On January 8th, 1983, “That’s Incredible” hosted their Video Game Invitational and I was glued to the TV set for the entire episode. Looking at it now, I cannot say I approve of their game selection or their methodology, but back in 1983 I found it riveting.
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3 thoughts on ““That’s Incredible” Video Game Invitational”
I don’t remember seeing this back in the day (oddly, I do remember watching that’s incredible regularly, but don’t remember so much as a single episode or event from the show). I do however remember watching it online a couple years ago.
Did anyone else find it strange that the chubby kid got borked on burgertime, of all games? Think about it….
Great post, Retroist. I remember watching this episode when it first aired, I can vividly recall yelling at the screen to “cheer” the players on. Really great quality of the video by the way!
Greatly enjoyed this return to the days of TV greatness.
Did one of the hosts say the kid lost a ‘ship’ in the Burgertime failure?
It’s fun to think they either had to read a script in post-prod with (mostly) all proper references to the games’ characters, or
that they had to learn beforehand to do a live ‘sports event’ coverage.
Imagine a high-end arcade with experts covering your gameplay in real-time.
hmm…
(adds in to-do list in imaginary arcade of the future)