I feel like you had to get up so early to watch this show when it was originally aired in metro Detroit (like 1991 or so), but it was so worth it when you did. It meant getting ready for school early, but that was ok too because it would get you psyched to play Nintendo and you would have like 15 extra minutes to play before the bus.
Video Power had two hosts; the sleazy lookin older guy, who you could always tell had no idea what the hell was going on, and a young guy called Johnny Arcade. He was the epitome of how most companies portrayed gamers at the time: a rad wise cracking surfer type kid. I thought he was fucking awesome at the time, but he really is obnoxious in hind sight. That's ok, he gave the weekly "Video Power Edge", a segment with tips, passwords, secrets, etc. You would sit there with a pencil and piece of paper, trying to write some super long level code before a commercial break.
Kids would face off, competing for high scores on several classic games from the time like TMNT, Mega Man, Rad Racer, Battletoads...Not those dumb fake virtual games like the ones in Nick Arcade. Whoever was the final champion got awarded a chance to run through a gauntlet of video games that they would stick to a velcro vest. Eventually they would go down a slide and check out all the gear they won, the part that made me and every other kid go fucking crazy with envy. What a genius concept for a show. If you have downloaded or taped episodes we need to talk.
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