My 1980 Atari Missile Command Arcade Machine!

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2019
  • Ahh, talk about a lifelong dream come true. I bought an Atari Missile Command arcade cabinet from 1980! The woodgrain cabaret version, oh yes. And it even comes with a working coin door and normal-sized quarters!
    ● Here are the repair videos (not sponsored or commissioned:)
    • How We Fixed Our Atari...
    • Let's Finish Fixing Th...
    ● LGR links:
    / lazygamereviews
    / lazygamereviews
    / lazygamereviews
    ● Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound:
    www.epidemicsound.com
    #LGR #Retro #Arcade
  • วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี

ความคิดเห็น • 1.3K

  • @TheAlexxManReviewer
    @TheAlexxManReviewer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1688

    First he bought a tiny Atari arcade machine, then a big Atari arcade machine, next time on LGR we're liquidating Atari's buisness assets

    • @LGR
      @LGR  5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Ha!

    • @wowdogeful
      @wowdogeful 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      That shouldn't be too expensive, surely the ad money will pay for it.

    • @imserena3754
      @imserena3754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Next time: he's buying an actual missile base

    • @ImpetuouslyInsane
      @ImpetuouslyInsane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Does that mean he also would own the rights to all those crapstastic ET carts in that hole in the ground in the desert? Not exactly a great deal.

    • @nsm0220
      @nsm0220 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He's going to need a bigger house if he's going to buy all those arcade machines from Atari

  • @purplewavetech
    @purplewavetech 5 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    The woodgrain compels you! Nice purchase Clint.

    • @TheAtoll
      @TheAtoll 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LGR's name is Clint?!

    • @dwarf365
      @dwarf365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheAtoll yes

    • @jbfarley
      @jbfarley 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CaveyMoth that is the dumbest fucking "joke" anybody ever came up with. It also doesn't even make fucking sense. The whole goddamn thing is a double negative

    • @kraig8812
      @kraig8812 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you know his name?

    • @purplewavetech
      @purplewavetech 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      LGR magic. Woodgrain actually increases telepathic abilities.

  • @hexentoll5278
    @hexentoll5278 5 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I actually dont care much about arcade itself, but I am SO glad to hear this sheer happiness in LGRs voice :зз

  • @AndrewWukusick
    @AndrewWukusick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love watching these with captions, [laughs in walnut] is my new favorite line

    • @4Wilko
      @4Wilko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How would you caption 12:48?

  • @sjmoorez
    @sjmoorez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    Seeing a 'cleaning restoration' video of this would be amazing, congrats on the find

    • @Deathdealer208
      @Deathdealer208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Third. That would be super great.

    • @andrewdriver3318
      @andrewdriver3318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      then go to the restoration linked in the description

    • @sjmoorez
      @sjmoorez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@andrewdriver3318 I'm an LGR fan. I'm here for LGR content. So, no.

    • @kanedamikami7771
      @kanedamikami7771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought the same.

    • @sinephase
      @sinephase 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yeah it definitely wasn't cleaned worth a shit on the inside... :/

  • @roweenalangin9421
    @roweenalangin9421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    If you get enough machines, please make a new channel called LGRcade. :)

  • @drivethrufiend
    @drivethrufiend 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Hey LGR, I used to repair arcade machines for a living. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about your missile command or any other arcade stuff you get curious about

    • @vapor404
      @vapor404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      drivethrufiend I’m definitely not lgr but I do have a question as I want to get my own arcade machine where would I look to get one

  • @TheAnkMan
    @TheAnkMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    According to Wikipedia the developer Dave Theurer suffered from nightmares in the midst of the cold war of US cities being nuked, so he got the idea for this game.

    • @MrJest2
      @MrJest2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It was that era...

    • @girlcrazyrockstar
      @girlcrazyrockstar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Very interesting

    • @Ropetupa
      @Ropetupa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      When I was informed about this, I have had the same dreams.
      Worst ones are when I see the flash in the horizon, and I realize my family is close enough to die, but I am not close enough to get to them.
      It is not fun, I can tell you.

    • @TheAnkMan
      @TheAnkMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah. For me too especially serving in the West German army in the late 1980s. Worst day was when this pilot-less MIG entered West German air space and we tracked it via radar. Pure horror as nobody knew what will happen next.

