Same here, and most of it was spent on one of the games featured here, that being Desert Assault. My dad and I spent so much time playing that at the local bowling alley.
Half of the arcades in the Yakuza games feel like they're extensions of the Sega Saturn version of the Sega Ages collection, minus the extras. I wonder if they're emulating the arcade games and using the fact they can read memory addresses to get things like score for the completion log or if they're porting them to modern hardware for the in game arcades.
I'm just glad it was at the end so I could just shut it off. Damn shills at Cinemassacre put it all over their videos so I just stopped watching the product.
Violent Storm is my favorite arcade beatemup too! The fast pace, the wide variety of scenery, the weird enemies, the humor, the corny music. I'm glad to see it getting some love these days.
I only ever heard of and played Violent Storm a few months ago - and it pretty much instantly went to the top of my best beat em ups arcade list. It is such a fantastic game.
This is ace, always looking for more quality beatemups to emulate. Streets of Rage 2 is my fave game ever, and in recent years I've loved discovering Mystic Warriors through MAME
Agree, after CGR is now permanently dead, Game Sack is the by far best game related channel in existence. Professionally made, actually funny jokes and this guy truly loves games, which shows.
@@foamybelch, it must be hard accepting that there are people out there with opinions that differ from your own. You can miss him all you want, and I wouldn't downvote your comment because of that.
I'm enjoying all of these left in the arcades episodes. I never knew that these games existed which is pretty sad considering that I was a pretty avid arcade gamer back in the day. Maybe all of the arcades that I frequented never invested in any of these rare games. Thanks for doing this series of episodes!
Not too many times where there's a game I don't recognise, yet Gamesac is a place where I usually will learn something new. Great channel, Joe's doing an amazing job as a solo producer and presenter.
I am so happy you talked about Violent Storm - I tell anyone who will listen about how much I love it! Anyone I've convinced to play it with me has insisted we play straight through the entire game! It's so damn good.
CarnEvil is definitely the game I've always thought of when I recall Arcade Exclusive titles, so I'm pretty psyched to see you tackling it in this episode.
There’s a CarnEvil at the Old North Arcade in Columbus, Ohio. I personally don’t like it much because it flashes too bright when you shoot your gun I feel like I’m gonna have a seizure.
Already in talks with Sega to get A.B Cop ported to modern consoles, so very soon you'll be able to play it on your very own Sega Saturn and Panasonic 3DO!
Man, I kinda really dig how the sprites scale to perspective in that beat 'em up. It makes me want some modern 2D game to aggressively use all kinds of scaling and parallax techniques in a creative way... without the quarter munching jank of arcade games.
Great Episode, my favorite series of yours. We need more left in the arcades. BTW also a great end skit. One could easily be fooled into thinking, this Raycon would be a real company.
Wow, I've heard about SO MANY of these from the totally awesome gaming blog, VGJunk. And lately Violent Storm in particular, with SNESdrunk's video and even seeing it on some speedrun channels on Twitch. It feels like it's all connected, maaaaan! Kickass games with awesome visuals and soundtracks nearly lost to time but being brought back to people's attention is a truly wonderful thing.
Never knew Violent Storm was so cool, maybe we'll see it come home soon with the ACA line? If Hamster can finally give us the arcade version of Sunset Riders, I don't see why not!
Gantann I played it during a time in 2002, when I was running through Capcom’s entire catalogue, from Cadillacs and Dinosaurs to Aliens vs Predator and beyond. Violent Storm was suggested as a standout due to its silliness (similar to Battle Circuit) and while I didn’t quite finish it (solo beatemups can be trying as Joe said) I definitely remember the music!
Yep. I don't know what the rationale is (if any) for what games Hamster choose to release in their Arcade Archives series. Personally, I've been jonesing for them to release something from the Parodius series, but like a big tease they've released just about every game with any family relations to that series - Gradius, Twinbee, etc., even comparatively obscure relatives like Bells & Whistles - but no actual Parodius games. Doesn't seem to make sense. Wish Hamster were more transparent about how they select titles.
Your comment on how the bell sound would be awful to the Arcade employees and stuff like that are one of the most important reasons why I love this channel. You are a real person, just like us.
