Contestant: Marvin & Grady Jenkins
Marvin and Grady Jenkins appeared on 2 STARCADE! shows. They won on their first show and we invited them back for one of our STARCADE! Invitationals (where we invited champs back to compete against each other).
Over the years we have lost one STARCADE! show ... unfortunately for Marvin & Grady, that would be Show #35, Marvin & Grady's first show. So we don't have any statistics on that show except we know that Marvin & Grady won the competition and had a chance to play for the Grand Prize, a Black Widow video arcade game. We know from the Prize paperwork that they did not score the points necessary to win that Black Widow video arcade game.
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Games on Show #35 |
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Xevious, Galaga, Joust, Pac Man and Pro Bowling. Grand Prize: Black Widow Arcade Game. |
The pictures and video you see on this page are from Marvin & Grady's Invitational show.
Marvin was 14 in 1983 when he appeared on STARCADE! He and his Dad, Grady, competed against another Father/Son Team, John & Jay Finch. In his bio, Marvin told us: "Right now I am studying Tae-Kwon Do and my goal is to become a Black Belt in Karate ... I mostly enjoy playing basketball with my Father."
Grady agreed, saying in his bio, "I enjoy playing basketball with Marvin and we play video games at home quite a bit and at various video arcades. Even though I'm not a real good player, I enjoy the challenge."
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Games on Show #68 |
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Zoar, Guzzler, Time Pilot, Super Zaxxon and Super Pac Man. Grand PRize: RB5X Robot. |
Marvin checked in to tell us: "This website brings back memories, I had the pleasure of being on the show when my voice was changing."
"My name is Marvin Jenkins and my father Grady Jenkins and I were on the show when I was 14. We did one show and were called back for a tournament of champions show so we had double the fun."
"Currently I am in the Air Force, stationed at Travis AFB and I plan on retiring after 33 years of service in 2020."
"After getting rid of me to the military, my father decided to move back south to his home state Alabama and slow down his working pace and enjoy life in the country."
"Thanks for the memories!!!"
All the Starcaders out there thank you for the magic.
Marvin & Grady's Game Scores - Show #68
| Game | Time Limit | Marvin & Grady | Robbie & Shawn Beasley |
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Round 1 |
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| Time Pilot | 30 | 14,100 | 5,100 |
| Guzzler | 30 | 1,670 | 7,190 |
| Final Round | |||
| Game | Time Limit | Marvin & Grady | Jean & David Andrews |
| Super Pac Man | 30 | 4,240 | 4,510 |
| MARVIN & GRADY'S PRIZES |
| Scisys Sensor Chess |
| White's Metal Detector |
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Marvin & Grady during the taping of STARCADE! - July 1983
| MARVIN & GRADY'S PRIZES |
| SpectraVideo Computer |
| ColecoVision |
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