No 15 minute cutscenes that are unskippable? No DLC and season passes? No micro transactions? Arcade games have appeal for the simple 'put in a quarter and play' no filler style of instant gratification. I have more money to buy games as an adult, but I play less games even though I buy more. Modern games you gotta sit down with for an hour before you get anywhere. Mandatory tutorials, prolonged cutscenes, I don't have the patience to wade through all that just to be able to play a game that I might not end up liking anyways. Arcade games were designed to grab your attention as you walked thru the arcade. Modern games expect you to sit thru dozens of minutes of "supposedly" engaging world building and try to be cinematic. I'm sorry, I don't watch many movies, I don't want my games to pretend they're movies.
Took me two days to watch the entire video, and after a lot of jumping and forwarding to where I left of, I could have just looked here ... Thank you for the effort, my friend!
Growing up in the arcades during the 80's through the early 2000's and remembering all sights, sounds, smells, and feeling can't truly be understood unless you lived through those eras of arcade gaming memories I'll always treasure my entire life.
Watching this video makes me miss the arcades. There was something special about going to the movie theater, mall, pizza parlor or the skating rink and enjoying you favorite arcade games.
I agree. I grew up loving arcade games in the 80s and 90s and man do I miss them. I remember a skating rink my dad and I use to go to years ago before he passed away had Primal Rage and 2 other arcade cabinets. I can't remember what the other 2 were at the moment but I thought it was so funny that they had Primal Rage because the lady who owned the skating rink was very religious and that game was so bloody and violent 🤣 guess she never realized what kind of game it was. Lol.
I remember seeing Dragons Lair for the first time and was blown away! Also years later, Sega mage a holographic game with cowboys I think. I can't remember the name of it but it definitely drew a crowd it cost a whole dollar to play ( we're talking early 90s money now) so not many people played it but my dad and I tried it and we weren't sure exactly what to do but we both were amazed at the technology of it.
I grew up in the arcades, I made some good friends there. Wouldn't change it for the world, though I think the world changed far to much. We used to meet people, socialize, and form bonds that lasted a lifetime. Sometimes change isn't good, which is definitely the case here. My friend and I have been friends since we were 16, we have been since first playing Street Fighter 2 when it was first released. We're in our late 40's now, and still like playing forgotten worlds. Great list of games btw x, me and my friends spent a lot of time on the x men arcade game, aliens, and especially the neo geo arcade games. Loved the RoboCop games to, so many great memories
We would go to the truck stop near us and they always had a dedicated arcade room there disappearing but like you said there's no feeling like winning a game with a crowd that's into it
@@andypancini2130 it really is a lost part of Americana and you did definitely need to be there to know what old fuckers like us are talking about, haha.
Haha, my best friend's mom worked at a laundry mat. And me and him would ride our bikes up there and she would give us all the quarters we needed! Late 80's memories are something every kid could experience just once❤️
Willow has always been one of my favorites. I think it's rarely discussed because as a licensed title, it's never shown up for purchase outside of the arcade cabinet. And in those days, we were all at the mercy of what our local arcades had in stock. I discovered it in the late 90s with MAME and it's been in my top 5 ever since
I seen a willow arcade I think in a 7 eleven in fort Myers Florida. Probably over 25 years ago. Didn't play it though. I was too cheap. Now can play it on mame.
It easily looks fantastic for the year it was released! I’m blown away by the color…I never saw it in the wild and Willow is one of my all time favorite movies so I would have noticed for sure…I can’t beat it on MAME! the flying wizard boss is so hard. Can I also get a shoutout for the merchant screen music? It’s beautiful!
Goddamn, I miss these.. It wasn't just the games it was the whole thing, the moody arcade environment and plethora of dinky bleepy futuristic sounds around you, the unique look and structure of the machine you play, the fact that it was dedicated to that game and often had controls which only ever worked for that game, the irreplaceable instant and solid haptic feel and response of the buttons and controls (when they, rarely, weren't absolutely b*ggered), the super-bright dazzling CRT colours, the importance of getting the top score even though you had no concept that the world beyond that room didn't care, the damn smell of coins and grease..!! Why, oh why, have they faded out so much? We need arcades BACK!!!
Mame has some truly hidden gems. Just the Neo Geo alone has enough games to keep someone occupied for weeks and weeks. I'm still finding arcade games I've never seen or heard of and I've been using mame for over 20 years
I'm a 80s kid at heart And Arcade gaiming in the 80s was awesome!! The reason I got a sega genesis was to play arcade games at home like afterburner and altered beast....
Robocop was actually one of the few games that was released on home systems first, then ported over to the arcade afterwards. That is why the arcade game credits Ocean Software, who produced the home versions.
