(1989) Total Panic show on Nickelodeon - GameBoy Preview April 28, 2007
Sorry for the horrible quality of this video, the tape has been sitting in a box since 1989. The dropped frames (grey frames) are a result of my VCR, what you see is what you get. It’s still a great watch.
When I was 8 I attended the filming of the Nickelodeon TV show, “Total Panic” with hosts, Greg Lee (”Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego” and the voice of Mayor White on “Doug”) and Molly Scott.
This particular video segment I uploaded above was a video game preview/review of some of the hottest “Next Gen” consoles of the day, Turbo Graphx 16, Sega Genesis, Atari Linx, and the GameBoy. Andy Eddy from Video Games & Computer Entertainment Magazine was on to give us a first look at all of the newest handhelds and consoles.
I recently dug up the VHS tape I used to record the show off of the TV back when it aired in ‘89. I remember driving into NYC (from New Jersey) with all of my neighborhood friends, we thought we were so cool because we saw the GameBoy before anyone else in school. Everyone in my grade in school watched the show, so that Monday at school we were like celebrities.
At 5:00 in the video you’ll see me raising my hand, eagerly, to have a chance to play the Genesis:
There were some killer quotes during all that 1989 video game talk:
- “We can get a really long cord and play across town!”
- “In color? ohhh, wow!”
- “The graphics are like a painting”
- “They take an actual voice and record it then turn it into a computer program”
- “A modem is connection between two computer over a telephone.”
- “Arcade quality games, in your home!”
- “You’d both be able to play the baseball game across town, that would be wild!”
- “The name “Nintendo” is familiar to everybody who plays video games”
- “What do you like about the Genesis? The controller is lighter and the graphics are better”
- “The GameBoy actually has a built in headphone jack where you can listen in STEREO!”
The segment directly after this one (not in the video) they brought out animals that were from the Wild Safari at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ. They brought out a baby Llama and had people in the audience suggest names that they would officially name the Llama at the park. I had my hand raised the whole time and finally I got the hosts’ attention, I suggested “Spikey” and they voted and I won. So, if you see a 18 year old Llama at Six Flags say wut up.
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[...] Original post by hey_suburbia [...]
STEREO!
omg bananaman!
imagine in 20 years people will be laughing at us for thiking our silly old consoles like the Wii were the best ever
Heheh.
But imagine if we showed them a Wii, 360 or PS3. I think the kids would pass out!
they would be like OMG why do you have that …
we gots the new XBOX 20k!
it has graphics like real life not that crappy excuse of 3d rendering
WHAT A CONCEPT~!
Now this is the kinda stuff I like to see here.
SO EXCLUSIVE~! Exclusive stuff that you’d only find on WiiNintendo.
Hahah, look at kid Mickey. \:D/
// Roth
Wow is that old, and I SWEAR I see Phantasy Star 2 in that little demo of Sega Genesis.
lol i love the preselected random kid from the audience.
I like this one… It’s different.
Brilliant! What a stunning endorsment for the Genesis.
I was born that year. But I still did get a (see-through) Gameboy and played Pokemon Blue for hundreds of hours.
[...] Great video sent to me by the owner of WiiNintendo.com. Turns out he was one of the kids in the audience when this was taped. Really fun to see this thing. [...]
i love how you left the bananaman intro at the end, brings back so many memories. i remeber xmas ‘89 when i got my gameboy. happy happy times.
u must be a big nerd
>> u must be a big nerd
HUGE nerd. How bout’ you? You must be a really cool dude.
perfect!!
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