 is most folks want to check out the first ever national new video music channel mtv short for music television and what year was it that donkey kong and frogger were hot games not on your computer not on your phone but at the arcade it's a place where people went to play games 1980 1981 or 1982 the year was 1981 it's when lover boy had this hot 80s hit i think we all do it working for the weekend