I really hope that the movement to preserve Arcades as an "amusement park" type attraction picks up steam. These classics would be lost(especially the licensed titles like Robocop or Capcom's AVP) if not for that. Videos like this only help. Thank you SLX!😍
I totally agree with u. More ppl with money need to make this happen. I belive the resurgence of the old style arcade would make a ton of money. These old games are some of the best games ever made. But thats just my humble opinion.
My all time favorite arcade game will forever be Revolution X. I'm a sucker for light gun games, and the Aerosmith music was always blasting in the arcade back in the day.
This series definitely needs a continuation. I hope that Volume 6 can come. Your videos have really helped us discover new arcade games that we weren't able to play in our childhood times.
Loved the arcade era! The smell of fresh popcorn, Orange Julius, and the sounds of row after row of arcades machines. Trying to decide which game to play first and how get the maximum amount of gameplay time for my money. Glad I got to experience the entire arcade golden era starting in the early 70's 'till their extinction in the early/mid 1990's.
After only five minutes I can tell this will be one of my favorite TH-cam videos ever I’m gonna commit to watching it all the way through over the weekend ✊💫🎮🏆
Loved the arcades in the 90s just hated it when your favourite arcade machine was replaced with another lol. Especially if it didn't have a home port like Scud Race, Robocop (Dataeast) and so many more.
Same. When I went to the cinema, the movie was just a sideact. The arcade was the main attraction, it was such a great time. Indeed, you heard the games before you even saw the cabinet - and to hear things like the scream of MK1 Raiden or the loud Primal Rage cabinet felt awesome!
36 and I know the feeling especially vol.3 when he said "getting your ass kicked in seconds" the Asian bros inserting a coin while I'm murdering the cabinet on SF2 turbo comes to mind lol
Thank you for reminding me of Metamorphic Force. I have been trying to remember that game for years. I loved playing that in the arcade. Probably haven't seen or played it since early 2001 when I went on a family vacation. Lots of memories with that game.
20:34 ive been looking for this! The hero arrives on a Harrier, lands and starts fighting enemies on the ground. Horizontal scroller. Thanks for posting this🎉
Same, the arcade is where I really started as well. Now, you joined this thing of ours (gaming) a bit before me. Sure I saw Galaga and Pac Man machines but that was more of a rarity. What got me was Space Harrier, Shinobi, Punch Out, Afterburner, Zaxxon, Ghosts n' Goblins ect...Not too long after that in late 1986 my divorced parents each picked up a home console for me. My mother and stepfather purchased an Nes as they didn't want me playing on their "superior" Atari consoles (2600 and 5200). They saw the Nes as more of a toy than a console and back then everyone considered Japanese anything as inferior...oh how things did change. My dad was a bit more altruistic about it as he was the one that actually took me to my first arcades. He knew how much I was drawn to Sega arcade machines and thought it would be better to get me a Master System for his home. The original plan was to get me another Nes and I'm glad he didn't. We played on that Master System so much we wore the cobtrol pads out (no joke). When the Genesis hit in 1989 my mom and dad joined forces. She purchased the console and he the games. This is how things worked until I was old enough to work and afford my own games. What a time to be a gamer!
@@southsidesaiyan8641 It's a mafia, Sopranos, Goodfellas, omerta, ect...thing. It sounds cool and it fits as we're all gamers. What can I say I'm a wise a**. ;)
What a way to kick off the series with Robocop. Lover the movies and the game was great. I was lucky enough to have a cabinet in the small placed I lived in.
My dude!…You’ve got some seriously “deep cuts “ on your list! I genuinely appreciate your commentary and overall appreciation for these games. Great job man👊🏽
I love watching this channel just for nostalgia. The machines just called to me when I was a kid. Pinball was before my time, but I can imagine people get nostalgic for pinball machines too... That feeling you'd get seeing rare machines like Final Fight or Neo Geo... It was just a different time back then.
Gauntlet was my go to game in the mid 80s as it was the first 4 player co-op game that I ever saw. It ate so many of my quarters but was so much fun playing with other players. I remember saving up and buying the Atari 800xl version and was disappointed but still tried to love it as much as i could.
I played Robocop so much as a teenager I could finish it on one credit. Soooo many good memories from playing games in the arcades. Don’t know if you had it anywhere else in the world but in England they used to have 3 or 4 arcades that travelled with fair grounds all over the country. Used to get one about 4 or 5 times a year near my house.
Black tiger was the first arcade game I ever played. I snuck into a bar near my families camper. A guy drinking there saw me looking at it, and gave me a quarter to play it. That was the day I was hooked on arcades.
