The Ultimate Early 80s Arcade Tribute 

Buelligan88 sound of change machine ejecting quarters alot added to the feel back then!

Amen bro, amen.

One of my favorite Arcades was a Lazer Tag place to. It was always misty because of the Smoke Machines...still can smell it haha.

@Laid-Off Huffington Post Journalist oh yeah, how many controller areas had cigarette burns on them. HA

Fucking eh man the kids of today have no idea what they missed with those crappy ipads.

Right there with you, Kepi LEE! I may be turning 47 in a few weeks, but at least I got some fun memories of better times.

Turning 46 next week myself. I have 4 arcade machines and a MAME cabinet to play all the classics in my house! Those were awesome days. I probably played more games in the arcade at my local skating rink than anywhere because I would go with my two older sisters and they didn't mind giving me most of their spending money to use on the arcade machines so I would stay out of their hair. LOL! Remember playing Dig Dug, Frogger, Super Pac-Man, Donkey Kong jr., and I especially loved trying to play Karate Champ when the older kids would let me get a game in.

Do you remember Cyborg?

Me too,born in 72!we were the last free generation ;We weren't lazy spoiled internet kids we had friends ;went swimming ;riding around lol;and arcades;arcades were all the technology we had!!No phones!!better life then!

Lucky you i was born in the shitty 2004 thats sucks

+KevySuavey Agreed. I was a teen in the 80's. Feel sorry for the kids today that have such shit culture(music, tv, etc).

on the flipside, a smartphone today can do a few thousand things that you needed a few thousand things of back then. gaming, tools (like a level or ruler or flashlight), music, videos, movies, video chat, a mobile phone itself, and thousands of apps. i loved the 80s but ONLY because the job market was much SAFER and better. no outsourcing on h1b visas. no risk of ppl. recording your life and putting it on the internet. privacy was better as was job security.

raydeen1 im not one of those kids i like anything from the 80's even though i wish i was born in the 80's 😔

......saturday morning cartoons and super sugary cereal!

guest They can have it. I'll take my childhood over theirs any day of the week.

Word!

@@Sino_Is_Cool Covid 19

@@Sino_Is_Cool girls played hard to get back then. Now they play hard to want. Fat. Tattoos. Face Piercings. Nope.

Spend a day in the 80's and fill up on pizza and big hair? FORGET THAT! I'm putting thousands into Steve Jobs future!

Arrrrg I couldn't wait to burn some quarters at the Arcade. The best of times.

These young people of today 35 and under will never understand these times, sad and sickening!!!!!

We don't know ur age

@@daveyboy_ okay and

Can’t forget the pocket full of quarters 😂

Ok boomer

What happens when you get old. Lol.

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Yes, every gas station or convenience store had at least ONE video game or pinball machine back then.

Astroids and Centipede is what we had at the local mini-mart. All the rest could be found at the arcade in the mall, a 30min. drive away.

The 7- 11 around the corner had a Mr. Do game and a properly working Rygar machine. The overhead shooter on the bowling alley Rygar never worked.

@@williamhaynes4800 our games were at the bowling alley or at an arcade called Funway Freeway by the mall 3-5 mi away. Great times and like you guys said, every pizza shop and mini mart had them, it was Lawsons for us. Damn, to go back

Oh its still around to this day. only they have Bars inside

+nightmuffin937 what do you mean

Rodney Johnson Barcade. Google the word.

AMEN or LIKEWISE!

We Rule! 😎💪🏽#IAMGenX

How about the Roller and Ice Skating Rinks from the the 70s and 80s that had arcades in them? I played Pinball and Video machines all day instead of skating! I had kids begging me to give them my machine with so many free games, WOW 😳😳😳

You'll Never Ever See days like this Ever Again Ever PERIOD!!!!!

Space Invaders, Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, you name it it was a blast!

Haha same here. It was their laundry money.

I was taking my brothers money for arcade. My sis was taking his money for cigs. Not proudest moments. Early signs of a problem lol. Never stole again by way

That's why you'd simply go for the nickels and dimes! Always more of those, and you could change them for quarters easily enough. DID TAKE LONGER to sift them out of the pile though, increasing the risk of being caught!

