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[[Image:VideoChallenger.jpg|right|thumb|Half as fun as | [[Image:VideoChallenger.jpg|right|thumb|Half as fun as {{w|Lazer Tag}}!]] | ||
[[Image:VCCanada.jpg|right|thumb|Canadian packaging]] | [[Image:VCCanada.jpg|right|thumb|Canadian packaging]] | ||
[[Image:GalvyChallenger.gif|right|thumb|250px|Seizure | [[Image:GalvyChallenger.gif|right|thumb|250px|Seizure warning!]] | ||
'''Video Challenger''' ( | '''Video Challenger''' ({{w|lang=ja|ビデオチャレンジャー|ビデオチャレンジャー}}) is an interactive television toy created by Select Merchandise and distributed in Japan in 1987 by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]. Toy-Television interaction was supposed to be the next big thing in [[To sell toys|toy marketing]] and [[Mattel]] had a similar TV-Toy in North America at the same time called ''{{w|Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future#Action figures and interactive game|Captain Power}}''. | ||
The toy consisted of a | The toy consisted of a {{w|light gun}} called the [[Challenge Blaster]] that responded to signals from the television playing a {{w|VHS}} tape. The more the player fired at appropriate targets on the screen, the more points the Challenge Blaster would rack up. The more times the sensor on the toy got "hit," the more points the gun would lose. Since the "game" was only a VHS tape, the missions played out the same way all the time. | ||
The toy was cross-marketed into the anime ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' in which children could fire at the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] in the [[title sequence]] (starting in | The toy was cross-marketed into the anime ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' in which children could fire at the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] in the [[title sequence]] (starting with "[[Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger]]") and score points in selected episodes. [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] himself carries a Challenge Blaster in the anime and is sometimes seen playing the game. | ||
Video Challenger was sold in [[Canada]] by | Video Challenger was sold in [[Canada]] by {{w|Irwin Toy}} and in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Bandai]]. | ||
==Software== | ==Software== | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMiSxNpY6CU Space] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T3fS7KzEMY Challenge] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMiSxNpY6CU Space] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T3fS7KzEMY Challenge] | ||
* | *{{w|Cobra Command (1984 video game)|Cobra Command}} | ||
* | *{{w|Road Blaster}} | ||
*[[Godzilla]] Challenge 1 & 2 | *[[Godzilla]] Challenge 1 & 2 | ||
*Sky Wars | *Sky Wars | ||
* | *{{w|After Burner}} | ||
*[[ | *[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Turtle]] Challenge (UK) | ||
===Unreleased=== | ===Unreleased=== | ||
These games were planned, but it isn't clear if they were ever released anywhere in the world or not. | These games were planned, but it isn't clear if they were ever released anywhere in the world or not. | ||
* | *{{w|Astron Belt}} | ||
*[http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/gr.asp Galaxy Ranger] | *[http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/gr.asp Galaxy Ranger] | ||
* | *{{w|Badlands (laserdisc video game)|Badlands}} | ||
*[http://www.atarihq.com/coinops/laser/albegas.html Albegas] | *[http://www.atarihq.com/coinops/laser/albegas.html Albegas] | ||
* | *{{w|Space Battleship Yamato}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:The Headmasters]] | [[Category:The Headmasters]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Generation 1 video games]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:54, 21 May 2024
Video Challenger (ビデオチャレンジャー) is an interactive television toy created by Select Merchandise and distributed in Japan in 1987 by Takara. Toy-Television interaction was supposed to be the next big thing in toy marketing and Mattel had a similar TV-Toy in North America at the same time called Captain Power.
The toy consisted of a light gun called the Challenge Blaster that responded to signals from the television playing a VHS tape. The more the player fired at appropriate targets on the screen, the more points the Challenge Blaster would rack up. The more times the sensor on the toy got "hit," the more points the gun would lose. Since the "game" was only a VHS tape, the missions played out the same way all the time.
The toy was cross-marketed into the anime The Headmasters in which children could fire at the Decepticons in the title sequence (starting with "Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger") and score points in selected episodes. Daniel himself carries a Challenge Blaster in the anime and is sometimes seen playing the game.
Video Challenger was sold in Canada by Irwin Toy and in the United Kingdom by Bandai.
Software
[edit]- Space Challenge
- Cobra Command
- Road Blaster
- Godzilla Challenge 1 & 2
- Sky Wars
- After Burner
- Turtle Challenge (UK)
Unreleased
[edit]These games were planned, but it isn't clear if they were ever released anywhere in the world or not.
