My favorite part was at 03:03:12 when you accurately predict the future. You described John and Jay's Arcade almost to the t. Congratulations. Love the channel.

I guess your setup and selection of arcade games at that moment in time was the best you ever achieved. And that was the john i liked (enthusiastic, passionate, dedicated...). Good old times :=)

I played arcade games like crazy in the 80's. But I don't remember ever seeing some of these ganes like Major Havoc, Zoo Keeper, and Journey. I have 2 Mame arcade games in my basement, and now I know how to play these rare games. Thanks John!

Great job Jon in 2014. Your interest in this hobby,your knowledge,and willingness to share, reflects back to us,the viewers. Thats why WE keep coming back to watch your vids...I think 2015 can be even bigger...Awesome ,Awesome job "Long Live Arcades"

Wow, I just watched it all on my tv! Awesome, thanks for the great videos, John. I really enjoy the repairs, restores, arcade walk thrus (like this one) & the on the road vids. Keep up the awesomeness and happy 2015.

Thank you for all the awesome content John! I loved this video and it was a great way to pass 3+ hours while I'm off work! Keep up the great work!

I love seeing all the PSAs that these old machines have. Winners Don't Do Drugs is still a big part of my childhood due to all the Capcom games I played.

Thanks so much for this video! I really appreciate the indepth look and stories about each cabinet, dont worry about the video length, its quite enjoyable to watch!

Hey John, this is about my 3rd viewing of this video. Thanks for all you do for the hobby. I've been wanting to get into it for several years. Thanks to what you have shown/taught me over the past couple of years, 2016 will be the year I officially get into this hobby. Take care and hope you never loose your love for this. I know you have been stressed lately with all the changes in your life(VGO/AO/your dog). Be sure to take time for yourself. While we love your videos we don't want you to get burned out. Again, thanks for all you do & share with us.

Love the videos John! Great job on this one! I got a lot of laundry done during this one! I love your attention to detail over the history of the designers and their contributions. It's nice they get some credit for what they did.

I watched the lot and found it all fascinating. Once of the best KZread videos I've ever watched!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

John, I can't think of a better way to wrap up John's Arcade 2014 than what you did with this video. There were a lot of times where you mentioned "I've answered this before" but a lot of us missed some of the older videos and this was the perfect time to address those thoughts and refresh the memories of the more forgetful. I really love this video, it brought me up to speed and I feel like I got to experience a little behind the scenes. Great work, keep it up!

Love your videos and work thank you from Cardiff Wales Uk. Your videos really awaken loads of nostalgia from when i was kid.

I really really enjoyed this vid John! Watched it in two parts and enjoyed every minute of it. You are doing such a great job of capturing the love for the arcade classics and bringing it to the big public. Keep it up in 2015 and I'm sure your channel will grow even further then in 2014. Wishing you and your family all the best for the New Year.

Great video john. My favorite so far. I gave had to watch it in segments, but enjoyed it all the way

We are ending the year together Johny boy ! Thanks so much for sharing so much of your work and your passion for them beloved arcade Video games

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, dude! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Congrats on all of your success. I enjoy all of your videos. The quality is excellent and you are always looking to improve. I am glad that you have decided to put yourself in front of the camera this year. Keep up the good work and I can't wait to see what is next.

Just finished watching this (we watched it in two parts over new year)..i discovered your channel this year and i really enjoy watching... Hope you have a great 2015 !!...you mentioned you would like to open your own bar arcade , that would be AWESOME and really something to watch. Best wishes for 2015!!

Wow nine years ago. Been great watching the evolution of the arcade. Hope you are well and still enjoying the hobby.

WOW - What a Video over 3 hrs of Arcade Goodness!!!! Great Work BLKDOG!!!

Hey John!! Thanks for reading my viewer mail a few videos back!! I was impressed with your "Parts Department" all of your extra PCB's etc.

Great stuff, as usual. Looking forward to all the 2015 builds!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

John Victor Thanks, John! Me too! Can't wait to get to the garage in the spring!

