TOP 20 ARCADE GAMES of 1989

In this TOP 20 I make a Selection of the Best ARCADE Games of the year 1989.
1989 was for my opinion one of the best ARCADE years of all history. Many games this year marked a before and after, have even been very important titles outside as for example U.N Squadron, Cadash, Insector X ....
All the games are well known and most will probably know or have played in their Arcade era.
Best games of 1989:
20- ARCH RIVALS
19- DRAGON BREED
18-WORLD CUP 90 (Tecmo)
17-RAMBO III
16-VALKYRIE NO DENSETSU
15-IRONMAN SUPER OFF ROAD
14-DYNASTY WARS
13-SLY SPY
12-R-TYPE II
11-STRIDER
10-CRIME FIGHTERS
9-SHADOW DANCER
8-WILLOW
7-WWF SUPERSTARS
6-E-SWAT
5-TOKI
4-BUSTER BROS. (PANG)
3-GOLDEN AX
2-TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
1-FINAL FIGHT

[@Deedge1111]

I still remember the feeling of complete excitement the first time seeing that 4 player TMNT machine in my small town bowling alley arcade!

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

My local arcade was called TimeZone and I still recall the exact spot where the TMNT game was. Dad always used to grumble about not wanting to give us money that we'd waste on arcade machines but TMNT was one of the few that he actually enjoyed watching us play, even though we could never get past the second level lol.

[@jon0328]

Final Fight, and TMNT, still some of my all time favorites!

[@iangillan2858]

La cosecha del 89 fué realmente exquisita!! Gracias por el video, te quedo excelente!

[@thrillington2008]

That was a great year

[@conorl1894]

Good to see final fight at number 1. Such a classic game and one of the first arcade games I ever played

[@runitback5066]

Conor Lynch Hell effing yeah final fight was raw.

[@elgatoesmiamigo5950]

Creo que no veríamos un año tan rompedor hasta 1998 (a nivel juegos general). Y eso que los siguientes fueron los años dorados, pero 1989 fue el año donde comenzó la era moderna que movería todo los 90 (a nivel 2D).

[@MegaBronsky1]

Naaa los 90s tuvieron su propio estilo...acaso vez en los Tekken, Virtua fighter o juegos de baile alguna influencia de los 80s???

[@elgatoesmiamigo5950]

@@MegaBronsky1 Amigo estás hablando de juegos 3D, esos son una historia totalmente distinta ya que es un paradigma de desarrollo e implementación totalmente distinto, y sí tienen raíces en juegos Battlezone de Atari, Space Harrier y los juegos scalling.

[@mariosilvero4450]

Hermoso. Pensar que yo nací ese año! Y los jugué cuando era pequeño.

[@luisv1308]

Que gran año! Cuantos recuerdos jugando varios de estos juegos en los noventas, porque en mi pais venian un par de años despues.

[@YAWN....]

Another great list, as always!. Alot of favourites here that I already have on my cabinets but found a couple more to add to my cabinets once again. Cheers bro, A-Dogs

[@TROldSchoolGamer]

I'm glad you keep finding new games :). Thanks for your contributions.

[@CherrySquishee]

Another awesome video, love the artwork!

[@user-bt6qc6zt6l]

Куча разнообразных игр вызвавших самое разное: часть игр я впервые узнал тут, часть знал ранее и не видел в действии, часть только видел, часть отыграл на эмуляторах, а часть застал на игровых автоматах и даже поиграл с любовью... хоть и позже 1989го года... но так или иначе спасибо за ролик!

[@Cbear3450]

WWF Superstars ate up a lot of my tokens during 89’. A few of these arcade games on this list I don’t remember at all.

[@leebrandon3842]

i remember playing offroad when i was 11 yrs old. down in the game room of our hotel on vacation it was so awesome. coming in off from the beach playing offroad was so great. i remember they had steering wheels and u would whip those things around to make the turns. the controls were great on that game.

[@yaketythack]

first micro transaction game I recall. 3 Nitros cost 1 quarter.

[@eddcerez8756]

Wow! Such a great year for arcade gaming! I remember playing most of these games.

[@ChantingInTheDark]

Crime Fighters, man, I’d forgotten about that one! Thanks for the reminder!

[@lakers09ization]

Cuanta Nostalgia, saludos.😭

[@luisvalero7233]

Como siempre estupenda coleccion:)Taito a cumplido 45 años

[@TROldSchoolGamer]

Entonces lo celebraremos este Domingo con el Tour :)

[@javim3389]

Los juegos tipo Rambo 3, Devastators, y GiJoe me encantaban. Vaya vicios me metí en aquellas épocas. El Arch Rivals me parece una autentica castaña, menuda diferencia con el NBA Jam de la misma compañia, como la noche y el día

[@vhvelazquez7187]

Best arcade year for me,thank you

[@deskawa]

Gran año para los beat'em ups. Siempre he sido más de Golden Axe que de Final Fight, pero hay que reconocer gráficamente y jugablemente el FF es bastante más avanzado.

