Step into This Soviet Arcade Time Machine
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While American teens in the ’80s were obsessing over Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, their Soviet counterparts were playing arcade games meant to prepare them for war. At the time, video games weren’t easily accessible in the Soviet Union. So the government fashioned them from refrigerators and calculators with the goal of training young Soviets for combat. St. Petersburg resident Alexander Stakhanov remembers those games fondly. So he did what any nostalgic gamer would do—he opened the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines.
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04.12.2022
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Tetris XD
Ah my favorite, pull the turnip. Truly beyond it's time.
pull the turnip. this is really russia.
No saved scores so you can't compete against the last player…communism at its finest
#1MILLIONSUBHYPE, 98 OVER 1MIL
#1MILLIONSUBHYPE, 98 OVER 1MIL
#1MILLIONSUBHYPE, 98 OVER 1MIL
In Soviet Russia, the arcade games play you.
i herd korobeiniki in the background
At least these have purpose on life
russia had badass games
in America you play games
in Russia games play you
Wtf
In America, you play Game of war
In soviet Russia, You play war games
I think that these kind of retro soviet stuff is really interesting.
I got beat your high score on pull the turnip
In Soviet Russia you dont play the arcade
THE ARCADE PLAYS YOU!
"pull the turnip"
COOI?!?!?!?????!??!?!??!??!??!?!!??!??!??!??!???????????!???!??!!
0:55 that game actually looks really fun
OH BOY, what could be funner than a nice game of PULL THE TURNIP?
In soviet russia game plays u
In Soviet Russia, you don't play games,
The games play you.
I gotta try this out
Cyka Blyad Americans, Only Komrades go to Military, and Wimps go to Gulag!
Remember soviet russia attacked canada's friend ukraine -_-
NO TETRIS ?!?!
My favorite game is pull the turnip
Should be renamed to “Origin of the Rush B”
In Soviet Russia arcade plays you!
The narrator in the beginning sounded like Chadtronic.
1:19 Someone I used to know actually has the same arcade game which is still fully functional
I love soviet russia even if I m filipino kid I m just 9 salute to stalin comrade s
I wish they had this in America!
There were arcades in the Soviet Union?
What's the Intro song
Very gud komrad!
When you need to learn but wanna play games
Knock knock….
Who is it?
The KGB
KGB who?
WE ASK THE QUESTIONS!
I like those Marksman games
Who else read pull the turnip as pull the trump? Only me? Okay
If you lose you go to gulag
I really want to go there now!!!
Oow,They already trained in the young age too…
"plays Soviet Union anthem"
0:20 A Yo Mama Reference
In Soviet Russia,
Arcade games play you.
Nice!
This looks fun for training for the army
The games aren't russian unless they have nixie tubes and named pull the turnip.
In soviet russia, games play you
I was expecting the Soviet Anthem when you put the coin in