I want to thank you guys for all your feedback. These videos were made a long time ago before I was an experienced KZbinr. This rankings also reflected my opinions at the time but I have also expanded my knowledge and taste since then. Maybe some 2.0 versions of these are due in the future.
@dilvish93173 жыл бұрын
Honestly, it is a good list. We all have our favs and reminisce about these and the great times we had. Keep it up, no apologies for your opinion necessary.
@SirReptitious3 жыл бұрын
Ah, glad you put this comment! I was about to make a comment wondering where these rankings came from, since I am positive they were not the best selling machines, or machines that took in the most money. Some of them I have never even heard of. But it's just your opinion, so it's fine(although you really should have put that in the video or description). ;-)
@johnphantom3 жыл бұрын
Wizards of Wor, not War. Used to play that game as a tabletop outside the arcade at Frenchman's Reef in St. Thomas USVI, when they had it in a sitting area as a coffee table basically back in the early 1980s. Late 1980s I worked for the company that owned all the arcade and cigarette machines on the island, it was in disrepair in the warehouse. I tried to repair it, but they did not want to invest money in it. It was the only one out of the whole warehouse that I wanted to repair besides doing it as my job.
@SirReptitious3 жыл бұрын
@@johnphantom I believe it was Wizard Of Wor; singular not plural.
@atkman3 жыл бұрын
It is a good list with games like Moon Patrol and Tron ... but vs. Super Mario Bros (1986), Jungle Hunt (1982), and Mr. Do need to be on the list!
@abcmaya Жыл бұрын
The feeling of going to the arcade in the 80s was an awesome experience
@chicagodino11 ай бұрын
It wasn’t just the arcade, it was the malls, restaurants, bowling alleys and even some regular stores (like Kmart) all had arcade games.
@KB-ke3fi10 ай бұрын
@@chicagodino Yeah now most are shut down because of all the thugs and parking lot hijackings.
@Robusphere10 ай бұрын
Walking into the noisey, scintillating, crowded, dark cave with That odor of hot transistors and popcorn. It was another plane of existence. Walking back out into the boring real world was a downer.
@patrickaker43809 ай бұрын
The mall arcades around the Detroit area growing up, was the 80s Mecca.
@unlimited-61839 ай бұрын
Nothing beats the arcade experience. Not even online gaming 😢
@davemardon67563 жыл бұрын
Wow...Born in 66, saving Quarters every chance I could...Going to the mall on a Friday evening with mom..She went shopping, I went to the Arcade....Back in the day when you could leave your kid alone in the Mall, reasonably confident that they were safe and you knew where they were....Did I mention what visual and audio attack on the senses it was being there? Ten's of machines, blinking lights, the sound of joy sticks being "mashed", the silly music, kids carrying LARGE sodas, ......Total sensory overload....Miss those days.
@mattgiguere56383 жыл бұрын
Born in 67 had a paper route and spent all of it at the Gold Mine arcade in Newark Ca. Good times.
@holden61043 жыл бұрын
I lived in the arcade as a kid. To this day, there's nowhere else I'd rather play games. Nothing beats the feeling of playing fighting games in arcade with a crowd.
@jamesgray70643 жыл бұрын
Arcade in my local bowling alley. I turned over Missile Command : )
@mattgiguere56383 жыл бұрын
Amen bro....me too and I have epilepsy....loved it and my player 1 up replicas in my man cave....blast on bro. 67 matt🤘🤘🤘🤘
@SirReptitious3 жыл бұрын
'66 here too! Lived in the arcades back in the day. Damn, if I had all the money back I spent in the arcades I could retire early! ;-p
@AndyLShannon3 жыл бұрын
This video is a flashback to my childhood. Born in 71. I grew up as video games did. Still a gamer and almost 50. Thanks for the memory.
@palhetland99303 жыл бұрын
Me 2 😃
@originalhungrybeetle3 жыл бұрын
Me 3
@damienholland81033 жыл бұрын
Born in 76 and still a gamer. Nowadays I play Apex Legends. I don't get why some people are surprised that people our age are still into gaming -- they're oblivious about how far back gaming goes.
@Microbex2 жыл бұрын
It was the best time to be a kid born in the 70's
@putiadams2842 жыл бұрын
Hubby born 70 me 72...both still gamers...im crap at them but doesn't stop me from playing 😅 our local fishnchip shop just put in 4 machines...defender, 1942, Galaga & Spaced invaders...we shot down half hour b4 shop closed, bought dinner and played til closing, fun times..oh & they're free to play.