Awesome video. I always wanted to try Heady Topper. Cheers thanks for the videos!

over 3 hours of fun :) yes i watched it till the end. love your work. greetings from germany :)

36:59 "Theres a girl frog right here, she gets on your back and you can take her to the home to get a little bonus" 😎👍😉😉

Great vid! I actually watched it all. I always love the campground paperboy story...crazy. Congrats on the million views! Well earned! Pass the popcorn!!!

Waiting all day for John's video... BAM! 3 hour video :D thank you for a great year!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching! Happy New Year!

First video of yours I watched, and watched it all the way to the end. (In a couple sit-downs.) Informative and fun! Good work.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Stefan!

Love your videos John. Hope you can make more at some point ❤

I watched from start to finish lol Nice man love your channel!!

I really appreciate your videos John. I watched the complete journey arcade series. It kinda helped me out to finish my name cabinet that I've been building for over some years. I didn't know how to approach the painting of the cab. That journey series helped me a lot, and my cab is almost done. Waiting to put some legs levelers. I'm a big fan of all your videos. I'm watching from Dominican Republic. Thanks for all the great videos, looking forward to the next year and your future projects. I watched this 3 hours video in its entirely, and there's no waste in it.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks tons! Glad you liked it.

Thank you John! Wish you and your family a good and healthy new year with lots of arcade gaming of course... :-)

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

You too, Mario! Happy New Year!!!

Wowww took my 5 days to watch the entire 3 hours video ;-) but it was worth it. Nothing better than coming home after work and watch John's arcade video. I love the tour, and each game review. Well done !!! Happy new year John wishing you the best !!!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

arcadefever Thanks, pal! HAPPY NEW YEAR

John, Happy New Year I am personally proud to have contributed to your 2014 success, and look forward to your continued growth in the future. Really enjoyed seeing all of your collection and the story behind each. Keep up the great work...

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Salomone Thanks tons, Michael! Truly appreciate it. TONS.

Thankyou John.....This video is great. Mad Planets is one of my all time favourite games ..i love the dial and joystick control scheme. Happy new year !

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Stuart Sumner Yeah... seriously. Mad Planets frickin' RULES.

Great video John. Sat down and watched it in one sitting. You are going all out this Christmas with the videos. Have a great New Year and time with the family.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

gingertom64 Thanks, tom! :)

Watched every minute and loved it Great 2014 vids can't wait to see what 2015 brings

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Steve! Thanks for watching!

Happy new year John! Thanks for the great videos!

i think that your videos are special, cause they are so long. most of your videos are at least an hour long and i love watching all of them =) congrats on the 2 million views and happy new year john ^_^

john only wobbles the table to make the viewers nervous :)

Congrats on all your success John it's well deserved.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, pal! :)

Terrific video, as always, thanks! I played Mario Bros and Zoo Keeper in the summer of 1983 when my family was visiting my grandparents in Chicago. I also played Wacko. . I'm from Long Island, NY.

The best arcade channel on KZread by far. Here's to another great year of John and his arcade!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Matt Manning Thanks, Matt! Truly appreciate it!

I watched it all. :D And enjoyed every second of it, looking forward to what the next year brings and an early Happy New Year back to you john. :).

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year, Leighton!! Thanks for watching!

Awesome been looking forward to this, 3 hours, Woohoo! Thanks!

Hi John your videos just get better and better, nice variety, keep them coming

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Gary!

Awesome video, love it so far!!!

love your restore vids the most

Great Job Brother. One of the best youtube game related videos I have seen in years, you will be the next big thing soon and have inspired me (I watch all the major channels you're one of the best). Cheers brother even though this was last year, having a drink now at the end! haha. Take care from Canada!

Great job with the review. I watched it in pieces.

I'm about an hour in, every game is your favorite haha. Great collection though. I'm learning a lot about these arcades just from what you're saying, you've really learned about each game.

I watched it in about 4 to 5 parts to finish it! Whoa! Good stuff!

Phew, watched the whole thing, tidied and organized my entire gameroom while it was on :) Re: the lcd monitors at the end, I agree with you completely but mame does have some great effects in it now that emulate the curvature, scanlines, glow, colours bleeding etc, you can make games look really nice. Still not a replacement for an arcade monitor but it's a million times better than the flat plain lcd look.

