The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV) | Starcade - "Major Havoc / Elevator Action / Snake Pit / et al." (Complete Broadcast, 4/27/1985) 📺 🕹️ @FuzzyMemoriesTV | Uploaded 3 weeks ago | Updated 12 hours ago
Here's the complete broadcast of a syndicated re-run of an episode of Starcade - which encapsulated some of the arcade video game craze of the early 1980's; in this example as aired over WTNH Channel 8 in New Haven / Hartford, CT.
Billing itself as "the first arcade videogame show" and taped in San Francisco, the show (sometimes billed as Starcade!) was hosted by Geoff Edwards (of such other gameshows as Jackpot, The New Treasure Hunt and Shoot for the Stars). This gig would have a profound effect on him, as he would become a video game aficionado for the remainder of his life (he died in 2014).
The contestants here in this episode are Randy Byrd, 13, of Edwards Middle School in Conyers, GA, 30 miles SE of Atlanta (in 8th grade), and his mother Anne Wolski ; and Noe Reyes, 19, who attends University of California at Davis and majors in zoology and has interests in animals and science (not just video games), and his uncle Marco Torres, 25, graduate of San Francisco State and MBA; the Grand Prize for this episode was a .
The games highlighted in this edition are Change Lanes, Marvin's Maze, Elevator Action, Major Havoc, and Snake Pit, with the Grand Prize being the Super Zaxxon Video Arcade Game.
According to another online source, this episode was S04E19 (Episode 108) and was originally broadcast Friday, January 20th 1984. (not verified)
Show voiceovers by Kevin McMahan.
Includes:
Recording comes in during ending of Station ID / promo for The Muppet Hour
Show open, with host leading off with getting the contestants ready for this edition, then interviewing each of them, after which Kevin explains the games they are to play today ("Change Lanes," "Marvin's Maze," "Elevator Action," "Major Havoc," and "Snake Pit"), and Geoff explains the rules, followed by quiz relating to today's Mystery Game; followed by plug for K-Tel albums worth over $300, then Kevin explains what game, "Major Havoc," is about, and Marco and Noe play game for 50 seconds, after which Randy and Anne take their shot
Promo for record album, "Paint a Rainbow in Your Heart" by Rainbow Brite (voiceover by Mark Elliott)
Plug for Alta Mira Hotel in Sausalito, followed by look at Grand Prize and its purpose, and then continuation of round with questions about Fuji Speedway, after which "Change Lanes" is explained before Marco and Noe, and then Randy and Anne, have their 50-second shots at the game; after the totals are read, the winning side plays the Name of the Game Board (to see if they could correctly name certain games); before which, plugs for Computerized Chess, ActiVision titles "Space Shuttle," "River Raid," "Enduro," "Pitfall!" and "The ActiVision Decathlon," and Gordon's Jewelers' Miss USA pendant; before commercial, question and answer about "Burger Time" is shown on screen
Promo for General Hospital, Name That Tune, Jeopardy! and The People's Court (backing music: "In the Mood" by Henhouse Five Plus Too (Ray Stevens)
Promo for The Muppet Hour with guests Joel Grey and Paul Williams
Commercial: The Children's Center
Promo for Action News spotlighting sportscaster Bob Picozzi
Next round, starting with question on "Millipede" before Anne and Randy, followed by Noe and Marco, each play a 40-second round of Elevator Action (which Kevin mentions what it's about aforehand); after grand totals are compiled, the winning team is advised of possible prizes (with plug for Aquarius / Com-Pac home computer system from Mattel Electronics)
Promo for Star Search '85
Promo for Action News Weather Center (voiceover by Norman Rose)
Commercial: Tweet Air '85 for April 21st
Promo for High School Bowl
Winners play a round of Snake Pit for 30 seconds (its concept seems inspired by a scene in one of the Indiana Jones films) to see if they'll win Super Zaxxon; after game ends, comes the closing credits
First second of what looks like PSA before recording ends
This aired on local New Haven / Hartford TV on Saturday, April 27th 1985 during the 7am to 7:30am (Eastern) time frame.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
Here's the complete broadcast of a syndicated re-run of an episode of Starcade - which encapsulated some of the arcade video game craze of the early 1980's; in this example as aired over WTNH Channel 8 in New Haven / Hartford, CT.
