Joysticks (1983)
Review by Jesse Nelson | Vestron Video

As a kid I remember being overwhelmed with joy after talking my father into taking me to see JOYSTICKS at the theatre. I've always been a video game junkie and being twelve at the time of this film's release, I couldn't wait to see the naked breasts that I was sure would be in the film.

Watching this film again, fifteen years later, brought a gentle tear to my eye. Not only did I get to see 80s tits (when they were still real like they should be!) but I got to visit with my old friend Pac-Man — two things that this world would be much lesser without.

As with most teen sex films of the 80s there isn't much to JOYSTICKS, but then again when one scene segues into the next with a giant Pac-Man chomping across the screen, you don't need substance. In a pac shell, the story concerns Joe Don Baker (yeah, that guy) who wants to shut down the local arcade because his daughter likes to hang out there. That's it. I suppose you can take the rest from there: bad guy does some things, good guy counteracts, let's all get naked and play Pac-Man!

Did I mention our hero can't play video games because his girlfriend's father caught them being dirty in the arcade and moved away? Now whenever he sees a video game, he can only think of his lost love. Can you see the depth we're dealing with? This is all an 80s film should be.

VIVA JOYSTICKS!