1980s Japan - Video Arcade ゲームセンター

Feb. 6, 2013 UPDATE: Submitted copyright appeal so hopefully this will now be viewable.
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Here we walk into a video game arcade. Amazing that there were slot cars still around even then.
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[@HappyConsoleGamer]

I swear to god in 1000 years this video will be a national treasure!

[@midsue]

I believe you

[@omarmunozcastorena4466]

It is already!

80's arcades are the most magical moments of video gaming.. Look at those table type arcade machines. I get to play on one of those..

[@alpzepta]

Joey Mantka that is when Nintendo start video game.

[@themidnightsnack409]

It's amazing to see footage like this, so clean and clear. These guys really did the internet a solid.

[@ジャンボチョコモナカ-c3l]

この映像が残っていることが本当に凄いと思う 生まれる前のこういう映像を今KZbinを通して見れることが凄く嬉しい

[@AllieRX]

For a 1987 racing game, the graphics look VERY impressive.

[@lucianosamosata8837]

Wec Le Mans was a great arcade ;)

[@NichiBeiTrader]

If you document some of your time there now, in 25 years there will be people wishing they had been to Japan in the 2000's like you!

[@kian3540]

I wanna go back to the 80's

[@geronimo4621]

you wish hahahahaha

[@nelsonmaraidza8066]

​@@geronimo4621 not funny

[@はゆ-f4r]

懐かしい…サンシャインのゲーセンの前におもちゃ屋さんありましたよね？ガス銃、エアガン買ってもらった。泣 ディスクシステム置いてましたね。 サンシャイン通りのウェンディーズは毎週日曜日に行ってた。 デニーズの地下にはミュンヘンというレストランがあって…風船を膨らますおじさんが店内にいて…なんか。懐かしくて…涙出てきた…w

[@freekitten00]

in 80s i was not a rich man, but was entirely happy at the same time.

[@Calaber24p]

Are you a rich man now ?

[@daxzcdsfsas2882]

I miss 1980 years japan

[@ski9k]

this is more aweomse than you know... KZbin needs more *historical* clips like this!

[@rockarolla1304]

Man, Japan was so optimistic in the 80's...

[@arachnid83]

Most of the world was optimistic in the 80s.

[@fabulousmuffin9186]

Godamn thats a big ass camera. That explains the how it was good quality for the time.

[@xuerebmelinda7373]

That is a broadcast (professional) camera, the ones they use to film movies and TV programs. Used them before and they have very good quality videos.

[@Charlie-Cat.]

Space Harrier was (and still is) a great game. Thank you Yu Suzuki for making it!

[@trommnorse]

All of this happened then and there, and that was the only space and time that could have happened. The spirit of those times needs to be preserved. This vid is pure gold, I need more. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This is like a window through which a better world can be seen.

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Glad you enjoyed it. You can check out my other posted videos. And a few more to come

[@trommnorse]

@@NichiBeiTrader Dude, I'm a big fan. Watching and waiting. I wish you all the best in the coming year.

[@KPKonliner]

Japan's birth rate in the 80s was really booming, It's too bad the fertility rate nowadays is very low.

[@cheesymcsqueesy4185]

The fertility rate in the whole world was high at the time

[@KPKonliner]

the 80s Japanese borns make the largest population with the highest fertility rate, so these kids in this video are big parts that influence to the modern Japanese culture.

[@jobiny9438]

これは嘘で70年代の方がはるかに多い

[@shorty1k]

This is so awesome, you don't see too many 80's vids like this on youtube, especially arcade videos. This one almost feels like you guys rented a time machine! hehe.

[@NichiBeiTrader]

You're welcome. It was fun making this video back then!

[@oldrestless]

this is a great flashback and classic video. glad you saved this.

[@kaiyu583]

Cool

[@mojomiah8]

It’s nice to watch this video showing Japan in 1987. It’s pleasing that you’ve recorded these moments back in 1987. Video arcades were very popular to go to back then. It was packed with adults & children. Love the entire video👍

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kaiyu583]

@@NichiBeiTrader omg ur still alive!

