I remember playing this then forgetting what it was called and asking on 4chan with a vague description and someone replied with the wrong game and then another person replied to them: "It's Dink Smallwood you Fuck!" And now whenever my brother and I can't remember something we say, "It's Dink Smallwood you Fuck!"
@@seer6251 you should really apply to write for avgn. the first minute or so really reminded me of the best elements of early avgn, if not better; youre way better at this shtick than whatever tired old james is doing these days.
I beat this game as a child and loved it. I had little access to PC games, so finding a game that's free, and this good, was magical at the time. I had been trying to remember the name of this game for years, and then I saw the thumbnail. Maybe it didn't age well, but now I can play to see for myself. THANK YOU
Dude I love this game. I actually found a pretty insane glitch that's fun to mess around with. I played the app, so I'm not sure if it works on the computer version, but anyway: i found a spot on the coast that looks like regular water, but it's solid, letting you get out of bounds. I think it was on the duck island. Once you're out of bounds, you can walk on everything you normally couldn't: houses, cliff faces, trees, water... basically a walk-through-walls glitch. You soon realize that all the tiles are connected - for example all the caves are actually adjacent to one another, letting you essentially teleport around the map. It's really cool to see how the game was laid out like that. And if you look around enough you'll find some easter eggs & unused content that isn't accessible via normal gameplay. That blew my mind as a kid!
that's the hardness glitch, it's actually pretty well known and a trick speedrunners use. there's a fan made version of the game with achievements, one of the achievements is finding the hardness glitch.
IF you're of a certain age you played this as it was free. In 97 it was on cover discs and cover discs were the only place to get this stuff unless you had an uber expensive Modem.
This is the type of game I fully expected to hear was the first game made by some legend of the gaming industry. Somehow, the fact that it wasn't just makes it all the more frightning.
Ah my nostalgia as a kid in the late 90's, finding this game and just ... was a fever dream I never truly escaped as it occasionally haunts my dreams. xD
I've never played (or until this video, heard of) Dink Smallwood but I am very familiar with Legend of the Red Dragon, which was also produced by Seth Robinson. It was a text based game that I played a lot of in 4th grade because it was available via the local internet in my tiny town. It was pretty fun at the time and I have fond memories of fighting the other kids in the neighborhood virtually. 1994 was a weird time.
Hehe, I remember playing the demo of Dink when it had just come out. Took me months of looking to find a boxed copy, but I still have and treasure that bad boy 😊
I randomly found Dink Smallwood on some random site, and played it, and absolutely loved it more than I thought I would. I'm glad there's a huge modding community behind it, and I'm surprised it's still as good as I remember.
Love seeing all sorts of niche titles from your videos! I'd love to see you review Inquisitor in this series if you don't already have it on your list!
wow. what a trip down memory lane.... i played this game........ ah....... 25 years ago i think!???? man how time flies..... it seems like yesterday just my bestfriend gary and I playing computer games on his pc in the basement all day long. this was one of them . what a great game for its time.. especially considering it was free!!!!!! to me its awesome that indie games like this have been around so long and they have been so high quality for so long
For anyone who used to enjoy BBSs back in the day, this game was made by the developer of LORD. And the lesser known LORD 2 could be considered the predecessor of Dink Smallwood as it was kinda an “arpg” that used ANSI for the graphics. And was multiplayer too. Way ahead of its time.
Just crushed the entire series this afternoon. Truly tremendous. Consistent voice. Unapologetically yourself the whole time. I LOL'd to myself many times. And that fuckin Outro Theme Song abso-fuckin-lutely slaps thigh. A real dong-hanger of a song. GG and looking forward to the continued journey. Toodles 🤙🏻
OMG! I have been actively searching for the game Dink Smallwood for at least 10 years. I completely gave up on it because the only memory I have is the grandmom asking you something and the house catching fire and a worm blocking the road. I think I played the demo 25+ years ago. I cannot belie I randomly clicked on this video out of boredom and boom: there it is! You made my year lol. edit: I don't know your channel or whether I will like it or not, but you got an instant like+subscibe :) thx again!
