The A-Z of Konami's 1980's Arcade Games | Kim Justice

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Here's a look at all of the arcade games Konami released in the 80's! There's some all-time classics of course -- Contra, Frogger, Gradius, TMNT and Track & Field to name a few, but a lot of very intriguing obscure games too from one of the great video game developers. Enjoy!
Shoutout to the awesome Old Style Gaming for a bit of inspiration, and to David 'mamehaze' Haywood for continued sterling preservation work.
0:00 Intro
1:27 600 (Turtles)
2:30 A-Jax (Typhoon)
3:39 Amidar
4:46 Astro Invader
6:25 Badlands
7:57 Battlantis
8:50 Black Panther
9:55 Blades of Steel
11:19 Block Hole
12:28 Bottom of the 9th
13:44 Chequered Flag
14:52 Circus Charlie
15:55 City Bomber
16:57 Combat School (Boot Camp)
18:09 Contra
19:50 Super Contra
21:10 Crime Fighters
22:25 Cue Brick
23:19 Dark Adventure (Devil World)
24:36 Devastators
25:52 Double Dribble
27:28 The End
28:44 Fast Lane
29:48 The Final Round
31:03 Finalizer - Super Transformation
32:07 Frogger
33:38 Galactic Warriors
34:45 Gang Busters (Crazy Cop)
35:53 Gradius (Nemesis)
37:47 Salamander (Life Force)
39:12 Gradius II (Vulcan Venture)
40:30 Gradius III
41:46 Green Beret (Rush'n Attack)
43:08 M.I.A. - Missing in Action
44:24 Gyruss
45:51 Haunted Castle
47:08 Hot Chase
48:38 Hyper Crash
50:12 Iron Horse
51:20 Jackal (Top Gunner)
52:43 Jail Break
54:07 Jungler
55:17 Juno First
56:41 Kitten Kaboodle (Nyan Nyan Panic)
58:05 Konami GT
59:17 Kyuukouka Bakugekitai
1:01:03 Loco-Motion
1:02:15 The Main Event
1:03:30 Mega Zone
1:04:46 Mikie
1:07:06 Mr. Goemon
1:08:21 MX5000 (Flak Attack)
1:09:13 Pandora's Palace
1:10:15 Ping Pong
1:11:22 Pooyan
1:12:33 Rack 'Em Up
1:13:33 Road Fighter
1:14:15 Roc'n Rope
1:15:57 Rock'n Rage
1:17:25 S.P.Y - Special Project Y
1:18:44 Scooter Shooter
1:20:00 Scramble
1:21:52 Super Cobra
1:23:13 Shao-Lin's Road (Kicker)
1:24:20 Space War (Space Laser)
1:25:34 Strategy X
1:26:37 Super Basketball
1:27:37 Tactician
1:28:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1:30:09 Thunder Cross
1:31:52 Time Pilot
1:33:24 Time Pilot '84 - Further into Unknown World
1:34:47 Track & Field (Hyper Olympic)
1:36:19 Hyper Sports
1:37:32 '88 Games
1:38:43 Trick Trap 1771 (Labyrinth Runner)
1:39:52 Tutankham
1:41:21 TwinBee
1:42:28 Ultra Invaders
1:44:07 Vs. System/Other Loose Ends
1:46:18 Video Hustler
1:47:25 WEC Le Mans
1:48:55 Wizz Quiz
1:49:46 Yie Ar Kung-Fu
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@Kim_Justice 5 месяцев назад

So, what are your favourites of Konami's 80's arcade line-ups? One of the all-time greats, or something a bit more obscure? Have a shout about them here, and thanks very much for watching. :)

@Aragorn7884 5 месяцев назад

Same video idea, but... *SNK* ❤

@englishnature7850 5 месяцев назад

I am torn between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hyper Sports.

@Debagio 5 месяцев назад

I played the absolute shit out of Track & Field, Hyper Sports and Shaolin's Road /Kicker. Konami were so good in the 80s.