[@NichiBeiTrader]

@@kaiyu583 Indeed I am! Been to Japan about 75 times (mostly for business) since I made that video

[@hikosaemon]

Hey man, I watched this when it first went up and didn't comment, but I just showed a few of your clips to my KZbin disliking wife, and they are a hit - wow! Gotta admit though, I think that this has to have been the absolute best time to be in Japan as a gaijin (or even a Japanese for that matter). Love the clothes, the music, the video games... And your video is in pretty good shape for being 21 years old. Thanks for sharing these mate! Peace

[@蒼海藤沢]

日本って昭和末期から平成初期が一番COOLやったんやな・・・（´ω｀）

[@ch36799]

This is Gold🙂👍 Thank you very much! I was born in the 90s and i am very interested in how the world looked like in the 80s. The last decade before my birth is very interesting for me:-)

[@kansaiPJ]

Luv how you use 80's music as bgm for these old vids. Works perfectly. And the size of your video camera... hahaha! A life-time ago! Although, I gotta tell you, I just saw the very same horse-racing came in an arcade last week - so I guess some things never change! ;-)

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Thanks Hiko. Appreciate the feedback. Next time I get over there we'll get together and discuss the now vs. then Japan. BTW, my J. wife also doesn't watch KZbin - and with three kids at home, she'd feel my time could be better spent doing something productive around the house (which is true)!! She has no idea I'm putting these up - so don't say anything yet ;-)

[@monkey-life]

What a gem of a video, brings back lot of memories. Great to see those Japanese boys with the Yomiuri Giants caps(very popular baseballteam back then) very cool, always for me the number 1 thing to go to after landing in Japan was the arcade!

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

Everyone's so friendly!

[@theRealtensigh]

That was really cool. I was in Tokyo the following year. I'm glad that you got the location in one of the scenes.

[@豆-j8t]

いい時代！ 80年代生まれだけど、この頃ってスマホがなくて本当に楽しいと思うことがいっぱいあったんだよね🥲

[@NichiBeiTrader]

👍

[@HatsuneMiku3D]

80s + Arcade + Japan = win! I really liked this video, it was cool to see Japan in the 80s, plus to see an arcade. I haven't been in a real arcade in so long, miss those good old days.

[@BusanKevin]

AWESOME! Another great vid. My fiancee watched this one with me and she thought it was so great!! It was nice to see the camera in the reflection to get a feel for how big it was.....these days we can be so discreet with our cameras...in 1987, you guys must have almost looked like a CNN crew! ;) the kids must have been so freaked out? 5 stars...keep'em comin !

[@Archronos1]

Being in Japan in the 80's...you lived my dream life, man. Shame though. Around 1987 i was learning to walk heh. Even though im in my 20's and it's the 21st century, i get so jealous when i look at video material of the 80's and how much life was easier and better back then. I don't know why, i just do. Props on the editing.

[@NichiBeiTrader]

@orichic51 This was filmed in Ikebukuro... Back then, Akihabara was strictly an electronics mecca, where all the new gadgits were first put on sale in Japan. Today, "Akiba" has transformed itself into a different mecca of sorts!... Thanks for watching.

[@playalot86]

Kamen Rider BLACK came out this year!

[@Gemgem11]

ゴリラは今のトイザらスのあたりだったかなあ。今池袋に住んでるけどシネマサンシャインのゲームファンタジアはもう無い。サンシャイン60通りの雰囲気は今もあまり変わらない。シェーキーズがまだ現役で頑張っている。懐かしいな〜

[@gvdfgvdfgvzfx]

前半はやっぱり池袋ですね

[@NichiBeiTrader]

そうでした！ビデオカメラは珍しかった。使ったのカメラはけっこ重くて、でかかった... 今のニュースカメラみたい。

[@おやG太郎]

全てが懐かしいですね、昔の記憶が蘇ります。

[@さんばるぶ]

素晴らしい映像！レトロゲーム最高！11年前のUP動画でビックリ！ありがとう！

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Amazing that those games are still around - so old they're still cool! And yet, I imagine they probably predate my video for some time as well.

[@NichiBeiTrader]

@RejectedManiac sorry, this is all I've got. The irony of this is, my buddies and I weren't "gamers" (then or now). And this arcade, with all of the Japanese video games seemed so..."Japanese high tech" then, that we went in purely for the experience and the visuals... Yet, today, this video gets the most interest from gamers who are really into the retro stuff... Glad you enjoyed it.

