Quarter Arcades: Galaga, Galaxian & Ms. Pac-Man | Ashens

[@Mobliz]

Plot twist: They're actually full scale arcades, and Ashens is a giant.

[@heartysquid]

"Dodeet dodeet dodoo" "Hello!" Booms across the British Isles as the mad giant begins another review

[@Kylorin235]

Years of eating out of date candies and meat has caused Stuart to grow to an astounding size!

[@Heizenberg32]

Stuart Big

[@chris78946]

Does that mean all the tat is too scale with him o-e

[@byebye1813]

@@chris78946 he can shrink and revert back to his giant size at will.

[@SMuha]

In slowly mapping out his house. Video by video I'll slowly have a full scale map of his house.

[@aturchomicz821]

Insert Moggy Expertenrunde episode that talks about heat refrence here :

[@jamesbarnousky1270]

I'd be less frightened if your name wasn't Muhammed.

[@RFC3514]

Plot twist: those are full-size arcade machines, all your measurements are off!

[@Heizenberg32]

@Chris The Pack Rat That's one of those beautiful sentences which you immediately know has never been written before now.

[@sheabrown]

Didn't they show most of his house in quest of the game child

[@tjsynkral]

The Ashens drinking game: Every "innit" or "isn't it" Good luck.

[@bucwhovian8305]

Also: "or something", "right", "I lied!", "which is nice" and "it's a bit shite".

[@HuntersMoon78]

Ashens drinking game = pissed!

[@PooleyX]

"So... yeah."

[@Szriko]

sounds a bit shite, innit?

[@MarcKloos]

"Hellow!"

[@CandGoods]

"Wibbly Drift" sounds like a really Britishy euphemism for erectile dysfunction.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Candace Dugan - Thank you. As a man of ‘a certain age’ I’m going to use that one!

[@BurntFaceMan]

^_^

[@Grobut81]

Well that could just be.. orbital wobble!

[@samiraperi467]

Maybe it's just a slight inaccuracy in the way TARDIS operates?

[@gamerguy425]

either that or if Monty python filmed a fast and furious parody maybe...

[@stephenmartin1982]

That ending was ear candy for an 80s kid like me

[@DylRicho]

And a 90s kid like me.

[@Okurka.]

You just have to imagine the smell of cigarette smoke.

[@Graytail]

@@Okurka. And stale popcorn

[@theodorerelic2718]

Granted, I was 20 in 1982 but well do I remember the glorious sounds (and not so glorious smells) of the arcades of the day. That ending was truly music to my ears!

[@blindtruth4614]

Brought back memories of Butlins holidays for me where I would spend as much time as possible in the arcades often just watching the machines, it was bliss to my young mind.

[@UncleFeedle]

When I see these things in a row, I imagine an Action Man standing up in front of one of them, posed as though he's playing it.

[@UncleFeedle]

I once put my sister's Sindy before an Action Man firing squad. Much hilarity ensued.

[@AtheistOrphan]

UncleFeedle - Dress Action Man In Sindy’s clothes to create ‘Action Trans’!

[@UncleFeedle]

@gary jones Oddly enough, she also thought it was funny. Sindy probably didn't, especially since she was blindfolded.

[@slimc7760]

gary jones lol “this one time at band camp I put my Barbie up my bum”

[@sonicplys64]

The busy sounds of an arcade establishment. I love it.

[@popculturevegan]

Galaga is my favorite game. Nice to see it added to the quarter size scale collection.

[@kevboard]

maybe the slight "wiggle" on the galaga stick is also authentic to the original machine? 🧐🤔

[@Terrakinetic]

Slowly I can imagine Stewart becoming the geriatric British museum curator.

[@clausclausie7560]

Damn, that noise at the end with the galaga sound actually took me right back to my fav arcade. Only missing some Double Dragon, Dragon Ninja and Black Tiger.

[@glasswolf0162]

I thought ColecoVision had freed me. But 30 years later and I'm still given these cabinet machines all my money.

