Classic Video Games of The 80,s...

by tagiscom

Posted: 12 years ago 16 replies

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Here are my favorites...

Love the 3D graphics on this one, revolutionary in the 80,s.

Congo Bongo - YouTube

Dig Dug of course eventhough it was a tough game to get through.

Dig Dug (Arcade) Gameplay - YouTube

Joust, couldn't stop laughing!!!

Let's Quickplay Joust (Arcade) - YouTube

And my all time favorite, l played this with my friends, in the city and had a great time! Although we did go through a lot of 20 cent pieces.

Atari's Gauntlet arcade gameplay footage -...

Arrrgghhhh, memories! :rolleyes:

Shane

Kurt 12 years ago

I go back before the 80s...Let's start with:

Arcade: Space Invaders (1978) - YouTube

Then in the 80s, my favorites were:

Classic Donkey Kong Arcade - YouTube

Retro plays Ms. Pac-Man (Arcade) Part 2 - YouTube

Galaga (1981) Namco Classic Arcade Game - YouTube
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Michael Ten 12 years ago

I liked Mario, Bubble Bobble, and Dungeon Master.
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Alexander Phan 12 years ago

Galaga and Centipede were definitely my favorite games.
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GrumpyMonkey 12 years ago

Pole position, Asteroids, defender. Ahhhh, the 80's.
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  Congo Bongo 1983 Sega Mame Retro Arcade Games -...
  
  Hmmmmm, watch the entire video until you see the Ape sleeping, pretty funny what the explorer does, when he reaches him!
  
  And yeah, many more arcade games from the 80,s. Bubble Bubble was one l couldn't keep away from as well, although if l go into the city now, there is just this boring dancing type games around. :rolleyes:
  
  I also could have included the lazer disk, 80,s adventure game, but l only played it once, blew a dollar to two, and couldn't get the controls to work!
  
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KimW 12 years ago

Of those listed so far I owned:
Dig Dug
Space Invaders
Pac Man ( I know, it wasn't named but the next one was and they were related)
Ms Pac Man ( 2- Arcade Stand Up version and a Cocktail version)
I didn't own a Galaga
,but I did own a Galaxian,the inspiration of Galaga
Centipede
Asteroids
I'm getting old and memory is going,but I *think* I had a Defender.

The laserdisk you are probably talking about was called DragonsLair,and yeah,while the technology was interesting,the game itself controls were too slow to react making the game suck.
I owned a lot more,but they weren't mentioned so far.
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KimW 12 years ago

Here is one I had...skip the first 50 seconds,no sound, don't know why they even included it. It is basically a Pac Man clone:
Thief

Thief (1981 Pacific Novelty) - YouTube

This was actually released under two names:
Kick and Kickman
As you can see, Pac Man characters made guest appearrnaces in it.

Kick (1981 Midway) - YouTube

Qix: Decidedly different type of arcade game than those out at the time:

Qix (Arcade) Gameplay - YouTube

Zaxxon:
Had a different perspective point of view than other games at the time. Probably one of the top 5 most expensive games I bought back then,along with this next one:

zaxxon 80s - YouTube

Tron was suppose to make us all a small fortune.After all, it was tied into a Disney movie,and all Disney movies are hits, right?
Well, in the case the movie and the game were flops:

TRON ARCADE GAME 1982 BALLY MIDWAY - YouTube

And,thats enough for now, want more let me know.
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  Yeah, Tron looked cool and played pretty well, and you are right about the Lazer disk one! Looked good and sucked!
  
  Hmmmmm, here is another one!...
  
  Star Wars - Vector Video Game - YouTube
  
  And another one l was nuts about, even tried to design my own version on the Atari 800 XL later on! :rolleyes:. And this was from 1979, but close enough!!!
  
  Lunar Lander - Arcade Game (1979) - Atari -...
  
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KimW 12 years ago

Vector graphics, I had two (that I can remember right now,maybe more). First and probably most famous one was Atari Battlezone:

Atari Battlezone Cabaret - 1980's Classic Game...

and the second was Armour Attack:

Armor Attack (1980 Cinematronics) - YouTube

I do remember Lunar Lander, but only as an Atari home based video game,not as an arcade version.

Oh, and here is one I don't know if I had or a freind,but it is vector graphics too.I just saw it in an old movie: The Night Of The Comet:
Tempest

ATARI Tempest - HD - YouTube
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garyv 12 years ago

You can't forget Porky's for the Atari 2600. We played this non-stop for a year before my mom realized that it included a shower scene. It was too pixelated to really tell - but we just knew that the girl had to be hot.

Porky's for the Atari 2600 - YouTube
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- JoeUK 12 years ago
  
  Man I love those glitchy sounds - brings back so many memories.
  
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  tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  Found this great video, on 80's arcade games, it goes for 10 minutes and is well worth a look!
  
  You will also learn some some pretty cool things about Donkey Kong, etc...enjoy
  
  Top 10 Video Games of the 80's! - YouTube
  
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KimW 12 years ago

Who could think of arcade games of the 70/80s without thinking of this song?
Of course,it needs more cowbell.....

Pac Man Fever - YouTube
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- tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  Hmmmmmm, not to be outdone, by tacky arcade theme songs, here is another one!
  
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  tagiscom 12 years ago
  
  Found this cool site that lets you play some of the 80,s classic arcade games.
  
  Atari - Online Games
  
  Unfortunately they don't seem to go full screen, but they are still very accurate to the real thing.
  
  Try adventure for the Atari 2600, the graphics is laughable, but the game play is still challenging!
  
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Chris Worner 12 years ago

Wolfenstein 3D and Doom!

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