Gaming in the 80s and 90s
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- What made Gaming during the 80s and 90s so magical? Why we still can't stop playing our favorites from Nintendo, Sega, Capcom and Konami. Getting nostalgic over old game cartridges, print magazines and classic arcades. Yes, the video games were incredible, with the birth of nearly every popular franchise like Contra, Castlevania, Zelda, Mario, Mega Man, Sonic and many more. We watched gaming evolve into 3D with Sony's Playstation and the Sega Saturn. And we continue to play retro games today in the style of our old favorites... the very best games reimagined. But the games are only part of the story.
Think about what else you loved about growing up during the 1980s and 90s. The movies that fueled your imagination. Famous comic arcs, iconic morning cartoons, dungeons and dragons on weekends. So much was exciting. It wasn't just about the games, the movies, the culture, or any one thing. It was an era to remember!
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - The Golden Age of Gaming
01:13 - Bits of Nostalgia
02:11 - What Kid Were You?
03:29 - Legends are Born
06:59 - The Next Level
10:23 - Arcade Dreams
14:01 - Chips n' Jamz
16:16 - Gaming Junkies
19:23 - The Next Generation
20:40 - An Era Reborn
22:10 - Time Extension
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Some of the Games and Movies Featured in this Video:
Abadox - Adventure Island - Adventures of Batman and Robin - After Burner - Air Zonk - Alex Kidd - Aliens vs Predator - Altered Beast - Axelay - Bad Dudes - Batman - Battletoads - Bayou Billy - Bionic Commando - Blaster Master - Blazing Lazers - Blazing Star - Bloody Wolf - Captain America and the Avengers - Castlevania - Simon's Quest - Chrono Trigger - Contra - Contra Hard Corps - Contra III - Cyber Lip - Darius Gaiden - Donkey Kong Country - Doom - Double Dragon II - Dragon Warrior - Dragon's Lair - Ducktales - Earthbound - Einhander - Fester's Quest - Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI - Final Fantasy VII - Flying Shark - F-Zero - G Darius - Ghosts n' Goblins - Ghouls n' Ghosts - God of War - Gradius - Gremlins 2 - Guardian Legend - Gunstar Heroes - Halo - Ikari Warriors - In the Hunt - Jackal - Karnov - Last Resort - Legendary Axe - Life Force - Little Nemo - Moonwalker - Marvel Superheroes - Mega Man - Metal Gear - Metal Slug - Metroid - Monkey Island - Mortal Kombat 2 - Mystic Warriors - NARC - Nexzr - Ninja Gaiden - Ninja Warriors - Ocarina of Time - Phantasy Star - Pulstar - Punch Out - Rad Mobile - Raiden - Resident Evil 2 - Revenge of Shinobi - Ridge Racer - Rondo of Blood - R-Type - Secret of Mana - Shinobi 3 - Sonic the Hedgehog - Splatterhouse - Street Fighter 2 - Streets of Rage 2 - Strider - Super Castlevania IV - Super Mario Bros. - Super Metroid - Tekken 3 - Terminator - Simpsons - Thunder Force - TMNT - Tomb Raider - Wing Commander - Wizards and Warriors - Wolf 3D - Wonder Boy - X-Men Arcade - Yoshi's Island - Ys Book I & II, III, Zelda, Zelda: A Link to the Past
Movies/TV : Indiana Jones - The Goonies - The Sandlot - Weird Science - The Wizard - The Karate Kid - The Last Starfighter - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Robocop - Bloodsport - Standy by Me - Captain N The Game Master - Saved by the Bell - Big Trouble in Little China - Ghostbusters - Stranger Things - The Neverending Story - Encino Man - Revenge of the Nerds - Suburban Commando - Problem Child - Ігри
What made Gaming in the 80s and 90s so memorable? Why we still can't stop playing the classics and get so nostalgic over old game carts, magazines and arcades. Sure, the games were incredible with the birth of nearly every popular franchise we continue to play. But the games were only part of the story! What are some of your fondest memories of the time and what makes them so special for you?
getting street fighter two at home seemed physically impossible at the time
Systems were unique. Games were unique. Nowadays, everything is so easily exchangeable. To me, this is the essence of your video. And I totally agree.
I will nevver forget the arcades. Back in the day, with bo internet, you had street cred. Arcades where a good way to get that.
I temember winning a street fighter champion edition tournament near my high school. We would go there for hours and skip school in the afternoon to go play. I also remember how i was dominating with Voldo in soulcaliber 2. What was great is that i started working when i was 15. So by 17yo (1998) i had my drivers license a car and money.
So i would bring my friends and brothers to the arcades.
Such great days.
I would borrow my Dad Chevy van with 2 row of seats. Fill it up and hit the arcade. Was so great.
I also remember DDR REVOLUTION.
I remember playing on the hardest difficulty, with speed x2. Live at the arcade. I would complete the songs on perdect AA. EVERYONE would watch. I remember my biggest time was when the whole arcadw AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE (Bay windows) were looking.
Having all this energy/emotions LIVE made for great moments.
Kids today dont even know what they are missing.
Everything was so magical and the best thing about those era has been the need of imagination: with your own mind, you started to shape all the things that those pixels let us perceive just as basic forms! But yeah, at the same time, pixel art was amazing: in fact, nowadays we still have pixel art! Also the first polygonal games were incredible for us, they were like a first sign of a big era that was coming just for bringing us an additional dimension of fun. Today I watch my closet full of games, figures and comics and I look at them as something more than codes, plastic and paper...as you said they were and still are more, they're always been our symbols of connection with the world, the meaning of our lives. And, every time I look at them I remember that they were the reason for the man I am now, defects included.
...'cause nobody is perfect, yeah.
I miss local co-op back in the day. My friends had different consoles to me so we'd go round each others houses to play each others games. Great times.
Gaming had such an affect on my life I was trying to break into the industry for many years. Still am. Now making my own as an indie.
