Early 1980s Video Arcade Games

[Fma42081]

funny thing is lily tomlin was kidding where as people like Jack Thompson are just a Joke

[Nikkodemis]

2:22

Funny to hear someone say that they wanted the kids to all get together to hang out. Now they jump on their Iphones and pretend to play together and never leave the house.

[cazzogiapponese]

wow i luv 80s

[Nabelnoir]

Tangerine Dream music at 3:14. Title is Burning Bar from the Thief Soundtrack.

[efrem1]

Prepare to Joust--buzzard bait. I just love 80s video games.

[oobiedoob]

"DOES ANYONE DARE CHALLENGE MY IMPERIAL FLEET?" what's that vector game? The voice is as good as SINISTAR

[DropPodFullOfPonies]

@oobiedoob - Space Fury.

[LanIost]

I have no idea this is where that Bill Murray outtakes thing was from...

[Those2menoverthere]

Pacm............ Crysis.

[nibelung34343]

@kptn6 cobra command

[RingsFreedom]

I like playing Call of Duty a lot when im winning sometimes. Modern Warfare 2 and Blackops. I'm really excited for Modern Warfare 3 this November.

[kitchenfromhell]

PacmaN ate about 93 of my quarters, that long took it to get to level 14

[DJCandyManMike]

What was the game Jay Fenton was working on where he was "making his own sound effects"?

[markydkiehl]

@DJCandyManMike that was a prototype for a game that was never developed...Ms. Gorf...seriously.

[DJCandyManMike]

@markydkiehl

I do see it now, but what different gameplay! It looks like Robotron with Gorfs.

[KittyPawSlap]

I wish i was there in the 1980s!

[w800user]

that guy does some awesome retro sound effects lol

[UnicornBukkake]

"In one sense, we are trying to create an addictive device. It's like we are trying to invent drugs or something. It's a very a delicate balance between letting them play forever and just stealing their quarters and kicking them off as quickly as possible."

(Remember, it all starts with a harmless quarter, but it can turn to tragedy, *Snap*, just like that.)

[WebVMan]

Great way to promote video games. It's a stimulant...

[WebVMan]

I still don't have a talking calculator and it's 2011.

[smithrs]

I don't think we'll ever see Lily Tomlin do a humorous video clip about Minecraft. And therein lies all the difference between 1981 and 2011.

[pav777tube]

Bill Murray appeared randomly on tv back then

[parixion]

those days I use to spend 50$ every night minimum in those game rooms

[thedarthflagger]

lilly was actually good looking then.

[gjc82071]

Hello all! Fellow vintage/retro gaming lover here. I am looking for other retro gamers interested in doing some retro gaming online, via Kaillera client. I love MAME, Atari (all 8-bit) Intellivision, MSX, S/NES, etc. I am flexible & open to most gaming genres, but I prefer games that offer 2 player team/simultaneous & co-op play. Anybody who's interested, please feel free to let me know. We can set something up & do a little retro gaming! :-)

[MorreskiBear]

I've been saying it wrong. It's a Sony Walk - Man.

[ArcadeGames]

That PacMan cabinet is all painted black, what a shame...

[camaros65]

Are you a KKK member you nazi? FREAK!

[wolfmanagr]

Lily Tomlin!!!!!! i  <3 her!!!

[TGazzaB]

"hi im lilly tomlin, im a pacman freek...."............ lmao

glad i was born just after these came out lol

[xstatikal]

trying to invent drugs......isn't this about the same time crack came out too?

[tslamm]

Helicopter game with loot......Super Cobra

[thadrazdow]

what happened to the sound?

[dclefevre]

I've never seen that game the developer was playing, but the characters he is fighting are GORF aliens... weird.

[apk1215]

Hmmmm. Haven't seen a dark arcade in a long,long time. Bad behavior in the arcades caused the arcade owners to add regular lighting.

[douro20]

The Bally/Midway developer interviewed here had a sex change surgery back in 1998...gross...

[douro20]

I wish vector games would had caught on more.

[kinmanyuen]

hmmm I saw her starring in miami vice... one of the early series

[villasikten]

this is almost as good as todays battlefield bad company 2

[bazfanv2]

Its not SPORT. Its ENTERTAINMENT. 

[bazfanv2]

That is one ugly bitch

[quidnick]

guy at 2:45 probably had a heart attack when E.T. game was released...

[BassGoesBoom1]

where do the kids congregate nowdays?

the world lost alot when the arcades started going downhill

[T4rDKnoT666fun]

@BassGoesBoom1, outside gas stations waiting for the dealers to roll by.

[Torus202]

@BassGoesBoom1 Facebook, *_*

[Crazyblox]

1:32 "Its a sport... In alot of ways."

