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TONY LAVIGNA
Show #71 & #73
Taped: 7/21/1983 & 7/28/1983
Tony was 15, in the 10th grade, an unassuming kind of guy ... he knew what he was good at and not afraid to tell you. When the show started, he told Host Geoff Edwards, he was good at Gyruss, Robotron ... he couldn't remember the others. Turns out one of them -- Star Wars -- was among the games on the set. He answered the second question right and selected Star Wars as the game he wanted to play. During the pre-game interview he revealed his high score on the game was "a million something". And, as they say, the rest is history. Tony scored 23,293 points, his opponent scored 21,660 - a difference of 1,633, not a lot of points by Star Wars standards.
His opponent Robert Castro selected the first game Motorace USA and outscored Tony by 400 points, a lot on the low scoring Motorace USA. Robert also selected Tac Scan, the last game they played. There was 600 points between their scores - Tony 16,400 - Robert 15,800. It was the game Star Wars that decided the competition!
In 2009 when he checked in Tony said, "I would like to thank the producers of the show and let them know that Starcade was an Awesome idea which was many years ahead of its time. It gave inner city kids like me a degree of hope and an opportunity to compete at a level which only a television game show could do. After playing on your show it gave me the confidence and motivation to always proceed with my life in a progressive, positive forward moving direction."
"The 80's video game revolution made a profound impact on society and the people that were lucky enough to grow up during this era. Playing video games at the time was practically a sport and tournaments were everywhere. You would be hard pressed to find anything like that in an arcade today. That is if you could find an arcade today. You have my support. ...
Thank You for the fond memories, Tony"
Tony, thanks for the good words and the positive thoughts you have about Starcade! It only proves how magical the show really is!
| TONY'S OPPONENT: Robert Castro has not checked in. |
TONY'S GAMES
TONY'S SCORES
50 secounds
MOTORACE USA
500 Tony
900 Robert Castro
50 secounds
STAR WARS
23,293 Tony
21,660 Robert Castro
40 secounds
TAC SCAN
16,400 Tony
15,800 Robert Castro
TOTALS all games played
40,193 Tony LaVigna-Overall Winner!
38,360 Robert Castro
TONY'S GRAND PRIZE PLAY
30 secounds
BERZERK
SCORE TO BEAT: 541
SCORED: 630+
WINNER? YES!
PLAYING FOR:
RB5X ROBOT
TONY'S INVITATIONAL SHOW #73
Because Tony was the overall winner of his show, we invited him back to compete against 3 other Winners. We called these shows Invitationals. Invitationals were formatted differently:
4 contestants - Colin Adkins vs Tony La Vigna & Lawrence Lee vs Sean Kovacs
2 Rounds - 2 contestants in each round
Final Round - winner of each round competing against each other to choose an Overall Winner
2 Rounds - 2 contestants in each round
Final Round - winner of each round competing against each other to choose an Overall Winner
TONY'S GAMES INVITATIONAL SHOW #73
TONY'S SCORES INVITATIONAL SHOW #73
30 secounds
WACKO
3,900 Tony
3,300 Colin Adkins
30 secounds
MILLIPEDE
38,299 Tony
39,732 Colin Adkins
30 secounds
XEVIOUS
7,010 Colin Adkins ... Overall Winner!
5,170 Sean Kovacs
PLAYING FOR:
TRIP TO HAWAII AND A ROLL OF QUARTERS
TONY'S PRIZES
