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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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