The Video Game Years 1978 - Full Gaming History Documentary

[@H00ps]

I will never tire out from rewatching this series.

[@BoomstickAsh]

Me as well. I’ve watched the entire series probably half a dozen times at this point. 😁

[@80s_Gamr]

I literally just just went to move my Midway Space Invaders to check it out and thinking it had a bad ram chip that I would have to diagnose... and oddly it's working 100% again. All hail 1978! (no joke - this just happened)

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

So cool to know what gaming was like in the 70's! What a great cast!

[@REIDGERICKSON]

How are these videos not more popular? The quintessential source of video game history.

[@TerminallyNerdy]

I adore the Video Game years thanks for bringing these back officially Pat

[@nerdiestmurdoch887]

Love them all together. Thank you for the re-upload

[@MrPoestyle]

I've watched these all before , but love watching them all again !!!!

[@weeraanmelden]

Same here :) even had a reminder set on YT. And better quality then back in the day

[@DreamcastAesthetic]

Same!!

[@SgtSega]

At least the episodes aren't split up anymore.

[@TIDbitRETRO]

God this series NEEDS to come back and cover the 90’s, arguably the greatest, most innovative decade in gaming of all-time.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

I'll fund it if im in it. Yes I'm a nobody but oh well lol

[@jessicajujubean5004]

I'll donate to that cause.

[@tomatotomatoe7253]

Shut up and take my money

[@tomatotomatoe7253]

@Figgy Newton weird weird fellow. No friends in high school I can see. Hence the Japanese speaking. Look at his channel he literally had Nintendo throw up on it lol

[@ChrisTronbot]

I was in the 5th Grade when I watched this classic show. I am 19 now and still think this is one of the all time greatest Video Game History web shows or Documentaries. This series got me interested in the history of gaming! ✅

[@michaelnevison2209]

It's the show that made me watch KZbin in the 1st place

[@knghtbrd]

It really is! Pat keeps saying that nobody watched this and nobody cares, and … I mean I haven't seen his analytics. Reuploading it with the chapters probably will help a lot though. I'm basically watching the whole thing over again. I was NOT in 5th grade when it came out. Let's just say I was there for this year, though I don't remember much of it from the time.

[@mtshark7]

These are great documentary series!

[@cdonny3832]

Had no idea there were other episodes besides the 80s! Thanks for sharing

[@ZapCristal]

This has been really fun to watch. Very informative Pat. It’s also funny asf!😂🤣😂

[@RhoamHanson]

Man do I miss this series. Killed me you guys didn't do the 90's.

[@henkdachief]

they stoppped making good games in the 90s

[@ImAlwaysFrisky]

@@henkdachief that’s a lie 🤣

[@teamgt1981]

Yeah this need to get an update to at least the end of the Millenia

[@theSato]

@@henkdachief lol the 90s are when games actually started getting good -- playing better, with more substance and quality. The history of the earlier games is important and interesting, and no doubt people have some nostalgia for them, but they are not as good games when judged on their own merits.

[@henkdachief]

@@ImAlwaysFrisky name 1 good game

[@Pixel-dan]

You can book me to lip sync Space Invaders for birthday parties.

[@unclelou4839]

Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, and funerals, too!

[@Grindhead_Jim]

I pay in TMNT and MOTU accessories.

[@setsers1]

XD

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

No just sing it for real, the reactions would be better lol

[@jessicajujubean5004]

I wanna see you do Pac Man Fever

[@MahkyVmedia1]

Watched this when it originally aired, watched it again when Pat reupload it, and I don't remember the Space Invaders song

[@dogsofa4338]

So glad these are getting re released!

[@H00ps]

I wasn’t aware retroware took them down to begin with. Why were they taken offline?? Glad to see them coming back. One of my favorite series ever.

[@dogsofa4338]

@@H00ps Oh, i'm sorry! I should've been clearer, haha. They weren't taken down. I just meant I'm glad to see them be highlighted with a re-upload, for some well deserved attention. :) one of my all time favorites as well!

