Hanging out at the arcade in 1981: Part II
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- More video from a local arcade with various customers playing the different games.
Shots of several titles and lots of gameplay.
This video last around 6 minutes.
#arcade
#pacman
#astroids
#battlezone
It's crazy seeing arcade rooms 42 years later it's like stepping in a time machine I wish i could go back to the 80s and relive my childhood. 😢
We all do. 😢
@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT I was in the 3rd grade in 1981. growing up in the late 70s early 80s it was a magical time for me as a genXR kid. I cant believe im Turning freakin 50 this year. 😫 😆
I hear what you're saying...but my life is SO much better than it was back then. So many struggles ahead at that time...It would be a hell of great vacation to be able to go back for a week though and be that age again though!😆
you live now, make something out of it before you die. and you know you are part of the current time, so you helped create it. so why hate it
@@darrellpasion8925 I can get you back there… but you can’t return, you would have to live the rest of your life from that date.. let me know, this is no joke sir. The cost is 1 million dollars
I was 15 in 1981 and we just PUMPED quarters into those machines! lol
They swallowed my allowance so brutally.
I was 11 😊
They ate your quarters that quick.
a quarter per play seems pretty expensive for that time
michael, when the 2-quarter games hit the scene, it was damn depressing.
There had been no in between. No .25 + a nickel, or dime, or any reasonable increase. It was just all of a sudden new shiny louder games were unwrapped and BAM- 100% increase. A whole HALF A DOLLAR OF QUARTERS.
Eventually, of course, the pain lessened...
Nuts to see a random channel casually posting videos of recorded footage of places from decades in the past. It's surreal and amazing.
I was 10 yrs old in 1981. We'd walk home from school during lunch because our school didn't serve lunch. On the way back to school after lunch, we'd stop off at the local candy store which had a few games at the time. Pacman, asteroids and a few others. Imagine that....walking home as a kid by yourself as a 10 yr old and playing video games on your way back to school. What a life.
I met my first husband at an arcade, he worked there and gave me free tokens (what a charmer lol). I had so much fun back then. I was 17 in 81 and would go back in an instant. Thank you for sharing.
Couldn't have been that charming after all. 🤨
1st husband? Can I be your 2nd husband?
@Just Me can I be your 3rd husband?
How beautiful. What was his favourite game?
I know who you are-- you failed to mentioned he was 54 at the time and you had serious daddy issues.
Here in Puebla México, there was this arcade local called "Chispas" in downtown.
Such a great place!!!
It was downstairs, a kind of dark place, but full of the lights and sounds of the machines. There's something that you (I mean the generations that didn't experience it) will not fully understand. There was magic... Pixeled magic
I miss theses days. I wasn’t born till fall 1983 but spent much of my time at the arcade
This channel is a real gem. All these time capsules in one place. So much nostalgia here.
Absolutely 💯, this is the best thing on UA-cam!
I'm 52 now and this made me shed a large tear. This was my era and my childhood. I REALLY hate 2023.
I'm in my 40s and I feel you. What's to love about the garbage times we live in today? Literally EVERYTHING is worse. By a lot!
You can still play all these games with MAME though so that's something.
@@94champs that’s because you people ruined this generation by voting demorats 🐀. Thanks a lot 🤦♂️
Same; agreed.
I don't like it here much anymore.
I just turned 52 also, my friend, and I understand what you're saying. On my 11th birthday, in the spring of 1982, my dad took me and three of my friends to the local arcade and bought...wait for it...5 bucks worth of tokens and let us play to our hearts' content. It was a marvelous time to be alive.
No masks no TikTok no stress life was good. These classic video prove that UA-cam is the closest thing to a time machine.
And everything is Made in Japan including Arcade Machine
@@alpzepta Good times!
There was a recession
@@lavenderflowersfall280there’s one now
No sissies either
Wow. I dont know what to say. This was huge part of being kid in 80s. So awesome. I spent $100s on Donkey Kong,Frogger and Dig Dug. What an awesome video. Truly nostalgic.and sad at same time.