@dg-hughes3 жыл бұрын
As a teen in the 80s and as a person who worked for a coin-op arcade game company I can't say I remember these games as much as I feel them. Playing the games now is nothing like playing them at the time they came out, some things can't be experienced unless you were there.
@jeremyandrews32922 жыл бұрын
I have to agree. It seems like the late 1980s games in particular were way too focused on being graphically impressive and fast-paced for the time, and are harder to pick up today. Pac-Man still holds up because it's just inherently fun, but so many of those titles were something you had to be there, in the era, to really appreciate. I'd compare it to the difference between the kind of stories that are ruined if you get a spoiler, and the kind that you can read over and over again and enjoy each time.
@psterud11 ай бұрын
Being there was priceless. The pizza parlor after a big game, or a birthday party, or the mall... I wish I could go back and feel that magic again for just a few hours.
@rikk31911 ай бұрын
@@psterud Nostalgia is real. Our emotions had the most effect on us in our teens, regardless of when you lived, because your hormones ramp them up, but you haven't learned to control them yet. That's why our memories from that time of your life are so powerful.
@KB-ke3fi10 ай бұрын
@@psterud It was great. They went away because people got tired of being mugged or shot.
@Pdx61610 ай бұрын
Every 7 11 and minimart had a couple arcades and you knew which ones to go to to play a particular game And how did we or myself afford to dump a bunch of quarters into these things equivalent to almost a dollar nowadays
@dilvish93173 жыл бұрын
I really think that not including JOUST is an oversight. Really unique game.
@GrandmaEdwardo3 жыл бұрын
No joke! That's what I was looking for here. Can't believe it missed the 10 ten for 1982.
@splatbubble3 жыл бұрын
@@GrandmaEdwardo Agreed. The Atari 7800 version is so aces too.
@mattgiguere56383 жыл бұрын
Agreed and hard to learn 🤬
@lenski11153 жыл бұрын
I'm shocked one of my favorite
@tonymoretti23473 жыл бұрын
More like a crime against humanity!
@philbrown97643 жыл бұрын
I started playing video games when the Atari 2600 came out in 1976, there or about. I was 27 back then. And at 72 years old (this year), I still play them and have since then.
@psterud11 ай бұрын
That's awesome. I didn't have Atari until 1981, at 8 years of age, although we had a Pong machine before that. That must have been a very, very different experience for you, being an adult already when these things were coming out.
@DarrenGoodsell10 ай бұрын
I was a kid of the 80s. Arcades was a special place. You can play the games now on emulators, but absolutely nothing beats an arcade joystick, the buttons, the cabinet, the atmosphere, the thrill of getting that high score, people watching you boss the game, even knowing you had to make that coin count made you try that bit harder. Impossible to re-create at home. Thanks for the memories! Subscribed
@colinlock-lv9vv2 ай бұрын
nothing beats going into arcade the noise darkness in britain itwas either 20p 1 play 50p 3plays or just top up credits, if yo didnt live by seaside then you'd play arcade game or games in video shop or the chippy. unfortunatley none of this exsist anymore due to rise of consoles.
@jcb339310 ай бұрын
Wow - 1981 gave us Gorf, Frogger, Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong?!? What a golden year!
@bababooey76419 ай бұрын
The absolute best year. I still play ms pac man and galaga at a brewery in grand rapids Michigan that I frequent
@mister-do54693 жыл бұрын
What a Shame!,you miss Mr.Do!,one of the best Arcade Games of all time and the best in 1982!
@johnjeffreys64409 күн бұрын
Dragon's Lair was way ahead of its time, but that cartoon trend never took off. Reply
@justinchristoph37253 жыл бұрын
God, I was flashing back so hard watching this. Especially listening to the noise. I'm suddenly 12 again and watching my friends play these games and looking at the row of quarters lined up on the machine. I haven't thought of many of these games in decades. Where the HeII was Battlezone?
@AIex_Kidd3 жыл бұрын
Galaga #5 of 1981? Man, that game deserves te be on the top 5 of ALL TIMES
@Lsmoo199311 ай бұрын
So many great memories as a kid in the 80s playing so many of these games. Star Castle, Pac Man, Robotron, Zaxxon, Defender / Stargate, Millipede, Xevious, Dragon Spirit etc. So lucky and blessed to grow up then. Video games, bike shops, and sports. Simply the Best!!
@nostalgia4611 ай бұрын
Oh man, those were the days, I used to love playing Rampage in the arcade.
@johnjeffreys64409 күн бұрын
Dragon's Lair was way ahead of its time, but that cartoon trend never took off. Reply
@slamtilt013 жыл бұрын
I didn’t see Bezerk. The immortal line “Chicken. Fight like a robot!”.
