Download (game show)
| Download | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Directed by | Leo Flynn |
| Presented by | Scott McRae (2000-2001) Nathan Lloyd (2001-2002) Emily Jade O'Keefe (2002) |
| Narrated by | Bianca Dye (2000-2002) Miss Bytes (2002) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 257 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Bill Davidson |
| Producer | Tony Ryan |
| Production locations | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Camera setup | Steve Atkinson |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Production company | Becker Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 2000 – 2002 |
Download is an Australian children's game show aired on the Nine Network in 2000 until 2002, It hosted by Scott McRae in 2000-2001 and it replaced Now You See It, Nathan Lloyd in 2001-2002 and Emily Jade O'Keefe in 2002. The co-host is Miss Bytes (shown on TV in the studio).
Format
Round 1 & 2 (Small Screen Game)
Miss Bytes will introduce the first 2 players. The round works with choosing one category, the host will give one letter on the bottom of the screen, another letter will be at the top of the screen, a player gets it correctly gets 1 point and downloading the letter down and the player who got it right will take the answer correctly will get 4 points (in total 5 points). After a contestant says the answer at the top of the screen and then downloaded the letter that was on the top of the screen before and the contestant doesn't know the main answer, if this occurs a letter will be at the top of the screen for someone to guess it, downloading the letter and until someone guesses the main answer right. Sometimes when a letter is on the top of the screen, if 2 contestants do not press the buzzers in time or one contestant guesses the wrong answer/doesn't know and then the other contestant guesses the wrong answer/doesn't know, the host will give the answer and then download the letter and back at the top of the screen to attempt the correct answer. The player with 10 or more points will win that round and come back in Round 3. Round 2 is the same thing but with different players. The player with the least points will get prizes. The categories used were Screen Dreams, Planet Earth, Sounds, True Blue, Techno & Sweating It Out.
Round 3 (Big Screen Game)
The 2 players who acquired 10 points in the first two rounds play in this round. A contestant receives 1-5 points for unscrambling a word, depending on how many clues the contestants receive (5 points for one clue, 4 points for two clues, and so on). Once time is called, the contestants will play a 60-second lightning round, where the point values for each unscrambled word double (the maximum point value being ten points). The player with the most points at the end of the round wins the game and advances to the bonus round.
The highest recorded score was 94-4, recorded in October 2002 by 11-year-old Kavel Gounden of Kenmore South State School.
If both contestants are tied at the end of the round, one final word is given. The player who buzzes in with the correct answer wins the game.
Bonus Round
The player with most points will have a chance to win prizes. During Scott's run, before the bonus round game, the player had to choose one category. The round works with four lines, the letters are chosen, after the letters have chosen they will be in the screen and answer them. The way they answer the player will say for example: Line 1, Athens. During Scott's run, the way they answer the player will say for example: B, Godzilla. If the player doesn't know the clue to the answer, the player must say "Pass!" and come back to the clue later if there is enough time. The player had 40 seconds to figure it out. During Scott's run, the categories were Television & Movies, People & Places, Music, Australia, Technology & Sport.
Trivia
- The show was repeated in 2000-2001, 2003-2006 showing on the Nine Network.
- In 2003-2005, a couple of additional episodes (mostly when Lloyd and O'Keefe hosted the show) were broadcast on the Nine Network since the show ended in 2002.
- There was a website for the game show in 2000-2002. The website was closed down in 2003.
- The television screens in the studio were supplied by Fujitsu.
- The computer program, Eyecon, ran this game show hardware that consisted of the sound effects, buzzers, score displays, and graphical game output.
- The answers during the Bonus Round were not in order.
- When Scott left, there was no category selection in the Bonus Round before the actual Bonus Round game. As a result, the answers were all mixed up.
Links
1. Computer Gameshow. http://www.kidspuzzles.com.au/kids-puzzles-articles/2000/3/12/computer-gameshow/
2. Play Download Website (archived 16 August 2000). http://web.archive.org/web/20000816194209/http://www.playdownload.com.au/
3. Television Production Systems - Eyecon (archived 6 April 2003). http://web.archive.org/web/20030407010538/http://www.eyecon.com.au/television.htm