Arcades converted every 80s kid into a thief lol

@@FightingCoward damn that’s true lol. My buddy’s parents owned a carry out, we would mug rolls of quarters and go to the bowling alley on our bikes, then to the pizza place. Boy we had a blast.

Going to an arcade with a pocket full of quarters was the ultimate joy back in the day

You my friend have great taste! 😁

I missed out too. Not as much I am 32 now born in 88 but when I played them they were at grocery stores. Malls places like that.. arcades were pretty much dying by the time I was old enough to remember 😔

Dan Da Gamer I was born the same year, we definitely had plenty of time growing up to enjoy the tail end of arcade machines being everywhere. Basically grew up with 8/16 bit machines...and I remember there being a lot of birthday parties at those pay one price and play all day arcade places. In the 90s I think these machines were being sold off to wherever would take them, so we ended up seeing a lot of the games from the golden era survive for years,

Dan Da Gamer im 12 and i live for things like this, like retro things 😭

And beating hobos

Yeah, cool Dads! My Mom bought me the Genesis as my first console on its release day... I've been a hardcore gamer and SEGA fan ever since.

My older brothers would hold me up when we first started going.

(R.I.P) arcades from 80s/90a

90s

Roger Fredriksson Well, some kids like me are still lucky to learn about the arcade era. I was born in 1997 and still an infant, but after curiosity when I saw arcade cabinets anywhere I go during 2007, I was desperate and wanted to know arcade works differently than home gaming like my Gamecube. One of my first and most favorite out of all arcades to this day was Sega’s House of the Dead. I heard that this game haunted the childhood of many arcade users, but to me, I was into it and smiling with joy at the gameplay in using a rail gun to shoot and eliminate zombies and monsters while saving survivors, along with some built-in action and intensity. I played and boy do I suck at aiming at the screen and learning how to reload, but as the years go by, I’ve gotten better. Also, that introduction lead me to play other arcade games like King of Fighters 10th Anniversary, Mortal Kombat, Soul Calibur II, Marvel vs. Capcom, Tekken, Jurassic Park, etc., but also, I may be judged that those are somewhat modern arcades, but fear not, I have old classics I enjoy like Mario Bros. Galaga, Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Puzzle Bobble, and my favorite out of all, Donkey Kong. Now, I didn’t know them till I play em’ on home consoles since it was at the time before I knew arcade history. For example, I’ve played Mario Bros. since Super Mario Advance on Gameboy Advance; Dig-Dug, Pac-Man, and Galaga since Namco Museum for PS2, Puzzle Bobble on Taito Legends, and Donkey Kong as a Masterpiece demo in Super Smash Bros Brawl for Wii. To this day, as an adult, college student, I play these games along side with my home console games. I play em’ for childhood enjoyment and practice if I was to ever play it on an arcade cabinet. Now, you may ask why would I play them on a arcade cabinet if I could do it at home, well, #1 some games I have are extremely different compare to the arcade ones and #2 it wouldn’t hurt much to give my respect in payment as a support for what these cabinets taught its users throughout its history and spreading its message. Also, for the 1st time, during at Dave & Busters, I saw an arcade with a selection of Namco games and to make it better, each quarter inserted will all be donated to charity like Make-A-Wish foundation I just saw, so, thought I could share my support to not just these cabinets, but to the foundation as well. To this day, I am not only known as a gamer who plays Switch, Xbox One, PC, PS VITA, PS2, Wii, 3DS and PSP, but also, both a real arcade lover and gamer. 👍 (:

toss the xbox 1 for the ps4. i have a nes and gamecube duck hunt was fun i played in 2007 i was born in 2001

Codplayerz22 No lies as I say it, but I stupidly bought it cuz of the announcement of Dead Rising 3 being exclusive to Xbox One and TBH, I love the series ever since Dead Rising on the Xbox 360 and I find it thanks to Frank West in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom when I thought he was from a Megaman game with the Servbot Mask and Mega Buster special until I se his special move of spawning in zombies and zombies on shopping carts. Anyway, after hearing Dead Rising 3 later introduce a PC port, I start to feel that regret after getting the Xbox One and seeing little exclusives and some like Halo going far away from its original content. So, for now on, I’ll just stick with PlayStation, PC, and Nintendo products for now since they got better exclusives.

