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@Qbert2803

4 ай бұрын

Roc'n Rope was one of my favorite games of all time

Remember when we carried coins in our pocket.

@leefischer5814

4 жыл бұрын

Then we would go to the pay phone and call for a ride and while waiting go to the News stand and pick up a magazine... Pepperidge Farm remembers😂. Man it's weird when you could start a history class for youngsters on what a dial up Modem, Pay Phones, and Rotary Telephones are among other things!

@NateB1976

4 жыл бұрын

Forget about the coins in our pockets. What about the the dollar to coin machines we all used??? Or dollar to tokens?

@TheGingerburger

4 жыл бұрын

Still do because I'm Welsh/British 😂 we have £2 coins which is about $2.40

@TromaDogg

2 жыл бұрын

Bezerk remembers...'COIN DETECTED IN POCKET'

@limzog9

2 жыл бұрын

Narc was a funny game

Man I miss the arcades. Remember going to the mall each week blowing my allowance.

@supernintendro

4 жыл бұрын

Arcades are back in the form of barcades, but I'm not sure if its a trend, or here to stay. Its not like it used to be though. I remember back when pizza hut was an actual restaurant, mine had a mini-arcade and an analog juke box lol. Edit: for the sake of the recent-years' burgeoning of interest in gaming history, i feel that i should add that arcades never went out of fashion, in Japan!

@TXFDA

3 жыл бұрын

Even then, I just miss arcade machines in general. There was a diner I used to go to fairly often back when I was a kid, and I'd always be on the King of Fighters that they had near the front door. I don't remember which KoF it was, but it was probably 95 or 98. I mean, sure, I can emulate all of these games on my Xbox Series S, and my PC. No big deal. In fact, I do. Regularly. But, there's just something about shoving a quarter or two into the machine and seeing how long you could manage to play. Even more fun if you're in a full arcade, and you have people in line waiting for their turn. Even if you weren't doing particularly well, you'd gather a few people watching you play while they wait. It was just...fun. Fun to play with and against people, fun to have people watching when you play solo, and fun to sit and watch others play. And don't even get me started on fighting games, where the winner would stay on, and you'd be swapping in and out trying to beat the previous winner. At that point it was a coop game where everyone wanted to beat the current champ. Man I miss public, social gaming. Nowadays it's all online, and barely anyone uses a mic. Might as well just be playing by myself at that point. And then, on top of all that, it's $50-60 or more, just to get a half decent arcade controller to plug into your Xbox or PC, just to even attempt to get the same feel.

Good to see Cowboys of Moo Mesa getting some love. That game was fun but never gets talked about.

I like the words “enjoy someone’s art” spot on.

It's funny how, while arcades aren't nearly as around as they once were, my nieces and nephews still love to play arcade machines when they are available, whether at movie theaters, bowling alleys, Top Golf, etc. Even though they have Xbox and Switch which both offer far superior games these days, the fascination of dropping quarters into machines isn't completely lost on modern day children.

@sanfordarbogast737

2 жыл бұрын

the home consoles just can not compare to the thrill of beating a level on an arcade machine and having a bunch of strangers cheer you on

@josebrown5961

5 ай бұрын

I remember going to the arcade in the 90s and having PC games at home. The change clerk at the arcade once asked me why I still came. The home versions of the arcade games sucked then. That arcade is now a Scientology office…

Wrestlefest... easily my favorite wrestling game of all time. Nothing is better than seeing your characters grapple and slamming the buttons as fast as you could! It was one of those games you could tell people were playing from across the bowling alley just from the sound of all the button-slapping.

@canadairishguy

Жыл бұрын

Punch, punch, back up to dodge the return punch. Move in for the third punch then special move. Wash, rinse, repeat. Once you learned this, you mastered the game. In spite of this, I played anyways cause it was fun. All the wrestler selection.

Blueprint was an early game from Tim and Chris Stamper who went on to become the founders of Rare (Goldeneye, Donkey Kong Country etc..). Before that they were Ultimate, who are probably most recognised as a top UK home computer developer of the early 80's.

The one game I always looked for in the arcades was Crazy Climber. The dual stick set up for each side of the body was very different.

Three Wonders always gets overlooked. Solid game.

@theusher2893

4 жыл бұрын

Word.

