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Contestant: Barbara Weisend

Barbara appeared on one of the first STARCADE! shows taped ... the seventh show we taped which became Show #4 when it aired.

At the time, Barbara was a Business & English high school teacher. She didn't set out to be a contestant on STARCADE! It was her son Bob who wanted to be a contestant. She brought Bob and her other son to STARCADE! auditions and  all tried out. She was the one chosen to be a contestant ... and she was one of our best players ... winning it all.

Games: Super Zaxxon, Eyes, Jungle Hunt, Pooyan and Ms. Pac Man

Grand Prize: Triple Punch video arcade game

Reason she wanted to be on STARCADE!: "Sounds like fun."

Just prior to playing on STARCADE she won third place in a snake race sponsored by local radio station and first place in a Hot Tub Regatta.

Prizes won:  a Casio VLTone, a Colecovision Computer and the Grand Prize - Triple Punch video arcade game

 Barbara's STARCADE memory: "My older son, Bob, received a postcard on his (I think) tenth birthday asking for contestants to tryout to appear on Starcade. It sounded like fun to me, so I told him I would drive him and his little brother, Rick, up to San Francisco for the tryouts. We thought only Bob would be able to tryout. But when we got there, all three of us were invited to give it a try."

"I figured since we were already there and it was more fun that just sitting around, why not? I was the one picked, not Bob ... both my boys got a real kick out seeing old Mom play video games and then I won! What a surprise that was!"
When Barbara checked in, she wrote:

"Being on STARCADE! was fun, and we still laugh about the whole thing ... I would do it again, just for the memory."

Barbara's Game Scores

Game: Super Zaxxon

Time Limit: 60 seconds

Barbara: 2,500

Her opponent: 2,400 

Game: Eyes

Time Limit: 50 seconds

Barbara:17,520

Her opponent: 7,740

Game: Jungle Hunt

Time Limit: 40 seconds

Barbara: 300

Her opponent: 300

Game Played  for Grand Prize: Pooyan
Score to beat: 2,300

Barbara beat the score and won Triple Punch!

Barbarba hugging her sons after winning.

Barbara during the taping of STARCADE! - December 1983 Barbara Today - 2000