@Rando1975 5 месяцев назад

Only started the video, but the Crime Fighters series was one of my favorites.

@wargameboy72 5 месяцев назад

Favorites are probably Gradius and Rush 'n Attack. Also these are two great NES games as well.. ♥️♥️🤩 Also if you love GYRUSS, you should check out the NES version. It's awesome!! It's got Boss battles and everything!! I love it..👍👍👍

@martiankeichan6887 5 месяцев назад

Amazing! I hope someday you will give Jaleco the same treatment. Thanks for all the entertainment you give us, Kim.

@robinbrowne5419 5 месяцев назад

Yes. Thank you very much Kim 👍

@orderofmagnitude-TPATP 5 месяцев назад

Hey Kim. Unknown if I told you I lost my father recently (well 2nd jan) - his funeral was finally last week (took ages due to investigation of sudden departure shall we say...) - watching retro channels has a deep connection as my father bought me pretty much my entire collection up till 18 odd; alas life dictated around a decade ago that I eventually had to sell it all *albeit far from mint condition, but well loved with many many MANY miles on the systems leaving them very temprimental.... Regardless, despite life dictating its sale - im forever grateful for emulation. What feels even more strange is i now have inherited my childhood property from him as his only son and heir too him....with many memories getting ready for school, playing Sega Rally on the Saturn as example.... So today, right now, in the same living room I played such games on such systems, I am watching Kim justice whilst playing "haunted castle" on an emulation device (gotta be the toughest castlevania ever lol) - and the feeling Is so surreal... But just to say, I absolutely adore these types of vids you do, and such uploads, be it from @game sack or you have got me through since the start of the year. Of course I've told you how long actually I've been following you (I think over a decade!!?) - but right now, more than ever has these types of uploads helped me tremendously. Cue white summer from space harrier. Many thanks. Your Order of magnitude Aka "Riley"

@DuckAlertBeats 5 месяцев назад

Sorry to hear about your loss 😢 from one old school gamer to another ❤

@orderofmagnitude-TPATP 5 месяцев назад

@@DuckAlertBeats many thanks

@flamingwoodz 5 месяцев назад

How does this channel not have 100K subscribers yet? Great compilation Kim!

@jamesburchill7522 5 месяцев назад

Keep up the great content, Kim. You are one of the few people out there that isn't afraid to break the standard runtime of a movie. Some of us still have attention spans.

@Evilkingus 5 месяцев назад

I do believe Frogger is jumping on turtles and not lillies. Diving lillies seems a little too silly.

@randy7894 5 месяцев назад

Konami games on the MSX shaped my gaming life. It was the golden age for me.

@kur1su74 5 месяцев назад

Too bad they didn't do Green Beret justice, feels like the crap ZX Spectrum game (was it made by Konami UK?) while it could have been great.

@randy7894 5 месяцев назад

@@kur1su74 True.

@gomibako1847 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for actually diving into where the name "Gryzor" comes from and not just perpetuating the incorrect myth that it was the Japanese name for the original Contra 🙏

@Larry 5 месяцев назад

I've only seen that spinner WEC Le Mans arcade machine once, in an arcade in Felixstowe as a kid. Was great fun just purposely spinning yourself out :D

@kupus6622 5 месяцев назад

Ahh a 14 hour night watch shift flys by with your great content. Pure bliss being paid to watch kim justice and retro bliss.

@jessragan6714 5 месяцев назад

Oh baby, this is totally my bag. Can't wait for the reviews of Roc 'n Rope, Gyruss, Time Pilot, Jackal, The Goonies...

@nicktaylor8032 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely fantastic channel - especially if you grew up a computer user in 80s England (C64 in my case) and full of brilliant, well researched, in depth content and documentaries. Definitely a hidden gem on RU-vid.

@jonwilliams6996 5 месяцев назад

The sound effects of the trainers squeaking on the court in Double Dribble are pretty impressive for an 8bit era game.

