Max Force's Lighter and Softer portrayal is somewhat justified as he's in the real world, where you can't get away with firing SMGs and rocket launchers everywhere without collateral damage. Real people don't respawn or have Extra Lives and easily renewable health.
In "Pull The Plug", Mister Big threatens to destroy the game cartridges that were the Heroes' only means of returning to their homeworlds, but Bigfoot attacks him anyway. Of course Bigfoot called his bluff: You can't destroy an NES cartridge!
Kuros' magic sword is explicitly Iron Sword, the ultimate weapon from the second Wizards and Warriors game. Since The Power Team takes place after that game, it means he's carrying an Infinity +1 Sword on into bonus content years before that was a thing. Especially with how the third game in the series does specifically invoke Bag of Spilling to make Kuros start from square one in a new game.
In "Video Virus", Mr. Big infects Johnny's console with a virus, and the Power Team start tripping all over each other in battle without Johnny directing them. This seems weird for a bunch of veteran heroes, but then you realize something: they're all the player's avatar in different video games. Of course they're useless without the player telling them what to do!
Inferred Holocaust: Mister Big's preferred method of disposing of hostages is to ditch them somewhere remote, usually with a comment about how he's completely sure they'll eventually find their way back to civilization. In "Train Game" he leaves a group of children out in the wilderness with no adult supervision (The adults had already been thrown off the train earlier).
