Word: powerjets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
...industry experts believe that Mattel's Captain Power toys are based on optical technology. The Captain Power show is apparently programmed with light patterns that can be received and decoded by the hand-held PowerJet and related toys. In a typical battle, villains on the TV show hurl fireballs and other menacing projectiles toward the screen, which signals youngsters and their weapons that it is time to fire back. When the child pulls the trigger promptly, the hand-held toy detects the successful hit and racks up points on a scoreboard that is displayed on the toy. If a player...
...there the similarity ends. Five minutes of every Captain Power show will be devoted to battle scenes in which viewers can take part in the campaign against the villainous Lord Dread. Wielding a toy spaceship called the PowerJet XT-7, a child at home can electronically duel with onscreen enemies...
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