Didn't think I was going feel sad watching this video but here we are 🤣...
I was born at the right time! I was an 80s kid and a 90s teen! I was able to play the 8-bit, 16-bit eras! Probably two of the best decades for gaming in general in my opinion! The pure nostalgia, fun and frustration playing some of these games are cemented in my mind. Thanks for the trip down memory lane 😊
Every time I feel old, I do remind myself of that more than anything. I really wouldn't give up growing up during that time for just about anything. It was an awesome time!
Kids of today Will never understand how great we had it
Yeah this is a really great video full of the feels. I was born in Dec 1980 in the UK. Have fond memories of that time, even though the first console I actually owned was a sega Saturn. My dad gave me his c64 as a kid then I got an Amiga 500. Up until age 15 don't think I owned a game that wasn't pirated haha. then 1200 then I built my first pc when I got my first job when was 17. Then started the console years
@@grgmj1980 I believed that we were born in some of the best time to be alive since the history of humanity. Nothing less. After 2nd WW up until 2010 or around. I dont know exactly when, i would say 2012ish.
Those days are gone now.
84 here whats up guys
Man, this hit me right in the soul... Born in '79.... This entire vid basically recapped my life... 👍
Same here dude! Every game that was shown, I played and I had all the toys, magazines etc. Man I had it good.
Me too
Ditto. Born in ‘79 and we got the best of the best video game experiences.
Born in 80. Magical time I am sad that probably won't be recreated for a long time unless something else transformative comes along.
Me too. I still keep in the original box SNES NTSC with Super Mario World plus bonus game Super Mario The Last Levels I received it just for a receipt I paid for the console in toysRus. Yes we where sharing games with others and love it so much to meat each others and play together. Nowadays, recent days everybody are selfish and share their game experience (to others and on social media) with huge pride of what game with how strong and expensive computer, console they played with the most top graphics. Todays games are never gonna be the same as before, giving us joy spending times together and sharing same experience. Oh God miss those times.
Born in 81, your video brought a lot of flashbacks from the ups and down of my life.
Also can say it was good and times sure have changed and not for the better also another fact of life in those days places like Chuck E Cheese had actual tokens to use instead of what they now use along with arcades.
Same. 01/23/1981. 🙂 🤝
@@charlieg6913 Really sad though I was born a year after 12/1/1982 and a lot of stores and malls really went since the 80's and 90's. Big examples are Borders, Blockbuster and Toys R Us among others and the mall life went dead as you can see in other videos really sad with the way things are now and still liked those games in the 80s and 90s though now I know computer tech has advanced and well there are ways to turn a computer now to an old console vs when it was back then though for that info you have to look elsewhere and in other groups along with living back in that time period unlike when it was the actual 80s and 90s.
@@kellychuang8373 I completely agree. I miss those days very much. I wish I could go back. I'm always trying to recapture the feeling I had back then, but it's long gone. 💔
@@charlieg6913 Thanks for the move though I know I'm also not a professional UA-camr either since that needs a lot of work but there are other channels about the old games like 1 known as PatmanQC you may look into and I can't guarantee about getting old consoles playing games that it can work let alone actual old gaming consoles either like I already said have to look in other parts or people and do experiments though people now aren't OK and have a lot of attacks now and it isn't gaming and life back then either that is now under threat today looked into other stuff as well like book bans for another. Among who knows.
born in 71, so I got to witness the complete beginning of Video games all the way back to home pong systems before cartridges and this was magic recaptured, awesome work my man!
Born in 73 ..yeah our generation got to see it all.going from atari to colecovision to nes was insane
@@charlesmurphy1840 my brother
Born in 76 and so happy to have experienced all this.
70 for me , had all the home computers and consoles at some point . Atari ( consoles and computers ), Spectrum, Sega ,Nintendo , PS and Xbox . Never better than the 80s and going on days to the coast and seeing what games were in the arcades
You and me both. We also had pong. I went through so many systems starting with Odyssey 2 and Intelevision which were hand me downs from my brother. I loved every minute
not gonna lie, this hit my heart spot on. You made an 36 year old man tear up, and its been awhile. thank you
You’re very welcome and so appreciative of your honesty and feedback. I tried to be as authentic and vulnerable as possible putting the video together and I’d hoped it would resonate with others. I’m truly grateful to see how many people have felt touched by it.
37 and right there with you! This hit me super hard in the feels.
I felt the same way. At 37 years old, all I could think of was the memories. Everything mentioned in this video brought back memories of how things used to be. How cool it would be to be able to go back and live it all again.
@@ShmupJunkieYou did an amazing job and should be proud
It will touch so many people
Wow, 42 and with the rest of you. This has been one of the most profound and reflective videos I have watched for awhile. Thanks!
What I wouldn't give to go back in time and hit the arcade again. Those were the absolute best days of my life.
Amen, brotha! Sucks adulting lol
People used to smoke cigarettes in the arcades in da 80s
Always older kids to me, but the smell of an independent arcade would still be nostalgic. They would even smoke in Aladdin’s Castle. lol crazy!
Yeah, I miss those days
Yeah and the arcades of today are just smart phone games on larger screens it sucks ass
I was raised in the 80’s and 90’s. This video hit the nail on the head…gaming was and is an escape. I grew up from that little kid playing the OG Final Fantasy on Christmas morning. I’ve since been a GameStop manager, a banker, a restaurant manager and even a police detective…and gaming is still my escape. I’m still that kid playing video games on Christmas morning
And we wouldn’t have it any other way would we? 😊 It was the same for me, though I do very much miss the competitiveness and camaraderie it entailed within my group of friends. We often lose that growing up as everyone moves on.
