Video Power - 2nd Season - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- "Video Power" debut on national TV in the early 1990s. "Video Power" was a TV show devoted to video games ( mainly NES games ) that went through a couple incarnations. The first season. The teenage wacko ( as I call him ) "Johnny Arcade" makes his grand appearance as he skateboards onto the Video Power show set - flicks on a power switch - and that's VIDEO POWER! Johnny then gives reviews on some game titles to watch out for and then its "The Power Team" which was primarily a cartoon show starring characters from Arcade / NES games by distributer Acclaim: (Kuros from Wizards & Warriors, Kwirk: The Chilled Tomato, Bigfoot Monster Truck, and a character from Archrivials. After the cartoon you'd get a couple more reviews and then its GAME OVER! This format went on for a season and then totally revamped the show into a full-fledged Game show. In season 2,"Johnny Arcade" (his real name was Stivi Pastoski) would dispense a couple of tips & tricks of NES games. Two contestants would compete against each other by answering NES game trivia. Then they'd advance to the weekly NES competition game.
In this clip, contestant Tom comes up on top as the Video Power Challenge Champion for playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II as the NES competition game of the week. As a result, Tom goes on a "Mall spree" where he suits up in a velcro vest w/ helmet to stick the prizes on. They brief him about about the obsticle course and the "secret game" which will reward him the GRAND PRIZE :)
I totally dug this version of the show back in the day as it got you glued to the TV to see what video games they got to take home for FREE :)
**I have many episodes of both seasons of Video Power ranging from fair, good, to poor visual / audio quality. In the future i'll put up some more clips. But this was one of my favorites because of the GRAND PRIZE :) **
Oh my god, I thought this was just a fragmant of my imagination! I loved this show.
I loved this show, I even went on it as a kid. The host was so cool, he was telling us to do anything we wanted just to not break the machines. I was like "Even poop our pants" and he was like "Sure if you have to go" I think he was being nice cause my mom told wrote a note to get me on the show. I pooped my pants in school one day and she convinced these guys to have me on the show to make me feel better. After the show the host told me he pooped his pants in school too. Nice guy.
Man, I remember the whole Velcro thing on this show! I always thought those kids were so lucky.
Goddamn, a Neo Geo in 1992 was the Cadillac of game consoles.
still is Cadillac of game consoles. in 2018 lol
I loved to watch this show when I was younger. It was especially great to see the power mall... I practically drooled seeing these kids running through these aisles just picking up games to take home XD. God I wished I was in their shoes, I may have had a dream of it once.
Man...I remember watching this with my brothers and sister, wishing I could be the kid running around collecting games.
I remember this show. Glad to see somebody preserved it. I always wondered why the kids never grabbed a Neo-Geo system that was so obviously there. I mean, that machine was $600 back then!
damn neo-geo was one of most expensive system. I still have the memory card that i took to the arcades. damn there was only 2 arcades that were there that worked on.
I miss american television when it was this entertaining this needs to come back
I remember this also. Back then video games were all over basic television. Game shows,reviews&tips (one of them had some surfer talking side kick/host) cartoons,etc
Wow, he won a Neo-Geo! I bet he was the only kid in his neighborhood with one of those. He better hope that was the package that had Fatal Fury in it.
this dude just carelessly tosses stuff away to break needlessly lol
Empty boxes
Promotional considerations sounds so much more awesome than commercials lol
One great video game game show back in the day.
I had forgotten about this show, only thing I remembered about it was the slide part. That's what always stuck with me.
This is back when high scores mattered.
And that velcro game was the best. I used to get so jealous as a kid.
And as for that NeoGeo he won, I hope he could afford the games. Those games used to cost a PS2 apiece, or something like that.
Thank you. Even though he was short lived in the original, he has been my favorite character. Not an Autobot, not an Decepticon, he is just Unicron lol.
I remember going to sears and asking about neogeo.
They said they don't sell cars. >_>
I TOTALLY watched this every morning before school!
