Nothing better then going to the movie theater to watch a movie, and then missing the whole movie because I wanted to play Donkey Kong in the lobby. Then going to the Arcade afterwards. I miss the 80's.
Nothing will ever Compare to being in an arcade in 1992 when Street Fighter 2 champion edition released. Large crowd around the cabinet and placing your quarter on the edge of the screen to get the next fight.
I love Arcades! Buddy of mine has a second story in his garage probably has 35-40 machines and a air hockey table we are all in our 40s and that's where you can find us on a Saturday night
I remember playing *Kung Fu Master* with my friend and we loved it. When my local Ice Cream shop had this newly released *Double Dragon* and we could both play at the same time we thought it was the best game ever! We never got very far as we were poor kids and also would end up kicking each other more than the actual enemies... Good times 😊😂
They are supposed to open a new arcade/bowling alley near me in an old grocery store. I will definitely go there... can't wait! 80's will never die! Best time ever 👍🔥🍻💜🥰😃😁
as a teen in the 80's, my town had a chuck e cheese that would turn into a 16-20 year old club once a month on a saturday night. the entire upstairs were video games and downstairs was turned to a dancefloor with dj. it was one admission price and all you eat pizza and video game play from 6pm to 11pm. nothing like a teen in the 80s playing video games, eating pizza and when taking a break from playing games going downstairs to breakdance and poplock. it's kind of cool that retro games are getting back in style. i'm personally trying to find the right retro gaming system for home ... one of those boxes that play 10,000+ games all from atari, colecovision, to super nes.
Donkey Kong looked slightly sped up(more difficult). I loved staying at Hotels back in the 80's. They always had a small arcade in the Recreation Room. I remember playing Star Castles/Gorf/Tempest for hours. 😍
My childhood arcade was in my super, super tiny town and was called Pizza Arcade. Many of the dining tables were cocktail cabinets and in the back there was a much bigger arcade area. Right next to it was a gas station that also had a couple of cabinets in it (and they usually tried to have different ones that the actual arcade had), so it was a good time there.
Awesome video! My favorite arcades growing up in the Valley in the ‘80s & ‘90s included: 1) Pool hall on Roscoe and DeSoto 2) Topanga mall arcade 3) Northridge mall arcade 4) Malibu Grand Prix in Northridge 5) Malibu castle on Sepúlveda Sherman Oaks. 6) 7-11 on Vanowen and DeSoto My all time favorite game was Super Sprint race car game. I’ve only found it at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York and at Full Tilt in Seattle.
Awesome video! There was an arcade bar in Oklahoma City that was only $5 entry and all arcades were set to free play. They had over 100 arcades. There selection was awesome and the 80’s music was rockin the whole time.
There is one in Wichita Ks called The Arcade. Has over 100 cabinets and about 20ish pinball games. Its dark, crazy carpet they sell concessions, its awesome. They also have skeeball and some claw games and other prize style games too. Ten bucks gets you unlimited plays on the cabinets. Pinball is .50 cents per play and they have HD cameras hanging from the ceililng hanging down pointed at the pinball machine and a TV on the wall above the game so others can watch the action and not crowd the player, thought that was a neat idea. It reminds me of the other arcades id frequent as a child in Wichita in the 80s and early 90s. The only thing missing is the smell of cigarettes and the ashtrays everywhere! Everytime i go back to the city to visit i take my kids there. Really brings back the memories and makes me happy that i get to share a piece of my childhood with my own kids.
Great video!! I can't believe Family Arcade still operational. My best friend and I just to drive there from Glendale and spend hours at that place, so many good memories came to mind, Thanks again Kurt!!.
We had a Round Table Pizza that had a bunch of arcade games right around the corner from us. Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, the TMNT arcade game, and NBA Jam had us huddled around the machines for hours in the summers.
Wow, so much to comment! Yeah... the Fun Factory in Redondo Beach was sort of my stomping grounds while growing up. I just didn't care for the place much. Always stunk because of the nearby fish markets.😆🤦♂️ I just heard that it finally shut down recently (before I saw your video). I spent A LOT of time at an arcade in Hermosa Beach (don't remember the name if life depended on it and I'm pretty sure it's been long gone because the area has been completely revamped). It use to be on PCH between Aviation Blvd and the main street where the King Harbor sign is located. Anyway..... Some of my favorite games were Gorf, Tron, Afterburner, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fight, Double Dragon, Ikari Warriors, and Contra. There was another game that was like Dragon's Lair (hated that game) called Cobra Command where you piloted a helicopter like Blue Thunder, go on missions and blow stuff up. I agree with you in picking the latter arcade. It's my vibe as opposed to the bar scene, although, haven't been to true arcade in decades! Thanks, for the video, dude!👍
You got Asteroids? No, but my father does. Free Play in Providence R.I. was 5 bucks for all, but that was before covi, but they had Operation Wolf and the T2 machine gun games(my faves). Love the videos man.
