I first came across Daytona in 1994 in a big single player cabinet in Brisbane. It must have just come out, but I knew all about it. Today, I play it on Xbox and my kids love it too.

I played the hell out of this back in high school in the mid 90s. when I finally learned the drift mechanics, i started practicing on weekends until i could nail the intermediate course almost flawlessly everytime, and guaranteed to be at the top of the leaderboard. I felt like a total badass when I'd finally get my turn to play when the arcade was busy, and most were just playing on the beginner course. Once they see me pick advanced + Manual, a small crowd would start to form. Then when i make that first drift turn after the tunnel they quiet down and watch intensely. I also learned to shift with just the tip of my fingers while steering one handed with as little steering input as possible, a big difference on how others would slam through the gears and saw wildly on the wheel like they were in an action movie. As soon as i cross the finish line, i would get up and walk away, leaving the initials screen blank and waiting intentionally. Sometimes someone would tell me i haven't entered my initials, and i'd casually say 'nah. you can enter yours if you want', and just walk away. In my mind i was the coolest person on the planet 🤣

I respect the placement. Obviously with these sorts of things, you'll never line up with EVERYONE, ya know? Happy to see Between Worlds on the higher end, that's the game that made me buy a 3DS. I really, really would like to play it again, but I don't have a 3DS anymore. Man, why did I sell my 3DS? Fun stuff, looking forward to the next retrospective. Keep it up.

You rated OoT and Majora's Mask correctly. Twilight Princess is a bit high-end your ranking of A Link to the Past and other 2d games is upsetting...but hey, its your list my dude.

Good job with your video consistency dude! Keep em coming!

Link To The Past is the best game. THIS LIST HAS ALREADY PISSED ME OFF lol

There are way more zelda games than i realized lol

I clicked on this video just for that song.. truly the pinnacle of the arcade era.

Who remembers the camera on the side of the car 😂🎥

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Never thought Char Aznable would talk about Daytona USA origins and GameStop sucking. Good videos, buddy.

nice b roll from not the original game.

one of the best things about this game was slamming your friend into the turn 3 wall to watch them flip. epic epic game

Mitsuyoshi Takenobu > Mozart Rolling staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Remember playing Daytona "stand up machine" in a cafe in UK when I was young after i had my breakfast and my dad use to talk to my uncle and my uncle use to feed my addict to play it and theys use to have streetfighter too another of my addicts they had a pinball machine I never got the hang of it. Good memories

Fun fact: You ever listen to the pit chief from the game? He sounds a lot like Robert Duvall from Days of Thunder. He even says some of the quips like “you’re lookin good” and “watch that rear bumper.” I’m convinced without Days of Thunder, Daytona USA would never exist.

The music did indeed make this game. You could hear the theme as soon as you entered any arcade a mile away and you knew what machine you were aiming for. It really did pull you in. Oh and that 8 player version? Yeah, that was insane. I'd never seen anything like it and that blew my mind the first time I saw that.

My local Dave & Busters had the 8 player cabnet setup with the full marque! They actually replaced it at one point in the mid-2000's, but think there must have been such a big drop in revenue/increase in complaints that they brought it back a few months later! Sadly that arcade closed down about a decade ago, in fact the entire mall it was in is gone now.

Walking into an arcade "Daytona!!!!" It's a sound I will never forget. Takes me back to one arcade in particular like I'm there every time.

We still have Daytona USA the old and the sequel in our local Mall's Arcade here in the Philippines, I love playing with friends and randoms since I was kid. I keep coming back when I have the time and if the machines are not in repair. These really stood the tests of time gameplay-wise.

Just a point, Lilith isn't Morrigan's sister.

Starting the video with the Daytona music was the only correct option.

In my rural small town midnight launches were actually at 10pm so the staff could go home early. We still had tournaments and parties but it was that much sweeter to not wait 2 hours. My last time Panda Express closed and offered us 1/2 off on the food left. It was heaven!