[@H00ps]

@@dogsofa4338 no worries...it's all good. We are all here enjoying the same great content. :)

[@rodbonios]

Born in 67. Grew up in the San Fernando Valley. Played ALL this stuff. Then Trs 80, Atari, Amiga

[@benjaminyoung9694]

This content is so good. Its so fast and to the point. I actually cant wait to see the rest of it :s

[@TheCreepypro]

so happy we get these every week it is going to be a good summer

[@adventuretaco7140]

These are all new to me and I’m definitely into it bro ..

[@chrisnizer5702]

Breakout was the first game that brought the adults of my family into the arcades. We used to have to beg and plead for a trip to an arcade but Breakout brought them there on their own.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

God I love being a nerd that grew up in the 80s. This for me is great because I had older brothers, thus there was a vcs in the house before I was born. This part of the series is like prehistory, where my love starts in 83 or so playing around with the vcs connected to the console woodgrain TV in the living room. Also had a a Magnavox VCR with "remotes" that had a wire to the back of the player 😂.

[@williams6334]

You were both right, Ian looks like he's five in this.

[@williamdufort176]

Such a great series. Bravo.

[@jaytecx5942]

That Astrocade advert music was special!

[@gullpayne]

Love this watched it like 100 times 😁

[@powerupmike]

Glad this wasn't totally dropped from the retrowaretv channel. I guess pat bought it? I miss the retrowaretv theme at the beginning though.

[@knghtbrd]

I suspect at this point that Bushnell biopic just ain't happening, which is too bad because it would probably be pretty interesting.

[@TravisSelassieSimbawafedha]

1978 was a great year !!!

[@poopedcheetah2]

Spaced invaders was the first tower defense shooter...my first game ever...on the Texas Instruments ti-99 computer from 1979

[@unclelou4839]

Thanks for posting these, man. I did notice a fair bit of early gen mockery/bashing, though, heh. Mostly 80s & 90s kids and apparently not many 70s kids. ;)

[@madspunky]

How I wish this would also cover the PLATO mainframe games, which were so ahead of their time and beloved by the folks at university. Everything else is superb, just to be clear! : D

[@breakbeatz309]

Beneath Apple Manor and Starfleet Orion are two extremely important games from 1978. Both are the first ever in their genres.

[@mxbunnycatter]

Fun little quirk in the Simon says chapter.. The green button has blended in with the background, because of chromakey tech

[@EnterMyNameHere]

We need to make some noice. This has to be the best video game documentary series ever it must continue.

[@MrJimbo-ew9vk]

Regarding that Odyssey 2 ad I saw: was that Leonard "Spock" Nimoy voicing that ad?

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Back then, Bally was known for Astrocade... Today, Bally is known for Bally Fitness, Sega's amusement division and the Bally Sports networks (formerly known as Fox Sports).

[@PAGameRoom]

Bally is known for Bally William's pinball.

[@ugzz]

LOVE these! I bought a few DVDs for years that meant a lot to me. But same problem I have with Anime, I'm just not buying a stack of DVDs.. If ever there was a blu-ray collection with more on it, i'd buy it in a heartbeat! .. Although I also know what kind of effort that would take..

[@B727X]

DVDs of what dude lol

[@ugzz]

@@B727X they literally sell these as physical media collections. Awesome sets with extras. Just too bad they never did blu ray

[@Ishidanfarded2370]

Space Invaders(The Song)was composed by 2 Australian record producers

[@gleaming999]

We need the Ultra Bluray Set.

[@mattstevenson1334]

Clean shaven Ian

[@RetroGamingNook]

So, at 37:58 is that Harrison Ford?

[@jonathonlyons4417]

I have a Darth Vader Simon that beeps the Imperial March..... Genius

[@SkitBitProduction]

love this channel

[@JW666]

And still today, no word about the DiCaprio Atari founder movie. Still would like to see it.

[@RobbieRocketship]

Such a diverse cast.

[@jaytecx5942]

all white geeks? lol

[@jc76mb]

seeing pat reminds me of semi pro when they wear eye liner for tv

[@Deezskee]

Got a Simon when I was a kid in the mid 80's, played it a few times and then it went right back into the box. I wonder where it went, probably with my Atari collection my mom got rid of.

[@jessicajujubean5004]

Hopefully it ended up in the hands of a person who appreciates it

[@Froggievilleus]

Whatever happened to Eric from Let's Get?

[@Your_Degenerate]

Is Ian wearing the hood up the help with the green screen or does he just have massive amounts of street cred?