@xxFORDIExx 5 месяцев назад

I've just paused my rewatch of your top 100 Speccy games from 4 years ago. Looking forward to this for sure. 😊

@Filmonaut 5 месяцев назад

Konami had a great use of color in most of their games. Very bright and appealing!

@futureskeletons66669 5 месяцев назад

With Salamander you were able to buy extra lives by chucking a few more coins in, rather than a continue feature.

@purplezebrahoover 5 месяцев назад

Wow - incredible work Kim! Can't wait to get stuck into this later. Thank you so much for your work!

@qster 5 месяцев назад

I have burgers, chocolate, booze and 2 hours of 1980's nostalgia? Awesome!

@bryangarcia5599 5 месяцев назад

Outstanding video. On top of everything else, I particularly appreciate the sly Thin Lizzy reference at 53:01.

@TheDumontShow 5 месяцев назад

Never realized how many aracde games Konami had. A lot of these games i never heard of. Kim really goes in on this stuff. Very good coverage

@terminateshere 5 месяцев назад

The games were interesting, but I'm mainly thankful for knowing who did that keyboard rock version of Toccata - go Sky!

@Mpsieber 5 месяцев назад

I love these deep dives. Keep them coming!

@chumpyman 5 месяцев назад

The Simpsons, Aliens and TMHT are all time classics in my opinion.

@RapideWombaticus 5 месяцев назад

This comprehensive list brought me much joy, great memories and I am super thankful to you for the effort. Love the Channel to bits ❤

@evanhanley6437 5 месяцев назад

Love Konami's arcade games. They absolutely rocked!

@20000lbs_of_Cheese 5 месяцев назад

Always a good watch, thanks Kim!

@ihateevilbill 5 месяцев назад

I loved typhoon on my Spectrum 48k+. The fact that you had the standard vertical scroller as well as the 3D section blew my tiny little 9 year old mind. Lol.. I literally never played the arcade game "Chequered flag" because I thought it was the arcade version of the spectrum game. The arcade game looks awesome. I need to cheque it out ;) (I'll get my coat). Circus Charlie... wow. So, I only remembered 2 minutes ago that I actually played this in the arcade a couple of times. I loved that game. It was cheap as chips too, coming in at 10p a shot. Great wee game.

@wargameboy72 5 месяцев назад

Amazing work, Kim!!! This is the kind of video that makes me forget about having a crap day. This and the Data East videos are my favorites. I've already watched them a dozen times or more. Awesome job!!!! 🤩👍👍👍

@AlisterLockhart 5 месяцев назад

Just discovered the channel, quite the nostalgia overload. You've made an old(ish) man very happy :)

@WhatHoSnorkers 5 месяцев назад

26:59 It's Enrico Palazzo! 29:49 all that scratching is making me itch! I had that Salamander on the ZX Spectrum. Christ that was tough. Hypercrash looks like a more considered version of Roadblasters. Jackal is quality. We had a fun John Rand challenge on it! Jail Break at least contains topless women. I adore Time Pilot. Great fun and lots of shooting. Had a lovely game of it at the Arcade Archive. Track and Field! Mustachioed Athletics from the Golden Age of Daley Thompson!

@braveitor 5 месяцев назад

fantastic video. Lots of hundreds of hours of diversion in some of those games. Surely there appear the roots of some whole genres so I admire the imagination and vision some creators had. Thanks for the compilation.

@GadgetUK164 5 месяцев назад

Incredible work again - so many games, such a long video, but the time flew! I love Konami, they created so many cool games!

@strzxgvnuvwvfld3597 5 месяцев назад

Did anyone else ever see Gradius 3 in an arcade in the UK? The internet says it never made it here, but I definitely played it in a seaside arcade somewhere around the early 90s. I was a big fan of the previous games and so was very excited to see a Gradius 3 and I specifically remember the sand level. It was only recently that I discovered it supposedly wasn’t released. I don’t know whether a bootleg made it here and that’s what I played?

@Kim_Justice 5 месяцев назад

Course that's what there is on TCRF and the like, but it probably did make it here through imports and that. No region locks or anything on JAMMA arcade boards after all, likely wouldn't have been a whole cabinet.

