| rdfs:comment | - Starcade is a video game arcade located inside of Tomorrowland.
- The Starcade is a two-story video arcade located between the Star Trader and the exit of Space Mountain in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. It opened on May 27, 1977 along with Space Mountain. The games in the arcade use tokens, each one equal to the value of one quarter.
- In the early 1980s, Video Games were huge...and so were Game Shows. In 1981, JM Productions got the great idea to merge the two. The result was Starcade, which originally ran from 1982-83 on WTBS and 1983-84 in Syndication, then became even more popular in reruns many years later on the G4 television network before its merger with the now-defunct Tech TV. In the final round, the contestant picked one of the two remaining games and had 30 seconds to beat the average score of 20 players. If successful, the contestant won either an arcade game or the 2-XL home robot.
- Mike Eruzione Pilot Open: This is the world of STARCADE, where children and parents, executives and celebrities, meet to share the excitement of the sporting event of the 21st century. Man pitted against machine, in a search for the super video game player, who can meet the ever-changing challenge of STARCADE. And here now is the captain of the World Champion U.S. Olympic Hockey team, and the captain of our team, MIKE ERUZIONE! Alex Trebek Pilots Open: This is STARCADE!! A video arcade game show. A game show for today. And here's our host, ALEX TREBEK!
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| abstract | - Starcade is a video game arcade located inside of Tomorrowland.
- In the early 1980s, Video Games were huge...and so were Game Shows. In 1981, JM Productions got the great idea to merge the two. The result was Starcade, which originally ran from 1982-83 on WTBS and 1983-84 in Syndication, then became even more popular in reruns many years later on the G4 television network before its merger with the now-defunct Tech TV. Two contestants (sometimes two teams of two) played three rounds. Each round began with a toss-up question about a video game, such as "The first event in the game Alpine Ski is A) Downhill Ski or B) The Slalom Race" . The person/team who got the question right picked which of the five arcade games they would face off on. The players then got anywhere from 40-60 seconds to score as many points as possible. After three rounds, the player/team with the higher score advanced to the final round. In the final round, the contestant picked one of the two remaining games and had 30 seconds to beat the average score of 20 players. If successful, the contestant won either an arcade game or the 2-XL home robot. The prizes were related to video games. Aside from the grand prize, runner-up and bonus prizes consisted of Colecovision consoles, home computers, Pac-Man wall clocks, handheld games, and the like. All in all, Starcade was the first of its kind, a pioneering game show centered around video games (as announcer Kevin McMahon put it, "a game show for today") that even managed to survive The Great Video Game Crash of 1983 and inspire such shows as Nick Arcade and Video Power. USA was in talks about a Revival in 2006, but never picked it up...thankfully, since "They Changed It, Now It Sucks" would definitely have been heard among the Starcade community. The show's staff has created an official website filled with information and many full episodes, plus clips of the unaired pilots. Fans have also uploaded episodes and clips to YouTube.
- Mike Eruzione Pilot Open: This is the world of STARCADE, where children and parents, executives and celebrities, meet to share the excitement of the sporting event of the 21st century. Man pitted against machine, in a search for the super video game player, who can meet the ever-changing challenge of STARCADE. And here now is the captain of the World Champion U.S. Olympic Hockey team, and the captain of our team, MIKE ERUZIONE! Alex Trebek Pilots Open: This is STARCADE!! A video arcade game show. A game show for today. And here's our host, ALEX TREBEK! Mark Richards Open: This is STARCADE!! TV's first arcade game show, and here is your host of Starcade, MARK RICHARDS! Rest of spiel (Richards): "Hello Starcaders! And welcome! We're backstage warming up for today's action, and our 2 players/teams are getting ready to compete on some very exciting video arcade games! Right now, players/teams are you about ready? PLAYERS (OR TEAMS): "Yeah!" RICHARDS: "Then let's play Starcade!" Geoff Edwards Open: "This is STARCADE!! TV's first arcade game show. Starring your favorite arcade games, and some brand new ones being introduced to the public for the first time anywhere! Now here is your host for Starcade, GEOFF EDWARDS!" Rest of spiel (Edwards): "Thank you very much, and welcome to Starcade! Here we are backstage where our 2 players/teams are warming up for today's big match, and one of them will have a chance to play to win their very own arcade game! Players/Teams, are you ready? And I know you are, then let's go play Starcade!" Starcade is the nation's very first video arcade game show.
- The Starcade is a two-story video arcade located between the Star Trader and the exit of Space Mountain in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. It opened on May 27, 1977 along with Space Mountain. The games in the arcade use tokens, each one equal to the value of one quarter.
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