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I Hope All Your Troubles Get Zapped

milquetoast — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:07:04 -0800

Starcade was an arcade-themed game show that aired in the early 1980's. Today is the last day to watch episode #59 online.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:50:21 -0800

"You mean you were watching episode #59 before it switched servers?" "Yeah-" "And what'd you think of it?" "It was okay. Then we let the machine drop."

By: Otis

Otis — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:51:40 -0800

Thanks for this. I love Starcade. I remember back when G4 launched they were showing Starcade every day. Of course, now they have moved on to more modern, video-game centric shows such as Star Trek - The Next Generation, the Man Show and Fastlane. Thanks G4. (no, really, you guys suck)

By: crunchland

crunchland — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:04:19 -0800

Boy, the host, Adam Sessler, looks so much younger, doesn't he?

By: ewwgene

ewwgene — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:06:40 -0800

wow! wish i could see the other 58 episodes!

By: graventy

graventy — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:41:54 -0800

A portable record player? It boggles the mind. What a sweet show.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:44:40 -0800

holy crap, it's Pengo!

By: bardic

bardic — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:49:27 -0800

I love how drunk the host isn't. Cool post.

By: Ohdemah

Ohdemah — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:01:09 -0800

Great post. I'm off to play some Mr. Do!

By: meehawl

meehawl — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:01:44 -0800

Another great video game themed show from the 80s is Knightmare (available on any convenient BitTorrent). It mashed up D&D, virtual reality, avatars, and spotty nerds shouting "WALK FORWARD!" and "LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!" over and over. Not to mention the weirdness of having the main contestant hooded and completely blind. Quite hypnotic.

By: jefbla

jefbla — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:33:10 -0800

Now lets see who gets a chance at the ole Bump 'N Jump.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:44:07 -0800

Wow! This brings back memories. Thanks for sharing.

By: ab3

ab3 — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:51:09 -0800

::sigh:: this makes me feel old. you know, that 80's style was pretty rockin'. somebody should bring it back. how cool would it be if the 80's were, like, totally RETRO? and is it just me or is the hotel where some Starcade contestants stay the same one where (a decade later) Christopher Walken danced and flew around in Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" video?

By: tomplus2

tomplus2 — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:56:32 -0800

I'm with Otis. G4 turned into poo.

By: Ian A.T.

Ian A.T. — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:16:15 -0800

Heh. When they were showing the fabulous prize of an Aquarius home computer system, my (younger) girlfriend said: "Where's the monitor?"

By: ed

ed — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:31:29 -0800

A fantastic trip back down memory lane. I've had my mind wrapped around that portable record player all morning.

By: ed

ed — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:33:36 -0800

Geoff Edwards today.

By: ed

ed — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:35:25 -0800

Er. Whoops! That's another Geoff Edwards. Here's the right one.

By: AspectRatio

AspectRatio — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:57:11 -0800

Wow... Mister Disc... "A Compact personal phonograph no bigger than a man's shoe!" Suck on that Apple!

By: sklero

sklero — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:48:48 -0800

AMIDAR!

By: Otis

Otis — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:26:10 -0800

It's back up for a few days. An e-mail from their list: Hi Starcaders, It's back by overwhelming demand, STARCADE episode #59 will be shown again starting at: 12:01 AM PST Wednesday March, 15 2006 continues until Midnight PST Sunday March 19, 2006.