Young Telegraph (newspaper supplement)

[dafyd]

Many moons ago (probably going back at least 10 years) the Daily Telegraph published a kids' supplement every Saturday called Young Telegraph. On the back page of every issue was a cartoon about a boy who invented things (I think). Now, they made a computer game of this comic strip - in which you had to travel through various levels in various times in history.

Can anyone remember the name of the comic strip or the computer game? I used to have it, but it was probably given away years ago - and I have a sudden craving to rediscover it!

[moo]

Wow! i used to read that!! it wasnt that long ago..... iv got the t shirt of that guy! ummm.... name.... something like gadget boy isnt it?? something a lot like that. sorry cant help - just wanted 2 say i knew who u were talking about!!

[Andy008]

Mad Gadget. It was about a kid who every week designed a new fantastical gadget. I can't remember there being an element of time travel in it though.

[dafyd]

Ah, thank you, Andy008 - Mad Gadget it is. There's a sample of it here.

Maybe the computer game wasn't about him - but I'm sure it was.

[owen2kuk]

Yes it was Mad Gadget, and there was a pc game released where he travelled through time collecting power crystals for his time machine. I think the game may have been called Mad Gadget: Lost in Time. He visited the dinosaurs, egypt, ancient greece, vikings, medieval, industrial, 1920s, the moon and rainforest in the future i think. Had the same urge to revisit it, but unfortunately I think it too may have become lost in time