Best 1980s Video Games!

[@spiderman4x]

Pauline was just Pauline, not Peach. She appears in Super Mario Odyssey on the Switch. Great video still.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and helping out on that.

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

Pauline also had a cameo in "Pinball" for NES by Nintendo during a bonus points area. She also had different colored hair.

[@csnide6702]

she was known as Peach and Princess peach in numerous games - that's why the announcer said it , I'm sure......

[@wendyokoopa7048]

@@RhettyforHistory I was about to comment same thing. Toadstool(aka Peach) is her own woman. Pauline is widely considered to be Mario's ex girlfriend.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

@@RhettyforHistory but I loved this video nonetheless.

[@KentKaliber]

Good gosh there will NEVER BE A DECADE as FUN as the 80's. I miss it so badly :(

[@kimmieh8419]

AGREED!!! 🤗

[@deborahchesser7375]

we would ride our bikes to my buddies parents store and got whatever we wanted then to the pool and swam most of the day, after that we’d go to Shakeys pizza and on the way home stop at the bowling alley to play some games. Or we’d go to Lawsons right by our house and play Robotron or whatever they had at the time, I would go back in a hot second.

[@riteshmishra3093]

90s was better than 80s

[@26snoopy82]

I agree I was born in the 80’s. I grew up with, Atari, NES, at swim meets I would hand out at the arcades as my brothers swam. I grew up playing with my brother’s toys he man, Transformers, go bots, Star war toys, thundercats, garbage patch kids. I wish the D&D did not have the bad news I want to play it. My parents do not wan5 me to play it.

[@jackson5116]

Do you really miss men/boys in short shorts like you see at 0:18? So many claim to miss them, but yet don't want to see that again- then you don't really miss them if you miss their fashion! ;)

[@TomFooleryTheAustere]

80s was an awesome decade to be a kid. I was born mid 70s so I got childhood and adolescence during that stretch. My parents used to forbid me from hanging out at the local arcade cuz they said that’s where the riff raff hung out. They were in denial, not realizing that I was part of the riff raff.

[@jarrysciligo5395]

😀 So true. You and me both, lol.

[@princessmarlena1359]

I wish I had been born 7 years earlier or so in order to have been old enough to have better appreciated the ‘80s.

[@bigballzmcdrawz2921]

Was born 1983 and remember going to some arcades during the late 80s (my older brother & I's birthday is the same day but we're 6 years apart) on birthdays. I didn't get to truly experience the arcade until the 90s.

[@mham1330]

🤣😅🤣

[@scottr5661]

My mom used to not want me to go to the arcade because they sold drugs there. Never saw that happen if it did. Still spent too much time and money at the arcade despite not being able to go. The joys of the 80s...no technology tracking your every move.

[@pamosborn1956]

My boyfriend & I spent rolls of quarters at a 7-11 playing GAUNTLET!!!! We Loved it!

[@Bacopa68]

"Elf is about to die!"

[@billybarnett2846]

The 80s was decade where everything sort of came together for a lot of kids in America. I miss everything about it.

[@epcotman32]

Yes

[@matthewplatz4572]

The 90s werent so bad either.

[@northeastcorals]

@@matthewplatz4572 Then it started going down hill after that.

[@johnjeffreys6440]

That's because you were a teenager in the 80's. If you were 50 in the 80's, you wouldn't have enjoyed it the same way.

[@davidaustin4407]

No missle command? That was a classic

[@RhettyforHistory]

That was a great game to play! Thank you for watching!

[@joeheid4757]

I loved MC. When it finally got to Atari my late dad and I had some epic games.

[@alistairmcelwee7467]

Definitely Missile Command should be on this list.

[@catholic200747]

A couple of rare games, Gorf and Rally X.

[@catholic200747]

Another rare, late 80's one, Galaga 88.

[@karlepaul6632]

Galaga was my all time favorite, especially when you doubled up on ships and shooting the bonus rounds!

[@Johnnywhamo]

It was an awesome game for sure!!!

[@bighuge1060]

I wish I were a youngster seeing this through fresh eyes and being entirely taken aback. As a 61 year old, I remember well when our mall got rid of an eatery/food court across from the theaters and the space gave way to a video arcade. It was an experience you can not recreate on a home videogame system by oneself.

