Video Power - Battletoads, Tuesday Episode (Part 2 of 2)

[@gunpei]

oh man, I used to dream about being on this show and sticking the video games to my body LOL

[@tarapurswani8359]

I didn't know what coke was back then, but I sure thought he was unusually high-energy! I was already nervous being on TV and Johny Arcade made me all the more jittery. Then again, we were crushing on him, which was maybe 10% reason for auditioning, the other 90% was our love of video games.

[@GARBAGEMANBRAD]

You ever ride the skateboard? Still have it?😆

[@tarapurswani8359]

@@GARBAGEMANBRAD Nah. I wasn't coordinated for that. I tried. I think gave it away.

[@c.bretmiller6148]

Oh my god, it's her!!! ...er... that is to say, it's you... I mean, you're her!!! That's awesome!!! I feel like I just met a celebrity! I mean, I never really aspired to be on any of the kid's game show's of our collective youth (hey, I was an introverted kid who thought the premise of going away to space camp, [which I always envisioned as being akin to military boot camp for some reason... like they would be preparing you to be a future astronaut or something of that ilk] for a week seemed utterly terrifying, but I digress...) but Video Power was one show that I genuinely would have loved to be on. I mean, the NEO GEO console was that system the one really rich kid that went to your school had, but this show gave kids a very real opportunity in which to procure one! I also always preferred this show to it's other video game gameshow brethren as it seemed like the contestants genuinely knew something about video games, as opposed to Nick Arcade, which seemed like the kids just showed up at Universal Studios Florida and their parents were like "hey, you wanna be on a game show?" Seriously though, mad props to you in particular, as it seemed like young lady gamers were especially few and far between back then! Anyway, very cool that you actually found the episode you were in and commented on it.

[@tarapurswani8359]

@@c.bretmiller6148 OMG haha! You are making my DAY! I check these comments every once in a while for nostalgia and I get a kick out people knowing it's me. Yes, I am so glad I found it because this memory was mostly lost to me. They gave me a VHS or maybe we taped it when it aired but where is it? I wonder who is behind this KZbin account anyway. Why did they gather these videos and post them?

[@damin9913]

@@tarapurswani8359 Tara we watch these shows cause we miss those days where everything was magical back in the 80s and 90s do you see the messed up generation we are in now we hate it so much cause all that fun stuff we had back then are tookin away from us or replaced with modern crap we never ask for and they still giving us crap we don't want everything in this time is so dead not fun anymore

[@tarapurswani8359]

I'm the "lady" contestant in the video. He kept calling me lady, which was sweet because I was obviously outnumbered by boys. Maybe they didn't get girls much. My best (girl) friend was on another episode and got second place.

[@Alucard24601]

Was Stivi that wild and crazy off camera?

[@Ultimatenightmarezer0]

That's pretty awesome. I'm actually jealous. I would've loved to go on that show as a kid.

[@damin9913]

Tara I was hoping you would win you so awsome how did you be come a contestant on that show?

[@tarapurswani8359]

@@damin9913 I was born and raised in Astoria Queens (New York City) where Kaufman Astoria Studios is located. It was literally five walking blocks away from me. They filmed many shows there including The Cosby Show, All in the Family, and Sesame Street. We had heard about auditions for Video Power and begged our parents to sign us up. It's a looong time ago, but I remember they us play a video game to see if we had basics skills and asked us a few questions like "do you watch the show/why do you want to be on this show/what's your favorite video game."

[@tarapurswani8359]

@@Alucard24601 I think that was his natural state.

[@Drambles77]

The guy in the Milk commercial is only a few degrees away from stalker.

[@blakestollman8080]

No he just banging her.

[@tarapurswani8359]

Milk. It does a body good 🙃

[@blakeborges6753]

My jaw dropped when I saw that commercial.

[@robertanderson2898]

I'm enjoying these commercials just as much as the show

[@Mundane05]

That girl had a face on her like "this guy reminds me of my uncle who my mom says is a "no good junkie", whatever THAT means"

[@tarapurswani8359]

Yo, you guys are cracking me up! I found this video a few years ago, but I never thought to read the comments.

[@prath000002]

wtf johnny arcade is off the wall even the contestants are looking at him like he is crazy....I bet the producers were telling him "cmon on johnny we need MORE energy or we are going to get stevie nintendo in to replace you"

[@ArcticGator]

cocaine man lol

[@damin9913]

I miss these video game shows

[@backfandango]

God i swear Johnny Arcade did a bunch of speed before tapings

[@marshalt]

Crazed Shiite? You'd never get away with that shit these days.

[@benmartinez681]

Nick rockin Jordan 6’s OG’s

[@tvpirate05]

Definitely 1991-92. Watched it every morning in 4th grade.

[@tarapurswani8359]

More like 1989/90. But I'm not sure. If it was 1992, I'd be 12 years old. I definitely don't look 12 there. My best friend was on the show in a different episode. I gotta ask her lol

[@danielorr6768]

They never go to the door! The secret prize is almost always on the door!

[@khyronbradford]

I can see white powder under Johnny Arcade’s nose.

[@joeszymanski3540]

That kind of energy doesn't come naturally😂

[@mutalix]

Johnny cool down man, all that coke gots you running on lvl 9999.

[@tarapurswani8359]

Haha! Yeah, we did lines before the show started. J/k. But I played Battletoads for weeks leading up to the taping.

[@EMSBallistics]

@@tarapurswani8359 So awesome 🙌 you are cemented in video game history haha. Such a good show!

[@PonPonWeii]

This is why G4 failed, they should have had gaming competition shows like this!

[@damightybenstein]

They had Arena, which was a gaming competition show.