[@robycabmachine1812]

Dei ricordi assolutamente eccezionali, quando si era giovani, immagino sarete ormai sui quasi 60 anni, incredibili gli anni 80

[@ryutsubohachi5615]

Wow this is awesome I would move to see Japan from the 80s and 90s I think it’s interesting this seems like a great time in Japan

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Now you know how odd it was to be videoing stuff back then, and why we got the reactions we did.

[@krkrhkr]

98年生まれだけど80's大好きだから凄くいいチャンネル見つけたー！ 登録しようかなー？

[@lilyofdavalley4]

懐かしい映像ばっかだなー、こういうの好きだぜ！

[@ghostblade2154]

Arcades seemed so tame in the 80s. It was probably the 90s when they became awesome beyond belief.

[@huuun9916]

今では思い出の中にしかないゲームプラザ　ザ・ゴリラが映ってる事に、感動を覚えると同時に当時に引き戻される思いに駆られる。あぁこの頃に戻りてぇなぁ(;_;)

[@Sketcz]

Incredible video, and I would say historically quite valuable. How many other videos are there of this kind of thing? Not many I'd wager, unless you count perhaps some scripted footage from some 1980s films set in an arcade. Great work, thank you for sharing!

[@07地中海]

懐かしいな〜。当時は小学4年生でゲームセンターとかよく行きました。

[@entebrasTV]

Amazing, there are all the great majors:Konami, Sega

[@buddhagautama673]

And, kids in Japanese Giants caps are playing slot cars!

[@eddiexxx]

最初の方のゲームセンターは池袋のサンシャイン通りのゲームファンタジアですね？ 1988年から1989年までここでアルバイトしてました。店員さんの青いベストが懐かしい。

[@NichiBeiTrader]

You're welcome. I'm glad you and a few others have enjoyed them. A few more to come.

[@enrico-1129]

懐かしすぎる。 板橋区住みのアラフィフ

[@stevethefishdotnet]

YES! I recognized the first arcade as the one in Ikebukuro's east side. Amazing how the outside appearance hasn't changed at all in 20 years.

[@kamenriderla4314]

if I had the chance to travel back in time for a day, but the only rule is I cannot stop major events from happing. I would totally go back for a day to 1985 Tokyo . Seemed like everyone was living the moment.

[@petirgarda1005]

Oh maaan, this was awesome, thank you!!

[@gregh7457]

Beverly hills cop 1984. It doesn't seem that long ago to me but some of you weren't even born yet. Great time to have lived in. 90's were a bit better financially (usa) but there was some funky crap starting to happen. My wife's father made millions in osaka during the bubble years and died in 87. Most of the money the family has spent since. They only own a small apartment building now.

[@ymotechnopopfan]

How did he died? 😨

[@gregh7457]

@@ymotechnopopfan heavy drinker alcohol but also could have been hepatitis

[@chiefinspectorlee3324]

I always wonder if people who are in this video ever find themselves on youtube like this lol

[@KPKonliner]

0:58 It's a new experience seeing those kind of place in brand new condition.

[@NichiBeiTrader]

@ManWhoRuns I'm glad you enjoyed it... and I'm REALLY glad I took it!

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Thanks PJ. It sometimes feels like a lifetime ago, and yet other times I feel it was just last year...

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Thanks Sam. Throw these in your memory bank so you can tell people, "I remember Japan when..."!

[@キュラソーカーマイン]

2:34これうちのお父さんがwiiでやってたなぁゲーム台自体は初めてみた。レトロな映像有難うございます

[@NichiBeiTrader]

@320k you know, they didn't want us filming in the arcade back then either. We just went in and did it, acting like we didn't know! Thanks for commenting.

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Thanks milan... i appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching.

[@figment1988]

nice video. it was especially good to see the deluxe spin cabinet for WEC LeMans 24 for the first time in action

[@NichiBeiTrader]

I'm not sure life was any easier or better back then, just different - at least that's my experience. Thanks for watching and for the comments!

[@jyothiprasadb2133]

Love from india to japan 🇯🇵❤️🇮🇳

[@ElevenColors]

You know, I think I know the building you were in. There's now a live house in the basement called Live Inn Rosa. SPACE HARRIER!! That thing scared my socks off in 1986. I sat down, noticed the seatbelt, thought hmmmm, put in my money, and the thing MOVED! First moving video game I ever experienced. Wow.