@pez3343 жыл бұрын
I was really surprised that battle zone ,star castle or berzerk didn’t show up in top ten for 1980
@cyberprompt3 жыл бұрын
thumbs berzerk
@timothysmith51113 жыл бұрын
I used to play the crap out of berzerk and frenzy
@fvni3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Loved Berzerk - the game gets tough very soon, as the robots become exponentially fast & aggressive. Star Castle can linger on and put you to sleep with the rotational rings, then wham, a mine shoots from the center and you are toast. Miss those days.
@TwinPeaksArchive13 жыл бұрын
Loved Star Castle. Game made me tense.
@josephzummo96853 жыл бұрын
Star castle was great
@jamescole68463 жыл бұрын
I played a lot of these back in the day but Robotron was my favorite. I got so good, I could play for hours on 1 quarter and was banned from several arcades because of that.
@psterud11 ай бұрын
Nice. You must have spent a lot of money getting good at it. It is far from easy, but once you get it, it's on.
@johnjeffreys64409 күн бұрын
Did they even show Space Invaders or Asteroids? They started it all.
@bobbyricigliano27993 жыл бұрын
I haven't given them a single thought in 25+ years, and yet recognized almost all of them immediately. Thanks for the memories. Subscribed.
@helmutstransky3761 Жыл бұрын
i startet collecting during(lauchbox, retroarch) the shutdowns. i had so much fun and good memories.
@elfman57813 жыл бұрын
Galaga, Moon Patrol, and Star Wars. I just loved these games. Always on top of the high score leaderboard. Spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars when those games were out.
@yvesrn3 жыл бұрын
Where was Zaxxon? That game was huge..
@user-sc1qi3ce7j3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing...
@clubredken133 жыл бұрын
I think Zaxxon was only for the Colecovision. It was my fav for it tho.
@yvesrn3 жыл бұрын
@@clubredken13 zaxxon was in cabinets. Stand up and cocktail. Huge arcade game.
@williamzander47323 жыл бұрын
Zaxton two was terrible.
@laustcawz20893 жыл бұрын
@@clubredken13 It was in arcades.
@ironleeFPS3 жыл бұрын
Atari 2600, Intellivision and Colecovision was one thing, and I played all 3 back then (82/83), but there was nothing like playing the real arcade machines. It was a real experience.
@Robusphere2 жыл бұрын
In a busy, noisy arcade
@psterud11 ай бұрын
Totally agree. The sound alone was worth the price. The bass on the Space Invaders cabinet was intense. Some kids had the better consoles, but they still didn't have the good sound.
@moxica933 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the earlier games were more unique because of the limits of technology. Later in the 80's so many games were just variations on the same theme.
@SoundOfYourDestiny11 ай бұрын
The striking thing is how little the overall concepts evolved. But then, it may be that this is simply a poorly-curated compendium.The absence of Zaxxon, for example, is absurd.
@thomasmount353011 ай бұрын
Actually you can see different engine threads being picked up and put down in most of the games. Funny that I never noticed this growing up with the games, but I can see it now.
@psterud11 ай бұрын
Yeah, there was repetition later, but there was certainly repetition earlier, too. The Space Invaders thing was ubiquitous in games early on, like Galaxian, Gorf, Phoenix, Pleiades, Satan's Hollow, Galaga, and so on.
@jasoneverett11 ай бұрын
I mean, after Space Invaders there was a crap load of "shoot the enemy coming from the top of the screen" games. A ton of Pac-Man wannabe's as well.
@johnjeffreys64409 күн бұрын
Dragon's Lair was way ahead of its time, but that cartoon trend never took off.
@markjackson40853 жыл бұрын
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were building multi billion dollar companies... I was mastering Donkey Kong.
@soulg19692 жыл бұрын
I hope you watched "King of Kong".
@cwalker37832 жыл бұрын
Actually, both guys were employees at Atari...
@Robusphere2 жыл бұрын
No kidding
@jimbotron7011 ай бұрын
Satisfactions 😊
@futureisyours301611 ай бұрын
I bet ya at the top of your game and you're score is untouchable.
@scudder9913 жыл бұрын
Missile Command was awesome in '80 & '81. Very underrated.
@vladimir66cz452 жыл бұрын
This is also my favorite game. And another my favorite Do Run Run, Turpin, Klax, etc ..
@psterud11 ай бұрын
But so hard!
@BnORailFan3 жыл бұрын
A friend and I got really good at Asteroids and played a 2-player game that lasted over 6 hours with each of us scoring over 1.4 million points. We had to quit because we had to go to work that morning. I'll never forget that night.
