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Speed Racer | a brief gaming history
Speed Racer is one of the first anime shows that gained popularity in the U.S. after its dubbing and airing in the 60s. Since then, a cult following for the series has continued to live on, with video game developers finding different ways to creatively express the show's drama and over-the-top racing action.
In this video, we dive into the history of Speed Racer and its many video games, including the best, the bad, and the ugly of the bunch. Were these games any good? Let's find out!
CHAPTER LIST:
Intro - 0:00
Speed Racer in the Challenge of Racer X (1992) - 01:04
Speed Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventure (1994) - 02:14
Speed Racer (Namco, 1995) - 03:18
Speed Racer (PS1, 1996) - 03:53
Speed Racer: Demon on Wheels (2005) - 04:46
Speed Racer (PS2, Wii, NDS, Java, 2008) - 05:40
Conclusion/Outro - 07:17
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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Wii Remotes | a brief gaming history
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FRIENDS...The Video Game?
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Analog Sticks | a brief gaming history
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What Happened to MVP Baseball?
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BURNOUT | a brief gaming history
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TRIALS | a brief gaming history
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The Sony EmulationStation
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Gaming on a "Portable" TV in Black & White?
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How Piracy Damaged Nintendo

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @TCBStudios
    @TCBStudios 17 днів тому

    Wait, so the Speed Racer browser game WAS really hard? I just thought I sucked!

    • @lostsaint
      @lostsaint 17 днів тому

      @@TCBStudios It wasn’t until doing research about this game that I realized the same thing! Seeing people who won the race in these comments blows my mind lol

  • @andrewashford5617
    @andrewashford5617 17 днів тому

    My dad took me here every weekend when I was 9-10 then he passed away from a brain aneurysm when I was 12! My life’s been fucked ever since! But this video is the only thing I have to look back on cause we didn’t have video recording capabilities back then. Sucks to see how ppl pointlessly abuse it now and hide behind filters🤦🏽 I’d give anything to hear or see my dad again on video even just a voice recording!!!

  • @chrisrichfield8906
    @chrisrichfield8906 25 днів тому

    I remember playing the arcade game in the 90s, when i was like 7-8 years old. It was very hard but something about the speedy graphics made it appealing to me.

  • @gtr500able
    @gtr500able Місяць тому

    Used to have a tv like that in mid 00's

  • @SweetTalk-w8w
    @SweetTalk-w8w 2 місяці тому

    ive recently played the nds speed racers. and man i wish i heard of this game sooner. i dont like racing games but this game is just pure fun

    • @lostsaint
      @lostsaint 2 місяці тому

      honestly! didn't play NDS much in childhood (I was a PSP kid) but this game had me locked in! Thanks for watching :)

  • @roqueadeleon
    @roqueadeleon 2 місяці тому

    Had this for road trips, used to hook up the PS2 to this and play Kingdom Hearts. Super impractical - but lots of fun when you have to sit in a car and do nothing for a few hours.

    • @lostsaint
      @lostsaint 2 місяці тому

      Peak nostalgia moment, I would have loved to have that experience as a kid! Thanks for watching :)

  • @CarlinhosdaDalva
    @CarlinhosdaDalva 2 місяці тому

    The Atari 2600 controller was the first controller with analog sticks that Nintendo copied in the design of the Nintendo 64 controller.

  • @RobiticDuck
    @RobiticDuck 3 місяці тому

    Got me a 1980 CCTV monitor in black and white, that will be hooked up with seperate speakers. I also have a Sony Watchman Mega, also B & W

  • @RedTroPc
    @RedTroPc 3 місяці тому

    I have one but mine doesnt have av inputs, only coax in a 3.5mm jack form

  • @shadowman7408
    @shadowman7408 3 місяці тому

    I miss mine, letterman & Colvert on it, pokemon Stadium 2

  • @heartwellroots5365
    @heartwellroots5365 3 місяці тому

    If only anyone ever knew how good the physics could be in that PS2/Wii game. Mostly just ps2, tbh, since one can't really do button combo attacks on physical Wii hardware.

  • @JTeam45
    @JTeam45 3 місяці тому

    Since this is the only place I could really brag about it... ...I got the Skull Duggery wallpaper from getting 10K points + winning on Speed Racer: Demon on Wheels ;) Took me a long time, though! Lots of trial and error! The Wii game was also amazing! Since it's in my top favorite franchises, I really don't want to see it die. It's so unique and full of character, and it doesn't take itself too seriously- just seriously enough, which is refreshing. As racing now is as big as it was in the 2000s, I think it's poised for a comeback.

