In 1981 I was nineteen and managed a game room called Capital games in Logan Utah. We had a Missile command upright. Now I did not normally play many of the games there, but for whatever reason, dominating Missile Command simply came naturally to me. I swear on all that's holy, that what I'm about to say is 100% true, and after 41 years I believe there are still a couple of people here in town out of dozens who were there to see this event. On one of my days off, I went in to the arcade and started a game of Missile Command, after 15 or 20 minutes the missiles began coming down to fast to pick off individually, and even though I had only played the game less then 20 times, I knew that the left and right firing buttons were slow shooters and that the center button fired about two times faster, so it seemed natural to me that knowing there are two waves of missiles per screen, I began to swing my right hand from left to right across the trac-ball smacking it as I went. At that exact moment I made contact with the ball, I would completely unload all ten missiles using only the left or number one button. The result was a almost complete row of defensive missiles which normally killed all but maybe one in-coming. Then using the center (fast) shooter, I would just pick off the last one and get ready for wave two, there by using the same method of defense. Most of the time I would be left with five or so missiles in the end. After an hour or so (yes, an hour or so) I began to attract a crowd. By this time, the screens were changing to these amazing almost neon like colors and I swear that the missiles began falling so fast that if you blinked you would almost miss them. Now here's where the people I tell this to begin to wonder if I'm exaggerating this story, but I swear this is the truth. Time went by and I was getting hungry but didn't want to stop playing because I knew something special was happening so I had a buddy go over to the cafe side and get me a corn dog, which I chowed down. At that point I was into the 3rd hour of playing and had a large crowd behind me watching the crazy screen colors and lightning fast missiles. This went on for three more hours and by this time I had to pee so bad that I was debating just leaving the game so I could relieve my self and that's about when something uncanny happened. The screen began to twitch and act funny, then it simply blinked out and I swear to god up above, that a small puff of smoke came out of that machine and it just gave up the ghost. That happened at roughly the six hour and fifteen minute mark. I don't know if that's a record or not, I couldn't even tell you what my score was because I couldn't have cared less about beating other scores. I'll tell you that I never dropped another quarter into a missile command game, I could not have seen another screen of missiles coming down without getting nauseous. Even trying to get to sleep for the next week or so I would see those crazy colors in my mind. That all happened over 41 years ago and it almost seems like yesterday to me.

How to check if you've been transported to the 80s. -Aliens -Nuclear Weapons -Duran Duran If any one of these three things are around, be weary. The Ruskies could be among you!

While Missile Command was being created, one of the designers had a nightmare that 3 major American cities got pulverized by nuclear weapons

MOTHER Fallout..

I'm a few years late... You don't move the trackball by small hand movements, you use your whole arm to move the ball, fingertip to elbow and back. Setup a high shield with outer bases - the faster the missiles, the more effective a shield can become (but it is all about timing and spacing). A good shield can cause a cascade effect that can stop a whole wave of missiles. They you just pucker up and hope you can survive the rest of the attack with at least a city (or enough points for a new one). It was possible to play for hours on a single quarter if you are willing to consider sacrificing your entire college career in the early eighties, like 1981 in the University of North Dakota Memorial Union.

A classic game perfect for the Cold War era - it has the best ending scene in video game history. But I was also a lousy player with the arcade version. I did better with the 2600 version and a good joystick.

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One of if not my favorite retro-arcade games!

I wonder why he deleted this review yesterday?

I had so much fun playing this on my Atari 2600

If I could have one cabinet in my house this would be it.

I got this on Atari. LOVE THIS GAME!

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Well if Skynet does indeed take over, we know who will lead the uprising against the machines ;) Now all you need to do is get an Afterburner arcade system!

I have it, Battlezone, Centipede and Super Breakout on PlayStation 1, and they're all on one disk. Your local retro games store probably has it for around 11 dollars. :)

Played this so much in the day. Was really good, clocked it so often just to see the next colours ! Sad right! Folks used to watch and they even left the chip shop open one night cos I wasn't stopping for nothing ;-) Love it!

I have this machine in cabaret form. Love it. One of my favorite.

