Pizza Maniacs (U.S. Syndicated Interactive Game Show)

Pizza Maniacs is an American syndicated interactive game show based on the 1994 French game show Pizza Rollo.

 Pizza Rollo  was an interactive game show that aired on French channel Canal + around 1994, hosted by David Chevalier. It was aired from Monday to Friday, at 6.30 pm.

 Pizza Maniacs uses an original "video game" on screen, and child contestants would call live, and control the player character using the keys of their phones. Pizza Rollo was 3D-polygons, and was about pizza delivery people who would ride through a city with their bikes, avoiding obstacles. Contestants could choose between three different characters: Pizza Rollo, Pizza Rollette and Pizzo Lillo. The game was infamous for its difficulty: control was awkward as the child contestant had to use the keys from the phone to move the character, but there was also a slight delay due to the length of the connection to the TV station. Not only that, but players had to finish the level in less than 1 minute 30 seconds. Suffice to say, winners were rare.