@44:24 - Big props for highlighting The Outfoxies, that game was so underappreciated because of its limited release. I first encountered it at a pool hall on an island in Greece in the summer of '95 of all places!! I was like 'how the hell do we not have this back home??!' and promptly played about a dozen games versus my cousin and then dumped enough coins in it to finish the single player story. I must've done that 10 times before the summer was over and when I got back to the States I told all my friends about how awesome it was. We of course were on the lookout for it for years at all our local spots, even scouring the arcades up in Manhattan on our monthly trips, but unfortunately it wasn't to be. Hard to believe that little out of the way pool hall, on a damn island all those years ago had the game so soon after it released in Japan. Thank the gaming gods for MAME, now so do we 😁
I remember the days before multiplex cinemas, and the lobby of the building always had a bunch of arcade games. I remember seeing CONTRA for the first time, being so used to the NES version... and amazed at how different but cool it was.
I completed 2 games in the arcade when I was in my early teens. One was Double Dragon and the other was an obscure arcade game called Fighting Fantasy that I only ever saw in the games room of a hotel in Malta. I still remember a small crowd of kids gathered around watching as I fought the final few characters. And it's still one of the proudest moments of my life haha.
RoboCop on the arcade was one of the raddest games out there, including Bad Dudes... You can imagine my disappointment when I ended up owning both of them for the NES lol!
BoogieWings was/is available to purchase on the iiRcade home arcade system. Some great pics on this first video, I really enjoyed it. Blade Master is underrated but as you say it needed a magic system badly.
Loving these new series spot lighting classic arcade games. Watching these videos brings back early memories of playing fantastic beloved classics for me.
Dude, I am so glad you did this video!! I have been trying to remember the title of Karate Blazers for 30 years!! There was a liquor store a few blocks away from my house growing up that I always had arcade machines, in fact there was another convenience store across the street from it that also had a huge arcade when I was a kid! The one that had Karate Blazers was owned by my best friend's stepmom, and I remember playing it often and quite enjoying it, even though I didn't like it as much as Final fight, Captain America, or Captain Commando. It's good to have resolved that 30-year-old mystery, thanks to you Sega Lord X!
They had Willow at one of my home hockey arenas as a kid. You'd always go drop some quarters when you were waiting for your brother's game to end. A classic.
I have been looking for Night Striker for over 20 years! Our Chuck E Cheese had it up against the wall but of course I forgot the name over time since I was a kid last time I played it. All I could remember was a car that could fly and the upside down pyramid of all the different paths to go! Thanks a ton! I've watched countless arcade videos all over youtube for years, at least now the hunt is over!
These uploads are nuts. Especially these lengthy videos. It seems you are doing it full time and your time and effort comes through in your content nicely. Great job!
Dude, you are one hell of an educator, historian, and content creator. Thank you for another excellent piece. I had no idea about Slap Shot. I need to try it!
It seems like forever that I have been looking for this one game i played in the arcades when i was in high school and, finally you have it on your Arcade Treasures series, KURI KINTON, loved playing that at the local mini arcade just down the street from my HS during lunch break. Ah now to re-live the memories! And wow, AtGames Legends Gamer Mini/Pro has it as one of their built in games. I have one of them sitting unopened in the game room on my list of items to open...smh well now to put that at the top of my get to list. Thanks Sega Lord, as always your channel content rocks!
Ya know, I remember just about everywhere had some kind of arcade cabinet. When I was a kid though the best place was this Mexican restaurant called Dos Hombres they had Mrs. Pacman, Golden Axe, and Centipede. Many weekends were spent with my friend and I feeding quarters into them while my friends Dad had a beer and watched the race on TV.
I'm a pretty big music nerd and 59:18 is the same picture of the frog from the cover of Silverchair's album "Frogstomp" excellent album I could never forget that frog
I live within a few miles of galloping ghost arcade and it is a treasure to have it be that close. I love going there and bringing back memories of my youth. Mostly bowling alleys and a few arcades. So this series hits home hard. BTW beat robocop there. It was worth it.
Just wanted to pop in and thank you for making these videos. It's so hard to find good resources on old games beyond the ones that us older gamers already know and love. I, like I'm assuming many of us, get a whole lot out of you showing us games we haven't played yet and don't know about. Your videos help me find games to play and love, and I just wanted to thank you for that. Keep up the good work and if you make more videos in this series just know that we will be here to watch them.
I thought I had the coolest job ever when I worked at an arcade. We would rotate new games weekly. But I never hung around to play them. Who wants to hang around their job after hours?
I remember playing Pacman, Galaga, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Popeye, but my first preferred one was Iron Horse. Loved that game. Then games like Rastan, POW, Rigar, Ghost n Goblins, Karnov (don't remember the order), Robocop; MTNT, The Simpsons, then it was all fighting games, SF 1, SF2, Pit Fighter, MK, Xmen, MvsC 2, etc.
Love your channel brother. Arcade game's threw the imagination of a child's mind is one of the greatest memories any person can have Right down to the smell of the popcorn and sticky joy sticks. No internet just trail and error. Truly the best days❤️❤️❤️
love the compliation eps that avgn and game sack started. I put these on when i sleep. Love hearing retro game chatter. i wake up knowing random trivia sometimes
Anybody who knows of and actually has knowledge about Nebulas Ray in an arcade video game series has my sub immediately. I damn near spit out my coffee when you started talking about this fantastic game. Well done.
