Japan's Retro Arcades Let You RELIVE The 90s!

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Hello everyone! Today, we're going to be visiting the most interesting retro arcades in Japan! And one of them is TRULY unique! Along the way, we will be stopping by a LEGENDARY cafe in Osaka to relive our childhoods! Come with us on this adventure into the past!
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@MrsEats Ай бұрын

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@RHCole Ай бұрын

If ever I make it to Japan, Osaka is where I'll be going 👍🏻 Your videos paint such an amazing picture of the city.

@heavenoheck9664 Ай бұрын

MR. SEATS 🙌

@tau_nurse_eyeballing 28 күн бұрын

Mrs Eats Congratulations. 80's

@_TheIlluminator_ Ай бұрын

This is like stepping into a time machine back to the 90’s and reliving the nostalgia.

@ren7a8ero Ай бұрын

Maybe 70's would be a more accurate guess.

@justinmartin5877 Ай бұрын

Maybe 20`s

@Daniel-ld7xs Ай бұрын

So goood

@gormanls Ай бұрын

お母さんが可愛いです✨

@nathanixslade 29 күн бұрын

Thanks Japan for exist

@tkmad7470 Ай бұрын

As a child of the 80s I spent a LOT of time in arcades. They were their own little worlds and I loved every minute. Great video, thanks!

@euomu Ай бұрын

THAT HALF SANDWICH LOOKS SO GOOD

@corrado Ай бұрын

nah

@euomu Ай бұрын

@@corrado OH SORRY MISTER/MISS CORRADO. I FORGOT TO ADD "IN MY OPINION". I HOPE YOU CAN FORGIVE ME, DEAR SIR/MADAM. NOW F OFF

@euomu Ай бұрын

@@corrado I wasn't asking a question. Bye

@Mondoness Ай бұрын

@@corrado Drink your soylent, fragile redditor

@alfonsedente9679 25 күн бұрын

@phyternl Ай бұрын

Your sarcasm during the half sandwich, I about died. 🤣

@AwkwardBirb Ай бұрын

It was the best laugh I’ve had today. Legendary 😂😂😂

@jmarx3943 Ай бұрын

I very much miss arcades. Fighting games, beatem ups, light gun, elaborate racing game setups....so much fun. Those retro mechanical arcade games look so cool, too. If i ever visit Japan, i definitely have to go to these arcades, and cafe Y. I'd love to meet mom.

@rudragirik745 Ай бұрын

"One monkey for 5 yen! I'll come!" 😂 That is treasured japanglish! 💯

@salookie8000 24 күн бұрын

Those are exquisite games. I never experienced those in 90’s in USA. Special place to explore and admire.

@datboirb 24 күн бұрын

Can you imagine how many people really played all of those vintage games? They're so beautiful

@mini4dailytech982 29 күн бұрын

Thank you, for someone like me being stuck on the bed or wheelchair I can enjoy japan thru you. ❤🎉😊

@captainsonic 15 күн бұрын

The arcade has always been my happy place. I would love to visit Japan just for these places. ❤

@stimpsonjcat26 Ай бұрын

So jealous of Mr. Eats. We need more happy people like you guys.

@brianh9358 Ай бұрын

I lived in Japan from 1985 to 1988, which I would say was the high point for arcades in Japan. I taught English in Nagasaki. Many times I would go to the arcade with my students after class in the evening. My favorite games were R-Type, Contra, Altered Beast, and Galaga. I got pretty good at all of those. I'm glad to see some of the arcades have survived in Japan.

@mushra50 19 күн бұрын

The only thing that's a little sad about us Americans and I'm not ashamed of most of us are ignorant the only reason most Americans from the 90s even new chip and even exist was because of all the video games and anime

@wilburwood8261 12 күн бұрын

長崎ちゃんぽん

@brianh9358 12 күн бұрын

@@wilburwood8261 長崎に住んでいた頃,, ちゃんぽんを食べ過ぎました。

@page8301 8 күн бұрын

Ah, so you are a man of arcade culture as well. Though my preferred games were Street Fighter 2, Samurai Showdown and Killer Instinct. That being said, I was a little too young for arcades in the 80s, didn't get into them until my early teens in the 90s. It did not help that there was no arcade in my immediate area and could only visit them during some vacations.

