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First one, woo hoo!

Where is the Millipede cabinet?

Great game, you three! Man, Ben, you're good at video games! I want to be like you one day.

At 3:06 that's Steve Sanders from the movie King of Kong

Do you still have that millipede arcade game you were given for winning?

I miss the 80s,hanging at the arcade with a pocket full or quarters

5:18...Dudes like, stop touching me fag. Remember it's 1983.

Do you still have the Millipede arcade game that you won in this video?

2:47 Long Distance Phone Bill

Hey Ben, thanks for uploading these videos. They are great!

Does Ben Gold still have that Millipede cabinet?

INCREDIBLE!

I wish I could go back in time to that arcade, save just start beating the shit out of these losers. They're fucking losers.

Are you sure this is from 1983? I heard someone say 'in September', so is this from 1984, as per the Last September bit, or 1983 as the title suggests?

living legend himself xd i wonder how is he doing now

Billy Mitchell would like to have a lawsuit with you.

Man these are some crystal clear visuals. Is this 8k?

Lol what are all those old people doing there? They must have filmed this in a retirement home.

With a name like 'Gold' it was meant to be.

Nice Ben Gold will be the next Mr. Arcade

1:50 Deep disembodied voice: Blue player, ready!

1:45 Deep disembodied voice: Yellow player, ready!

1:42 Deep disembodied voice: Red player, ready!

0:43 Deep disembodied voice: Players ready!

Thanks for uploading this Ben! It was an awesome experience! And you were the coolest, most down to earth kid there. .

That announcer guy in the glasses reminds me of the obnoxious announcer in Death Race.

"Bobby Sherman???? hahahahaha" - Lisa Simpson

I really think it would be cool if they made a movie about the gaming compititions in the 80's, be it a made up person or a movie about a real person on a team in the 80's. I imagine the character being played by James Eubanks (Optic Clayster) and player for one of the current Professional Call of Duty Teams. Im so fascinated by the history in Esports. Like Ben said in the interview, The story of Twin Galaxies hasnt been told, and with how major competitive gaming is today, i personally think the movie would to very well.

Notice the music during the credits is an instrumental version of the song Snowball by DEVO and the music is credited to Bobby Sherman!! I guess it is a proper cover of the original with cool 80s arcade sound effects synced to it. Thanks for posting!

this is awesome! Why shows like this didn't last in america is truely puzzling. Shows watching people play games would be huge for the rest of time if stupid television stations would get their heads out of their bums!

Well, of course she is. She's sick and tired of people playing Super Zaxxon without already being good at the first Zaxxon. Plus, what about all of the morons that keep crashing into the wall because they keep looking at what they're firing at rather than looking ahead?! I'd be pissed too.

1:20 That lady giving Zaxxon tips is pissed OFF!

You are so awesome mr gold!

This is really cool! The best part is the people at the arcade blatantly reading game tips off of cue cards.

Actually, this aired on February 21, 1983. At least according to Time magazine and a couple other sources.

No. He said FAST and furious.

"I was in the 6th grade when this aired for the 1st time! Thanks for posting!"

Ben gold is my hero!

Ben was probably the best gamer of the life shoot, and not a troll like some classic gamers.

ESPORTS WOOOT

i wonder how many of these guys are still virgins

wow where did you dig this up from

Gratz Ben. Watching you at the CGL conference at Billy's arcade right now.

Ben rules!!!

heh :)

That was nice of them to do that, not many towns care about vid's.

Nice visiting you there. Hope to see you down the road at future events. Never did talk to Billy. Tell him thanks for the sauce. Take care.