My favorite arcade games were. Bubble Bobble, Ikari Warriors, Double Dragon and Super Mario Bros. As mucb as I loved the arcades Id never go back. Too many great games available now with Steam and consoles...always looking forward to whats next
1:19:19 Fire Barrel is the (original) Japanese name of the game, its western name is Air Assault. It's the second game of a series which started with Air Duel (officially ported to the PC and Mac as part of "IREM Arcade Hits").
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I still play Arcade Games to this day. I don't know why I still find them more appealing then most modern games.
No 15 minute cutscenes that are unskippable?
No DLC and season passes?
No micro transactions?
Arcade games have appeal for the simple 'put in a quarter and play' no filler style of instant gratification.
I have more money to buy games as an adult, but I play less games even though I buy more.
Modern games you gotta sit down with for an hour before you get anywhere.
Mandatory tutorials, prolonged cutscenes, I don't have the patience to wade through all that just to be able to play a game that I might not end up liking anyways.
Arcade games were designed to grab your attention as you walked thru the arcade. Modern games expect you to sit thru dozens of minutes of "supposedly" engaging world building and try to be cinematic. I'm sorry, I don't watch many movies, I don't want my games to pretend they're movies.
same here, i can get a rush just from 5 minutes playing, for modern games i have to play for hours to get maybe same rush
Arcades are the great untapped retro wellspring of gaming. So so many hidden gems
Okay, here we go with the list of things that are in this video.
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - The First Video Topic Summary (and Personal Backstory)
1:34 - RoboCop (1987 Version)
3:48 - Splatterhouse
6:01 - Nebula's Ray
7:51 - Aliens
9:52 - Bonk's Adventure/Kyukyoku!! PC Genjin/B.C. Kid
11:40 - Blade Master
13:13 - Boogie Wings
14:51 - Karate Blazers
15:59 - Ninja Ryuukyuuden/Ninja Gaiden/Shadow Warriors
17:45 - Slap Shot
19:44 - The Second Video Topic Summary (and Previous Video Recap)
20:32 - Bay Route
21:49 - Vasara
24:39 - Truxton II/Tatsujin Oh
26:00 - Desert Assault/Thunder Zone
27:29 - Saint Dragon
28:48 - Osman/Cannon Dancer
30:38 - Night Striker
32:15 - Ninja Kids
33:39 - Knuckle Bash
35:22 - The Third Video Topic Summary (and Previous Video Recap)
36:41 - Karnov
38:05 - Dragon Breed
39:32 - Space Gun
41:07 - Thunder Fox
42:46 - The Combatribes
44:18 - The Outfoxies
45:56 - The Punisher
47:41 - Carrier Air Wing/U.S. Navy
49:05 - Metamorphic Force
50:42 - Cosmo Gang The Video
52:10 - The Fourth Video Topic Summary (and Previous Video Recap)
52:59 - Willow
54:30 - Black Tiger
56:12 - Steel Gunner
57:45 - Bubble Bobble 3/Bubble Memories
59:40 - Burning Force
1:01:15 - Cadillacs and Dinosaurs/Cadillacs Kyouryuu Shinseiki
1:02:44 - Road Riot 4WD
1:04:02 - Lethal Thunder
1:05:33 - Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa
1:07:10 - Two Crude/Crude Busters/Two Crude Dudes
1:08:46 - The Fifth Video Topic Summary (and Previous Video Recap)
1:09:52 - Tōkidenshō Angel Eyes
1:11:29 - Chase Bombers
1:12:58 - Zombie Raid
1:14:38 - Caveman Ninja/Joe & Mac
1:16:02 - Kuri Kinton
1:17:46 - Demon's World
1:19:18 - Fire Barrel/Air Assault
1:20:55 - Finest Hour
1:22:19 - Battle Bakraid
1:23:55 - Legend of Hero Tonma
1:25:02 - Double Axle
1:26:42 - Closing Summary
You are welcome, folks.
Took me two days to watch the entire video, and after a lot of jumping and forwarding to where I left of, I could have just looked here ...
Thank you for the effort, my friend!
This post needs to be pinned to the top!
Awesome, thanks!
Growing up in the arcades during the 80's through the early 2000's and remembering all sights, sounds, smells, and feeling can't truly be understood unless you lived through those eras of arcade gaming memories I'll always treasure my entire life.
It was a great era!
Watching this video makes me miss the arcades. There was something special about going to the movie theater, mall, pizza parlor or the skating rink and enjoying you favorite arcade games.
Yup. 5 dollars could get you hours of fun. It was a cool place to make friends.
Amen!
