The A-Z of Konami's 1980's Arcade Games | Kim Justice

[@Kim_Justice]

So, what are your favourites of Konami's 80's arcade line-ups? One of the all-time greats, or something a bit more obscure? Have a shout about them here, and thanks very much for watching. :)

[@Aragorn7884]

Same video idea, but... *SNK* ❤

[@englishnature7850]

I am torn between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hyper Sports.

[@Debagio]

I played the absolute shit out of Track & Field, Hyper Sports and Shaolin's Road /Kicker. Konami were so good in the 80s.

[@Rando1975]

Only started the video, but the Crime Fighters series was one of my favorites.

[@wargameboy72]

Favorites are probably Gradius and Rush 'n Attack. Also these are two great NES games as well.. ♥️♥️🤩 Also if you love GYRUSS, you should check out the NES version. It's awesome!! It's got Boss battles and everything!! I love it..👍👍👍

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Hey Kim. Unknown if I told you I lost my father recently (well 2nd jan) - his funeral was finally last week (took ages due to investigation of sudden departure shall we say...) - watching retro channels has a deep connection as my father bought me pretty much my entire collection up till 18 odd; alas life dictated around a decade ago that I eventually had to sell it all *albeit far from mint condition, but well loved with many many MANY miles on the systems leaving them very temprimental.... Regardless, despite life dictating its sale - im forever grateful for emulation. What feels even more strange is i now have inherited my childhood property from him as his only son and heir too him....with many memories getting ready for school, playing Sega Rally on the Saturn as example.... So today, right now, in the same living room I played such games on such systems, I am watching Kim justice whilst playing "haunted castle" on an emulation device (gotta be the toughest castlevania ever lol) - and the feeling Is so surreal... But just to say, I absolutely adore these types of vids you do, and such uploads, be it from @game sack or you have got me through since the start of the year. Of course I've told you how long actually I've been following you (I think over a decade!!?) - but right now, more than ever has these types of uploads helped me tremendously. Cue white summer from space harrier. Many thanks. Your Order of magnitude Aka "Riley"

[@DuckAlertBeats]

Sorry to hear about your loss 😢 from one old school gamer to another ❤

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

@@DuckAlertBeats many thanks

[@martiankeichan6887]

Amazing! I hope someday you will give Jaleco the same treatment. Thanks for all the entertainment you give us, Kim.

[@robinbrowne5419]

Yes. Thank you very much Kim 👍

[@flamingwoodz]

How does this channel not have 100K subscribers yet? Great compilation Kim!

[@jamesburchill7522]

Keep up the great content, Kim. You are one of the few people out there that isn't afraid to break the standard runtime of a movie. Some of us still have attention spans.

[@Evilkingus]

I do believe Frogger is jumping on turtles and not lillies. Diving lillies seems a little too silly.

[@gomibako1847]

Thank you for actually diving into where the name "Gryzor" comes from and not just perpetuating the incorrect myth that it was the Japanese name for the original Contra 🙏

[@randy7894]

Konami games on the MSX shaped my gaming life. It was the golden age for me.

[@kur1su74]

Too bad they didn't do Green Beret justice, feels like the crap ZX Spectrum game (was it made by Konami UK?) while it could have been great.

[@randy7894]

@@kur1su74 True.

[@kupus6622]

Ahh a 14 hour night watch shift flys by with your great content. Pure bliss being paid to watch kim justice and retro bliss.

[@jessragan6714]

Oh baby, this is totally my bag. Can't wait for the reviews of Roc 'n Rope, Gyruss, Time Pilot, Jackal, The Goonies...

[@nicktaylor8032]

Absolutely fantastic channel - especially if you grew up a computer user in 80s England (C64 in my case) and full of brilliant, well researched, in depth content and documentaries. Definitely a hidden gem on KZbin.

[@Larry]

I've only seen that spinner WEC Le Mans arcade machine once, in an arcade in Felixstowe as a kid. Was great fun just purposely spinning yourself out :D

[@futureskeletons66669]

With Salamander you were able to buy extra lives by chucking a few more coins in, rather than a continue feature.

[@purplezebrahoover]

Wow - incredible work Kim! Can't wait to get stuck into this later. Thank you so much for your work!