It's been awhile but I can still identify most of the games just by hearing the sounds. 👾
No phones. Brilliant times.
Gentlemen in suit in on it too.
Fabulous atmosphere. Game on.
I love it
I was a toddler in the 80s. But this arcade scene is what made me into a developer. I'm working on VR games now. And hope I can bring happiness to the next generation with my creations. :)
There was always that one kid my local arcades: "Can I have a quarterrrr?"😂
Hearing the synthesized speech from games like "Berserk, Gorf and Wizard of Wor" is what got me hooked on these games in the early eighties.
Nice shot, Space Cadet!!
the one I hear at the beginning is no doubt good 'ol Astro Blaster (Sega).
I remember the computer voice in Berserk. I think Robotron was similar to that too.
Ha! Awesome that you mentioned Wor. I only recently got into it (maybe 2 years ago at most?) because the Barcade here got a machine in. I got completely hooked. I still am!
I AM SINISTAR.
man i miss the '80s. good times. before the world got dark and insane.
The world was dark and insane then too. All you did was use the arcade to hide the reality rather then acknowledge and actually and productively doing something about it. Now you can't hide any more, chump.
I remember a arcade opened up near me back in 1980. The owner and his wife gave me and my friend $5.00 worth of quarters if we passed out fliers of the grand opening. This reminds me so much of that arcade. This arcade looks a little bigger but the games look the same. I remember that arcade had Pac-Man, phoenix, star castle, asteroids, a couple of pinball machines and a few others
I remember the heat in the arcade from the machines. Also, I never saw anyone that was very good at Asteroids. I held the record in my arcade for Galaga. I never got into pac-man. This is the first time I've seen Battle Zone in all those years. That was another very difficult game but not the same level as Asteroids in difficulty.
I knew this one guy in 1979-1980 who was *really* good at Asteroids. He taught me more about that game than anyone. Even now at 54, I still can put up anywhere between 50 and 90k.
Galaga is my favorite video game of all time.
asteroids is too hard to even be fun honestly
The strategy for a high score with Asteroids was to reduce the rocks to a pebble or two and leave them alone. Then fly though the space in a drifting motion at an angle. When the saucer appeared you laid down a series of shots like a submarine might launch torpedoes towards a ship--so they crossed the path of the saucer.
@@michaelpeters78we had a sit down version in my college rental house ( a room mate had it for some reason ) FREE
believe me we had some wild all night party’s that were fun with that video game being the centre of attention ( and woman of course ) lol
I miss the SOUNDS of arcades the most. I can remember before there were video games at placed like this. What a great time it was to be a kid, when we would ride our bikes to the local corner store to play these games for hours.... and then we just started seeing video games start trickling in to people's homes.... I'm glad I knew the "before" because it's made the "after" so much more astounding.
Notice the guy in the business suit jamming away right next to some 12 year olds....arcades pulled everyone in back then, but I gotta say I never saw an arcade this brightly lit, nor did I ever see one without the ever-present haze of second hand cigarette smoke. ;)
0:28 Asteroids... Asteroids Deluxe was introduced in April 1981. We bought the old Asteroids from our local Alladin's Castle arcade for $900. Put it in a dive bar and made over $100 the first week.
4:48 Star Castle in the background. I entered a contest at another local arcade where competitors were supposed to play 10 arcade games. I started with Star Castle and played it for 7-1/2 hours. I had like 35 ships left at closing time.
The trick was to bounce off the shield and attack it from opposite side early on, repeat, then once the shield was broken thru completely do drifting angle shots as was done in Asteroids when you left a small rock or two and waited for the saucer to appear.
I still have an original upright Asteroids arcade game at my Parents house. My Cousin added a large room onto his house a few years ago, and has been collecting working upright arcade video games and old pinball machines.
Great game. I have the whole series in my basement arcade (Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Space Duel & Blasteroids)
@@n8goulet Space Duel was and still is one of my top favorites! Hope you get some more good ones.
@@n8goulet I was going for the Williams series but ran out of money after Robotron..lol
@@cornbread1209 Mine too. I loved Space Duel when it came out.