@RetroRanter Ай бұрын

These are the places I NEED to visit when I take my firdt holidays to Japan in 2 years, it's what I would have loved as a kid, thank you for showing this off to us in this great video! 😎💜

@ImmortalThanos Ай бұрын

Mrs. Eats telling dirty jokes was the highlight of my day. I laughed so hard! 😀

@Staffo1972 Ай бұрын

Epic arcade video guys :) them old arcade machines are so epic. I remember when i was a kid i use to have a Vintage Digital Derby Auto Raceway and a tomy turnin' turbo dashboard and them 1980s arcades some of them i do remember seen them here in Australia :). Gamer will all ways be a gamer no matter how old you end up to be i'm in my 50s and still a gamer ( never stop playin ).. And another epic video :) be well, be safe, be happy. Love from Australia.

@UnexpectedDanger Ай бұрын

Wow the production value and editing on these videos has really improved. Well done! I can't wait to go to Japan again and play some more arcade games, Gundam Versus for the win~

@ricdale7813 Ай бұрын

Wow. Mrs Eats hair is so curly and wavy. Looks Awesome.

@smittyvanjagermanjenson182 Ай бұрын

When I finally save for a trip to Japan, I'm going to go here! This place looks awesome!

@buda3d2007 17 күн бұрын

The white ASTRO cabinets bring back so many memories, in my town they had them everywhere in the 90s to early mid 2000s

@KryselITG 18 күн бұрын

I own an Area 51 cabinet, and my plan is to own a DDR or ITG cabinet, some other rhythm game like Sound Voltex or Groove Coaster, alongside a MAME setup for Fighting Games and Bullet Hell games. Arcade games mean so much to me tbh. There's something about the lights, the music, the pixels, everything is just so comforting and I can get lost in an arcade for an entire day.

@mushra50 19 күн бұрын

I'm an American and I was born in America the one thing I noticed about the Japanese arcades is that they're actually clean everybody is civilized you don't have to worry about food all over the floor

@PedricCuf 29 күн бұрын

I love that the owner of Elemeka Laboratory is such an aficionado of the mechanical arcade games of yore that he's designing his own. I've come across a few of these kind of games at penny arcades in the States, and they've always been so intriguing and genuinely fun. I'd love to see a renaissance of like-minded engineers finding a community around designing new games like these, and bringing back old ones. If I'm ever in Osaka, I will visit!

@cyberzonie631 Ай бұрын

That Ultraman game looks amazing.

@RHCole Ай бұрын

Man, I miss arcades here in the states. Light gun games were soooooo fun! And those classic Nintendo machines are neat 😁

@jmarx3943 Ай бұрын

Same here. Time crisis and house of the dead, especially. So much fun!

@MrPooleish Ай бұрын

The only arcades around me now are in bowling alleys and movie theaters.

@Mondoness Ай бұрын

Theres still arcades but now they are far between. They are more like gaming meccas nowadays

@K._Red Ай бұрын

Your hair looks so cute, Mrs. Eats!

@Xaito Ай бұрын

OK, Osaka definitely strong on my bucket list now. It was before, but now it's even more.

@adam.maqavoy Ай бұрын

Osaka is da Goat for Arcade, FGC and a lot of other awesome things of which I'm not going to tell.. It's always better to experience IRL. *sigh* maybe one Day I can visit this place but whom knows..?

@Xaito Ай бұрын

@@adam.maqavoy I was expecting to find arcades all over Akihabara, but was disappointed to find that most places there had just a couple of crane games and other luck based games. I think the lockdown killed the last Sega places there. The only arcade that looked like I expected it to be was in a mall in Odaiba, but I didn't have time to go in. Ok now I'm curious about the other Osaka stuff though. I mostly knew that it's great for foodies. I'm considering traveling to Japan this year again and insider tips would be most definitely welcome - no matter how raunchy or cringe.

@michaelmercolini Ай бұрын

Osaka is referred to as "Japan's kitchen" a definite place to go if never been.