[@xxFORDIExx]

I've just paused my rewatch of your top 100 Speccy games from 4 years ago. Looking forward to this for sure. 😊

[@Mpsieber]

I love these deep dives. Keep them coming!

[@jasonrockley3724]

Nice one Kim. I was stuck for something to do tonight and then you drop this. Perfect.

[@RapideWombaticus]

This comprehensive list brought me much joy, great memories and I am super thankful to you for the effort. Love the Channel to bits ❤

[@bryangarcia5599]

Outstanding video. On top of everything else, I particularly appreciate the sly Thin Lizzy reference at 53:01.

[@20000lbs_of_Cheese]

Always a good watch, thanks Kim!

[@GadgetUK164]

Incredible work again - so many games, such a long video, but the time flew! I love Konami, they created so many cool games!

[@evanhanley6437]

Love Konami's arcade games. They absolutely rocked!

[@Filmonaut]

Konami had a great use of color in most of their games. Very bright and appealing!

[@wargameboy72]

Amazing work, Kim!!! This is the kind of video that makes me forget about having a crap day. This and the Data East videos are my favorites. I've already watched them a dozen times or more. Awesome job!!!! 🤩👍👍👍

[@terminateshere]

The games were interesting, but I'm mainly thankful for knowing who did that keyboard rock version of Toccata - go Sky!

[@RetroRulzMyTown]

Awesome! One of my all time favorite companies in the arcade, and I'm glad to get some exposure to this underrated lineup.

[@braveitor]

fantastic video. Lots of hundreds of hours of diversion in some of those games. Surely there appear the roots of some whole genres so I admire the imagination and vision some creators had. Thanks for the compilation.

[@qster]

I have burgers, chocolate, booze and 2 hours of 1980's nostalgia? Awesome!

[@litjellyfish]

"robbing a train with your fists!" - Hey you are supposed to be the good guy stopping the robbers!!! :)

[@jaethemanchild]

I played that WEC 24 cabinet in Spain when I was 10! It was a lot of fun. Brilliant as always Kim, and it gives me another clutch of classics (and crap) to try out.

[@Asobitech]

An absolutely epic video, covering some amazing classics. Konami were such a juggernaut in the arcades during the 80s. It is great to see the width and breadth of all their 80s arcade output. Thanks for covering all of them @kim_justice

[@jonwilliams6996]

The sound effects of the trainers squeaking on the court in Double Dribble are pretty impressive for an 8bit era game.

[@QuantumWitchGame]

Fantastic stuff Kim. And all chaptered too ❤

[@Paul-xg3ih]

another fantastic long video to watch on my lazy saturday morning...appreciated

[@dvygrvy]

Awesome as always. So relaxing, thank you for your hard work!

[@speakertreatz]

Thanks Kim, looking forward to sitting down with this later

[@capntinwhistle]

Primo after-work unwinding/learning material, Kim. I'm glad I found your channel.

[@chumpyman]

The Simpsons, Aliens and TMHT are all time classics in my opinion.

[@AlisterLockhart]

Just discovered the channel, quite the nostalgia overload. You've made an old(ish) man very happy :)

[@Alpha-T800]

Great stuff! Thanks Kim 👍🏻

[@TheDumontShow]

Never realized how many aracde games Konami had. A lot of these games i never heard of. Kim really goes in on this stuff. Very good coverage

[@steveetienne]

The WEC Le Mans cabinet was incredible. Loved it.

[@johnandrewliem]

Thank you kim, love all your vids! Wrestling/gaming all are very good

[@fraserpeterkindrums9764]

Fabulous! That's my Fri evening sorted. Thanks Kim!

[@wibbiddywoo]

You put so much into your channel. It must take a lot of time and hard work. This is more like a documentary! So informative and interesting. Nice one!

[@FallicIdol]

Great job on this. Love this!

[@Debagio]

Ah, Kim - I've been hoping you'd do an 80s special. Now going to settle down and dive in. Cheers!

[@retrofunkyninja399]

Great video Kim, your knowledge is impeccable! Keep producing great content. Brings back so many memories of smokey 80s arcades. Scramble, Time Pilot, Green Beret, Track & Field, Hyper Sports, Ping Pong, Mikie and Shao-Lin’s Road have stood the test of time.