[@rladen1]

Asteriods, Missile Command, Xevious, Gyruss, Joust, Burger Time just to name a few that were not on the list. The early 80's was a timeless, priceless era. Tons and tons of bands touring to choose from, along with arcades everywhere, so much to do as a teenager. Nothing compares.

[@matthewclay6535]

I was 12 yrs. old in 1980... the perfect time for the video arcade craze that was just beginning to sweep the country. "Crazy Climber" was one of my favorites! Wish I had a time machine! Nice video by the way!! Thanks.

[@susanmenn5016]

YES!! That was one of my favorites, too. Was looking to see if someone else mentioned it.

[@cnfuzz]

Frontline , western sherrif , pleiads, qix , Astro blaster the list goes on , we witnessed the very birth of what was to come from electromechanical into digital 1975-1985

[@guslevy3506]

“Go for it!!”

[@IMRROcom]

1967 - perfect year for the entire 1980's We had it all.

[@tonydavis8696]

I was born in 1968, and loved going to arcades in the 80s. One arcade near me had Pac Man Plus. I don't remember seeing that one around as much as regular Pac Man. Jr. Pac Man could be a real challenge.

[@jeffreysg]

I think my favorite Frogger TV reference was when George found a Frogger arcade and had to cross a busy street with it. They then filmed a top view of George crossing the street, Frogger style, avoiding cars to get to the other side. That’s gold, Jerry. Gold!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing a memory!

[@luisreyes1963]

Ah, a Seinfeld reference. 😁

[@francisdhomer5910]

I wish they had a LOL I would have pushed it multiple times. I never seen this episode but it had to have been hilarious.

[@DefextOfficial]

Love it!

[@Ozymandias1]

Some students also played real-life Frogger on highways. Sometimes with fatal results. Just don’t do this.

[@tempestfury8324]

Gauntlet with four players was extremely fun! I also loved Space Duel, a two player sequel to Asteroids; you could link the two ships together that would make movement a wacky and risky endeavor. The sit-inside version of Star Wars was incredible but usually cost 50¢, as did Dragon's Lair when it released. I also love another vector graphics game from Atari that is rarely mentioned....Major Havoc!

[@Caseytify]

Actually, Space Duel came well before Asteroids

[@tempestfury8324]

@@Caseytify : Asteroids came out in 1979. Space Duel came out in 1982.

[@zerohero187]

Pitfall was one of my favorites. It was released in 1982 on Atari.

[@techmeout1362]

Great video. One of the most popular games of the 80s left off the list was Asteroids. GREAT game and even more popular than Pacman in it's time.

[@laureencriss8220]

Yes! I was looking for this comment. And Space Invaders, Burger Time.... 😊

[@D3MON_KOR3]

The 80s...I miss sooo much 😞 damn....❤️ The 80s is just a era that will always stay relevant, there's still games, movies and other related things that have a 80s influence or concepts 👍

[@randysegar7722]

I feel your pain. The 80s will always hold a special place in my heart. As a drummer i saw most of the hair bands and a ton of metal shows too. I'll never forget any of them 🤘

[@SandraLily2]

The abundance of cocaine comes to mind...

[@D3MON_KOR3]

@@SandraLily2 lol. Every era has it's issues, but at least coke is natural. It's better than all these tweakers running around like zombies stealing everything lol. Meth was around back then but it wasn't as relevant as it is in the modern day, but even if you find coke today, it definitely isn't what it used to be 😵‍💫

[@dreamguardian8320]

I miss the 80s too. I was lucky to be born during that time.

[@markwebb1040]

2 games that immediately came to mind were Star Castle and Gorf. There was also Omega Race, Berzerk, Rally X. But one of my absolute favorites was Wizard of Wor. It's one of the earliest co-op games that I know of but you also had the challenge of not shooting your teammate. Great times. On a side note, once I made a slug out of melted solder and it actually worked.

[@kimmieh8419]

Lol, a slug! That’s funny!😆

[@francisdhomer5910]

If Omega Race is what I am thinking of I enjoyed it. It don't seem to have became as popular as others. Like I said if it's the one I'm thinking of my arcade had the sit down one. It was like being in the actual cockpit and people could watch you. Well designed as far as spectators goes

[@bprice6890]

Star Castle was awesome

[@lleblanc1969]

Moon Patrol and Ghosts and Goblins were my favorites.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and mentioning a couple of your favorites!