@megatonhammer4723 2 күн бұрын

The feel of playing videos games in the arcade cannot be compared! Tech and improvements have made many things convenient but took the life away. I’m so glad Japan has preserved the GenX culture for GenXers and older millennials to continue to enjoy.

@StyleshStorm Ай бұрын

This is so cute and edutainment tier fun. Most of these games I was way too smol to have ever tried in my little kid days. I mostly remember early 2000s video games and nostalgia. Japan is so strange. How do they make time to enjoy memory lane pleasures when they are working so much?

@thedoc8876 Ай бұрын

Absolutely loved this video. Love what you are doing with your hair too, looks great. Watch out for that monkey come.

@vincently1995 Ай бұрын

Cool 90's!

@elfeintwentyfives Ай бұрын

love that original macross cabinet. belive it or not only one in the wild of US i was able to find and play was in NYC when there was an arcade at penn station corridors.

@Anfernee_G Ай бұрын

Oh wow! These are the areas of Kita-ku my wife and I usually in nearly everyday lol wild! Great video!

@Raintiger88 Ай бұрын

OMG! Next time I'm there, retracing your steps and I'm definitely going to Cafe Y

@Cless_Aurion Ай бұрын

Oh man, before moving to Tokyo from Osaka last month, I did find this place randomly walking around there!! Its awesome :D

@StuartsTRAVELvideos 29 күн бұрын

Great to see these old mechanical games. Thanks!

@steadholderharrington9035 Ай бұрын

I remember playing that Ninja Gun when I was a kid! And that helicopter game actually looks a lot like the one that was usually found at our local airport, in the waiting lounge (back in the early 70's). The two levers were for speed of the helicopter blades (which determined how high or low you'd be flying) and the other one determined your helicopter's pitch (whether it flew forwards or backwards for flying direction), and the goal was to be able to land and take off in three increasingly more difficult landing area without crashing into the surrounding structures (metal trees or buildings). It was all contained in a large plastic globe just a little bigger than the reach of the helicopter on the pole so spectators could gather round and either marvel or laugh at your flight skills! Such great times!

@aperezdeal 5 күн бұрын

Everything about this is just perfect.

@katcaparula7898 Ай бұрын

Mrs eats is rocking that wolf cut 😎

@TheHokkaidogaijin Ай бұрын

We have a great Retro Arcade here in Sapporo, I just love the old pinball machines

@jehhovas Ай бұрын

🎉良い一日を

@mitrooper 22 күн бұрын

Yup, the 1990s is officially retro.

@tiagopereirasantossilva556 Ай бұрын

I really want to go to Japan.

@user-vr1lt1ki7g 11 күн бұрын

是非遊びに来てね食べ物とレトロゲームだけでも大金使う価値あるよだけど死ぬほど事前調査は必要よ

@tiagopereirasantossilva556 10 күн бұрын

@@user-vr1lt1ki7g 透析が必要な時期は大変です。優しいお言葉をありがとうございます。

@streetfightingman4240 21 күн бұрын

Brilliant video. I used to go to many arcades when i visited Osaka. One of my favourite games was hokuto no Ken (it was a bit like street fighter!)

@ghrtyuomlrfsbnkpoljiewckpa7102 Ай бұрын

Hi mrs.eats. I'm so happy that your enjoying yourself with your husband. Enjoy life to the fullest. I also like your videos. Keep making them when you get the chance.

@insomnia-c19 10 күн бұрын

That place looks as fun as you. I can't understand why nobody is enjoying such a hidden pleasure.

@ShapeyFiend 6 күн бұрын

That electromechanical arcade is amazing. I've seen some people in the UK restoring a Sega Gun Fight lately it'd be fun to try it one day.

@mao1244 28 күн бұрын

日本のアーケードゲームを楽しんでいただけたようでなによりです。昔はアーケードゲームでも１０円で遊べるようなお店もあったんですよ！😀

@scott02127 Ай бұрын

😎 Thank you for sharing! Love the retro arcades

@omarus.4330 Ай бұрын

you guys gave me another reason to visit Japan .. i realy enjoyed the video.. thank you :)✨️✨️

@sword_of_light 11 күн бұрын

My first time on a cabinet arcade game was a mechanical one - in Okinawa. It was in the early 70's, and the game was a mechanical submarine game similar to the gun games you played. The targets were ships, and you looked through a periscope and fired torpedoes at them. I was like, 5, and utterly entranced, and I've been fascinated by sub games ever since.