I totally remember this episode just because of the kid who won a Neo Geo. I used to miss my bus to school all the time to catch the end of this show, so I would call my mom to tell her I was sick since I missed my bus :/
Thank u Grooveraider 4 uploading this. Just 4 the record, Tyrone is the character from Arch Rivals, and Max Force of NARC was on the team as well. Just passing it along.
Man I miss this game show !! This was tha best !!!! Good find !!!...
Hell no there ain't no more great shows such as this... I remember always having a pen and paper to write the codes down at the end of the show...We didn't have access to the internet for code's, we relied on johnny Arcade for the codes. LOL
man i used to love this show
I wanted a Super Nes so badly when this show came out. I sold my Gameboy and games and bought two SNES games because I was sure I was getting one for Christmas. I didn't get one until ONE YEAR later. I used to watch those kids getting free consoles and hate them!
Neo Geo. Awesome.
Crazy part is... That is the actual size of the Neo-Geo Box!!! I vaguely remember watching this as a kid... 20+ years ago, damn I feel old.
@IveGotNothinToSay - Why don't you people read the video description ??? It mentions the bad audio on this clip. You're lucky to even see anything at all.
it's like every 90's kid (me included) had a fucking seizure while trying to pick out a wardrobe. Look at that shit we use to wear. And the hair too... fuck!!!
***** LMFAO so true!
I loved this show when I was a kid, but I dug the first incarnation better. I liked getting tips and tricks and seeing the new stuff before it came out. The game show was okay, but I always felt like they should've had a clock that you knew how much time there was left. I didn't think they gave them enough time to look for games in the mall.
I remember a couple of kids who spent time looking for the secret prize and only got one or two games.
I remember the kid who won..he was ridiculous. He'd time himself at home.
Getting free games is always a plus!
I like how they slip in the whole "stay away from drugs & stay in school" bit at the end.
Wow, thank you for posting this. I could not remember what this show was called and have been looking for it.
Goddamn I want to go back in time, rush in there, and grab every single NES game on those shelves.
They don't make game shows this cool anymore.
Oh man! i was just thinking about this tv show!! i loved it when i was little.
Good god! The box for the NEO-GEO was almost as big as the kid!!
omg I remember this show!!! I used to think the kids were so dam lucky !
There was a lot of shows that had people play games for prizes. Video Power, Nick Arcade, Video and Arcade Top 10, the old Game Nation (before they had them playing demos).
funny you say that, my mom used to tell me that everytime I watched the show. she'd always say things like "i don't like that guy...he seems like he's on some kind of drugs or something"...good times
Bring this show back!!!
I will be posting highlights of both seasons of Video Power but first I may need to purchase another video capture card because the current one I have is malfunctioning and the company isn't being such good help. Hang in there - i'll be posting more Video Power clips sooner or later. I'm here for old school gaming reference :) So don't worry. As for sound quality - lets just say on some episodes I never knew such a medium like YT would exist.
they should do a remake of this
there are so many sick mullets in this video.
Now he has to convince his parents to buy those $250 AES carts.
Yo, that kid got a Neo Geo. I wonder if he ever managed to get any games for it. hehe. I remember this show growing up, both seasons. I remember one contestant got a GameBoy game as a consolation prize, and he told the host he didn't have a GameBoy. Dude told him to give it to a friend. On national tv. lol
I remember this show!!! Thanks!!
To think I was supposed to be the third contestant on this show. I remember when I walked into the studio and because of a misunderstanding I missed my chance to beat those guys in TMNT....smh 🤦...lol 😂
Holy shit. He wona a Neo Geo? Those ocsted $1000 back in the early 90's. Too bad I was only a few years old when this show was around though. Sucks to be born in the early 90's.
Oh I get it, this video is supposed to make you feel like a gamer whom almost went deaf and could barely hear.
It was an old show hosted by Alex Trebek. Think of it as the Memory Game, but with prizes instead, and a puzzle behind it. It's better to find clips since those are easier to explain.
wow if this show was still on today the prizes would be a ps3 and an iphone.
that would be sweet.
Be greatful you get to see anything at all :)
It sure was ...Nice Unicron icon btw :)
I would've came if I could run through that maze of glorius video game heave.