Wow. You are so lucky to have access to that. Arcades were SUCH a part of my life in the 80's, and I sure would like to take a trip down memory lane playing all those classics. It cost me a fortune to memorize the moves, but I ended up getting all the way through Dragon's Lair on a single 50 cents (it was never a 25 cent game in any of the arcades I saw it in).
A lot of great memories playing TMNT, Simpsons, Rainbow Islands, SNK fighting games, Ghouls and Ghosts and the Street Fighter game in the 90s. Only bad thing about the Arcade was when your favourite arcade game was replaced with another arcade game and you couldn't play it anymore.
For me it was going to theater for movies and definately going to local pizza parlor to play Frogger,Donkey Kong and Did Dug or Galactica. As a kid i dont think i was ever home unless it was for family dinner 6pm. Always always used the street lamp posts as a clock and knew when they went on in winter i had bout 1hr to get home lol..great time being kid in 80s!
Wow I was watching this video to see what places you would hit up.. Then a thought popped in my head about the spots I spent most of my arcade time as a kid in.. Family arcade was 1st then College arcade that was right up the street... Crazy... Right across from LACC.. You taking me back brother
My little town didn't have an arcade. We had a roller skating rink with some games in it. I remember playing the Simpson's game all night. They had after burner, a TMNT game, and Outrun.
If you ever make it up to the Chicago area, there's an arcade in Brookfield, IL called Galloping Ghost Arcade. Its currently the largest arcade in the country in terms of the quantity of games. They're currently at at least 900 games, mostly all vintage. Its a flat rate to get in and you can come and go as much as you want throughout the day. Its very easy to spend an entire day in there.
@@80sLifehe is expanding again next weekend. $25 and you can play from 11 am until 2 am. Keep your receipt and you can re-enter. No booze. The guys that run the place are super kool. Doc, the guy that owns the place, is very knowledgeable and friendly.
Thanks for showing about "Family Arcade" ! That's on Vermont Ave.! I used to go there back in 1982! I remember they used to play Devo, Talking Heads and other New Wave music on the speakers! You forgot to mention the arcade "Rock City" it was on Hollywood Blvd and Western Ave. In front of the Adult Book Stores and Burger stand! It's not there anymore, it closed down awhile ago, its now a furniture store. The management will tell you to leave if it was during school hours! They would tell you to go back to school or call the police on you! My fave games were: Missile Command, Berzerk and Monaco GP.
Back then, if I had seen arcade games in a type of place, I expected to always find them there. Every hotel lobby, snack bar, bowling alley, mall had to have an arcade or game room.
Totally! I used to drive my Mom nuts. Everytime we would go shopping, I would jump out of the car, before she fully stopped, & Run into the store to see if they had any newer games that were hard to find such as "Paperboy" In 1986
Here in San Antonio tx we used to have an arcade called larzland there was a small fee to get in some of the newer games where like 75 cents 3 tokens and there was also some for free like the older games..one that's still going is diversions..those used to be located all over town but now we only have one.. nothing like walking in and seeing the neon light border... awesome video..👍🏼
Great video review!! I didn't even know about the revival of Arcades! I didn;t spend a lot of time in them back in those days but I would go with friends sometimes. Family Fun Arcade was pretty close, walking distance, to our nieghborhood before we moved up to the Knollwood area of Granada Hills up in the hills. Sad to see such an Icon of the day is closed now.
Asteroids is a 70s game - all games were black and white then and controllers were still being 'figured' out. Hires was only vector type displays. Every 2 years was another 'generation'
Hi Kurt !!! another great video spent al ot of my teen years in the 80's in arcades and pool halls playing video games. Games like Defender and Robotron and even Qbert. There are starting to be a few more arcades here in my hometown of Toronto Canada but they are like the first one you went to with the alcohol I remember when I was 19 and had just reached legal drinking age in Canada my friends and I would go to Chucky Cheese's and have some beers while playing the video games.. Thanks again Kurt. Tim in Toronto
My mother had a store right across the street from Neon Retro Arcade when I was growing up before Pasadena kicked out all the locally owned businesses and remodeled the buildings to create Old Pasadena. I think where Neon Retro Arcade is (or the neighboring place), there was a place called the Hot Dog Building Company where you put all the toppings you want on the hot dog and then paid by the weight. My favorite arcade was on Colorado Blvd at Allen where I spent way too much time instead of studying when I was going to Pasadena City College which was just a few blocks away.
Yeah, Pac Man Arcade at Colorado & Allen was crazy. There was also Western Arcade right across from campus on Colorado, much smaller but machines were much better kept.
The arcade that comes to mind if I think back to my childhood is the one in Circus Circus, I can still remember playing Paperboy and Pole Position there. I grew up in the valley but my family went to Vegas so often that that’s what comes to mind when I think about arcades in the 80s!
I totally remember that arcade! I remember in high school going there for cross country in 1987 and we were spending time there. We also hit the 24 hour Tower Records. Teenager stuff in the 80s.
Born and raised in Vegas. Yes the Midway at Circus Circus was great time. $5 lasted a long time playin the c@rnival type games and arcade. I went there every year for my bday in 80s.