@Paul-xg3ih 5 месяцев назад

another fantastic long video to watch on my lazy saturday morning...appreciated

@fr.joshmayer3593 5 месяцев назад

Kim Justice best & most iconic intro ever

@RetroRulzMyTown 5 месяцев назад

Awesome! One of my all time favorite companies in the arcade, and I'm glad to get some exposure to this underrated lineup.

@jaethemanchild 5 месяцев назад

I played that WEC 24 cabinet in Spain when I was 10! It was a lot of fun. Brilliant as always Kim, and it gives me another clutch of classics (and crap) to try out.

@StuffOffYouStuff 4 месяца назад

Kim, you're producing very important archival content for future generations! Thank you for all your hard work!

@Debagio 5 месяцев назад

Ah, Kim - I've been hoping you'd do an 80s special. Now going to settle down and dive in. Cheers!

@chrishensley5384 5 месяцев назад

I know these deep dive videos must be difficult to put together and I just wanted to say thank you. :)

@litjellyfish 5 месяцев назад

"robbing a train with your fists!" - Hey you are supposed to be the good guy stopping the robbers!!! :)

@glencurtis6052 5 месяцев назад

Crime fighters had a decent run in my local chip shop back in the 80s, love that game

@speakertreatz 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Kim, looking forward to sitting down with this later

@steveetienne 5 месяцев назад

The WEC Le Mans cabinet was incredible. Loved it.

@QuantumWitchGame 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic stuff Kim. And all chaptered too ❤

@capntinwhistle 5 месяцев назад

Primo after-work unwinding/learning material, Kim. I'm glad I found your channel.

@robinbrowne5419 5 месяцев назад

Another video game marathon. And from one of the greatest developers Konami by one of the greatest reviewers Kim Justice. Awesome 👍

@Bellpipe41 5 месяцев назад

I was surprised at the comment about Gradius 3 only being released in Asia. My local cafe/arcade had a cabinet (in the U.K.). I played it all the time. Maybe the owner imported it. I don’t know.

@Dr.Quarex 5 месяцев назад

Always a fan of your work, Kim! Also every time I see Jail Break I am immediately transported back to Chuck E. Cheese in 1986, excitedly and confusingly swearing to my friends that you can see a topless woman if you shoot the gas grenades into the window with the particular goon in it (which is true but of course sounds like absolute playground rumor nonsense)

@Asobitech 5 месяцев назад

An absolutely epic video, covering some amazing classics. Konami were such a juggernaut in the arcades during the 80s. It is great to see the width and breadth of all their 80s arcade output. Thanks for covering all of them @kim_justice

@fraserpeterkindrums9764 5 месяцев назад

Fabulous! That's my Fri evening sorted. Thanks Kim!

@user-dh5fk6cl6b 5 месяцев назад

International track and field was a big hit in our neighbourhood as kids. In fact its now affectionately known in my circle of old friends as dik versus cok as was our maturity level as kids with the naming system.

@dvygrvy 5 месяцев назад

Awesome as always. So relaxing, thank you for your hard work!

@retrofunkyninja399 28 дней назад

Great video Kim, your knowledge is impeccable! Keep producing great content. Brings back so many memories of smokey 80s arcades. Scramble, Time Pilot, Green Beret, Track & Field, Hyper Sports, Ping Pong, Mikie and Shao-Lin’s Road have stood the test of time.

@DONALDSON51 5 месяцев назад

Random coincidence I picked up an RG35XX the other day with a load of arcade rooms on it and randomly played typhoon for the first time. Interesting concept with the jet aircraft diving view

@wibbiddywoo 5 месяцев назад

You put so much into your channel. It must take a lot of time and hard work. This is more like a documentary! So informative and interesting. Nice one!

@jasonglasper8109 5 месяцев назад

Great topic this Kim I have to say. Have a fair few favourite Konami games having played them at my local arcade and then later at home in some cases. The highlights for me being - Contra, Jackal, Iron Horse, Rock n Rage, Yie Ar Kung Fu and Missing in Action to name a few! ☺👍

@htka77 5 месяцев назад

Loved Circus Charlie, I never did that well in the arcade, but picked it back up on Switch.

