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Mattel's Captain Power adds an interactive dimension to the traditional video game. The toys are linked to a half-hour TV program called Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, in which the heroes square off against Lord Dread and his BioDread Empire. The television show is programmed with light signals that can be picked up by the viewers' hand-held PowerJets. Once the barrage begins, the show's villains hurl laser blasts at the screen, drawing fire from the player. If the PowerJet suffers enough enemy "hits," it ejects its pilot onto the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Call These Toys? | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

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