NEON The Pasadena spot was cool, i took my daughter there im 53 and it was fun, 80s vibe for sure, i think they rotate some games sometimes. Some bowling alleys have some nice modern arcade games such as the one in the Burbank mall or the bowling alley in little tokyo mall, also Blipsy bar on Western avenue its a bar but some cool games in there.
I am envious of y’all going to these vintage Arcade’s. I don’t think we have any here in Palm Beach Florida. Q Bert was a hard game for me when I played it as a kid & so was Dragons Lair. I am glad u & your kids had fun😊!
I was lucky enough to play and take some pictures with my oldest daughter at the Redondo Beach pier playing MoonWalker and TMNT Arcade game... When i lived in Toluca Lake, me and my buddies would go to Family Fun Arcade to play Battle Gear the drifting game on Thursdays when there were Import Car meets in the parking lot before I moved to Lawndale.... Dave N Busters wasnt the same at Del Amo... My absolute favorite arcades growing up was the Arcade at 32 Village near USC campus... And The arcade on Broadway and 7th.... Now THAT arcade still had every single old school game ever made... Including N.A.R.C., ROBOCOP, And Virtua Fighter.... Another dope arcade was at the SHATTO 39 lanes bowling alley in Koreatown that I used to go to before the 92 Riots happened and we moved to The Valley to start our new life in NoHo/ Toluca Lake....
My family ran an arcade for three years in our small town in the mid nineties. We had to close it because eventually it became a haven for the trashy kids to vandalize and harass paying customers, but also (and more importantly) because video game manufacturers would release a game to amusement companies and arcades and then release the same game to consumers on the home video gaming platforms three to six months later. We were the last of a string of arcades that spanned twenty years in that town.
Castle Park at Sepulveda and the 101 was my hang out in the 80’s as well as time out at the third floor of the Sherman Oaks Galleria. I wish it was 1986!
I played a lot at family fun arcade in the 80s and 90s. Its too bad it closed in 2012. There was another big arcade in Pasadena I played at with some friends in the mid 90s, but I cannot remember the name. I think it was off Lake street. If that arcade is still around, I would go check it out, much larger than family fun.
I love ms pac-man and donkey Kong those are my favorite arcade games burger time I remember the arcade games back in the day In the 80s everyone should play some arcade games right kurt your awesome kurt and keep up the good work and you rock🎸 kurt and stay safe kurt and enjoy your evening🏙
Our arcade here must be one of the biggest. Twice the space of Family Arcade and lots of retro stuff. 12,50 EUR for 3 hrs. I have to tell you….we didn’t have them so big back in the 80s! Cool video Kurt! Love the room and the Jordans!
You’re missing out on the pinball scene. Places like Revenge Of, 82 and Player One plus a bunch of spots in the greater SoCal area. Pinball is thriving.
This is why I miss going to the mall. As a kid, my mom and grandmother would go shopping, and they would hand me $10 (yes, $10 for video games) and tell me to meet them in the food court in an hour. I am not a novice when it comes to video games, so I can use .25 and play Pacman for a good ten to fifteen minutes.
My favorite arcade experience was at Round Table Pizza in the 80’s and early 90’s. It was a very small somewhat closed off section of the restaurant and there was only about 5 games at any given time, but they always had the best games. It was a dark, dingy restaurant with awesome pizza. We’d order pizza, play games until the pizza was ready, eat and then play more games after.
thanks for the great video! i've been to button mash and it had more of a barish vibe, so i really like the sounds of neon, for that true arcade experience 👾
There is newish arcade in the SFV on Reseda and Tampa. It is by the old Hobby Shop that it is still in business after all of these years. It is pay for an hour and play. But yes, Family Fun Arcade was the place to go as a youngster. There were a few more, on Devonshire and Zelzah by Granada Hills HS and lets not forget all the malls had arcades. But now, they are actually returning but again in the Dave and Busters style.
@@TREVERLAST That's a bummer! I went there a few times before the pandemic and it was quite fun. It brought back good memories. There was another in the West Valley, I believe it was in a warehouse or something but I never went. I cannot find it, so I am guessing it too closed down.
20 dollars is way too much for a few vintage Arcade Games. Have you heard of “Galloping Ghost Arcade” in Brookfield Illinois? Owner Doc Mack has over 900 vintage Arcades, all with original hardware for only 20 dollars entry. They stream Live on Twitch every Monday at 5 P.M. unveiling a brand new vintage Arcade Game. Place is Awesome!
Great stuff 😎🙌🏻 just recently seen a another 80s comedy «Joysticks» (1983) about arcades 😁🙃 it’ll be great if you do filming locations video about this film 😎
miss the 80's/early 90's... there was a lot of arcade spots, man... big ones, fully loaded with machines! spent hours and lots of coins, back then! so good to sit on a bench, enjoying cigarettes and playing 1942, pinball action, tiger heli, Atomic Runner Chelnov, double Dragon... times that never come again... so happy and didnt even know how much (heavy sighs)
Awesome video. The arcade punchout! Game you played is completely different from Mike Tysons Punchout! On NES. Some of the characters in the arcade game you played weren't even in Mike Tysons Punchout and didn't make a console appearance until Super Punchout came out for SNES. Btw, Wasn't a character named Pizza Pasta?