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

Love that one! Have it on my Capcom collection for PSP

@bankbank

4 жыл бұрын

not overlooked at all

@jal051

4 ай бұрын

I agree. I think it's because the machine had 3 games and they don't know how to categorize it.

I watch the old Starcade game show and see my old favorite games that are no longer around. Man I do miss old arcades.

@michaelfitzsimmons8393

9 күн бұрын

I remember that too. It broadcasted from San Francisco, only 30 minutes away from where I grew up. I so wanted to be on that show. Used to watch it every weekday afternoon after school on WTBS.

The video rental store around the corner from my house, had Saturday Night Slammasters (which me and all my friends got together and played Friday & Saturday Nights) & Quartet, which I spent more quarters on then I can count; & thanks to your channel (in a different video)helped to remember the name of it after 20yrs! We also had a bigger arcade at our local mall, where Centipede, my all time favorite arcade game, kept my high score before it finally shut down.

I’m loving these retrospective videos John.

Finally! Someone remembers Devil World. I've been trying to remember the name of that game for so long. It's one of those forgotten games that I actually loved playing. The thing is, no one ever knew what I was talking about when I'd bring it up. Now that I've done a Google search, I think it may have been called Dark Adventure when I played it, but still the same game.

Thanks Big JR some classics there i had totally forgotten about!

Fantastic list. I actually modded a vertical screen Arcade1Up recently and was having trouble separating the wheat from the chaff since the image I used had so many roms. I was more of a 90's arcade guy, so I knew about the classics, like Galaga and Donkey Kong, but never knew about stuff like Guzzler, Roc'n Rope, and Congo Bongo. Those are all on my vertical cab, so I'm definitely going to check them out now.

Hey John. I'm loving this Must Play series that you've started. Tons of fun games that don't always come to mind, and some I've never heard of. It's making me want to go play them.

This is what I love about your channel. I'm building a cabinet and will definitely be playing a lot of these! I love your underrated game videos

Your video is right on time John! Made my own 2 player bartop arcade. Took me some time but now it's ready I can check most of these games out! Where I live, there were no arcades but I can remember the Bubble Bobble arcade game at the local fastfood joint. Really loved it.

I think i've spent so much money in wrestlefest as kid that i could have bought one.

@jasonbuckenberger3122

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

haha, I'm with you. Earthquake solo, but my tag team was always Jack Roberts and Mr. Perfect.

@TheBoz87

4 жыл бұрын

I was always a Dibiasi and Warrior tag team guy. I’m curious as to how Retromania is going to be since it’s a spiritual successor to it.

@theflyingninja1

4 жыл бұрын

Loved it, but I was always pretty gutted my boy Ravishing Rick Rude wasnt in it.

@nayyarrashid4661

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnRiggs there was one guy playing it in an arcade and during the final match against Legion of Doom inserted another quarter and selected them and carried on his playthrough with them. Legion of Doom made the game seem pretty easy. It was one of the best wrestling game back then and even now.

Enjoyed the video...wow didn't know Rush Attack had a sequel...

Quartet is a game that I've been trying to remember the name of FOREVER! Thank you so much for this video.

@the_bogeyman.

2 ай бұрын

Same here. It took me decades to find out the name.

Great list, glad someone else remembers games like Blueprint, Quartet, and Roc'n Rope! Crime Fighters is excellent, seems to get overlooked when talking about beat em ups. Hadn't heard of Devil World. Thanks for sharing!

They never showed up in arcades near me, but I played the hell out of the Atari 2600 ports of Kangaroo, Crystal Castles and Roc N Rope. I remember playing Guzzler once in Florida in 81/82 - I was there on vacation with my grandparents, and there was some remote gift store/alligator farm that actually had that inside. The wide range of establishments where you could find arcade games in the '80s was nuts.

This is a really good video! I played a lot of Kangaroo and Jungle Hunt in arcades as a kid. There was also a Jungle Hunt in a Ground Round restaurant we used to go to many years ago. I still play them on the 2600 and ColecoVision. APB I have on Midway Arcade Treasures 2 for PS2. That's a tough game.

Great video. The sound effects are like a time machine, that take you back in time, being a teenager having an awesome time.

Cool video. I have played a few of the games on your list, but thank you so much for including A.P.B. I used to love playing that game, it had a unique feel to it.