I remember playing Carnevil in the arcade and my friend would hold the light gun a certain way where he could hit the reload button and trigger in rapid succession like some kind of mad wild west sheriff. Might be hard to do in an emulator but might want to give it a try.
22:19 Joe: There’s a loud bell like a boxing match that you’ll hear constantly which doesn’t take long to become annoying. Me: I don’t know Joe, I actually love that bell sound in this game, it just sounds so satisfying.
Ahh Xband. I remember when I got randomly paired up to play Mario Kart vs someone who just happened to live down the street from me. After playing him I got his phone number and I walked 2 blocks down and we hung out. Some 25 years later he is still a close friend, I still talk to him often. Thanks Xband!
Wow. I have not thought about CarnEvil since probably 1998. It was EVERYWHERE for a while there. Great video Joe, I love the left in the arcade series.
Never heard of CarnEvil before, but looks fun. Reminds me somewhat of the carnival level in House of the Dead - Overkill (probably the greatest lightgun shooter ever made)
@@foamybelch He is. Between me and him, we have a rather sizeable video game collection. And he started collecting some arcade cabinets with some he's currently working on repairing.
One arcade game I never saw a home release for was Tokyo Wars. It was a tank battle game. The cabinet typically had two side-by-side, sit-down cabinets. I never played against another player, but enjoyed playing against the computer.
Desert Assault looks like either a direct sequel or a spiritual sequel to Bloody Wolf that originally came out in the Arcade and was also ported to the Turbo Grafx 16. The dead giveaway is because it was developed by Data East and this seems to have the exact same running animations and perspective as Bloody Wolf. Thanks for covering Desert Assault as I've never heard of it but I LOVE Bloody Wolf a lot and it's nice to know it possibly has a sequel 😊
I was 4 years old when I saw CARNEVIL, I really didn't liked violent video games like Mortal Kombat in my early ages, instead it looked very spooky to me, that's why I got phobia to went at an arcade room, a bowling alley and a Pizza places because of CARNEVIL... Now that I'm almost 24 years old I really love arcade games, but I lost my fear to arcade games when I turned 10 years old and I was obsessed with Capcom arcade games and the NEO GEO going out at a tortillería playing KOF 2002... Yeah when I was 6 years old I saw 3 wonders, Metal slug and KOF '99 at a Mexican neighborhood that has a shop in it
my age old things i never see anymore going to arcades, metal slug series, House of the Dead series, n Terminator 2 judgement day. really miss playing those. i've got alot of the metal slug games on console, but i miss the arcade feel.
Desert Assault is awesome, and there's a lot you didn't experience playing alone. I have the arcade pcb. You had it set to 2p mode, but it supports 4 player co-op, and multiple players can even jump onto the bigger vehicles, manning turrets while the first player on drives. Players can pick up near-death players and drag them to power-ups, and it's just a great, chaotic time. It's also a sequel to Bloody Wolf, and Snake and Eagle from that game are playable. Each character has a different starting weapon, though there are tons of guns for everyone to swap. It's good stuff.
You probably already covered it, but The Outfoxies is probably my most tragic case of "left in the arcade". This game had an awesome concept, and was a lot of fun. They really need to do a remake of this game for modern systems. I'd even settle for a home port in the Nintendo Switch e-shop. This game does not deserve to be forgotten like it is.
...and, yeah, I don't think the card reader was ever used here in the United States. They said it would be used for credits/rental but I never saw any sign that the rolled it out... despite buying mine at Blockbuster Video.
I played Arabian Fight at my local arcade, Nickel City in San Diego back in the mid 1990s. I was only 11 that time. I remembered thinking those were some of the greatest graphics I ever laid my eyes on. But man...I wasn't really fond of how the game played. Luckily I had other players join in for some co-op action, and it was somewhat fun. I know, it sounds weird.
I recently got the HD release of Double Dragon, ready to tear into the thugs who took my girl! As I played, I wondered why the game ticked me off all those years ago. And then it hit me: the timer! I can't just take my time in the third stage, I needed to haul ass or else. Double Dragon and A.B. Cop: two ruthless games where time is not on your side.