[@BurntFaceMan]

That section at the end playing all the noises, thank you for that Stuart. It was a lovely moment of nostalgia to have =)

[@Brusselpicker]

You've got the full set, when you going to show us your yacht?

[@dr.ripper_]

Dead

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

LOL

[@owllymannstein7113]

No yacht, he's saved up the money buying everything at poundland for the past 15 years

[@chamoo232]

A Yacht? Are we talking about the same man we witnessed storing old arcade boards in his oven for a lack of storage space?

[@chamoo232]

@Most Deadest Pool of em All. Indeed. Check his video about beer bread. That's where we see an arcade board in the oven.

[@Bacon420]

SWEET! I used to build these things in the 90s (the big ones)...always afraid of spiders..Now they just need to get the sound of coins going into slot down for nostalgia. In 40+ years, I have never heard "Galahhhguh.whatever"

[@chuckritola]

You know things are serious when he's using the kitchen table instead of the sofa.

[@toukemi9796]

Damn, I'm going to develop an obsession with these mini arcade things

[@slimc7760]

@jettestin I can relate. I am full blown OBSESSED with any gaming related miniatures, and trust me there’re a lot. This gets to be a costly endeavour.

[@insertnamehere5146]

I have a original 1981 Galaga table top with the original boards which I have owned since 1983. the circuit boards in my machine are twice the size of this whole unit. amazing what has happened over the decades

[@TsuladanGaming]

The random Chef Excellence at the end there.

[@DoctorBastard]

Ashens strokes his cabinet while you watch.

[@cheeze-utz]

Finally! actual good looking, working, and accurate model arcade machines that are small and a little bit affordable!

[@novaiscool1]

At those prices I would go for the larger models, I think the 1/2 scale ones at my local Walmart are only 200 or something like that.

[@macofalltrades6396]

I am over 50. Recently, I played a full-sized Galaga machine at my local movie theater; it was quite amusing to see my adult kids - who were at the movies with me - stare in shock whilst I posted a 700k high score. Without trying particularly hard.

[@olliepop369]

the arcade ambience was such a nice touch!

[@keyholes]

These are one of those 'if I was rich' things for me, and sadly I'm not, but damn they're nifty.

[@Pawn2e4]

They're certainly too expensive for me but damn, has to be said, they're well priced for the quality! Barely over 100 pounds makes them perfectly affordable for the hard core collectors.

[@Blitterbug]

@gary jones Twat

[@ohnoitschris]

They're pretty cool, but to be brutally honest if I were gonna buy modern clones, I'd rather just go for those Arcade1Up machines. I don't know if you can get those in the UK, but they're pretty close to full size (albeit, short) and not much more expensive.

[@Xatzimi]

@gary jones ok boomer

[@DumbArse]

@gary jones ok boomer

[@brycevo]

Wow. These arcade games are so cool and so accurate

[@TheRealLongname]

I could fall asleep to the sounds of old arcade games

[@TheRealLongname]

@gary jones that smell of electricity working its magic. Yes true lightning in a bottle

[@gwishart]

My brother once fell asleep in an arcade. When he woke up, somebody had stolen his shoes and shat in his shirt pocket.

[@vgenisis]

$150 really isn't that bad considering the quality. I might pick up Galaga for my mother as a Christmas gift, that was her jam back in the day.

[@jekblom123]

That one guy on the bridge of the helicarrier will love it.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I watched your video's before I even had my own channel, ashens.. that ending ... 🤣 EPIC !

[@moxdox1529]

I feel weird watching Ashens video without brown sofa in it!

[@gmac5112]

Just not right

[@achievementbird2641]

MoxDox my conspiracy is that the sofa has actually died, this video is just an excuse to move out of the sofa room. He will just keep making arcade videos until the sofa is forgotten

[@moxdox1529]

AchievementBird Ashens and a quest for sofa reviving heist

[@thisemptyworm4677]

Have you seen his kitchen table?

[@chrisherbert9924]

Ashens you are one very lucky person owning these impressive arcade cabinets.

