G4 Icons Episode #26: Arcade

[@dest151]

todays youth will never know how damn awesome arcade were

[@----5247]

I'm a youth 8 years later and I still go to my local arcade. It is awesome

[@adamdenardis5438]

Give em a stick and a retro collection.

[@devinmiller5891]

Now that Home Console games are becoming more complicated and less popular, I Think the ARCADE's may one day reclaim their glory by instantly opening up more and more of them. So it would work today.

[@creative_soul-recolo]

Bro, you couldn't have said it any better. I mean the hardware specs have been overrated to the point where the consoles have become obsolete because of the low quality of games produced.

[@devinmiller5891]

@@creative_soul-recolo Yeah especially Fortnite, and the Game makers making less popular and mostly Overrated games I now prefer older games! especially Arcades nowadays! I'm hoping someone will atleast build the Arcades but with the world's Largest and first ever biggest Jungle gyms and also tube slides to a largest ever ballpit! for both kids and Adults That could change the industry forever! :) That could work!

[@SupraRy]

Oh how I remember when every mall and every 7-11 in the states had arcade machines. Most pizza places as well. Those were the days, you actually could make a lot of friends playing arcade games, or enemies depending on if you always whooped their ass in a game lol.

[@cjhs2006]

Wish I Could Say The Same Thing,I Love Retro Games,Consoles,Controllers,&,Accessories

[@linashell2696]

lsvtecb18c1 We still have arcades all over in my town, my favourites are in the laundromats or movie theater.

[@TETRARCHFREAK]

I remember those days street fighter 2 was everywhere and I stilll love that game.

[@ChadQuick270W]

We had four arcades in New Albany Indiana alone as well as games at almost all convenient marts. Doesn’t seem like it was 37 years ago 😮

[@vodkatonic814]

I remember walking into 711 when I was 12 and seeing Pac-Man for the first time. Dad... Can I have some quarters!?!?!? =)

[@jovialnobody]

I'm glad this documentary exists because most documentaries I've watched here on YT that talk about video game history don't talk much about the emergence of arcade as an important phase of the the whole video game picture and I've been always curious as to how they got their start.

[@brandonselitetv1436]

Dina N This was one of the best TV series on The G4TechTV channel

[@BlueflagAlpha]

if only this tv channel is still alive

[@RetroBigCat75]

G4TV's Icons is one of my favorite TV shows of all time. Good thing I watched it during it's time & all of it here on KZbin.

[@mrf19741]

The Good Old Days when G4 was broadcasting shows for Gamers. RIP, Arcades & G4.

[@josephcontreras8930]

Always looked forward to watch g4 TV for icons and anďý sessler and Morgan webb.

[@timsampson2941]

I really miss those days when everything was original and better than anything you could play at home. Arcades are generally sad places these days full of fruit machines, ticket games and coin pushers. Of course, it's also fun to have a bartop at home with thousands of old games on it that you can play for free.

[@Xskills16]

Yes, that guy speaking at 17:34 is in fact the chief architect of both the PS4 and PS5.

[@mrfivegold]

sony doesn't have a chief architect in the technical sense. In reality Sony has multiple competing departments make individual components, that's why Sony consoles kinda suck.

[@creative_soul-recolo]

In South Africa, the arcade fever lasted for almost 2 decades especially in the townships. From the 90s till the early to mid 2000s was our golden generation. There was a place called the 'Jukebox' where there just a plethora of arcade machines. Seeing it as a 7 year old was the stuff of dreams. Good times🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@_itscrisp]

Yeah especially since all the games there were probably 10 years old

[@creative_soul-recolo]

@@_itscrisp They matured like fine wine. Arcades have always that magic in them which very few consoles if any could replicate despite the hardware advancements over the last few decades of gaming. I would buy an arcade cabinet just for kicks than waste my money on a $2000+- console (e.g. PS5) which is riddled with micro-transactions and missing DLCs from games and all.

[@atarikid282]

I sure miss those days, but glad I grew up in them.

[@Riz2336]

I love arcades, I really miss them a lot.

[@bryansteele832]

Well thanks to the arcade 1 up machines you can have one in your own home

[@reneastle8447]

The Retro Decade Revival Project is gonna bring arcades back to the mainstream. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, true talents, pure originality and diversity, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s. The arcade industry will be alive and well for generations to come, more popular as they were in the good old days.

[@Beltzer0072]

I wish you nothing but luck in your venture. I grew up in arcades and I really miss it sometimes. It's nice seeing the upturn for classic arcade games. I went to a place called Free Play tonight and I saw a little kid playing Galaga! I haven't seen that in over ten years! It's astounding!

[@reneastle8447]

@@Beltzer0072 You can help out if you like. The Retro Decade Revival Project is open to everybody. You can spread the word to everybody, list down the things you'd like to bring back in the project and make videos to show everybody how much the Retro Decade Revival Project us gonna make an impact on the world.