I dont think you mentioned it, but the orb buddy in Aurail can be used as a homing attack to take care of enemies while you dodge etc. Good video as usual!
What are some games that were only ever seen in the arcade that I should check out?
rail chase
Time Crisis 5 and Virtua Cop 3
Knuckle Heads, Schmeiser Robo and Super Locomotive (aka the one with Rydeen in the background)
Planet Harriers would be a good one to see. However the emulation is kind of crummy for the Hikaru.
House Of The Dead: Scarlet Dawn
I'll tell you what was left in the arcade, tons of my parents quarters in the 90s.
Lol 😊
Same here, and most of it was spent on one of the games featured here, that being Desert Assault. My dad and I spent so much time playing that at the local bowling alley.
You know what's left in the arcade? 1999, my friends and my teen hood.
@@WheeledHamster Damn , I feel the same way...
I'd definitely like to see some of those SEGA games featured in a future Yakuza entry.
The Yakuza games are amazing!
I Had the exact same idea watchuing the show..! ^^.
This so much 👍
Half of the arcades in the Yakuza games feel like they're extensions of the Sega Saturn version of the Sega Ages collection, minus the extras.
I wonder if they're emulating the arcade games and using the fact they can read memory addresses to get things like score for the completion log or if they're porting them to modern hardware for the in game arcades.
The motorcycle minigame in Lost Judgment is based on the first game in this video, Air Bike! :O
Best Raycon ad I've seen lmao, dude you even make ad's worth watching.
Damn near sold me on em lol
It got me all hot and sweaty 😏
I'm just glad it was at the end so I could just shut it off. Damn shills at Cinemassacre put it all over their videos so I just stopped watching the product.
Honestly, the skits at the end of Game Sack episodes are better than modern AVGN.
Screenwave aka ryan dads money
Violent Storm is my favorite arcade beatemup too! The fast pace, the wide variety of scenery, the weird enemies, the humor, the corny music. I'm glad to see it getting some love these days.
Game Sack feels like sneaking into the kitchen for a late night snack
I only ever heard of and played Violent Storm a few months ago - and it pretty much instantly went to the top of my best beat em ups arcade list. It is such a fantastic game.
one of the best, and possibly last, of its genre
Try Night Slashers X on Openbor! One of my favorite beat em up games of all time!
The prequel Vendetta is even better!!
This is ace, always looking for more quality beatemups to emulate. Streets of Rage 2 is my fave game ever, and in recent years I've loved discovering Mystic Warriors through MAME
@@GenyaArikado Night Slashers is on the Switch
Best game review series on the web! I hope you never stop making videos. I miss Dave but the show is as good as ever
Dave is the reason I stopped watching way back when, but now that he's gone, I am happy as a shit covered pig and can start watching Game Sack again!
Agree, after CGR is now permanently dead, Game Sack is the by far best game related channel in existence. Professionally made, actually funny jokes and this guy truly loves games, which shows.
@@foamybelch, it must be hard accepting that there are people out there with opinions that differ from your own. You can miss him all you want, and I wouldn't downvote your comment because of that.
I'm enjoying all of these left in the arcades episodes. I never knew that these games existed which is pretty sad considering that I was a pretty avid arcade gamer back in the day. Maybe all of the arcades that I frequented never invested in any of these rare games. Thanks for doing this series of episodes!
I love the catch-up-and-ram gameplay concept from chase hq.. that genre needs to make a comeback
Not too many times where there's a game I don't recognise, yet Gamesac is a place where I usually will learn something new. Great channel, Joe's doing an amazing job as a solo producer and presenter.
Thanks for the hard work Joe. You and Dave talking about games while bit tunes play in the background rock me to sleep.
I do the same, I watch it multiple times till I have seen everything.
i watch this while eating my food
Dawg, same. Helps me sleep when my heads going 1000mph
So I geuss I'm not the only one whos sleep schedule has be destroyed by this quarantine
Ummm....unless I missed him, Dave wasn’t in this episode and hasn’t been in an episode in a long time. FYI ;)
I am so happy you talked about Violent Storm - I tell anyone who will listen about how much I love it! Anyone I've convinced to play it with me has insisted we play straight through the entire game! It's so damn good.
