# What was this game show?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 5, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game-show/173174 "2003-05-05T13:51:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game-show/173174/1 "2003-05-05T13:51:05Z")

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I remember it being on somewhere in the 1983-1987 time period. It was a game show for kids where it was essentially a video game competition. Players would play on the old upright arcade games (Zaxxon, Pac-Man, etc).

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game-show/173174/2 "2003-05-05T14:06:25Z")

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It would appear that you are describing the old game show “Starcade”, which was hosted by Geoff Edwards, and ran for a single season in (I believe) 1982-1983.

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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-game-show/173174/3 "2003-05-05T15:08:00Z")

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If you get the G4TV network (the video game channel), you can see reruns of the show.