What the hell is wrong with Nick Arcade?

[mIRC]

I remember wanting Mo from GUTS really bad even before I had pubes. I don’t even want to rewatch episodes because in my mind she is still a goddess.

Does anyone remember how much Marc summers would wipe his hands on Double Dare? Pretty sure that dude had OCD or something.

[Return_of_Shiki]

Yep.

Marc Summers

During an interview with Dr. Eric Hollander on Biggers & Summers, Summers revealed that he has obsessive compulsive disorder. Summers went public about his condition on various television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Today Show. In 1999, Summers co-wrote a book with Hollander about his experience, called Everything in its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

[mIRC]

Oh wow, that explains everything. I swear every time that dude went back to the podium you could see him shuffling the clean his hands no matter what he did.

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[Satomiblood]

I remember wanting Mo from GUTS really bad even before I had pubes. I don’t even want to rewatch episodes because in my mind she is still a goddess.

Does anyone remember how much Marc summers would wipe his hands on Double Dare? Pretty sure that dude had OCD or something.

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[DeathReaper47]

hey hey hold on now, what in the blue hell… http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2661/hahastupidfade.jpg <—I hope he got teased relentlessly for being on national tv with that ridiculous fade. There’s NO kind of blend going on at all with that…get the hell outta here…dude got a “bald” high-top, looking like a cartoonist’s interpretation of a black kid in the 90s. I suppose there was 5 minutes back then where this looked cool, but [media=youtube]j8USgj3ZLZ8"[/media]…get the fuck outta here with that. I just can’t get over that fade…seriously, man…it’s like someone placed a black cake on his otherwise bald head. It’s shameful that this was in fact a “style” for a brief moment.

*I’m still laughing at that brick high-top fade cake-head lookin’ little chump…dude looks like he could be a mini-me version of one of the Dick Tracy villains.

Got damn I’m glad I wasn’t the only one cracking up at that shit. When the kid grew up, I hope he looked at his old pictures and was like “Holy SHIT that is wack as hell” and burned them all. Nigga looking like he stepped off the set for the live action Bebe’s Kids movie.

Don’t even tell me…wha…this little bitch forgot how to jump?! I think the show had to be scripted or something. There’s no way kids could truly be this bad. I remember the infamous episode with Sonic’s 1st level…but come on, man. There’s no way it could be real unless we’re talking about my old friend “Dumbass”.

Man, how could you be so fucking bad at SONIC!? Theres a D-pad and three buttons that all do the same thing. Holy balls I figured that out when I was four years old.

[TheSix]

What channel did Video Power come on in the states?

I never heard of it until this thread.

[DeathReaper47]

What channel did Video Power come on in the states?

I never heard of it until this thread.

Me neither. Fuck the what?

[Satomiblood]

It used to come on Fox really early in the morning.

[Syxx573]

The best part of the show was Phil Moore singing along to the theme song between segments

The grand prize was always a Neo Geo, the cadilac of home consoles at the time

I used to watch Video Power also

and Game Pro TV hosted by J.D. Roth!

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yeah… that’s the good stuff

[Forgiven]

I remember watching an older gameshow, that looked like something that came on in the early 80s. I remember “Burger Time” being played on the regular on that show.

[Wantonx]

That was that show where the kids ran around in velcro suits at the end attaching games to their body through an obstacle course. I can’t remember the name

[Forgiven]

It was “Starcade”

[Grog]

That was that show where the kids ran around in velcro suits at the end attaching games to their body through an obstacle course. I can’t remember the name

This is video power, and it’s linked right above…

[TheSix]

Starcade sucked. Hated when that shit was on.

But I’d watch it anyway because you could always count on Kenan and Kel to come on right after.

[matrix9280]

What channel did Video Power come on in the states?

I never heard of it until this thread.

Channel 9 New York. UPN or My Network now.

[Night]

Dang, back then in those video game shows and magazines, kids (and some grown men) actually took the time and effort to actually write a handwritten letter, stamp an envelope and send it in to them for questions or to submit tips, or even more extreme, actually set up a VHS camcorder and videotape themselves to ask the question or give a tip and mail it to them heh. The internet took all that away nooooooooooo!

[Wantonx]

I did that shit with mk4 lol

[KimuraLOX]

Dang, back then in those video game shows and magazines, kids (and some grown men) actually took the time and effort to actually write a handwritten letter, stamp an envelope and send it in to them for questions or to submit tips, or even more extreme, actually set up a VHS camcorder and videotape themselves to ask the question or give a tip and mail it to them heh. The internet took all that away nooooooooooo!

^Fuck is a stamp? e-mails all day son!

[Silver_Rain_007]

I remember Nick Arcade so fondly. I mean I was 7 or 8 when it was on, it was prime television for my age, especially being a video game nerd from the time I was born…

My adult self is so humiliated by my child self… that is all.

[Kuya]

Dear son,

I don’t care if you aren’t that good at video games (your SRK uncles and what, one or two aunts?) but please please don’t be dumb. Between Space Track and Office Hamburgers, I can almost guarantee that those kids are either dead or screwing up local politics. I am however pleased that you were dancing with 20+ year old girls at a wedding reception and only slightly disappointed your mom didn’t take pics.

Love,
Your Half Creator