And even YCDTOTV gave a nod to the video game craze w/the "Blip's Arcade" sketches...found out years later that the fake arcade cabinets used for them just randomly flashed colored light patterns over the glass coverings to look like actual games!
In the tail end of the channel 8 lineup, the confetti rained and rained when Tommy Simmons blew out Elaine 14-5 to win the 100 grand. Overall, another great Starcade show, Fuzzy.
It was one of my favorite shows as a kid, but I watched it on TBS out of Atlanta, GA. Also, I was NOT expecting to view a commercial for a Rainbow Bright record commercial. Thank God for Fast-Forward!
@@mrchopsticks3 Not only did Rainbow Bright has caused me to have PTSD, But when you add Pound Puppies, Cabbage Patch Dolls, Care Bears, and Smurfs I have had to seek serious mental help. This is why you should not be the eldest of 4 kids when your three younger siblings are all girls.
Released a full year after Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus is Midway’s second attempt at continuing the franchise without Namco’s involvement. Unlike Ms. Pac-Man, which would feature new mazes and new intermissions to encourage further play, Plus is a simple modification of Namco’s original classic. The running theme is that it’s a far harder game than the 1980 original, so much so that even those well-versed with vanilla Pac-Man may have trouble. Beyond that, there’s little else to say about it and little to recommend nowadays, unless you’re desperately seeking the hardest version of the original game you can find.
Special Thanks to Geoff Edwards SubHosts for "The All New Let's Make a Deal!" Standing in for Monty Hall, Because Monty Hall has Laryngitis Back in 1985!!!?
They should have applied multipliers to the games to try to even out the points. Low scoring games like Super Astro Fighter pretty much don't matter. Someone who does even a little better on a high scoring game will bet someone who does much better on all the other games if they are all low scoring. Nintendo's Campus Challenge events in the 90s did this. In 1991 when the games were Super Mario 3, Pinbot and Dr. Mario, they multiplied the SMB 3 points by 10, I think. Maybe 100. Pinbot was just the score, which was an odd game to include anyway since to move on you just needed 200,000 points. And then Dr. Mario was worth either 100 or 1000 times your score. (10x whatever the SMB 3 was.) It made it so you couldn't just dominate one game and win.
You know, it's not like the Fuzzy Memories channel to consistently cut off the show before it ends. This is the 2nd "Starcade" upload on this channel in which I've noticed the production logo is omitted.
@@FuzzyMemoriesTVthanks so much for uploading what you do, regardless of a missing production logo. 🙄 Love and so appreciate the Time Machine you provide for us.
On the contrary. Edwards got into video games thanks to this show. And he was a video game expert of sorts until his passing. Edwards had a good career aside from game shows as he was also a radio personality on KMPC and KFI radio in Los Angeles
Does anyone know, on the "High School Bowl" promo, what that music is? I know it from the late 1970's on WNYC Channel 31 in New York, where they used it for the open and close of "All About TV," a panel discussion show about the medium hosted by Steven H. Scheuer (who for many years wrote "Movies On TV" books that were a competitor to, and whose first edition pre-dated by a decade, that of Leonard Maltin's "TV Movies").
Oh! I remember this episode! I LOVED Starcade when I was a kid. I watched this and "You Can't Do That on Television" religiously around this time.
And even YCDTOTV gave a nod to the video game craze w/the "Blip's Arcade" sketches...found out years later that the fake arcade cabinets used for them just randomly flashed colored light patterns over the glass coverings to look like actual games!
This show was so much fun.
As a gamer and fan, thank you for bringing out episodes not shown anywhere else! Subscribed just for this 💯 percent! Two 👍👍!
Yeah well that was history!
Thanks for saving it in your archives and sharing it with the world. Neat
RIP to Mike Sadek Sr.
74 is too young.
The sit down version of this game was my favorite game to play at showbiz Pizza.
The thumbnails are legit. 😂
Pac-man plus is rarely ever shown in any sort of media so this is a cool find
Do you remember the Baby Pac-Man game? That was a combination video game and pinball machine! Nobody remembers that!
@RonMotta1972 yes, I do remember baby pac man, strange but cool game
In the tail end of the channel 8 lineup, the confetti rained and rained when Tommy Simmons blew out Elaine 14-5 to win the 100 grand. Overall, another great Starcade show, Fuzzy.
R.I.P Geoff Edwards!!!?
March 5th, 2014
It was one of my favorite shows as a kid, but I watched it on TBS out of Atlanta, GA. Also, I was NOT expecting to view a commercial for a Rainbow Bright record commercial. Thank God for Fast-Forward!
Do you have Rainbow Bright PTSD?