    • @RetroAdvisoryBoard
      @RetroAdvisoryBoard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wikipedia has misconstruing those facts. Dave Theurer didn't get the idea for this game, he was tasked to create it by his boss, Steve Calfee, as one of the most talented lead programmers. But it was Atari's president of its arcade/coin-op division, Gene Lipkin, who actually came up with the idea for the game, after seeing a magazine advertisement depicting a radar screen with incoming missiles closing on a cityscape. They discussed and handed it off to Dave to work out the details.
      The nightmares come from Theurer's tireless work on the project over the next six months, he'd stay up for 3, 4 days working non-stop, consumed with the game, constantly trading off mechanics to get the player choice just right, the need to let cities be hit to survive further rounds, the initial personalization of the cities as the major population centers of California, and the general dread of nuclear confrontation between the superpowers.

  • @scotttaylor9961
    @scotttaylor9961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    YES!! I had 3 years ago. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and a Millipede machine. All heated the house very well 😉

    • @AmyraCarter
      @AmyraCarter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Remember once having the displeasure of playing a constantly-running-for-five-years-straight Galaga machine. The controls were hot, the coin slots were hot, the machine itself radiated 110 degree heat, but it had a specific competition switch setting that allowed the player to skip the formation sequence as well as give themselves an extra life once per level, and I got far with it. If the machine is still working and hasn't been reset yet, there's a good chance that my high score is still number one on the machine...
      *A S C 782300*

    • @sinephase
      @sinephase 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOL!
      But /had/? Why no have?

    • @scotttaylor9961
      @scotttaylor9961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sinephase Bad decisions were made. I bought them from a bar going out of business for $300 together. Sold them for $300 each about 6 months later.

    • @AmyraCarter
      @AmyraCarter 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scotttaylor9961 OOOF

  • @Grilled_cheezus
    @Grilled_cheezus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That booming bass-y sound is what I remember most about old school arcade cabinets. I love that it really takes me back

  • @StompyMcSmash
    @StompyMcSmash 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This video smells like an old bowling alley.

  • @josephkarl2061
    @josephkarl2061 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm in the middle of writing a version of this for BASIC. One of my favourite arcade games. Great choice Clint 👍

  • @Evildandalo
    @Evildandalo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I’m glad the CRT is in good condition. Lots of arcades don’t maintain the screens and they end up looking really sad after a while. The arcade on the Santa Monica pier was surprisingly unmaintained.

    • @arjovenzia
      @arjovenzia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How does one 'maintain' a CRT? I know you can up the voltage on the guns to eek some life from them, but that just degrades them faster. Afaik, turning the house lights down is the best call, lifewise. No slight intended, id really like to know how you maintain a CRT, other than replacement (which can be hard to impossible)

    • @Evildandalo
      @Evildandalo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      arjovenzia You’re right that there isn’t too much you can do to stop inevitable wear, but there are definitely good practices to extend their lifetime. Even just degaussing the screen regularly, powering it off when not in use, and not displaying 100% static images really helps with screen burn and overall quality.
      I have heard that good color calibration can help wear the guns down more evenly over time, and I have heard something similar to what you said about higher voltages, I’ve known people that would run the tubes super hard for a brief period of time to “burn off” stuff but I’ve never done repairs that in depth.

    • @lordterra1377
      @lordterra1377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arjovenzia
      Ensuring the proper voltage for one. A line conditioner wouldn't be a bad investment. These old machines use a fair bit of power.
      As for preserving it? Just use it sparingly and it should last for decades more. CRTs are built to last unlike LCDs.

    • @RBRat3
      @RBRat3 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      A novel idea would be to use PIR sensors (Think security lights) on top of the machine that are tied into the CRTs power that way it powers on when a customer approaches the unit and off when they leave all while retaining flashy light and sounds.

  • @theexcelsior_0024
    @theexcelsior_0024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Fun fact: Atari in Finland is also associated as an acronym for Professional and Prone-Criminality Supervision unit.
    (Ammatti ja TApa RIkolliset)

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Skipper The Anime Inspector huh. You learn something new every day. And I am a Finn, lel.

    • @ezioauditoredafirenze8352
      @ezioauditoredafirenze8352 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aivan, juurikin näin.
      Indeed, that's correct. 👍
      Haven't thought that myself right away when I've read about Ataris game stuff but I've known about the special unit for a long time.