[@RetroMediaLibrary]

looks like it's just a really bad haircut

[@kellysloan6319]

I still play Simon

[@The--Dude]

GREAT Series! Loved it! I watched from 89' back to 77'. Glad I was alive for it! Golden Years for Gaming! #CertainNESGuideBook #FleaMarketMadness

[@jimsoczka9668]

Bowling games w the trackball are awesome. That is all.

[@joshinbama83]

What happened to clan of the grey wolf?!

[@GrandTheftWatto]

Some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the COTGW passed out of all knowledge.

[@icetraydemartini3963]

How many people on this show were alive or old enough to play these games in 1978? You'd have to be at least 50

[@worriorjack]

I remember being sixteen or something like “man I can’t wait til they get to the 90s”

[@SgtSega]

And then they stopped at 89. lol

[@jonbourgoin182]

I wonder how rare and expensive the mp-1000 is today?

[@cringelord1891]

hey radical rick if you are reading this GFYS!

[@pez_d_spencer]

Incredible Wizard!

[@DreamcastAesthetic]

I’d love to see a new video game years that covers like 2005-2018

[@SgtSega]

We need the 90s covered first.

[@TotallyRadical]

So Roo was making a weird joke when he said Jobs founded Microsoft?? 🤣🤦🤷‍♂️

[@Islandswamp]

I used to dial in to the local BBS to play a MUD.

[@alphawoolf5981]

Where are the gamers that were actually there? I'm 54 and I can vividly remember Space Invaders showing up in the arcade like the obelisk appearing to the apes in 2001. Before that you had Outlaw, Fire Truck, Shark Attack, Periscope, etc. And of course pinball. Everyone in this video wasn't even born yet.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

I didn't know too many 38 year old KZbinrs in 2006. A documentary like this could have been made by actual 70's gamers but were any of them around 10-15 years ago on YT?

[@coorhagon7236]

That's not Galaxian, that's Galaga. What's the matter with you.

[@dmaaryk7967]

This one video shows how Ian actually knew some shit, and everyone else didn't. Hats off sir.

[@knightrdrx]

I grew up on space invaders on the 2600 and I think that is the one game that is better on the atari. The sound effects and the look of the aliens . The top row looked like mice and would go super fast and then splat.

[@willeysingleton3057]

How did you never cover the Muppet show in things other then video games ??

[@willeysingleton3057]

OK it was 1976 but they got there big movie in 79. But yeah ok .... missed opertunity, I won't best myself up about it. But the 1977 one with Mark Hamil sooo 👍good

[@infinidominion]

This is for video games 🤦‍♂️

[@willeysingleton3057]

@@infinidominion yes I'm talking about the segment things other then video games.

[@willeysingleton3057]

💆‍♂️

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Muppets weren't directly tied in to video games like Star Wars, Flash Gordon, etc

[@Ozaximo]

simon the green button became the background lol

[@willeysingleton3057]

Pat that eyeliner. 💫💥💢💯🤘👁🕳🤺

[@Grindhead_Jim]

Do a KickStarter for a Blu Ray set. You won't. Come on. Do it. Do it.

[@Lyricaldeamin]

Steve Jobs started Microsoft? 33:57

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Correction: Streve Jobs co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.

[@henkdachief]

were you there?

[@chad55009]

Young Pat & Ian. They are my age and I totally get the concept of not cutting my hair as much. We don't get it forever, so hold on to it. Stay gold pony boys, stay gold.

[@areguapiri]

I wish they had people in the video who actually lived through this time period and played video games in this time period. These guys are way too young to talk about this subject from 1978.

[@thefitnerd5116]

Man, I miss Roo. 😭😭

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Is he dead?

[@KevenLC]

Man the guy with the white shirt... what's wrong with his voice. poor guy, I hope he doesn't smoke. Also Tommy Tallarico in the end credits ;)

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

Funny how around the 33:25 mark Pat reminds me of a young Billie Joe Armstrong on a good one (good speed)

[@JMRSplatt]

That's "Galaga", not "Galactian".. wtheck

[@GrandTheftWatto]

I think he deliberately got it wrong.

[@k-flow170]

Eeennn!!!