Finished the whole video. Waaay too short. ;-) What a year. Thanks for all videos & hard work, John.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

hahahah! Way too short? Thanks for watching.

Have a great New Year John - looking forward to the next video - cheers

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Wolfgang! Happy New Year!

Loved the Video John, Can not wait to see more of your videos in 2015. :D :D :D

Thanks john for all the entertainment this year buddy!This ain't a video this is a movie.lol

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks, Franco!

I remember the spectator monitor above the Donkey Kong in my hometown arcade when I was a child. Those Nintendo games really benefited from them! (That and the 10 coin slots to claim your space in line) :)

Love the year end video, I stream it on my HDTV and love to hear the backstory on the games

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Brian! Glad you liked it. :)

Great work over all. I was in Vegas a while back and went to the Pinball hall of fame, I never would have known about it, had it not been for your video. Suggestions for popcorn topping other than butter and salt; Hot sauce, honey, brown sugar.

Watched every second of any video you make don't mind if every one you out out was 3 hours long ... after I get home from work I lay down relax and watch you vids. Since I was a kid I wanted to own my own arcade. Now iam looking to collect and restore games the only problem is I live in Brooklyn and search on Craigslist and find nothing.. I check ebay but the price to ship Is ridiculous. . Hopefully one day I can find one .. thanks John for all you hard work keep it up!!

Thanks for the video man, love the channel!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Crispy Thanks, Crispy! Means much. :)

Just watched full video while working out how I fit my arcade cabinets into my small garage/basement/utilityroom/arcade. Rolling around these small papercuts around my floorplan :D It´s 4am but I´m not even tired.

I really liked this video . And I enjoyed watching you playing the games along with talking about them . Haven't seen some of these games since I was kid . been watching your videos for while and I just subed . Can't wait to see your end of year 2015 :) and yes I watched all 3 hours lol

Fantastic vid john It took my a couple of evenings but it was well worth it. I loved the walk round reviews Your the no1 Arcadian 😎👍

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Nintendo Arcade Thanks, Alex! :)

Hey John take some love from Portugal have a great year you and your family PS: keep up with the big vids never get bored with John´s Arcade

John you having a Blondie album cover on your stair-case wall just like upped my respect for you, You're a good man.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

***** Dude, Blondie was bad ass back in the day! Good shit.

What? No Space Invaders, Wizard of War, or Phoenix? Ah well, you can't have everything, you have pretty much everything else! The fact that you have Dragon's Lair is beyond impressive. Your basement would have been heaven for me and my friends back in the 80's!

Thank you for mentioning the arcade sign that you got at Hobby Lobby. It looks pretty cool. I went by my local Hobby Lobby yesterday and got the last one. Everyone else in town that watches your videos must have already come by and got the rest of them. The sign is "$35" but of course they are always having 50% off sales.

Cat eating out a... LOL! These videos motivate me to repair & fix stuff John, cheers for that mate, quality channel - one of my favorites!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bimmy! Appreciate it! :)

your videos are great , big hug , happy 2015 !!!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year, bro!

I just found your channel in the last month or so. I would say these super long year end videos are great. I've watched 10 or 15 of your other videos for different reasons. I've been wondering what all you had in your arcade as well as your personal story about why you wanted these games, what you did to them, the value/rarity of them, past memories, etc. etc. but didn't feel like peeling through your channel to try to piece all that together. This year end video did all that, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and YES I made it to the end. By the way, I'll actually be clicking subscribe after I post this comment, so you can credit this video for making that finally happen. ;) Thanks John and keep doing what you're doing!

@Johnsarcade

8 жыл бұрын

+Geplus Logger Awesome! Thanks so much for watching. Glad you liked it. :) And... thanks for subscribing. :)

@mitchellpayne3674

8 жыл бұрын

You bet! :)

I Am in love with your Popcorn maker it's super cute.

Awesome video John and Happy New Year buddy!! Keep up the good work!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!!! :)

Nice john! Watching from my home arcade in Indiana! Still and hour and a half to go!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Awesome! ENJOY!

I'm very jealous of your man cave John, all three hours of it! Love it mate; happy New Year. :)

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

MagikGimp Thanks, Gimp! But it's not a man cave. :) It's an arcade.