@@ShmupJunkie Yeah times were really different then and TV's were made differently also there wasn't troubles like inflation, time and parts to deal with unlike now with places really closing and people really getting offended even with the hardware of that time it wouldn't work nowadays also hearing about attacks on Public Libraries too anyway for anyone looking into it check that out and another thing to worry about Cancel Culture and Karens among many others.
Born in '74 so I'll be 50 years old weeks from now.
Hanimex Pong, CBS Colecovision, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Amiga 500, Amiga 1200 and then PC (in that order) were my systems.
Still have my Amiga 1200 and around 300 of my Computing and Gaming magazines of that time.
Great video ❤
Same year. Still playing, but they aren't as good as they used to be. They sure look better, at least when they run right, but that's it.
Born in 83. I grew up as a little kid in the 80s and big kid/teen in the 90s. I got to experience a lot of this greatness. An amazing time to be a kid
Can I still agree with you if I was born in 81?
@@Kit_BearOnly if 84 counts, too.. 😅
Dude, you were barely a teen in 96, I doubt you were playing 80s games unless you had an older brother that had the old systems
@@GTSN38 hey knucklehead. Glad u grew up in my household. I had an older brother who is 9 years older so at 5 and 6 we were playing nes non stop. Also played the shit out of his Atari 2600. Just because he had it doesn’t mean I didn’t play it or have nostalgia for it. I then got a snes for Xmas in 91 and a genesis in 92 a sega cd the following year and a ps1 in 95 and a n64 in 96. Not to mention the countless Saturdays with my buddies in the early 90s spending sat afternoons at our mall food court arcade. So let me say, yes. I had them, played them and they are part of my memory. But thanks for coming
@@JeffYPbPr I had a Sega Master System but it wasn't relevant. Homeboy is d**k measuring over nostalgia. 😂 It's funnier (absurd) the more you think about it... acquiring older consoles is cheaper (easier) than current gen. I'm giggling like a school girl... 🤭
Being born in 79 gave me the chance to enjoy the best years of childhood there ever were for the age of technology :)
What a time to be a kid!
We're the same age.
I really think 1973 was the perfect time to be born. My brother was born then and literally was able to grow up with an enjoy Nintendo (NES) for example. I was born May 1980, besides Mario and Zelda on NES, I didn't really get into gaming until the Genesis and Snes.
I was born then too. Our minds were polluted by the internet. VHS movies and old games were so special.
The chick in the thumbnail is from the cover of a Playboy I stole from my dad in the 90's. She's nude hunkered down on rollerblades. Brought back that good old 90's nostalgia, thanks.
Julie Clarke!
Did your dad find out where you kept it?
Born in '74 lived my best life in the 80's-90's thanks for bring us back to the good old days. 😎👍💯
Same here! Since 2000 everything became a blurry mash … nothing authentic and special …
@@GanymedeXD
Yup! Pop culture is officially dead. the 2000's in many ways felt like a total utter massive step backwards compared to the 90's, especially the early 90's. All was right, in my mind, at around 88-93, but once 1996 arrived things gradually started to get worse, with the exception of video games. ;)
You absolutely nailed it! It’s easy to see the amount of love and hard work you poured into this, and it spoke directly to this 80’s kid start to finish. Beautiful job SJ.
Thanks! I really did try to do something different here and not get bogged down in the technical details or chronological consoles. Focus on what it was like and the relationships. What brought it all together for me, the good and the bad. Really glad you enjoyed it. I'm hoping it's something people can come back to a few times over the years when they need it.
This video literally put me in tears. I really do miss my younger days growing up in the 90's
Yes it also brought that feeling too and also a lot of those old places are either gone or changed so much Chuck E Cheese used to have used actual tokens is 1 example. Among other things that really went.
The golden age of gaming.. glad I was at the right age to experience all this. Gaming back then was different, more exciting in my opinion.
No battle passes. Games tried to be fun for X hours and finished rather than something you played for the rest of your life. Inherently far superior.
I was born in ‘81 and I must say: this is your best video yet and that’s saying something. Comforting, yet heartbreaking and thought-provoking at the same time. What you said about connections is true. Well done.
I agree, the connection is what it's all about. "Be excellent to each other" 🎸😉
I think we were truly privileged to witness gaming go from pong to this. I personally saw it go from a tape loaded timex sinclair, then an apple II, then dos, windows, snes, n64, ps2, and from that point I had a career and bought basically all of them. What a ride.
Yeah, same here. Started with the Atari 2600, then c64 over at a friends house, then SNES, PSX, Dreamscast…great times. Now I too have all of them. We were truly privileged.
Great video. I’m 46 and this video hit close to home. So many great memories of that era. Truly a one of a kind generation.
43 here, and I subscribe every word you said.
Born in '82. Watching this was like seeing a highlight reel for a large chunk of my life. I'm glad to see someone point out that while the gaming scene by itself was warm and nostalgic, it was also the surrounding media and people in our lives that helped enhance both the magic of that era and each other. What a beautiful video. Thanks.
You're very welcome and so glad you enjoyed that and the message. I really wanted to do something different than the typical out there and highlight what the "feel" and experience of the time more than a chronological exercise. And at least for me (and apparently many others), it always comes down to how we got to share and experience it with others. I hope people take that to heart and continue that trend in their lives now best they can, so they'll have similar memories to look back on another 2-3 decades from now.
@@ShmupJunkie Well said (both the video again and your comment above). Yeah, pointing out the human connections is what really resonated with me the most.The part of the video talking about bringing games over to friends houses brought me back to my junior high days.
I would literally have a laundry basket full of game rated stuff I would bring to sleepovers. Good times!
This is perhaps the greatest video ever put on the internet. I was damn near tearing up at the end. The 80s and 90s...perhaps two of the best decades in the last 100 years. Thank you for the memories.
Ahhhh yes. 80s baby 90s teenager….the greatest joy ❤
Yes sadly they're gone in our times now along with everything else then.