    • @lostsaint
      @lostsaint Місяць тому

      nah you’re a savage for that score 🫡🫡🫡

  • @BundasecaGames
    @BundasecaGames 3 місяці тому

    I played the PS1 one a lot

  • @megaman37456
    @megaman37456 4 місяці тому

    Honestly I want JJ Abrams as far away from Speed Racer as possible, dude can't write to save his life.

    • @imfsresidentotaku9699
      @imfsresidentotaku9699 3 місяці тому

      Yes, he can. You just haven’t watched Mission: Impossible 3, proof positive that he can write a halfway decent adaptation of a 1960’s television series, and are basing your idea of his writing abilities wholly on two or so films from the last decade. Not to mention, the Speed Racer script he’d be working off of is one he wrote in the 90’s, well before his reputation took a hit.

    • @megaman37456
      @megaman37456 3 місяці тому

      @@imfsresidentotaku9699 I still don't trust him, the Wachowski's got it right, he won't get even remotely close.

  • @kennyblakenship
    @kennyblakenship 5 місяців тому

    i think parts of the metreon really tapped into the zeitgeist of the time but unfortunately it was more of a caricature than a genuine attempt to be at the cutting edge of the future. hard to say if something like this at scale could ever really be successful- even in a tech hub. regardless, it was a futuristic wonderland in my eyes and i had some really special times here with my dad as a kid playing hyperbowl and going to the discovery channel store. a far cry from the sf of today. thanks for making this video, it brought back some good memories

  • @ElliotWright-si9pt
    @ElliotWright-si9pt 6 місяців тому

    This was a really cool concept! I remember it being kinda mind blowing as a kid.

  • @TheRealBatabii
    @TheRealBatabii 6 місяців тому

    I didn't realize the n64's analog stick was announced first, but sega's came out first

  • @gazebo936
    @gazebo936 6 місяців тому

    Man, I remember figuring out how to play Demon On Wheels when I must have been like 4 or 5 years old, pretty sure I figured out how to play it on my own as well. I feel incredibly lucky to have experienced playing that as it really jumpstarted my love for racing games and Speed Racer as a whole

  • @dreamcastninja88
    @dreamcastninja88 6 місяців тому

    I have one I rock my Dreamcast on it, and watch DVDS on it. It has it's charm to it.

  • @iralmoore2966
    @iralmoore2966 7 місяців тому

    its cause since then kids cant aim with out aim assist back in 2000s analog stick were crap now 2024 better quality makes it like aim bot with aim assist its why it should be removed from games

  • @RinIshi7
    @RinIshi7 7 місяців тому

    We were poor growing up. My mom worked 3 jobs to care for 6 kids without government assistance. She managed to buy me a PS2 the year it came out. She couldn't afford much else, so every game was something I'd rent for a few days at a time. Only got the opportunity maybe once or twice a month. Almost directly after Christmas, our house was robbed. Took everything of value. TVs, Stereos, random things and my PS2. My mom worked hard, she tracked down a lot of what was stolen at local pawn shops and bought some of it back. Most of it she had to just buy all over again. I had to wait about a year to play the PS2 again. She managed to scrape some money together for a SNES between then and gave me her tiny TV she kept at her desk at work. I played F-Zero a lot during those days. Anyways, after about a year later we managed to get a PS2 again and I had been wanting to play Kingdom Hearts. I have a lot of great memories just sitting on a stool playing Kingdom Hearts on this tiny TV. It was in black and white, I had no memory card so I had to keep the PS2 running for the 2 days I had Kingdom Hearts. I played Destiny Island so many times. It wasn't perfect, but damn... I was thankful I got even that much. This TV was the exact same one I played Kingdom Hearts on. It made me think of those times. How hard my mom worked, how much we all collectively compromised. It was an important time in my life. Anyways, years later after I got a proper TV, memory card and both Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 to actually own. I played through Destiny Islands for days when I was home sick from school. I leveled just past level 80 before finally moving on to Traverse Town. Still can't get Wakka's "waah" out of my head from those days lol

  • @salamanderavem3782
    @salamanderavem3782 7 місяців тому

    Mine has a different Av port Uses six and it wont work lol

  • @CrimsonKamina
    @CrimsonKamina 8 місяців тому

    God I had so many good memories of the Metreon

  • @OmegaRejectz
    @OmegaRejectz 8 місяців тому

    Great video! Awesome dissection of the franchise. Besides the music being too loud at parts.