Wow! I didn't know the Hoff was on this LOL
I actually remember this when they showed it on TV.
Was that Hayden Christensen in the orange shirt at the beginning?
Unfortunately, this episode was originally taped with the volume kinda low. Oh well, everything can't be winners. Luckily you get to see anything at all! Too bad these episodes won't be put back on the air or released onto DVD.
i always thought the guy who played johnny was the guy from fullhouse that liked elvis
This was a real show...
Lucky kids...I wonder where all them are at now.
yeah me 2
ha aw mannn this show is badasssss
Aw, the early 90's...Sure there was some weird fashions, but most of it I consider awesome compared to the God damn "urban" trend nowadays were everyone tries to dress like a thug and be gansta...I think the 90's were an easier time for most people. This decade has pretty much been pure hell, plain and simple. Thanks for posting! Felt good to see this again!
Great nick btw, keep it that way.
During 01:50 the announcer reveals some promotional items given to the audience and considerations.
never seen this before i dont think, heard it from james nintendo nerd, james rolfe aka the angry video game nerd. thank you
Just took a shower this morning. :P
OH GAWD BATTLETOADS
I thought the same way when I heard this guy blabber shit! LOL!
Well unless that kid had a local domestic / import game store that rented out NEO GEO titles - he'd be shit out of luck! Those games costed as much as a console everytime! I wonder what he ended up doing to the system :)
Sorry about the volume. Unfortunately, it was taped that way on LP speed over a decade ago :(
But hey, its better than nothing :)
Ah, okay.
I'm with you, then.
and were all of johnny's jokes as bad as the "BRAND NEW CAR!" joke.
Having a game like TMNT 2 head to head is unfair since one guy can take all the points.
That’s kinda the point
i noticed that there were several eastpak bags in the mall, i'm guessing that each 1 had different games inside?
I'm pretty sure that the Angry Video Game Nerd will review this show.
Wow 'Johnny' is wearing the same outfit from the Me On Video Power video, filmed the same day?
Yeah, give the kid Terminator 2. He wasn't even old enough to see the movie since all 3 movies so far were rated R. Salvation will be as well. The only tame part of the Terminator franchise are the Sarah Connor Chronicles.
A user named ScottHall222 uploaded the full episode to this. It was fun when I was a kid, but I felt it could have been done better.
Man, I wish I had a Neo Geo D:
GetGlue has this as the video preview for the TMNT cartoon show on nick,
with the consolation prizes, they were always on those yellow and red circles correct?
and i know that each 1 did have several games inside, but i mean that each backpack did not have the exact same games correct?
and also, what was terry talking about when he said "he could go for $10,000 in cash and a trip to universal studios"?
i know the neo-geo was (obviously) but the camera, i don't recall that ever being offered.
dose were the days
The camcorder LP's grandfather.
I don't think they let you grab the game systems. You can only win those if you find the secret prize.
fuck i remember this awesome show, i was always excited to watch this show, i just dont know the schedule so i rarely catch this show
And to think nowadays you could fit all those games in a iPhone .
I guess these guys didn't live in a poor environment where the vol. nob was pushed into the TV.
So much funk xD
@4:12 how was anybody going to cram a bicycle down that tube?
omg!!!!!!!!11 american tv has sold out there arent any tv shows like this!
that featured in the early to mid 90's era
is that Nitro from American Gladiators as the host lol
lol Johnny was coked outta his mind!
oh. and @ 2:47 that game in the bottom left-hand corner, that was classic concentration was it not?
trey, this was that show that aired on KCOP-13, right?! HAHA! Man, I hated this show because I envied those lucky-ass kids who got to do the obstacle course and grab empty video game boxes and stick them to their bocies. To me...that was "a kid in a candy store" Video games were *my* candy! Even to this day, over 15 years later, I wish I could have just run that course at least once! and Grab empty video game boxes; trying oh so hard to choose the best games.
@IveGotNothinToSay - Well the joke gets old real quick after several others have repeated it.
@rmazing
Crank up your volume on your speakers. I had to turn it all the way up just to somewhat hear it.