THE SOUNDS OF THE SOUNDS OF VINTAGE ARCADES: MP3 SAMPLES FROM 1982-1988
In case you missed it earlier today on the Mother Boing, Mark dug up this Classic Arcade Sounds collection, whose owner explains:
We recorded our video game experiences from 1982 until 1988 in a variety of locations on the east coast. Most of the recordings come from Ithaca, NY, Albany, NY and Ocean City, MD. Other locations include Lancaster, PA, Falmouth, MA, Rehoboth Beach, DE and Key West, FL.
Luckily I stored all fourteen audio tapes in a safe place and rediscovered them when I moved the rest of my stuff out of my parents house in 1997. In the last several years I digitized these nostalgic recordings to preserve and share them.Experience the magic and the wonder of the early years of coin-op video games. 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….
It’s already pre-faded/corrupted for you, just run it through a bit of tape delay and stick a nice beat behind it, and you’ve got an instant Boards of Canada-esque nostalgic album.
Classic Arcade Sounds [coinopvideogames, via BB]
See more posts about: Arcade, Offworld Originals
