Photon (TV series, 1986-1987)

1986 · science-fiction · DIC Entertainment

From fan site https://www.photonforever.com/ -- Photon was the original laser tag. Invented by George Carter III and launched commercially with the opening of the first Photon center in Texas in 1984, Photon became an iconic part of the 80s and started the laser tag industry as we know it today. In a Photon match two teams would maneuver throughout an arena with players wearing equipment including a helmet, chest sensor and carrying a phaser that would register points when a player targeted an opponent or the opposing team's base. At the height of the popularity of the laser sport the Photon brand was expanded as marketing moved towards a younger audience. A home laser tag game and numerous licensed merchandise items accompanied a new vehicle for promoting the Photon laser tag centers in the form of a space-themed television show of the same name. The Photon television series was filmed in Tokyo, Japan in 1986, a project of DIC Entertainment, and aired in the United States. It centered around a teen Photon phenom named Christopher Jarvis (known by the player identity of Bhodi Li) who is recruited to become part of the Photon Guardians, an elite team of the best Photon players from planets across the universe who use their exceptional Photon skills to fight for the light in the battle against the dark forces of the universe. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_(TV_series) Thumbnail source: http://retro-daze.org/site/article/296?page=11 Videos provided by David Stay by way of CRT_HEAD on YouTube , who says: Found and re-uploaded to youtube thanks to David Stay (Mandarr), who kindly provided a link to all of the available episodes. This compilation has some of the episodes' video replaced with ones from better sources. Some audio is slightly denoised and correctly synced. All of the intros were cut, except the first one. Link to all episodes by David Stay: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pj5K-W6TgM1oLdjfGjIn4iZDrGGhme17 If you wish to support what I do you can send me BTC: bc1qxdepf0gawkf8h95yevwp9ts74lw0yjudmp326lndfkxjkc6fw7gsjflfvz Or donate on my Bandcamp page: https://crthead.bandcamp.com Episode 13 is titled By the Book on Wikipedia, and is titled Bhodi's Solo Mission by IMDB, the PhotonForever fan site and CRT_HEAD. Episode 19 is titled Dinosaur on Wikipedia and by CRT_HEAD, and is titled Prehistoric Planet by IMDB and the PhotonForever fan site. Episode 20, titled Not a Care in the World , is missing.