[@johnnyhartdawg6220]

@@RhettyforHistory asteroids and space invaders were my favorites

[@DSBac]

Dragon’s Lair was super popular at the pizza restaurant my family frequented back when it came out. The cabinet had such large crowds gathered around it, they eventually added a second monitor on top of the cabinet so people in the back of the crowd could see what was happening. I remember that game being incredibly hard to play. But those laser disc games were pretty awesome to look at back then!

[@peterbelanger4094]

There was a Dragon's Lair in the restaurant across the street from my school in 8th grade in 1983/4, It collected a LOT of quarters from us students. There was also a Star Wars game. The pizza place around the corner had Donkey Kong, I think.

[@DefextOfficial]

Cool story... bro. :)

[@danieldaniels7571]

So much fun to watch, but not all that fun to play.

[@danieldaniels7571]

@@peterbelanger4094 the Star Wars game was amazing, especially if you could find a sit down model with surround sound. As an old fart I'd be willing to drive long way to play that again.

[@dreamguardian8320]

Dragon's Lair and Space Ace were both fun games. Even tough I got killed and lost a lot of times, it was awesome to see a 2D animated game you could actually play. Don Bluth was a genius. If only we had more of his video games and movies around today.

[@CaptainSkeleton2004]

Classic arcade games are one of my favorite to play, even though the graphics are outdated i still enjoy them.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I still enjoy them as well. They were simple to play and that still works for me. Thank you for watching!

[@mattm1686]

graphics are over rated!

[@robindew9072]

The 89s really was the best decade ever. Such fun. So many wonderful memories. The arcade was always so much fun.

[@backwoodsbully9841]

AGREED!

[@lindaball6714]

Hi Rhetty ! I was huge centipede fan. Used to go as a big group on Fridays and hang. Was really a great generation (Genx) we had all the cool shyt 😍😎

[@RhettyforHistory]

I loved centipede and some of those roller balls would get stiff if they didn't maintain them properly. That could really give you a workout if they let it go. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@X7393]

Yeah your right about that Linda👍🏻 but don’t forget about those Roller rinks especially as a kid to teenager👍🏻 oh 😧 those were the days👍🏻 the quarter cruncher generation 👍🏻

[@kimmieh8419]

@@RhettyforHistory It’s funny you say that about the roller balls! Golden Tee is a great example of how much punishment that roller would take! That and your hand if you tee off with gusto and smash it on the screen! 😬😳

[@mariacasillad7632]

I miss the 80s more than I can express, as a 16 yr old back than I wouldn't trade those awesome memories for anything 🦋💕

[@evazdivaz]

Going to the large arcades was like going to Disney land as a kid. But the best arcade games were in your local pizzeria :)

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were both great places to play games! It's just not the same anymore. Thank you for watching Eva!

[@jackson5116]

Eh, I saw top arcade cabinets at laundromats in the 80's, so not every great arcade was at an eatery. It seemed like everyone, and I mean everyone was jumping on the arcade bandwagon at that point.

[@francisdhomer5910]

@@jackson5116 The best were the games at a bar. Especially at 1 am. I wouldn't play but more than happy to give a quarter for a drunk friend to play. It was funny when he would miss the button to shoot. How he missed I'm not sure, after all he had three to choose from lol

[@number9434]

Speaking of Disneyland, they had the best arcade I've ever been to. Starcade was the best.

[@senderxxiii2112]

@@jackson5116 I remember at least 7 spots in my (small) hometown where they had mostly one or two arcade machines. Bars, restaurants, movie theater, beachside etc... But the weirdest thing was at the funfair which happens once a year. Once they had a truck trailer that was basically modified to a mobile arcade. Now that was fun!

[@jkxelor1295]

Awesome. Centipede ruled!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I always loved it! Thank you for watching!

[@cris_261]

Bubble Bobble, Elevator Action, Space Gun, and The Legend of Kage, were some arcade favorites of mine.