    • @seanc.5310
      @seanc.5310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That doesn't translate to English very well but I get the drift

    • @tenso9534
      @tenso9534 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not a fun fact at all, actually.

    • @Ropetupa
      @Ropetupa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whuaaa?! First time I heard about that! That is just hilariously terryfying.

  • @bannisher
    @bannisher 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I own a Golden Ax machine. Hearing it blair at parties is awesome .

  • @dollors1
    @dollors1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Missile Command is such an existentially jarring game. You don't beat Missile Command, you are just prolonging the inevitable.

    • @thermaldetinatorsonly8857
      @thermaldetinatorsonly8857 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's hard too

    • @dollors1
      @dollors1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What I mean is, you're trying to prevent your destruction but no matter how well you do, you can't prevent it. It's going to happen.

    • @Logan912
      @Logan912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The same could be said about any arcade game or life in general.

    • @MerchManDan
      @MerchManDan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's how it is with most of those older games, isn't it? There's no actual "end," the game just gets more and more difficult until it's unplayable and you immediately lose.

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We're so glad to see the beginnings of the LGRcade

  • @dav2462
    @dav2462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Clint 2 weeks ago: I bought a mini Atari Machine
    Clint today: I bought a BIG Atari machine
    Clint 2 weeks into the future: I bought Atari. Just all of Atari.

  • @watchingponies
    @watchingponies 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I was absolutely hooked to Atari's Star Wars game.
    I guess the later version, where you had to climb into. With a cockpit and sht.
    I felt like Luke in his X-Wing.

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      All-time classic. They have one of those at Funspot in NH (they have just about everything at Funspot). My daughter got to play it there, so she knows what a great arcade game is like.

    • @VulpisFoxfire
      @VulpisFoxfire 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I always wanted a home version of the Star Wars control yoke, myself...or even the one from Roadblasters, which is basically the same, just with the up/down axis fixed.

    • @ferrumignis
      @ferrumignis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Loved that game, one of my favourites as well Also spent a fair bit of time and money on Sega Rally a bit later on.

  • @pantherinae_art
    @pantherinae_art 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Aww that's awesome! When I was growing up, my dad used to fix pinball machines all the time, but I always hoped he'd get an arcade machine one day too, but he didn't! The one I remember the most was an unusual machine called Hyperball, that had two "guns" that shot the pinballs out at targets. It wasn't a classic pinball machine at all. It was SO loud, it was amazing. Even without the music on, the sound of the balls hitting the back was incredible!
    I was so lucky being able to grow up with things like that in my house... (I thought everyone had oscilloscopes in their dining room!) my dad was an electrical design engineer (now retired but still tinkering with stuff!), and he used to get his hands on the coolest things to repair and play with, and things that people would THROW AWAY because they were broken, he would fix and we could play with!! He used to fix classic Jukeboxes and stuff too! It's because of his passions that we had computers all my childhood though, :D The first computers he had, he built himself!
    I'm waffling, but this sort of brings back memories of the cool stuff my dad used to bring home!

  • @o_gajo_da_polvora5043
    @o_gajo_da_polvora5043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Now it's LAR
    Lazy Arcade Reviews xD
    But nice purchase, and have fun with it!

    • @ianmiller6040
      @ianmiller6040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This needs to be a spin-off show, Clint! Do it!

    • @TheAnkMan
      @TheAnkMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ianmiller6040 Good idea! Since LGR mentioned thinking about what cab to get he might have a look at www.ankman.de/mame to get ideas what cab to get for a possible spin off channel. Page has screenshots of arcade video games from the late 1970s to late 1980s that some people might be like "OMG, that game! I totally forgot about that".

  • @driftonAloft
    @driftonAloft 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    i'm willing to help you get the coin mech working, worked at a video arcade in portland for 7 years now in nc myself

    • @danzamnit3008
      @danzamnit3008 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It looks like it was working fine (?)

  • @FuglyFatt
    @FuglyFatt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    My good friend Bob Sacamano is good friends with a guy named Cosmo Kramer and Kramer can solve your space problem so you can get more arcades. The solution? Levels. Time to go vertical, LGR.