Will be 44 this year, and love gaming as much as I did when I started at 4 with my Odyssey II! #RETROGAMING4EVER :)
We're just a few years apart... I'm going on 47 (I think, sometimes I forget lol). Around 4 I had my Atari 2600 kicking my butt. Was a little too young to fully appreciate but I still played the heck out of it.
Born in 1979, in Brazil.
Had an Atari 2600, then a Sega Master System, (and my friends had NES clones).
It was just like that: playing a lot with friends, buying game magazines, renting cartridges on saturday morning, going to crowded a Arcade (called Fliperama here) to play Street Fighter II (we didn't use quartes on arcade, we used tokens, that looked like old telephone tokens, I still have 2 arcade tokens!)
Later, had a Sega Mega Drive, a Super Nintendo and a 486 DX4 where I've discovered LucasFilm Adventure games, Wolf 3D, Etc...
And later, emulators.
Now, Switch with my kids.
Good times, they'll never come back. So enjoy the moment!
And I can assure something: today's kids love some classic stuff! You just need to show them!
I was there. Born in 1985, growing up as a kid in the 90’s was truly the greatest. Soooooo many memories!! Soooooo many good times!! Soooo many good games!! I wouldn’t trade my childhood for anyone born within the last 30 YEARS!! I truly miss those days. 😢
This documentary is just PERFECT.....
Man, it sucks being old now but being a tween in the early 90's with arcades everywhere was amazing.
Arcades would of went out way earlier if not for sf2. I wasn't at a mall every day or month back then but when I'd go thered be a new fighting game to play. Street fighter 2 started all of that.
Same me and my brother we use to play in that time untill today we still play retro gaming.
arcades were "bars for kids " LOL
I miss being 5 up until my mid 20's. When i was able to completely suspend my disbelief with games & movies, while having that epic level of excitability, major passion and viewing the world as if it were one big magical place. The friends you forged when you were younger, hanging out with their friends or the kids in elementry school, high school and even college. You were constantly getting that flow/dynamic of socializing with multiple people, enjoying your hobbies together or whatever it was that you enjoyed without constantly having to worry about the responsibilities of being an adult.
And I guess it all depends on where you're at in life, but i'd blast back in a heart beat to lets say 1990, instead of being 40 in 2024. :P The friends that i do have aren't in gaming, and most of my family members are out of the picture and we just don't get along that well anymore. Tough pill to swallow compared to how amazing things used to be.
But ya, the internet, social media, and the never ending broccoli haired teenagers/20 year old cell phone zombies and viking birds nest-beard tatoo'd dooders, corporate lifeless soul sucking commercials, garbage pop music and so much more are a total sh** Storm. :P I'm so much happier when I'm at home, living in my late 80's/early 90's bubble. lol Saved by the Bell is calling, with a splash of Batsugun(Switch) and Dino 'Summertime girls'(UA-cam) XD Living in the now, while bringing a lot of that past(80's/90s) to the present and blending it all together is how i roll.
I have to admit that this was one of the most thoughtful, nostalgic videos that I've seen put together on UA-cam. No corny jokes or extra antics, just a great stroll down memory lane with narration that was greatly executed. Well done!
I never post comments online (in fact this is my first on UA-cam lol) but I felt compelled to after watching this. You absolutely nailed it and brought back a tidal wave of nostalgia. I feel truly blessed to have experienced that golden era of video gaming. It felt like we were living in a magical world full of heart, meaning and purpose. The best years of my life. Thank you for reminding us of how special a time it really was by bringing it all together in this brilliant video montage. 👏👏👏
Thank you so much for the honest and thoughtful comment. I’m glad the video had enough of an impression to get you to comment. So I had to respond before it got buried. Hopefully it’s something you can come back to in the future if you’re ever feeling that nostalgic itch or for something uplifting. I certainly had a good time putting it together and have been overwhelmed by the response.
I can also say it brought back memories of me too and also some of those games I did play with some of that and also dealt with Castelvania Rondo of Blood not on a Turbografx-16 but it got ported over on a handheld of Playstaion named PSP under Castlevania Dracula X chronicles along with some others it was the early 2000's and I was different then really were cool times which sadly can't deal now and much outgoing along with other parts sold it since life was tough though later got to some emulation experiments with that as well. Sadly life went rough and things went down fast.
Thanks Shmup Junkie and these days it really went to disaster and inflation not what we experienced in the 80's and 90's. Along with a whole host of places that are now gone besides Borders and Blockbuster.
Hands down, this is the best little nostalgia documentary about the culture of our generations that grew up on 80s and 90s video games... You made me think a lot about why it meant so much to us all. This is an extremely tasteful, thought provoking, and well done piece, my friend. Thank you for producing this.
The golden age.
The Golden Age is now.
@hyperboreen4854 with online only single player games being a thing, no, not at all we're not even in a bronze age or anything. But my turnaround comment could also be it's much easier to obtain a game one would want nowadays, not a physical copy but to play the game itself, physical games becoming somewhat of luxury also taints that gold era you think it is now
@@hyperboreen4854is it fuck. The thing that irritates me about modern gamers is how dismissive most of them are about retro games, like they're nothing compared to now. Not only is that categorically untrue - and I'm sick of having to pay for hundreds of hours of content on a game AFTER I've already bought it, and I don't need a game to last hundreds of hours, as it should be good enough without needing to be that huge - but it's incredibly disrespectful and ungrateful. Without the creations of the past, none of the games today would exist. Unfortunately, obsession with visuals, audio and online features seems to have taken over from gameplay. That and endless sequels. I'm fairly sure developers are running out of fresh ideas for games.
@@Nightopian1982 I play video games since the 80s, I love old games, but that doesn't change the fact that there have never been so many good games produced as today. Maybe expand your horizons, don't limit yourself to 2 genres and actually play some modern games other than the big obvious soulless AAA of the year (and some AAA are very good don't get me wrong). Try to be curious instead of complaining.