@gipgap4 5 месяцев назад

Track’n’field, Hypersports and Green Beret were my favourites. The latter two because of the spectrum conversions by Joffa Smith. Oh and Mikie too, converted by Joffa again.

@Curryking32000 5 месяцев назад

Loved this video, really did take me back to my youth in the arcades of the 80's. Arcades of today have simply lost their magic since the 80's and 90's. Please do one for Taito if you haven't already

@jasonrockley3724 5 месяцев назад

Nice one Kim. I was stuck for something to do tonight and then you drop this. Perfect.

@jorgeng7251 5 месяцев назад

Great as aways Perfect start for the weekend Thanks Kim 👍 Jorgen / Sweden

@jonridley 5 месяцев назад

I remember playing a weird version of amidar in an arcade in Scarborough where you got a scantily clad Japanese girl whenever you finished a level. I know this sounds like some weird Mandela effect thing but it’s true! I have a witness too 😂

@Alpha-T800 5 месяцев назад

Great stuff! Thanks Kim 👍🏻

@Bijuklich 5 месяцев назад

some pretty crazy shit here, thanks man...quite a few i'm seeing for the first time and i love them already :)

@johnandrewliem 5 месяцев назад

Thank you kim, love all your vids! Wrestling/gaming all are very good

@VaterOrlaag 5 месяцев назад

Excellent list as always, two hours passed by like a breeze. And I think I'll go give Haunted Castle another try in MAME.

@mgtproductions9524 5 месяцев назад

My uncle ran a pub in the early 1980s when opening hours were very different. When the pub closed at 3pm he would get the keys for the Scramble machine so he could give himself free credits and spend a couple of hours playing before teatime.

@Trenchbroom 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for a great video Kim.

@JamesShow 4 месяца назад

That Kitten Kaboodle looks like a free to play app now if they'd remaster it.

@ludotym8302 5 месяцев назад

In Locomotion, you could actually accelerate your loco by pushing the button. The game was way better with speed bonus !

@FallicIdol 5 месяцев назад

Great job on this. Love this!

@EugenetheSupporter 5 месяцев назад

i can watch this endlessly

@kins749 5 месяцев назад

Epic. Can't wait for the next episode/company.

@XhcnoirX 4 месяца назад

Fantastic video! I had an MSX2 growing up and Konami were THE premier outfit for games on the MSX... Many of the games here were ported to the MSX/MSX2 and were so much fun to play...

@mihliv 5 месяцев назад

Great vid! Appreciate the Thin Lizzy reference :)

@thegblob 3 месяца назад

Another amazing vid. Love this format. Keep them coming. I'd love to see a vid on every side scroll beat-em-up in chronological order

@docwallace 5 месяцев назад

In terms of Badlands, it may well have been a rush job, but Konami went to the trouble of rewriting the firmware of the laserdisc player to add some more functionality. Presumably they thought more were coming. Also RE: Wizz Quiz, does this mean the Stampers may have also been involved in the lamentable Merlin's Money Maze? Hardware looks very similar, and as an SWP it's peculiarly British anyway.

@domicius 5 месяцев назад

Excellent video! Some real obscure games that I remember mainly from being found in random arcades in holiday seaside resorts in Greece - Juno first for example. BTW, we'll know you've been kidnapped if you ever make a video and don't mention that the best conversion of such-and-such game was on the speccy :)

@ninjapants7688 5 месяцев назад

Great stuff Kim, love old school Konami!

@TheSlysterII 4 месяца назад

Loved this video, thanks Kim, I loved my c64 Skramble, and I still love Track And Field! xx

@LynnHermione 3 месяца назад

CIRCUS CHARLIE! I PLAYED THAT AS A CHILD ON CONSOLE BUT DIDNT KNOW THE NAME!