I was 11 in 1981. Aladin's Castle at the Louis Joliet Mall was the best arcade in Joliet, IL. Battle Zone and Galaga were my favorite games.
😊👍 here too -
Satan's Hollow was one of my favorites. I remember going one day to play it and there was wiring wrapped all around the broken joystick. Somebody didn't enjoy the game as much as myself, and it got removed at some point shortly after.
Yes the 80’s was so much fun and plus it was fun to play with all ages especially in the arcades! You don’t see this anymore sad but true. Bring it back! 😎👍🏻
What a Time Machine. Living it you have no idea how ephemeral it is. Sure goes by fast. Miss it
Ok I teared up watching this...I was in 6th grade in 81 and spent every Sat night that year in an arcade exactly like this with the exact same sounds...thanks for uploading this gem!
A cool horror anthology called NIGHTMARES was released in 1981. One story starred Emilio Estevez as an errant youth, obsessed with a video game and making it to the end of the game. I won't give spoilers, but check it out if you love this stuff. I was in HS in '81. Asteroids and Centipede were my favorite games.
It’s an amazing flick!😊
Nightmares from 1983
yeah, he's J.J. Cooney, and they say he's the best @@micai.j8920
A time where people got along much better than today!!
A time when people didn't have a cell phone shoved up their a**!!
People talked to one another back then. More friendly to one another!!
Who shoves cell phone up their ass? Besides prisoners
Wow…..let’s take a trip back in time! These were the days.
I was a junior in high school in 1981. TEMPEST and Defender were my fave's. Our local arcade was an old carpet store and except for the light coming from the games it was pitch dark inside, it was a magic place.
Will never forget the robotic sounds of Bezerk....
This is so great to watch, I was 6 in 81 lol, but I remember those days.
8 years before I was born. June 89. The thing I miss the most about arcade machines was going to Pizza Hut and playing Pac-Man or TMNT II. And I would get so mad if the machine ate my quarters. I never got to go in Time Out when it was at our local mall. 🤦♂️ I was either too little or didn’t care. But I LOVE these “Time Machine” videos! At least Barcades are a thing now lol.
Pizza hut was a restaurant in the 80s. I wish it was still a restaurant.
Wow what memories, those days gone but not forgotten, i was 7 years old then.
This is ASMR to me. ❤
This is triggering sense memories of the smells in arcades. Like an electric kind of scent. My dad owned a small arcade in NJ in the 80’s. Incredibly fun time to be a kid.
This almost makes me cry. Because it takes me back to awesome times! I spent so many quarters. Especially in mall arcades like Time Out. Thank god for UA-cam taking me back!
Love the grown men that, instead of going to BK for lunch, gotta stop by the arcade and get their fix🎉
I miss these sounds
It's amazing that this exists! Thank you for sharing
I was 19 in 1981, and back then, you could see arcade machines just about anywhere. There was an Asteroids machine at a local Kroger store; my first encounter with Donkey Kong occurred at a drug store in Ashville OH...another drug store in Circleville had the original Mario Bros. And the arcades were a blast...there was a full-blown arcade in Circleville OH with tons of good games. I can recall the smell of stale grease and cigarettes to this day :) Some of the machines would have burn marks where a smoker would park their cigarette on the control panel while playing, and you'd easily spot one that was in use (tokens lined up on the marquee).
Even though you still have arcades these days (usually barcades here in Columbus OH), it's never quite the same as those days of yore. I'm 61 and built a computer specifically for arcade games, with a Tankstick. It's not the same, but I can still play the games I loved back then.
I remember the cigarette burns being wormed into the plastic surfaces within days of being new, at my local PuttPutt. The cool smokers brought their own little tin ashtray stolen earlier from an indoor table at McDonald's or Taco Bell.
And on that note, I can't say that at my first apartment I didn't have a couple of nice heavy burgundy glass ashtrays exactly like the one at my local Pizza Hut.