Do you remember Victor Stone, aka Cyborg? If not, you're not a true 80s kid.

Haha totally!

RashandFierce whatevers Bobi

CycleCruza I hear you man! It's nice to sit down and play a game for 15 to 30 minutes without having to dedicate a month of your life to finishing the damn thing! That's what was so great about these games. You could play them a lot and master them or you could just play them casually and still have a lot of fun. Even though I think some of the games today are nice and inventive it seems like you have to play them for hours.

CycleCruza I agree ☝️ with you bro 😎 bring back the 80’s please 👻👻🎃❤️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♀️💖🍿🪐🌌🎥🤣😎🥗🌯🌮🥙

@Lance Kendall I think I downloaded the wrong thing. Just keeps making these glowing blue circles everywhere. I'm scared to go in one.

for $60, I hope a game takes more than 1 day to play... Weird take on video games.

@@OzoneGamerStation what is $60?

afa78djd sears not there no more huh? I went out there and seen Denny's there and longo Toyota and the Honda dealership.

And of course the posters, hopefully the famous Cyborg Pin-Up, as drawn by George Perez from 1981, was on one of those walls.

@@unwelldanny7108 Shut the fuck up

I saw a kid complete dragon's lair on a single credit once... I wonder how much he'd spent to get to that level?!

@@FightingCoward had to be a shitload of $, that damn game was hard as hell

@@deborahchesser7375 I know, I couldn't get past the 4th or 5th screen.

I know what you mean steve I get so depressed how things changed and I don't like it because I don't feel happy anymore like I did as a kid

It's interesting, as this video was just a passion project I more did for myself... over a decade now at that. And yet it's manage to resonate and become one of my most consistently viewed videos still to this day. I'm glad I put together something that has taken people back to this era, even if just for ten minutes... and I thank you for taking the time to write this nice comment about that.

desmond botes very nostalgic indeed!

Guess what? We still have IRL friends and we still play in the arcades on vacations. Now we have video games with amazing graphics at home, so there's no need to go outside the house. What do you want, video games to return to 8 bit graphics and music again? Jesus.

Sometimes a game doesn't need graphics, or a complex storyline. Arcade games had simple controls, move up, left, down, and up, and a simple objective, get as many points (most of the time). Don't forget, 1980-early '82's arcades had no "Continue", lasting the game for hours and hours. And that's all you need. Friends, I won't argue. My take on it is to make an extra effort to have IRL (In Real Life) friends.

Happy 53 birthday

Man with a funny cookie hey thanks so much!

Once in a while I find an older quarter and wonder how many arcade machines it's been in.

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Do you remember Cyborg?

@@unwelldanny7108 I remember when Pablo Escobar died

Nice.

Skyrim , halo and call of duty franchise is still better than any game in the 80s and 90s

If you don't remember Cyborg, then you're not a true 80s kid.

Early 80s, you say? Do you remember Victor Stone, the literal Cyborg? If you don't remember him, you're not a true 80s kid.

Nice, at Roosevelt Field Mall in New York the arcade was also called Timeout! Miss those days and games!

I liken it to certain films and the movie theater. Sure, I can always watch Ghostbusters or Star Wars or Die Hard at home on streaming via my 65" Smart TV and Bose speaker system. But nothing beats seeing it on the big screen as I did originally, so I'll always catch a screening if I can. Same thing here... I can always play Galaga or Donkey Kong or Asteroids on a computer or game console or even on a mini-cabinet made for home. But nothing can top playing it on an original coin-op arcade cabinet as I did back in the day. Nothing ever will.

*_Y Eh_*

Yep

Jesus, Cyborg still exists. He's updated for a newer generation. Come to think of it, lots of things that started in the 80s, including arcade games, have been updated for a newer generation. So you can shut your trap, 80s kids, as you just feel old and are sick and tired of your hemorrhoids and shingles.

I'm glad to be 50. Because, at least I remember the world before it went batshit crazy.

@@unwelldanny7108 lol. Haha. We're not that old mate.

The early 80s arcade was truly something that had to be experienced to fully understand. Best that can be done is to tell those stories and try to get those who weren't there to get that :)

Yep..the sounds..the smells..the laughter..

