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Considering the huge leaps made by competitive gaming in the last year with EVO and MLG, it’s incredible to watch this footage – a news report on the 1982 Australian Colecovision Championship, complete with a strange middle-aged man claiming he is Australia’s first video game super hero. This is classic stuff.
Thanks to Matt Keller over at Retro Gaming Australia for digging it up. Incredible find!
The 1982 Australian Colecovision Championship [Retro Gaming Australia]
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my mother used to warn me about old guys dressed in wierd costumes – who hung out at arcades
The funniest bit is the Australian media has hardly changed its attitude to gamers over the past 30 years.
It’s so true! That brief wince a journalist gives before saying the word “video game” is timeless apparently.
I snorted my drink out my nose when they zoomed out to show the crowd contained 20 5 year olds LOLLLLLL
Haha! Huge audience turnout from the after-school crowd there.
This video reinforces the fact that nobody looks good when filmed concentrating on a video game. Glad Jim Welsh’s mustache was there to add some class.
Still have my Colecovision stashed away somewhere. I vaguely remember entering a few contests like this as a kid. You turned up at a shopping centre and tried to get a good score on a game.
Looked like they filmed it at Hoyts George street. Used to be one of my favourite arcades in the early 80s.
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