    • @CosmicKangaroo
      @CosmicKangaroo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh, no. It's not that I don't think you can. I know that you can't, and I'm positive that you won't.

    • @NandR
      @NandR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      My friend George Castanza knows how to keep your high scores active on the machine if you ever have to move.

    • @FuglyFatt
      @FuglyFatt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@NandR If it involves a couple of guys named Slippery Pete and Shlomo then I'm all in.
      On a side note, LGR guy should consider Frogger as the 2nd installment of his arcade collection.

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Master of your arcade domain

    • @scotttaylor9961
      @scotttaylor9961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holes Kramer, I need HOLES!

  • @thomasandrews9355
    @thomasandrews9355 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    You should watch John's Arcade but take it from me, once you buy one they multiply. Started with 1 and I'm up to like 35.

    • @Vectrex4Life
      @Vectrex4Life 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly, haha. Started with 1 in 2012, now I have 8.

    • @Nash-64SdV
      @Nash-64SdV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Such is the case with coin-op / amusement devices of any ‘species’... My weakness is jukeboxes. I only have seven of them in the house, mind you. 😊😂

    • @thomasandrews9355
      @thomasandrews9355 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Liberalism is a Cultmame is a great alternative and unless you care about the physical aspect, perfect for most people. I use it for replacing faulty boards but retain the crt where possible.

  • @Thematt11
    @Thematt11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My earliest memory of Missile Command was seeing John Connor play it in T2.

  • @nickes6168
    @nickes6168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    F@&*ING MISSILE COMMAND!!! ( what a great 10 year anniversary present for ones self, congrats! )

  • @Jon_the_Wizard
    @Jon_the_Wizard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Something about that THE END game over screen is chilling, even all these years later.

  • @galaxophone
    @galaxophone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Factory Original Atari Installed Woodgrain: The LGR Story"
    Could work for a memoir title. You did that, Clint, not me. Cheers

  • @mendez704
    @mendez704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was one of my favorite Atari 2600 games, and even after watching your video I still think the port was very good, the arcade had so much more!

    • @blahorgaslisk7763
      @blahorgaslisk7763 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well the 2600 was very limited in what it could do. I don't remember the particulars of the top of my head but that they were able to push it to the length they did for some of the later games says a lot about the programmers.
      Missile Command was a very simplistic game in its original form, and didn't really push the programmers. Apart from the controller the 2600 was able run a pretty good approximation of the original game. Yes the resolution is much lower and by necessity you only had one missile base, but the simple gameplay really worked.
      I only mastered two games on the 2600, Pacman and Missile Command. Of these two Packman was the easier as the ghosts had very simple rules for how they moved. That meant that if you ran a certain path the ghosts would always do the same thing. So find a winning path and keep to it and you will always win. A friend got to the point he could do it without watching the TV or even hearing the sounds. Missile command on the other hand was more random. You could end up in situations where you had no choice but to sacrifice one or more cities, but once you got good enough you could easily lap the score counter. You just had to know when to give up on cities and concentrate on the base and a couple of the closest cities. I can tell from experience that being able to lap the counter in the VCS version doesn't carry over to the arcade version...

  • @TofersCarTales
    @TofersCarTales 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    It is now OK for today to be Monday. Thanks for this LGR

  • @TheRealColBosch
    @TheRealColBosch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Seeing those manuals took me back to the days that I worked at an arcade. Hope you're good with a soldering iron! Congrats, Clint.

  • @bethanycollins499
    @bethanycollins499 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    My father used to repair arcade machines in the 80s going through the early 2000s. Good memories of running around the shop and playing the games to ‘test’ them. What a blast from the past!

  • @RickinBaltimore
    @RickinBaltimore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That is a thing of beauty Clint

  • @reverenddmo8944
    @reverenddmo8944 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm like that for pin tables... man, I would do unspeakable things for an Elvira & The Party Monsters table. Congrats on your new Atari bride!

  • @bubblegumplastic
    @bubblegumplastic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's so cute, seeing you enjoying the heck out of this machine. Have fun!

  • @danwalker77
    @danwalker77 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Takes me back to my childhood in the late 80s LGR! Amazing isnt it, how much pleasure can still be found with this very simple machines and hardware! Excellent!

