Obscure Arcade Games of the 80's: 1985

Obscure Arcade Games of the 80's: 1985 - 1986

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3 жыл бұрын

Here we go with the mid-80s - specifically, 1985 and 1986.
This is a follow up piece to an earlier video (and a prequel to a later video!) - for best results, please watch all three in a row!
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001 - 4-D Warriors - Coreland Sega
002 - Alien Sector - Namco
003 - Arm Wrestling - Nintendo
004 - Bogey Manor - Technos Japan
005 - Boulder Dash - Data East
006 - Canvas Croquis - SNK
007 - Cerberus - Cinematronics
008 - Chanbara - Data East
009 - City Connection - Jaleco
010 - Combat - Exidy
011 - Cop 01 - Nichibutsu
012 - Crazy Rally - Tecfri
013 - Crowns Golf in Hawaii - Namco Japan
014 - Doki Doki Penguin Land - Sega
015 - Field Combat - Jaleco
016 - Finalizer - Super Transformation - Konami
017 - Flashgal - Kyugo Sega
018 - Galactic Warriors - Konami
019 - Go Go Mr. Yamaguchi - Kaneko Taito
020 - HAL21 - SNK
021 - Heavy Metal - Sega
022 - High Voltage
023 - I'm Sorry - Coreland Sega
024 - Ikki - Sun Electronics
025 - Knuckle Joe - Seibu Kaihatsu -1985
026 - Lady Master of Kung Fu - Kaneko Taito
027 - Lizard Wizard - Techstar
028 - Lode Runner III - The Golden Labyrinth
029 - Lot Lot - Irem
030 - Mat Mania - Technos Japan
031 - Mayhem 2002 - Cinematronics
032 - Metal Clash - Data East
033 - Mirax - Current Technologies
034 - Motos - Namco -1985
035 - N.Y. Captor - Taito
036 - Penguin-Kun Wars - UPL
037 - Performan - Toaplan
038 - Pinball Action
039 - Pitfall 2 - Sega
040 - Porky - Shinkai Inc
041 - Powerplay - Cinematronics
042 - Raiders 5 - UPL
043 - Repulse - Crux Sega
044 - Samurai Nihon-Ichi - Kaneko - Taito
045 - Sarge - Bally Midway
046 - Scooter Shooter - Konami
047 - Sega Ninja - Sega
048 - Shanghai Kid - Taiyo
049 - Shoot Out - Data East USA
050 - Shot Rider - Seibu Kaihatsu
051 - Sky Destroyer - Taito
052 - Sky Kid - Namco
053 - Special Forces - Senko Industries
054 - Spelunker - Irem
055 - Splendor Blast - Alpha Denshi
056 - Street Heat - Epos
057 - Submarine - Sigma
058 - Super Speed Race Junior - Taito
059 - Tank Busters - Valadon Automation
060 - Team Hat Trick - Bally Sente
061 - Teddy Boy Blues - Sega
062 - The FairyLand Story - Taito
063 - Typhoon Gal - Taito
064 - Wink - Micoin
065 - Wiz - Seibu Kaihatsu
066 - Wyvern F-0 - Taito
067 - Argus - NMK
068 - Baluba-louk no Densetsu - Able Corp
069 - Battle Lane! Vol 5 - Technos Japan
070 - Big Event Golf - Taito
071 - Body Slam - Sega
072 - Brain - Coreland Sega
073 - Calorie Kun vs Moguranian
074 - Chiller - Exidy
075 - Clash Road - Wood Place
076 - Clay Pigeon - Exidy
077 - Competition Golf Final Round - Data East
078 - Danger Zone - Cinematronics
079 - Darwin 4078 - Data East
080 - Empire City 1931 - Seibu Kaihatsu
081 - Fire Trap - Wood Place
082 - Flower - Komax
083 - Gardia - Coreland Sega
084 - Genpei ToumaDen - Namco
085 - Gigas - Sega
086 - Gladiator - Taito
087 - Guardian - Toaplan Taito
088 - Halley's Comet - Taito
089 - Hopping Mappy - Namco
090 - Joust 2 - Survival of the Fittest - Williams
091 - Kiki KaiKai - Taito
092 - Land Sea Air Squad - Taito
093 - Legend - Kyugo Sega
094 - Lock-On - Tatsumi
095 - Lost Castle In Darkmist, The - Seibu Kaihatsu
096 - Mania Challenge - Technos
097 - Max RPM - Bally Midway
098 - Merlin's Money Maze - Zilec Zentione
099 - Mighty Guy - Nichibutsu
100 - Mission 660 - Wood Place
101 - Mr. Goemon - Konami
102 - Night Stocker - Bally - Sente
103 - Ninja Emaki - Nichibutsu
104 - Noboranka - Coreland Data East
105 - Omega - Nihon System
106 - Power Drive - Bally Midway
107 - Prebillian - Kaneko Taito
108 - Rack + Roll - Senko Industries
109 - Rafflesia - Coreland Sega
110 - Red Robin - Elettronolo
111 - Return of Ishar, The - Namco
112 - Riddle of Pythagoras - Sega Nasco
113 - Robo Wres 2001 - Sanritsu Sega
114 - Rock 'n Rage - Konami
115 - S.R.D Mission - Kyugo Taito
116 - Shackled - Data East
117 - Sky Kids Deluxe - Namco
118 - Slap Shooter - Sega
119 - Soldier Girl Amazon - Nichibutsu
120 - Space Position - Sega Nasco
121 - Spiker - Bally Sente
122 - Stompin - Bally Sente
123 - Super Stingary - Alpha Denshi
124 - Thunder Ceptor - Namco
125 - Tokio - Taito
126 - Top Gunner - Exidy
127 - Top Secret - Exidy
128 - Toypop - Namco -1986
129 - Transformer - Sega
130 - Ufo Robo Dangar - Nichibutsu
131 - Up Scope - Grand Products
132 - XX Mission - UPL
133 - Youjyuden - Irem