[@GCJACK83]

Galaga was the first game I ever played as a small bratty weeaboo, back in the early 1980s thanks to my dad accidentally getting me an Atari 7800 instead of an NES... and to this day, I STILL play Galaga when I can find it on an arcade cabinet.

[@sexybeardedvikingwizardthe4746]

Hah the nostalgia, memories of many evenings spent with those sounds in my teens.

[@BrokenCircus]

There was Galaga 3, then later there was Galaxian 3, then Galaxian 3 eventually had its own threequel. Nice one, Namco.

[@Nails_By_Kimberlee]

Just hearing that Galaga takes me right back to being a kid and waiting on our food at the local pizza place.

[@Jackalblade9]

You know....that bit at the end was so nostalgic. It really did sound a bit like the arcades of my childhood.

[@garcemac]

My God Stuart you are a Doctor, dagnabit!! Treat yourself to a better table! But don't touch the brown sofa, ok? That thing is iconic.

[@Ghost82uk]

Yup, that actually sounded like the arcade my mum took me too when I was young, if it had mad dog mccree it'd be perfect

[@ShaydeReynard]

Thanks for that bit of arcade audio at the end.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@Black_Knight767]

There's also yet another Galaga that was called Galaga Arrangement that had two players on-screen. It also had more enemies, more upgrade ships, and it actually had an ending.

[@f.d.english5080]

the end was cool when you had them all going at once, thanks for that, brought back memories

[@scotty_blocks]

Having a shelf of those machines would be awesome. Ashens is a lucky man.

[@Ocaljr]

I bought a broken mini arcade machine just like that one and installed a raspberry pi. Took a bit but now I can play retro Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Sega games.

[@aaronstepien2363]

NICE

[@tomofthepops]

You got a link to any tutorials on how to do that ?

[@KRJayster]

That man is playing Galaga. Thought we wouldn't notice.

[@ghosthead84]

Yeah I've got Pacman and Galaga so far, the plan is to have a mini arcade in my spare room. Also hook up all these mini classic game consoles I've got, get a bean bag and never need to leave the house [or that room] again.

[@raven_of_zoso455]

My biggest wish is to have Ashens commenting on cat videos. I bet he be brilliant at it, making up funny stories that leads up to whatever shenanigans those magical furry goofballs are up to, and that sort of things. It would be hilarious. Come on, let's make this happen!

[@smtpgirl]

my favorite video game. Was a pinball fan then

[@This-Was-Sparta]

If they ever make a Sinistar one I'm _so_ getting one.

[@RikkiSan1]

Ah Sinistar, the first arcade game to actually scare the crap out of me.

[@RAMChYLD]

Can they secure the rights to the audio in Sinistar tho? I heard that Sinistar doesn't actually use a voice synth chip but digital audio (one of the first arcade games to use the then cutting edge technology). The VA has since passed away. And as you know, dead video game voice actors are always a huge legal barrier.

[@HurrikinProductions]

Ron, Howard!

[@theodorerelic2718]

Oh boy...my sister is now 62 but mark my words, if this company ever released Sinistar (or Gyruss) she'd kill to buy them :)

[@brianstone6463]

So many minis! And New Wave is doing a mini Dragon's Lair machine, which I can't wait for. I'm like Homer Simpson drooling about donuts, except my donuts are mini arcade machines.

[@Snakedude4life]

Polybius Machine when? NO STEP ON SNEK!🐍

[@adrienfourniercom]

this sound at the end gave me a smell of cigarettes, sweat and junk food on the nose. Haaa nostalgia.

[@adenanthony5257]

The ending gave me nostalgia chills

[@yandman26]

" As weird ponces call it " 😂😂😂😂

[@Wymorence]

Discovered one of my neighbors had (or has, not sure if they were taking or bringing) a few old arcade cabinets a while back... Nothing like that feeling of jealousy that shot through me.

[@SyberiusRex]

A lot of your old videos are in my recommended. Looked your channel up to see if you're still making videos. Seems that your platform-style did not change which is cool. Subscribed!