@MagikGimp

9 жыл бұрын

John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech A Mancade then? ;)

Your year end reviews are always a good time, can't wait for that next Donkey Kong Video too.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think the next vid will be a DK vid! :)

@acomicbooklook

9 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, I'm playing it myself on mame quite a bit, I just broke 100k.(which is huge to me).

Love the channel! I've been watching for a while and just got my email for the tshirts! Can't wait to get one...... Cheers John!

Watched in one go, I feel like I've OD'd on your videos now :) - Great fun though an love your videos.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

***** Sorry. :)

lovin' all the mountain dew cans that keep materializing and dematerializing. Lol

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Ha! I probably drank a six-pack filming this video.

@starfox522

7 жыл бұрын

That some arcade you got there john

That's a sick setup you have man. Kudos!

hy john i wish you a happy new year 2015 and all the best for you and your family

Love the show, the podcast, and mostly the games! I only have one cabinet of my own so far, a 4 slot Neo Geo mvs , but totally want more. The repair tips are always appreciated. Keep it up and fuck the haters!

Gyruss hidden away in the corner..... oh the humanity lol :) But yeah, I'd have that cab out and in full view because its just awesome. Love the Outrun upright also. Again, pity its in the corner. Dont know if I've ever mentioned, but I do watch all your vids from start to finish, however it can take me a few days just to get through one episode, like this one for instance :)

Nice one John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech, watched that all in one sitting, never apologise for lengthy vids... You need a John finishes Outrun series now too... ;) Keep it up mate...

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

PantherUK Thanks, Panther! I can't seem to finish that stupid game! :)

Am I reading the time right? Over three hours?!? Can't wait to watch!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Sadly, this is true. :) It's a long ass vid.

The Summer Olympics were hosted by Los Angeles in 1984, actually the only one I know for sure when and where it took place. :) Thank you John for this awesome and educational tour!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Retro Phaeax Thanks for clarifying! I thought it was '84. Seems like all those Olympic games came out around then, no?

@RetroPhaeax

9 жыл бұрын

John's Arcade Game Reviews & Tech Yes, those classics like Decathlon, Micro Olympics, Track & Field and Summer Games on the Commodore 64, all released in 1984. Oh, btw do you have any plans on letting your Dragons Lair be accompanied by an Space Ace cabinet? As a kid when I saw Space Ace being displayed for the first time, it totally blew my mind... :)

hi John thanks for your feed back the CRT looks grate it did at ferst have a LCD in it but with the CRT the games look better on it on am glad i went with the CRT :-)

Love ya John !

I Work at a movie theater and Pro Tip on the popcorn, put the salt in with the popcorn kernels in the kettle and try swapping the places of your seasoning and that oil.

Happy new year, john! Greetings from belgium!

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Bert Claes Happy New Year, Bert!!!!

Another awesome video. Yes I watched all 3 hours lol.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

SongahmWarrior Thanks bro! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

You've got a great collection man. I'm a crazy beer drinker and I've never heard of or seen that.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Google it! It's a big deal.

Arcade and pinball: perfect combination!

Hey John thanks for the shout out. Happy New Year

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Mos' Def', bro! Thanks for the beer!! Heady Topper rules!!

@DTRBrewery

9 жыл бұрын

It is good but I would rather a bottle of Cantion Iris or Rose

Good stuff! Watched in completion! This video is longer than The Hobbit lol. Happy new year, dude; can't wait for next years projects.

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was longer than the Hobbit and I made it for about 40 million dollars less. :)

I like the hidden Tetris in the Street Fighter II cab, haha!

3 hour video? No thnx john i had for this year Happy new year buddy

@Johnsarcade

9 жыл бұрын

Wha!??! You don't like? :)

I actually watched this from beginning to end. Watched an hour last night and just finished it now. I am 23 years old and I'd love to open a Barcade myself. You seriously consider doing it let me know. I'll invest in it with you. We could be the next big thing!

Nice arcade saloon, you have a very good colecction. I'm a arcade machine entusiast, and im building an arcade saloon at home. Greetings from Chile!