I hate to say this, but if the first time you experienced Daytona USA was in a bowling alley in 1996, you missed a lot. Not trying to be a gate-keeper, but holy shit, the experience in 1994 was VERY different than in 1996. Yes, it's a great game that anyone can appreciate. But there's something about experiencing these early 3D games, especially the Model 1 and Model 2 Sega games and the early Namco games, that just can't be replicated later on. There was nothing like walking into an arcade when that stuff was brand new and playing it for the first time. It's no surprise to me that this was the most successful arcade game ever (I can't even imagine what Sega was thinking when they saw what happened with this game). IMO, Sega Rally was a much better game, but I definitely put more quarters into Daytona over several years. This is a game that you just can't help but love, and watching 8 cabinets all linked together running a single race was absolutely amazing. Edit: My experience was obviously much different than yours and perhaps many others. I most often saw this game in 8-player configurations at arcades I went to when on vacation, starting in 1994 and lasting for at least 2 years after that. It had such lasting power that the long line of machines was almost always present in my teen years (and always positioned at the front of the arcade, where they would be sure to pull people in). I have never seen a stand-up unit in my entire life. I've always disliked those units and the only one I ever remember playing was an Outrun cabinet at our local bowling alley. Later on I think I saw 4- and 2-player configurations, but I don't believe I ever saw a single-player cabinet by itself. Edit 2: I'll go one step further and say that it's not just one of the greatest arcade games of all time, it is THE greatest arcade game of all time. And I'm pretty sure the sales numbers back that up.

Great video.

Man it really seems like GameStop have never made one good business decision

Loved this game Played it every chance I had, often at our local Nathan's restaurant/arcade. The arcade was as big as the restaurant and had an 8 player setup. Lots of great memories with friends. Thanks for creating this.

Man I went to GameStop to buy my dad the new modern warfare and the experience was just so bad the dude I. The store was helpful but even he looked annoyed that I didn’t have my ID to buy a game

Thats so real tho i gave up on gamestop in 2022 and if i want to get preowned games i go to the local one in my city

When these digital storefronts were introduced in the 360/PS3 era, the writing was on the wall. It’s much more convenient to just buy it at home than to drive to a store or even order on Amazon. There’s definitely things they could have done differently to mitigate this, but now it’s just full of funko pops and random toys and shirts. They’re trying to get into the retro game market which has exploded since COVID, but that may not save them. I’ve also talked to managers that say they’re getting more involved with the Pokemon TCG and it’s sounds like they could be looking at hosting tournaments. Either way, the days of waiting in line all day for a new game are over

Great video, had no idea about the whole GE Aerospace stuff. Loved it.

Amazingly put together video

I agree, the staff are the only reason I go there, a couple years ago , at my local one, the staff were really rude so I stopped going. The staff rotated since, and now they are really friendly and they are really the reason why I do my preorders there

Daytona, SF2 turbo and Samsho2 would be in my dream arcade.

I have several good memories of midnight releases too, the last time I went into a GameStop (maybe 8 years ago?) I remember seeing Funko Pops and other crap EVERYWHERE. I just walked back out. 😂

I was a huge fan of Daytona USA in the 90's and still love playing it today thanks to emulation. I especially loved the 8 player setup at my local arcade next to the cinema and regularly played it with other people before seeing a movie. So much fun!

To be fair, those GameStop NASCAR paint schemes were awesome.

Stop putting full-stops at the end of titles, air head..

DAY-Y-TONAAAAA.

Every time I pretend to stop for a stop sign I yell “ROOOLLLLING STOOOOPPPP”

Great video! 😀😀

I own the 2 player sit down version, sadly one half of it does not work and here in Malta its not easy to find a tech to fix it…

One of my favorite racing game. I still play it to this day even over daytona 2 and the newer remake. This can be called the perfect combination of gameplay, graphics and especially music.

The first time I saw Street Fighter's influence in hip hop. Was during a scene in Juice. Tupac was playing a SF1 arcade machine.

This is easily one of my favorite documentaries on Daytona USA. I still remember exactly where I was when I first saw it.

Daytona cheat: If you crash into a wall, hold down the accelerator and the turbo button at the same time while the car is being auto repositioned back on to the track. The car will shoot off like 300mph. Just keep yourself scraping against the wall so you don't need to steer. The burst lasts about 10 seconds and uses all your turbo up but it's more than enough time to give you a huge lead. I would beat anyone I played every time using this cheat.