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@GaryRetroGamer 3 жыл бұрын

NOTE: As @SonicMania999 pointed out, a few of these titles were made available via "Hamsters Arcade Archives" on modern platforms, which makes them not so obscure. Just skip over those instead of taking the time to complain with "This isn't very obscure..." comments

@ObiKKa 3 жыл бұрын

Hey. Could you make a playlist for these demonstration videos of obscure arcade games, or even any and all videos of arcade games, please, please, please?

@GaryRetroGamer 3 жыл бұрын

One has just been created! Please search the playlists on this channel for one called "Arcade Videos". Admittedly, it's not very big - there are only 7 videos on it, but the plan is to extend this channel with more arcade game coverage in the future, so please stay tuned!

@ObiKKa 3 жыл бұрын

Very good! Thanks. Seeing these titles could help with research into what MAME can or cannot emulate of these 'old' arcade games, ;).

@cosminsavenco6911 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Gary! Thanks for your videos I watched them and subscribed to you! I need help I can't remember this game. It was an old pc game shooter-horror from 90s - 2000s I think and I remember it's cover had the main character - a guy with a weapon I think, and side by side with it is something like a demon with what looks like horns and "goggles" and you can play as that demon too by shapeshifting and when you play as it you shoot fireballs or something like that. And you fight zombies and other creatures and solve puzzles if I'm not mistaken. I also remember at some point a house is on fire and is haunted and you gotta get out of it. Tried to search for it all over the place but really couldn't find it. Do you know what it's name might be? The best indication is the game cover... A man with a demon side by side

@GaryRetroGamer 3 жыл бұрын

@@cosminsavenco6911 The closest game I can think of to match that is "Evil Dead Regeneration" - but that would have been much later - 2005. If that's not it, I have no other ideas. Sorry!

@taesu8 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to your video, I can finally remember the name of the arcade game I was fascinated with at the Arcade in 1980s Korea!

@chano7053 2 жыл бұрын

I started going to arcades around 1984. Before that, however, I was lucky enough to have a neighbor kid whose father owned coin-ops that he rented out to some coffee bars and youth centers. Under the house they had a small warehouse where they kept the aforementioned coin-ops that were awaiting rental or repair. the aforementioned kid often invited me to play those coin ops for free. later that small warehouse was transformed into an actual arcade. There were two other arcades in my town plus several youth centers with small arcade rooms. Back then i played many of the games showed here: City Connection, Kiki Kaikai, Ufo Robo Dangar, Tokio, 4-D Warriors, Boulder Dash, I'm Sorry, Pinball Action, Spelunker, Mat Mania, Rock 'n Rage, Empire City 1931, Tank Busters, Knuckle Joe, Repulse, Flashgal, Teddy Boy Blues, Typhoon Gal, Ninja Emaki... Thanks for making me remember, fella.

@matstodon 3 жыл бұрын

your dedication to your channel is just unbelievable. love your contents very much!

@simonebernacchia5724 3 жыл бұрын

I seen a good amount of those in italian arcades in the 80s and early 90s

@Phed98 3 жыл бұрын

grandioso

@sonicmania9993 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Steamkey! It's THE HAUNTED ISLAND, A FROG DETECTIVE GAME, released in 2018, which is a lo-fi humorous mystery-puzzler with very high Steam reviews. Cheers! This video is amazing with some really cool games from the era. You know ... it's strange: I was still going to the arcades in 85-86 (though my heyday was early 80s), but I played literally none of these games in the arcade back then. I lived in a pretty big town in the US Midwest, so our arcades were always dominated by games marketed by Chicago companies (Bally/Midway/Williams), and though we had a lot of the classic Japanese cabs from the early 80s, I think local arcade owners had just stopped buying them by 85. It's a shame really, because there are some super-interesting games here! Though I never played any back in the arcade, I've been enjoying some of these via Hamster's Arcade Archives series on Switch & PS4: Ikki, City Connection, Wiz, Argus, Mr. Goemon, Soldier Girl Amazon, XX Mission ... some really decent shooters especially.

@GaryRetroGamer 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, interesting - I wasn't aware that these were available on the Switch/PS4. If I was aware, I would have omitted them! Thanks for letting me know - I'll have to check with Hamster before I make any more "obscure" lists...

