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by mpalfrey 1283 days ago
I'd guess you might be thinking of the darts game that Playjam had. This was on Sky Digital rather than analogue Sky, so more like 1998-1999. From memory the old analogue system didn't have any interactive features.

I got addicted to that too, and Beehive Bedlam in 2001.

I love TV tech. The old Teletext / Ceefax product was pretty impressive for its time and some insane engineering. I spent a number of years writing software for the TV industry (both backend and STB software) as a result of playing about with this when I was younger.

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My brother was so disappointed at losing Beehive Bedlam when we switched from Sky to NTL in ~2002. I remember asking around for something similar and he subsequently was hooked on Bust-a-Move for about 2 years. Music still etched on my brain.

Fun times.