Contestants: Jeff & Jim Datzman

On May 20, 1983 Starcade! received a card from 14-year old Jeff Datzman. He wanted to be a contestant on Starcade! About a month later, we invited him to come to tryouts in San Francisco. He did and brought along his Dad and the two of them became a Father/Son Team on Starcade! show#93.

Popeye was their downfall ... with their competition beating them on Popeye by over 5,000 points. They were not able to get past this and Jeff and Jim took home some of those 'lovely parting gifts.'

Even so, they made a great team and a great Starcade! show.

Games on Show #93

Pro Bowling, Popeye, Mappy, Donkey Kong Jr and Galaxian. Grand Prize: Dorodon.

In his tryout paperwork, Jeff said, "there's nothing very interesting about me. I'm just a normal teenager.'

Of course, this wasn't true. He was a Starcader, one of the originals, and Starcaders would agree, that is indeed unique.

Jim was the Police Chief of South San Francisco, California, and had brought Jeff to the audition. He did not intend to tryout but we prevailed on him to give it a try ... which he did, saying he 'would do it if my son was involved.'

Thus became the Jeff and Jim Starcade! team and Show #93.

Jeff checked in, telling us that "I'm employed as a police officer/detective with the a Northern California Police Department, where I've been employed since 1993. I'm currently on loan to the Northern California Computer Crimes Task Force, where I predominately investigate identity theft/fraud. I've received a Master's of Science degree from the California State University at Sacramento (CSUS) in Criminal Justice."

"I have 3 sons, and a wife who is employed as a sergeant with the Northern California County Sheriff's Office."

"My Dad, Jim Datzman, who was also on the show, is a retired Police Chief and Mayor from South San Francisco."

Jeff & Jim's Game Scores