Video Arcade ambience 1982-88

Danny Himself · 03.03.2009, 02:12 PM

This guy has posted the digitalized recordings (from cassette) that he and his friends made in the 80s at their visits to Video Arcades.

"Hear the classic arcade ambience like you haven't heard it in over a quarter of a century! The blend of several video games being played simultaneously, the kids yelling and the quarters clanking. We will never hear such beautiful chaos quite the same way again...."

http://www.coinopvideogames.com/sounds.php

atsonicpark · 03.03.2009, 02:29 PM

EXCELLENT.

I had an idea like this the other day, record a full 8 hour shift at my job, call it "field recordings from a grocery store" and release it in a 8-disc set.

But...

Danny Himself · 03.03.2009, 02:40 PM

Sounds like a good idea. Everywhere has some exciting sound to offer, I suppose- the kitchen I work in is a great noisefest, the dishwashing machine, the electric whisks, doughmixer, vegetables being chopped, the clang of pots and pans falling over because I never stack them properly ETC.

RECORD YR SHIFT

demonrail666 · 03.03.2009, 03:22 PM

Great find! It's so nice to listen to Defender again. I don't even want to think about how much money I pumped into that during school lunchtimes.

greedrex · 03.03.2009, 06:08 PM

funny shit, yo

GeneticKiss · 03.04.2009, 01:05 AM

Take a listen to Chiller (Video Games 12, Track #18)...

20something guy: "Wow, this is crazy...they got all this torture chamber and guillotines and shit...I can't believe they let them show all this blood everywhere..."

How things have changed since 1986

atsonicpark · 03.04.2009, 02:28 AM

haha.

yeah this is classic stuff.

Danny Himself · 03.04.2009, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeneticKiss

Take a listen to Chiller (Video Games 12, Track #18)...

20something guy: "Wow, this is crazy...they got all this torture chamber and guillotines and shit...I can't believe they let them show all this blood everywhere..."

How things have changed since 1986

Ahaha I didn't hear that one, funny stuff. Indeed, how times change.

noisereductions · 03.04.2009, 02:11 PM

Chiller (the game) is awesome.

Rob Instigator · 03.04.2009, 02:55 PM

ahhh, the soundtrack of my youth. from 1981-1988 I would gather whatever quarters were to be found and hit the arcade!!!!!

Rob Instigator · 03.04.2009, 03:07 PM

Danny , needless to say, you've been -FUPPETED-

Danny Himself · 03.04.2009, 03:17 PM

Oh my!

"Well-endowed", huh? How flattering.

Rob Instigator · 03.04.2009, 03:45 PM

it's all guesswork

stu666 · 04.22.2012, 06:15 AM

Awesome!

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.22.2012, 10:42 AM

yes, very awesome

EVOLghost · 04.22.2012, 04:10 PM

Those must've been the days...

gmku · 04.22.2012, 04:18 PM

There was a time you could urinate on gas station walls.

gmku · 04.22.2012, 04:39 PM

INSIDE the station? Like on the wall with all the engine parts? That's what I'm talking about. Sigh, what good times... .

Keeping It Simple · 04.23.2012, 06:07 AM

I once saw a bloke on the floor getting his head kicked in by two others in a Tel Aviv video game arcade. I was hidden behind one of the video game cabinets.

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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	EXCELLENT. I had an idea like this the other day, record a full 8 hour shift at my job, call it "field recordings from a grocery store" and release it in a 8-disc set. But... __________________
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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	Sounds like a good idea. Everywhere has some exciting sound to offer, I suppose- the kitchen I work in is a great noisefest, the dishwashing machine, the electric whisks, doughmixer, vegetables being chopped, the clang of pots and pans falling over because I never stack them properly ETC. RECORD YR SHIFT
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Great find! It's so nice to listen to Defender again. I don't even want to think about how much money I pumped into that during school lunchtimes.
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GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	Take a listen to Chiller (Video Games 12, Track #18)... 20something guy: "Wow, this is crazy...they got all this torture chamber and guillotines and shit...I can't believe they let them show all this blood everywhere..." How things have changed since 1986 __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	This guy has posted the digitalized recordings (from cassette) that he and his friends made in the 80s at their visits to Video Arcades. "Hear the classic arcade ambience like you haven't heard it in over a quarter of a century! The blend of several video games being played simultaneously, the kids yelling and the quarters clanking. We will never hear such beautiful chaos quite the same way again...." http://www.coinopvideogames.com/sounds.php
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	haha. yeah this is classic stuff. __________________
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Chiller (the game) is awesome. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,969	ahhh, the soundtrack of my youth. from 1981-1988 I would gather whatever quarters were to be found and hit the arcade!!!!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,969	Danny , needless to say, you've been -FUPPETED- __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	Oh my! "Well-endowed", huh? How flattering.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,969	it's all guesswork __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 13,504	Awesome! __________________ http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	yes, very awesome
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EVOLghost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cybatraz! Posts: 11,537	Those must've been the days...
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	There was a time you could urinate on gas station walls. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	INSIDE the station? Like on the wall with all the engine parts? That's what I'm talking about. Sigh, what good times... . __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Keeping It Simple invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,721	I once saw a bloke on the floor getting his head kicked in by two others in a Tel Aviv video game arcade. I was hidden behind one of the video game cabinets.
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