1 | * BileFascination: The high failure rate of the Video Challenges, evident since they make up the majority of the main game. |
2 | * ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Contestants usually chose the same games for Video Challenges, such as the first two ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' titles, ''VideoGame/KingOfTheMonsters'', ''Ghost Pilots'', ''[[VideoGame/RType Super R-Type]]'', ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]'' and ''VideoGame/ActRaiser''. This also applies to the teammates' wagers where bets were usually 10 or 15 points. |
3 | * GoodBadBugs: At least one winning team benefited from a brief delay between losing their last unit of power and the level resetting by grabbing the final orb during that interval. |
4 | * HilariousInHindsight: |
5 | ** The exact premise of the Video Challenges would be reproduced over two decades later in ''VideoGame/NESRemix''. The hilarious part is that the latter involves [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} the one company]] whose games were never on the show. |
6 | ** Melissa Joan Hart playing ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', as she would later play Sabrina Spellman in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', a series based on the Creator/ArchieComics [[ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch series of the same name]]. Furthermore, Archie Comics would create [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics a comic book series]] based on Sonic, and eventually crossed over both comics in a special issue. |
7 | * JustHereForGodzilla: Many ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fans have only watched the last four episodes of the show because they used a ''very'' early prototype of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', which wouldn't be released to the public until 2006. |
8 | * NintendoHard: The Video Zone. So many Game Overs, so many crushed dreams of children wanting to go to space camp. |
9 | * {{Scrub}}: Some of the players look like they had never touched a video game controller before. |
10 | * SpiritualLicensee: While the main game evokes ''Series/{{Starcade}}'', the bonus round has shades of ''Series/{{Knightmare}}''. |
11 | * SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' (1982-84), albeit with far less emphasis on playing video games and winning game-related prizes. |
12 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The Mikey's World locations used these, such as Mikey's Neighborhood using a spoof of the ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' theme and Creepyville using a knockoff of ''Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor'' by Music/JohannSebastianBach. |
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