  • @Improvethegrooverecords
    @Improvethegrooverecords 8 місяців тому

    Hey did you use just normal rca cables to game ? My ps1 cables aren’t fitting they seem either too small or something

    • @lostsaint
      @lostsaint 8 місяців тому

      Yes, I used all OEM rca cables for this

  • @epicCoolgiytryhsrfsea
    @epicCoolgiytryhsrfsea 8 місяців тому

    WTF how does this still have 12 comments

  • @stuarta9571
    @stuarta9571 8 місяців тому

    Used to play n64 on one these as a kid

  • @diamondsking3790
    @diamondsking3790 9 місяців тому

    Where the wild things are was the place I went all the time as a kid the last time I was there was in January 2005 right before they closed and it was a shock to hear they closed literally a few months later. From this day I still miss it with all my heart and I don’t think I ever will get the closure from that place because I still miss it very much.

  • @MALOK003
    @MALOK003 9 місяців тому

    If it ever gets a new game it has to be based on the 2008 movie

    • @imfsresidentotaku9699
      @imfsresidentotaku9699 3 місяці тому

      No, it doesn’t. The original show offers endless possibilities.

  • @supslumps1592
    @supslumps1592 9 місяців тому

    Mine doesn’t show full screen you know what might be the problem? I connected it to some av cable but it’s not the original one

  • @VicAusTaxiTruckie
    @VicAusTaxiTruckie 9 місяців тому

    I swear I remember a top down multiplayer speed racer game, where players can upgrade their cars. Possibly on tye snes

  • @trskk848
    @trskk848 9 місяців тому

    Very informative, amazing 10/10

    • @lostsaint
      @lostsaint 9 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed!

  • @ripplay8947
    @ripplay8947 9 місяців тому

    Imagine some guy modding it and beating eldenring no damage

  • @SunkenMold
    @SunkenMold 9 місяців тому

    That quote sure was something

  • @kristinecline3784
    @kristinecline3784 9 місяців тому

    HELP ME! HELP ME! WTF!

  • @pizzagames2762
    @pizzagames2762 9 місяців тому

    How the f### would you hold the last one😊

  • @Raija1980s
    @Raija1980s 9 місяців тому

    lol this is hallarious hope mikerowesoft wins the case

  • @NickBarratt110
    @NickBarratt110 10 місяців тому

    I really wish they would put Evolution back in the Xbox store (or PS)

    • @xman777b
      @xman777b 9 місяців тому

      everyone does. Best in the series. RGH solves that. Ubisoft didn't want my money. *solved*

  • @NOWSYOURCHANCETOBEABIGSHOT1
    @NOWSYOURCHANCETOBEABIGSHOT1 10 місяців тому

    potentiometers...the worst thing that happened to controllers

  • @daniellarsonintervew7413
    @daniellarsonintervew7413 10 місяців тому

    Keep making videos 😊

  • @DeltaT45
    @DeltaT45 10 місяців тому

    PlayStation anal

  • @camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.
    @camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc. 10 місяців тому

    Speed Racer. One of the best cartoons ever apart from many others. Including my personal favourite… Albert The 5th Musketeer.

  • @camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.
    @camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc. 10 місяців тому

    Great video lost.saint. This is your best video by far.

  • @arthurpendrake2339
    @arthurpendrake2339 10 місяців тому

    I miss going there

  • @superwario3644
    @superwario3644 11 місяців тому

    I watched a video talking about these portable TVs it seems they where some of the last crt tvs ever made since they where produced in the late 2000s they where mass produced and sold very cheaply some of them had color but some dident

  • @NatetheNintendofan
    @NatetheNintendofan 11 місяців тому

    I bet Bill Gates wants to rename himself to mike rowe

  • @fred24097
    @fred24097 Рік тому

    Just a quick note about Trials 2, the series' actual first time in 2.5D was the full Trials 2 that came out for PC in 2007, which the Flash version is actually advertising. With a different looking rider, sounds from the Flash version, tiny differences in the level layouts, and just a portion of the levels that SE had (16 instead of SE's 40). It shortly after got updated to the Second Edition and the 2007 Trials 2 got almost erased from existence.

  • @churblefurbles
    @churblefurbles Рік тому

    Recent history is so poorly documented.

  • @michaelstewart1526
    @michaelstewart1526 Рік тому

    i have this buy mine doesnt have the yellow white things wtf

  • @oldschooldriver
    @oldschooldriver Рік тому

    Beautiful style of video/audio, thanks. I create historic game videos too and i understand how hard is it. As for Speed racer; looking at these footages the game might be interesting only to japanese kids, so no much regret about it loost in the time.

    • @imfsresidentotaku9699
      @imfsresidentotaku9699 4 місяці тому

      Then your lack of regret is completely superficial. Not only is that a terrible reason to let this classic be “loost in the time,” American gamers enjoy these games (as explicitly stated in the video), with many of them being made by non-Japanese developers. That’s how much Speed Racer popularized anime in the west, so “interesting only to japanese kids” my foot. You can’t just dismiss this great series with such flimsy reasoning and no elaboration. Some people might like what Japanese kids like.