@Robusphere2 жыл бұрын
A friend and I did the same thing kinda. Played all night till sunrise.
@LeeJohnson-zn9tl Жыл бұрын
Awesomeness 🎉
@psterud11 ай бұрын
What a great memory. I had a friend who could play that game forever. I always sucked at it.
@robertpease983410 ай бұрын
My best friend would rack up 99 ships and then sell them to someone.
@psterud10 ай бұрын
@@robertpease9834 Ha! Awesome.
@robertpease983410 ай бұрын
Dragon's Lair was just so groundbreaking. I would watch others play for hours because I wasn't any good at it.
@Peggsme15ter8 ай бұрын
I was one of those who you would watch. That was my game back in the day. It was so unique.
@Wishbone19773 жыл бұрын
Given the number of games included here that I've never even heard of, much less seen, I'm astounded at the number of timeless classics left out completely. After Burner (1987), Thunder Blade (1987), Assault (1988), Super Sprint (1986), Buggy Boy (1986), Enduro Racer (1986), Terra Cresta (1985), Power Drift (1988), Cabal (1988), Toki (1989). I'm sure there are many others from the same period that I've simply forgotten, but those are all ones I remember vividly. Out of that list, the ones I spent the most money on back in the day were Terra Cresta, Assault and particularly Thunder Blade.
@josephfrank14723 жыл бұрын
Jungle King was great.
@bagofnails66923 жыл бұрын
Super Sprint. Absolutely iconic. No Ikari Warriors either.
@deckard26653 жыл бұрын
Those game were great, After Burner (1987), Thunder Blade (1987), Power Drift (1988), Super Sprint (1986).
@monolithgeometry32212 жыл бұрын
@@deckard2665 The ports to Sega Genesis are what I remember
@jonesmalaco2 жыл бұрын
Mat Mania ("Exciting Hour" in Japan) is another one that was surprisingly left out.
@SacTownLions03 жыл бұрын
love the "Budweiser" tapper, lol
@psterud11 ай бұрын
I could go on and on and on about how much fun these things were as a kid in the '80s. It was a tidal wave, along with all the great pop music, among other things, that was hitting us like a tsunami at the same time. A very great time to be alive.
@yankees297 ай бұрын
It really was the peak of entertainment
@trollhunter88423 жыл бұрын
Arcades were the only reason why Chuck E Cheeses was so successful back in the 80s. Every kid had their birthday party there. I was hooked on centipede, pac-man, space invaders, frogger, berserk, and asteroids. Good times.
@Stinger25783 жыл бұрын
I remember in our area before Chuck E. Cheese, it was Showbiz Pizza with several animal mascots and merchandise.
@keithmaxon95103 жыл бұрын
Just found this video. Really surprised Zaxxon, Joust or Road Blasters did not make the lists . . .
@lazarushernandez58273 жыл бұрын
I'm sure some of those were just outside the top ten. There were a bunch of games I remember playing that didn't make it either: Jungle Hunt, Vanguard, Congo Bongo, Berserk, Popeye, Turbo... Lots of great games in the 80s.
@mannykrag34863 жыл бұрын
@@lazarushernandez5827 yeah but Joust and Zaxxon...
@peterrevens84543 жыл бұрын
Mr. Do and Dig Dug too.
@kuan7203 жыл бұрын
Zaxxon drove me insane. Sucked at it.
@timkr663 жыл бұрын
@@peterrevens8454 Dig Dug is in his list, and it is one of the top 10 for the year it came out.
@victorjohnson751210 ай бұрын
As a teen in the 1970's, just playing moon lander and asteroids was like entering the twilight zone for 25 cents.
@ericanderson21523 жыл бұрын
1st few minutes felt just like walking through Alladin’s Castle in 1983
@kuan7203 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, I didn't know Aladdin's Castle was a franchise. We had one at the Granite Run Mall outside of Philly. Those lights and sounds are my favorite 80s/childhood memory
@XHuntinatorX3 жыл бұрын
We had one in Hanes Mall... Winston-Salem N.C. Man, what great times those were.
@MM-rw8jv3 жыл бұрын
We had one in Seaview Square Mall in Ocean twp. NJ. Growing up in the 80's was the best.
@pimpdski3 жыл бұрын
Alladin's Castle Chicago Ill for me!!
@edwardx49793 жыл бұрын
There was an Alladin's Castle 🏰 near my high school when I was in my teens. Used to go there every other weekend or so! Good times...😊
@fusoya65443 жыл бұрын
Brilliant list but R-TYPE has to be there for 1987!!
