They must get back out again before the 2:15 time-limit, or they don’t get to keep the key. To turn it on, there’s a smaller key attached to the large key which will power it up. The person going in also has a flashlight but it’s off. They can’t see anything (except for the first 15 seconds when they have a sparkler) and will have to be guided by teammates. One team member must go into the maze and find the key. That play symbol isn’t on the original, obviously.Ī computer representation of the labyrinth, which is very nice but very unlike the maze they’re about to enter.Ĭathy explains the game in voiceover form. The Cavaliers are sequestered in the tower, whilst The Untouchables go on to… the Dark Labyrinth. In case you didn’t know where Fort Boyard was, here’s a handy guide. That’s one for being the first up the mast, and one for being the first up the wall. Note the amount of flags adorning the fort.
Whilst The Untouchables were the first ones to get on top of the wall, Rico was the first one to actually grab the key. It’s a photo finish, and it’s been awarded to the Cavaliers! Getting to the top first also wins your team a bonus key. There are other keys on this wall, but they only count if you’re the first one up to the top. That is the signal for their teammate to climb the 40 ft mast and grab the key.Īll the keys in the show are giant foamy ones.Īnd when they’ve grabbed the key, a signal is sent for their teammate to start climbing the 80ft wall. When they’ve gone round, they can grab their team’s pennant. When both are on the jetski, they must race to the boat and lap it once. They are picked up by another team member on a jetski. Shame really.Įach team member has a role to play in this challenge.įirst leg, one of eah team deathslides from the top of the fort to the sea beneath. There’s no attempt at atmospherics here on the fort, this is a sports entertainment show pure and simple. It is a mish mash of various outward bound adventures on the fort. He had also become a star thanks to some appearences in American Gladiators previous.Įvent one is The Mission (each event is introduced with a shield graphic. The leader of The Cavaliers is Rico Costantino, a law enforcer at the time of filming, nowadays a top WWE wrestler. The team in flourescent purple are "The Untouchables", in the yellow, "The Cavaliers". Our two teams of four who have apprently "been in training for the last six weeks" are being told that there is "no escape". "This is the easiest challenge on Fort Boyard… I hope," says Chris to camera.įort Boyard has a perfectly good helipad, incidentally.Īpologies for the colour bleed. Although it appears that Cathy didn’t know this was going to happen.
Our two teams approaching the fort by speedboat. We don’t know why "Fort Boyard" is written in Masters of the Universe font either. The shieldy bit rises from the water which is quite a neat graphical effect. American Gladiators would have been on though. This is a good ten years before Fear Factor of course, to put it into some kind of context. There are 13 different challenges, the most demanding physical and psychological challenges ever attempted on television.
This is sportscaster Chris Berman and the actress Cathy Lee Crosby. Interestingly, although the show was filmed in 1991, it didn’t go out on ABC until March 1993 – we’ve always been a bit surprised by this.Īfter a quick montage of the show ahead, punctuated by a few horns, we are introduced to our hosts currently flying above the fort in a helicopter. Conquer Fort Boyard comes from Vin di Bona productions, the same stable that gave us Storm the Castle which we’ve covered in another feature.
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