Mike was 11 in 1983 when he appeared on Starcade! episode#41. While he didn't win many prizes, he did play a pretty good game ... losing the overall competition by just 2,460. Mike remembers "losing badly" but we think this is not much at all given the fact that it could easily be made up with a little luck. He beat the score of his opponent on Krull and that's a pretty hard game to play.

When he auditioned, Mike told us, "I know a lot about Star Wars ... Centipede, Joust, Donkey Kong Jr, Pole Position - I get high scores on all the games."

"I like to swim, ride my bike and play video games. I like games like Front Line, Joust and BurgerTime."

"Every Monday at 2:35(pm) I watch your show."

Mike's opponent John Payer has also checked in ... click here to see his page.

When he checked in, Mike said, "After watching the show, I bugged my parents enough until my mom decided to take me to the studios in San Francisco. She brought my sister so that they could go do stuff in the city while I did my tryout. (During tryouts) I remember them getting a bunch of people in the same room, asked them some questions about video games and let us all play multiple games and record our scores. A few weeks later, I got a callback."

"As for the actual show, I do not remember much. I remember answering a question about the Spiral Deathtrap in Qix (this is in Mike's video below), but nothing about the games that I played; other than the fact that I lost. Badly. But I do remember the host. He fussed with himself and looked in the mirror ALOT while we were in make-up. And I got some parting gifts that were extrodinarily forgettable. :) I then forgot all about this, until now."

In 2005 Mike checked in to tell us that, "I had completely forgotten about this experience until I found this website."

"As for life now, well, all things change. I graduated from school, spent a few years here and there, and now, at the ripe old age of 34, I'm married. No kids yet. I live in Atlanta where I have a job as an IPTV engineer with the CDC. I still love video games and have found myself craving the classics lately (I found this site by doing a Google search for Elevator Action) ... no matter how old I get, I guess I never really grew up completely. After reading through this site, I saw where you guys were trying to get a campain going where (someone) might pick a newer version of this show or do a retro thing where old contestants come back. I might be up for that."

Thanks, Mike. We'll keep you on the list of Contestants for the return of Starcade!.