[@NotSuitableForMum]

Pretty nice items, but i would like to see quarter pinball machines, they would be awesome.

[@dickbison]

That's an interesting idea, but straight up replicas probably wouldn't work right, because physics.

[@NotSuitableForMum]

@@dickbison if the dimensions correct in theory it should still work. I had a mini pinball table when i was a kid. True it was very very basic but even so.

[@DeadnCold]

Man, at the end there all you needed was a machine yelling MORTAL KOMBAT! and you would have had my teenage years in the mid 90s..

[@SawedOffLaser]

I feel like these guys found the perfect channel to advertise these things.

[@TechBaffle]

Plot twist: *The arcade machines are actually full size and Ashens has huge hands*

[@Tristinfate]

I started collecting these late, as I had not heard of them and they must have fixed the issue with the joystick on Galaga and Galaxian as my sticks only move left and right. They are also making more of each (except the 40th anniversary Pac Man) which is nice because I got to spend $150 for Ms Pac Man off Amazon instead of $450 off eBay.

[@APRICEPRODUCTION]

This would be a full sized arcade machines for Warwick Davis 🤣🤣

[@corellioncrusaderproductio4679]

Gaplus was called Galaga 3 because it was the third in the Galaxian series. Galaxian was the first, Galaga was the second, and Gaplus being the third.

[@samiraperi467]

A pint of ga laga. I remember playing Gaplus in the local hypermart way back then. And Galaga and Galaxians elsewhere.

[@MinusNoir]

- Mommy, what's 'vertical wobble'? - Oh ... It's just Daddy, sweetie.

[@freddyburger5574]

They're releasing a Dig Dug quarter arcade in May 2020!

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

Aye,the sound of an old arcade with the smell of ciggy smoke wafting about.

[@asakapala12345678]

I really miss that chef excellence tune.

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

Technically yes, the Japanese pronunciation would be gahlahgah because that's how the Japanese sylabery works

[@ohnoitschris]

I had to go check, and the Wikipedia article for Galaga has a Japanese flyer on it that shows the name in Katakana. It says "gya-ra-ga", so Ashens was pronouncing it correctly, and gah-lah-gah is wrongzo

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

@@ohnoitschris Oh okay, fair enough. I just converted the romanji name

[@steve64464]

Pet gerbil or hamster would love to play , Just finding coins the right size to insert may be tricky.

[@josephfanning1241]

I'm willing to guess that the wibbly drift issue is because it's using a restricted 4-way or 8-way joystick, and making the restrictor plate any tighter would cause friction with the joystick.

[@baladi921]

Mrs pac man took me for everything man. Can you help me out.

[@MoultrieGeek]

Ashens: "...from the golden age of the video arcade as weird ponces call it..." Weird Ponce (me): Well what in the blue blazing fuck am I supposed to call it?

[@kinghazzah]

The kitchen table looks nice with all four of them standing there but I’d like to see two more. What about centipede and tempest? They do look nice though!

[@TimChuma]

Was strange to see all the 1UP arcade machines stacked up in the Walmart when I was over in the USA. They were a one-day special in Aldi for about $200 and all sold out

[@oldbatwit5102]

You can fix the joystick wobble by firmly gluing it in place. This may affect game play.

[@Aleksa_Milicevic]

"They try and kiss you on the lips, while they fire bullets into your teeth". Just like my last date.

[@HappyCynic]

You dated the T-X?

[@elitealphagamermlg9202]

@@HappyCynic yeah

[@zeroDOTjon]

Thumbs up for the arcade noise at the end

[@besafe2000]

Cheers from America

[@TammyW]

Ashens should do a review of old star trek stuff

[@aria8928]

Having put a 2-way gate on an arcade joystick a bit of vertical play is probably 'accurate'

[@theartistformerlyknownassh9534]

Oh god the old arcade sounds at the end gave me a flashback to a terrifying scene in a japanese horror movie. edit: Kairo, if anyone's interested.

