Season 3 Episode 3 — 1984 Special
In this episode Darren flies solo and heads over to Springfield Missouri to uncover a diamond in the rough. The 1984 Arcade is home to over 50 restored classics and an atmosphere so retro you’ll be tempted to break out the walkman and power-level through Defender.
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downloading now, thumbs up for the multiple formats
thanks guys, awesome epp i’m sure
Can’t wait to watch it.
I liked the episode, it was cool, though it has got to be the shortest episode yet.
I don’t like this one.
Old school gaming rocks!
This really brings back memories for me. Mad props for this ep.
I love the ascii-ified intro
Great Episode.
Different, but cool.
Thanks for all your hard work!
Nice one, flying solo and kicking retro oldskool butt! i was never much into arcades in the 80’s, but you can’t beat a bit of retro tech, and the 8bit intro was kickass. Thumbs up!
Because of this I now want to build my own.
Great episode Darren, even though you were on your own – the theme pwned, it was informative and a great watch. Mad props to you!
-Kyle
Yeah! …14% download and counting
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(I can’t wait for watching it)
Thanks Hak.5 team for this AWESOME work!
You’re the best!
Dudes! This Seemed Like This Was REALLY Professionally done MADD!! Props!
woot!!!
Love you Darren, one of the best episodes of hak.5 ever! (and that’s meaning a lot)
I always loved your feature episodes.
Made my night! thanks
I don’t know what’s happening, But is not the same. There’s not that great interaction you guys had some programs ago!!!
I’ll hope it gets better than worse.
(Long time watcher/lurker, first time commenter)
Wow. This episode rocked. Sure, it deviated from the regular formula, but it kicked _serious_ ass nonetheless. Pure awesomeness, Darren.
I’m a child of the 80s, so this was very enjoyable. Agree totally that even MAME cabinets just aren’t the same.
Solo? Non tech? Don’t sweat it. I’m sure it’s challenging doing a show of this caliber on your own time, so if you need to scale back now and then, nobody should begrudge you that. Rock on!
pretty weak foo
sweet.
Wow! What a great episode. I’m really surprised by this episode because the Hak.5 crew seems way too young to remember any of this stuff.
The 1984 cafe looks fantastic, I hope those guys do well.
I loved the ASCIIfication of the opening and closing credits and the opening music is great. There is something very familiar about it but, I can’t place it.
The BBS brought a tear to my eye. Telnet to bbs.hak5.org was an incredible idea and it’s still going! There were three people logged on when I signed just prior to this post! There’s mail and game doors and file transfers. I was catapulted back in time. The only thing that isn’t totally authentic about it is the speed. My 300 baud modem use to paint one line at a time, taking five or more seconds to draw a screen.
I tip my hat to you. That was a great show! Great concept!
Hey so where’s the live Hak5 from the 19th?
I’ve been watching Hak5 on and off since the first episode. What in the world were you doing in Springfield, MO? I live in Springfield and have been to 1984. Cool episode.
I’ll be in Springfield, MO all week if anyone wants to grab a beer.
Hehe, just email darren@hak5.org lol