We have a couple of Barcades here in New York .. been to both .. a fun night out . Was wondering, in the McDonald’s museum video , there was a Video Game museum across the street .. are you planning to do a video about that place ? Would love to see the inside of there . Last thing … just want to say I appreciate you . Wonderful videos and I really love that you make it a family experience..
Some of those places are expensive for the games they have. We have one here in Arizona with a lot of classics and cost $11 for unlimited play from open to close. Paperboy, dragons lair, space ace, master blaster, zaxxon, Pac-Man, galaga, and lots of others. They also sell old 80s candy, like the candy cigs, nerds, etc.
Great video my dude! If you ever get the chance and you're in Portland, Oregon there is an arcade called "Ground Kontrol". They have old school cabs, pinball, new games, you name it. They also have a dj booth with dj's who play 80's hair band, metal and chiptunes. They also have a bar with several beers on tap including my favorite Rainier. It's two stories too. They do old school token machines too which really bring you back. Cheers, Kurt!
I'm surprised you managed to find an arcade where they're still charging only 25 cents for most of the games. As soon as you mentioned that, I knew it was going to turn out to be much cheaper than the flat fee arcade.
Kurt i live in Indiana we got a beercade that $5 to cover we just pushed buttons to add credits with no insert coins. I play old school games. Beercade have all the old school games from 70s 80s 90s. They have dig dug, ms.pacman, mortal kombat, double dragon, galaga, carnevil and many old ones. Kurt give it time you use to qbert.
My arcade growing up was Supercade on Sherman Way. They have a ton of my quarters. I mostly played Pacman and Frogger. I loved to kick my bf's butt at pinball. Supercade was also the source of my classmates ditching (private) school .I recently cleaned out a junk drawer and found a bunch of tokens for an arcade located at the old GM plant. I might have to visit the arcade soon.
I grew up literally 3 minutes from barcade in the 80s. That's in north east LA highland park. That police museum where you were standing is the path I would take walking back from school. It was so much different there in the 80s and 90s. It was Mexican bars, pawn shops, cholos, real ghetto. Now it's hipsterville.
Nothing better then going to the movie theater to watch a movie, and then missing the whole movie because I wanted to play Donkey Kong in the lobby. Then going to the Arcade afterwards. I miss the 80's.
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I totally forgot there were arcade games in movie theaters.
Did the same thing but during the 90s.
In Idaho we had an Aladdins castle attached to the movie theater it was rad playing games watching the first Batman 😊
Nothing will ever Compare to being in an arcade in 1992 when Street Fighter 2 champion edition released. Large crowd around the cabinet and placing your quarter on the edge of the screen to get the next fight.
The things I wouldn't do to experience the launch of a fighting game in an arcade
I love Arcades! Buddy of mine has a second story in his garage probably has 35-40 machines and a air hockey table we are all in our 40s and that's where you can find us on a Saturday night
Double Dragon and Spy Hunter changed my life! Thank you Kurt!
You seen the Double Dragon movie? lol! its bad
Double dragon is legendary. It's on my top 10 goat list.🙌
@@bongdonkey I like the movie, lol.
Good ol' 90s cheese.😂👍
I remember playing *Kung Fu Master* with my friend and we loved it.
When my local Ice Cream shop had this newly released *Double Dragon* and we could both play at the same time we thought it was the best game ever!
We never got very far as we were poor kids and also would end up kicking each other more than the actual enemies...
Good times 😊😂
They are supposed to open a new arcade/bowling alley near me in an old grocery store. I will definitely go there... can't wait! 80's will never die! Best time ever 👍🔥🍻💜🥰😃😁
The owners at Neon are really cool and really care about the games themselves. They're really on the ball when it comes to maintenance. Cool vid!
Spot in. Sad that their valley location closed down a few years ago.
as a teen in the 80's, my town had a chuck e cheese that would turn into a 16-20 year old club once a month on a saturday night. the entire upstairs were video games and downstairs was turned to a dancefloor with dj. it was one admission price and all you eat pizza and video game play from 6pm to 11pm. nothing like a teen in the 80s playing video games, eating pizza and when taking a break from playing games going downstairs to breakdance and poplock. it's kind of cool that retro games are getting back in style. i'm personally trying to find the right retro gaming system for home ... one of those boxes that play 10,000+ games all from atari, colecovision, to super nes.
Donkey Kong looked slightly sped up(more difficult). I loved staying at Hotels back in the 80's. They always had a small arcade in the Recreation Room. I remember playing Star Castles/Gorf/Tempest for hours. 😍
My childhood arcade was in my super, super tiny town and was called Pizza Arcade. Many of the dining tables were cocktail cabinets and in the back there was a much bigger arcade area. Right next to it was a gas station that also had a couple of cabinets in it (and they usually tried to have different ones that the actual arcade had), so it was a good time there.
sounds awesome!!