GREAT video man! Wonderful trip down memory lane ... God, I hadn't thought of Congo Bongo or Jungle King in decades!! Lol Between Congo Bongo and Ikari Warriors, I'm pretty sure I paid the rent a couple months for Straw Hat Pizza in Spokane Valley. LOVED WWF Wrestle fest too!! Outstanding work sir!

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

I love the name Straw Hat Pizza. We didn't have one in Yakima.

One thing younger folks will never understand is how gritty a lot of arcades were. You could buy alcohol in some states at 18 until 1984 and they didn't even enforce that. Arcades were filled with cigarette smoke and drunk teenagers. Being in a busy arcade at night at 8 or 10 years old felt so awesome (and maybe a little scary, I was from the suburbs).

Great video. Glad you mentioned Crystal Castles I love it so much.

Great list Riggs😁 Can't wait for the next video, I love this series.Smash TV was one of my go to games back in the day.

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

love those twin stick shooters.

Good list. Nice to see Wild West C.O.W Boys of Moo Mesa and Crime Fighters get some love. I played the hell out of WWF Wrestlefest too, whenever I could find it.

I spent so many quarters playing great games like Bubble Bobble, Gauntlet, Black Tiger, Magic Sword and Rastan. The arcade I went to had Rastan on really loud. The music was epic.

WrestleFest was my favorite Arcade game growing up. Definitely dumped a lot of quarters into that one.

@richard7645

2 жыл бұрын

Sure did brah 🤜

Hey thank you for all you do for the retro community !!!! Your vids are always playing in my store!!!!!

Great video. Brought back many great memories. Just subscribed. 😁

i loved Kangaroo! I was so stoked that my sister bought me this game for my Atari 5200!!!

@chefjrmz

3 жыл бұрын

I had it for mine too! Loved it. Unfortunately I also had Congo Bongo on my 5200 as well. To this day one of my most hated games. So glitched.

Thanks for including Reactor! My local arcade also had this game cranked. This game had great sound effects esp. the bonus chamber bouncing noises and the reactor shinking noise, so cool.

The pacing of the video and your comments is great! Much better than the other videos that play the games too long and don't have anyone speaking.

Awesome arcade games! I’m hoping most of these are on My Pandora’s Box 12 Arcade stick plug n play coming soon :) Awesome video!

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

Many of these (if not all) are on mine so we'll hope so! Along with 52 varieties of King of Fighters and Street Fighter :)

Thank you so much for doing this video. I've always liked going down the arcade and I've always liked arcade games. Some really good games in this video.

You have some great classic games on here! Nice video!

KANGAROO!!!!! WRESTLEFEST!!!! 👍👍 Oh man ... I just got transported back to being a kid for a few minutes watching this ... thanks for the nostalgia ... and now I HAVE to find versions to play on an emulator.

Very good list. Good to see APB get some love! One of my favorite lesser known games is Lucky and Wild.

Love these reviews. Wish it was longer. Thanks for sharing.

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

20 is plenty of games at one time, but there'll be a part two sometime.

@jeff15

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnRiggs it's what i meant. I want more series. Can't wait. Long live John Riggs !!!!!!

I have not seen (or heard of) many of the arcade games on the list, but they look really cool. Thank you for the video.

Thanks for this list. I'm always looking for good lesser known arcade games!

Thanks for a great list of games I've never played before! My favourite is definetely Cowboys of Moo Mesa, absolutely love it!!!

Awesome video! Oh the memories... many of these are on my list as well.

Thanks for bumping this Riggs. Missed it when it came out. I'm in your age group and going to those dark, smoke filled arcades of the 80's was the best. I became a pro at Karate Champ and Time Pilot at the corner store as well! My school lunch money went right into the cabinets! Good times and good memories.

Thank you for covering Blueprint! I played that once about 30 years ago, and it's one of those games I'd love to see on something like the Switch again!

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

Totally!

Reactor was in the Arcade?!?!?! I had that game for my Atari and, for something so simple, it was very addictive!

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

It was! Trackball game if I remember. I had it for Atari 2600, too.

@bland9876

2 жыл бұрын

Jungle Hunt was an arcade game? I always see that game mentioned as a 2600 game.

Oh man you just took me back! I loved APB as a kid. Probably only got to play it a handful of times but I remember it...so unique!

Excellent video!!! I really miss arcades.

I use to loooove The Real Ghostbusters arcade machine at my local Bullwinkles. So happy you mentioned it!

