1981 Starcade Tournament (Event)

Release: Aug. 1, 1981 - Aug. 13, 1981

The 1981 Starcade Tournament was a contest held at select Pizza Time Theatres in August of 1981 to poll for contestants to be on the then upcoming Starcade TV show pilot.

Description

During the first two weeks of August 1981, Huntington Beach, CA (15511 Edwards St), Citrus Heights, CA (7614 Greenback Lane), San Ramon, CA (1901 San Ramon Valley Blvd), Garden Grove, CA (11889 Valley View St), Long Beach, CA (4706 Los Coyotes Diagonal), San Diego (Mira Mesa), CA (9840 Hibert St), Modesto, CA (3037 Sisk Rd), Pinole, CA (1570 Fitzgerald Dr), Orlando / Winter Park, FL (1300 Lee Rd), Tampa, FL (1707 E Fowler Ave), Arlington, TX (2216 S Fielder Rd), and Fort Worth, TX (8740 Hwy 80 West) would have customers play arcade games in contests to win a chance at being on the pilot for the upcoming TV show ‘Starcade’. Random contestants were also selected from home entry forms that were submitted at these locations.[1] The pilot would air on September 13th, 1981, which had all 24 contestants win a party for 10 at their local PTT.[2][3]

References

  1. https://archive.org/details/the-pizza-times-newsletters/1981%20The%20Pizza%20Times%201-2/page/n3/mode/2up?q=huntington
  2. https://starcade.tv/pilotx/pilot.htm
  3. https://archive.org/download/thepizzatimeshow/ChuckECheese.mp4