[@radioactive9861]

I LOVED 'elevator action'...totally sucked at the game, but loved it nonetheless

[@meganc769]

Bubble Bobble was my favorite! I used to rent it all the time from my local video store for my Nintendo..also loved Contra.

[@appleforever6664]

Vanguard, Mr. Do, Lady Bug and Jungle Hunt were among my favorite.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I did play Jungle Hunt a lot. Thank you for watching and helping us to remember more!

[@h15c0r3r]

Mr Do was amazing and still holds up today.

[@jonkaminsky8382]

When Q*Bert fell off the pyramid there was an electric “thumper” inside that would create a brief sound and a sensation throughout the wooden frame that made it seem as if Q*Bert had hit the bottom of the box inside. My favorite as a kid back then was “Battle Zone” - it was a three dimensional tank battle that you had to fight by out maneuvering the A.I. opponents. “Karate Champ” was another iconic game. Running out of quarters was awful … so to delay the inevitable you would just watch other people play. The Arcades always had the smell of warm T.V. tubes and circuit boards .. that warm electronics smell from all those machines being pushed to their graphical limits daily. Great memories from the 80’s !!

[@RedSiegfried]

I still hit up arcades whenever I can. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your point of view, a lot of arcades now charge the flat fee, and that's not so great if you only have a short time to drop in and play a few games. But it's good to see all the retro arcades doing pretty well these days, regardless of their business model. Favorite games of all time: Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, Terminator 2, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Though I do love me many of the "deep classics" you mentioned in the video.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about these flat fees changing the enjoyment. If you are there on your lunch hour or just have a little time to waste its not quite as enjoyable. You definitely need more time to feel like you've gotten your money's worth. I do love seeing these making a come back though. Thank you for watching and sharing ones that you enjoyed!

[@John-vn1tv]

How much is the flat fee to play because that sucks 😔

[@kimmieh8419]

OMG MY STEPDAD WOULD NEVER BE HOME! Lol I posted about how his business was next to a variety store that had Q-Bert and he’d go after work. He’d have a roll of quarters on the top of the machine and wouldn’t leave till they were gone! He got so good that he’d be able to play on that first quarter forever! Mom finally put her foot down after he started missing dinner! She said, “Be home by 7pm and I don’t care if you still have $9.75 left!”😆😆

[@58jharris]

The days of dropping into an arcade on your lunch break are long gone. Retro arcades are something you spend at least a few hours at, hence the flat fee. If they still charged individual quarters they wouldn't be worth the cost for most people.

[@Fireinthestubble]

Some of my fondest childhood memories come from Arcades. When I was 7 I played a pinball machine in a skating rink. For whatever reason I kept playing for about 45 minutes. I drew a small crowd and didn’t understand why. But I was happy and having fun. Great times. 😢

[@Carolbearce]

I remember so many of these games. Awesome look back on them.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Carol!

[@mytube9182]

I was a teen in the 80s. Strange that none of these games had really caught my attention until Operation Wolf did it in the very late 80s.

[@jerricocke987]

I've actually played all of the games mentioned at one time or another. Although I think my absolute favorite was tempest. The glories of a misspent use.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories! That was certainly a great game to play!

[@rallypoint1]

Yes Tempest was one of the greatest for me!!! Played at a supermarket called “Market Basket”. Those were the days🥹

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

Misspent “youth”

[@jerricocke987]

@@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063 I am visually impaired so I use talk to text from messaging and sometimes spell check and what I say are two different things entirely I apologize for the incorrect you word usage.

[@travisanderson8305]

At the time, I remember pumpin a LOT of quarters into Gaunlet. Like Dragons Lair, a total cash grab

[@jamesbullock9209]

Along with Joust, Robotron 2084, Time PIlot, and Gyruss were some of my favorites. I would spend hours trying to master each of these back then!

[@monolithgeometry3221]

Joust, yes. Hit them and they crap out the egg for you to collect

[@djh2633]

Robotron was awesome!

[@albertwaggoner3249]

Ahh the memories, Rhetty my friend you are still on top with your ideas, so enjoyable, keep up the great work.....thanks

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Albert and I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the videos!

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

Atari had some of the best Arcade games in the 80's. Paperboy, Guantlet, and Star Wars just to name a few. Great times 👍

[@FightCollective]

Best gaming era ever... we went from zero to 60mph in the blink of an eye. There was nothing (apart from pinball and a few shooting cabinets) then there was everything.