@MGForums3 жыл бұрын
For sure and outrun should be #1. Pacland and Kung Fu Master were always busy in the arcade I frequented.
@Epic_Moist_Loaf3 жыл бұрын
This is their list, not yours.
@MGForums3 жыл бұрын
@@Epic_Moist_Loaf and this is our list not "theirs". 🤣
@vistalite-ph4zw3 жыл бұрын
R-TYPE was awesome! I the other one similar to R-TYPE was Lifeforce I believe...🤔
@brantnuttall3 жыл бұрын
@@vistalite-ph4zw Or Salamander as it was known here in the UK. And there was no Gradius (Nemesis) either
@vodkatonic8143 жыл бұрын
Although graphics and sounds got so much better in the late 80's, the games from 80-85 were still so much better!
@soulg19692 жыл бұрын
There was an arcade brain drain in 1984 when the most creative programmers shifted to home consoles.
@vodkatonic8142 жыл бұрын
@@soulg1969 Interesting point!
@jimbotron7011 ай бұрын
@@soulg1969Follow the money...
@Julius_Paul9 ай бұрын
Agree about 80-85 being best, but no game up to this day has beaten the sound of Robotron, and probably never will. It was the peak!
@googleiscommunist28783 жыл бұрын
It’s not sinister...it’s Sinistar. Scared the crap out of me as a kid.
@dg-hughes3 жыл бұрын
I blocked that from my mind I guess that face! I had an instant flashback.
@qzwxecrv01928374653 жыл бұрын
Me too man. Still does to this day “run, run, run”
@timothysmith51113 жыл бұрын
" I HUNGER !! "
@laustcawz20893 жыл бұрын
@@qzwxecrv0192837465 "Run, coward! Run!!"
@laustcawz20893 жыл бұрын
I was older. Thought it was hilarious.
@turnupthesun813 жыл бұрын
We loved space games in the 80s. I also loved the Marlboro add in Hang-On. You’ll never see that anymore.
@monolithgeometry32212 жыл бұрын
Crashing into that looked like it hurt!?
@jacobfrench7583 жыл бұрын
Stay '80s my friends
@davidtaylor3283 жыл бұрын
I'm with you all the way !!! 👍🏻
@rcschmidt6683 жыл бұрын
Well done!
@TheRetroManRandySavage3 жыл бұрын
🤟
@2011Savere3 жыл бұрын
Defender was always so hard. I remember barely lasting a minute playing that In the arcade. 😂
@tonycrabtree34163 жыл бұрын
Galaga and Ms Pacman have withstood the test of time. Those cabinets always show up in any mini arcade at burger/pizza joints.
@pz27363 жыл бұрын
Man, Sinistar scared the crap out of me. Great memories of so many wasted hours and quarters!
@manamedia3 жыл бұрын
Some great memories! Moon Patrol and Phoenix. Thank you for posting.
@scottishsuzuki81323 жыл бұрын
Pole position was well ahead of its time even looking at it now.
@syrophenikan3 жыл бұрын
Star Castle, BattleZone, Qix. Love those old vector graphics games.
@Cerulean098710 ай бұрын
Brings back great memories of hanging out at the local pizza joint. I can still remember the black lights, Tron, and a pocket full of quarters and the smell of freshly cooked pizza in the air.
@patsfan4life3 жыл бұрын
Pole Position looked very impressive for its time.....
@yankees297 ай бұрын
Great game. My first game I played constantly
@johnjeffreys64409 күн бұрын
Did they even show Space Invaders or Asteroids? They started it all. Reply
@thomasc68683 жыл бұрын
I remember the people lined up to play Dragons Lair around 1984.
@monolithgeometry32212 жыл бұрын
That machine had to be emptied every two hours at that price
@cuchulainn34742 ай бұрын
Yup and I bet the wait wasn't that long either. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@johnjeffreys64409 күн бұрын
surprised that cartoon trend never took off.
@cuchulainn34749 күн бұрын
@@johnjeffreys6440 The reason the games never took off, Laser Disc that is, was because of the cost. Dragon's Lair cost, if I recall, 50p a game (here in the UK), when all other games cost 10p. Added to that, survivability was extremely low. Most people put in their money and the game was over in under a minute.
@louis-patrickrancourt15653 жыл бұрын
I'm that old -> I know 90% of these and played 80% of them. Good old days ;)
@danielwilliamson61802 жыл бұрын
I was born in 84. The 80s was really a time of being alive.
@Kevin-cl7xj3 жыл бұрын
Pretty decent list of games here. Certainly brings back some great memories spent at the arcade. A little surprised Zaxxon and Mr. DO! didn't make the cut.
