https://unwinnable.com/2011/09/22/we%e2%80%99ve-come-a-long-way-unwinnable-looks-back-at-video-power/ Stories about Culture Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://unwinnable.com/2011/09/22/we%e2%80%99ve-come-a-long-way-unwinnable-looks-back-at-video-power/#comment-71126 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:57:00 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=19311#comment-71126 Oh how I used to daydream about going through that maze. My mom would only let me buy one game per month when I was a kid, so the thought of grabbing all those prizes was amazing. Even at 9 years old, though, Johnny Arcade annoyed the heck out of me. I wasn’t too young to realize his character was just a corporate idea of “cool”.

]]> https://unwinnable.com/2011/09/22/we%e2%80%99ve-come-a-long-way-unwinnable-looks-back-at-video-power/#comment-17185 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:28:29 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=19311#comment-17185 Haha! Well, BeeTeeDee, remember this show did also go up against the DiC GI Joe cartoon in the New York Metropolitan Area. I remember having to choose between Johnny Arcade and Captain Grid Iron one September morning and I never looked back… at least until DiC ditched the jock strap for the new Duke action figure as the team leader. Then Video Power lost out.

]]> https://unwinnable.com/2011/09/22/we%e2%80%99ve-come-a-long-way-unwinnable-looks-back-at-video-power/#comment-17179 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:26:53 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=19311#comment-17179 How dare you insinuate that the Power Team was a lesser version of the Captain N crew! The Power Team had Tyrone from Arch Rivals! Did Captain N have a basketball player on board? Nuh-uh! Seriously though, Video Power had only one thing going for it: it was on weekday mornings, right before school. If it had to compete with the Saturday morning shows like Captain N and Gamepro TV with J.D. Roth, it would've been even more obscure (if that's possible).

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