[@joseleswopes1400]

I remember these and my kids wanting quarters constantly 😎

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm sure lots of parents lost money over these places. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@john91z]

Some of my favorites that you missed: Asteroids,Missle Command,Joust,Frontline,Robotron,Burgertime,Xevious,Moon Patrol,Space Invaders,Spy Hunter,Popeye

[@theodorerelic2718]

Oh, I remember the arcades back in the day. I was 18 in 1980 when I went to my first arcade, which was old enough to still have pinballs and pool tables. When video games really took off in the early 80s, I saw machines in grocery stores and even drug stores (the drug store in Ashville OH was where I first played Donkey Kong), and back then, some of the arcades, particularly the one I remember just inside of Circleville OH allowed smoking; not good when you could see some of those old machines with burn marks where people parked their cigarette while they played. Games I would suggest for a possible future installment would include Taito's Jungle Hunt, Midway's Sinistar (an early game that featured digitized speech ("RUN, COWARD!"), Berzerk (two people playing this one died during play!), Konami's Gyruss, Nintendo's Mario Bros (which introduced Luigi, though I don't think he was called that initially), Atari's Battlezone (a very early FPS that was used to train tank crews as the Bradley Trainer), Sega's Space Harrier and Afterburner, and I could go on but won't :)

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories. You certainly mentioned some good ones!

[@jonkaminsky8382]

I remember playing Battlezone as a kid .. the immersive sound and 3-D graphics were just incredible back then.

[@IMRROcom]

here is the thing growing up our arcade had Puc-Man games. So for the longest time us local kids called it Puc-Man. At some point the arcades was raided and all the Puc-Mans and a few other games were removed as they were not legal to be used in the United States. So the Arcade owner being a head of the curve had those Puc-Man games shipped to the US long before the Pac-Man Craze.

[@tbury2516]

Love your videos! Living in the arcades as a teen and young adult it brought me about 5 years ago to remodel my basement to put an arcade in it. Have 9 games and 3 pinball machines. The only bad thing is being so old now, you spend more time fixing them then playing them. ps props on the Micheal Anthony with Pac Man pic!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Wow! Sounds like you have an awesome basement! I'm jealous! Thank you for watching and sharing about what you have.

[@Rocker5005]

A lot of fun games and great memories from the 80's video games and music. They sure have changed over the years though, there weren't any games that you had to cut off heads, shoot people in the face or cut off arms either.

[@TammieR-B]

Shinobi and pole position for me!!! I had forgotten some of these I was really really bad at paperboy 🙄 awesome video 👍 thanks Rhetty ✌️💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do remember Shibobi. Thank you for watching Tammie!

[@b213videoz]

Saboteur (1) was better than Shinobi 🤪

[@trevagraham1605]

@Tammie R-B I think everyone was bad at Paperboy lol!

[@scringe1]

Shinobi 🥷 was one of my favorite games. The music was so memorable. The ending credits song sticks with me even though I haven't played it in 35 years.

[@milestardie7288]

Thanks for the memories...now I really feel OLD!!

[@ericad8616]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s and the school I attended during the early/mid 80s was right across the street from a popular mall that a great video game arcade, so almost everyday during lunch or after school, I'd go and play in my favorite games. I tried most of the games on this list at least once, but some I played over and over again. My favorite back then was Ms., Pacman. I remember liking Q-Bert even though I was really bad at it. I'd tried my best but I'd always wind up sending poor little Q-bert flying backwards off the steps. Sigh...good times.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was a challenging game that was really different. Sounds like you had a great place with that mall being right there. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

[@josephweaver9755]

Wow, you brought back so many memories. I’ve played every single one of those games and loved every minute of it.

[@laustcawz2089]

My two biggest favorites that you didn't mention are Robotron 2084 & Marble Madness.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do remember both of them. Thank you for watching and sharing some more memories!

[@Tubes12AX7k]

@@RhettyforHistory Marble Madness was kind of hard, but it was such a unique game.

[@samanthadrennan]

Marbe madness was so hard but cool

[@Grandizer8989]

80s was a great decade to be a kid. We got cable tv, movie channels, great movies, music, the vcr, and best sports moments. 90s weren’t bad either.