@psterud11 ай бұрын
Agree. I remember when Zaxxon came out, and it was a revolution. And Mr. Do! was so much fun, better than Dig Dug.
@ginjaico_613211 ай бұрын
Yeah, I thought those two were a given. I didn't actually like Zaxxon. But Mr. DO! ..... awesome game. Shame not to see Bank Panic
@fckuyo391811 ай бұрын
and Xevious
@mrmojorisin87523 жыл бұрын
Did I miss it, or is Mr. Do! missing from this list? That would be unconscionable.
@frankspencer69353 жыл бұрын
Well they had Dig Dug, which was very good too.
@3622Dave3 жыл бұрын
Mr Do! is my favourite arcade of all time. I was sure it was going to be in the no.1 spot for 1982. It is infinitely better than Dig Dug!
@atkman3 жыл бұрын
I was just about to say the exact same thing... put Mr. Do on the list!
@majinmorpheus3 жыл бұрын
@@3622Dave What!!! That game was / is major!!!
@tommywhite70929 ай бұрын
100% bro. Mr.do is hands down #1 of that year. Definitely top 10 of the 80's.
@d.vaughn89903 жыл бұрын
The first time I laid eyes on Pac-Man, I thought, that’s really weird!! Most arcade games, in 1980, were some kind of space game. And guess what? That’s what I wanted to play: a space game - specifically Scramble. But for some unknown reason, I inserted one of my few, precious, quarters in Pac-Man. Talk about a life altering moment!
@JohnSmith-oq4cb10 ай бұрын
A blast from the past. The good old days of the arcades
@1CoinOnly10 ай бұрын
Some of the best!
@ssarmazi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, some of these games I didn't even remember until now. Time Pilot was a real favourite, but my absolute favourite was Robotron. I actually played at a fully-operational console of Robotron a couple of years ago in a mall in Syracuse. What great memories of years bygone!
@soulg19692 жыл бұрын
Robotron is still great and probably always will be.
@psterud11 ай бұрын
I didn't have Robotron growing up, but I got to play it on PS3 and then on the real cabinet later. Absolute classic.
@luvmenow333 жыл бұрын
18:15 RASTAN!! Not only a great game but that first level music was so awesome it still gives me the chills today.
@erichowry71973 жыл бұрын
I remember playing all these games in the arcade during the 80's. Great memories!!
@24theMoney5 ай бұрын
Hours hanging out and finding new arcades was so awesome back in the 80's.
@CmdrTomalak3 жыл бұрын
Goodness... the memories... the feels... I must've stopped going to the arcade around 1985 because most after that, I've never heard of.
@bicyclist211 ай бұрын
This brings back so many fond memories of my childhood. The 80's rocked. My friends and I used to beg our parents for some quarters or allowance so we could go to the arcade. It was the place to be seen. As only the cool kids were there. Some of these I've never seen or get a chance to play. Thank you.
@ayarlett3 жыл бұрын
Time Pilot was good but Time Pilot 84 was exceptional as as a shoot em up. Also, for pure difficulty, how many of you can say they got to level 10 of Robotron? One of the hardest arcade games of all time. I still play it almost 40 years later. wow!
@rayjones461610 ай бұрын
Disappointed to not see Xevious and Hogan's Alley not on the list, two of my all-time favorites. 1982 and 1983 had the best line-ups, in my opinion.
@youtopia200011 ай бұрын
80 -83 were the best years for me, then I went off to college. Surprised Battlezone wasn't on the list, but still a great compilation. Thanks for the memories!
@mannykrag34863 жыл бұрын
Where’s Joust ?!? That game was the best out of all of these
@michaeln.23833 жыл бұрын
I never played it, but it's in a lot of arcade videos.
@lormoisfrederic22983 жыл бұрын
1980, what a year : Centipede, PAC-MAN, Tempest, Rally X, Defender. Always classics
@toddripcity78783 жыл бұрын
yes, was a great year, but hard not to pick 1981 had two biggies: Ms Pac-man (which played better than pac man, although pac man was so novel) and Donkey King. A close 2nd grouping was Galaga, Frogger, and 3rd. grouping of Gorf, Galaxians,
@celinesenden41423 жыл бұрын
Pac man is the King of 80s
@rcschmidt6683 жыл бұрын
Also Super Pac Man, but Pac Man Jr was not as fun. IMO
@samtaurus0073 жыл бұрын
Wow, memories of old. Bubble Bobble was my personal favourite. :)
@cityportoftraps89963 жыл бұрын
abs super... completed it with the help of my friend, the 'fox'... good memories of Moon Cresta and Missile Command... fairly addicted to 3 more that got no mention here... ❤
@newclothes81653 жыл бұрын
The invention of the life meter was a game-changer. No pun intended.