I agree. I grew up loving arcade games in the 80s and 90s and man do I miss them. I remember a skating rink my dad and I use to go to years ago before he passed away had Primal Rage and 2 other arcade cabinets. I can't remember what the other 2 were at the moment but I thought it was so funny that they had Primal Rage because the lady who owned the skating rink was very religious and that game was so bloody and violent 🤣 guess she never realized what kind of game it was. Lol.
I remember seeing Dragons Lair for the first time and was blown away! Also years later, Sega mage a holographic game with cowboys I think. I can't remember the name of it but it definitely drew a crowd it cost a whole dollar to play ( we're talking early 90s money now) so not many people played it but my dad and I tried it and we weren't sure exactly what to do but we both were amazed at the technology of it.
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A good number of these I play with my sons on our WiiU. The WiiU is a great retro machine.
I grew up in the arcades, I made some good friends there. Wouldn't change it for the world, though I think the world changed far to much. We used to meet people, socialize, and form bonds that lasted a lifetime. Sometimes change isn't good, which is definitely the case here. My friend and I have been friends since we were 16, we have been since first playing Street Fighter 2 when it was first released. We're in our late 40's now, and still like playing forgotten worlds. Great list of games btw x, me and my friends spent a lot of time on the x men arcade game, aliens, and especially the neo geo arcade games. Loved the RoboCop games to, so many great memories
X Men arcade is fantastic. The arcade was the social spot for kids cause we couldn’t go anywhere and parents felt it was safe
We would go to the truck stop near us and they always had a dedicated arcade room there disappearing but like you said there's no feeling like winning a game with a crowd that's into it
@@andypancini2130 it really is a lost part of Americana and you did definitely need to be there to know what old fuckers like us are talking about, haha.
Straight truth!
Haha, my best friend's mom worked at a laundry mat. And me and him would ride our bikes up there and she would give us all the quarters we needed! Late 80's memories are something every kid could experience just once❤️
That’s awesome bro
That sounds more fun than sniffing panties from the service wash bags.
Probably.
Willow has always been one of my favorites. I think it's rarely discussed because as a licensed title, it's never shown up for purchase outside of the arcade cabinet. And in those days, we were all at the mercy of what our local arcades had in stock. I discovered it in the late 90s with MAME and it's been in my top 5 ever since
I seen a willow arcade I think in a 7 eleven in fort Myers Florida. Probably over 25 years ago. Didn't play it though. I was too cheap. Now can play it on mame.
It easily looks fantastic for the year it was released! I’m blown away by the color…I never saw it in the wild and Willow is one of my all time favorite movies so I would have noticed for sure…I can’t beat it on MAME! the flying wizard boss is so hard.
Can I also get a shoutout for the merchant screen music? It’s beautiful!
Goddamn, I miss these.. It wasn't just the games it was the whole thing, the moody arcade environment and plethora of dinky bleepy futuristic sounds around you, the unique look and structure of the machine you play, the fact that it was dedicated to that game and often had controls which only ever worked for that game, the irreplaceable instant and solid haptic feel and response of the buttons and controls (when they, rarely, weren't absolutely b*ggered), the super-bright dazzling CRT colours, the importance of getting the top score even though you had no concept that the world beyond that room didn't care, the damn smell of coins and grease..!! Why, oh why, have they faded out so much? We need arcades BACK!!!
Mame has some truly hidden gems. Just the Neo Geo alone has enough games to keep someone occupied for weeks and weeks. I'm still finding arcade games I've never seen or heard of and I've been using mame for over 20 years
Raiden 2 arcade version is a technical pearl of its time, the shrapnel falling everywhere and doing damage....Brilliant
The PS1 port is pretty good too!
Really loved the 45 minute ad for a Duck Dynasty podcast 5 minutes into this video
I'm a 80s kid at heart
And Arcade gaiming in the 80s was awesome!!
The reason I got a sega genesis was to play arcade games at home like afterburner and altered beast....
fascinating...
Robocop was actually one of the few games that was released on home systems first, then ported over to the arcade afterwards. That is why the arcade game credits Ocean Software, who produced the home versions.
robocop, aliens, blade master, boogie wings, karate blazers, ninja gaiden, bay route, desert assault, night striker,thunder fox, willow , black tiger,demons world, elevator action returns
Dude, how you described going to the movies to also enjoy new arcades just HIT THE SPOT!! Thank you for the wonderful memory.
I really hope that the movement to preserve Arcades as an "amusement park" type attraction picks up steam. These classics would be lost(especially the licensed titles like Robocop or Capcom's AVP) if not for that. Videos like this only help. Thank you SLX!😍
I totally agree with u. More ppl with money need to make this happen. I belive the resurgence of the old style arcade would make a ton of money. These old games are some of the best games ever made. But thats just my humble opinion.