You have some good ones here dude. I spent a lot of time in Funspot growing up, which has most of these. Roc'n Rope is one where I always remembered playing it, but could never recall the name, so thanks for that!

Thanks for the Congo Bongo discovery. I never knew about this one. Awesome

Thanks for the video. Totally hadn't thought about Cowboys of Moo Mesa since it was on TV when I was a kid. Wow, memories. Had no idea that it was an arcade game also.

Boogie Wings is a good one that most people don't know about.

I really do miss arcade games being just everywhere. From our Straw Hat Pizza where we played Crystal Castles and Cloak n' Dagger (where the movie was derived), A&W Restaurant with Phoenix, 7-Eleven where we had Gyruss, Elevator Action and Donkey Kong 3 to our local Safeway which had a Jungle Hunt. The 80s were really one of the best decades to be alive!

You are the only other person outside of my friends from grade school that Ive seen mention Mr. Dos Wild Ride! My local grocery store in the mid-late 80s had this cabinet. The only time Ive ever seen it. I loved this game and the nostalgia it brings back from those days is crazy. I know I sunk well over $100 worth of quarters into it over a few years as a kid. I was addicted.

@richardadams4928

3 ай бұрын

My favorite Do game is Do Run Run. The little clown had staying power!

Bag Man was a arcade game that I played a lot when I was a kid. Very simple concept but it was tough as nails. Nice list brutha

Oh John, you just wing me back to my childhood. Loved all the Mr. Do! games, although the original was still my jam. Roc'n'Rope.... you played this too? Way too much fun! Yet more reasons why the 80's were amazing!

Crime Fighters!!!! Thank you! I’ve been trying to remember the name of that game forever! It was at the pizzeria when I was a kid, and I’ve never seen it anywhere else since

Thanks for this, i think a part 2 is needed

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

With thousands of arcade games, there will be.

Fantastic, not played Hook or MJ Moonwalker before, just completed them both, great video!

Great selection. Some new ones for me to try out. Thanks.

I've been looking for some good arcade games. Thanks for the list

APB takes me back, apparently I had totally blocked it from my mind. I remember playing it late at night in a downtown Seattle arcade. Thanks for the memory jostling! Happy Holidays ☃️ Riggs family

Arcade Games Featured: Willow G.I. Joe Blue Print Cowboys of Moo Mesa A.P.B. Quartet Crime Fighters Congo Bongo Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Roc'n Rope Mr. Do's Wild Ride Devil World Guzzler The Real Ghostbusters Jungle Hunt / Jungle King Missing in Action (M.I.A.) Kangaroo WWF WrestleFest Crystal Castles Reactor Games Featured in the Opening: Dragon Breed Bag Man Haunted Castle Hook Kickle Cubical Domino Man Journey Assault

@8ByteBrian

4 жыл бұрын

John thank you so much for this video! Your video helped me to remember playing an arcade game I loved at my local rental store back in the 90's, Quartet! I had been unable to find anything about that game & I couldn't remember the name of it or even a picture trying to figure out what the heck it was called & it drove me crazy for years to remember it! You are the man!

@AndroidFerret

4 жыл бұрын

I thought Willow was available on SNES

@dajuanmenzies1292

3 жыл бұрын

Bucky O'Hare was dope too and dungeons and dragons.

@DrWho2008t101

3 жыл бұрын

I remembered this as if it was yesterday. Thanks for the video!

@RedceLL1978

2 жыл бұрын

Solomon's Key. Not on the list but one of the best.

Awesome list dude

OMG John you took me waaaaay back with several of this titles another of mine was Rocky & Pocky…thanks for this video

Good channel, thanks for the recommendations!

holy moly! I completely forgot about Quartet but then when I saw it I was immediately brought back to my childhood! THANK YOU!!!!!

I just noticed you flew past 100k subscribers, keep up the good work

Riggs u the man, thanks this vid is awesome

@John Riggs Really cool video John! Some of these Arcade games I never really heard of! ( And I think I'm around your Age.) Some of my favorites are Discs of Tron, T2, RoboCop, CyberSled, and Tournament Cyberball 2072. It's Robot football and the ball is a Bomb!

Qix, Aerosmith Revolution X, Mappy, Pooyan, Pengo, the list goes on and on. Love the video so many games from so long ago. :)

I’m really glad you covered Devil World aka Dark Adventure. A lot of people don’t know about that game. I used to play it a lot back in the day.