@@mrchopsticks3 Not only did Rainbow Bright has caused me to have PTSD, But when you add Pound Puppies, Cabbage Patch Dolls, Care Bears, and Smurfs I have had to seek serious mental help. This is why you should not be the eldest of 4 kids when your three younger siblings are all girls.
Released a full year after Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus is Midway’s second attempt at continuing the franchise without Namco’s involvement. Unlike Ms. Pac-Man, which would feature new mazes and new intermissions to encourage further play, Plus is a simple modification of Namco’s original classic. The running theme is that it’s a far harder game than the 1980 original, so much so that even those well-versed with vanilla Pac-Man may have trouble. Beyond that, there’s little else to say about it and little to recommend nowadays, unless you’re desperately seeking the hardest version of the original game you can find.
Love this channel! 😍
Mike Sadek catcher SF Giants takes the wheel
I thought that name sounded familiar. And since this show was taped in San Francisco, he was well known for his days with the Giants
I got this episode tape trading way back when.
Ditto!
Me too - that’s why you’re seeing it here! 😄
@@FuzzyMemoriesTV My copy didn't keep the commercials though.
Before Nick arcade before video power
Special Thanks to Geoff Edwards SubHosts for "The All New Let's Make a Deal!" Standing in for Monty Hall, Because Monty Hall has Laryngitis Back in 1985!!!?
They should have applied multipliers to the games to try to even out the points. Low scoring games like Super Astro Fighter pretty much don't matter. Someone who does even a little better on a high scoring game will bet someone who does much better on all the other games if they are all low scoring.
Nintendo's Campus Challenge events in the 90s did this. In 1991 when the games were Super Mario 3, Pinbot and Dr. Mario, they multiplied the SMB 3 points by 10, I think. Maybe 100. Pinbot was just the score, which was an odd game to include anyway since to move on you just needed 200,000 points. And then Dr. Mario was worth either 100 or 1000 times your score. (10x whatever the SMB 3 was.) It made it so you couldn't just dominate one game and win.
I remembered that this person was on the game show The Big Spin.
I remember this
Geoff Edwards Previous Game Show "The New Treasure Hunt!" (1974-77), and he will return in (1981-82) in (Syndication)!!!?
Tempest is the best...
I'm just here for Kermit to randomly give me warts.
"Dark Vader". SMH. So many people called him that.
Bruh no fucking way could you win games by playing games this would have been a absolute dream to me if i grew up back then
⭐️
Camera work during gameplay was absolutely abysmal
Why the scared ghost monsters look like the tops of apples I’ll never understand…
You know, it's not like the Fuzzy Memories channel to consistently cut off the show before it ends.
This is the 2nd "Starcade" upload on this channel in which I've noticed the production logo is omitted.
It wasn’t on the original recording. I could’ve edited it in from another source, but…🤷♂️
@@FuzzyMemoriesTV -- Ah. Just double checking.
Thanks for addressing the matter all the same. It is very much appreciated.
@@FuzzyMemoriesTVthanks so much for uploading what you do, regardless of a missing production logo. 🙄 Love and so appreciate the Time Machine you provide for us.
those faces on the thumbnail have gotta be photoshopped 🤣
Never! (microsoft paint) 😄
Geoff Edwards be like "WTH happened to my career?" 😄
He really really seemed to like doing the show and playing games so who knows
@@Albendova666 He's actually said that he wasn't a fan of video games, but that this show actually helped him get into them.
The pilot was hosted by Alex Trebek.
On the contrary. Edwards got into video games thanks to this show. And he was a video game expert of sorts until his passing.
Edwards had a good career aside from game shows as he was also a radio personality on KMPC and KFI radio in Los Angeles
Oh hell no!!! He loved doing the show!!!! He's my favorite host of all the others
Does anyone know, on the "High School Bowl" promo, what that music is? I know it from the late 1970's on WNYC Channel 31 in New York, where they used it for the open and close of "All About TV," a panel discussion show about the medium hosted by Steven H. Scheuer (who for many years wrote "Movies On TV" books that were a competitor to, and whose first edition pre-dated by a decade, that of Leonard Maltin's "TV Movies").
This is some sublime Analog Horror right here. Cringe-based horror.
He was a horrible host, tripping over names, showing no interest...but you probably wouldn't watch starcade if he wasn't hosting....😢😢😢😢
Are you saying that Geoff was horrible hosting this show?
24:34......here in Louisville, KY our high school bowl was called "High Q"
That's funny - so was that "SCTV" parody with Eugene Levy as a particularly short-fused "Alex Trebel."
@3:57 DARK Vader! 😅