The Video Zone was actually a live-action video game with three levels. Using a video monitor to see themselves, the contestants would be backstage, climbing ladders, throwing "snowballs", and using a boat in front of a bluescreen attempting to achieve previously explained goals (which was always to obtain three objects) for each level of the game.
As in a traditional video game, players could be "damaged" by hazards and enemy characters. If they lost all of their power (five units, as shown by an on-screen gauge), they would have to start the stage over and repeat its objectives until successful (a couple of season 1 episodes had a message that said "Try again! Press "Start" to continue"). In addition, each level contained a 'power-up' that appeared periodically that, when touched, gave the player an added advantage in that level—destroying all onscreen enemies, freezing enemies for 5 seconds (rendering them harmless), restoring the team's power meter to maximum, etc.
The team had 60 seconds to clear all 3 levels (Phil refer to it as 1 minute although the on-screen in the top-right of the screen displays 60 seconds). Each item touched won the team $50 to split, and each level cleared won a prize of increasing value. Successfully beating the Game Wizard in the final level won the grand prize, which was usually a vacation. If time ran out before the team completed the game, a "laugh"-like sound played, the screen faded to red, and "GAME OVER" appeared on the screen.
Level 1[]
- Jungle Fever: A jungle setting where the player climbed palm trees to obtain three bunches of bananas at the top while avoiding coconut-throwing monkeys, as well as toucans, piranhas (seen once the player was above the waterfall) and snakes. The player could go behind the waterfall, or touch a golden idol to cause a rope to appear to help cross the waterfall safely.
- Alien Moonbase: An intergalactic mechanical building where the player had to turn off three anti-matter reactors, while trying to avoid steam vents, insectoids and laser bots. Turning off the main computer would immobilize all enemies and hazards, rendering them harmless for five seconds, and would also activate a "light bridge", which made the second set of reactors easier to reach.
Season 1 Only[]
- Ancient Tomb: A Mayan temple where the player had to grab three coins on both levels while trying to avoid bats, a statue's hammer, arrows shot from the ground, fireballs, and a mummy. Touching a beam of sunlight eradicated all enemies and unlocked all doors, revealing the hidden coins.
Season 2 Only[]
- Monsters on the Loose: A city besieged by alien UFOs, where now the giant player had to rescue three humans from being abducted by the UFOs, while avoiding monsters such as a giant laser-firing eyeball, a slimy earth-burrowing creature, and a monstrous cockroach. Touching a power rod released cosmic radiation, destroying all enemies and thus leaving the player unhindered for a few seconds.
- Haunted Museum: A haunted mansion scene, where the player was required to pick up three statue busts hidden inside moving bookcases, while avoiding monsters such as a gargoyle, grasping tentacles, a vampire, and a crawling disembodied hand. Pulling back a curtain bathed the room in sunlight, destroying all enemies and thus leaving the player unhindered for a few seconds.
Level 2[]
- Mind Maze: A Mayan room gauntlet where the player had to collect three coins while dodging fireballs, spears, and electrified floor tiles. If the player touched a "Power" tile, s/he was granted immunity to all damage for a few seconds.
- Food Frenzy: A school lunch room setting where a food fight was taking place. The player had to grab three textbooks scattered on the floor, while avoiding flying food (such as pies, tomatoes and (YUCK!) pudding) and the gym coach. Opening a locker with stinky gym shoes stopped the chaos for five seconds.
- Cliffhanger: Taking place on a cliff with a network of caves, the player had to clear the cave openings to find three coins while avoiding rock slides, snakes, vultures and giant lizards. Touching a TNT device blasted open the cave openings, thus revealing all the coins.
- Nile River Raft: The player, floating on a fast-moving Egyptian river with a wooden raft, had to grab three gems while avoiding flies, alligators, rats, vultures and a mummy. Touching the legendary "Eye of the Pharaoh" diamond restored full power.
Season 1 Only[]
- Runaway Rail Car: The player traveled on a railway car through a Wild West town and abandoned mines; he or she had to obtain three coins while avoiding vultures, hanging timbers, cactuses, tumbleweeds and rats. If the player touched a green "luck stone," he or she regained full power.
Season 2 Only[]
- Sub Search: An ocean scene with the player in a waverunner; the player had to collect three treasure chests while avoiding dangers such as sharks, eels, giant lobsters, explosive mines and squids. Touching a solar fuel cell, however, restored all power.
