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'''Video Challenger''' ([[wikipedia:ja:ビデオチャレンジャー|ビデオチャレンジャー]]) was 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 ''[[wikipedia:Captain_Power_and_the_Soldiers_of_the_Future#Action_figures_.26_interactive_game|Captain Power]]''.
'''Video Challenger''' ([[wikipedia:ja:ビデオチャレンジャー|ビデオチャレンジャー]]) was 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 ''[[wikipedia:Captain_Power_and_the_Soldiers_of_the_Future#Action_figures_.26_interactive_game|Captain Power]]''.


The toy consisted of a [[wikipedia:light gun|light gun]] called the '''Challenge Blaster''' (チャレンジブラスター) that responded to signals from the television playing a [[wikipedia:VHS|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 consisted of a [[wikipedia:light gun|light gun]] called the [[Challenge Blaster]] that responded to signals from the television playing a [[wikipedia:VHS|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 episode #15) 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.
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 episode #15) 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 [[wikipedia:Irwin Toy|Irwin Toy]] and in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Bandai]].
Video Challenger was sold in [[Canada]] by [[wikipedia:Irwin Toy|Irwin Toy]] and in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Bandai]].
==Fiction==
===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] played a round of ''Video Challenger'' with a Challenge Blaster gun; the game consisted of shooting the [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. After his apparently impressive play, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] deflated Daniel's pride by pointing out that [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] programmed the game so that any shot would hit a target. Challenging Daniel's aim, Wheelie held out a ball as a target. Daniel shot and the ball fell... because Wheelie's arm became numb from Daniel's bad aim.
Later, when Daniel was held hostage by [[Curl]], the boy bit the kidnapper's arm and shot the Challenge Blaster at Curl and his comrades, distracting them and allowing [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] to use Battleship Maximus's defense systems to freeze the threat. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}
In another mission, before leaving for the [[Space Pirate Ship]], Highbrow upgraded Daniel's Challenge Blaster, upgrading it to shoot lethal rounds. It would soon be used on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] when both sides attempted to take the key to a store of [[proton energy]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}
Daniel played ''Video Challenger'' again, this time on a much smaller screen. Highbrow would again upgrade the Challenge Blaster when Daniel and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] sneaked onboard [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[transtector]] to save [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who had been kidnapped. The Challenge Blaster was used to turn off defensive screens to allow Chromedome to pass. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} It would again be used, this time on [[Weirdwolf]], who was planting bombs on Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}
Daniel and Wheelie played ''Video Challenger'' when Battleship Maximus was being repaired. This time, the game consisted of shooting the Decepticon [[Targetmaster]]s in alternate mode. {{Storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} Daniel would put his Challenge Blaster to offensive use again against the rock creatures at [[Daira]] when he was stranded there with [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}}


==Software==
==Software==

Revision as of 18:33, 10 August 2011

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Video Challenger (ビデオチャレンジャー) was 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 in episode #15) 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

Unreleased

These games were planned, but it isn't clear if they were ever released anywhere in the world or not.

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