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John Riggs 1984 Great Year In Life Thanks For Your Work

2 years before I was born but always fun to see.

1984 i was 6 years old, i only remember a few arcade games from that era, asteroids, missile command, alien invaders, pac-man, q-Bert, karate champion, crystal palace, marble madness, donkey kong, burger time

I used to have nightmares as a kid from that Superman 3 scene. I was probably 4 or 5 when i saw it, and it just freaked me out.

I've never seen this version of Kung-Fu Master before, and I LOVE the colors it uses.

In 84' I recall playing "Mouse trap" & "Smurfs" on (Colecovision), River Raid (Atari), & in the Arcades "Cobra Command" the Laserdisc really stood out at the time.

Commando was my jam at the arcade, I spent a many quarter at the bowling alley playing that game. it kinda makes sense I like Call of Duty so much now.

In 84' the games I was playing were Gyruss, Qbert, Frontline, Star Wars, Gorf and Mappy. Thanks for the memories Mr. Riggs.

My friend and I loved Two Tigers in the arcade circa 1985-86. Yes the objective is to bomb several holes completely through the ship while avoiding the enemy planes, but the brown planes will plummet and damage the ship for you after you shoot them (though the blue planes I believe do not damage the ship).

The boss laugh in Kung Fu sounds just like the Ganon laugh in Zelda 2 when Link dies.

One of the best years for Arcade games! Love probably all games from that year! I can't think of one bad game 😁

I have Vulgas on the Switch through the Capcom Arcade Collection. . . It is *damn hard* !

My favorite year (no not that 1984) I mean the fun arcade one with conversations around you like, "hey you gonna see that new terminator movie, I hear its rad"

Two Tigers was a favorite of mine. But my Arcade had a deluxe cabinet that would play the song "Never" by Heart during the game.

I remember some of these games, I was still busy playing Sinistar, Discs of Tron and Spy Hunter from '83

I played Super Basketball and ESPIAL as a youngin going to the arcade with my grandparents back then.

Never played 1942 but I spent a lot of coins in 1943. Kung Fu Master was amazing. Played a lot of Two Tigers on the ZX Spectrum. Fun game.

Nice watch to clock 1942 in

1942 was one of my favorites in any arcade

Vulgus is fun. I like the way you leave the planets atmosphere and continue the fight in space

Man I remember spending Alot of quarters on 1942 at our local bowling alley when I was a kid and my mother was bowling.they had a pretty decent arcade but I can't remember what other games they had back then but definitely remember playing that every week.

Arcades were my second home. Also any restaurant, convenience store, bowling alley or wherever I went that had any kind of games I was there and playing them. However, I’ve only seen a couple of them you covered in this vid. It’s amazing how certain things never reach certain areas of the country.

A lot of Tron arcade machines were converted to Two Tigers. Decades later, collectors are still converting them back to Trons

it's insane 1942 is nearly as old today as the year 1942 was when it came out. the 40s feel like ancient history from my perspective as a late milennial.

When I think of arcade games from 1984, I think of Karate Champ being one of the more popular ones back then.

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one creeped out by the lady in the machine in Superman three. Lol.

And this looks to be my new channel obsession.

Over here in England I never saw some of those in the arcade like Flicky, Mickie but I know it was on the commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum and whatever that dig one was, not sure about the bull fighting though as it looks familiar but I can't see it being released in the UK.. But my top 3 Bomb Jack, 1942 (one of my all time favourite arcade games) and then my favourite arcade game of all time (not including Star Wars sit down version) Kung Fu Master. I remember playing it in the arcades and I would draw crowds of older kids as I just beaten the 5th boss a second time, people of our generation will understand that feeling you get in the arcade and your skill of a game people would just stand and watch in admiration. Oh how I feel sorry for the generation who have never had the joy of an arcade with all those video games and there was a master of one of each game and you would just go up and talk about the game or games. All the kids know now is sit at home and play on there own. I still have great friends I just met randomly in an arcade. Take me back to the 80's. Love these videos of arcade games. Nostalgia overload.

I was just gonna comment if you played some of these games at the county store and then you mention it in your video. Lol. I only remember a few games from there, like Pit Fighter and QBert.

Flicky my god my uncle loved that game my 6 year old self used to watch him play the heck out of it and Vulgus i love that game i have it on Capacom Arcade Stadium

I remember not playing games after like 1984 and started back again in two thousand five .

Awesome video game play through keep up the good work!

Mighty bomb jack is probably one of my favorite NES games lol

God times at the arcade back in the day, Cool Watch ! ty

Keep up the awesome content love the videos!

Kung Fu (NES) Kung Fu Master (Arcade) Was called Spartan X in Japan on both the Famicom and in the Arcade. There was a Famicom-only sequel, Spartan X2, that was more like an adventure game than a stage-by-stage game like its predecessor.

Back in 1984, I think most people in the US would have thought "nice work, Romstar!" rather than "nice work, Capcom!"

Demolition Derby, Karate Champ, Marble Madness, and Punch-Out!! as well.

The only thing I knew about Vulgus is Deadpool's reference to it in one of his Marvel vs Capcom 3 win quotes... until this video.

Love your videos, John.

Loved all ports and iterations of Kung Fu. Especially loved Kung Fu Master on the Game Boy. Theres an awesome fan game called Devils Temple - Son of the Kung Fu Master for the Amiga that I highly recommend. Also The Battle Road looks fun. Reminds me of Action Fighter which is badass for either the arcade or Master System.

I recall Two Tigers being 2 player co-op and having a rotary controller. Unique for its time.

Time Pilot is badass its becoming a big favorite of mine. I'm up to about 74,000 points.