- Enchanted Flight: A magic carpet scene, where the player had to grab three rings while avoiding swordsmen, gate traps, cobras, a royal guard, a baby dragon, guard dogs, and a genie that shot lightning bolts (the same Djinni from the Forgotten Desert in Mikey's World). Touching a magic lamp restored the player's health.
- Snow Slingers: An arctic scene where the player had to hit three elves with snowballs while dodging those of the elves. The player also had to avoid skiing foxes, and hitting an ice-skating polar bear by mistake. Hitting a snowman made it play a song that forced the elves to stop attacking and dance in place for five seconds, making them much easier to hit.
Level 3[]
Both players, sharing one energy gauge, teamed up for the last level, which was a face-off against one of three wizard-typed villains that rotated throughout the show's run.
The three Game Wizards were: Merlock, Scorchia and Mongo.
To defeat them, the players had to touch three orbs before time expired, while trying to avoid one of the Game Wizards and the projectiles he or she was throwing, the ghostly creatures flying around the room, and the beams of lightning, fire, or energy (depending on who the Wizard was) that erupted from the ground. If either player touched a spinning hourglass that randomly appeared, all enemies and hazards would be immobilized and rendered harmless for five seconds.
Upon the Wizard's defeat (if the players succeeded), depending on who the players faced, the wizard would disappear in some way. After that, the message "You did it! You beat the game." would then flash across the screen.
In Season 1, the Wizards had nearly identical rooms (with only different color schemes depending on the Wizard). In Season 2, each Wizard was given a more unique room to better fit his/her theme, but the mechanics were the same as before.
Stats/Prizes[]
Ep. | Zone 1 | Prize | Time | Zone 2 | Prize | Time | Wizard | Prize | Time/Orbs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
101 | Alien Moon Base | Singalodeon | 39 | Runaway Rail Car | Encyclopedias | 1 Coin | Merlock | Universal Studios | N/A |
102 | Gibson Guitar | 39 | Eureka Camping Gear | 12 | 3 | ||||
103 | Dahon Bike | 38 | Eureka Camping Gear | 2 Coins | N/A | ||||
104 | Vivitar Camera | 37 | Nile River Raft | Encyclopedias | 1 Gem | Scorchia | |||
105 | Casio Keyboard | 35 | Gold Bikes | 6 | 1 Orb | ||||
106 | Konica Camera | 37 | Encyclopedias | 1 Coin | N/A | ||||
107 | Jungle Fever | Singalodeon | 44 | Food Frenzy | 19 Inch Color TV | 1 Book | |||
108 | Basketball System | 47 | Zenith VCR | 36 | 2 Orbs | ||||
109 | 44 | 19 Inch Color TV | 35 | Apple Macintosh Classic | 2 Orbs | ||||
110 | Diamond Tent | 44 | Encyclopedias | 34 | Universal Studios | 2 Orbs | |||
111 | 27 | Runaway Rail Car | 19 Inch Color TV | 2 | Mongo | Apple Macintosh Classic | N/A | ||
112 | Vivitar Camera | 49 | Table Tennis Table | 24 | Zenith Camcorder | 3 | |||
113 | Basketball System | 51 | Encyclopedias | 30 | Universal Studios | 1 Orb | |||
114 | Singalodeon | 50 | Table Tennis Table | 31 | Zenith Camcorder | 2 Orbs | |||
115 | Alien Moon Base | Ricoh Camera | 48 | Mind Maze | Dahon Bike | 36 | Scorchia | Jamaica | 16 |
116 | Singing Machine | 17 | Table Tennis Table | 2 Coins | Apple Macintosh Classic | N/A | |||