[@Shinobi6407]

Arcades live on today, in the form of MAME.

[@RoninYeti]

Don't forget barcades!

[@bigfootinhiding8641]

Pretty much.

[@harryfisher1272]

Sad the arcades are gone. Some of my best childhood memories were at arcades

[@Beltzer0072]

Not entirely. I am surprised to say arcade games are making a comeback. Check out a place called Free Play. Also check out Arcade1Up.

[@JokerJay1990]

That cerny guy I'm pretty sure developed the ps3 cell chip and helped make the ps4 cpu.

[@ChadQuick270W]

I really enjoyed G4 and Tech TV. Both great channels. Then they merged and soon thereafter that sole channel went down the tubes.

[@somefella5818]

Arcades are not gone nor are they dead, ever been to a Chuck E. Cheese's or a Dave & Buster' s in the US lately? And in Japan & China, they are thriving.....

[@Kuson2]

+Jason jrf Hey, if I can play some of my favorite old school arcade games AND get drunk at the same time, i'm all for that, just sayin. Oh and some greasy pepperoni pizza to soak up the beer in my gut. Sure they aren't what they used to be, but they can't be, otherwise they really would be dead.

[@ryanyoder7573]

Jason jrf I kind of agree. I remember the arcades were a place where boys became men through high scores and extended play. Those days are over sadly. Prepare to qualify...

[@foxtoryah1000]

CHUCK E CHEESES *IS NOT A TRUE ARCADE, IT'S SHIT!*

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

@Jason jrf I agree with you. I played in arcades back in 82, and they disappeared in the mid 90s. Now, Barcades are coming around with classic arcade games, because of 40 year olds are bringing them back. Dave and Buster's was never a true arcade, Chuck E Cheese and Showbiz were pizza places, and held a lot of games, but not really an arcade.

[@kellychuang8373]

I can say cool program and good memories. Used to play arcade games back in the days of my youth like when it was the 80's and 90's. Lived down in that time to mostly the 90's. Sadly like this program it all went away but good times for all. All I can say is keep hope alive.

[@CrimsonNick171]

There are arcades out there, but it's not the same as back then. Too many ticket games ruin the experience.

[@ayitsyaboi]

I feel like I need to hook my computer up to a CRT for this to reach maximum nostalgia.

[@laurallama73]

steazye 😂😂😂😂💾🖥

[@Yubl10]

The arcade never really died or fell it just evolved into something more interactive. Arcades still exist in a way, but now they are more about physically interactive arcade games and not as much about a joystick and a few buttons.

[@BenJabituya]

My glory days of being a kid!

[@ORIGINALGAMESONLY]

lots of great memories and marathon play

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

My local mall had a ok size arcade, though when I was in high school back in 2003 my buddies and I used to go to this big arcade at West Edmonton Mall (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) called "Circuit Circus" and it was awesome. Good times

[@JeffHardyRules3]

miss g4

[@nuts0that]

I went to Disneyland Paris in the summer and they still have one of those big, multi-player arcade cabinets of Sega Rally! What do kids think when they look at that, compared to what the home consoles are capable of?

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

I loved watching this video I see now what my dads experience was back then watching this awesome

[@AssaulteedOne]

Arcades are definitely great for amusement parks and stuff like that - wish I had an arcade close to me though :(

[@AlbertMarasigan-ec1hj]

Space invaders and pac man are two of my favorite classic arcade video games.

[@osirissmith5254]

Crazy watching this and the one guy explains Arcades as a fad.. Well, in todays world (2023 basically lol..few more days) arcades are becoming a thing for us 24 to 33 yr olds go to now for a drink, meal and friendly gaming. Detroit and other cities are making bars into gaming bars now. There is great energy to be around and opportunity to relive the games we played as kids. Overall, arcade gaming is a fad but one that will stay with mankind as long as we value video games.

[@cron205]

Anyone that disliked this is straight Tripping and you dont know what your talking about and missed out on the experience of the video arcade

[@SuperFlashDriver]

The closest thing for me to an arcade was pinball. I loved pinball and would always go into my cousin's basement to play his own pinball machine to get the highest score possible.

[@chestercopperpot9459]

I never thought it was a "fad". If home video games hadn't gotten so good the Arcades would have never died. Freeplay at home is what killed them.

[@Sinn0100]

I agree with you completely. The only fad that was leaving during that time was single screen high score based games. The arcades didn't simply disappear after the second generation of consoles. Further, the arcades were the cutting edge for gaming from 197? to 2002. Fads do not typically dictate a market after they are gone. Nor do they find such a resurgence to be called a second age.