  • @chinookarchphoto
    @chinookarchphoto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Back in "the day" of this game, 3D movies were the rage in theaters (think Jaws 3D). Grab a set of old school 3D glasses (red/blue lens) and play the game with them on. The explosions are amazing with the glasses. At least it was for a young teen back in the early 80s. Maybe today as a jaded 50-something with everything UHD, it may have lost some of its luster. I hope not though....

    • @machinegurlll
      @machinegurlll 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Try dropping acid before playing for extra effects.

    • @BarHonigfeld
      @BarHonigfeld 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Seems like a fun thing to try, though I was as unimpressed with early 80s 3D movies as I am with contemporary 3D movies.

    • @bobbobson4069
      @bobbobson4069 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      England is glad you called yourself a jaded old man. You are extremely ugly and decrepid.

  • @chartle1
    @chartle1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    First year of college at Penn State Beaver Campus we had a space invaders game in the Student Union. Next year there was a true "arcade" in the basement with this machine and a few others. I wish i had all the money i put into those machines now.

    • @BrickTamlandOfficial
      @BrickTamlandOfficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      if you had the machines then you could sell them for even more =P

  • @binkman853
    @binkman853 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congratulations Clint. So excited for you. Still wanting to get into the hobby. Enjoy it!

  • @GreenTeaquila
    @GreenTeaquila 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad you found this and you're so excited! So fun to watch 🙂

  • @BradLancaster86
    @BradLancaster86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Congratulations, welcome to the arcade cabinet in your house club! Be prepared to discover how many 30+ can throw down.

  • @ainsleyharriott2209
    @ainsleyharriott2209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That’s amazing and gotta love the wood grain

  • @amirmohammadab.1184
    @amirmohammadab.1184 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's some perfectly fine feeling watching Clint this excited. I felt most of the feelings i had during childhood which was an absolute delight. Keep it up !

  • @julien2983
    @julien2983 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how happy this made you! Looking forward to seeing your new collection grow

  • @mattydoble
    @mattydoble 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome! Love your channel buddy

  • @ProfessorPixel
    @ProfessorPixel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great! I love it! I hope I'll find a working Wizard of Wor arcade machine (cocktail) I used to play as a child. =)

  • @drewpeer
    @drewpeer 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic! I can't wait for you to collect more. Great to learn about this.

  • @99bulldog
    @99bulldog 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's the sounds that are giving me a nostalgia overload. I could seriously just sit and listen to this all day. :D

  • @kidboo377
    @kidboo377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Let's get LGR to get a Dance Dance Revolution machine!!!

  • @mcrazza
    @mcrazza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh man, I remember playing Missile Command on my Atari XE back in the day!
    How about that woodgrain, huh? * chef's kiss*

    • @skorpius752
      @skorpius752 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the game I played most on my 2600.

  • @chrisnizer1885
    @chrisnizer1885 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's awesome! Congratulations and thank you for rescuing a classic from the arcade golden era. Nothing beats that original hardware. That stuff is just endlessly fascinating.

  • @nyx1548
    @nyx1548 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad works for a vending company. He bought a hallowed cabinet and centipede, millipede, and missile comand game boards that didnt work from the company he works for. I dont know how he did it but he set that cabinet up so you can interchange between one of those three games.
    Kind of wished i went to school to be electronic technician like he did. I would of rebuilt so many of these by now.

  • @MadCowOnFire
    @MadCowOnFire 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    THAT'S SICK! I would love a Defender arcade cabinet.

  • @TheOnlyRatDragon
    @TheOnlyRatDragon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "I'm not sure where I'll put this in my house"
    I vote bathroom

  • @fredpcdotcom
    @fredpcdotcom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Easy to learn, difficult to master. That was the underlying charm of all the classic arcade games. And that's why these low-resolution CGA games are better than today's games.

  • @WalrusFPGA
    @WalrusFPGA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent choice for a first arcade cabinet! We have some brilliant folks preserving this old arcade tech now, but older machines like this with large analog portions are the hardest to get right by emulation, including FPGA which is also handling things in the digital domain. The trackball behavior in particular in machines like this is incredibly hard to dial in correctly by other means. I saw you got Raiden also, being a longtime fan. (I am too!) A great pickup also- but just keep in mind that the ones with hard to replicate analog internal components will be the most important to keep originals for, if they are favorites of yours- like the legendary Missile Command! Cheers!