[@Nightenstaff]

Decent price for the detail provided. Personally, I'm not a fan of the size, but I collect the full size games, so maybe I'm not their target audience.

[@chamoo232]

There is various sizes and prices for most target audiences. There is Tiny Arcades that are about 20$ for a 5 inch barely playable toy. These 1/4 scale collector prices with the accuracy that comes with it. For something more functional but reasonably priced you could get the Arcade 1up in both 3/4 size and bar top versions and I think there are other alternatives too now. Last resort of course is a proper vintage full size cabinet.

[@googleboughtmee]

Hey arcade1up, that's what the machines were supposed to look like

[@EmiQ81385]

those are so cool! i’ve seen the same type of arcade games at walmart for about $20....there slightly smaller though. 🙂 I don’t think these particular models are expensive. That’s about the same price as a used iphone. I’d definitely buy one. But do these come in the fighting style themed games? fighting games are my favorite! 😜

[@Andoryuuu]

When he turned the sound on for all of them at once, it sounded exactly like the game RAD by DoubleFine.

[@sonofatwitch82]

Ecellent video I would love to collect these but at £150 I needed resuscitating after hearing that

[@independentpuppy7520]

I want one of those. They look cool.

[@DukeNukem2417]

"From the space year 1981".....makes me wonder how space years are different to Earth years. Also, saying "space year" makes Ashen sound like the Doctor (now THAT'S a Doctor Who Unbound audio I'd want to hear!)

[@taikiph130]

The ending, ohh the nostalgia

[@mariodykstra6555]

You must have the Prototype Ms. Pacman. Mine has the same back as Galaga, but in blue.

[@coyoteartist]

I actually saw one of those 1up Arcade Countertop versions in Office Max. In the same display as one of the myriad of Atari Flashback consoles.

[@Redhotsmasher]

That "Ga-LAH-guh" pronunciation makes no sense to me, the official Japanese spelling is ギャラガ, "gyaraga", and the conventional "Galaga" pronunciation is much closer to that than "Ga-LAH-guh".

[@LloxieFox]

...anyone who pronounces it ga-LAH-gah (emphasis on second sylable) needs to be immediately institutionalized.

[@chamoo232]

It's like the creator of the Gif telling everyone it's pronounced Jif. It just doesn't matter. God himself could come down from the sky with choirs and angels and proclaim that it's pronounced Jif and I would tell him to fuck off. It's Gif and It's Galaga.

[@chamoo232]

@Chris The Pack Rat That would be a nice way to make him shut up. "Well excuuuse me "Jod" but I will keep saying it as Gif."

[@NailBombed]

I'll 'ave a pint of GaLAHgah mate.

[@jk9554]

@@chamoo232 Jay-peeks are better than Jiffs anyway :p

[@LtdResources]

£130!!........Oof. The track and field one would need to stay boxed as it would be smashed to button mashing/joystick wiggling hell due to gameplay. I think these are awesome but I'll never be able to afford them. Thanks for showing them though. 5 stars, brilliant ebayer.

[@Vynncent]

I've actually seen one of the Ms. Pac-Man machines in the wild without a kickstand on it

[@Drew-Dastardly]

They are missing the ash trays and cig stubbers. Even when they had them they always had ciggy burns all over the control panels and buttons because I guess some people are scum. I loved the starfield of Galaxian as a kid, but I couldn't understand how they did it when the equivalent BBC Micro ripoff (Arcadians which was excellent BTW) never got that detail. It would need quite some processing power. It turns out the scrolling sparkle starfield was entirely hardware based without an CPU. Absolute genius!

[@brianartillery]

02:49: "A little bit loose..." Too much information, Stuart. Take an Imodium, and everything will be fine.🤔

[@Jodoi1]

I'll be buying Galaga and Polybius I think.

[@SailorMaxie]

Thanks for teaching me how to pronounce "Ga-LAH-ga". Now if you excuse me, I will continue pronouncing it "GAHL-a-guh"