[@robinbrowne5419]

Another video game marathon. And from one of the greatest developers Konami by one of the greatest reviewers Kim Justice. Awesome 👍

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Kim, you're producing very important archival content for future generations! Thank you for all your hard work!

[@patrikfernstrom7607]

Yes, another one of these videos! Love them ❤

[@Trenchbroom]

Thanks for a great video Kim.

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

26:59 It's Enrico Palazzo! 29:49 all that scratching is making me itch! I had that Salamander on the ZX Spectrum. Christ that was tough. Hypercrash looks like a more considered version of Roadblasters. Jackal is quality. We had a fun John Rand challenge on it! Jail Break at least contains topless women. I adore Time Pilot. Great fun and lots of shooting. Had a lovely game of it at the Arcade Archive. Track and Field! Mustachioed Athletics from the Golden Age of Daley Thompson!

[@jasonglasper8109]

Great topic this Kim I have to say. Have a fair few favourite Konami games having played them at my local arcade and then later at home in some cases. The highlights for me being - Contra, Jackal, Iron Horse, Rock n Rage, Yie Ar Kung Fu and Missing in Action to name a few! ☺👍

[@ihateevilbill]

I loved typhoon on my Spectrum 48k+. The fact that you had the standard vertical scroller as well as the 3D section blew my tiny little 9 year old mind. Lol.. I literally never played the arcade game "Chequered flag" because I thought it was the arcade version of the spectrum game. The arcade game looks awesome. I need to cheque it out ;) (I'll get my coat). Circus Charlie... wow. So, I only remembered 2 minutes ago that I actually played this in the arcade a couple of times. I loved that game. It was cheap as chips too, coming in at 10p a shot. Great wee game.

[@littlebigman6451]

Brilliant work as usual Kim 👍

[@glencurtis6052]

Crime fighters had a decent run in my local chip shop back in the 80s, love that game

[@chrishensley5384]

I know these deep dive videos must be difficult to put together and I just wanted to say thank you. :)

[@Curryking32000]

Loved this video, really did take me back to my youth in the arcades of the 80's. Arcades of today have simply lost their magic since the 80's and 90's. Please do one for Taito if you haven't already

[@fr.joshmayer3593]

Kim Justice best & most iconic intro ever

[@SeanBridge-d3k]

International track and field was a big hit in our neighbourhood as kids. In fact its now affectionately known in my circle of old friends as dik versus cok as was our maturity level as kids with the naming system.

[@strzxgvnuvwvfld3597]

Did anyone else ever see Gradius 3 in an arcade in the UK? The internet says it never made it here, but I definitely played it in a seaside arcade somewhere around the early 90s. I was a big fan of the previous games and so was very excited to see a Gradius 3 and I specifically remember the sand level. It was only recently that I discovered it supposedly wasn’t released. I don’t know whether a bootleg made it here and that’s what I played?

[@Kim_Justice]

Course that's what there is on TCRF and the like, but it probably did make it here through imports and that. No region locks or anything on JAMMA arcade boards after all, likely wouldn't have been a whole cabinet.

[@thegblob]

Another amazing vid. Love this format. Keep them coming. I'd love to see a vid on every side scroll beat-em-up in chronological order

[@Bijuklich]

some pretty crazy shit here, thanks man...quite a few i'm seeing for the first time and i love them already :)

[@ninjapants7688]

Great stuff Kim, love old school Konami!

[@mihliv]

Great vid! Appreciate the Thin Lizzy reference :)

[@htka77]

Loved Circus Charlie, I never did that well in the arcade, but picked it back up on Switch.

[@XhcnoirX]

Fantastic video! I had an MSX2 growing up and Konami were THE premier outfit for games on the MSX... Many of the games here were ported to the MSX/MSX2 and were so much fun to play...

[@kins749]

Epic. Can't wait for the next episode/company.

[@jorgeng7251]

Great as aways Perfect start for the weekend Thanks Kim 👍 Jorgen / Sweden

[@michaelmaholem5077]

Some great memories. Well done.

[@Dr.Quarex]

Always a fan of your work, Kim! Also every time I see Jail Break I am immediately transported back to Chuck E. Cheese in 1986, excitedly and confusingly swearing to my friends that you can see a topless woman if you shoot the gas grenades into the window with the particular goon in it (which is true but of course sounds like absolute playground rumor nonsense)

[@Deckard_B26354]

Great video! Keep doing what you do.