[@SquirrelDarling1]

My Dad loved playing Defender, he was good at it. Asteroids was another great game.

[@Riptide-hw9cy]

This video definitely brought some great arcade memories. Thank you for sharing

[@Francois_L_7933]

Dragon's Lair and Space ace were technically one of a kind as they both used regular animation on a Laserdisk that would be selected by the joystick input at certain key points in the game. Space Invaders was also technically impressive as it used a two way mirror to overlay the animation on the background. The arcade games achieved great performance because most of them used multiple processors for audio and video, something that wasn't the case for home computers and consoles. As for me, the best game was Space Harrier. If there was still an arcade opened around here, I'd still pop-in some tokens just to play this on the big motion-controlled cabinet that they had.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and giving us a little more insight into these games. It was a great time period to experience.

[@Francois_L_7933]

@@RhettyforHistory Going to the arcade was definitely fun.

[@STEPHANTODD]

No one remembers Galaga 88, but I loved it.

[@janetslicer3637]

This is going to sound bizarre but I never played any video games EVER! I played pin ball and that was it. I was a geology nerd and loved my rocks! Sorry to disappoint Rhett!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Funny you say that I was in Geology class and club in High School. I never went any further with it than that but I still keep my eyes on the ground for fossils and rocks. Many of them I find are around the house outside. I also loved the old pinball machines and still enjoy playing them. Thank you fo4 watching Janet!

[@midgardo4]

Oh man this makes me cry...I miss those times,.

[@Spookje09]

I turned 10 in September of 1980. My life could not have been timed better! Now I have many of these games in my home.

[@bubberiffic]

I know this is a 1979 game, but anyone know Lunar Lander? That game is amazing.

[@cnfuzz]

Sure , one of the first , i remember it had colored bands over the display as it was black and white , the docking idea was taken over by many games including moon cresta

[@CloneH38]

All of them. I also played Pengo, Kangaroo, Congo Bongo, Moon Patrol, Burger Time...me and my brother would be dropped off by our parents at the local arcade and spend hours there, while they went shopping. They gave us about maybe $15 in quarters. I now have 6 Arcade1up machines. The 80s was the best, from Arcades, Home Video Gane consoles, music, movies, cartoons, TV shows. What a great video showcasing most popular arcade cabinets, and seeing those photos. Very cool..hope to see more.

[@roccomitchell-wo9qi]

Looking at this has officially made me feel so old right now lol 😆 I miss the 80s so much 😢

[@kenb2671]

I loved growing up in the 80s and the arcades where one of the best parts. I remember getting dropped off at the local mall which at the time had the only arcade. It was huge and had all of the games listed in this video. All of my friends and I would play for hours with rolls of quarters. My favorites were Pac-Man, Frogger, Donkey Kong, and Centipede. Plus the sit down game Pole Position. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.😊👍🏾

[@samanthadrennan]

Battle Zone is the one I miss the most. It was a unique immersive experience because of the way it went around the sides of your head. I have yet to find one of them in a retro arcade 😔

[@BippityBoppity99]

Major Havoc and Tailgunner. Could not get enough of those!

[@FuzzeeDee]

Oh man, the hours I spent playing those games! Two of my favourites you didn’t mention were GYRUS and The Mr. Do series, in particular Mr. Do’s Wild Ride. Eventually I got to a point on GYRUS I would typically get about an hour’s fun on one quarter. What a blast from the past this was. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[@ThundermansThunder]

I well remember the first time that I saw Dragon's Lair when it popped up in the mall arcade. I was completely in awe of the graphics, it was truly innovative for that time! It was one of the more expensive to play, so I only tried it a few times, but boy, was it breathtaking compared to everything else available at the time!