@@hyperboreen4854 You don't need to patronise me. It may stagger you to hear this, but I have actually played many of the modern era games (where's this 'two genres' remark come from anyway?), and I personally just don't enjoy them as much overall (and I never said I don't like any). I'm buying a Switch this year too.
Arguments about such things are subjective anyway. Saying 'there have never been so many good games produced as today' is not a 'fact', sorry, and I imagine a great deal many people would disagree with that statement. It's all opinion anyway when it comes to favourite games/consoles/eras. Personally I just love the fact that so many people continue to love the games of the past, and if anything it's continuing to grow.
Born in 79. Raised during the 80s and 90s graduated in 98 which just so happened to be pretty much the end of the best gaming decades ever. From going to circle k and playing gauntlet until the quarters ran out and checking the phones outside for quarters just to go right back and play again. Then go home play baseball outside for a little while or if it was raining get right back to playing the nintendo. Those were the days that will never come around again. Adults and children were playing games alongside each other trying beat the game just realizing the $20 you had can now only buy you an icee and pack of gum or candy. Having to ask the cashier if they have change for a 5 just to drop all the quarters into one cabinet with hopes of beating your friends score or possibly making it onto the high score list on the game. Dang those were some awesome times.
Great video! I have amazing memories of playing NES and SNES games with my friends for hours back in the 1990's to then go out, play soccer or something else, have a snack and go back to playing videogames. The games, the music, the movies, the TV shows, the pop culture, etc. Amazing times!
I would just like to point out that the life most of us in the Western world experienced during the '80s and '90s was all due to the hard work of those that came before us. Our grandparents, great-grandparents and our ancestors. We wouldn't have had the luxuries and free time we did if it wasn't for them. For that, none of us can thank them enough.
Very well put. In my case, we were immigrant refugees that arrived with nothing. And the opportunity the US gave them to start a life and raise a family can't be understated. I owe my childhood to the hard work my family put in to provide for me. Then it was my turn to do the same. Now I'm blessed to finally be in a place where I can do something like this as a hobby and bring some extra positivity into people's lives.
@@ShmupJunkie That's a beauiful story, brother! Thank you for sharing that. Your videos really are a blessing, and your love of these games and what they mean to your life really comes through in your videos. Of course, many of us feel the same way! 👍
True. It's like we were the "easy times make soft men" in the "Hard times make strong men, strong men make easy times, easy times make soft men, soft men make hard times" story.
We are currently in the "soft men make hard times" portion.
Good point you're right 👏
@@DevanteWeary For sure. It's almost like time is cyclical, compared to linear. Always repeating until the end -- assuming there even is an end! You know, due to the cyclical nature of time. My head hurts, I must slumber now. 😆
I was born in 1971 so I got to see the evolution of video games from the beginning.
Dang, you sure did. I was in 77, so it was early 80s by the time I was old enough to appreciate much. Atari 2600 years maybe, but I didn't really fall in love with it until the 8bit era. I still played the heck out of my 2600 though even if it kicked my ass as a 4yr old haha. But man do I remember the arcades fondly even as a toddler.
this teared me up constantly, laugh happy crying. I'm 39 and holy crap you summed up a good portion of what makes us tick. how a screen shot can invoke memories that we can't access any other way. good job. subscribed
I was born in 1981 and I am so lucky to have lived through everything you talked about. What a time to have been alive!
I can never get enough of these kind of documentaries. The nostalgia is real. Thanks!
Same here
Also can say thanks as well used to live in that time too and encountered some of that as well.
Dude!!!
So much to unpack and so much to say that I can’t possibly post in a mere YT comment.
Every segment spoke to me, so much so that’ll have me watching this for years to come.
Absolutely fantastic production, editing, music (big up Zak Vortex for making all the feels real) and most of all, the writing was sublime.
Congratulations buddy, you’ve only gone and created yet another classic.
Thanks so much for reliving the best eras of gaming and sharing it with the world!!
Thank you so much my friend. Really glad you got out of it what I put into it. I wanted to make something different and that I could watch myself some decades from now and enjoy. It took 3 months of work but I'm proud of the end result. Zak Vortex's music definitely kept me going and inspired me while working on this.
I couldnt have expresseed it better. I've rewinded so many times...its literally my childhood to 20's. I'll be rewatching this for years.
Extremely well done video! Hearing the music of all the different games and seeing games I haven't thought about in years, like Bionic Commando made this video hit home for me.
This video brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for the trip down memory lane. I still have my NES and SNES but no longer have friends coming over to play
Really glad you enjoyed it. And yeah, I hear you. It's not quite the same, even if it's the same game. Can't replicate those days, but it sure helps to still enjoy them with others of like mind.
Dude. you have made my favorite retrospective video of all time. Thank You.
Low key, bringing tears to muly eyes with that tone you take. Videogames were my everything from 2 years old til my name became Dad. Our kids these days will never know the magic we felt being there for the whole thing.
You're right on that and also used to deal with a lot of those myself and even getting those titles isn't the same of actually living in that era considering what now is lost which is a lot.
You did such an amazing job making me feel like I was back in the 80's/90's for a few minutes.
Felt like nostalgic sensory overload.
Wonderful Video. It's easy to forget about the connections we make with others being at the heart of these wonderful experiences we grew up with. Bringing that experience to the next generation is so important. One of the highlights in my life right now is regularly taking a Sega Genesis over to play Sonic 2 with my nephews and reliving that joy and excitement all over again thru their eyes.
18:55 - Wow, I choked up a little... Damn it. This video is fantastic, dude. It does such a good job of breaking everything down, and even turning a lens on the psychology behind our passion that still burns to this day. I feel incredibly blessed to have got to experience the 80s as a child, and the 90s as a teen, but I do feel extremely lost and disconnected in this world today, and I think my way of coping with that was to fill up my room with tons of nostalgic artifacts that made me happy or reminded of "better times," but maybe what I really needed was a connection with someone who could relate to me and the things I loved -- a hard thing to find in adulthood, I'm finding.