[@ColonyWarrior]

Where the heck is Double Dragon in this video? That was THE game back in the mid-late 80's in arcades, and it popularized the beat em up genre. It wasnt just SFII that revived arcades...

[@Drizzt_Do_Entreri]

No mention of Final Fight either. That was a revolutionary game.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

unfortunately nowadays most arcade games are pretty much left in japan

[@dest151]

me and my friends when we were around 13 we would walk 5 miles on foot to our local mall just to get to the arcade they had there and it was worth it ...5 bucks in your pocket get you plenty of play time..

[@kummakummakummakummakummac8606]

Same here. Every chance we got. We had a shopping Center that was a couple miles away and another mile from there was the mall. Sunday's sucked because everything was closed.

[@BringTheBeat]

I love arcades

[@MegamanNG]

I spent loads of cash on the arcades... especially fighting games, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade and so on. Good times.

[@kittrellgaskins3339]

Mane sucks this generation will never no about good ole arcade days. instead of iPhones FB Instagram and killing themselves

[@ronaldmcdonald1458]

That pong machine is art

[@albertsiochi4079]

My favorite arcade games were tetris and space invaders and pac man and pinball arcade games at gameworks in downtown Seattle

[@dest151]

street fighter craze was fucking insane lolollolololol ...that was the shit..

[@thejasonknightfiascoband5099]

Al Alcorn. You're one of the best!

[@MK4Arcade]

Keep them videos going :)

[@taffysaur]

i used to spend *all* my free time (and money) as a kid at an arcade called timezone (and later in galaxy world). the two things that drove me away (besides, as they say, the 'rise of the consoles') were that they got too expensive, + as i got to be a teenager, too scary. i used to love that atmosphere (dark, loud, lit by electronic screens) but it's a place i know i can be mugged by bands of roaming jerks who know for sure everyone in here has money. granted, i live in a fairly shitty area.

[@cutcc]

Good stuff ^_^

[@DanTheMan33088]

I was born too late :(

[@gustyko8668]

Yeah, me too, but don't worry Arcades still exist today, and they will be there even after we had passed away

[@ToyGuruMan]

Mame

[@RhythmGrizz]

oh boo hoo

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

@@gustyko8668 Nope... Not true arcades. They are not the same... I lived through the arcade era, and I know. There are only a handful of TRUE arcade's left that somehow survived.

[@jdog34505]

Me too

[@gamingvidsareawesome5434]

Also, Baer produced the first light gun,which became huge in arcades. But no mention of that,either. Bushnell is a very intelligent man,but he is not a creator like Baer was.

[@CrimsonNick171]

Baer is the true father of gaming. If I had the chance, I'd shake his hand and thank him for what he gave us.

[@mp01juve]

RIP Baer

[@jimbo1722]

Shame it didn’t show some laserdisc arcades. Also good show BTW

[@jakeknapp6833]

Their was a game I played that is like dance dance revolution they have it at Dave and busters and they need to put 90s arcade games at Dave and busters just like 90s arcade at bowling alleys okay maybe also 70s and 80s arcade games

[@josephcontreras8930]

Welcome to Flynns

[@jumpingeneral]

What’s the story history on the guy standing next to an asteroids with a gold plated monitor bezel ?🤷🤷

[@MichaelRACER100]

Super Duper Game Guy - Ed Logg

[@dutchcinephile1362]

Never played the games in the beginning of this video I startend with streetfighter II mkII and kI

[@ryandevan2793]

R.I.P Tim Skelly :(

[@jumpingeneral]

That’s sad. What happened with his health?

[@ryandevan2793]

@@jumpingeneral That’s a good question, I don’t know, and nobody else seems to know.

[@rushkiss2012]

What is the was that game show advertised around the 9:39 mark ?

[@susanfit47]

I like arcades, I don't see them all the time.

[@AssaulteedOne]

Why does no one mention light gun games when they talk about the arcades, that's my favourite parts of them!

[@BlueflagAlpha]

agree , kind of a let down

[@vghchannel]

@10:05 - his "right pinkie" is crooked because of the controller? Liar. The controller is on the left.

[@gagatai]

"We don't have a buck in the state.", oh really? Could you explain to me what I'm getting out of the train ticket machine, the big fat round gold coin, what's that.

[@johnmartin2518]

The silver/gold dollar coins didn't come out till later, after the arcade craze had passed.

[@QUIZFILTER]

Anybody know the name of the music playing that starts around 19:30 ?

[@Drizzt_Do_Entreri]

well the guy is playing DDR so I assume it's one of the songs/stages of the game?

[@QUIZFILTER]

@@Drizzt_Do_Entreri Thank you, but I guess I mean slightly after that when the guys start talking & you see shots of racing games. ( maybe more like around the 20:00 minute mark & there's a saxophone too...)

[@noradavis8002]

Hello nobody played Ms. Pac Man in this video?