[@Sonofdonald2024]

Random coincidence I picked up an RG35XX the other day with a load of arcade rooms on it and randomly played typhoon for the first time. Interesting concept with the jet aircraft diving view

[@gipgap4]

Track’n’field, Hypersports and Green Beret were my favourites. The latter two because of the spectrum conversions by Joffa Smith. Oh and Mikie too, converted by Joffa again.

[@domicius]

Excellent video! Some real obscure games that I remember mainly from being found in random arcades in holiday seaside resorts in Greece - Juno first for example. BTW, we'll know you've been kidnapped if you ever make a video and don't mention that the best conversion of such-and-such game was on the speccy :)

[@jonridley]

I remember playing a weird version of amidar in an arcade in Scarborough where you got a scantily clad Japanese girl whenever you finished a level. I know this sounds like some weird Mandela effect thing but it’s true! I have a witness too 😂

[@kraftwerk974]

Great job mate !!

[@KA0T]

Nice format. Gj Kim.

[@VaterOrlaag]

Excellent list as always, two hours passed by like a breeze. And I think I'll go give Haunted Castle another try in MAME.

[@JamesShow]

That Kitten Kaboodle looks like a free to play app now if they'd remaster it.

[@TheSlysterII]

Loved this video, thanks Kim, I loved my c64 Skramble, and I still love Track And Field! xx

[@EugenetheSupporter]

i can watch this endlessly

[@mgtproductions9524]

My uncle ran a pub in the early 1980s when opening hours were very different. When the pub closed at 3pm he would get the keys for the Scramble machine so he could give himself free credits and spend a couple of hours playing before teatime.

[@BURRITO44]

Awesome video. !!! You are the best !!!

[@drrobuttnik]

Great video, I'm really looking forward to your video on their 90s arcade games, Konami put out so many bangers that decade.

[@LynnHermione]

CIRCUS CHARLIE! I PLAYED THAT AS A CHILD ON CONSOLE BUT DIDNT KNOW THE NAME!

[@Bellpipe41]

I was surprised at the comment about Gradius 3 only being released in Asia. My local cafe/arcade had a cabinet (in the U.K.). I played it all the time. Maybe the owner imported it. I don’t know.

[@budkin]

Love these videos!

[@billcook4768]

Normally I don’t care which alternate title is used for a game, but Rush’n’Attack is one of the all time great names and should always be used.

[@thehellezell]

kim, you continue to do the lord’s work

[@dannyvanhecke]

"Blades of Steel"... have played that game a lot on the NES late 80s, early 90s. For today's standards it's not that good, but back in the day it was pretty enjoyable. Remember a friend of my brother saying I had a lot of bad luck while he watched me playing, because I hit the post a lot. Well, hitting the post is easier than scoring a goal in this one, lol. Not that scoring a goal was that difficult, my biggest criticism of the game is that it became too easy after a while. Double Dribble was also a nice game for those days on the NES. Yie Ar Kung-Fu sure was one of my favorite arcades.. put a lot of coins into it. Not nearly as much as Double Dragon, but Double Dragon was the best imo.

[@LozzoAmiga]

Yayyy! A KJ deep dive. *grabs pot of tea and gets settled*

[@docwallace]

In terms of Badlands, it may well have been a rush job, but Konami went to the trouble of rewriting the firmware of the laserdisc player to add some more functionality. Presumably they thought more were coming. Also RE: Wizz Quiz, does this mean the Stampers may have also been involved in the lamentable Merlin's Money Maze? Hardware looks very similar, and as an SWP it's peculiarly British anyway.

[@pmcKANE]

Nearly two hours of Kim talking about arcades... me gusta.

[@conanandre]

Amazing video, thank you sir.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

26:52 - this eloquently evokes how I feel about the direction my country is headed

[@CarDietrich]

Great vid as always Kim. So sad to see what has become of Konami now. They were once arguably the best games developer around. The older I get, all the babyfaces of my childhood are turning heel. Although weirdly, a lot of the heels have turned face as well.

[@paulplacid581]

Loved this thanks so much for sharing

[@ludotym8302]

In Locomotion, you could actually accelerate your loco by pushing the button. The game was way better with speed bonus !