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Well Fed Games:
Tears for Fears, The Cure, Talking Heads.
mgb:
When I think of some good 80s arcade music, I think of a little different than what you listed:

Definitely some Cars is fitting,
The Police,
Eddie Grant - Electric Avenue
You've gotta have some Duran Duran
Madness
maybe some Men at work
The Cure (I hated them back then, but not now)
Billy Squier (he sucks, but thats what I heard in arcades as a kid)
David Bowie
The Clash (maybe something off of the Combat Rock album)
Berlin - Metro
Pat Benetar - Shadows of the night
The Bugles - Video killed the radiostar
Falco
I grew up with alot of 80s Heavy Metal, so I would also say Iron Maiden, Ozzy and Quiet Riot.
Slade - Run Runaway
Bon Jovi - Shes a little runaway
Definitely some old Van Halen
I could go on for days, This is just some of what I would play and what I grew up with.
mgb:
Oops, I almost Forgot:
 Journey,
 Beastie Boys (depending on your era in the arcades)
 Motley Crue (especially the first album and Shout at the Devil)
Vulgar Soul:

--- Quote from: mgb on November 08, 2011, 08:33:28 pm ---When I think of some good 80s arcade music, I think of a little different than what you listed:

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Lol, that's cool because like I said I'm very interested in seeing what type of music different people associate with the atmosphere of the arcades as they remember. For those of us putting together game rooms I think the feel of your place is just as inviting as how it looks.

I grew up in the 90s but when I went to a skating rink, video arcade, or any such place for arcades, smooth 80s (and some early 90s) funk, dance-pop, disco, freestyle, synthpop,new wave, and hip hop was the SOUND of the arcades and most other family entertainment venues at the time. Sometimes they'd switch it up with some 70s stuff or popular rock but damn they use to pump that bass heavy with old school dance records.

This was the soundtrack of bein at the arcades for me.  

I would def add everything you listed to my own personal soundtrack. I find it interesting you heard heavy metal when you visited arcades though lol. Interesting, mus be a regional thing. South Bronx kid here, so it was mostly dance, electro, and funk records around here.

I actually check out local thrift stores and collect 80s and 90s dance records as part of my arcade collection because the music I use to hear was so memorable to me about walking into an arcade!

Cybotron - Clear


Man Parrish - Hip Hop Be Bop


Madonna - Into the Groove


Shannon - Let the Music Play


Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
yotsuya:
Great lists there! All 80s for me as well.
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