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Season 3 Episode 3 — 1984 Special

October 5, 2007


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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Running time: 19:20

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Written by Darren · Filed Under Episodes 

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24 Responses to “Season 3 Episode 3 — 1984 Special”

  1. George on October 5th, 2007 11:47 am

    downloading now, thumbs up for the multiple formats

  2. Tyler on October 5th, 2007 1:24 pm

    thanks guys, awesome epp i’m sure

  3. Tim on October 5th, 2007 2:06 pm

    Can’t wait to watch it.

  4. nite_monkey on October 5th, 2007 3:11 pm

    I liked the episode, it was cool, though it has got to be the shortest episode yet.

  5. Matthewss87 on October 5th, 2007 10:01 pm

    I don’t like this one.

  6. DjDiff on October 6th, 2007 3:56 am

    Old school gaming rocks!

    This really brings back memories for me. Mad props for this ep.

  7. Computer_kid on October 6th, 2007 6:47 am

    I love the ascii-ified intro

  8. Jay on October 6th, 2007 9:35 am

    Great Episode.
    Different, but cool.
    Thanks for all your hard work! :-D

  9. cybereagle on October 6th, 2007 11:17 am

    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!

  10. anthrounit on October 6th, 2007 12:05 pm

    Because of this I now want to build my own.

  11. Kyle on October 6th, 2007 2:01 pm

    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

  12. PacoKiLi on October 6th, 2007 9:25 pm

    Yeah! …14% download and counting :D !!
    (I can’t wait for watching it)

    Thanks Hak.5 team for this AWESOME work!

    You’re the best!

  13. Mynes on October 7th, 2007 5:07 am

    Dudes! This Seemed Like This Was REALLY Professionally done MADD!! Props!

  14. Johan Carlsson on October 7th, 2007 12:33 pm

    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

  15. Andrew on October 7th, 2007 3:38 pm

    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.

  16. MV on October 8th, 2007 4:55 pm

    (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.

  17. Dave T on October 9th, 2007 10:47 am

    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!

  18. anonymous coward on October 10th, 2007 2:53 pm

    pretty weak foo

  19. mlopez on October 14th, 2007 10:57 am

    sweet.

  20. Retro Geek on October 22nd, 2007 9:37 am

    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!

  21. Coleman on October 22nd, 2007 6:51 pm

    Hey so where’s the live Hak5 from the 19th?

  22. Luke on October 25th, 2007 5:04 pm

    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.

  23. Administrator on October 25th, 2007 10:53 pm

    I’ll be in Springfield, MO all week if anyone wants to grab a beer.

  24. Administrator on October 25th, 2007 10:54 pm

    Hehe, just email darren@hak5.org lol

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