Great video, Kurt! I like these types of videos, for sure.👍
Thank you so much. I'll definitely do another one.
Our town opened up one a couple years called “Retro World” here in Abilene TX
Seeing Bubble Bobble brings back so many memories. Used to love playing that game.
Please do a part 2. This could be a nice series for your channel.
Agreed
Yes!!!
Cool video! I remember going to an arcade called Tilt when Street Fighter 2 was popular. Good times!
I went to tilt also
Awesome video! My favorite arcades growing up in the Valley in the ‘80s & ‘90s included:
1) Pool hall on Roscoe and DeSoto
2) Topanga mall arcade
3) Northridge mall arcade
4) Malibu Grand Prix in Northridge
5) Malibu castle on Sepúlveda Sherman Oaks.
6) 7-11 on Vanowen and DeSoto
My all time favorite game was Super Sprint race car game. I’ve only found it at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York and at Full Tilt in Seattle.
The pool hall was called the Plush Cue. Great times there man. I think the one at Topanga was called the Gold Mine.
Awesome video! There was an arcade bar in Oklahoma City that was only $5 entry and all arcades were set to free play. They had over 100 arcades. There selection was awesome and the 80’s music was rockin the whole time.
There is one in Wichita Ks called The Arcade. Has over 100 cabinets and about 20ish pinball games. Its dark, crazy carpet they sell concessions, its awesome. They also have skeeball and some claw games and other prize style games too. Ten bucks gets you unlimited plays on the cabinets. Pinball is .50 cents per play and they have HD cameras hanging from the ceililng hanging down pointed at the pinball machine and a TV on the wall above the game so others can watch the action and not crowd the player, thought that was a neat idea. It reminds me of the other arcades id frequent as a child in Wichita in the 80s and early 90s. The only thing missing is the smell of cigarettes and the ashtrays everywhere! Everytime i go back to the city to visit i take my kids there. Really brings back the memories and makes me happy that i get to share a piece of my childhood with my own kids.
Great video!! I can't believe Family Arcade still operational. My best friend and I just to drive there from Glendale and spend hours at that place, so many good memories came to mind, Thanks again Kurt!!.
We had a Round Table Pizza that had a bunch of arcade games right around the corner from us. Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, the TMNT arcade game, and NBA Jam had us huddled around the machines for hours in the summers.
7:08 Actually, it's just Punch-Out!! for the coin op arcade game. The Mike Tyson version was for home consoles like NES.
Wow, so much to comment! Yeah... the Fun Factory in Redondo Beach was sort of my stomping grounds while growing up. I just didn't care for the place much. Always stunk because of the nearby fish markets.😆🤦♂️ I just heard that it finally shut down recently (before I saw your video).
I spent A LOT of time at an arcade in Hermosa Beach (don't remember the name if life depended on it and I'm pretty sure it's been long gone because the area has been completely revamped). It use to be on PCH between Aviation Blvd and the main street where the King Harbor sign is located. Anyway.....
Some of my favorite games were Gorf, Tron, Afterburner, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fight, Double Dragon, Ikari Warriors, and Contra. There was another game that was like Dragon's Lair (hated that game) called Cobra Command where you piloted a helicopter like Blue Thunder, go on missions and blow stuff up.
I agree with you in picking the latter arcade. It's my vibe as opposed to the bar scene, although, haven't been to true arcade in decades! Thanks, for the video, dude!👍
You got Asteroids? No, but my father does. Free Play in Providence R.I. was 5 bucks for all, but that was before covi, but they had Operation Wolf and the T2 machine gun games(my faves). Love the videos man.
Most will not catch this
I enjoyed this video and would like to see another one.
Retrovolt Arcade in Calimesa, CA is really good. Well worth looking into.
Wow. You are so lucky to have access to that. Arcades were SUCH a part of my life in the 80's, and I sure would like to take a trip down memory lane playing all those classics. It cost me a fortune to memorize the moves, but I ended up getting all the way through Dragon's Lair on a single 50 cents (it was never a 25 cent game in any of the arcades I saw it in).
Wow wow! It was sooo hard. Bravo! ("Hard but fun" that's what she said)
I'd be so impressed if I ever saw that in person
A lot of great memories playing TMNT, Simpsons, Rainbow Islands, SNK fighting games, Ghouls and Ghosts and the Street Fighter game in the 90s. Only bad thing about the Arcade was when your favourite arcade game was replaced with another arcade game and you couldn't play it anymore.
For me it was going to theater for movies and definately going to local pizza parlor to play Frogger,Donkey Kong and Did Dug or Galactica. As a kid i dont think i was ever home unless it was for family dinner 6pm. Always always used the street lamp posts as a clock and knew when they went on in winter i had bout 1hr to get home lol..great time being kid in 80s!
Wow I was watching this video to see what places you would hit up.. Then a thought popped in my head about the spots I spent most of my arcade time as a kid in.. Family arcade was 1st then College arcade that was right up the street... Crazy... Right across from LACC.. You taking me back brother
In Portland there is a retro arcade called Ground Kontrol. Fun place.