15:50 sounds like that song from Beverly hills cop "shakedown, breakdown.. youre busteddd"
Really, really look forwards to the next Game Sack episode. Just great stuff every time!
Best compliment I can give your channel is that every time I watch one of your videos it makes me want to play some old video games
Adrian fixed. Good catch!
CarnEvil is definitely the game I've always thought of when I recall Arcade Exclusive titles, so I'm pretty psyched to see you tackling it in this episode.
There’s a CarnEvil at the Old North Arcade in Columbus, Ohio. I personally don’t like it much because it flashes too bright when you shoot your gun I feel like I’m gonna have a seizure.
The Violent Storm artstyle is absolutely righteous, I love it
In the Sack we trust! What an awesome collection of obscure game I have never heard of! 10/10 for the quality Joe, as per usual!
I remember playing Violent Storm, actually, and I also love the soundtrack to that game as well.
i wanted to play it
Already in talks with Sega to get A.B Cop ported to modern consoles, so very soon you'll be able to play it on your very own Sega Saturn and Panasonic 3DO!
There's something very therapeutic about binge watching Game Sack.
Man, I kinda really dig how the sprites scale to perspective in that beat 'em up. It makes me want some modern 2D game to aggressively use all kinds of scaling and parallax techniques in a creative way... without the quarter munching jank of arcade games.
Great Episode, my favorite series of yours. We need more left in the arcades.
BTW also a great end skit. One could easily be fooled into thinking, this Raycon would be a real company.
Big brother Joe! Thanks...lol just wanted to say thank you for continuing to provide us with great high quality content! 🤟
Wow, I've heard about SO MANY of these from the totally awesome gaming blog, VGJunk. And lately Violent Storm in particular, with SNESdrunk's video and even seeing it on some speedrun channels on Twitch. It feels like it's all connected, maaaaan! Kickass games with awesome visuals and soundtracks nearly lost to time but being brought back to people's attention is a truly wonderful thing.
Violent Storm is amazing, the music is fantastically cheesy and catchy.
It’s sad to think some games are probably lost to time. At least we have these. Thanks Gamesack! 🐙
Never knew Violent Storm was so cool, maybe we'll see it come home soon with the ACA line? If Hamster can finally give us the arcade version of Sunset Riders, I don't see why not!
Gantann I played it during a time in 2002, when I was running through Capcom’s entire catalogue, from Cadillacs and Dinosaurs to Aliens vs Predator and beyond.
Violent Storm was suggested as a standout due to its silliness (similar to Battle Circuit) and while I didn’t quite finish it (solo beatemups can be trying as Joe said) I definitely remember the music!
Yep. I don't know what the rationale is (if any) for what games Hamster choose to release in their Arcade Archives series. Personally, I've been jonesing for them to release something from the Parodius series, but like a big tease they've released just about every game with any family relations to that series - Gradius, Twinbee, etc., even comparatively obscure relatives like Bells & Whistles - but no actual Parodius games. Doesn't seem to make sense. Wish Hamster were more transparent about how they select titles.
Sweet! A new episode of Same Gack!!!
This is my favourite series, Left In The Arcades.
Left in the Sack. "Lost" episodes
The last one, "Left In The Arcade 5", came out in November 2017.
Aureil or whatever was one of my favorites.
Mecha theme are just awesome!
Your comment on how the bell sound would be awful to the Arcade employees and stuff like that are one of the most important reasons why I love this channel. You are a real person, just like us.
Greetings from colorado, im glad i stayed up till midnight to catch a great episode !
Felt really weird when I woke up and saw this game sack episode because I beat violent storm last night. Thanks for creeping me out, Joe!
Another Sunday morning with coffee and gamesack, great
I knew there was a reason I stayed up so late tonight.
you did the same every day?
Best channel out there. Thanks, Joe Redifer👌🤪
Need to make your show
Weekly!
Your at home quarintined...
So you got ALL the time in the world... Joe!
I remember playing Carnevil in the arcade and my friend would hold the light gun a certain way where he could hit the reload button and trigger in rapid succession like some kind of mad wild west sheriff. Might be hard to do in an emulator but might want to give it a try.
22:19 Joe: There’s a loud bell like a boxing match that you’ll hear constantly which doesn’t take long to become annoying.