@robertclark15653 жыл бұрын
Stargate (sequel to defender) was cool too!
@DougZbikowski10 ай бұрын
There was this feeling of excitement and wonder when seeing a new arcade game. You would just watch the preview screens, try to figure out the story, and see if it was enticing enough to earn a quarter. I miss that feeling.
@scottytee5033 жыл бұрын
Dragon’s Lair was not one coin.
@jamesgray70643 жыл бұрын
And it was a sh*t game. Disney, as usual
@angrytheclown8013 жыл бұрын
@@jamesgray7064 Don Bluth wasn't working for Disney at the time and it wasn't a bad game for its time, before quick time events out stayed their welcome.
@brutusmaximumus3 жыл бұрын
def. 2 coins and def. not the greatest game play other than to drain your pockets, but it has to some credit for being one of the first fully animated (non-sprite or vector based) games, def. drew us kids with its fancy graphics :D
@davidsine12223 жыл бұрын
I think it was the first game that cost 50 cents if I remember
@scubaguy0073 жыл бұрын
At a dollar a game I went no where near that game. I didn’t want to have any interest in it at all. My hard earned coin went to Galaga, Tempest, Joust, Dig dug and so many other quarter gulpers.
@robertpease983410 ай бұрын
One of my favorites was Tron Deadly Discs. I loved that it was a full size arcade machine you stood inside.
@grailcollector7133 жыл бұрын
Just hearing those sounds takes me back to my days at the arcade, cruising on my PK Ripper, and all night skates !
@bozboz44143 жыл бұрын
Still love PK Rippers bro
@grailcollector7133 жыл бұрын
@@bozboz4414 me too brother ! Keep the 80s and that old school bmx alive !
@monolithgeometry32212 жыл бұрын
PKs are worth tons now. I had a Hutch trick star 2. Decked the f*** out. Skyway mags. The neighborhood loser stole it and sold it
@fizban69010 ай бұрын
I sure miss the days of going to the mall and hanging out in the Arcade and spending most of the day with just $5 in quarters. Poor kids nowadays will never know that gloriousness. Putting your quarter/token on the machine for the next game of Street Fighter 2, and then staying there for an hour on 25 cents taking on all challengers? That was the best.
@eclecticjon10193 жыл бұрын
Defender. My personal arcade favourite of all time. All those buttons. The hyperspace 'panic' button was such a great addition.
@cameranmanner47013 жыл бұрын
sadly you couldn't have a long experience with the control deck. didn't take long for your credit to disappear.
@sandal_thong863110 ай бұрын
I didn't see Defender II (a.k.a. Stargate). Not sure how popular that one was, but it's one I wish I got for the Atari 2600 in 1984.
@robertc52003 жыл бұрын
1983 has me misty eyed. I was 12 playing Spy Hunter, Elevator Action, Star Wars and banging the hell out of the buttons on Track and Field.
@shanehughes7403 жыл бұрын
Did you ever use the comb trick on Track & Field? :)
@bozboz44143 жыл бұрын
Loving how un-PC the old school games were...super interesting seeing the origins of all the genres still being used to this day
@InformationIsTheEdge11 ай бұрын
With occasional exceptions, I put a quarter into nearly every single machine in this presentation. With particularly strong memories of games from 80-85. My scholastic and sports training schedule was consuming more and more of my time starting about '85. Such good memories!
@Lastkingof333 жыл бұрын
Every 80s kid knows super Mario and pacman would be on this list. I would put in Mr. Do's castle, sidearms, kangaroo and Indiana Jones temple of doom
@davidlarsen-tj4tn9 ай бұрын
I was 12 at the dawn of the 80’s so remember these games well. I was never good. Didn’t have the patience. Was more of a pinball guy. There was a store a block away during our high school years that had a few pinball machines and a few arcade games. Was the perfect place to hang out all the time at,especially in the winter months. Great memories
@unlimited-61839 ай бұрын
Karate Champ 🏆• "Aren't you a bit old to be playing video games?" 😂 classic!!
@mbuckley3828 Жыл бұрын
Number of my favorites not showing up here were: Frontline, Ladybug, Pengo, Pooyan, Xevious, Zookeeper, NFL Football, and 4-player Tecmo Bowl. I only seen NFL Football in one arcade at a local mall in all of the places that ever had arcade games (arcades, liquor stores, Golf n' Stuff, etc.) Loved that game because it used actual footage from NFL games for whatever action you chose for your play. I also miss playing pinball machines too.
