The Big Picture: Power Drain

[saintdane05]

Helloooooo, I'm the Nostalgia Bob, I remember it so you don't have to!

 

[marurder]

Where is that cheezeburger pic of the cat with "what has been seen cannot be unseen"

I need that about now...

The concept of the show was a good one, would work well on the internet. Not the 90's version, hell no.

 

[The Random One]

It's amazing how the first season was like the concentrated 80's and the second was like the concentrated 90's.

Maybe they believed the world would end in 1999 and wanted to save those decades for posterity.

 

[Urameshi13]

Somewhere, Mr. Rocco is watching this and is wondering "Where did Bob get all that footage?!"

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/cr/ff/13302-ff05

 

[octafish]

Heh. That kind of made ATARI Force look hip and happening...

...nah, ATARI Force were always hip and happening...

 

[daxterx2005]

"He's just a guy who plays basket ball well", I lost it XD

 

[likalaruku]

The thing I remember most about Captain N is Link.

The thing I remember most about Link is....

 

[Fishcactus]

Too. Much. NINETIES!

Sometimes I really thank God that I had CBBC when I was a kid. We had Get You Own Back, and Get You Own Back was the shit!

CBBC ftw! Ahhh...British children's television, how I missed you. I think someone down thread referenced Jungle Run too

OT: Did that guy just say "word"...and was totally serious about it?! Oh boy.
I actually kinda want to watch the 90's version of Video Power...they don't make 'em like that anymore.

Am I the only one who can't tell how this terrible cartoon is supposed to be any worse than the shitty 80s cartoons people on the internet inexplicably obsess about?

I don't get it either...if anything the worst ones should be remembered more, at least you can get some humour out of them, e.g. the Spiderman one

 

[octafish]

Heh. That kind of made ATARI Force look hip and happening...

...nah, ATARI Force were always hip and happening...

That poster reminds me of a 90's McDonalds commercial. Except there's no disabled person. And no one is begging to die.

Look in the top left corner, that is no poster, that is an early eighties ATARI console based comic series. I had a couple as a kid. Then they did a second series not long after, I remember having a couple of those as well. I remember it had this ad in it...

...wish I still had that ad...not so much the comic...

 

[Joriss]

Man I remember that cartoon, so wacky, I loved it! Good times...weird times, but good times!

 

[Tim Chuma]

The second series looks like it was inspired by this, as a lot of things were
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFsTr0kGAqU

I wish I still had the soundtrack to the first movie, I gave the cassette away to someone.

I also own the movie with a Cantonese soundtrack (they even do the end credits song in Cantonese).

Yes, there were quite a few video game shows in the 90s. I remember getting up early to watch them.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I find your lack of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm disturbing.

 

[anonymity88]

(It s the clothing that hurt the most)

Plaid never goes out of fashion!

 

[krellen]

Damn you, Bob. I had forgotten the game-show version of Video Power. Thanks a lot!

 

[Penguin_Factory]

This video is giving me painful flashbacks to how incredibly stupid the 90s were.

Then again we'll probably be looking back at a lot of current games the same way....

 

[emeraldrafael]

Im going to guess (for some reason) each episode didn't end with bigfoot running everything to solve the problems.

Though I guess its always refreshing to see bob get his hate of the 90s in whenever he can. Not that I agree, but at least some things dont change

 

[BehattedWanderer]

"It's about to get very 90's in here" is my new favorite warning phrase. That is a horrifically and hilariously dangerous warning.

 

[mykalwane]

Well done, and love your little nod at the end to Nostalgia Critic.

 

[kburns10]

God I miss Nick Arcade! If Nick ever came out with a DVD "Best Of" with their various gameshows on it, I'd buy it immediately. Imagine Nick Arcade, Legends of the Hidden Tempe, and Double Dare on one DVD..I might die from nostalgia overload.