I remember watching this in 1983, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I never thought I would be see it again let alone on a PC.

@GMLFree

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking just the same.

@dizzyneurin4654

3 жыл бұрын

how old are you now?

@criznittle968

3 жыл бұрын

probably in their early 20s

@oldironsides4107

2 жыл бұрын

I knew I would see it again and on pc. Even a phone. I envisioned it all.

This was a totally legit contest, very well-planned and conducted. Amazing. They really knew what they were doing even before eSports became a thing.

I love how it's "World Championship" with two Americans and a Canadian!

@UnicornBlueLifeUltraSienna

7 ай бұрын

Because they are the ones who one the other ones

@macysondheim

7 ай бұрын

The other worlds countries had already been eliminated. They stood no chance against North America

Sports Bar brought me here.

How in God's name is this there not a show like this today?! That would be so awesome!

@movedtocyboygaming3842

9 жыл бұрын

IKR

@MidBoss666

8 жыл бұрын

+LovelyCheesePizza Because internet. Let's be serious here, one episode and it would be whined to death. Some would whine that they're playing on PC, others that it's on a console, if it would be on a console there would be whining about the console's generation or brand, then there are those who would whine about the titles used (regardless whether it's PC or consoles), and so on, and so on. And the saddest part is that a huge chunk of that wouldn't even be gamers commenting, it would be trolls tryin' to mess around with people like usual (though yeah, not all of it, we all know how many gamers are just that idiotic and whiny). So no matter how much faith one would have in gamers in general, one episode, and the station is flooded with whiny complaints...

@ajmetz82

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think that's the reason why the internet is an issue. I spoke with TV Commissioners in 2005 - okay, that's still a while ago - but basically, TV people just don't "Get" videogames, and their answer to any pitch of a show covering it is that it's too niche for TV, and is better served by online websites and online videos. TV execs are however, interested in dramas based on popular videogame franchises. That said, with eSports booming, things may change. BBC Three are now doing Gfinity Elite Series - accept it's just online for the time being. *sigh*. Still, these days it's not too hard to watch an online show on your TV. It's the main reason I still use my Wii U, ^_^.

@trikkerman1

6 жыл бұрын

Because there are no longer any "Real People" anymore.

@HappyHumanist369

6 жыл бұрын

I think some people on Twitch need to try to reboot this show but obviously there are always game tourneys going on there now.

3 of the greatest athletes in the world duking it out.

The earliest known video game competition took place on October 19, 1972, at Stanford University for the game Spacewar

@gi5897

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I wanted to know lolthx

@maynardcease6160

Ай бұрын

That’s way before the live tournaments (like Combo Breaker) an the game shows (like Starcade and Nick Arcade).

Win or lose, a kiss from Cathy Lee Crosby? That's incredible!

Man that got intense near the end, That's Incredible!

"Luring in hot dogs for a quick kill". Quote of my life.

This is a TV Gem!. I watched on TV back in 1983.

No need to remind me of the good old days. I remember them quite often. I remember the Video Game kings of my neighborhood and drew a huge crowd right after school was over. Good ole 80's for me.

@gamewizardks

3 жыл бұрын

For me, I gathered crowds around Kung Fu Master, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros. and Galaga Machines. I was also great at a lot of others, but those were primarily my go-to's.

i remember the crowd around me when i finished Dragon's Lair on one play

Actually, this aired February 21, 1983. According to Time magazine and other sources. But thanks tons for putting this online!

I used to love this show "That's Incredible"

@OscarMaris

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. The regular episodes were better than this one.

Wow, this video is beautiful. This was before my time, but I've loved games ever since I was a little kid. Seeing these passionate people do what I love, with an audience and an exciting competition just warms my heart. Gaming will always be special.

Back in the day Millipede was wicked hard.

@shogunfox7141

3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day? LOL. Us old gamers wished we could play well as we did back in the days. It's reverse for us. Wahh! LOL.

The soundtrack during Millipede and Donkey Kong Jr is great

this video is all about the commentary. lol love it.

@gnomechomskylives

9 жыл бұрын

I liked the "evil mario" part - little did the world know how iconic Mario would end up becoming.

This is awesome. Thank you so much for posting.

Boy do I remember this show. And I saw this piece when it aired.