Thank you for the awesome and very open comment. Not everyone has the humility or ability to self reflect in that way and be honest with themselves. It’s something I’ve wanted to articulate and present in the right way for a while and this video ended up the perfect opportunity. So I love hearing the feedback that it resonated with a lot of people. So many feel lost and disconnected right now.
This is one of the best UA-cam uploads I’ve seen in a long time. From anyone. I’m 40, I refuse to let go of the 80’s and 90’s 😂. It was just such a special time to be a part of. I’ll be watching this video well into the future. Thank you!
You did an exceptional job of reminding us what it was like back then.
You've brought to life some long dormant memories.
As a "gaming junkie" I've never stopped gaming but it was nice to touch base on something that I took for granted.
Not gonna lie, some bittersweet memories were included.
But overall, like you said, I wouldn't change a thing.
If I am lucky enough to live to my 90s I'll still be gaming then and it's such a big and important part of my life I'll probably die with a controller in my hands.
That might sound a bit too much, but my own grandfather is very much the same, he's in his 90s now , and *still* playing his N64 and PS2 and in fact a few weeks ago we had to hunt down a replacement PS2 for him.
Maybe it's in our families blood but we are gamers through and through lol.
But anyways, I imagine anyone watching this video probably gets that for some us it isn't just a hobby but part of our identity and even our way of life.
It's one of the best videos I've seen on UA-cam. You hit the mark with everything. I smiled through the whole video and got choked up a lot. I turn 45 this year, and video game sleepovers and hanging at the arcade were a staple in my childhood. I only wish kids these days had a great childhood like i had.
Thanks so much, love hearing you enjoyed it so much and it reminded you of some good times. I'm sure there are plenty of kids throughout all eras having great childhoods they'll remember fondly too. And maybe they'll make some good videos about their time that I'll enjoy watching. It's just a lot harder in the modern age with so much being done online, which is convenient but also not so great compared to real interaction in person. I definitely wish only the best for the current generation and hope that somehow society can get back to embracing the importance of real, personal connections and quality over quantity.
Oh yes i love your love for our past hardships of gaming and playing with other friends and being the best at nintendo! Ive been waiting for this UA-camr that had lived this experience and reliving the experience we all shared!!
I turned 44 in December and everything about this resonates with me deeply. Just the best times. Awesome work junkie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was born in ‘79 and in the perfect time to be of age in the thick of 8 bit and 16 bit gaming. Gen X and wouldn’t trade if for any other gen.
Man this video is so well put together. It's almost like a college paper. I too was born in 79 and can identify with this video. Although I always say that video games destroyed my life, it also saved my life. I watch this on my cell phone while feeding my 4 month old son and will bookmark the video to show him as he gets older.
Yeah man, 35 here. Started on the NES, went through every Era. You said it in such an incredible way. I loved this video man I really did. You have such a joyfullness that we all need. Keep it up man, made me tear up for sure.
An awesome essay on why we nostalgia so hard for this era as gamers. I was definitely the bullied nerd and games and computers were me escape. It's a love I still have to this day, but thankfully, I no longer need them to escape the world's cruelty, at least not often.
under soviet opression our 80s wasn't that colorful but 90s made up for it :) thanks for the video!!!
Thanks for the contribution! 👍🏻 I’m a fellow Russian… my family having emigrated to the US as refugees in the 80s to escape the rampant antisemitism at the time. I was barely 2 when we left. Had we stayed my 80s and 90s would have been very different!
Born late 70's myself and this video man you rock its exactly my life and of many of my friends, all the classics like castlevania, turtles, contra played them all, lost them and now playing them again on my switch or ps. Props to you sir.
Great job on this video! Pretty much summed up my childhood and why I loved gaming in the 80s & 90s!
The 90's was definitely the peak of this type of gaming. Once 3D and eventually CD quality audio became the norm, the wow factor just... diminished.
At first, the CD games and 3D had a massive wow factor. At least for me and CD games on the PC Engine. I think it's because they were still the same style of games only amped up with newer tech. But once we got used to it, I agree I started to miss the older chip tunes and style of gaming in general. I guess that's why we still play arcade style games so often and I focus my channel on them.
Oh I agree with you there, about the charm. I've recently been playing Bari-Arm and Popful Mail on the Sega CD they both gave me that internal "this is cool" feeling.
OMG I agree with every single word you said. I never expected as a 42 years old man that this video would a made a tear in my eye. Thank you so much for bringing those memories back..
You're very welcome. As a 46yr old man, it brought some to mine too seeing how it all came out. You're not alone!
This is more than a video. It is a tribute to video games and a whole generation!
Thank you for this piece of art.
Thanks for this video..born in 77 this was a recap of my life..best decades to be alive 80's and 90's..friends over ..playing together..riding our bikes..all of it was AWESOME!!!
MANN!! This was a great trip down memory lane!! This brought back literally EVERY memory I had of back when I was a kid. Thanks for making this!!
You've done it, Junkie. You've done it. I am crying.
Hopefully tears of joy! 😅 Really glad you loved it. I poured my heart and soul into this one.
You’re not the only one
Great video, surprisingly deep. There were times I nearly teared up. I can definitely relate to a longing for connection, a way to share something I love with people I love.
You did a fantastic job on this video, capturing everything we all enjoyed (and even loathed) about gaming throughout the years! There's just something so special about retro games in their simplicity, compared to so many games today.
I have found such an amazing kinship in the Retro community on Twitch - and even scored a husband out of it.
And now that so many people who grew up in that generation have kids, it's time to foster a new love for the retro era.
Amazing video as ever! Here in Brazil my brother and I after Atari 2600 we almost grew up with computers games like 8bit MSX1/2 and 16bit Amiga 500/1200.
