Certain video games stressed me out in the arcade - this was one of them. I remember 1982 and the sound of Zaxxon...it was the sound that threw me. This weird sound to what should've been a simple game to play...but it threw me. Maybe it was the fuel level going down (always stressful). Loved…
I remember being at Dave & Busters and hearing this song echo across the game room. It summoned me, who didn't love playing Daytona? This theme song stuck in my head (and I'll admit I always looked for it in arcades) Arcade Longplay [229] Daytona USA http://www.longplays.org Played By: Uncle Bone Daytona usa is one…
I remember my friend Chuck had an Atari 2600 and the first time we saw "Pitfall" it just freaked me out - THE SCREEN SCROLLED!!! If you had an Activision game, you were the bomb dude (and the scorpions ALWAYS kicked my butt) Atari 2600 Game: Pitfall (1982 Activision) (Modified Version) A platform game that…
I remember 1981 and seeing this game with a monkey rolling barrels down and thought "that's just stupid" - $10 in quarters later I was hooked. The first appearance of Mario in a video game - and remember Princess Pauline? I always thought she just didn't want to get caught. Nothing quite like "Donkey Kong"…
1980 at the arcade and you could hear the rumbling of "Battlezone" - the first 3D game in an arcade, and it was magical. I remember wondering what was on the moon and how the hell the tank controller worked. Arcade Game: Battle Zone (1980 Atari) [Re-Uploaded] A 3-D first-person tank battle shooting game from…
Remember being in the arcade in the early 1980's and hearing this incredibly loud game from the back? It was Defender, and I'll have to admit I SUCKED AT IT! Pretty good at most games in the arcade, but this one kicked my ass - but for it's time there was a ton of stuff…
