What is "knightmare"

Knightmare is a British television programme for children and was broadcast on CITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. An adventure game show, Knightmare involves a team of four children—one taking the role of the sightless dungeoneer, and the remaining three acting as their guide—traversing a medieval environment as they attempt to complete a quest and exit the dungeon, using their wits to overcome puzzles, obstacles and the unusual characters they meet along the journey.

The show is most noted for its use of blue screen chroma key (an idea borrowed by Tim Child from weather forecasts, where it had just started to be used) and use of ' virtual reality' interactive gameplay on television. Broadcast to high viewing figures throughout its original run, it has garnered a cult status amongst its fans since its final television episode in 1994. It was revived for a one off special by YouTube in August 2013.

Knightmare, known in Japan as , is a 1986 MSX vertical scrolling shooter computer game. The player is a knight, Popolon, who has to fight his way through several levels to defeat Hudnos and rescue Aphrodite.

Knightmare was an innovative upward-scrolling shoot 'em up game on the MSX system released as game cartridge. The top-view graphics were considered very sophisticated for its time, similar to other MSX games such as Nemesis and Penguin Adventure.

Konami also released a slightly altered version that could be bought from LINKS network. (Japanese "internet replacement" of the 80's) In this version you could submit high scores to online server.

Knightmare is a computer game released by Activision in 1987 for various 8 and 16-bit computer formats. including ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Atari ST. It was written by Mev Dinc, J.P. Dean, E.M. Dean and Nick Cooke, and is based on the Anglia Television show Knightmare.

Knightmare was the first of two licensed games based on the show. Four years later, Mindscape would release an entirely different game (also called Knightmare) for the ST and Amiga formats only.

Knightmare may refer to:

• Knightmare, a television programme on air from 1987 until 1994
  • Knightmare (1987 video game), based on the television programme
  • Knightmare (1991 video game), based on the television programme
• A knight's mare (horse)
• Knightmare (1986 video game), known in Japan as Majyo Densetsu
• Knightmare Frame, mechas in the 2006-07 anime series Code Geass
• Knightmare Chess, a commercial chess variant
• Knightmare (Band), a heavy metal band from Australia.

Knightmare is a computer game on the Amiga and Atari ST computer systems. It was released in 1991 by Mindscape International Ltd.. The game was written by Tony Crowther. It is based on the Anglia Television TV show Knightmare.

This was the second of two games based on the show, following an earlier (and different) game- also known as Knightmare- released four years previously by Activision.

Knightmare is a Schwarzkopf/Zierer custom roller coaster that is SBNO (standing but not operating) at the now defunct Camelot Theme Park in Chorley, Lancashire, UK.

It was originally built in 1987 for a theme park in Kobe, Japan called 'Portopialand' (Now Defunct) under the name 'BMRX'/'Bavarian Mountain Railroad' and was originally a dark indoor ride with a huge mountain themed structure surrounding it.

After Portopialand closed in 2005, the roller coaster was dismantled and shipped over to the UK, after Camelot Theme Park successfully acquired it, it cost the theme park £3 million to build the roller coaster. The track and trains arrived at Camelot in late 2006 without the mountain structure that was originally surrounding it. In early 2007, the construction of the ride began at Camelot, with the ride finally opening to the public in the summer of 2007 as 'Knightmare'.

The ride originally featured five different coloured trains. But when the rollercoaster was relaunched at Camelot, the park chose to refurbish three of the five trains. Some of the steam train theming was removed (such as the funnel and headlights) from the front of the train. The three trains were painted differently with one being partly maroon, one partly purple and the other partly green. The other two trains were no longer used after the relaunch, it is unknown what happened to them. Each train had a capacity of 14 persons, and the ride had a minimum height restriction of 1.3 metres.

The ride takes the train up in a semi-spiral chain lift, up to its tallest point at 80 feet tall, then it then drops the train into an overbanked turn. The ride then takes you through various sharp turns, multiple helixes and a near vertical bend (nicknamed "the psycho drop") halfway through the ride where you experience almost 5G, reaching speeds of about 40 mph. Knightmare was arguably one of the most intense rollercoasters in the UK.

It was located and still stands in the 'Land of the Brave' area of the park, situated on the former sites of Camelot's long defunct flagship roller coasters (The Tower of Terror and The Gauntlet); it was also next to the site of the Excalibur 2 ride. Knightmare was a unique rollercoaster, as it is one of only three of its kind in the world- Jetline at Gröna Lund (clone) and Lisebergbanan at Liseberg (custom layout).

After having much trouble with low visitor numbers and low incomes, The Story Group and Knights Leisure Limited announced that they were permanently closing Camelot Theme Park in November 2012, after 29 years of being open to the public. The rollercoaster still remains standing within the abandoned park, but is now protected by security to keep trespassers out.