Nick Arcade

Nick Arcade is a game show that aired on the Nickelodeon television network in the United States from 1992 to 1993 airing originally during weekend afternoons. Re-runs continued to be shown from time to time. Two teams of contestants played two initial rounds, with the winner advancing to play against the "Video Game Wizard" of the day. All of the custom games used on Nick Arcade were implemented on Amiga computers.

Game play

Two teams would face off and play a series of games over a certain number of rounds in a competition to win the most points. The games available for play differed from round to round. Many of the video games shown were made specifically for the show. There was also a game in which the contestant stood in front of a green screen navigating through levels which were generated on the background. Nick Arcade is most known in the Sonic community for the Video Game Challenge segment in which a contestant was given a choice of five video games on stage to play. Both Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 were used in the challenge at one point.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic 2 arcade cabinet used in show.

The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 appearance on the show is notable as it featured a prototype version of the game with different background music and level structure. The prototype was highly coveted and eventually a prototype which was an almost exact match was found by drx.

The Sonic the Hedgehog 2 appearance is also notable as one of the contestants that play it is none other than Melissa Joan Hart who later went on to star in the ABC Television series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch".

External Links

• Sonic 2 Expert Challange On Youtube (Melissa Joan Hart)
• Sonic 2 Expert Challange On Youtube (Another contestant)