My little town didn't have an arcade. We had a roller skating rink with some games in it. I remember playing the Simpson's game all night. They had after burner, a TMNT game, and Outrun.
I also loved Mappy. That was my #1 all time favorite arcade game. Burgertime a close 2nd!
If you ever make it up to the Chicago area, there's an arcade in Brookfield, IL called Galloping Ghost Arcade. Its currently the largest arcade in the country in terms of the quantity of games. They're currently at at least 900 games, mostly all vintage. Its a flat rate to get in and you can come and go as much as you want throughout the day. Its very easy to spend an entire day in there.
I gotta check it out
Galloping ghost is the shit bro, I'm from Chicago I go with my son atleast once every 3 months
@@80sLifehe is expanding again next weekend. $25 and you can play from 11 am until 2 am. Keep your receipt and you can re-enter. No booze. The guys that run the place are super kool. Doc, the guy that owns the place, is very knowledgeable and friendly.
Thanks for showing about "Family Arcade" ! That's on Vermont Ave.! I used to go there back in 1982! I remember they used to play Devo, Talking Heads and other New Wave music on the speakers!
You forgot to mention the arcade "Rock City" it was on Hollywood Blvd and Western Ave. In front of the Adult Book Stores and Burger stand! It's not there anymore, it closed down awhile ago, its now a furniture store.
The management will tell you to leave if it was during school hours! They would tell you to go back to school or call the police on you!
My fave games were: Missile Command, Berzerk and Monaco GP.
Back then, if I had seen arcade games in a type of place, I expected to always find them there. Every hotel lobby, snack bar, bowling alley, mall had to have an arcade or game room.
Totally! I used to drive my Mom nuts. Everytime we would go shopping, I would jump out of the car, before she fully stopped, & Run into the store to see if they had any newer games that were hard to find such as "Paperboy" In 1986
Dude, the pants you wore during the taping on locations were identical to the arcade carpeting that they used, some still do. 👍
Def. want a part two.
My local go to arcades back in the day were Starcade and Yellow Brick Road.
Here in San Antonio tx we used to have an arcade called larzland there was a small fee to get in some of the newer games where like 75 cents 3 tokens and there was also some for free like the older games..one that's still going is diversions..those used to be located all over town but now we only have one.. nothing like walking in and seeing the neon light border... awesome video..👍🏼
I loved that bubble bobble. I played that a lot as a kid on the arcade version. Like you said, they need a 720 and paper boy for sure!
I still remember my childhood arcade. The Golden nugget. What i would do to be able to spend an afternoon there again.
Who remembers the arcade game Crossbow or Frontline?
Oh, yeah. I remember Frontline!
Great video review!! I didn't even know about the revival of Arcades! I didn;t spend a lot of time in them back in those days but I would go with friends sometimes. Family Fun Arcade was pretty close, walking distance, to our nieghborhood before we moved up to the Knollwood area of Granada Hills up in the hills. Sad to see such an Icon of the day is closed now.
Asteroids is a 70s game - all games were black and white then and controllers were still being 'figured' out. Hires was only vector type displays. Every 2 years was another 'generation'
Hi Kurt !!!
another great video
spent al ot of my teen years in the 80's in arcades and pool halls playing video games.
Games like Defender and Robotron and even Qbert.
There are starting to be a few more arcades here in my hometown of Toronto Canada but they are like the first one you went to with the alcohol
I remember when I was 19 and had just reached legal drinking age in Canada my friends and I would go to Chucky Cheese's and have some beers while playing the video games..
Thanks again Kurt.
Tim in Toronto
Thanks Kurt 80’s life rules
Great video! Great Norm MacDonald voice!
My mother had a store right across the street from Neon Retro Arcade when I was growing up before Pasadena kicked out all the locally owned businesses and remodeled the buildings to create Old Pasadena. I think where Neon Retro Arcade is (or the neighboring place), there was a place called the Hot Dog Building Company where you put all the toppings you want on the hot dog and then paid by the weight. My favorite arcade was on Colorado Blvd at Allen where I spent way too much time instead of studying when I was going to Pasadena City College which was just a few blocks away.
Yeah, Pac Man Arcade at Colorado & Allen was crazy. There was also Western Arcade right across from campus on Colorado, much smaller but machines were much better kept.
Growing up in Chino, Ca my parents had Galaga, pac man table version and a spiderman pinball machine. Got to be a master on them. Wish i had them now.
Thanks for this! Paperboy was for sure awesome, does anyone remember Robotron 2084?🤔
Played Robotron for 3 hours straight last night. Best game ever.
Great video as always
Back in my day on the westside of town ..
WestWorld in Marina Del Rey !
Operation Wolf & Outrun were my favorites!
Spent a lot of my young life in arcades, We had an arcade venue called leasure Land in my home city of Aberdeen, Scotland. Great Times.
The arcade that comes to mind if I think back to my childhood is the one in Circus Circus, I can still remember playing Paperboy and Pole Position there. I grew up in the valley but my family went to Vegas so often that that’s what comes to mind when I think about arcades in the 80s!