@dannyvanhecke 5 месяцев назад

"Blades of Steel"... have played that game a lot on the NES late 80s, early 90s. For today's standards it's not that good, but back in the day it was pretty enjoyable. Remember a friend of my brother saying I had a lot of bad luck while he watched me playing, because I hit the post a lot. Well, hitting the post is easier than scoring a goal in this one, lol. Not that scoring a goal was that difficult, my biggest criticism of the game is that it became too easy after a while. Double Dribble was also a nice game for those days on the NES. Yie Ar Kung-Fu sure was one of my favorite arcades.. put a lot of coins into it. Not nearly as much as Double Dragon, but Double Dragon was the best imo.

@michaelmaholem5077 5 месяцев назад

Some great memories. Well done.

@Deckard_B26354 5 месяцев назад

Great video! Keep doing what you do.

@patrikfernstrom7607 5 месяцев назад

Yes, another one of these videos! Love them ❤

@billcook4768 5 месяцев назад

Normally I don’t care which alternate title is used for a game, but Rush’n’Attack is one of the all time great names and should always be used.

@pmcKANE 4 месяца назад

Nearly two hours of Kim talking about arcades... me gusta.

@LozzoAmiga 5 месяцев назад

Yayyy! A KJ deep dive. *grabs pot of tea and gets settled*

@rhyspatterson679 Месяц назад

i remember being a kid in Ancorage Alaska in 1987. There was basically this two story chuck e cheese's that was 4/5 arcade. It was a huge building with the restraunt and animatronic taking up a small part of the ground floor. Like many builiding of the time and place there were few windows ALL on the ground floor and mostly blacked or covered. You could easily lose hours in that place and i loved it. But the game that had everyone's attention the last time i went was Dark Adventure. 4 people playing at once but NOT gauntlet and one guy its basically Indiana Jones? We could not get enough. I was 5 at the time and looked for the game for years but could never remember the name of it. I found it again in the river mall in San Antonio in 96/97 the arcade was mostly oldies and not in great repair at the time but still had people playing Dark Adventure lol Yeah i know it gets bad mouthed a lot but at the time just the gimick of the lightsabers and other parts was great. We never had an slow down in Alaksa but the arcade was made by some really smart tech people and were known to tweak the hardware and cabinets. We had an elevator action game that ran at 1.5 speed. And a pac-man that ran eith 2.5 or 3. They were labeled as such and just ideas the employees had when there was NOTHING to do for 8 months out of the year but be indoors. Going by the rep Dark Adventure has it must have been tweaked because the animation i see in the video and even looking up others runs much slower then what i recall. i know its been decades but after spending dozens of hours on that game that muscle memory just doesnt vanish. I can still play old nes games. But it was the 80s and wild west days of cabinets....plus Alaska which was double wild west lol

@drrobuttnik 4 месяца назад

Great video, I'm really looking forward to your video on their 90s arcade games, Konami put out so many bangers that decade.

@littlebigman6451 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant work as usual Kim 👍

@kraftwerk974 5 месяцев назад

Great job mate !!

@thehellezell 5 месяцев назад

kim, you continue to do the lord’s work

@paulplacid581 4 месяца назад

Loved this thanks so much for sharing

@noneofyourbusiness4616 5 месяцев назад

26:52 - this eloquently evokes how I feel about the direction my country is headed

@BURRITO44 5 месяцев назад

Awesome video. !!! You are the best !!!

@joedent3323 5 месяцев назад

Nice work Kim. Love your videos :)

@budkin 5 месяцев назад

Love these videos!

@AloanMoreira1 4 месяца назад

I actually enjoy Haunted Castle very very much, the pixel art, the music, the simple gameplay.. but I do play on invincible cheat, lol, because I love to just explore and walk about, because i´m an admirer of the stages and the art. Plus, I just love a side scroller that features a human (Taito´s Rastan comes to mind) Salamander is my favorite shooter of all time... and that 4 player western game (where those bulls run) is also very lovely. Oh and Super Contra is also my favorite human led shooter.