@@littlejimmy5370 I could not agree more! Thank you for replying😀
Osman/Cannon Dancer is going to be released on ps4, ps5, and switch. You can pre-order a copy on Strictly Limited Games now.
My all time favorite arcade game will forever be Revolution X. I'm a sucker for light gun games, and the Aerosmith music was always blasting in the arcade back in the day.
Always wanted to build my own arcade cabs running mame and open up a little unit fitted out like 80/90s style arcades, UV and neon lights ect.
This series definitely needs a continuation. I hope that Volume 6 can come. Your videos have really helped us discover new arcade games that we weren't able to play in our childhood times.
I love Boogie Wings! Total hidden arcade gem no one talks about.
I'm well happy I watched this vid just to learn about it's existence.
Loved the arcade era! The smell of fresh popcorn, Orange Julius, and the sounds of row after row of arcades machines. Trying to decide which game to play first and how get the maximum amount of gameplay time for my money. Glad I got to experience the entire arcade golden era starting in the early 70's 'till their extinction in the early/mid 1990's.
After only five minutes I can tell this will be one of my favorite TH-cam videos ever I’m gonna commit to watching it all the way through over the weekend ✊💫🎮🏆
Loved the arcades in the 90s just hated it when your favourite arcade machine was replaced with another lol. Especially if it didn't have a home port like Scud Race, Robocop (Dataeast) and so many more.
To this day I remember someone calling me a whiz when I was 5 years old playing golden axe at the arcade.
Boogie Wings and Osman look incredible!
Same. When I went to the cinema, the movie was just a sideact. The arcade was the main attraction, it was such a great time. Indeed, you heard the games before you even saw the cabinet - and to hear things like the scream of MK1 Raiden or the loud Primal Rage cabinet felt awesome!
How do you keep coming out with this fantastic stuff? I'm 42 and love what you do. All these games bring back sooooo many memories. Cheers 🍻
36 and I know the feeling especially vol.3 when he said "getting your ass kicked in seconds" the Asian bros inserting a coin while I'm murdering the cabinet on SF2 turbo comes to mind lol
same 43 here
I remember hanging out at the arcade, collecting all the finishers for Mortal Kombat 2 & 3
Still waiting on that Kano morph!
@@bckuptvshbckuptvsh7730 1980 was a great year!!!😁
Thank you for reminding me of Metamorphic Force. I have been trying to remember that game for years. I loved playing that in the arcade. Probably haven't seen or played it since early 2001 when I went on a family vacation.
Lots of memories with that game.
Never saw it in the wild…played and beat it on MAME…very solid game
20:34 ive been looking for this! The hero arrives on a Harrier, lands and starts fighting enemies on the ground. Horizontal scroller. Thanks for posting this🎉
Same, the arcade is where I really started as well. Now, you joined this thing of ours (gaming) a bit before me. Sure I saw Galaga and Pac Man machines but that was more of a rarity. What got me was Space Harrier, Shinobi, Punch Out, Afterburner, Zaxxon, Ghosts n' Goblins ect...Not too long after that in late 1986 my divorced parents each picked up a home console for me.
My mother and stepfather purchased an Nes as they didn't want me playing on their "superior" Atari consoles (2600 and 5200). They saw the Nes as more of a toy than a console and back then everyone considered Japanese anything as inferior...oh how things did change. My dad was a bit more altruistic about it as he was the one that actually took me to my first arcades. He knew how much I was drawn to Sega arcade machines and thought it would be better to get me a Master System for his home. The original plan was to get me another Nes and I'm glad he didn't. We played on that Master System so much we wore the cobtrol pads out (no joke). When the Genesis hit in 1989 my mom and dad joined forces. She purchased the console and he the games. This is how things worked until I was old enough to work and afford my own games. What a time to be a gamer!
"This thing of ours" was that a Sopranos reference?
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It's a mafia, Sopranos, Goodfellas, omerta, ect...thing. It sounds cool and it fits as we're all gamers. What can I say I'm a wise a**. ;)
Sega had so many good games!! I like the nes but I love the Sega master system and genesis was good too
How can anyone not love this dude. He’s been putting so much effort into bringing back our fondest memories. I’m 40 and still enjoying your videos.
What a way to kick off the series with Robocop. Lover the movies and the game was great. I was lucky enough to have a cabinet in the small placed I lived in.
My dude!…You’ve got some seriously “deep cuts “ on your list! I genuinely appreciate your commentary and overall appreciation for these games. Great job man👊🏽
The outfoxies!! A small dive outside of the university I was going to had this arcade game!
I love watching this channel just for nostalgia. The machines just called to me when I was a kid. Pinball was before my time, but I can imagine people get nostalgic for pinball machines too... That feeling you'd get seeing rare machines like Final Fight or Neo Geo... It was just a different time back then.
Happy to see Boogie Wings on the list. What a weirdo game. I love it for that.