We surely do miss these days of going home broke after taking every quarter out or pocket to play at the arcade ❤😊
1:05 even though the kid is playing Pac-Man and the other one Asteroids right next to him I swear I hear game Phoenix which I played circa 1980 in Spain in a city named Zamora. There was a lightning strike outside and it made the Taito Phoenix arcade cabinet glitch slightly with the graphics but it also somehow gave me infinite lives - It was like divine intervention and I will never forget that day.
I remember playing Pac-Man, Centipede Millipede, Robotron, the list goes on! 😎so nostalgic! 😮
wow, no flash mobs or groups of people beating up one guy. looks like a better time to have lived in.
Yes wow
A home console game will never be as exciting to play as an old classic 80's arcade game cabinet like Ms. Pacman or Frogger!
I remember game arcades back in 80s and 90s. So much childhood magical fun and memories.
It was a truly magical experience. All the machines were new and worked perfect(for the most part), my point being it would take a serious collection to replicate this in this condition.
I was 3 in 1981 even tho i grew up more with the home consoles then going to actual arcades it's still amazing to watch.
Old things that we used to do in the 80s and 90s. Video game life.
Ours still had pinball machines too Black Knight was awesome
I love this ambience! I put it when I play to Namco Museum and some NES games It really helps me to enjoy more the game thanks for this
Pac-Man centipede galaga defender moon patrol pole position spy hunter space invaders. So many memories so much nostalgia 😢❤❤❤
Awesome Times! It's how I enjoyed my childhood.
I was 6 yrs old in 1981 , spending hours at the arcade with my older brother. How many of you remember this old arcade trick ??Drilling a hole in a quarter, tie a string to it and presto! Spend hours at the arcade by simply pulling out the quarter after the game ends , then re-inserting the quarter 😂
I was so lucky, my uncle owned a video arcade in the early 80s with all of best games
This feels and sounds amazing!
I was born in 81 so I missed this era by a bit... but arcades were the best place to be as a kid.
Many hours and quarters ! Thanks for the video memory.
PAC Man
Ms pac man
Donkey Kong
Frogger
Centipede
Besides the memorable sound of congested electronic noise, I miss the sound of the change machine. Watching the bill go in, wait for a few seconds, then hearing the gears turn as the quarters/tokens slide to the tray. Or sometimes the bill gets rejected so you have to figure out why and correct it. There's also a specific metallic smell to them as well. Good times.
Take a few singles to your local laundromat if you want to re-live it! There's usually a couple of changers among all the card-credit machines too
I missed the good ol days...
memories are coming so slowly... 🥲
That's me at the PAC man.😂
How many of you out there learned all kinds of new, interesting, and downright hilarious cuss words from the other players? LOL
The man in the suit playing video games. 😂😂😂
Just as I remember when I was 8 years old back then! AWESOME!!!
Now I know why my Dad stands in front of the tv when we play xbox.
🤣🤣
It's funny seeing a grown man in a suit playing an arcade game.
i used to see them playing lethal enforcers in a full suit back in the day. no doubt letting off some steam.
Billy Mitchell
@@demonsty no you didn’t I saw you wear a thong and your shirt was put on backwards 🐖
gaming doesn't require an age lol
He probably wasn’t a grown man people just dressed and look older back in the day.
New to the channel, but is the footage here B-roll from a news station or something? I’ve been wondering how you have such great video of ordinary life in the 80s-90s. Thanks!
No they are a tiem traveler
I figure it's either stock news footage (Idk how he has access to it) or else he really has a Delorean in his garage.
Used to go to Time Out at the mall in California. Best arcade. Black light, 2 levels of games.... no worries.
Was it Cerritos Mall?
@@Texas_GSF I think it was called The Oaks Mall
@@Judgment_Day Ok. Cerritos Mall had TimeOut too. I guess it was a franchise.
@@Texas_GSF All I know is we have memories that people can only dream of.
I remember playing the original Street Fighter with the HUGE buttons you had to smash and it was so hard to play especially for a kid.
Loved Battlezone. I think I saw it once without the eye piece but it just isn't the same. Can play it on MAME now but it needs that cabinet, the cabinet is what makes it.