[@gracesuanjin9968]

I really love the 80's Arcade Game

[@BloodRedFox2008]

After playing Yakuza 0 (which is set in 1988 Japan) all I can think when seeing 1:43 is "Pocket Circuit!" And yep that was indeed Space Harrier, once again the same Yakuza game made me quite familiar with what the old arcade cabinet looked like (Yakuza is a Sega franchise so they were able to include arcade perfect versions of games like Space Harrier and Out Run).

[@jenniferjohnson4402]

omg me too i came here after playing the game, you can tell that they really detailed everything in the game like it's 1988 japan.

[@自由斗士-k6j]

kiru

[@lemons2300]

That looks like a toy car circuit for younger children, not a real Mini 4WD circuit

[@OverJumpRally]

Before that, Sega made Shenmue, which takes place in 1986-87, and it was the first game featuring a virtual arcade with playable games, including Space Harrier! The director of Yakuza worked on Shenmue as well.

[@kkajapan]

Love it! Was that guy playing Pole Position? I used to love that game. All those table video games used to be in restaurants, so なつかしい！

[@skylinez4793]

Japan was the richest Asian country in 80s. Now its China.

[@user-sb1pl1ln6b]

Covid19 china shi...t

[@lucianosamosata8837]

Great video of a great era. Yakuza Zero lives ;)

[@3188117]

懐かしいですね。 当時これに映ってる子供くらいの歳だったんですけど、 大人になって大人の視点で見ると面白いですね。

[@オニサンティの聖母]

髪はありますか？

[@orangedac]

These guys had no idea that their economy was about to enter a 23+ year recession. Not a clue. Once Bernanke is done wrecking the US economy, we'll be going through the same.

[@kristina80ification]

god damn it, you morons have to try to bring polotics in EVERYTHING, don't you? go away.

[@Skansener]

Kristina Get back to kitchen

[@gregh7457]

LOL kandi gloss LOL. They're everywhere. You cannot escape them.

[@kubakiller]

man the 80s rocked, great vid! :)

[@OK-ny1gf]

ここにいる少年達全員会社の上司

[@jessebeaudry7932]

this japanese arcade is great

[@KPKonliner]

Welcome to the 80s where status is everything

[@TkyoSam]

Your videos are so great that I even outta my way to watch it at work today (if you login through the korean youtube page the school it won't be blocked

[@kaiyu583]

Hi

[@deshiiiful]

They were pretty ahead of their time

[@survivaloftheillest1982]

AWSOME! really cool video! you rock dude!

[@NichiBeiTrader]

I agree. Thanks for commenting.

[@sergedeleon9592]

Happy moments priceless past

[@NichiBeiTrader]

yeah, it was a lotta fun. Thanks for watching.

[@spartanx5806]

wish i was there back then..

[@mathology5710]

VERY 80's. I was almost expecting you to visit Tokyo Disneyland in here.

[@user-sf9rh9xp4k]

今なら盗撮扱いされるけど、この頃はみんなカメラにピースしていた。人々がギスギスしてなくて平和だったなぁ。貴重なムービーですね。

[@Bashur]

Because it's the 80's!!

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Thanks. It was fun to be there then.

[@thejanzenboys]

Wow, I can't believe that was 20 years ago. Might mean I am getting old. And you found Tom Cruise himself to follow around! He must have just been finished Risky Business! :-)

[@kaiyu583]

:(

[@bjbegui]

Oh man, Space Harrier. Loved that game as a kid

[@rudyarriaza1886]

this quality is more better than most phones cameras

[@NichiBeiTrader]

the 80's were a good time. glad you liked the vid.

[@tomoakiuma]

この子供たちも40代くらいなってるんやな。撮影してアメリカ人は50中ごろくらいか

[@citrusmixer1313]

When did Japanese arcades start using those generic white cabinets for video games?

[@NichiBeiTrader]

Thanks. Yes, the attitude was much different before the internet and KZbin - nobody worried about their image being broadcast to the world. They could simply have fun with it!

[@ae-zu3xm]

80年代羨ましいっす❗

[@NichiBeiTrader]

良い時代でした

[@tofujambo]

Was this close to sunshine 60 hotel? I visited Tokyo in 2005, and we stayed in sunshine 60, and one of the arcade we visited looked A LOT like this. I think it was called "St-tropez"