[@revolutionoftheclassics3630]

Thats so dope That you can win a Neo Geo that game console was and is expensive but it is also a quality console.

[@Jimboy69]

I think the coolest thing about that show was they showed it was still cool to play older games. Like 1-2 years behind. Today, if the games is 6 month people just shit on it. I don't understand why they played 2 player battletoas. To assure victory you do a duel to the death. How cool is winning a neogeo. Heavy shredding socks so much it impossible.

[@alexsmith6914]

I died with his crazed shiite line at 6:30. 😂😂 Nick is that dude who went back to school that Monday and still got made fun of because he thought he was cool beating a girl.

[@bud9450]

Back in the day, sit through commercials to watch content. Today, skip content to watch the commercials.

[@FireBomberBassist]

The chick won Smash TV. Not bad.

[@johnissoevil]

I can confirm @tvpirate05 's answer, it was indeed 91-92. The season before was the Power Team cartoons.

[@tarapurswani8359]

Thanks for confirming, then I know I was 11 here ^^^

[@pakibukas]

the hosts are probably given 10 spoons of sugar for preps

[@mutalix]

Best type of sugar

[@TekMoliGy]

johnny arcade is cray cray

[@015Froggy]

Milk made me into a FAT KID..skim milk or whole milk???...HOW COME NOBODY TOLD ME??..fuckin MILK

[@mgloco88]

2:32 he is so violent lol.

[@charlieismyhero3000]

Johnny was coked out to the gills!

[@tarapurswani8359]

I just asked my best friend Lora, and she was in two episodes: Ninja Gaiden 2 (won) and Ninja Gaiden 3 (lost). I was cheering her on in the audience. Wish i could find those recordings. Please let me know if you see them.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

lmao you were so cute! 😂 It's so cool to see that a person of that time is around and ok. I watch videos from that era and often wonder "I wonder how that person turned out in life". And I finally can see that question answered once. I probably saw you on TV when I'd watch this in the mornings before school. I missed the bus so many times.

[@tarapurswani8359]

@@WaldoBagelTopper OMG Thank you. This is such as nice comment

[@fezzadork]

So... Johnny Arcade is Kirk Cameron's bizarro twin?

[@TraumaHound]

Clearly a Joey Lawrence twin

[@LeviDSmith]

Dragon Warrior II was a nice grab

[@aamorales8078]

Hi. I have been looking everywhere for episodes of the second season of Video Power. I'm trying to work on a petition to bring back the Season 2 series on TV, as well as on DVD, so, i'm just wondering if you have any full episodes, or if you can send me, via email, some full second season Video Power episodes?? Any info would be much appreciated. If you know anyone who has the season 2 shows in their archives, then that'll be helpful! Have a great day! Thanks!! :)

[@tarapurswani8359]

Maybe we can have a reunion where I play Battletoads for the first time in over 20 years

[@VirtualVernon]

I always know which song there playing, well which game its from.

[@Andres33AU]

Wow, what I would have done to have been on a show like this! :D What year is this from by the way? Am guessing somewhere in the late 80's?

[@tarapurswani8359]

I trying to remember how old I was when I was on the show --- judging by my scrunchi, maybe 9? In that case it would be 1989. OMG I'm 42 now!!!

[@Andres33AU]

@@tarapurswani8359 Oh wow, that's you in the clip? That would have been so much fun to be on the show! Also I realise that Battletoads came out in 1991 so I'm gonna guess '91. Yeah, I turned 36 this year, haha, time really does fly!

[@tarapurswani8359]

@@Andres33AU Oh good to know. So it can't be earlier than 1991? Hm, maybe I was 10 going on 11.

[@Andres33AU]

@@tarapurswani8359 Yeah, I did a quick little Google search and the other game mentioned as well was also from 1991 (Double Dragon II on the Gameboy). I was 5 in '91, but I didn't get a NES til '94, otherwise I would have remembered the release dates of the games, haha. In Australia in the mid-90s we got a similar show called A*mazing, and I always wanted to go on that show and win all the awesome prizes, lol.

[@tarapurswani8359]

@@Andres33AU Woukd you share a clip from that show if you ever find it? Thnx

[@jamesmoss3424]

Nick did excellent. 😀👍🎮

[@blakeborges6753]

Nick looked like he was sick of Johnny Arcade's bullshit and judging by his body language I would say he almost walked off the set.

[@tarapurswani8359]

@@blakeborges6753 For sure! I wonder where he is today. Does he know about this video post?

[@foxmccloud7055]

Johnny Arcade hasn't been using narcotics, by any chance?

[@blakeborges6753]

I think Johnny Arcade is just Rami Malek on Meth. I used to watch this show at my friend Eric's house before scuttling off to catch the bus to school every morning. We used to fantasize about what it would be like to be on this show with the ability to grab all those games for free. I think it's cool that Tara is here in these comments to tell us what it was really like. I really did not remember Johnny Arcade being so coked out and it's shocking to see a gameshow host be such a spazz. It gets so bad that you can see Nick at one point look like he's ready to walk off. Johnny Arcade is Stivi Paskoski.

[@tarapurswani8359]

Rami Malek on meth? Wow! You got an imagination but yeah I kinda see it! BTW I'm the girl in the video ; )

[@ShadowBlade79]

Get ready for a fight......like a crazed Shi'ite! LOL!!!!!

[@stevenolson9638]

At the end they where scaring a baby. Didnt they scare enough babies on this show?

[@damin9913]

11:09 I got that game still play it

[@oldironsides4107]

Don Slaughter

[@westingtyler1]

9:35. Racket Attack....by JAL-ih-CO.

[@bgeorgic]

toads are amphibians