@justinkantner71623 жыл бұрын
In 89-90, TMNT the arcade game was life...
@66desdichado3 ай бұрын
I just went to retro arcade this year. I got into my "gamer stance" to play "Dig Dug," and it felt like the arcades never left!
@clubredken133 жыл бұрын
The game I spent all of my 14 yr old fortune on was space invaders. In fact I remember mom gave me a talking to. She wanted me to think about my future. But that one might have been a game from '79.
@vudusid87178 ай бұрын
The fact that you put Bubble Bobble at number one for 1986 make me feel like this crazy world has been restored. Well done!
@DarksladeDiaries3 жыл бұрын
a title error. The game is called "Wizard of Wor". Otherwise, cool video. Brought back a lot of memories.
@strongblade3 жыл бұрын
Not to mention "Sinistar" , not "Sinister"...
@bateriayvr89883 жыл бұрын
"I am the Wizard of war... Da da da da" ;)
@qzwxecrv01928374653 жыл бұрын
The feels. I have played about 90% of the games mentioned. Those I haven’t played I never heard of. Thanks for the memories
@rcslyman8929 Жыл бұрын
Pac-Land was phenomenal. A game that was an adaptation of a TV show that was an adaptation of a game. But they managed not to screw it up, it was fun!
@jeffreyellman50163 жыл бұрын
Pretty good list. Missing from it is Zaxxon, Joust, Crazy Climber, Food Fight, Super Sprint, Crystal Castles. Couldn't tell you how much money/time I wasted on Moon Patrol, Zaxxon, Arkanoid and Rastan.
@thefifthdoctor67803 жыл бұрын
Ah my childhood memories come rushing back. Glad I still play these 😎
@luisreyes19632 жыл бұрын
So do I.
@unlimited-61839 ай бұрын
Same... I play Twin Cobra, Bubble Bobble and Shinobi all the time 🎉
@remiquinta906215 күн бұрын
Born in 79 and loved these games Heavy Barrel, The Jackal, RoboCop, Double Dragon, TMNT, POW and Rastan!❤ Thanks for the memories!
@bklyncrook3 жыл бұрын
I remember playing about 95% of these coin op games back in the late 80s and early 90s in NYC Chinatown Arcade. Word up.
@smarouchoc730011 ай бұрын
I have been trying to remember the name of "Super Cobra" for YEARS!!!! So glad I watched this.
@WhatIsKevinUpTo3 жыл бұрын
Oh this brings back so many memories of being in a loud dark arcade where parents were afraid to enter.
@allanburton81152 жыл бұрын
Back in the early 80's, my brother and I used to ride our bikes to the bowling alley and play video games all day
@marineboy196410 ай бұрын
Me and my mates spent most of our youth playing DEFENDER at our local swimming baths strange but true , and completed it loads of times . There was a glitch on the final part go up , if you got in line in a certain position you didn't have to move the joy stick or fire it was like you was ghost mode . And OLYMPICS was another favourite but the game had to be on buttons and not on joy stick
@paulmartin234811 ай бұрын
I am old as dirt. (maybe older) Born in '72 and first started out with Timex Sinclair and a tape drive to play Pong and Frogger. One of my favorite games from back in the day was Gyrus (on a Commodore 64) and it had a KILLER classical music soundtrack that almost 40 years later I don't remember just remember how much I loved it. Someday I will find that music and hear it again. 😁
@kenmusial1685 Жыл бұрын
Great List. My personal favorites that were omitted were Joust, Front Line, Xevious, Zaxxon, John Elway Quarterback, 10-Yard Fight, World Series, Zookeeper, and Food Fight.
@calabiyou3 жыл бұрын
Great list. Two others that I thought were great: Battlezone (with the tank periscope), and Xevious.
@psterud11 ай бұрын
Yes. Those were huge games. Battlezone was great because you had to look through that periscope thing, but it was tough as nails to play, and never lasted very long. Still that experience was like nothing else at the time. You put a quarter in and you felt like your life depended on you doing well. That immersion was intense. Xevious was just great all around. Easy to play, great graphics, cool sounds... You could spend some time on it with one quarter.
@nrnoble2 жыл бұрын
Thumbs UP. What is made more clear by seeing these games back to back is there many games have a forerunner game that is the first for a specific type of game play, then other games are very similar. Some games appear to be nearly identical to a previous game only reskinned with different graphics.
@davess6110 ай бұрын
oh wow what a time to be a gamer that was. Some of those games had been buried deep inside my childhood memories and the music in particular brought it all back. I hope you're still creating new content, I'll subscibe to your channel to find out :D