Underplayed Gems

It's All in the Game

It's All in the Game poster
Country
Netherlands
Length
11 episodes
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two teams of high school students competed against each other by playing educational video games. Sometimes they used a home computer to make music or art. A celebrity guest and a quiz round were also part of the show.

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What happens

It's all in the game was a Dutch TV game show for students of the NCRV which ran from 1985 till 1988. The show centered on home computer games. Several of the games were developed by Radarsoft. In the show, two teams of high school students competed in different (educational) video games. The teams of high school students were accompanied by a Dutch celebrity guest. In some instances, contestants were made to use a home computer to create music, an animation or a drawing, which would then be judged on their quality by a jury panel. The show also contained a quiz, which did not involve any computer use. In 1987, the high school teams were replaced by teams consisting solely of celebrities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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