  • @NailBombed
    @NailBombed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very nice pickup there, Clint, and very well maintained/preserved! Missile Command was/is an awesome arcade classic - and fits in well with your love of Fallout-type things, definitely one of the arcade games that defined the Cold War era - you never 'Win' Missile Command - and no GAME OVER ..... just THE END. (quite possibly of humanity. War... War never changes)

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are we gonna talk about how tetris is a perfect analogy for communism next?

  • @BOMNN
    @BOMNN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    i think this is the game played in Terminator 2

    • @someguystudios23
      @someguystudios23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes, it is.

    • @msbae
      @msbae 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's one of them. John Connor also played some After Burner for a few brief seconds.

    • @startide
      @startide 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is, it's obviously some kind of wink at the future that may become if john fails to prevent judgement day... nuclear strikes all over the place.

  • @JoshuaMorgan
    @JoshuaMorgan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats, man! What a brilliant find! Definitely a sweet dream to finally be able to fulfill.

  • @ezioauditoredafirenze8352
    @ezioauditoredafirenze8352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations Clint. 😄
    Great find indeed. 👌👍
    ...woodgrain... 😍

  • @wannaberetro2495
    @wannaberetro2495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy crap man beautiful

  • @Ralph-yn3gr
    @Ralph-yn3gr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is such an awesome game. Wish I had one. Atari should start making FPGA full sized replica cabinets. Be a better use of their time then whatever they're currently doing.
    And remember: every time you fail, millions of people die.

    • @badmeme486
      @badmeme486 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, I'd love to buy a machine loaded with Atari rooms! Actually licensed/sold by atari

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@badmeme486 It'd be a bit rough since like half of their early library uses Vector rather than Raster graphics. Plus you would have to account for all the different control schemes. There's also the question of which games. I'd love to see more obscure ones like I, Robot, but I doubt they would bother.
      It'd be better if they sold them as individual cabinets licensed by some 3rd party manufacture tbh. CRTs and computer hardware are relatively cheaper now, so maybe like $300-$400 a pop? Maybe have cheaper version that uses mame rather than true tech? IDK.

    • @Ralph-yn3gr
      @Ralph-yn3gr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@warbossgegguz679 Honestly I think the vector games are the best place for them to start. A cabinet with a real vector monitor would provide a much stronger argument against the "just use mame" crowd since it's impossible to properly emulate a vector display, especially if they did it right and included all of the games from the start and allowed you to add your own homebrews.
      Hell, even a mini-arcade or vectrex style system would be pretty awesome. They could call it the Nextrex.

    • @67amiga
      @67amiga 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe classic Atari arcade games are owned by Tradewest Games. Tradewest bought out Midway Games, who last held the Atari Classic Arcade games.

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@67amiga Atari in it's current incarnation is an independent company. They maintain most of the rights to their old titles, save for a few like Battlezone. Midway/Williams bought a few atari titles but were bought out by WB in 2009, hence MK, though some Midway games were liquidated to other companies like hydro thunder.
      Only really the Japanese arcade manufacturers remained independent to this point.

  • @absolutely0bsolete330
    @absolutely0bsolete330 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its great seeing your child like glee with an arcade machine that obviously brings back so many memories. Thats the beauty of retro gaming.

  • @raybyrnes3516
    @raybyrnes3516 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congratulations and welcome to the obsession! I felt the same way when I got my first pinball machine. It took time to get it working, you already have a great head start

  • @gionder
    @gionder 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm honored to be number 98. First time I come in under 100th in an LGR video. Best of luck, Clint! Love your work!

  • @brooksrownd2275
    @brooksrownd2275 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Missile Command is awesome. :D I didn't remember that it had 3 fire buttons. I'd want Omega Race

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The need to keep track of the three fire buttons and manage the bases' missile supplies separately adds a whole other aspect of challenge to the arcade game (one I've never fully adapted to). The 80s home ports generally simplified that down to a single fire button, and it made the game easier.

  • @nonstopdemo
    @nonstopdemo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really is nothing like the way the sound resonates in and thru true arcade machines, it's irreplaceable. The trackball, the 'start' and play instructions, incredible. Enjoy!