I totally remember that arcade! I remember in high school going there for cross country in 1987 and we were spending time there. We also hit the 24 hour Tower Records. Teenager stuff in the 80s.
Born and raised in Vegas. Yes the Midway at Circus Circus was great time. $5 lasted a long time playin the c@rnival type games and arcade. I went there every year for my bday in 80s.
Family Fun Arcade was the place to be. Great memories there with my friends. Yes Kurt, would love a part 2 video as well. Good job sir
NEON The Pasadena spot was cool, i took my daughter there im 53 and it was fun, 80s vibe for sure, i think they rotate some games sometimes. Some bowling alleys have some nice modern arcade games such as the one in the Burbank mall or the bowling alley in little tokyo mall, also Blipsy bar on Western avenue its a bar but some cool games in there.
I am envious of y’all going to these vintage Arcade’s.
I don’t think we have any here in Palm Beach Florida.
Q Bert was a hard game for me when I played it as a kid & so was Dragons Lair.
I am glad u & your kids had fun😊!
I was lucky enough to play and take some pictures with my oldest daughter at the Redondo Beach pier playing MoonWalker and TMNT Arcade game... When i lived in Toluca Lake, me and my buddies would go to Family Fun Arcade to play Battle Gear the drifting game on Thursdays when there were Import Car meets in the parking lot before I moved to Lawndale....
Dave N Busters wasnt the same at Del Amo...
My absolute favorite arcades growing up was the Arcade at 32 Village near USC campus... And The arcade on Broadway and 7th.... Now THAT arcade still had every single old school game ever made... Including N.A.R.C., ROBOCOP, And Virtua Fighter....
Another dope arcade was at the SHATTO 39 lanes bowling alley in Koreatown that I used to go to before the 92 Riots happened and we moved to The Valley to start our new life in NoHo/ Toluca Lake....
This was awesome. Ever try the UCLA Arcades back in the day? $5 unlimited play. Greatest of times.
My family ran an arcade for three years in our small town in the mid nineties. We had to close it because eventually it became a haven for the trashy kids to vandalize and harass paying customers, but also (and more importantly) because video game manufacturers would release a game to amusement companies and arcades and then release the same game to consumers on the home video gaming platforms three to six months later. We were the last of a string of arcades that spanned twenty years in that town.
Castle Park at Sepulveda and the 101 was my hang out in the 80’s as well as time out at the third floor of the Sherman Oaks Galleria. I wish it was 1986!
I played a lot at family fun arcade in the 80s and 90s. Its too bad it closed in 2012. There was another big arcade in Pasadena I played at with some friends in the mid 90s, but I cannot remember the name. I think it was off Lake street. If that arcade is still around, I would go check it out, much larger than family fun.
"If you're looking for a bar experience with video games, then Barcade is the way to go." This was lovely, thank you :)
I love ms pac-man and donkey Kong those are my favorite arcade games burger time I remember the arcade games back in the day In the 80s everyone should play some arcade games right kurt your awesome kurt and keep up the good work and you rock🎸 kurt and stay safe kurt and enjoy your evening🏙
frogger was my favorite one too! ! Another great video under your belt, JOB well done ! !
Our arcade here must be one of the biggest. Twice the space of Family Arcade and lots of retro stuff. 12,50 EUR for 3 hrs.
I have to tell you….we didn’t have them so big back in the 80s!
Cool video Kurt!
Love the room and the Jordans!
You’re missing out on the pinball scene. Places like Revenge Of, 82 and Player One plus a bunch of spots in the greater SoCal area. Pinball is thriving.
This is why I miss going to the mall. As a kid, my mom and grandmother would go shopping, and they would hand me $10 (yes, $10 for video games) and tell me to meet them in the food court in an hour. I am not a novice when it comes to video games, so I can use .25 and play Pacman for a good ten to fifteen minutes.
My favorite arcade experience was at Round Table Pizza in the 80’s and early 90’s. It was a very small somewhat closed off section of the restaurant and there was only about 5 games at any given time, but they always had the best games. It was a dark, dingy restaurant with awesome pizza. We’d order pizza, play games until the pizza was ready, eat and then play more games after.
Loved the video. Good times. 720 was rad. "Skate or die" Thanks
720 was my favorite and Wrestlefest
Pinball Plus in Burbank Ca on Glenoaks and SanJose was A awsome experience for me growing up as a kid ..wouldn't trade for nothing
FUNSPOT in New Hampshire is legendary it's a must go and the largest arcade. King of Kong fist full of quarters is also a great arcade doc/movie.
I remember back in the 80s arcades were everywhere.
thanks for the great video! i've been to button mash and it had more of a barish vibe, so i really like the sounds of neon, for that true arcade experience 👾
There is newish arcade in the SFV on Reseda and Tampa. It is by the old Hobby Shop that it is still in business after all of these years. It is pay for an hour and play. But yes, Family Fun Arcade was the place to go as a youngster. There were a few more, on Devonshire and Zelzah by Granada Hills HS and lets not forget all the malls had arcades. But now, they are actually returning but again in the Dave and Busters style.
