Pressure 1 was a short-lived game show

Game show

A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...

 targeted at teenagers and preteens. It aired in syndication for one season, from Fall 1999 to Spring 2000. The series replaced Click

Click (game show)

Click is an American television game show based around computers and the then-relatively novel medium of the Internet. The youth-oriented series was created by Merv Griffin and hosted by Ryan Seacrest....

, a computer-themed game created by Merv Griffin

Merv Griffin

Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show on Group W Broadcasting...

, and aired (as with Click) in an hour-long block with its parent show Peer Pressure

Peer Pressure (game show)

Peer Pressure was an American television game show where youths performed stunts and answered questions about moral dilemmas. The show aired in syndication from 1997-1998 in first-run , and was hosted by Nick Spano and Valarie Rae Miller.-Gameplay:Three youths, ages 12-17, competed in this game,...

(renamed Pressure 2).

Despite the title, Pressure 1 was the only show airing new episodes; Peer Pressure had only made one season (1997–1998), with the 1999-2000 season being the second time these episodes had been edited.

Gameplay

Unlike its parent show, Pressure 1 was based on general trivia. The only similarity between the two, aside from the contestants playing, was the shared theme song.

Pressure Cooker

After the end of general play, the two finalists would face off in a "lightning round" (known as the "Pressure Cooker") in which they had to answer five questions in 60 seconds. Whoever answered them in the fastest time, or whoever answered the most questions correctly, won the game. Both players received the same questions; the contestant playing second was sequestered in an isolation booth

Isolation booth

An isolation booth is a device used to prevent a person or people from seeing or hearing certain events. On game shows, the isolation booth might be used to prevent contestants from hearing the other player's answers , from hearing...

so that he could not hear the questions or answers.