selection of games in order to win “time crystals”. Each crystal gave the team five seconds of time inside “The Crystal Dome”, the heart of the maze where the contestants take part in their final challenge.
THE GAMES (each lasted 2-3 minutes):
Physical game: These tested contestants strength and speed
Skill Game: Tested accuracy and dexterity
Mental Game: A test of brainpower, pure and simple
Mystery Game: A test of logic
What made these so great however was that the contestants invariable sucked at them. Very rarely were the people involved in this show normal human beings. No, they were a rather stupid cross-section of Lawyers, students, pilots (I wouldn’t be getting in that plane let me tell you) and what-not’s from all over Britain. Anyone who’s ever watched the show will know the immortal words ever player uttered when they entered a game:
“Where’s the Crystal?” – Why is that stupid I hear you ask? Well, because the location of the Crystal never had anything to do with the objective in the game. Never.
Here’s an example of a particularly stupid contestant:
Even More Stupid:
Amazingly, even more stupid!!!!:
So, what was it all building up to? It was building up to ‘THE CRYSTAL DOME!’. This was the final challenge. The contestants had to grab a hundred gold tokens, and if they did, they won amazing prizes. But mixed in with the gold tokens were silver ones, and every silver one collected took a point away from the gold ones. Very tricky indeed.
If you won, the prizes were immense. A day out Gliding, A day’s racing – the sky was the limit with these prizes. No money involved, just Glory.
Here is a winning team (a very rare thing on this show):
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