You were lucky in your very own way to grow up with systems most of us (including me) in the US didn't know about and couldn't play. I've been slowly catching up. I was too young during the Atari years so it never grabbed me the same. It was the 8bit and PC games that started my love affair.
Was a beautiful time. Hours playing co-op games with friends late into the night. The games of today can not compete.
Phenomenal video. Perfectly put together from start to finish. An interactive trip down memory lane. Thank you!
I was the poor kid who couldn't afford anything but had rich friends who would get all the newest goodies. I finally got a SNES because it was my grandma's and she passed away. I remember renting Chrono Trigger from the video store and buying link to the past and super Metroid. Those moments changed my life forever. I don't think new generations have the same experience. I stopped playing for twenty years but got hospitalized for a month and started playing a switch. Now I'm a gamer again and it's helping me out like it used to.
As a 41 year old man...... This hits me right in the feels. If I could go back in time, 1995 would be the year.
It was the last real year of the 16bit consoles so both Sega and Nintendo had some great games around that time and the excitement of the 32/64bit consoles was just around the corner. The arcades were at their height with the most popular games from Konami, Capcom, SNK, Taito, Midway etc being available. PC gaming was taking off with CD based games like Doom, Duke3d, Tie Fighter, Lucas Arts games etc. The internet was still an infant so no such thing as Tik Tok and I was 13/14 years old with mates who I would go riding and exploring with and would stay over at mates houses for the night and we would go crazy on Pepsi and Doritos playing street fighter, mortal Kombat, contra 3, turtles in time etc all night long. And not to mention we had that one rich friend who had a neo geo and a 3DO with the light guns and Mad Dog Mcree.... It was a good year for me and my friends.
And I was big into grunge, punk and metal so listening to Metallica, Pantera, offspring, greenday, pearl jam, Alice in chains etc and making mix tapes for my walkman was just icing on the cake.
1995 Also
Why 95? Gen/MegaDive, SNES, Saturn, PS1, or arcade?
i've said the same thing my mom passed in '99 i was 17 so 95-96 is the save point if i could go back
@@buckeyechad1 all of the above. It was the last real year of the 16bit consoles so both Sega and Nintendo had some great games around that time and the excitement of the 32/64bit consoles was just around the corner. The arcades were at their height with the most popular games from Konami, Capcom, SNK, Taito, Midway etc being available. PC gaming was taking off with CD based games like Doom, Duke3d, Tie Fighter, Lucas Arts games etc. The internet was still an infant so no such thing as Tik Tok and I was 13/14 years old with mates who I would go riding and exploring with and would stay over at mates houses for the night and we would go crazy on Pepsi and Doritos playing street fighter, mortal Kombat, contra 3, turtles in time etc all night long. And not to mention we had that one rich friend who had a neo geo and a 3DO with the light guns and Mad Dog Mcree.... It was a good year for me and my friends.
@@Neptunenavarette9267sorry to hear that bro. Hold on to those memories. Peace.
I was born at the right time in History :). born in 84 and it only took me a few years to start my gaming journey with the NES.. as soon as I was able to pick the controller up and play I did haha. then the SNES, Genesis, PS1, N64, and even the Saturn was great and moving into the 2000s with the Dreamcast, Xbox, Gamecube, and PS2. OMG was great. Will say I think I will leave this world gaming lol.
Amazing video! Born in 83, this made me remember all my childhood and why I love videogames so much🥲
What an awesomely written, narrated and edited high energy nostalgia dipped video!
Another super cool video
Thank you so much for this splendid and moving video which reminds all of us, born in the 70s, of how we fought to have our passion recognized as a form of art and culture. How we grew up and learned as much from video games as from books, films, cartoons, music and comics. How we have witnessed a profound social and cultural change. How videogames have helped us understand the value of our passions, making us more sensitive, curious and independent. Thank you very much, I hope from the bottom of my heart that the message of this video will also help the youngest to seek new heights of creativity and awareness in all fields of culture, including videogames.
You’re very welcome and thank you for the thoughtful and deep comment. And the generous super thanks 🙏 Seeing so many others in the comments resonate with the overall message means a lot. We don’t live in a vacuum and as social animals we interpret and experience everything through our relationships. As much as I love all the games and culture of the time, it wouldn’t have had nearly the impact if I was isolated or communicating through electronic devices most of the time. Getting my son into tabletop D&D when he was younger and seeing how he fell in love with it (and still plays), playing in a campaign together, will always be a favorite memory of mine.
Just absolutely beautiful comment and sentiment! Thank you for that, sir
Thanks a million for this great retrospective
Games have always been a part of my life, My brother and I getting an NES for Christmas, and a few years later, a super nintendo... My early experiences with video games were mostly with my older brother, sometimes even with my dad and even rarer with my mom. Video games were such a social thing for me and my gamer friends, even when the games themselves were single player. As an adult gamer it makes me miss them(they're no longer around) and even though most of my friends are gamers too, we don't play together like back in the day... Very nostalgic video essay. Love your vids though! keep on gaming on 🕹
Ah its Christmas day in my country and I was playing Radiant Silvergun, when this video came. Sorry Radiant...
Sweet! If I can compete with RSG for at least one morning I'm doing something right.
oh yes you can @@ShmupJunkie
This video is awesome, it made me re-live my childhood (the 80s) and teen years (the 90s). What a magical time for gaming. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
Thankyou for the trip down memory lane. I still play my old games now just for the nostalgia.
Probably my favorite video of yours. For some reason, I get so sentimental about those times in my life and the memories I had as a kid. Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane.
You're very welcome and love to hear it. So thank you. It's similar to an older video I did Amazing Shoot Em Ups of the 80s and 90s. The first 5 minutes of that video is what I used as a template for this one. I love making them so glad you enjoyed it.