117 | Ricoh Camera | Shutout
$100 |
Encyclopedias | N/A | Jamaica | ||||
118 | Diamond Tent | 42 | Zenith VCR | Buzzer | Universal Studios | ||||
119 | Coleman | 46 | Food Frenzy | Table Tennis Table | Buzzer | Mongo | Zenith Camcorder | ||
120 | Basketball System | 45 | Zoomtec Camera | 33 | Universal Studios | 22 | |||
121 | Gibson Guitar | 37 | Table Tennis Table | 26 | Apple Macintosh Classic | 2 Orbs | |||
122 | Schwinn Bikes | 44 | Zoomtec Camera | 35 | Universal Studios | 12 | |||
123 | Jungle Fever | Basketball System | 49 | Cliffhanger | Amiga 500 | 2 Coins | Scorchia | N/A | |
124 | Schwinn Bikes | 50 | 30 | 10 | |||||
125 | Coleman | 52 | 38 | 17 | |||||
126 | Magna Bikes | 47 | 2 Coins | N/A | |||||
127 | Ancient Tomb | Chinon Camera | Shutout
$100 |
Nile River Raft | Coleman | N/A | Merlock | ||
128 | Coleman | 42 | Table Tennis Table | 15 | Apple Macintosh Classic | 1 Orb | |||
129 | 5 | Encyclopedias | N/A | Universal Studios | N/A | ||||
130 | Schwinn Bikes | 41 | Table Tennis Table | 17 | Apple Macintosh Classic | Buzzer | |||
131 | Jungle Fever | Schwinn Bikes | 32 | Encyclopedias | 2 Gems | Mongo | Universal Studios | N/A | |
132 | Ricoh Camera | 45 | Amiga 500 | 19 | Jamaica | 2 Orbs | |||
133 | Basketball System | 51 | Encyclopedias | 26 | Universal Studios | 2 Orbs | |||
134 | Singing Machine | 48 | Amiga 500 | 24 | 2 | ||||
135 | Ancient Tomb | Epiphone Guitar | 33 | Runaway Rail Car | Amiga 500 | 2 Coins | N/A | ||
136 | Schwinn Bikes | 44 | Encyclopedias | 23 | 6 | ||||
137 | Ricoh Camera | 44 | Amiga 500 | 24 | 7 | ||||
138 | Schwinn Bikes | 44 | 20 | Zenith Camcorder | 2 Orbs | ||||
139 | 44 | Mind Maze | Yorx Stereo | 24 | Merlock | Universal Studios | 12 | ||
140 | Magna Bikes | 39 | Apple Macintosh Classic | 1 | |||||
141 | Coleman | 33 | 2 Coins | Jamaica | N/A | ||||
142 | Schwinn Bikes | 44 | Amiga 500 | 18 | Universal Studios | 2 Orbs | |||
201 | Alien Moon Base | Coleman | 43 | Enchanted Flight | Home Theater | 27 | Scorchia | Papoose Pond Resort | 17 |
202 | Haunted Museum | Word Processor | 37 | Cliffhanger | Basketball System | 25 | Mongo | Holiday Inn | 2 Orbs |
203 | Monsters on the Loose | Coleman | Shutout
$100 |
Snowslingers | Konica Camera | N/A | Space Camp | N/A | |
204 | Singalodeon | Shutout
$50 |
Mind Maze | Schwinn Bikes | Merlock | Amiga 500 | |||
205 | Chinon Camera | Shutout
$100 |
Table Tennis Table | Holiday Inn | |||||
206 | Encyclopedias | 49 | Home Theater | 32 | Holiday Inn | 20 | |||
207 | Jungle Fever | Hang Ten Clothes | 45 | Enchanted Flight | Vivitar Camera | 27 | Scorchia | Zenith Camcorder | 1 Orb |
208 | Table Tennis Table | 52 | Yorx Stereo | 26 | Space Camp | 14 | |||
209 | Schwinn Bikes | 50 | Word Processor | 33 | Universal Studios | Buzzer | |||
210 | Yorx Stereo | 49 | Table Tennis Table | 2 Rings | Zenith Camcorder | N/A | |||
211 | Haunted Museum | Yorx Stereo | 15 | Cliffhanger | Amiga 500 | 2 Coins | Mongo | Space Camp | |
212 | 45 | Table Tennis Table | 33 | 15 | |||||
213 | 45 | Encyclopedias | 35 | 4 | |||||
214 | Basketball System | 42 | BCA Glacier Bike | 30 | 7 | ||||
215 | Monsters on the Loose | Hang Ten Clothes | 44 | Snowslingers | Word Processor | 26 | Commodore CDTV Player | 2 Orbs | |
216 | Word Processor | 45 | BCA Glacier Bike | 2 Elves | Amiga 500 | N/A | |||