  • @krazivan1991
    @krazivan1991 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its always fun going back in time for all the NOSTALGIA !! all the feels, keep up the great content and never forget where you come from :)

  • @paulmorphy6187
    @paulmorphy6187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Games were great in the 1980's...a huge wave of video game creativity for this new genre of entertainment...I may sound old when I say they were the good old days

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The best old school golden-age Arcade games are Game-design at its finest imo. Easy to grasp and figure out with simple objectives, yet with a level of difficulty that hooks you into wanting to keep trying. And despite their goal of earning money you never feel cheated when you fail so you always have the urge to keep retrying, unlike now where games usually have to be obtuse or have unfair AI to provide a decent sense of challenge (a great example being Souls-likes, which I do enjoy, yet often feel do difficulty the wrong way). That or they're just piss easy and boring as a result. There are some standouts in indies and more arcady AAA games recently, but I still wish the industry would learn from them.
      And I'm not even old. I'm 21. Just a bit of a retro enthusiast I guess.

    • @snooks5607
      @snooks5607 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      arcades, home consoles and computers I think all had significant advantages over each other. arcades had the freedom of being custom hw handpicked to best serve the game and requirement to balance the time/reward ratio to keep the money rolling in (which can sound like a limitation but actually leads to more immediate experience rather than with home systems that could just waste people's time freely.. who'd return a game to store if there's too much dialogue)

  • @GregsGameRoom
    @GregsGameRoom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am a big advocate for the Arcade 1up, but there is something truly magical about actual arcade cabinets! Especially Atari ones! You don't know who played that exact cabinet, maybe even Nolan himself!

  • @wellHumouredCheetah
    @wellHumouredCheetah 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an amazing looking machine, really cool to see. I can hear the sheer excitement on your voice, awesome find Clint!

  • @Norweeg
    @Norweeg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your enthusiasm. It’s infectious!

  • @VGA_Guy
    @VGA_Guy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Nice find! I got an Asteroids Deluxe cocktail version, which still saves the top 3 scores. With cherry woodgrain, which I haven't seen that often.
    I'm not that good at missile command, but it is a good game. I need to get the multigame kit for my Asteroids Deluxe machine at some point.

    • @frankschneider6156
      @frankschneider6156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You lucky bastard .. that game is awesome (not sure if i like Asteroids or Asteriods deluxe more .. they are both great).

    • @VGA_Guy
      @VGA_Guy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luck was very much involved in getting that machine. I love both as well, though I'm better at Deluxe because of the shield, which is a bit nerve wracking when I play normal asteroids in MAME because I press hyperspace by accident thinking its the shield button.

    • @FamilyGuyBob
      @FamilyGuyBob 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd kill for an original asteroids arcade machine

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FamilyGuyBob I'd kill for any vector-based arcade game.
      Gameplay-wise I'd prefer Battlezone or Tempest, but anything with a true vector display would be amazing to see in action imo.
      I'm a zoomer, but I love retro arcade games for their sheer historic value and innovation alone. Not that they aren't fun too.

    • @FamilyGuyBob
      @FamilyGuyBob 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@warbossgegguz679 Oh asteroids is definitely fun but I agree on the whole vector graphics thing. They're a thing of beauty.

  • @MrMagamarc
    @MrMagamarc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You and Brootalmoose-Ian should go to an arcade together.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      We plan to! So many coin pushers, so little time.

    • @MrMagamarc
      @MrMagamarc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LGR Nice! Looking forward to the videos. :)

  • @TheRamblingG
    @TheRamblingG 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So happy for you man. It looks awesome and amazing all at the same time :)

  • @TheHattedMan
    @TheHattedMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too good LGR, I love the sound and feel of an retro arcade!

  • @chrxzzyy37
    @chrxzzyy37 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    oh yes he finally got a real one :D

  • @waldevv
    @waldevv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Damn I wish I was able to get one of these but I have like a 250 sq ft studio apartment in the fourth floor with no elevator so I think I'll pass until I can get a proper place of my own eventually

    • @EvertGuzman
      @EvertGuzman 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get one of the mini ones

  • @KasumiRINA
    @KasumiRINA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:35 Haha, you gotta hang out with musicians more, they LOVE their worn, chipped, and ripped-in-places instruments so much, a restoration actually LOWERS the price! It's a different mentality where having natural color fade or wear is considered a sign of authenticity and aging like fine wine - to the point some "relic" guitars artificially kinda like fashionistas rip, bleach and damage new jeans to make them look distressed.
    So, keep the wear on cabinet - especially the woodgrain part, it's something you don't really want to restore with putty or filler - at most it will take a new finish to protect it. The restoration Joe did seems to be just right, without adding new or out of place components. Oh, and huge props for buying locally, small arcades and game shops need support!

