NEW Starcade reboot announced !

calling it now. it will suck.

it will be a bunch of hipster/celeb-types that think they're "l33t g@murzzz" because they've heard of Pacman. 50% of the time will be commercials.

some things are better left in the past.
 
calling it now. it will suck.

it will be a bunch of hipster/celeb-types that think they're "l33t g@murzzz" because they've heard of Pacman. 50% of the time will be commercials.

some things are better left in the past.

They did mention a retro-boot so it possibly may consist of older games as well as 90's and 2000's games.
 
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it'll be REAL video games for HARDCORE GAMERS

like Candy Crush and Farm Heroes, brought to you by Sprite and Adidas shoes, endorsed by one of the Kardashians and [insert name of washed-up X-games competitor] when you register, click, like, follow, subscribe on youtube, Facebook, Pinterest, snapchat, Tumblr, and Instagram!
 
it'll be REAL video games for HARDCORE GAMERS

like Candy Crush and Farm Heroes, brought to you by Sprite and Adidas shoes, endorsed by one of the Kardashians[vapid sisters] and [insert name of washed-up X-games competitor] when you register, click, like, follow, subscribe on youtube, Facebook, Pinterest, snapchat, Tumblr, and Instagram!

If they actually did that then you're right it would suck but then what would be the point of making the reboot in the first place ? Fans of the original would almost certainly hate something like that.
 
Juno First needs to be the first episode!
Reinvite the original contestants back!

If they found Stern's Journey and had that on an episode then they would be doing a service to arcade preservation. Yes I know that's a pipe dream.
 
Juno First needs to be the first episode!
Reinvite the original contestants back!


This would be the right thing to do. But unfortunately more money is to be made with new games and new people, so they aren't likely to appeal to our crowd.

At best, they should pay homage and at least have some classics mixed in with whatever games they're going to be paid to promote. But even that feels like it might be a pipe dream.

In these days of the attention-driven economy, advertising and promotion rules.
 
That's awesome. Which season and episode were you on? What games did you have to play? Did you get to play for the grand prize?

I was on show #14
My games were
Pac Man
Ms Pac
Pac Plus or Super Pac
Donkey Kong
DK Jr

I f'd up playing DK so I did not make it to the grand prize round. :(
 
calling it now. it will suck.

it will be a bunch of hipster/celeb-types that think they're "l33t g@murzzz" because they've heard of Pacman. 50% of the time will be commercials.

some things are better left in the past.

I have to agree. As soon as I saw "celebrities, esports professionals and other pro-gaming types" would be the competitors, I tuned out. Part of the fun of the original was that it was just regular no-name kids competing on the show. The people competing on this new show will just suck all of the charm out of it.
 
If they actually did that then you're right it would suck but then what would be the point of making the reboot in the first place ? Fans of the original would almost certainly hate something like that.

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I have to agree. As soon as I saw "celebrities, esports professionals and other pro-gaming types" would be the competitors, I tuned out. Part of the fun of the original was that it was just regular no-name kids competing on the show. The people competing on this new show will just suck all of the charm out of it.

Getting the average joe in with the pros would be cool for the younger generation I think. My son is into competitive gaming (league of legends, etc) and I can definitely see him watching or trying to get on the show. He would be able to play some classics too.
 
I hate to admit this but I was not that into Starcade back in the day. The format was not that interesting to me.

I think a revival has some possibilities. They did not reveal much so there is no way to really know what this will be like.
 
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