Deadly Games: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

To take his mind off his divorce, antimatter physicist Gus Lloyd started programming an action video game where he was the hero, his ex-wife Lauren Ashborne was the sidekick, and his father Jordan Kenneth Lloyd was Sebastian Jackal, a satanic figure who wanted to destroy the world with an army of thugs based on the people who made Gus' life a living hell. The antimatter experiments Gus and his friend Peter Rucker were running went haywire, reading the game's villain file and sending them into the real world to act out their programming. Gus, Lauren, and Peter are then forced to play the game for real.

Series details

• Title: Deadly Games
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1995-09-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1996-01-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: UPN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 19295
• IMDb ID: tt0111937
• TVDB ID: 71197

Cast and credited roles

• Christopher Lloyd — Sebastian Jackal
• Stephen Kay — Peter Rucker
• James Calvert — Dr. Gus Lloyd
• Cynthia Gibb — Lauren Ashbourne

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1995-09-05; final listed air date 1996-01-09.

Source and licence

Adapted from Deadly Games on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.