PC Space Mission: Save the Idol!
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| PC Space Mission: Save the Idol! |
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| Licensor: Sega Enterprises[1] |
| Number of seasons: 1 |
| Number of episodes: 8 |
| Original airdate: 1983-10-26[1] — 1983-12-21 |
| Original channel(s): TBS[1] |
| Country of origin: Japan |
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PC Space Mission: Save the Idol! (パソコン宇宙大作戦・アイドルを救え!) was a Japanese video game television show which lasted for aired on TBS from October to December 1983. Sponsored by Sega Enterprises, it was a means of promoting the SC-3000, SG-1000, and Sega's various arcade games, as well as enhancing the image of the amusement industry as a whole.[1]
Show
| “ | This is probably the first TV program to feature PC games and a TV game console. It is a plan that meshes well between our company and the television network. | „ |
In the program, five contestants become "space warriors", overcome various home and arcade video game challenges (all developed by Sega Enterprises), and finally rescue an Japanese idol who is being held captive. Players who fail a challenge are eliminated from the show.[1]
Contestants participated in challenges such as "PC Fukuwarai", in which a new video game is created every week (comically featuring the digitized faces of the participating idols), an Old Maid type challenge named "Space Takonuki" (featuring an octopus as the Joker), or the fire-extinguishing game SC-3000 game Fire Alarm. With only two of the original five players remaining, the final contestants challenge each other to a game of Astron Belt (later changed to Star Blazer in December). The champion of this challenge goes on to play an unknown game titled Space Swing with the rescued idol. Winners received an international vacation and an SC-3000, while other contestants received an SG-1000. A few members of the audience, selected by lottery, were also awarded SG-1000s. Finally, at the conclusion of the show, all the show's contestants received products from sponsors Fujiya and Nissin Foods.[1]
Reportedly, additional challenges were available during the show's lifetime, with later episodes increasing the amount of arcade games on display (as the show had only launched with two arcade cabinets). It aired every Wednesday night on TBS from 7:30pm to 8:00pm. In the show's final week, Game Machine magazine reported the show would air for another three months. However, this never came to pass, with only eight episodes ever being produced.[1]
List of episodes
Magazine articles
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Promotional material
