Photon was a live action television show in the mid-1980s, which was tied into the Photon lasertag arenas and home game. It was produced by DIC Enterprises as a first run syndicated kids series which shown in various syndicated markets through most of the mid eighties.
Photon – Full series
Photon followed the adventures of a young high school student, Christopher Jarvis with the alias of “Bhodi Li”. Chris discovers that the lasertag game Photon is actually a way to detect the strongest warriors in the galaxy, who will then be recruited to fight the forces of darkness.
Photon
After shooting his laser gun and saying “The light shines!”, he would be transported to a space station to join his fellow Photon Warriors. His alien compatriots include an orphan earthling boy genius named Parcival, a shape-changing blob named Pike, a lizard-like creature named Leon, a cyborg named Lord Baethan, and Tivia, a black ninja princess from Nivia populated by women after the males became extinct. Their mentor is a sentient computer named MOM (Multiple Operation Matrix). The villains’ motto is “Let the darkness grow!”
Photon 1986