[@danlivni2097]

Here's what stands out to me about Arcade games. The first popular game i remember was Space Invaders in 1978. In 79 you had Asteroids and Galaxians. But if you look at 1980 to 1982 you had so many incredible arcade games come out. Just look at the games that came out between 80 to 82. Pacman, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, Mrs Pacman, Galaga, Moon Cresta, Defender, Scramble, Robotron, Frogger, Centipede, Millipede, Missile Command, Joust, Dig Dug, Vanguard, Zaxxon, Qbert, Pole Position, Jungle Hunt, Tempest, Moon Patrol, Moon Buggy, Cobra, Berzerk, Gorf, Phoenix, Burger Time, Battle Zone, Mr Do, Star Castle, Tron, Pleiads. On KZbin, i've found some amazing looking space games that i didn't play back in the early 80s, but these games look great. Just look up any of these games on KZbin. Space Cruiser, Condor, Space Firebird, Speak and Rescue, Astro Fantasia, Astro Blaster, Space Fury, Battle Cross

[@TommyT067]

I'll be 55 this year in November, just the age of arcades back in the day. Holy hell the money I spent back then, luckily I had a high school friend that worked at Chuck -e cheese and would give me handfuls of tokens. I would play for hours! Thanks, Steve! haha

[@fritzy381]

Honourable mentions, time pilot, mikey , rush n attack from Konami, donkey kong 3 , aw forget it, I can do this all day. Great vid,sir.

[@shannonhooker623]

I used to love going to the arcade back then. I was pretty good at Centipede and Tempest. Also loved Galaxian, Galaga, Defender, Stargate and Star Castle. There was another Flying Shooter game I recall it was F-14 Tomcat or After burn ... something like that. That was really cool too!

[@willhorting5317]

Afterburner! I loved that game.😎

[@mattsergel5704]

Loved Star Castle. It sort of reminded me of asteroids.

[@theprinceoftides6836]

@@willhorting5317 Lmao 😂🤣😅 same. I've spent a fortune trying to finish that game, but never have.

[@JasperJokerII]

What a time to be alive! If we could just go back for one day...

[@jeromecabral192]

Best years ever as a kid. Best video games ever

[@kbramlett6877]

One thing about Q*Bert is that when he would jump off the playing field into the abyss, you would actually feel a thud from the cabinet when Q*Bert finally hit the ground.

[@damiantanks1738]

The arcade is where it all started for me. I remember me and my sister taking are allowance and heading to the mall arcade. Great times

[@chargerfan2]

Spent so many quarters on Dragons Lair, was so happy when I finally beat it. Then came Space Ace. I eventually beat that one as well. Played the heck out of Donkey Kong too. I remember if you took a plastic straw and stuck it all the way in between the top hinge of the coin door, then jiggled the straw up and down it would hit a switch and rack up free credits. We would always rack up the max 99 credits, sometimes we would leave the machine with over 50+ credits still on it.

[@Not_a_channel2]

Golden Axe and Double dragon were our go to games!

[@kbramlett6877]

You are right. I remember my father taking me and a couple of friends on a Saturday night and we would go arcade hopping. The three arcades I remember were "Infinity Video Games (it was rather small) Tomorrow's Game Room (slightly bigger than the former) then there was Hobby Oasis. This arcade was huge. It probably had over 200 stand-up cabinets, a designated area for the approximately 50 table tops, and another room just for Pinball. Those were the good ol' days. The years go by but the memories stay.

[@skunklepew6276]

My Favorites: Frogger, Centipede, Pole Position, Star Wars... and the Pinball Machines!

[@tonyn3227]

Fantastic times in 1980 s, loved it

[@Grassman-me8qc]

Really great walk back in time. I loved all of these games. One more for the list is "Joust"

[@SeattleFunkBassProject]

Cyberball was one of my faves. Came out in the late 80's. I was in college in my early 20's and would play at the arcade bar. I would buy a pitcher of beer and set it on the console and just have a blast. I would usually smoke a bowl before coming in. Fun times.

[@scotthintze5901]

I was born in 1971 and I started playing arcades in '78 or '79. I would go to the arcades at Forum 303 Mall in Arlington, TX with my brother. We loved it. He was hooked on Space Invaders. I was hooked on either racing or Star Fire(a pre Star Wars arcade). In the 80's I played a lot of arcades you named. Here are my favorites: Pac Man, Mrs. Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Frogger, Q-Bert, Galaxian, Galaga, Zaxxon, Super Zaxxon, Rampage, Tron, Missile Command, Spy Hunter and Star Wars(followed by Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi).

[@Jason-lk2zt]

Love your youtube channel you take me back to a better day, (born in 1971) wish I had a time machine!!!!