[@cadeanderson422]

Is pat wearing eye shadow? Lol

[@paynefullytwisted8752]

I know this is going to sound super petty and it's only a small thing, but why couldn't the thumbnail have changed between this and 1977's episode? Even just a small change color wise would help distinguish the videos apart. It's only a small complaint though, this series is great, I just wanted to ask about it.

[@Ryan-ok2ks]

"Before this point, Japan had no influence over the video game industry" Wait, what? In Jaws they show the 1972 Sega electromechanical game "Killer Shark". You could argue that electromechanical games aren't "video games", but clearly the arcade video games were direct successors to electromechanical games.

[@Diskoboy1974]

KC Munchkin was far superior to Pac-Man on the VCS.

[@RetroMediaLibrary]

Odyssey deez nuts

[@Akatsukileader9]

This again? do the 90s this time!

[@kennyjones6369]

We’re these guys even born then? They don’t remember how huge it was to get a Space Invaders at the deli. These guys doing a ESPN look at this year and trying to be funny (didn’t work)

[@JediMasterDracus]

Remember this is a 12 year old series only just released about no more than 2 hears ago. Many of these people are in their 40s-50's now.

[@gsestream]

so slow?

[@PortCityBalrog]

Bruh Ian looks like a legit hooligan

[@derekryan5239]

Is it possible to replace Eric Lappe with a monotone, dead pan robot that just stares at a script off camera?? Bob the Robot. Put Bob in instead and the value of quality would increase ten fold.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Was James Rolfe not available when this was originally filmed?

[@bettywhite9634]

Nothing better than butt buddies speaking about the early days of gaming.

[@williampatterson1376]

My first cousin was Born in late end of the year 78. But he got murder my our aunt his mom sister boyfriend bet him with his fist. But his heart give up on him that's how he died still murder at age 39 2018 and his sister born year after he was Born. Then there Lil brother died in 93 at age of 11 year old murder by the sister supposedly boyfriend. I got FUCKED up family members FUCKED up mom an father who doesn't care about us kids he had with my mom. My mom an father had 4 kids two boys and two girl's. But my older sister died at the age just turned 2 when she died cause of my dad abusing my mom and my older sister when she was Lil baby watching our mom getting abusive by our dad EVERYDAY and that's why my older sister give up on Life and now my mom only was 3 kid's. We all adults Now sometimes I think my mom wish she had my older sister here with her and not me that's fine with me. GUN TO THE BRAIN OVER THE GROUND 😂😂😂😂😂😂 FUCKED LIVING WITH SHITY LIFE

[@AkilaeAK]

Number of times I thought I heard Neil Degrasse Tyson: 27.

[@BenWillock]

Ah, 2012. Back when you could sit next to a slightly congested friend without in mortal fear.

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Slightly?

[@rcLdrcH]

This is so old that I wonder how many ppl are now classified as sex offenders. Probably at least half. KZbin can be so gross and they think they are Hollywood celebs lol

[@lorellehadaway7254]

Yeah good job, do the 70s but skip the 90s booooooooooo

[@johnywesleyharding]

It's a cool thing or y'all doing this series. But, come on, Japan made Space Invaders? Like the country Japan literally made that game? Give that guy Tomohiro Nishikado some credit! Also, you couldn't find a single female person to talk about old-ass video game stuff?

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

This was recorded 10 years ago. As far as I know Candi's Game Shrine wasn't around in 2011. Otherwise, there's your female if they come back for the 90's

[@B727X]

The chain smoker voice guy ruins these for me, I just wanna listen and relax

[@jeremyhaskins2730]

I loved these when they came out but oof, so much doesn't hold up over time. The casting weak links and blatant I love the 80s format ripoff hindered this series. Could've been a classic but too many 4th string youtubers. We get it let's get, you say dumb awkward shit. 2 episodes in and his schtick is entirely worn out already. If they were to try and do this again for the 90s, I'd chip in on the Kickstarter if some of the money went to better writers and they switched up a bunch of the cast

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

You had me until "better writers". You don't need to write anything if it's your personal opinion. Eric doing his Hal Sparks imitation is an editing issue, not writing.

[@brazenhammer3307]

I'm a video game nerd but everyone here looks like nerds

[@jerrytan1639]

Why does that guy with a white shirt red collar sound like that?kinda irritating and makes me want to stop watching while he’s talking