I'm was a kid from the 80's decade, one of the best things in my childhood were video arcade games which I've played ever since I was six years old. Going to the arcade was always the time of my life, in a way it was a small adventure as there was just a huge selection of games, there would be certain games I would look for that I haven't played yet, or even just looking forward to the next new arcade cabinets which came every month.
This is my sixth favorite game show of all time, this is one of those game shows that I honestly feel were just made for me as it featured one of my favorite things ever video games. Despite this show taking place a long time ago I still would've loved to of been a contestant in this show, if only it lasted longer toward the 90's which is a shame.
This show back then blew game rs and even non or novice game rs away, in the 80's decade video games were a rising subculture and to have video games used as a contest or sporting event (if you want to count it) was really uncommon at the time; this definitely predates the online gaming, first person shooter sports, and any other gaming contest we have now.
There is just so much to love about this show, I really like the design of the arcade room for the show as it just about had almost every video game in existence, I sometimes would struggle just to get a good view of certain other arcade machines just to know what other games were there. I'll admit just seeing that arcade in the show really makes me miss the video arcade which use to be common place at the time, but have now gone as extinct as the drive in.
There are the questions to answer to gain extra points however were all here for the video game playing which is exactly what this game has plenty of. Each of the contestants would have a set of games to play, most of them are well known ones like "Gyruss", "Tron", "Star Wars", "Ms. Pacman", "Tempest", "Q-Bert", "Zakzon", you name it. The show had a bit of a participation factor, whenever I watch the contestants play the games I couldn't help but cheer on hopping that one or the other would score enough points. Sometimes I would catch myself saying, "Cmon, nail that sucker.", "Get that thing.", or " Damn it will you play harder." yeah I know sounds crazy well the show had a crazy amount of energy, but I like that that's not a feeling I get often.
However for me the real highlight was seeing them play titles that are not so well known or even the mystery game they have at the end of the show; I remember always anxious to know what the heck that game is. In a way this can serve as a reference guide to the retro gamer players and collectors out there as some of those games have literally became under the radar or obscure gems, to this day I still hunt for.
I recommend this show to any game rs of any generation. If you a modern day gamer and your curious about past gaming, this show is defiantly a good history lesson. And if your a retro gamer then this show is a great nostalgia trip. Starcade scores high.
Rating: 4 stars
This is my sixth favorite game show of all time, this is one of those game shows that I honestly feel were just made for me as it featured one of my favorite things ever video games. Despite this show taking place a long time ago I still would've loved to of been a contestant in this show, if only it lasted longer toward the 90's which is a shame.
This show back then blew game rs and even non or novice game rs away, in the 80's decade video games were a rising subculture and to have video games used as a contest or sporting event (if you want to count it) was really uncommon at the time; this definitely predates the online gaming, first person shooter sports, and any other gaming contest we have now.
There is just so much to love about this show, I really like the design of the arcade room for the show as it just about had almost every video game in existence, I sometimes would struggle just to get a good view of certain other arcade machines just to know what other games were there. I'll admit just seeing that arcade in the show really makes me miss the video arcade which use to be common place at the time, but have now gone as extinct as the drive in.
There are the questions to answer to gain extra points however were all here for the video game playing which is exactly what this game has plenty of. Each of the contestants would have a set of games to play, most of them are well known ones like "Gyruss", "Tron", "Star Wars", "Ms. Pacman", "Tempest", "Q-Bert", "Zakzon", you name it. The show had a bit of a participation factor, whenever I watch the contestants play the games I couldn't help but cheer on hopping that one or the other would score enough points. Sometimes I would catch myself saying, "Cmon, nail that sucker.", "Get that thing.", or " Damn it will you play harder." yeah I know sounds crazy well the show had a crazy amount of energy, but I like that that's not a feeling I get often.
However for me the real highlight was seeing them play titles that are not so well known or even the mystery game they have at the end of the show; I remember always anxious to know what the heck that game is. In a way this can serve as a reference guide to the retro gamer players and collectors out there as some of those games have literally became under the radar or obscure gems, to this day I still hunt for.
I recommend this show to any game rs of any generation. If you a modern day gamer and your curious about past gaming, this show is defiantly a good history lesson. And if your a retro gamer then this show is a great nostalgia trip. Starcade scores high.
Rating: 4 stars