@RobertGuido Ай бұрын

The electromechanical games can be repaired, however to repair them you have to be very creative and usually have to make parts by hand which means they are very expensive to maintain unless the owner does it themselves. I have one and I have the same difficulty

@avalonjustin 25 күн бұрын

Those arcades would be heaven for an old nerdy guy like me. I had no idea Sega and Nintendo had games that old.

@Yashichi788 Ай бұрын

You're literally the cutest KZfaqr of all time, I just discovered this channel today while having hot pot for lunch 🤩🥰

@leons5981 21 күн бұрын

those old school games were alot more fun

@MrSamuraispirit 20 күн бұрын

We have the arcades called Mikado in Takadanobaba and Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

@davidl5452 Ай бұрын

Two absolute gems! Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

@TheCCBoi Ай бұрын

Amazing video, I’m always glad to see the Eats family :D

@e.x.watson9997 Ай бұрын

0:29 When I was a child we used to spend summer weekends at a local country club, it had a shabby little game room with a few arcade machines, the lineup included Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, TMNT, Dark Seal (Wizard Fire), The Simpsons, Metal Slug, etc... I didn't give it a second thought as a child but as a grownup I realize now that shabby little place had some arcade royalty xD

@lancepage1914 Ай бұрын

When I was a little lad there was a massive arcade where I used to holiday. I do remember some EM games now. Watching you guys play them sparked some memeories inside me. I suppose that's what nostalgia is. So thank you for that.

@walker0826 24 күн бұрын

love the 8, 90s vibe

@Fygee Ай бұрын

What an awesome video! It was a treat to see you two have so much fun. Loved seeing all those retro arcade games, both video and mechanical. So many treasures that can't be replicated. Should you ever take a trip to Las Vegas, you have to visit the Pinball Hall of Fame. Hundreds of pinball games from the late 1930s to now, lots of mechanical games Ana curios from 1970s and before, and also a lot of video arcade games that are really rare (including the very first, Computer Space circa 1972).

@oodyswe Ай бұрын

Wonderful hidden gems and cool old Arcades! The analog games looked amazing. Cafe Y and Mom seems wonderful! I love your humour xD

@KakashiHatake-jz4bu Ай бұрын

This was so much fun!! Thank you for taking us on Eats adventures 🕹

@Disciplined_Fate Ай бұрын

I loved listening to the stories in the Mom cafe. It was so wholesome. It was also really cool to see Midway, Sega and even Nintendo used to make mechanical games before video games. It was surprising that Nintendo added sound effects to Dead Line. This game actually reminds me of Steel Diver on the 3DS!

@thevideogamerconsortium6180 11 күн бұрын

If you're ever in Las Vegas, there is a Pinball Museum with MANY of these style arcade games. Physical games that predate the video era. VERY cool stuff.

@Skullclamp Ай бұрын

Unreal; love you guys seem to be loving it all.

@admiralyamato299 23 күн бұрын

I still watch your videos, lately I've been really enjoying watching 日本語anime

@phyternl Ай бұрын

I've visited a handful of arcades like that in the US, but they are rare upon rare. The Pinball Museum Hall of Fame in Las Vegas has a lot of classic arcade machines. And you can find tiny arcades like The Jupiter Bar in Seattle that have held onto a handful of analog classics like 'Ice Cold Beer', a vertical climber using a steel marble. It's a lot more Pinball here in the US than anything else though.

@ReelBigEddy Ай бұрын

The Pinball Hall of Fame is awesome. I came across The Silver Ball Planet in Osaka recently which had a load of pinball machines.