Me: I don’t know Joe, I actually love that bell sound in this game, it just sounds so satisfying.
Ahh Xband. I remember when I got randomly paired up to play Mario Kart vs someone who just happened to live down the street from me. After playing him I got his phone number and I walked 2 blocks down and we hung out. Some 25 years later he is still a close friend, I still talk to him often. Thanks Xband!
Oh man Sunday evening treat in Japan! Yay! Joe's back on the old Youbeybox!
These are always great episodes Joe!
This is such a cool series. Great to add to my rom list but gosh I wish I could find some of these in arcades.
Just saw a new episode posted and had to ask myself "Is it really Sunday ALREADY?!" Thank you for keeping my week straight Joe.
i almost thought it was Monday when i woke up today
Woke up super early due to back pain and see a new Gamesack upload I feel a bit more healed now thanks Gamesack
"Four outstanding human beings"
Needs to be a band name 🔥
@RockManLP_Radio ok thanks for your useless comment and opinion
Holy shit that violent storm music!!! :D I am SO playing that game! Thanks Joe!
22:42, Ho man, that is the MOST BLATANT Chun Li knockoff I've ever seen in an arcade game.
The visuals of Burning Rival are incredible!
Thanks!
Quite welcome.
1am and I decided to watch Game Sack.... What can I say I like what they do.
Love these episodes 😃 The only game I knew about of these was Arabian Fight. Not a great game, but well worth a mention. Great work Joe 😊
Wow. I have not thought about CarnEvil since probably 1998. It was EVERYWHERE for a while there. Great video Joe, I love the left in the arcade series.
My Dad has the CarnEvil arcade game in his collection. I played it a lot when it first came out.
How old is your dad?
Never heard of CarnEvil before, but looks fun. Reminds me somewhat of the carnival level in House of the Dead - Overkill (probably the greatest lightgun shooter ever made)
@@frankschneider6156 CarnEvil was addictive, but tough as hell sometimes; still one of the best light gun games in the arcade
@@foamybelch He is. Between me and him, we have a rather sizeable video game collection. And he started collecting some arcade cabinets with some he's currently working on repairing.
@@GenyaArikado 57, he'll be 58 this year.
A game id play at every movie theater was CarnEvil. Not sure it holds up but it was the shizznit
I was about to go to bed until this dropped. Thanks for the awesome content
One arcade game I never saw a home release for was Tokyo Wars. It was a tank battle game. The cabinet typically had two side-by-side, sit-down cabinets. I never played against another player, but enjoyed playing against the computer.
Wow, I’ve never heard of any of these games before. Great selection! I enjoy this series.
Some of these games would’ve seriously been great on 32-bit era home consoles.
Desert Assault looks like either a direct sequel or a spiritual sequel to Bloody Wolf that originally came out in the Arcade and was also ported to the Turbo Grafx 16. The dead giveaway is because it was developed by Data East and this seems to have the exact same running animations and perspective as Bloody Wolf. Thanks for covering Desert Assault as I've never heard of it but I LOVE Bloody Wolf a lot and it's nice to know it possibly has a sequel 😊
Well, looks like I'm not about to fall asleep after all. Stoked for the new upload! :)
If Air Bike Cop received an arcade perfect home port I could imagine some people experiencing epileptic seizures playing that game.
I was 4 years old when I saw CARNEVIL, I really didn't liked violent video games like Mortal Kombat in my early ages, instead it looked very spooky to me, that's why I got phobia to went at an arcade room, a bowling alley and a Pizza places because of CARNEVIL... Now that I'm almost 24 years old I really love arcade games, but I lost my fear to arcade games when I turned 10 years old and I was obsessed with Capcom arcade games and the NEO GEO going out at a tortillería playing KOF 2002...
Yeah when I was 6 years old I saw 3 wonders, Metal slug and KOF '99 at a Mexican neighborhood that has a shop in it
my age old things i never see anymore going to arcades, metal slug series, House of the Dead series, n Terminator 2 judgement day. really miss playing those. i've got alot of the metal slug games on console, but i miss the arcade feel.
I don't know why, but I almost pissed my pants laughing when you stuck the credit card in the xband. Great video Joe as always.