Hmmm 30 years later...

[BloodyBay]

Oh, god...why did they have to include the Atari 2600's version of Pac-Man in this clip? That's like taking a 50-pound drum full of human feces and setting it in the middle of a gorgeous Japanese rock garden! I swear, I love and miss the 80's as much as anyone my age, but everytime someone starts spouting off about how PERFECT the 80's were, I just remind them that the 2600's E.T., Pac-Man and Zaxxon games existed.

Yeah, I'm a bastard for pissing on people's parades like that.

[Torus202]

@BloodyBay Pac Man on 2600 was terrible, but the Sound effects were great. haha. Every TV show or Movie that showed someone playing a video game used those sounds for years. I remember seeing people playing Sega, Nintendo and even up to the first Playstation, but still hearing that Classic Atari 2600 Pac Man Noise.

Zaxxon, lol, I havent thought of that game since I broke it throwing it across the room.

[BloodyBay]

@Torus202 Well, I'll admit that the "pukyooup!" sound from eating one of the ghosts was amusing, but the music was a horrible disappointment to anyone who had ever played the arcade original. And I still vastly prefer the arcade's "wakka wakka" dot-eating sound to the 2600's "BONK!" noise.

As for Zaxxon, I apologize for dredging up bad memories like that. My bad. :(

[Torus202]

@BloodyBay I agree, Those stupid sounds were just burned into my mind. I ended up loving them against my will.

lol, np about Zaxxon. I broke many games and controllers. I finally calmed when I had to start paying for them myself.

[brycezimmer]

what is the game with the talking alein with one eye?

[jsuttonus]

@brycezimmer Space Fury

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

Jay Fenton must've been inspired by Michael Winslow.

[TechGeek16]

The game Jay Fenton is playing is Ms.Gorf!

[nibelung34343]

a girl arcade owner wow

my mom use to kick my ass at spaceinvaders

and i was and still am a pacman fiend id rather play pacman joust centipede than halo gta r call of duty

[nibelung34343]

a girl arcade owner wow

[oOcrazy95Oo]

my pc has more computing power than an arcade

[MrGrevy]

Hahah making fun of addictions is SO funny and classy.

[jacouber]

@MrGrevy it sure is funny!! cause people take it so seriously and then help push to pass laws that hassle us druggies who CAN handle an addiction.

[MrGrevy]

@jacouber Go take your methadone and leave me alone you degenerate.

[bladekiller990]

Please visit my site made for us who love the 80's! 80sfantasy.webs.com

[TKGB2006]

@bladekiller990 Your site needs more stuff.

[newkillergenius]

1:45 - Jay Fenton: Now a woman.

[masterman3178]

ive been an adict since the 89 and i never looked back................god i need a life i would gladly trade my wife for a life.

[Jorbz150]

I wish classic arcades were more common still.

[lordtalon69]

@Jorbz150

Oh man so glad to hear you say that. Kids today don't know what an arcade was. They either don't exist anymore or are places like gattiland [yuck, ticket games, dance revolution, dumbed down no voilence/shooting games].

Its the end of an era. Interest is great for gaming but no personal interaction. We had some killer arcades in louisville, ky in the early to mid 1990's.

[nibelung34343]

@lordtalon69 dance revolution is pretty fun and i like wii games id rather play ddr on wii or arcade than halo on xbox

[TimelordR]

Ah, what memories. Pity the Arcade has gone the way of the pay phone.

[Beardmania]

The kid at 2:16 what a douche bag!

[TheGanstaben]

2:23,the guy that was gaming looks a bit like luke skywalker

[Megaultraawesome99]

@TheGanstaben hell fucking no. lol.

[TheGanstaben]

@Megaultraawesome99 my first comment response!

[TheGanstaben]

why does lily tomlin sound likes shes reading a script

[jgwest1]

I'd bone Lily Tomlin. I don't care how old she is.

[TheGanstaben]

ha what game was at 1:30

[dharmaseed]

@TheGanstaben Wondering too...never seen that one.

[MAWUinvest]

OMG amazing.....the new drug is still making money!

[cookie123456789012]

My left ear hurts.

[sh0tl0l]

lol now is computers mmo freaks like me XP

[RalphHyre]

What kind of computer & keyboard is that at 2:00 in?

[sh0tl0l]

@RalphHyre this video was in the 80s i think look how far we've come since they flying cars coming soon

[htmldeity]

Odd piece of trivia...the game programmer in this clip (Jay Fenton) is a woman now. Look up Jamie Fenton on wikipedia.

[pele6922]

1:30=perfect 80s haircut----ears not visible! I'm burning pictures as I type...