217 | Kent Bikes | 50 | Home Theater | 1 Elf | Space Camp | ||||
218 | Regent Sports | Shutout | Ricoh Camera | N/A | CDTV Player | ||||
219 | Konica Camera | 7 | Food Frenzy | Home Theater | 1 Book | Scorchia | Zenith Camcorder | ||
220 | Magna Bikes | 30 | Amiga 500 | 14 | Holiday Inn | 1 Orb | |||
221 | Hang Ten Clothes | 48 | Vivitar Camera | 38 | Universal Studios | 23 | |||
222 | Coleman | 45 | Kent Bikes | 33 | Washington DC | 2 Orbs | |||
223 | Jungle Fever | Ricoh Camera | 33 | Nile River Raft | BCA Glacier Bike | Buzzer | Mongo | Space Camp | N/A |
224 | Table Tennis Table | 12 | N/A | Apple Macintosh Classic | |||||
225 | Haunted Museum | N/A | 45 | Enchanted Flight | N/A | 25 | N/A | 1 Orb | |
226 | Chinon Camera | 42 | Basketball System | 12 | Apple Macintosh Classic | N/A | |||
227 | Haunted Museum | Singalodeon | 46 | Snowslingers | Basketball System | 33 | Merlock | 2 Orbs | |
228 | Kent Bikes | 18 | Team Glasgow Sportswear | 1 Elf | Amiga 500 | N/A | |||
229 | Regent Sports | 44 | 2 Elves | Universal Studios | |||||
230 | Singing Machine | 9 | BCA Glacier Bike | 2 Elves | Apple Macintosh Classic | ||||
231 | Jungle Fever | Team Glasgow Sportswear | 48 | Sub Search | Regent Sports | 21 | Mongo | Busch Gardens | 1 Orb |
232 | Regent Sports | 49 | Kent Bikes | 21 | 2 Orbs | ||||
233 | 13 | Snowslingers | 1 Elf | Universal Studios | N/A | ||||
234 | N/A | 52 | N/A | 39 | N/A | 4 | |||
235 | Haunted Museum | Ricoh Camera | 37 | Enchanted Flight | BCA Glacier Bikes | 21 | Merlock | Busch Gardens | 1 Orb |
236 | Hang Ten Clothes | 36 | Table Tennis Table | 20 | Space Camp | 1 Orb | |||
237 | Regent Sports | 46 | Word Processor | 19 | Universal Studios | 2 Orbs | |||
238 | Kent Bikes | 42 | Word Processor | 16 | Busch Gardens | 1 Orb | |||
239 | Alien Moon Base | Regent Sports | 45 | Sub Search | Amiga 500 | 19 | Mongo | Busch Gardens | 1 Orb |
240 | Ricoh Camera | 29 | Basketball System | 2 Chests | Space Camp | N/A | |||
241 | Monsters on the Loose | Coleman | 33 | Word Processor | 6 | Busch Gardens | N/A | ||
242 | N/A | 50 | N/A | 30 | N/A | 2 Orbs |
Trips[]
- Universal Studios, Florida: Pilot
- Universal Studios, Florida: Peabody Orlando Resort: 102 and 124
- Franklyn D. Resort: Jamaica: 115
- Universal Studios, Florida: Buena Vista Place: 120, 125, 139 and 209
- Universal Studios, Florida: Orange Lake: 122
- Universal Studios, Florida: Orlando Marriott: 134, 137 and 221
- Universal Studios, Florida: Star Quality Resort: 136
- Papoose Pond Resort, Maine: 201
- Holiday Inn, La Concha: 206
- U.S. Space Camp: 208, 212, 213 and 214
Home[]
- Zenith Camcorder: 112
- Apple Macintosh Classic: 130 and 140
- $500 each: 234
Mentions Trips[]
- Universal Studios, Florida: Orange Lake Country Club: 105
- Universal Studios, Florida: Buena Vista Palace: 108 and 133
- Universal Studios, Florida: Star Quality Resort: 110 and 142
- Universal Studios, Florida: Orlando Marriott: 113 and 237
- Franklyn D. Resort: Jamaica: 132
- Holiday Inn, La Concha: 202 and 220
- Connecticut Avenue Days Inn: Washington DC: 222
- Busch Gardens, Williamsburg: 231, 232, 235, 238 and 239
- U.S. Space Camp: 236
Mentions Home[]
- Apple Macintosh Classic: 109, 121, 128 and 227
- Zenith Camcorder: 114, 138 and 207
- Commodore CDTV Player: 215
- $600 each: 225
- $500 each: 242