Ahhh Violent Storm being featured in Gamesack and Snes Drunk all in the same week. What a time to be alive..
Great episode Joe. More like this please (arcade games I mostly haven't heard of but I might like to play)
Desert Assault is awesome, and there's a lot you didn't experience playing alone. I have the arcade pcb. You had it set to 2p mode, but it supports 4 player co-op, and multiple players can even jump onto the bigger vehicles, manning turrets while the first player on drives. Players can pick up near-death players and drag them to power-ups, and it's just a great, chaotic time.
It's also a sequel to Bloody Wolf, and Snake and Eagle from that game are playable. Each character has a different starting weapon, though there are tons of guns for everyone to swap. It's good stuff.
The best retro game channel on UA-cam
Many good games I never heard of, nice video.
The Overtake button in F1 Super Lap is basically the DRS that we have been using for few years now
Sometimes I see some sprite scaling and have a retro emotion... but I remember that it's over and feel even better!
Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2 would be a neat game to cover next time.
This. A hundred times this.
Or any Namco game that wasn't ported to consoles. Outfoxies anyone?
A bunch of Namco arcade stuff got improved on mame recently, there's Nebulas Ray - very nice looking vert shooter with pre - rendered graphics.
CarnEvil always looked and felt like it would be perfectly at home with a port on the Dreamcast.
That first game with the Cyber Cops on morotcycles looks awesome. Reminds me of the car driving segments of Batman Returns on SEGA CD.
You probably already covered it, but The Outfoxies is probably my most tragic case of "left in the arcade". This game had an awesome concept, and was a lot of fun. They really need to do a remake of this game for modern systems. I'd even settle for a home port in the Nintendo Switch e-shop. This game does not deserve to be forgotten like it is.
Desert Assault is an awesome 4 player arcade game. I have it in my list of over 500 4 player games on my modded TMNT Arcade 1up multicade.
lol I recognized Wade the minute I saw him. I loved that game
Love X-Band. :) Played the heck out of mine! It was incredibly affordable.
...and, yeah, I don't think the card reader was ever used here in the United States. They said it would be used for credits/rental but I never saw any sign that the rolled it out... despite buying mine at Blockbuster Video.
I played F1 EXHAUST NOTE, I remember the cabinet with 2 seats and the speakers near the backrest, great game and then you had to queue for your turn
I played Arabian Fight at my local arcade, Nickel City in San Diego back in the mid 1990s. I was only 11 that time. I remembered thinking those were some of the greatest graphics I ever laid my eyes on. But man...I wasn't really fond of how the game played. Luckily I had other players join in for some co-op action, and it was somewhat fun. I know, it sounds weird.
violent storm is one of my favorite beatem ups of all time
Criminal that Violet Storm was never ported.
"They are all pretty big and they seem to get longer and longer the further you get."
Waking up to your sack is my favorite
I remember playing F1 Exhaust Note back then, the sound on that cabinet was amazing
love you guys! , excellent and very informative and Sydney , Australia loves ya too!
I recently got the HD release of Double Dragon, ready to tear into the thugs who took my girl! As I played, I wondered why the game ticked me off all those years ago. And then it hit me: the timer! I can't just take my time in the third stage, I needed to haul ass or else. Double Dragon and A.B. Cop: two ruthless games where time is not on your side.
Great 1000 Mile Rally and it's sequel are great arcade top down racers that never got home ports.
Great episode! I love to play arcade games on mame using my arcade home made controller!
OOOHHHH YAAASSS!!! MAKE IT PART 7 OF THIS SERIES!!! SACK!!!
Nice job Joe, much better than those Game Chasers lol
One beat em up to rule them all - Vendetta
This is the way to do ads. Much better than having the episode constantly interrupted.
That x band commercial was thebest part.
>2007
>swimming place on a lake
>other amusements available such as an arcade
>playthrough carnevil
>all is well
I dont think you mentioned it, but the orb buddy in Aurail can be used as a homing attack to take care of enemies while you dodge etc. Good video as usual!
I played CarnEvil in a crowded arcade at a birthday party that was a trip. They also had Crazy Taxi!
We needed more Sega arcade compilations