Video games, Reagan and cartoons, God I miss the 80's

Damn this was incredible!! We need shows like this today :)

wow! this brought vk MANY great memories! So lucky to have experienced the 80s.

The technician was from Nintendo. Probably one of the first mentions of Nintendo on US national television.

Lol....I was about 8 years old when this came out,and I could have wiped the floor with all 3 of them on all 3 games....

I loved Missle Command. Nothing like the Arcade Video version.

it's probably a typical "That's Incredible" audience. One of the great things about this show is that you never know what you were gonna see. They had everything imaginable, so long as it was amazing. Was one of my favorite shows, though I don't recall seeing this episode.

I forgot for closely the game Cosmos was to Astro Blaster. What a time to be alive. The best time in my opinion.

Omg I cant believe my dad got 2cnd place! OMG I LOVE HIM!!! lol

@ChadTheAlcoholic

4 жыл бұрын

Uncle Todd!

@LITMOVIESCENES

3 жыл бұрын

Is he a manager of Game Stop now?

gotta love videos like this one..specially when it has to do with gaming

It is time for a, "Where are they now?" Episode

@chrisevans9779

3 жыл бұрын

look up chaseing ghosts doc on youtube

Fantastic clip !

gotta love the host's hair. i've never heard a more exciting play by play of millipede (or any for that matter) in my life.

@matthewferguson7084

3 жыл бұрын

It's definately incredible!

I watched this show as a kid. I remember the episode with Dragon's Lair. The laserdisc game thing was a big craze then and lasted until the early 90s I think. You kind of had a live action thing again with the Sega CD and PC had it going already. I miss shows like this just like I miss good shows on MTV until the mid 90s.

@ValenciaJoe

3 жыл бұрын

I was the gameroom manager at USC and was the person who worked with ABC to get a player for that show. Ted was also a world champion Rubik’s Cube player.

she kissed them. so cute

@TortureBot

6 жыл бұрын

vivek patil why didn't anyone scream that she was sexually harassing the younger guys? They didn't give verbal consent to those kisses! Guess it's because in the eighties people didn't go insane over this type of action.

@trestres236

6 жыл бұрын

TortureBot also cuz she's female

@TortureBot

6 жыл бұрын

Trestres 23 tru dat, lol.

@JeepTJWheelin

3 жыл бұрын

They probably ejacked all over their hulk underwear too.

@OscarMaris

3 жыл бұрын

Because she felt bad that they would most likely never get kissed again

I wish I can build a time machine, go there, and show them the my favorite the lost world arcade game, the time crisis 4, and ghost squad.. I wonder how they will react to such amazing graphic and gameplay of the future game

That was AWESOME 👍

This is awesome!

no save file required pure skills boys.

that's INCREDIBLE!!!

In Donkey Kong Jr, Mario is actually the evil one ;)

This is everything.

i haven seen so much excitement in a while

watched it the night it was on

Awesome!

You'll never convince me that this wasn't the best time to be alive.

@beri4138

4 жыл бұрын

We have way better games today

@shogunfox7141

3 жыл бұрын

@@beri4138 Ha! Good for you but that's all, I feel bad for you. Back then we had cool movies, cool cars, cool clothes, cool music, cool stores, cool hangout places, cool concerts, cool tv shows, cool toys, cool President, and many more cool shits!!!

@matthewferguson7084

3 жыл бұрын

@@beri4138 every game is same..1st person shooter/driver fake cgi looking boredom with negative vibes

@beri4138

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewferguson7084 Yeah cause you play shitty games. Look at the indie scene. Thriving. If you wanna trashtalk modern games at least have some knowledge about them. Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, Celeste, are these bad games? Do you play games or only complain about them?

@beri4138

3 жыл бұрын

@@shogunfox7141 I played 1980s games. They're garbage. They resemble the games on an old Nokia phone. 1990s games are a million times better. You're just another dumb hipster.

5:46 - how dare they call Mario (Merry-o?) evil.

Damn, those announcers are awesome, they make it sound so intense

Can't believe they didn't have the most popular game of all... PAC-MAN!

I would watch this religiously if it was on today

For those who don’t know who they are, the hosts (in order of appearance) are Cathy Lee Crosby, Fran Tarkenton and John Davidson.

Who's whatching in 2015 👌🏻

@isilas

8 жыл бұрын

+leaf gaming me too

@user-iw6rv1lx7u

8 жыл бұрын

+leaf gaming me!