Was 15 in 84' great year was still on my C64, Colecovision Atari 5200 Atari vcs had the original heavy sixer which I got in 77'tor christmas

That watch glows in the dark

1942 was my fave

I don't think I've ever played any arcade games from 1984 on the original hardware but, if we include ports, the arcade games of 1984 I've played the most are probably Marble Madness (released in December 1984 according to Wikipedia) and Flicky (since it's in a lot of Genesis compilations). I think 1984 was the year that the arcade in my small town shopping mall shut down. I never even got a chance to go inside because I think you had to be at least 14 years old to enter but I was only 9 turning 10 in 1984. My mother also didn't want us sneaking inside the arcade since she thought there was probably a lot of drug dealing going on inside, which may have been the case. (I have no idea.) In the summer of 1984, I went with my brother to visit some relatives in England for about three weeks and, at some point, one of the relatives took us to a pub which had some table format arcade games. I don't remember what the games were, I want to say they were something awesome like Ms. Pac-Man but I have a feeling they might have been just video slot machines.

In 1984 I wasn't born yet. So time to take notes lol

Lookin for a deep dive on Bagman and Super Bagman

John you always have great videos always enjoy….hope your close to Indy on your next convention

Love the show man!

Funny thing: a game no one was playing in 1984 was; Operation Wolf. Yet, in Wonder Woman 1984, there it was in the arcade scene.

In my opinion, Mighty Bomb Jack for the NES is one of the hardest games on the console. If you don't think so, then give it a try. Allow me to explain. There are, I believe, 40 levels, each level having multiple sub-levels, and there are so many ways you can be cornered by the enemies. You are only granted 3 lives (extra lives are extremely scarce) and ZERO continues.

Cool watch!

I played 1942 yesterday at galloping ghost

some good ones this year! I did really like the NES version of kung-fu. the mrs. was always partial to flicky though I think it was the genesis version specifically.

It was very creepy when that woman got sucked into the computer and turned into a robot in Superman III! Bugged me out!

If i was playing arcade games in 1984 then that would be an awesome trick since i was born in January of 1984 😂

I was all over 1942

this is like that george orwell's book-

Of all of those wacky games the only one I saw and played was Bagman I had a few laughs with it. Bullfight? Now that was different. Could the bullfighter be Lawrence Blood? I think it's from 83 but I loved Space Demon! A store near where I lived back then had several arcades and one was Space Demon. Neat list good showing and cool video John!👉😃👈

I want to thank you for showing me what games were released the year I was born. I think the only game I'm aware of is 1942 because that is the one that has seen the most re-releases out of all the games mentioned. Even though I'm considered a millennial I do like games older than me. Especially Arcade Games from time to time. Oh and you should do a ranking of Digital Eclipse Compolation Games sometime.

Like you I played consoles; I used computers but did not play the games. A couple of the games were on computer; like Mikie.

But I wasn't born for 2 more years 😭 I missed more good games in that time than they'll ever make from here on.

Bull fighting you should technically be called Abusing and killing a bulll for entertainment

Is it strange that I prefer the graphics in Kung Fu on the NES to Kung Fu Master in the arcade? Maybe it's because there wasn't a Kung Fu Master cabinet in my area growing up and I knew several people with the NES version.

Don't think I've played any of these games, buuut since I was born in 1987 that might not be so strange.

I would say Volgus looks a lot like Xevious. I know they don't share the same engine as one was a Namco (now Bandai) game and the other of course was Capcom. I bet Volgus was inspired by Xevious. Vulgus- (Noun) uncountable, throng, crowd

1:04 this is Game engine I would use for the gladiatorial game I would like to make I was under the impression that kung fu was a NES only game My friend with the top loading NES game system may have had 1942 My parents first met in 1984

Oog want clamdigger!

2 words.........Demolition Derby. Local place had the 4 player cocktail type version. It is the single reason why I HAD to beat up kids and take their lunch money. Great fun.

Ask and you shall receive Thx John 👾

Games you are playing in 2023: 1984 😂

My sort of game blue slimer that love feasting, oh it's beautiful 🍮🤤

I was 7

Most people on the internet were not alive in 1984 boss

So 1942 was the originator of the dodge roll. Lol

i didnt have nor like the atari systems as a kid back then in 1983, so, the crash didnt phase me because i was unaware and was enamored with arcades at the time. i didnt get into home consoles until nintendo pulled it all back from the brink in 1985 with the NES. but all those great arcades back then.. played so many great games.. 1984-1989 was an amazing 5 year period for arcades. the golden era.

I thought this was 1984

I was the 1000th like!

How could you forget punch out?

Oh dammit why'd you show me that watch?!?!? Im a slut for hipster watches....

6:01 F LI C K Y

1954 was that weird year for video games between 1983 being notable for the crash and 1985 being notable for the Nintendo E.S. ... although from what I read somewhere, that itself was only released in NY in October of 1985 and didn't get a full nationwide release until February 1986. Maye they were both weird years for video games? I was 4 in 1984.

1984 is also the year we were all supposed to live under Big Brother's rule.

I was 14 years away from being born and my country was enslaved by r*ssia back then, but... I still played a bunch of the games 😜

No Punch Out?!? Disappointed.. ☹️

Now THAT was a sponsor segue! Glad I could give you the 666th like on this video for it 😈

You just wanted to sell a watch you sold out

As much as I love this channel ...you definitely voted for Joe Biden. If I'm wrong i would love to be wrong In this case

imagine if Atari or Midway made a game called "1945 The Battle of Horishima & Nagasaki"..../.how do the Japanese get away with it...personally , I think it is quite funny