Contestant: Marcelo Hassmer

Marcelo was a truly great player. He has the unique distinction of being on 3 Starcade! episodes. He competed on 2 of these episodes. On the 3rd episodes we invited him back as a expert player to play the laser game Cliff Hanger from beginning to end. He was introduced at the beginning of the show and played on-camera briefly. The show continued while he played off-camera and we rejoined him at the end of the show to see the conclusion of Cliff Hanger. Marcelo played the game without a hitch. Quite a player!

That special Cliff Hanger Only show was Starcade! episode #103 with contestants Andrew Garcia and Mark Walsh.

On his first show Marcelo annihilated his opponent - Dorian Laviene on the game Star Trek and recovery for Dorian was impossible.

Marcelo won the video arcade game Stern's Journey and was invited back for an Invitational Show to compete against another champion, Jonah Colman. The game was Dragon's Lair, only Dragon's Lair and it was close ... with Jonah winning the competition by only 313 points. When the show was over, one thing led to another and we discovered Marcelo was a great Cliff Hanger player ... which led to us asking him to come back to play Cliff Hanger to the end - for all those Starcaders out there who had never reach the end. He did not disappoint us.

In 1983 Marcelo (aka George) had his own scuba diving business, was taking flying lessons and was a Computer Engineer.

According to the short bio he wrote in '83, he "loved backpacking, women and game shows. I live on a ... small yacht ... for 2 years. I had to cancel a rafting trip ... for this show. But it was worth it." His favorite games were Super PacMan, Joust and Popeye.

Today Marcelo owns a gaming business called The VidGame Company. If you want one of the classic video arcade games, he will find it for you ... check it out at: http://www.vidgamecompany.com/

MARCELO's Game Scores Show #50