[@stimorolication9480]

Good times! Played about half of these

[@juanpedropalencia]

Gran trabajo!!!❤

[@walvertomartiniano96]

Una gran lista saludos desde Uruguay amista

[@stevenadams3206]

Love these nostalgic videos, superb. Thank you very much. Will you be doing another pc arcade classics video please?

[@TROldSchoolGamer]

This month I should do a PC Arcade-Retro

[@DrWho2008t101]

classic arcade game. thanks for the video!

[@markula_4040]

Like if you actually remember playing these games in the arcade and not on MAME.

[@mresturk9336]

I remember playing many of these at the arcade when I was young. And now I have them on MAME because finding an arcade with actual good taste in Midwest America these days is impossible.

[@brotherc.w.encino8716]

I played some of them on the actual machines before MAME came to dominate

[@keiranninjaspirit]

Yes, I forgot how many brill games came out in 1989,thanjs for sharing, I have got a few of them on jamma original, final fight, tmnt, crime fighters, golden axe, shadow dancer, those were the days I was 15 years old and many a great day was spent in the arcades in irvine, ayrshire, Scotland and kilmarnock had a few good arcades. I remember the Saturday I walked in with my pal and we seen final fight for the first time... Couldn't believe the speed, graphics, just the size of the sprites it was awesome and still one of the best.. Again thanks for sharing this great list and reminded me of how great 1989 was, God bless. Keiran

[@megalodonhendrix4228]

I play 'em at mame You Fucker

[@spyseahorse4277]

That was a trip to 11 year old me. Feels like another lifetime.

[@pandnh4]

Dude, what emulator and filters are you using? This is absolute visual perfection.

[@rolandogarciamartinez1396]

I hardly cry for remembering those jewels when I was 11

[@adrianzuk6945]

Cuando veo estos videos me doy cuenta que tendria que haber nacido en los 80 para disfrutas estos juegos y la música de esa epoca.

[@zypie1]

I used to spent hours at a local department stores in Jakarta playing Dragon Breed after school. Good times☺️.

[@sadguywithabeard3226]

Had a feeling TMNT and Final Fight would be the top two. 1989 really was the year that beat em ups broke.

[@fmthebaron]

As a 40 year old who grew up in the 80's and been to many arcades, I can say that TMNT was by far and away the #1 most popular game in every arcade.

[@CosmicCosmo1]

Until street fighter and MK came around for sure

[@peculiarhumanbiped]

Nice one!

[@mikroberts39]

having scan lines make them look more authentic

[@joshtaylor8304]

These gms were are still LIT!!!

[@SNKBossSyndrom]

That was indeed a great year!

[@deckofcards87]

Love TOKI, quite an underrated shooter

[@mpmgap]

Realmente Final Figth marcou época. Segura essa lista aí, velho. 1. Final Fight 2. Black Tiger 3. Rygar 4. Tokio (nave) 5. Punch Out

[@claudioneves5534]

manja muito irmao matou a pau kkkk

[@VeggieGamer]

No spoilers, but number 2 should be number 1. Best game of all time for me XD

[@fmthebaron]

Yeah I was 9 when that came out and I can tell you that in every arcade TMNT was the most popular game by a lot.

[@bradleymcavoy3432]

You picked some of my favorites from that year but I rarely saw DragonBreed. 🙄 Two of my favorites are Tournament CyberBall 2072 ( Robot Football and the ball is a Bomb!😎), and SNK’s Prehistoric Isle where you’re a Jacked up WW1 Biplane fighting Dinosaurs! 🤩

[@armandofuentes1465]

Willow horas y horas Eswat no lo recordaba, Toki awsome

[@juanderepente381]

Yo hubiera puesto U.N Squadron en vez de Arch Rivals, pero igual vale por el video.

[@user-yl7mv8ef4i]

New Video, New Game in my collections.

[@Crowsdark]

Que recuerdos en verdad y jugar tortugas ninjas con mis primos y mi hermana fue grandioso. Ha ha ha.

[@whiteknight7227]

I was 17. Time flies

[@Turb0187]

pang was my first arcade game

[@lowkeyobsessedngl]

4:48 holy crap is that the secret valkyrie boss from Tales of Destiny II / Tales of Eternia?

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I didn't notice it until now, but Arch Rivals looks like a Happy Days game that they turned into a video game.

[@YNGBLD80]

Can you do a list of arcade puzzle games please, your detail is amazing..

[@TROldSchoolGamer]

It's a very good idea

[@YNGBLD80]

@@TROldSchoolGamer I think you'd do a great job amigo

[@Theshark15z]

For my top pick it would be 1. Gradius III 2. Cadash 3. Darius 2 4. Night Striker 5. U.N. Squadron

[@abeparra3023]

nice year

[@Kig_Ama]

What emulator did u use and what kind of shader did u apply?