@lostboy8659

8 жыл бұрын

+leaf gaming i am just to get away from all the stupidity surrounding video games today

@ThiefPlaysMC

8 жыл бұрын

omg me xD

@fikridzaher1409

8 жыл бұрын

+leaf gaming me too

i remember listening to this on the radio, as television hadn't been invented yet

I really wish the show is revived since there's countless of incredible things occured since the last show was aired. I'm thinking if John Davidson would continue hosting in a revival version with two new hosts. It would make a comeback for the show and what the viewers can learn what extraordinary things people have accomplished. So looking forward if there's going to be a revival with That's Incredible! and what things I'm going to see there.

That's Incredible !!!!!!!

Burgertime is the most underrated game in the history of gaming imho.

Wow, this brings back good times for me. And no matter how old or dated these games are, Burger Time is still legendary. @Luckyrob72 I still play Pacman, Ms. Pacman and Pac Land to this day.

If you pepper in the wrong direction, you're gonna have a bad time.

I watched this episode over and over on vhs back in the 80s. Forgot about Ben's funny run 2:44

THAT'S INCREDIBLE!

just incredible =)

That's Incredible actually did a Ms. Pac-Man championships the following year.

Groovyyy!

And now these boys are around 50...

Old people in the 80s: Becomes an audience in a video game competion Old people today: Video games are dangerous

@speedgriffon2504

8 ай бұрын

Games in the 80s: a baby ape drops bananas on a bird Games today: Graphic violence, decapitations, realistic weaponry, mass murder

LOL @ "THE EVIL MARIO"!

@Djcheeto916 I don't know why it was labeled "Cosmos" that was Astro Blaster and it was made by Sega in 1981, the game has a 'warp' button, that slowed the alien ships and their shots down for about 15 seconds.

@chadkelsey6311

2 жыл бұрын

John Davidson was the only AsBlaster allowed on set.

Who else is watching this in 2020 there are so many changes

For some reason I never did see the movie The Wizard but went ape shit wanting to play Super Mario 3. My excitement was off the charts.

i bet if we went back in time for 30 years and brought our games today they will have a heart attck

This is AWESOME! Real entertainment. Speed running before it was a thing.

@AE-bm4no

Жыл бұрын

It's not speed running tho. It's high score chasing

I can't wait for this game to come out. XD

Hey, she was about to put the first place medal around the third place player's neck.

This is pretty awesome

Epic.

@theassassin329 They were. There's more to graphics than bloomy bump-mapped brown. Good use of color, well-drawn sprites, good animation are things that don't age.

This is not the first video gaming competition, nor is it the first televised one. It's the first "That's Incredible" championship

I remember when this came on! I'm an old head!

"That's Incredible ! " did a great job, I think.

Well hello there, Eric Forman :D

Amazing game on brothers and sisters.

awesome.......... i am soooo happy i was the right age for the arcade boom. the nioises the girls the parties the games were so much fun , pinball air hockey

love the old school clap track.

@TortureBot

6 жыл бұрын

WilliamLonghini my sentiments exactly!

I watched this live.

Oh 2018 here;)

@mejrikais7432

5 жыл бұрын

2019 😋

That certainly was incredible

I love the narration @ 1:50

Real gamer

Gotta remember,this was from the '80s so they didn't have the HD technology like we do nowadays,LOL! I miss these good ol' days of video gaming! :)

Ben Gold was a legend in TX when all of this was current.

who watching in 2018

@mejrikais7432

5 жыл бұрын

2019 😋

I totally forgot about burger time! totally awesome!

the mlg of the 80's!

The dawn of eSports.

Would have been cool to see it live on tv.

oh man...you're killing me. WHAT?

who's watching in 2017

@mejrikais7432

5 жыл бұрын

2019 😋

Who's Watching In 2017?

@cyrilcyriac2003

6 жыл бұрын

Yshian Coronel iiiì

@TortureBot

6 жыл бұрын

sorry, watching in 1918... or is it 2018? Never sure anymore... darned immortality!

@Lachismewitch

6 жыл бұрын

Yshian Coronel 2018

@kris_5547

5 жыл бұрын

Nearly 2019 now

@mejrikais7432

5 жыл бұрын

2019 😋

Jim got the giggles