[@DefextOfficial]

Absolutely POWERFUL! Loved every minute of this! I have played almost all of the ones mentioned. Out of all the consoles I have owned, I would say I had the most fun with the Sega Master System. Shinobi and Joust were Arcade favorites!

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

I remember being able to walk up to a game cabinet and watch a stranger play a game. Sometimes, they would invite you to play doubles. Now you get that close to a stranger, and you get a dirty look.

[@nightswatch8659]

I loved that arcade games were everywhere. When i was forced to go shopping with my mom I would just play until she was done.

[@Boblib1970]

My family had a vending business and video games were the natural extension back in the day. I was lucky enough to spend countless hours playing these games for free while they were on our shop floor. Many of them immediately after their release before anyone else had the chance to play them.

[@d.vaughn8990]

I never quite had a roll of quarters, but I dug up as many as I could every week! It was crushing, when your last 'guy' died, and you were out of quarters!

[@RA-uj3nm]

Having graduated high school in 1982, I was there for all those games....in fact, I remember when the first Pong game out. Good times.

[@mikefrommiami]

Joust! ... with the screeching pterodactyl! Great video 👍

[@loishunt2347]

Oh wow. Thoroughly enjoyed this!! Galaga was my all time favorite. Had my initials at the top of the screen many times. Our arcade here in Logansport was Bally's Great Escape. No clock on the wall on purpose! Lol. Anyone remember Joust and Mappy? Loved those too!

[@coryrohrbaugh1208]

I love this channel for the memories. Even if they were before i was born lol. I was born in 88 but the 80s looks like it was a great decade

[@The_Hagseed]

I went through a 5 gallon bucket of change a while back. I noticed that there were a lack of quarters from 1979-1986 once I was done separating them all. Looking into it, I learned that there are still millions of quarters from that time frame missing from circulation, probably still sitting in the guts of old arcade games, collecting dust in someone's garage.

[@eauhomme]

7:46 Dragon's Lair had such incredible graphics because it was recorded on a laser disc, the first ever game to do this. The game play was simplistic because the movement of the joystick or press of a button would determine which scene came up next in the laser disc, similar to a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book (another great 80's artifact).

[@CodyCole80]

☺️ Being born in 1980, this was very nostalgic.

[@_kass3939]

MAN I miss the 80’s. The music, the malls and all these video games. Our local one in SoCal was Pudgies, I’d spend my life there until dinner or when I ran out of money. Ms Pac Man and Galaga were my top 2. I still play them when I go to this retro game/bar to relive my childhood.

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

I remember some of these. Never played tempest, star wars or dragon’s lair, zaxxon or tron. I dropped a lot of quarters in those days. A few arcades i loved playing that weren’t mentioned were Kung Fu, Tarzan, Mighty Bomb Jack, Punch Out, Spy Hunter, Mario Bros (no not super Mario bros, the original one with the POW block on the center of the screen) and of course, who can forget street fighter. Great days indeed. Thx for the throwback.

[@MrTommy0326]

I'll go back to the 80s with a cell phones. I miss the arcades.

[@ChrisRoth1972]

I used to visit various Arcades all through the 80’s & loved playing Popeye,Donkey Kong,Ms.Pac-Man,Centipede,Frogger,Tron,Pole Position,Mario Brothers,Moon Patrol,Rhett the list could go on.Thank You for another of your awesome video’s.Have a good one!

[@amusement420]

@9:27 Zaxxon's photo is from Cedar Point Amusement Park's Main Arcade. It had a Nintendo (Donkey Kong) joystick put on it which for a Donkey Kong player like myself actually made it easier to play although I was already good at Zaxxon. It's shown in my video "Zaxxon Classic 1980's Arcade Machine Actual Gameplay & Cabinet | amusement420" I have a playlist of some of the 80's arcade games they had in 2007-08. They auctioned off those and the pinball machines to turn the arcade into primarily modern redemption ticket games and a small bowling alley.

[@cannong1728]

My go to arcade game...Time Pilot '84! Awesomeness...! I miss the '80's...sigh!

[@a.mathis9454]

In Zaxxon, you also had to avoid the force fields. Played them all, except paper boy.