Possibly the best of the era. Use to play this when it came out in the bell hotel pub Norwich. Asteroids and galaxians in the same room. Roy Dashwood,Theakstons old peculiar ,stronger then, jaw breaker sandwiches and bell fruit machines. Motorbikes and parties.... oh yes , it was great.

Fantastic game that it would be great to have an original arcade cabinet of. The Atari 8-bit version is my favourite home port, played best with a Wico track ball.

Fav video game ever.

ohh god i loved this game when i was a kid and it was in the arcades.

I saw this on terminator 2 and niw im here😎 Arcade control layouts in the 80's: make the controls as complex especially Defender.

That's a big-ass trackball. Déjà vu

Far from the record but I am proud to say I turned the score over on this game.

So, not only do you fail miserably, thus responsible for entire cities and their population, if you fail in a less sudden manner than others, they put your failing ass in charge of yet another city. I'm loving the logic here. Also, those controls look notoriously inefficient specifically so it can suck your quarters in.

This arcade machine was in Ghostbusters

oh there is the cold war in 1980 and this is cool

I could've sworn I saw this video last night, maybe I was in the future at the time!

Atari is amazing. I love Missile Command. It sucks that today's dumb generation ain't aware of things like Sega and Atari (etc.) I'm only 15 but I love retro everything, so Atari is definitely something I've been looking forward to owning lately

Keep the arcade review coming Mark

this dude is high as drones balls, thumbs up!

Kids today have cheat sheets, in the 80s arcades had no cheat sheets, either you were the best or you just watch the better players because you suck you loose too quickly.

Re-upload?

I miss Video Arcades, oh sure a few are still around but not to the extent back in the 80's.

Fuckin love CGR and missile command. CGR is what started me on my retro gaming quest! THANKS CGR!!!

I'm so tired of people thinking "youngsters" as you call us are dumb enough to not know what a button that says FIRE! for example or jump.I still like your channel that was just an FYI for you.

i am 22 years old i since i was a kid i wanted this arcade machine

motherfallout.

Just watched an episode of Chuck where he played this.

I own this game in my Atari collection. Iconic!

best way to play is Atari.

WAR never been so much fun...~

I have one of these, serial number 980, in good condition. It is a fun game, but painful to play. The downward slope of the control panel combined with those raised "volcano buttons" makes it hard on the wrist and fingers after just a few minutes. I'm not very good at this game either. My highest score is 55,125.

Heh, had the feeling that this would be re-uploaded when the Official Lord Karnage Review Approval Screen wasn't in the beginning.

Didn't you guys post this yesterday?

Do you still have to use money to play in the Intergalactic Space Arcade?

What a fun video

QUESTION: what are the "lyrics" to the openining titles?

Whoops wrong button!

Good game for atari

Dude how are you so good 🤣 This game was invented by Rob Fulop. I met him once when I interviewed at his company PF Magic, which had released the hit inane software novelties Dogz and Catz 🐕🤣🐈 anyway you can defend the nation so effectively I want you to report to NORAD HQ at 6am sharp tomorrow !!

I am pretty sure that there is a "story" to this, not the Russians, but an Alien Armada or something.

1980

Shall we play a game?

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I want a missile command

The world record is 81 million D:

there was a fault on that game if you got over 800.000 points it went into a never ending loop

click outside the video, and type 1980.

btw mark i am jealous of your garage

Didn't we just leave this party?

You've got to watch the film Chasing Ghosts and Mr Awesome who proclaimed to have the record at Missile Command (big debate in the film). That is one over the top, strange dude. BTW, This was the only arcade game on the Navy ship I was on in the 80's and I dropped a ton of coin in it when at sea for weeks at a time. Hard game, why did I play that so much? Damn commies took my money and killed my cities!

Something tells me I've seen this before...

This game is not the same with out the arcade track ball and three fire buttons.

type 1980

One day I will make it to 800 000 points

Didn't he was one of the "arseholes" (a relative of Major Arsehole) on the ship?

Another family friendly review, I see.

This is my first time ever being first to comment on a video.

Mother Fallout... Classic.

First comment ha hello mark fromclassic game room

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Atari version is much better, it isn't impossible.

lol take your pokemon

Re-upload?

1980

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