The WEIRD Side of Nickelodeon That Disappeared

Thanks so much for watching! Did you ever get to watch the Nickelodeon Games and Sports channel? If so, what program (old or new) was your favorite to watch?

The funniest thing is that I never realized I was watching mostly reruns of old shows, so I always wondered why I never had heard of any of the prizes even though they seemed like big deals.

Nick GaS is how I discovered a lot of Nickelodeon's game shows

GaS was one of the free rotating premium channels that my cable company would let us basic customers watch. So every 3 months I'd get to watch the channel for a month.

GAS was such an escape for me. I could only watch it on my aunt's TV since she had the deluxe TV package. And we only went over to her house a handful of times before she passed. I still rewatch hidden temples and the double dare to this day if I'm ever having a low day.

The late 90s to early 00s was just such a cool time as a kid. You just had to be there to experience those wonderful times

If it wasn't mentioned, the host of Double Dare had Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Which must have made that on-set experience from mildly frustrating to absolute HELL

Nick's game shows were suprisingly a lot of fun. Especially Legends of the Hidden Temple. That one holds a spot in my heart.

The thing I remember most about GAS was how bad the Purple Parrots were on Legends of the Hidden Temple. They hardly ever made it passed the stone steps (or the moat in a lot of episodes). I looked it up and they only made it into the Temple 11 times and won just 3 times.

The Nick GaS segments known as Heros of the game lived rent free in my head for years and no one ever knew what i was talking about til i finally found them on youtube, they are honestly really funny to watch as an adult

Nick Arcade's got a funny little footprint in an unexpected place. Two episodes had Sonic 2 as their showcase game, which wasn't actually out at the time; they had a prototype build that only had a few levels complete. In late 2006, that prototype turned up online; it was one of the first prototype versions found, so it did a lot to tell us how that game was made. And while we don't know where exactly the prototype cartridge came from, you'll find that version called the 'Nick Arcade prototype', because that was the most known place it turned up.

Seeing the robot building show at the end I never heard of reminded me of Destroy Build Destroy from Cartoon Network in the late 2000’s. Would love to see Jordan cover it

I remember my cable company would would offer like 3 premium channels for free on rotation every couple of months. Nickelodeon Gas just ended up being one of the channels picked at the start of summer vacation one year and it was MAGICAL. Thank you bringing back this memory to me

I LOVED watching GaS on late Summer break nights. Since I was born in '97 I was a lil young for most of the gameshows when they originally aired (and specifically remember being scared of LotHT) so it was super fun to be able to experience them as a middle school kid! And I can still confidently say that would've dominated at Guts 😤

The segment on Nick Arcade unlocked a memory for me; goodness this is SO nostalgic

I grew up with the early to mid 2000s version of Nick GaS. I absolutely loved it. By then it basically was just Double Dare 2000 (I didn't even know there was an original version as a kid), Guts, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and Figure it Out (and the sub versions of Guts and Figure it Out). I do remember vividly seeing Finders Keepers once and never again. To remember the name all I had to search was Nick game show with a house haha. I also remember in between segments called Heroes of the Game (ohhhhhh i just looked it up and got the name and the nostalgia is sinking in). When Nick GaS went off the air I was so mad because I loved all those game shows.

This is why this is one of my favorite channels on YouTube. Who else would create an hour video essay on one of the best channels to exist. Absolutely great video. Thank you and be blessed

Bruh I was absolutely inconsolable when GAS was terminated, and it took me like 3 years to be completely over it.

GaS was perfect for me when I was hitting that angsty pre teen phase, I was an indoors kid so I never liked sports but the stuff on this channel made me feel like I was more of a dude bro, while stuff like hidden temple let me stay nerdy at the same time.

Growing up my ultimate goal in life was to be on Double Dare. I had my sister on board so it was just a matter of talking my parents into going to Universal Studios instead of Las Vegas for the family vacation. Then they made it Family Double Dare. There was no way I was get my parents to agree to do that stuff. Later down the line I tried as hard as I could to get on Figure It Out (Mostly to meet Summer) but that never happened either.