@SeanNaNaNa 10 ай бұрын

I had no idea City Connection was an arcade game- thought it was just for NES. Good stuff

@andreinoooo 3 жыл бұрын

Alpha Denshi surely kicked a lot of asses back in the days. How strange I never heard about them before early 2000s (I started going to the arcade from 1988-1989)

@interesting_output 2 жыл бұрын

Trivia: "Ikki" by Sun Electronics, later known as Sunsoft, would be referenced both in field theme and by name in Blaster Master Zero 2. Consider it an obscure easter egg, if you will.

@danpatrick7176 3 жыл бұрын

Nice list. I haven't heard of basically any of these. A lot of these look really fun! I'll save this video for later to see what roms to add to my collection.

@douro20 Жыл бұрын

It's amazing what Alpha Denshi managed to do with just standard TTL chips...

@aodhablackheart 3 жыл бұрын

Exidy made an excellent series of lightgun games all beginning with C :) Chiller is the most notorious for its edginess. Crossbow was my favourite.

@davidfulton179 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE CITY CONNECTION! It was the very first game I ever played on an emulator!

@chiissu 3 жыл бұрын

These games are like Larry the Looter in that Simpsons 90s episode in look and feel and sound. I was aware of around 10 of em but some Sequels I didn't know existed like Pitfall 2 or Lode Runner 3. Weird thing is, the other day I was thinking of Chiller when Writing a review on that 60s horror film Mr Sardonicus, where I came up with a Sequel movie/Video Game of it. I've got like over 600 Movie reviews on my blog and around a dozen Game Review Compilations where after I beat a game, I write a blurb about it, and when I got around 20 blurbs, I post it on my blog.

@miked4377 2 жыл бұрын

nice job...i really like obscure games the best!wish icould go back ..

@arqfran75 3 жыл бұрын

unique video, thx mate.

@lilwyvern4 3 жыл бұрын

3. Technically in the same universe as Punch-Out! It even has the same green-haired player character as the arcade game. Very interesting cabinet with a robotic arm on it. Must be a hell of a thing to keep in working order. 10. Part of the same series of games as Crossbow and Chiller. All of these gun games started with C. 13. Trying to cut away before your ball lands in the water, eh? I'm onto you! 20. That's a blatant Xevious clone if ever I saw one. 22. Wow, that game looks incredible for 85! Were those scaling sprites I noticed? Predating Space Harrier? 31. Seems pretty sedate for Mayhem. 34. Quite addictive. The "powerups" are really more like credits, though. You have to ration them very precisely or you can't finish levels. 39. Sega made this? Not Atari? 74. God this game is screwed up. Yet curiously it gets LESS screwed up as you go along. The third level has only one objectionable target and fourth and final level is remarkably tame. 84. Is the game keeping your score in Japanese numerals? Fascinating. 90. I believe this was unreleased. A shame, it has some great stuff. 91. Also known as Pocky and Rocky. Between the solid color graphics and ear-rapey sounds, there's something remarkably uncanny about a lot of these games.

@ObiKKa 3 жыл бұрын

(39.) Activision made Pitfall II, but Sega reprogrammed it as an arcade game on their System 1 board. The levels in the Sega arcade game were either redesigned or different to anything in the other versions. You could play this arcade port on the Sega SG-1000 home console (or play it on an Everdrive cart on the Sega Master System). (90.) Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest was definitely released as an arcade cabinet to the market. You can play it in one of the Midway arcade collections.

@simonebernacchia5724 3 жыл бұрын

@@ObiKKa There was also a reprogramming of Choplifter

@marcelotorricomendez7723 3 жыл бұрын

Just amazing!!

@frankschalk7790 8 ай бұрын

I need to go through this list on my retropie 👍

@hellbenderdesign Жыл бұрын

Chiller looks... fun.

@treqdubu6065 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir,

@dimviesel 2 жыл бұрын

The “city connection” logo looks the same as the old “Love Connection” gameshow logo

@mauldin128 Жыл бұрын

Been looking for #87 for over 30 years.

@simonebernacchia5724 3 жыл бұрын

And BTW Gigas is the inspiration together with Arkanoid for the Amiga game Crystal Hammer

@cabelo85masamune58 3 жыл бұрын

City conection joguei muito eim rsrs

@simonebernacchia5724 3 жыл бұрын

Alien Sector is also known as BaraDuke Guardian was known also as Getstar Land Sea Air squad as Storming Party

@douro20 Жыл бұрын

I'm trying to figure out which hardware "Shanghai Kid" runs on. I wonder if it may had been some variation of the hardware Burger Time runs on?

@ZEUSDAZ 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice useful video, is 1987-1988 edition coming up soon?

@GaryRetroGamer 3 жыл бұрын

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@savagekurtain5710 Жыл бұрын

1:16 Altough a simple and little clunky game (still not a bad game, in my opinion), Chanbara could be catalogued as one of the first games with dismemberment mechanics.

@quasarblast653 3 жыл бұрын

Never saw about 95% these at local arcade. Mat mania was everywhere and skykid at 1 or 2 places. The rest in list obscure or heard about but never saw in the wild.