[abbiesaurusrex]

And now it is . . . at home -- playing video games.

[MarijnStevens]

"we are trying to create an addictive device, true, like inventing a drug or something. " hahah I love it.

[varishnakov]

so what has this brought us? A bunch of shit games that try to be movies. I'm looking at you heavy rain and every other game now. Games used to have charm. They have nothing now. The graphics don't even look good. They are ugly and try to be realistic; the faces don't look right and CERTAINLY don't move right. And everyhting just has that bland, sterile 3d feel.

[WirzTube]

Check out the iPhone app 80s Arcade Games! It's in the Top 50 Entertainment apps!

[msmassdestruction]

No more congregating in the arcade.

[philiptwood]

Who's the vector brian with the one eye in 2:06? What arcade game is that.

[samidavisjr]

@philiptwood  Space Fury

[ProfessorIgor]

Space Fury... the infamous spontaneously combusting game !!

[weegerri1sm]

@ProfessorIgor

Indeed,  thanks to the ever reliable Electrohome G08 monitor! :P

[nibelung34343]

doctor i think i have pacman fever

doc: take 2 quatret to the arcade and call me in the morning

[Killscreen256]

Just before the great video game crash. "Where all the teenagers congregate." I hope history doesn't repeat itself.

[LostwithMichael]

Fuck these Days are over and i was there to see it....

I hate Consoles the Video Game soul is AT ARCADES

[bjsparntz]

Remember when Lily Tomlin was funny?

I don't.

[MiketheCabbie]

@bjsparntz Oh, I dunno.....she was pretty good in "I Heart Huckabees."

[andreo]

@bjsparntz I liked Lily Tomlin. Heck I used to have a thing for her. I guess I still may.

[uniteduniverse]

Great video. What is the name of the game with the one-eyed alien? I forget.

[jgwest1]

@uniteduniverse I think it's called "Space Fury" by Sega.

[TheGanstaben]

@jgwest1 it is,i remember playing it and i took a picture of the arcade console of it

and today its in a box

[kdj29]

I would like to find the episodes to this show. Or was this only a pilot? do you have the full show? I would like to buy or view the whole episode/ episodes.

[MediaBurnArchive]

The show was never completed, but a few versions of the demos and about 50 hours of footage shot for it are streaming on our website. Click the link in the video description on the right to go to the Media Burn Archive's website and search for "Wired In" to find the rest of the videos.

[Astrodude55]

@MediaBurnArchive Why was it never completed? Was it because of the Video Game Crash of '84?

[MediaBurnArchive]

@Astrodude55 It just didn't get picked by by any TV stations. They tried another pilot again in the mid-90s and were also unsuccessful. It's definitely really neat to see the footage now, nearly 30 years later.

[kdj29]

I would like to know what this wired in show was. I would like to see the whole show.

[SobmicSSBB]

What?

Older women, soccer moms and dads playing video games?

The arcade is owned by a GIRL?

That's preposterous! They're ruining my precious medium by dumbing it down and holding it back from being the art form it could truly be!

These people need to go away!

Also Bill Murray.

[80sOGRE]

and they did. the media networks have always had short attention spans and thickle way about them.

[seanncory]

What is the name of the video game where the talking cyclops alien at the 2:06mark asking to challenge his imperial fleet? I only seen this game once in the early 80's at Showbiz Pizza Place and haven't seen it since

[rabidowski]

That's Space Fury. It's known as either the first color vector game or first vector with speech... something like that.

[nibelung34343]

space fury

or major havok

[silicon212]

@seanncory It was called Space Fury. It had a monitor that had a propensity to fail in a thermally epic manner.

[dalerogstad]

I think blueclaydude500 should work on his writing skills a little more and play video games a little less.

[Nightmeare]

hahahah addict on PAc-man :)))

[KidsWithGuns1992]

ahhh yes, games. they are the best.

we've evolved so much over such a short period of time.

[blueclaydude500]

well its a matter of just not putting in money till your broke but now we have mame and nes,genesis,n64,etc emu's so we dont have to go buy older games or go play in a arcade i would like to own then tho like a segacdx rare or a nes top loader also rare a mame cabinet i have lots of older game's and i like them more but some new ones are fantastic like the half life games or most steam/valve games.

[kegs95]

why do people hate this soo much?

[sgtwhp]

why is the volume panned all to the left?

[bobbyChrismikeLou]

i can't wait for the new pac man on nintendo 9.K Xii

[turk1559]

back in the day they recorded in mono if your speaks are in stereo then it'll only be out of one speaker

[TheGanstaben]

@sgtwhp for me its panned to the right