Is there anywhere on the net the host the old video power episodes ? Or does anyone have them ripped on tape or DVD ?

I can't believe none of these still exist ???

try Youtube.com that has everything

I have tried youtube, lots of cool stuff but still none of these episodes :(. If anyone comes across them let me know.

I've been looking for Video Power, Captain N, and Nick Arcade episodes for a while now.  Captain N is about to be released on DVD.  As for the other two shows, they seem almost impossible to find anywhere.

Captain N = Feb 27th, not that I am counting.... :D
~~NGD

I used to watch Video Power after school. Johnny Arcade was the dude's name that hosted. The first season was like a one-room set and he introed the show, then skateboarded a yo big five feet to get over to his chair and TV and showed off some stuff. As I remember it was mostly Akklaim, LJN and related companies' stuff, never Capcom...never the good stuff :) Of course I was like 13 or 14 at the time so it's a little hazy :)

Then second season on they had a huge set and played video games like a quiz show and competed for prizes. There was even a lame shopping spree at the end, it's not as cool as it might sound. I think the final episodes they just started to do SNES stuff so that would definitely date it 89-92 or so.

Side note the guy who played the part of Johnny Arcade was Stivi Paskoski. I know because I sent a letter hoping there was some sort of fan club, and if not if I could start one :) This was pretty much what mattered to me at the time. On an extreme aside, I was watching old episodes of Law and Order about two months ago and thought the kid hacker in one episode looked crazy familiar, an IMDB told me it was indeed Johnny Arcade, hopelessly typecast as "lamely-cool computer dork..."

Yeah, I remember the show. It rocked!! Watched it everyday after school. I even drew a picture of Mario and sent it into the show, hoping that I might win a brand new NES game. - I'm still not sure if they got it or not  ;D

They should release these episodes on DVD

I was never a big fan of the first season but I watch the second "quiz show" season religiously. The only problem was where I lived they only showed it at 5:30am Mon - Fri.

I never saw any on the net but i stumbled upon some Zelda cartoons from way back. The quality ain't all to good but its sure funny to watch once more.

http://www.zeldauniverse.net/content/view/391/216/

Actually the Lengend of Zelda episodes are now on DVD:

http://www.dropshots.com/photos/49182/20070209/222709.jpg

..worth every cent, btw. Much better than the Super Mario Brothers Super Show in my opinion.

ThaDuke wrote on 10. Feb 2007 at 04:28:

..worth every cent, btw. Much better than the Super Mario Brothers Super Show in my opinion.

It's a good deal, I'll grant you...but I could watch Captain Lou Albano "do the Mario" all day. Again and again. I wonder how much he got paid that day.  ;D

dangevin wrote on 10. Feb 2007 at 13:01:

...but I could watch Captain Lou Albano "do the Mario" all day. Again and again.

as far as that goes...I'm not so sure about

I've got a couple bits of episodes on a VHS at my parents house... I remember watching that show a lot, with the NEO-GEO being the ultimate prize at the end of the maze mall dealy.

The only way you'll ever be able to properly get Video Power episodes on DVD is if the company itself sells them. It's impossible to get them from a third party, since selling episodes of game shows is illegal. That's why we'll never see Starcade and Nick Arcade episodes on DVD either. :(

FamicomJL wrote on 18. Feb 2007 at 18:17:

The only way you'll ever be able to properly get Video Power episodes on DVD is if the company itself sells them. It's impossible to get them from a third party, since selling episodes of game shows is illegal. That's why we'll never see Starcade and Nick Arcade episodes on DVD either. :(

There's a rather large "episode sharing" community out there.  If somebody has a digital copy, it will exist on DVD somewhere in pirated form.  Chances are it will have a label, interactive menus, bogus copyright notice, and other things to make it look official.  I had The Wizard on DVD 2 years before it was officially released.  I'm sure somebody has copies of Video Power and Nick Arcade, it's just a matter of finding them.

No, that's not what I meant. I meant official DVD releases in pristine quality. I know about the pirated DVD market. ;)