@GameCenterAdventures Ай бұрын

I've only been to Tokyo retro/vintage game centers, so I'm super excited to check out the Osaka area during my next trip!! As always, thank you Mrs. Eats!! (and I guess Mr. Eats too😂)

@Happy.Place. Ай бұрын

I haven't seen or played these arcade games in a long time! Thank you for sharing, and you're both looking happy and healthy! Keep doing what makes you happy ^_^

@spazzinvader9083 5 күн бұрын

Thank you for showing! Added to my travel list

@datboirb 24 күн бұрын

This is one of the greatest youtube videos EVER like seriously thank you so much for giving us this. So cool man 😢❤❤❤

@saschaz.8243 Ай бұрын

Really love these recent videos about geeky stuff like that 😁👍

@carlocacho5733 24 күн бұрын

the older non graphical arcade games are so charming and timeless

@vincentlam3786 Ай бұрын

Arcade was my favourite pastime, the retro jive never fails to entertain and top off the day with light snacks and drinks.😊

@SasmakToy 29 күн бұрын

The plane game actually uses a practical effect called pepper's ghost which employs an angled pane of glass to reflect the physical, UV painted plane into the similarly decorated UV playfield above! Analog fun.

@michaelhall5165 Ай бұрын

went to that first arcade you showed, google maps had it in the wrong spot, and actually too me so long to find.

@AdamYJ Ай бұрын

These videos heal my 40-something otaku soul. No offense to other Japanese pop culture content, but it does tend to skew a bit younger. I do have to question Mr. Eats assertion that Mrs. Eats wasn't good at the one shooting game because it "Had nothing to do with Japan". I mean, Ultra Gun was an Ultraman themed game and Ultraman is a Japanese icon.

@wademeitner6605 Ай бұрын

Amazed. Thanks from Panama city Beach, FL

@damienchiew4074 Ай бұрын

Wow, been living here for over 2 years now and I didn't know about this. Thanks!

@Metal_Kafa Ай бұрын

These arcade saloons were my heaven when i was a kid, awesome place!

@gregz85 Ай бұрын

I'll be in Osaka in August. I will have to check these places out!

@agamersinsanity Ай бұрын

Arcades were never a thing here in Sweden which is sad. The Cafe Y owner seems so wholesome and nice. :D I understand why they would call her mom :D

@LorienInksong Ай бұрын

Wow these are incredible! I hope more people try to make modern versions of games like this; can you imagine how many more visual tricks and special effect options there would be nowadays? Doing the artwork for something like this would be so much fun!

@slubberdagollian Ай бұрын

Retro FTW!!! Before a local arcade closed, they only ever taught me how to service the coin mechanisms.

@Grandmastergav86 10 күн бұрын

Dynamite Deka aka Dynamite Cop aka Die Hard Arcade - what a classic.

@dragongamer2670 Ай бұрын

It really sucks the great Arcades in Tokyo all shut down. I am surprised the Arcade and Video Game Community in Tokyo let this happen and did not save them. Nuff Said!

@JustinRaymer 20 күн бұрын

NINJA GUN!!!! I sunk 100s of tokens into this machine at our local ShowBiz Pizza. I loved that it was electro mechanical. Had to be 1988ish.

@davidscott9257 Ай бұрын

yes, a dream come true, mrs. eats turning to game content.

@amandahayward Ай бұрын

Love ❤ this video 😍 It takes me back to my childhood 👧😂

@vdgjolly Ай бұрын

When I will be back in Japan in autumn, I will definitely visit Mom's coffee shop 😄

@chichongc Ай бұрын

Oh! Everything looks fun!

@grey5626 Ай бұрын

Ah, that マクロス game was at a nickel arcade in San Jose, CA for a while. Definitely a classic! Alas, no マクロス games ever made their way to the USA officially. The owner of Cafe Y seems super nice! Musée Mécanique in San Francisco has various mechanical arcade games, but not much of any of the Japanese games you showed in your video. Alameda, California is also home to the Pacific Pinball Museum which has various vintage pinball machines.

@wyldelf2685 Ай бұрын

Super Mega awesome ,👍😸 keep those Arcades going good 🏆👍👍

@fallwitch Ай бұрын

Lovely video thanks for sharing.

@00Resev Ай бұрын

Those electro-mechanical arcades look so cool!

@MacGuffinExMachina Ай бұрын

That cafe with the owner everyone calls mom reminds me some "hole in the wall" type places in the southern US. I would love that. If I ever get the money to viait Japan, I definitely want to go there.