[@ORIGINALGAMESONLY]

well ms pacman was a great sequel and there are more ms pacmans nowthan any other classic game

[@noradavis8002]

That's right, you will see 20 Ms. Pac Man cabs before you will see one Pac Man Cab. The sequels are always better like Astroids Deluxe was way better then the first one.

[@cjhs2006]

What Year Did G4 Icons 1st Come on?

[@Saturn_Video]

2002

[@cjhs2006]

+Magicsparks64 ok,Thanks,Too Bad It Isn't on Anymore

[@gamingvidsareawesome5434]

Actually,RIP OFF should have been the name of Pong since Bushnell RIPPED IT OFF Baer. And there is documentation to PROVE it.

[@alexxv.1519]

they really didn't include mario etc in the 1983 crash?

[@JIX9ISLER1986]

you do realize this is about arcades right ?

[@somethingsomething9008]

There was a mario game released in arcades

[@angelfonseca1029]

Who crated the arcade?

[@gamingvidsareawesome5434]

Sure,Pong was a better version of what Baer came up with,but Bushnell and his little band of jerkwads don't want to give credit where it is due. If they had just said that they were inspired by the Odyssey,then it would be legit. But they want to act like they came up with the idea.

[@thisthatandtheotherchan5548]

No mention of Donky Kong Jr

[@thisthatandtheotherchan5548]

The Anthropologist M I thought it was unique.

[@atarikid282]

Give me a break, are they supposed to mention every arcade game made?

[@michaelminervini1908]

I hated Ripoff. Blew through many quarters . lol

[@atarikid282]

Sounds like a Ripoff. lol

[@benkizer9509]

Good episode, but it bothers me how much credit Nolan Bushnell gets in comparison to Ralph Baer. Baer invented video games, all Bushnell did was add a coin box to the concept and do a better job at marketing the concept. Atari is a joke of a company now and hasn't been relevant for 40ish years and Showbiz bought out Chuck E. Cheese and rebranded with that name. The man also claims he discovered Steve Jobs, but I'm sure Jobs was starting Apple whether he worked at Atari or not. The guy is a bit of a con artist and is no Shigeru Miyamoto.

[@gamingvidsareawesome5434]

Of course...No mention of Baer. You guys are a joke. Bushnell stole the idea from the Odyssey.

[@brandonselitetv1436]

GamingVidsAreAwesome But Remember The Odyssedy was A console and their talking about arcades. Now Yes its true ATARI plagerised, but After PONG do you know what Magnavox did besides sue atari? They made PONG CLONES

[@gamingvidsareawesome5434]

I understand they're talking about arcades, but Bushnell neglected to mention that his inspiration for Pong came from the Odyssey. He acts like it originated from HIM. It doesn't matter what Magnavox did with the Odyssey afterwards.

[@hellacia8151]

Arcades have basically de evolved into glorified casinos for children... Now you're practically gambling for tickets to win cheap prizes... Japan however, they still got it going strong

[@Sinn0100]

How can he say that arcade games were a fad? He's flat out wrong and I'll tell you why. The machines used to play are only as good as the games that are made for them. Had the arcades been a fad they wouldn't have continued after the second and third generation. As a matter of fact they hit a second golden age when Street Fighter 2 was unleashed upon the world. It is the same for consoles as well. If you have great games and experiences available the people will come. What was a fad was the single screen high score games that were rife in arcades during the early 1980's. Then along came a plumber all the way from the land of the rising sun to shake the industry to its core. From that point forward people wanted screen scrolling and a reason beyond a high score to play. That brought on multiple scrolling backgrounds (parallax scrolling) of the 16-bit generation. Then we moved to high speed polygonal affairs...fads do not typically continue to dictate a market long after they're gone. The only reason the arcades died was consoles and PC's caught up with them. New arcade cabinets today cost upwards of $40,000 and require gimmicks not possible in a home...well not feasible for the masses. I also believe that is possible the arcades could make a huge comeback...actually they have. The final frontier for the arcade cabinet is the home and now it is hitting a resurgence as I type this. Addendum- Walter Day is a total scumbag that took something great- Twin Galaxies and destroyed it (the idea). He and his buddy Billy Mitchell are nothing but scam artists. I hope they lose everything in court for what they have done.

[@southsidesaiyan8641]

I didn’t like the pacing of this video at all. They were still in the early 80s of arcade games and then immediately jumped to talking about street fighter 2 from 1991 and other fighting games. They pretty much skipped the entire mid and late 80s.

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

Arcade games are 10x better than home consoles because they have better graphics and sounds, but the Gameplay is far more important.

[@brandonselitetv1436]

Max Payne The Console that had the same power as their Arcade Counterparts was NEO GEO AES

[@bloodycinpehile]

Old people talking about video games?

[@brandonselitetv1436]

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