Gauntlet was my go to game in the mid 80s as it was the first 4 player co-op game that I ever saw. It ate so many of my quarters but was so much fun playing with other players. I remember saving up and buying the Atari 800xl version and was disappointed but still tried to love it as much as i could.
As my friends and I were 80s Dungeons and Dragon nerds Gauntlet was our everything…it was a phenomenon in the mid 80s
This is a series you should definitely come back with, I’ve got so many ideas because of it.
I played Robocop so much as a teenager I could finish it on one credit. Soooo many good memories from playing games in the arcades. Don’t know if you had it anywhere else in the world but in England they used to have 3 or 4 arcades that travelled with fair grounds all over the country. Used to get one about 4 or 5 times a year near my house.
Damn one credit? It’s hard as balls
Black tiger was the first arcade game I ever played. I snuck into a bar near my families camper. A guy drinking there saw me looking at it, and gave me a quarter to play it. That was the day I was hooked on arcades.
@44:24 - Big props for highlighting The Outfoxies, that game was so underappreciated because of its limited release. I first encountered it at a pool hall on an island in Greece in the summer of '95 of all places!! I was like 'how the hell do we not have this back home??!' and promptly played about a dozen games versus my cousin and then dumped enough coins in it to finish the single player story. I must've done that 10 times before the summer was over and when I got back to the States I told all my friends about how awesome it was. We of course were on the lookout for it for years at all our local spots, even scouring the arcades up in Manhattan on our monthly trips, but unfortunately it wasn't to be. Hard to believe that little out of the way pool hall, on a damn island all those years ago had the game so soon after it released in Japan. Thank the gaming gods for MAME, now so do we 😁
I remember the days before multiplex cinemas, and the lobby of the building always had a bunch of arcade games. I remember seeing CONTRA for the first time, being so used to the NES version... and amazed at how different but cool it was.
All of your series are top notch thank you Sega Lord X been watching them for years so it’s good to see these compilations of your hard work
The ninja kids is my favorite arcade game ever, definitely deserved to be on this list
I Loved robocop too bro , so much I actually own this cabinet its in my garage arcade
50:37 we all need this in our lives
I'm shocked at how many of these games i never knew existed, wish we could go back to these days, they were good times.
Nice. Was looking for arcade classics to play on my Steam Deck
I completed 2 games in the arcade when I was in my early teens. One was Double Dragon and the other was an obscure arcade game called Fighting Fantasy that I only ever saw in the games room of a hotel in Malta. I still remember a small crowd of kids gathered around watching as I fought the final few characters. And it's still one of the proudest moments of my life haha.
Cadillacs and dinosaurs is my ultimate favorite Beat'em ups. Totally underappreciated
Playing Choplifter! and Golden Axe with my dad was a good time.
RoboCop on the arcade was one of the raddest games out there, including Bad Dudes...
You can imagine my disappointment when I ended up owning both of them for the NES lol!
NebulasRay looks great. I had never heard of it. I'll definitely give it a try.
BoogieWings was/is available to purchase on the iiRcade home arcade system. Some great pics on this first video, I really enjoyed it. Blade Master is underrated but as you say it needed a magic system badly.
Loving these new series spot lighting classic arcade games. Watching these videos brings back early memories of playing fantastic beloved classics for me.
Dude, I am so glad you did this video!! I have been trying to remember the title of Karate Blazers for 30 years!! There was a liquor store a few blocks away from my house growing up that I always had arcade machines, in fact there was another convenience store across the street from it that also had a huge arcade when I was a kid! The one that had Karate Blazers was owned by my best friend's stepmom, and I remember playing it often and quite enjoying it, even though I didn't like it as much as Final fight, Captain America, or Captain Commando. It's good to have resolved that 30-year-old mystery, thanks to you Sega Lord X!
An hour and a half video from sega lord X? Time to break out the popcorn
They had Willow at one of my home hockey arenas as a kid. You'd always go drop some quarters when you were waiting for your brother's game to end. A classic.
I gotta watch this again and take notes on which roms to add to the collection.
In The Good Ol Days they were everywhere. You are unlocking great memories
This series helped me fill out my MAME collection. 👌🏽👍🏽👍🏽
My biggest regret (well not really) is selling my arcade Aliens cabinet due to moving. Sold it for like $100 and it was mint
don't feel bad ,I had a 4 player spider man cabinet and got rid of it for exactly the same amount,so stupid
That’s life sometimes….we all share moments like that, but it’s not the end of the world.
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing SLX
Moving the steady uploads lately, always a pleasure to watch your videos! It’s greatly appreciated
Steady uploads are easy when you're just re uploading old stuff
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One of my favorite all time channels keep up the good work
I own the arcade pcbs of aliens and robocop. I had to have em
I have been looking for Night Striker for over 20 years! Our Chuck E Cheese had it up against the wall but of course I forgot the name over time since I was a kid last time I played it. All I could remember was a car that could fly and the upside down pyramid of all the different paths to go! Thanks a ton! I've watched countless arcade videos all over youtube for years, at least now the hunt is over!
