User:TheMisterFree/Free 4 All Video Archive

USA Network: June 27, 1994–November 4, 1994 (taped at Hollywood Center Studios)

Free 4 All was one of the last original games on USA before they stupidly eliminated their games in the fall of 1995 (and thus the beginning of USA's downfall), and it was bundled with the clever Eye Guess successor Quicksilver. However, it didn't last long at all, only getting six months before getting canned (Quicksilver outlasted it by a month).

Per Ron Maestri (host of Quicksilver), the show apparently didn't test well and had to be revamped at the last minute (the original intent was for the two shows to each tape five days of shows one day each {hell, their sets were across from each other in the same studio!}, but the trouble resulted in Quicksilver having to tape 10 shows a day instead). This may account for the somewhat bland, quiz bowl-esque format.

However, the legacy of the show lives on in a way-- specifically, the theme music was reused for a video game-- albeit in a MIDI-style form, as the game (The S Factor) is a fan-made Sonic the Hedgehog game. The theme is used as the main theme for the game, and can be heard in different forms during the menus, credits, and whenever you earn an extra life. (It's not the only recycled game show theme-- if you beat the game as Scourge, an evil, green-furred counterpart to Sonic, a MIDI-fied version of the opening cue from the 1986-87 Split Second will play.)

William Syndor's Quicksilver video archive can be found here.

LEGAL STUFF SO NOBODY SUES ME:  I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1994 Stone-Stanley Entertainment, USA Network and associated entities.
 * June 27, 1994 (Debut! John/Sherry/Jamie vs. Franshell/Michael/Lothell; has USA "The Remote Stops Here" ident, fee plugs missing {alternate copy, parts 1, 2 and 3; part of intro missing, but better quality overall, cuts off towards end of credits; second alternate copy, no intro and echoy-audio}
 * August 22, 1994 (Elisa/Phyllis/Don vs. Maureen/Bill/Leslie; has cut-off "Remote Stops Here" ident for Murder, She Wrote, and a Contestant Plug! {alternate copy, parts 1 and 2}
 * October 10?, 1994 (Rob/Genie/Mike vs. Scott/Rachel/Ramsey; partially cut-off intro, and most of fee plugs missing, but great quality!)
 * (Credits voiceover plugs the USA Tuesday Night Fights, with the focus on Tony Tubbs; research indicated he fought Williams Morris in Auburn Hills, MI on October 10, the only fight of his that year that fell within F4A 's time on USA.)