Pac Man. I love that game.
Thanks for posting the videos that you do. I’m assuming maybe you worked in television for local news back in the day? I did too, not in local news but for another cable network, and we’d go out and collect b-roll for our shows exactly like this. But these are such great windows into the past. I remember so many moments like this from life in the 80’s.
🙂💯🙄🇺🇲🇺🇲 well gosh hard to believe it's 42 years ago but I could remember it like yesterday
These videos are a time machine. I love it. It's especially an experience watching after smoking some 420 lol.
As I type. 👽
Any enhanced visit to my past is far better than facing the reality of my Now.
I loved playing Battlezone when I was a kid. Great channel. The 80’s were great. I got to experience most of my teen years in this decade.
Battlezone was my favorite! There is an online site to play it; every once in a while I'll do that.
The original Asteroids upright like the one in the beginning of your video was the most difficult to conquer!!!
Asteroids Deluxe was much, MUCH harder.
I use to be like that guy in the beginning of the video, walking around and looking to see if anyone was winning big. Now I do this at casinos😀
Imagine walking into there and showing them the video games of today. They had no idea what gaming would turn into.
Nothing better than the arcade room at the pizza place
Damn I loved seeing this one. Was 16yo that year. Used to go to the arcade all the time. Especially Battle Zone, remember that game so well. Played it so many times. One play was only a quarter then. Really wish I could go back to the 80's and those times but I'm so grateful I had the chance to live through them.
5:43 my man is jacked after being on the sticks all day 😅
These kids look like 15. That was my age in 1981. Loved everything back then: Galaga ( that might've come later actually ),
Joust, Asteroids, Defender, Space Invaders, etc..
Battlezone always kicked my butt
I was 7 in 1981...I would love to go back in time
WOW That red cabinet in the back is "Radar Scope". It sucked, so Nintendo recalled almost all of them, swapped in Donkey Kong, and the rest is history. Only a handful remain. I got one, serial number 16. It was gutted :*( so I've had to rebuilt it from OEM parts...it's taken 10 years to find them all.
Isn't it time for your nap Mr. Resident?
@@94champs um why yes! let me poop my pants while corn pop fetches my chariot
@@94champs Brain Leetch top 5 d man of all time. Got him + Duncan + Hammer + Orr + Borque + Fetisov
@@rightwired Oh yeah for sure Leetch was unbelievable. 34 points in one playoff year. Dominating player!
Thats Astro Blaster your hearing in back ground, great game but would suck your quarters fast!
Something odd about this one. Too well-lit (probably because they were shooting video) but the 2 guys in suits are out of place in addition to the business casual beast playing Battle Zone. Which was an awesome game.
Centipede, Asteroids, Galaga and Pinbot were my favorites. Miss the mall arcade Space Port at the now closed Burlington Center in NJ.
A couple years later, Michael Jackson moonwalked across the stage on live tv, then everybody wore those plastic looking zipper jackets and big hair perms.
the first real digital addiction. golden era
1981: I wasn't around. But better times were. My Mom and Dad had just got engaged, Grandma and Grandpa were alive, about to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary, Roger Moore was the current James Bond, no smart phones, people talked face to face. Though I wasn't around for the whole of it, I can safely say that the 80s was indeed a better decade than this current one.
Ok I’ll finally get a VR headset to watch these videos
If this was in the spring of 81 I was a newborn baby around the filming of this video
And still very much alive .....glad to wake up every morning 🌄 💪🏽 👊🏽
I forgot the baby emjoii ,i was a newborn* 👶 in spring of 81 it's a cute emjoii
I kicked a⭐⭐at berserk😀. I was getting scores between 20,000and 40,000.😄 I couldn't be beat!! Small town kid, I went and played in the city. People were getting scores in the 100's of thousands (😳)!!
😭😭
I remember feeling the heat coming off the arcade machines when they were played long during peak hours
5:43 That's Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite!
A friend of mine ruled playing Battle Zone back in 1982/83