From 1988-1991 the best part of summer was going to Vegas and playing arcades at the casino.
Movie length. Let's go!!! Happy fri
These uploads are nuts. Especially these lengthy videos. It seems you are doing it full time and your time and effort comes through in your content nicely. Great job!
Dude, you are one hell of an educator, historian, and content creator. Thank you for another excellent piece. I had no idea about Slap Shot. I need to try it!
I love these kinda videos, I'm a 39 year old nerd. Been addicted to gaming since I was 5 keep up the good work
Taito - underrated. They had some banger arcade games. "Growl" was at my local skating rink. That arcade was a work of art.
It seems like forever that I have been looking for this one game i played in the arcades when i was in high school and, finally you have it on your Arcade Treasures series, KURI KINTON, loved playing that at the local mini arcade just down the street from my HS during lunch break. Ah now to re-live the memories! And wow, AtGames Legends Gamer Mini/Pro has it as one of their built in games. I have one of them sitting unopened in the game room on my list of items to open...smh well now to put that at the top of my get to list. Thanks Sega Lord, as always your channel content rocks!
I grabbed a bowl of my favorite sugar fill cereal to enjoy watching this
SLX, I love your style of not overly produced video. It feels more relatable somehow.
Ya know, I remember just about everywhere had some kind of arcade cabinet. When I was a kid though the best place was this Mexican restaurant called Dos Hombres they had Mrs. Pacman, Golden Axe, and Centipede. Many weekends were spent with my friend and I feeding quarters into them while my friends Dad had a beer and watched the race on TV.
I'm a pretty big music nerd and 59:18 is the same picture of the frog from the cover of Silverchair's album "Frogstomp" excellent album I could never forget that frog
I really like these series. I’m a 41 year old arcade lurker of the old days
I live within a few miles of galloping ghost arcade and it is a treasure to have it be that close. I love going there and bringing back memories of my youth. Mostly bowling alleys and a few arcades. So this series hits home hard. BTW beat robocop there. It was worth it.
Just wanted to pop in and thank you for making these videos. It's so hard to find good resources on old games beyond the ones that us older gamers already know and love. I, like I'm assuming many of us, get a whole lot out of you showing us games we haven't played yet and don't know about. Your videos help me find games to play and love, and I just wanted to thank you for that. Keep up the good work and if you make more videos in this series just know that we will be here to watch them.
wow despite combing thru MAME sets multiple times - it never ceases to amaze me of titles others point out that I missed - thank you! 🙏🏼
Man I love your channel!
I thought I had the coolest job ever when I worked at an arcade. We would rotate new games weekly. But I never hung around to play them. Who wants to hang around their job after hours?
Awesome episode!
I was 15 in 1990 too, and some of those games brought back memories of games that were long forgotten 🙂
I remember playing Pacman, Galaga, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Popeye, but my first preferred one was Iron Horse. Loved that game. Then games like Rastan, POW, Rigar, Ghost n Goblins, Karnov (don't remember the order), Robocop; MTNT, The Simpsons, then it was all fighting games, SF 1, SF2, Pit Fighter, MK, Xmen, MvsC 2, etc.
An hour and 28 minutes. I love you. Thank you.
i love black tiger. so happy it made the capcom arcade collection 2 on steam.
Love your channel brother.
Arcade game's threw the imagination of a child's mind is one of the greatest memories any person can have
Right down to the smell of the popcorn and sticky joy sticks.
No internet just trail and error.
Truly the best days❤️❤️❤️
love the compliation eps that avgn and game sack started. I put these on when i sleep. Love hearing retro game chatter. i wake up knowing random trivia sometimes
Anybody who knows of and actually has knowledge about Nebulas Ray in an arcade video game series has my sub immediately. I damn near spit out my coffee when you started talking about this fantastic game. Well done.
This is quickly becoming a favorite nostalgia channel for me. Thank you so much!
I thought my curated MAME list had everything, but sure enough I have a bunch more to explore now!
Great video as always sega lord x I've watched so many ur video u have inspired me to to start my own channel 🤣🤣🤣🤣 of great moments of my gaming life
My favorite arcade games were. Bubble Bobble, Ikari Warriors, Double Dragon and Super Mario Bros. As mucb as I loved the arcades Id never go back. Too many great games available now with Steam and consoles...always looking forward to whats next
I love the content. I miss these arcade games. I grew up with ALOT of these.
1:19:19 Fire Barrel is the (original) Japanese name of the game, its western name is Air Assault. It's the second game of a series which started with Air Duel (officially ported to the PC and Mac as part of "IREM Arcade Hits").