Its the same for me. I think it is because it was the greatest time of my life. Its all been down hill since...🤣
Best era
This docu was and still is my life and im proud and thankfull for this experience. Still playing Arcades and Consoles. A really great docu with essential important milestones.
Thanx for sharing this Video ❤
This Video Is So RAD! I grew up in the 90s! The best time in the world when you were a kid, and the world was different and awesome! I remember being a kid. I miss it! 😢 Thank you for capturing the heart and soul of 90s gaming nostalgia!
Loved every second of this. I am a huge gamer and finally got a Neo Geo last year. I was determined to get one eventually
Thanks man! And thank you so so much for letting me use some of your music in the video. It really made a world of difference and helped inspire me along the way. I hope others enjoy it as much as I do and it sends some more people your way. It's been great to see your work hit the top of the charts!
Awesome cozy vid ❤ one aspect of gaming that i am very nostalgic for that is less talked about with 90s gaming was this was the era when blizzard made good games (once upon a time ha) i have such fond memories of playing diablo and brood war on saturday mornings on my windows 98 ha
Totally! I was into the strategy games at the time which started with playing Dune 2 a ton (not blizzard I know), but that spiraled into the early Warcraft games and Starcraft. If it was fantasy I was all in. And Diablo 1 and 2 both kicked my butt and took a long time to finish either, bit by bit. I think my first PC wasn't even Windows and just DOS based, before Windows 3.1 finally came around. Man I'm old hahaha.... sob
You have perfectly articulated everything I ever felt about this era with great precision.
Dude! it's been a long while since a random video on youtube put a giant smile in my face. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Let's watch this. I started gaming on the 90's, so I guess I'm off to a nostalgia trip haha.
beautiful video. i actually wasnt alive during either of these eras, but i still appreciate just how great these games are and how they were designed.
i love retro games.
i love shmups.
Thanks man. And really glad to see you here after such a long hiatus on my part working on this. Now it's time to get modern and start hyping all the killer games coming up this year in 2024! That's next on the list.
@@ShmupJunkie YEAAAAAAA
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Excellent video, great edit and filled with pure nostalgia. I was blessed to have live the whole era pretty much since the beginning. I was born in 74’ and my first console was the Atari 2600 when I was like 3 or 4 years old. And never stopped gaming since then. The very first console I bought with my own money was the N64 with Super Mario 64. Still play games to this day. ❤️❤️❤️
Speaking personally, this was a really thoughtful and articulate summary of our / my passion of why I still collect and play old video games and 80s toys from my childhood. Thank you for making this. It really was touching ☺️☺️☺️❤
You're welcome and glad you enjoyed it. I took my time and made this one as personal as possible. Hopefully something uplifiting to rewatch for people in the future when you feel like a hit of nostalgia.
Awesome episode dude I'm 53 back then we would all get together and pick different games for Christmas so we could play different genres it was truly the golden age
I used to walk for an hour to the arcade, so I could challenge people to fighting games…I lost a lot lol. I had so much fun meeting people like that though. Life used to be great.
Ok cool. I read a lot of comments like Life used to be great. I just have to ask, what sucks now in your life if it does suck?
This is freaking beautiful.. it made me miss going to the local pizza place or reminded me when my mom went the laundromat and I would play street fighter 2 or Castlevania .. I seriously teared up. Made me miss my cousin I used to play with .. he passed a long time ago .. but still . Wonderful video . I appreciate ya
Best written video I've ever seen on YT. Awesome job. Thanks for the memories. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Pretty awesome retrospective and I think you really nailed what nostalgia is/can be. Which is mourning for lost connection. It took a while for me to realize that as I grew my collection of arcade machines and consoles, that what I was really missing was all the friends and people I played with through the years. From playing Donkey Kong on 2600 with my brother, to Street Fighter 2 with my buddy Chris to Halo lan parties to even World of Warcraft. It’s all been about connections as much as it’s been about the games. Thanks for that !!
I'm so so glad you got that from the video as it was such a driving force behind my making it. A lot of self reflection and thinking about what truly made that time special for me beyond having cool games to play. You summarized it very well and I hope a lot more people get that from watching. Not just to realize what they may or not have already known, but to apply it to their lives now. Or maybe realize that if they feel lost, it's because they're focusing on the games and not applying what made their early years memorable. There's nothing stopping us now from living that way. Yet we often don't due to busy life, responsibilities or just losing that ability to connect with others (especially during the pandemic). I really enjoyed making this and hope people enjoy that it's different and not the typical history/chronological exercise.
Man your writing is so good at explaining what this era was like, this is so well done man, gonna bring some tears to peoples eyes!!!
Thanks dude, I definitely tried. Only 25min long but took me 3 months haha, so you can see where the time went. I said screw it, quality over quantity it takes what it takes. It definitely brought back the feels and some inspiration for me while working on it.
@aktanearcade I'm not crying, you're crying!
I've already cried. Not ashamed to admit it.
Brilliant video - grinned and nodded with agreement the entire run length. My 11 year old boy was mesmerised seeing how cool my childhood was. Thanks for the video, well done.
That’s awesome thanks for sharing that. I loved making it and am glad to see how many others are too.
Damn it bro. You made me tear up. You're like narrating my childhood. Thank you for this wonderful video.
Your passion and dedication nails exactly how I feel! It was awesome growing up in the 80s! The arcades, 8 & 16 bit home consoles rule even today! I remember the electricity of the arcades. Putting your quarter on the street fighter 2 cabinet to stand in line. The first time seeing Gauntlet, Altered Beast, and Gain Ground (my oddball favorite) in the local arcades. I love going back to your earlier posts!!! Thanks for all you do.
You're very welcome man and thanks for the thoughtful comment. I really took my time with this one and am stoked to see how well it's being received. The comments have really validated where I went with it and the effort involved. I hope it's something people can come back to every now and then when looking for that shot in the arm. Like a good shmup. Only 20-25min long but satisfying and keeps you coming back haha.