Billing itself as "the first arcade videogame show" and taped in San Francisco, the show (sometimes billed as Starcade!) was hosted by Geoff Edwards (of such other gameshows as Jackpot, The New Treasure Hunt and Shoot for the Stars). This gig would have a profound effect on him, as he would become a video game aficionado for the remainder of his life (he died in 2014).
The contestants here in this episode are Randy Byrd, 13, of Edwards Middle School in Conyers, GA, 30 miles SE of Atlanta (in 8th grade), and his mother Anne Wolski ; and Noe Reyes, 19, who attends University of California at Davis and majors in zoology and has interests in animals and science (not just video games), and his uncle Marco Torres, 25, graduate of San Francisco State and MBA; the Grand Prize for this episode was a .
The games highlighted in this edition are Change Lanes, Marvin's Maze, Elevator Action, Major Havoc, and Snake Pit, with the Grand Prize being the Super Zaxxon Video Arcade Game.
According to another online source, this episode was S04E19 (Episode 108) and was originally broadcast Friday, January 20th 1984. (not verified)
Show voiceovers by Kevin McMahan.
Includes:
Recording comes in during ending of Station ID / promo for The Muppet Hour
Show open, with host leading off with getting the contestants ready for this edition, then interviewing each of them, after which Kevin explains the games they are to play today ("Change Lanes," "Marvin's Maze," "Elevator Action," "Major Havoc," and "Snake Pit"), and Geoff explains the rules, followed by quiz relating to today's Mystery Game; followed by plug for K-Tel albums worth over $300, then Kevin explains what game, "Major Havoc," is about, and Marco and Noe play game for 50 seconds, after which Randy and Anne take their shot
Promo for record album, "Paint a Rainbow in Your Heart" by Rainbow Brite (voiceover by Mark Elliott)
Plug for Alta Mira Hotel in Sausalito, followed by look at Grand Prize and its purpose, and then continuation of round with questions about Fuji Speedway, after which "Change Lanes" is explained before Marco and Noe, and then Randy and Anne, have their 50-second shots at the game; after the totals are read, the winning side plays the Name of the Game Board (to see if they could correctly name certain games); before which, plugs for Computerized Chess, ActiVision titles "Space Shuttle," "River Raid," "Enduro," "Pitfall!" and "The ActiVision Decathlon," and Gordon's Jewelers' Miss USA pendant; before commercial, question and answer about "Burger Time" is shown on screen
Promo for General Hospital, Name That Tune, Jeopardy! and The People's Court (backing music: "In the Mood" by Henhouse Five Plus Too (Ray Stevens)
Promo for The Muppet Hour with guests Joel Grey and Paul Williams
Commercial: The Children's Center
Promo for Action News spotlighting sportscaster Bob Picozzi
Next round, starting with question on "Millipede" before Anne and Randy, followed by Noe and Marco, each play a 40-second round of Elevator Action (which Kevin mentions what it's about aforehand); after grand totals are compiled, the winning team is advised of possible prizes (with plug for Aquarius / Com-Pac home computer system from Mattel Electronics)
Promo for Star Search '85
Promo for Action News Weather Center (voiceover by Norman Rose)
Commercial: Tweet Air '85 for April 21st
Promo for High School Bowl
Winners play a round of Snake Pit for 30 seconds (its concept seems inspired by a scene in one of the Indiana Jones films) to see if they'll win Super Zaxxon; after game ends, comes the closing credits
First second of what looks like PSA before recording ends
This aired on local New Haven / Hartford TV on Saturday, April 27th 1985 during the 7am to 7:30am (Eastern) time frame.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
