Billy Mitchell sighting in OLD 80's video? "Wired In" TV episode about arcade games.

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Billy Mitchell sighting in OLD 80's video? "Wired In" TV episode about arcade games.

This video starts out with Bill Murray and Lilly Tomlin, then it shows a prototype game where it looks like a Midway engineer took the Gorf game engine and tried to make a "Robotron" like game. I must assume that this game never saw the light of day, as I have never seen anything like it. Anyhow, late in this (short) video, there is footage of someone playing Stargate. If you look at the reflection of the player on the screen, it looks like none other than... BILLY MITCHELL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5er7gJ4uto&feature=player_embedded
 
This video starts out with Bill Murray and Lilly Tomlin, then it shows a prototype game where it looks like a Midway engineer took the Gorf game engine and tried to make a "Robotron" like game. I must assume that this game never saw the light of day, as I have never seen anything like it. Anyhow, late in this (short) video, there is footage of someone playing Stargate. If you look at the reflection of the player on the screen, it looks like none other than... BILLY MITCHELL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5er7gJ4uto&feature=player_embedded

What's the problem, did they not like the Pac-man with a little wear and tear and graffiti on it so they had to paint it all black?
 
Check out that row of Defenders at about 1:23....nice.

Holy s**t, it's Jay Fenton pre-change!

But I don't see anyone that looks like Mitchell in that vid. The reflection I saw was of the redhead that initially is in the prior shot with the machine...
 
I'm thinking that they used the Gorf sprites to experiment with gameplay for a game that was never produced, which played like Robotron. It is possible, however. It would really help a LOT to know EXACTLY when this was done. The fact that they had a black painted Pac Man, along with the fact that Stargate was shown being played, would more than likely indicate that it would have been after Gorf. But then again, I don't know exactly when Stargate was released in comparison to Gorf...

As for the "just a hillbilly" comment, if you have seen what Billy Mitchell looked like back then, I think you would agree that it sure does look like him. He has that "blank" stoner stare and moppy hair. I couldn't find a good old photo doing a search, but if you look at the attached photo, I THINK you will see why I think it is him...
 

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I think that was another 80's hillbilly and not Billy .

Here is the image that I am referring to. He is on the left playing Stargate while another person (on the right) is watching. One the image is "freeze framed", it doesn't look AS MUCH like him to me as when I first watched the video. Still, I think that there is a resemblance...
 

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Here is the image that I am referring to. He is on the left playing Stargate while another person (on the right) is watching. One the image is "freeze framed", it doesn't look AS MUCH like him to me as when I first watched the video. Still, I think that there is a resemblance...

Whatsamatta, never seen a stoner before? They were quite common in arcades, 7-11's, pool halls, public parks, and any other place besides classrooms in the 1980's :)
 
Link to full 16 minute video of "Wired In" Demo

Not sure if this has been posted already, but for anyone that's interested, here's a link to the full 16 minute video demo...

http://mediaburn.org/Video-Preview.128.0.html?&uid=53

"The tape features a demo for the television show "Wired In." While the program never actually came to fruition, the footage and demos put together are an interesting look into the the technological trends and innovations of the 1980s."
 
I bet that WAS Ms. Gorf!
In Fact I believe your right! I found this excerpt at his / her bio page:
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The photo to the left shows the development system I used to develop an arcade title called Ms. Gorf, circa 1982. It was finished to the level where it could undergo play-testing, just in time to be canceled during the great videogame crash. Like Robby Roto, the rights have reverted to me. As the development system was extremely exotic, it is unlikely that this game will ever be revived. I have some early videotapes of myself playing it which I will digitize someday. "

Looks pretty much what was shown in the video.

The page is here: http://www.fentonia.com/bio/
 
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" As the development system was extremely exotic, it is unlikely that this game will ever be revived.
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really? we can't replicate a computer from 82 to make it possible to move this from the play testing stage to the finished product stage? seems odd.
 
really? we can't replicate a computer from 82 to make it possible to move this from the play testing stage to the finished product stage? seems odd.
The problem lies with trying to extract the data from the floppy disks it was stored on.
 
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