Reading your comment makes me so happy I got to live my best years during that time period. I was born in 73 so the late 70s with Atari and all the arcades was just awesome. Once Nintendo hit I was addicted for life to gaming, the arcades were still around and still awesome. Personally I loved the 90s as well, I was still gaming, just not as much but the first five years of the 90s still felt like the 80s to me. It wasnt until around 98 or 99 when I finally decided to try growing up some. Lol

I was born in '80 so I got to experience the tail end of the old arcade, a lot of the old machines were still in use by the time I got old enough to play. quarters, the smell of warm electronics, the sound of the skiball machines, the funky colored carpets... man I miss those days

coolbluelights I miss it too.

Wooohooo!!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!! I don't know why my memory failed for a moment, but I remember it now, one of my ultimate faves--SPACE HARRIER!!! : )

1). A montage with the original sounds wouldn't work. 2). As noted throughout, this was old stock footage. B-roll. Most of it didn't have any sounds to share.

Was fun to cut it together. Thank you for your comment :)

It sucks that camcorders were a rare thing in the early '80s (and not something to be dragged to a mall arcade), as I'd love to see more footage like this - specifically of arcades from the Poughkeepsie-Fishkill, NY area (I'm looking at you, Dream Machine, Park Place + Twilight Zone!!)

@@daveidmarx8296 Do you remember the Xenon pinball game? I love that game. BTW, you know who Cyborg is, don't you? Every true early 80s kid knows who he is.

@@unwelldanny7108 I actually played Xenon less than five months ago, at Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ!

I was expecting Subdivisions by Rush

junkjuiceful - The crash, at least on the arcade side, actually started in 1982. The home console crash of 1983 was actually a different thing with its own reasons. I didn't understand the arcade side of it at the time, either, and began to study it as much as I could starting just a few years after it. I also dislike the redemption games and the "required continue" titles as well, but having read what I did I understand them. You could count the number of arcade titles that were ever truly profitable for the arcade operators of the early 80s on your fingers and toes... and yet that is all the arcades had to fall back on. The operators that had a wide range of equipment managed to survive that period of time. The all-vids operators did not.

You are correct Patrick. As a kid, I saw with my heart, rather than my head. What I liked was not as profitable for the arcades, I understand that now. Yes the 'required continue' games are disliked by me also. No matter how well you did, at some point, you had to feed the beast.

junkjuiceful

The local amusement park here had a great arcade full of cabinets they had maintained for decades. Probably about 50 in all.....caught fire a few years ago, now it's strictly redemption machines.....very depressing

Another crash will end up coming if game studios don't get their act together soon.

A shame I can only id Pac-Man Fever. I just need to know what the name of the other two songs are.

non-ironic too

And they were just called hats...lol

Kkona

Strangers things is not real, you cannot emulate the spirit of an era.

Stranger Things is a poor facsimile of the real thing.

A place to BeLong!

Yes! A place to BELONG! DEFINITELY!

@@js6131979 Be Long!!! I could stay in this place for HOURS!!!

GATTITOWN has good games but not quite that good. THINK LAUNDROMATS are the NEW ARCADES now. I see a lot of CLASSIC ARCADE games from EIGHTIES to early NIGHTIES.

THANKS!!! That me at Mothers pinball in Illinois. 6:33 playing defender on the far left. Thought I'd never see that again. It was on the news that night. Very cool. Thanks again.

What are the names of the songs on the video?

There was one like it in Dallas, so I felt this comment. It was like a mission to explore all the different rooms, with each one coming with a sense of new discovery... rather than just some big open space where the surprises are all out in the open in mere moments. The fact that I went to that location only two times as a child yet I still remember that experience vividly speaks to how wonderful that concept was. And I thank you for bringing it back into my mind this morning.

darklordojeda - So is the last one.

Sorry didn't watch the vid long enough. Had to hit the road. Going to watch it again now.

I was just about to say that too, darklord !!

Patrick Scott Patterson there doing a war games remake :(

Shall we play a game...

where?

Boi it's a stranger things joke

Case Kirby No shit BOI

You forgot Max. Dragon's Lair and Dig Dug, anyone?

Palace Arcade