Nick Arcade

This article is about the game show. For the unrelated website of the same name, see Nick.com § Nick Arcade.

Nick Arcade
GenreGame show
Created by
Presented byPhil Moore
Narrated byAndrea Lively
Theme music composer
  • Dan Vitco
  • Mark Schultz
Composers
Country of origin
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes
  • 84[1]
  • (+3 pilots)[2] (+1 unofficial unaired pilot)[3]
Production
Executive producers
  • Geoffrey Darby
  • Andy Bamberger
  • Brown Johnson
Producers
Production locationNickelodeon Studios
Running time23 minutes
Production companiesBethea-Miteff Productions, Inc.
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseJanuary 4 (1992-01-04) –
November 6, 1992 (1992-11-06)
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Nick Arcade (also stylized Nickelodeon Arcade) is an American children's game show created by James Bethea and Karim Miteff and hosted by Phil Moore, with Andrea Lively announcing, that aired on Nickelodeon in 1992. It aired originally during weekend afternoons, with reruns airing until September 28, 1997. In the first season, the shows were taped in December 1991 and aired in early 1992.[4] It was taped at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida. In Nick Arcade, two teams of contestants played two initial trivia rounds, with the winning team advancing to the "Video Zone" to play against the virtual "Video Game Wizard" of the day.

The show's format combined video game trivia with contestant-interactive virtual reality. The virtual reality games were designed by Bethea and Miteff for Bethea/Miteff Productions and programmed by Curt Toumainian for Saddleback/Live Studios and Dean Friedman (for InVideo Systems). The show was the first in America to regularly intermix live action with animation using a bluescreen.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Nick Arcade
  2. ^ Miteff, Karim. "Nickelodeon Arcade". Micon TV. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  3. ^ Smith, Bilaal (October 27, 2014). Un-aired early 90s Nick Arcade pilot. YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.[dead link]
  4. ^ NintendoPower. "Nickelodeon Studios- A History". RetroJunk. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2011.