    • @Nash-64SdV
      @Nash-64SdV 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leave the cabinet ‘as is’. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of character. That wear speaks a bit to the unit’s ‘past life’, as it were.

  • @splatmanhooha4264
    @splatmanhooha4264 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah, awesome, I loved this in the arcades, nice one! Loved the way at 8:29, you were chatting away then it all went quiet as the game challenge overrode any words!

  • @kevnar
    @kevnar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "I will sleep with you!"
    Women the world over just got a shiver.

  • @Gojiro7
    @Gojiro7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    btw LGR, ive played that very same Cabinet you played at Galloping ghost, it is pretty legit :3

  • @carsandzombies7606
    @carsandzombies7606 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely loved this video! It was so entertaining to watch!

  • @zaugitude
    @zaugitude 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful Clint! Very happy for you finding it. Great points about it being a game experience that is hard to achieve outside of the real thing. Centipede would be another good example.

  • @LiborTinka
    @LiborTinka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wife: "Sweetey please go to bed already."
    Clint: "Just a few more rounds of Missile Command and I'll be there honey."

  • @Jsmtjso
    @Jsmtjso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I saw you have a stack of old receivers and audio equipment on your desk. Do you think you'll do a video about any vintage audio equipment in the future?

    • @LGR
      @LGR  5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I don't have any plans to at the moment. It's one of my few personal hobbies that still brings me joy, no pressure to monetize it :)

  • @suprastevio2264
    @suprastevio2264 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love seeing you this excited over an arcade machine this beautiful!

  • @nightcritterz
    @nightcritterz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My old next door neighbors had this machine in their living room, made me want to get one but it was about 15 or more years ago when I was in my mid-teens, definitely couldn't afford one. This is rekindling that desire to get one :)

  • @Gojiro7
    @Gojiro7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My life long dream is to one day own authentic cabinet for Capcom/DataEast's "Commando" the very first game I ever played as a 1 year old baby because my late grandfather owned one (that much to my disappointment he sold years later)

  • @iankellogg
    @iankellogg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Before you know it, you'll have a housefull. it's what happened to me!

    • @peytonflowers4921
      @peytonflowers4921 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I started with a centipede now I have 8 machines lol

  • @jamesdk5417
    @jamesdk5417 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks very much for rekindling some memories. I remember playing on that type of cabinet at my little local 10 pin bowling alley when I was young.

  • @lunarmodule6419
    @lunarmodule6419 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    JUST WOW! Im so jealous. Of course keep the woodgrain! The marks are part of the nostalgia. Lucky you. Enjoy!

  • @miroslavzima8856
    @miroslavzima8856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That´s awesome! Now you can really say "I have nearly complete retro collection of various gaming systems" :)

  • @singeslayer8367
    @singeslayer8367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man, that's super neat, I wish I could afford one for myself, can't even on actual cabinets around here, no arcades around

  • @freddyburger5574
    @freddyburger5574 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW!! Having grown up in the '80s I can say- you've got one of the coolest ATARI arcade machines you could have picked! Love the cabaret size machines, definitely less common, certainly cool factor x100 for the woodgrain to surface area ratio!! I'm SO excited for you! I'm totally vicariously giddy right now!

  • @RobVee.
    @RobVee. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very happy for you Clint! Enjoy it

  • @Criticcizm
    @Criticcizm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would love an original MK2 or Pac Man arcade. I think Pac Man was the first arcade I played at the local laundry mat when I was a little tater tot. Im hungry.

  • @SabretoothBarnacle
    @SabretoothBarnacle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You have chosen....wisely.

  • @SanderEvers
    @SanderEvers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice looking arcade! I'm not really into collecting old stuff, but seeing this is really nice.

  • @goodstufffromchina6236
    @goodstufffromchina6236 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this thing ! Nothing can be better than good old game you know and enjoy