If you are talking about Neon on Reseda/ Nordhoff (near Smith Bros. Hobbies) it has closed down :(
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That's a bummer! I went there a few times before the pandemic and it was quite fun. It brought back good memories. There was another in the West Valley, I believe it was in a warehouse or something but I never went. I cannot find it, so I am guessing it too closed down.
@@JACKOTACO that was Royce's. I used to go to that one too. It is also gone.
20 dollars is way too much for a few vintage Arcade Games. Have you heard of “Galloping Ghost Arcade” in Brookfield Illinois? Owner Doc Mack has over 900 vintage Arcades, all with original hardware for only 20 dollars entry. They stream Live on Twitch every Monday at 5 P.M. unveiling a brand new vintage Arcade Game. Place is Awesome!
I love that place , I go with my son often
Great stuff 😎🙌🏻 just recently seen a another 80s comedy «Joysticks» (1983) about arcades 😁🙃 it’ll be great if you do filming locations video about this film 😎
Here is my state, we have a place called 16 bit which is mostly vintage arcade systems. I played so much asteroids until my wrists were in pain lol
miss the 80's/early 90's... there was a lot of arcade spots, man... big ones, fully loaded with machines! spent hours and lots of coins, back then! so good to sit on a bench, enjoying cigarettes and playing 1942, pinball action, tiger heli, Atomic Runner Chelnov, double Dragon... times that never come again... so happy and didnt even know how much (heavy sighs)
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
$ 15.00
remember playing T2 wasnt very good at it but was cool.streetfighter and kung fu master were my favs.
Awesome video. The arcade punchout! Game you played is completely different from Mike Tysons Punchout! On NES. Some of the characters in the arcade game you played weren't even in Mike Tysons Punchout and didn't make a console appearance until Super Punchout came out for SNES. Btw, Wasn't a character named Pizza Pasta?
We have a couple of Barcades here in New York .. been to both .. a fun night out . Was wondering, in the McDonald’s museum video , there was a Video Game museum across the street .. are you planning to do a video about that place ? Would love to see the inside of there . Last thing … just want to say I appreciate you . Wonderful videos and I really love that you make it a family experience..
If you ever make it to Dallas Fort Worth area the arcade called starbase arcade claims to have a working paperboy
The original stubby joysticks on Nintendo cabinets like Donkey Kong and Playchoice 10s make the games was tougher than playing with an NES controller
Burger Time was a favorite of mine when I was a kid. I had it on ATARI too.
Some of those places are expensive for the games they have. We have one here in Arizona with a lot of classics and cost $11 for unlimited play from open to close. Paperboy, dragons lair, space ace, master blaster, zaxxon, Pac-Man, galaga, and lots of others. They also sell old 80s candy, like the candy cigs, nerds, etc.
James Games in Upland, small arcade around for 43 years but had to shut down because of lockdowns in 2021.
Great video my dude! If you ever get the chance and you're in Portland, Oregon there is an arcade called "Ground Kontrol". They have old school cabs, pinball, new games, you name it. They also have a dj booth with dj's who play 80's hair band, metal and chiptunes. They also have a bar with several beers on tap including my favorite Rainier. It's two stories too. They do old school token machines too which really bring you back. Cheers, Kurt!
I'm surprised you managed to find an arcade where they're still charging only 25 cents for most of the games. As soon as you mentioned that, I knew it was going to turn out to be much cheaper than the flat fee arcade.
Kurt i live in Indiana we got a beercade that $5 to cover we just pushed buttons to add credits with no insert coins. I play old school games. Beercade have all the old school games from 70s 80s 90s. They have dig dug, ms.pacman, mortal kombat, double dragon, galaga, carnevil and many old ones. Kurt give it time you use to qbert.
Awesome video dude!
Another gem of a video my man. Fun Factory was my local! I forgot that Forrest Whitaker was in Fast Times too. lol
the big arcade alley is in Brookfield, Illnois, (Galloping Ghost Arcade)...they have 900+ .
Anyone else play at Noah's Arkade at La Mirada Mall back in the day? Long gone now but great memories.
Neon arcade looks legit. Hey have you been to Castle Park in Riverside lately? I wonder how that arcade is doing. It was a childhood favorite of mine.
My arcade growing up was Supercade on Sherman Way. They have a ton of my quarters. I mostly played Pacman and Frogger. I loved to kick my bf's butt at pinball. Supercade was also the source of my classmates ditching (private) school
.I recently cleaned out a junk drawer and found a bunch of tokens for an arcade located at the old GM plant. I might have to visit the arcade soon.
The mall in Temecula has the biggest arcade I've ever seen. But it's all new games.
The now defunct Skateland had a bunch of games to play. RIP Skateland.
I grew up literally 3 minutes from barcade in the 80s. That's in north east LA highland park. That police museum where you were standing is the path I would take walking back from school. It was so much different there in the 80s and 90s. It was Mexican bars, pawn shops, cholos, real ghetto. Now it's hipsterville.
come to FUN SPOT in N.H. its the biggest arcade in north america. they have EVERY game kurt!!!