[@toryficarola]

1989 twas a great year for beat-em-ups!

[@Mark-th6hq]

I agree then i was 15 years old seeing arcade classics dubble dragon 1 2 chase hq thunder blade at £1 a go i loved then years 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️❤️🕹️🌝

[@wilder9777]

Best power games only ARCADE

[@RAPHAEL_GARCES_EDMONT]

" uno de los mejores años ARCADE de toda la historia" Interesante teoria..

[@THEONLYGORE]

Capcom could do a best of 98 Collection alone :D

[@jaimericaldi8988]

Los estilos de juegos que me gustan son dinasty of war Golden Axe (medievales) otro título que pero no sabía el nombre era Toki, La pregunta del millón que fue primero Shinobi o shadow wars?

[@sebastianribeiro1335]

Jaime Ricaldi Shadow Wars??

[@frank22023]

Shinobi

[@shadowt7485]

Final fight, legendario.

[@diezray]

What's that track playing between clips?

[@lion-orichie398]

The enemies in the Rambo game make bird sound 🦅... They squawk

[@MrJcgriego]

I'm looking for a wrestling game by robots of the 80's. Does anyone remember the name?

[@armandofuentes1465]

Sly spy my favorito

[@mister8800]

There was this arcade game that I played around 91 or 92, but can't remember the name of it. That game sticks out for me because when you'd run into this big fat sloppy looking biker guy, he'd run after you if you tried to avoid him, but when you'd get farther away from him to where he's almost out of the screen, he'd then really start trying to keep up with you by swinging his arms with his face looking up in the sky while huffing and puffing 😂😂 It was so funny watching him struggle to stay in the screen, it just seemed so realistic for him to do that. It wasn't Bad Dudes. Anybody remember that one?

[@keiranninjaspirit]

Hi, was it vendetta?

[@augustohernandez4034]

Vigilante

[@58jharris]

It sounds like he's referring to the first level boss in The Combatribes.

[@UltraSiulDeluxe]

Estos juegos si fueron buenos como final fight, legend of the valkyrie, sly spy, entre otros titulos de arcade a finales de los 80s, a exepcion de crime fighters ya que me parecio una mierda, pero en fin, buen video

[@sebastianribeiro1335]

Arch Rivals no lo pondria ni en un top 100 pero bueno gustos son gustos jeje

[@vrekman256]

hi, I'm interested in the emu/resolution/shader combination used in 1:24 - 2:34 If anyone can help, please respond.

[@TROldSchoolGamer]

MAME/ Effect:crt_geom-deluxe / Shadow mask: delta_2_4x1_rgb

[@vrekman256]

@@TROldSchoolGamer 👍

[@nx_arcade_pl]

Arcade Rulesssssssss

[@unforgivencaleb528]

"I HAVE KILLED GENERAL CHEN YEN ZHE!"

[@luisangelernandesernandes1968]

Awuevo recuerdo como m gastaba mis pesos cuando morro y no m arrepiento

[@MenfisRetroSpace]

PLEASE HELP! There is an arcade game that I'll be looking for 15 year. The game is around 1987 and 1991. Is a doctor or scientist who got a bottle with a spray as a weapon, he is killing germs or insects with the spray. Is a 2D side scrolling. The character look kind as Mario.

[@pilouuuu]

Could that be Exterminator?

[@jaimericaldi8988]

Perdón shadow dancer o Shinobi, la pregunta era cual fue primero???

[@stipe29]

Shinobi

[@juliovindell264]

Wow little surprised FF beat out TMNT but it really dosent matter those were awsome games

[@rsdmusicboxedition8796]

Music name 0:14 please. Thanks very much

[@stipe29]

Para mi el mejor juego de ese año fue Willow. Un juegazo en toda regla. Final fight fue la bomba en su momento pero actualmente no lo puedo jugar me parece algo monotono y aburridisimo, como la mayoria de los beat m ups de capcom que son casi todos iguales. Con las turtles ma pasa lo mismo. En cambio Toki me parece la bomba, aun lo sigo jugando.

[@TROldSchoolGamer]

Si está claro que los juegos Cooperativos son más conocidos porque hacían más negocio. Incluso para mi el Golden Axe me parece superior al l final fight o turtles, pero es que el juego era muy corto y fácil, los dragones estaban rotísimos. En cuanto experiencia un jugador si que es verdad que willow y Toki son superiores a los beat em ups que eran juegos creados para jugar coop y hacer más negocio.

[@stipe29]

@@TROldSchoolGamer completamente de acuerdo. Un saludo crack.

[@eduardooscarperalta8593]

Un juego de los años 80 que se podía jugar con dos player ,un varón y una mujer ,medio del tipo aliens síndrome, pero era mejor. Alguien maso lo recuerda y su nombre?

[@georgecocat1212]

U must have not had alot of arcades cuz these games suck!!!!