THANK YOU! I've been trying to remember Quartet's name. I played the game so much.

Nice to see Congo bongo get some love. I like that game so much it is my keyring

Such a beautiful era…. Such charming and gorgeous visuals!

Oooohh yes! The arcade game room was one passionate past time for me! The smell emitting from those machines was pure bliss! I also loved playing the non-mainstream games: Crazy Climber, Bump n' Jump, Space Firebird, Bara Duke, Looping, and Tutankham!

@bansheebot2

2 жыл бұрын

Bump n Jump was fantastic...

Oh I love your Pac-Man cereal poster that’s awesome!! I actually remember eating it and loving it.

Some really unusual ones in this selection which was really refreshing 👍

YES! The Willow arcade game was fantastic. Could never beat i think the 3rd stage though :(

@jonathanjollimore7156

2 жыл бұрын

Yea that was a favor of mine I found it after I saw the movie

Thank you for the cowboys of moo mesa nod. My friends and I still talk about it to this day. It was at Fuddruckers in Fargo ND when I was a kid. Sadly both are gone now

@leefischer5814

4 жыл бұрын

Just be thankful you got to experience that man, it was slim pickins getting someone who was headed towards Jamestown, ND for me to play the paltry few games they had and I remember those 80 mile round trips fondly😁

Some really interesting relics in this. I played several of these as a kid, but there were several here I'd never even heard of. Always fun to learn of the more obscure stuff that's still worth playing today.

So many treasures forgotten over the years. When I think of all the arcade game art and music assets and gaming concepts that didn't get their due (even in their day) and remain obscure, largely forgotten, it makes me a bit sad. Glad we have content like this to remind us. NICE

Had cowboys of moo Mesa at pizzahut, love that game.

Great video sir. Always played Moonwalker and Aliens when I went to the Merrit square mall or was it Melbourne square mall? Both in central Florida. Shitholes now. I loved Hyperdyne Sidearms at the youth center at Patrick airforce base. I could beat that game by myself with 1 quarter no deaths. Did it every day for a month I think. Think I was 12 years old. 42 now. So much fun. Now I drive myself nuts going for platinums on PlayStation 3 and 4. Insane. I love video games. Be safe and I love your videos.

Great vid 🤟🤟🤟 My fav arcade games were def 1: Double Dragon 2: P.O.W 3: Twin Cobra 4: Elevator Action 5: Xain'd Sleena 6: Mr Kunio 7: Time Pilot 8: Yie Ar Kungfu 9: Circus Charlie 10: Gladiator 11: Rygar

Thanks for the great vid. Me I miss playing tutankham and Arabian in the arcade back in the day.

Nice vid. Lot of titles here that I never saw in UK arcades - but I did have the port of Quartet on the ZX Spectrum.

Nice. An old one I love is Xevious. I love the crystal clear sound/music and the will toward 3D with the 'rotating' sprites, like the spinning dark rectangles that ping when you shoot them. They look polygonal but I'm pretty sure they are completely 2D. Also the doppler sound of the bombs making the ground seem to be in the distance.

@bland9876

2 жыл бұрын

Xevious had music? that one is even cooler on the ds cuz you can see some hints on the bottom screen. When popping in a Namco disc i always preferred the one were you play as a blue dragon dropping fireballs on the enemies below you. I think that game was called dragon spirit but I could be wrong.

OMG, APB, I loved that game so much, played it a ton in the arcades back in the day. It's one of those games that is difficult to play well today and feel right due to the controls.

@JohnRiggs

4 жыл бұрын

I loved the murmmered voice.

Willow is one of my favorite arcade games, I don't hear people talk about it almost at all. I have a copy on my Pandora's Box along with the Cow Boys of Moo Messa you mentioned, which is also great. For me others I'd include are Black Tiger, 3 Wonderers, Combatribes, Off Road, Super Qix, and the arcade version of Tetris by Atari

My childhood dog was named Montana after Moo Montana... Loved Cowboys of the Moo-mesa... 😁

HOLY CRAP COBOYS OF MOO MESA!!!! Looooooooved the show and the arcade game! I think I only ever ran into the arcade game once, but it was at a Circus Pizza for a birthday party and I played a LOT of it that night!

Wow, I'm glad I watched this, I totally forgot half of these.