I love Dink Smallwood. I've been playing that game since it came out. The editing tools to make your own adventures are great too. I need to reinstall that game. Hopefully it works on Win11.
3:21 To be fair, both Diablo 1 and 2 are "just a bunch of tiles" ...... but like, much smaller ones, character step size, instead of screen. I'm very well liked at parties. Also, Darkstone, Divine Divinity, and Nox. Older, but they deserve a look much more than Dink. Also Victor Vran for a newer highly underrated one.
Another absolute banger of a classic ARPG is Nox. It's probably on your to play list already, but darn does it bring good memories. If I recall correctly, it's the first ARPG with a hook ability, which pulls enemies towards you
i remember getting dink smallwood with some pc magazine. oh boy i got hooked by this game. silly, bad, but so god damn intriguing! i couldn't finish it at the time, i was like 11 years old but i came back to it like 15 years later and finished. even after 15 years it sucked me right in again.
Man i remember being a kid and playing this game. its funnily enough one of the games i have the most hours on, simply because of the DMods, which are countless. Some of them are actually amazing, and really fun to play though. At least when i was 12.
Discovered your channel and this series yesterday after randomly stumbling on the Torchlight 2 video. Binged this whole series and now I'm patiently waiting for some Baldur's Gate ;)
Found and subbed because of this bizarre video. I'll add 2 lesser known games to your quest: Loki and Avencast. Remember when I was a wee lad and you'd still buy physical games for cheep, and there was quite a variety, I'd find games that looked similar to Diablo 2 and other games like that (term arpg wasn't known to me) and bought some crap like that randomly. Back when all you had was a box to read and some picture and you had to risk your money lol. At least you'd get a whole damn booklet with these things that was cool as hell.
I came across "Finding the Best ARPG Ever Made" series recently as I am currently playing "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Final Cut". Watched all the videos basically in one go. I'm really looking forward to hearing Your thoughts on "Loki" and "Vikings: Wolves of Midgard".
Seer, you should try out another ARPG that came out in 1987 (Amiga) and 1989 (MS-DOS) named The Faery Tale Adventure. I'm sure it's horrible, but I remember enjoying it back as a kid. You may have to track down an Amiga ROM and emulator, though. There is a browser based version over at Free Game Empire, but I'm not sure how well it plays in the browser. Just don't blame me if the music drives you insane. Anyway, keep up the good work!
I recommend you to check out slormancer, it's great and kinda similar to chronicon except not really, kinda it's one of my favorite arpgs and there is a lot of silly builds, for context there is ability that throws a stick and I will not spoil more
The game's free on GOG. Can't beat the price of free, even if it's Dink Smallwood. Worth a play just for the novelty of it alone. Excellent video btw, you're a great wordsmith and orator, subscribed.
Was donkey escort ie Dungeon Siege reviewed? And for some jank, DarkStone (1999) - it had cool song. Maybe Bard's Tale (the unloved one) and of course Divine Divinity 1.
Given the mod potential I'm imagining a world where Dink Smallwood occupied the same niche as the RPG Maker series, though I guess that the game featuring real time combat probably makes it less accessible in terms of making an enjoyable game than doing everything through a menu and relying on the music and art to carry things. The pre rendered assets probably made it a bit trickier to maintain a consistent visual style as compared to drawing pixel art as well. I wonder if the engine can work with assets from other games with pre rendered visuals. Is there a Dink Smallout game where Dink ends up roaming the post apocalypse?
I remember playing a super obscure arpg once, that was kinda china/mongolia themed and might have been an MMO or not. But after all these years I don't remember what it was called at all. So I'll be watching your journey to play every arpg with great interest.
I played this game when i was very little. I never got out of the first town. Had fun killing the animals and villagers since i didn't know english that well at the time
Finally reviewing the D4 killer
D4 is the D4 killer
Last Epoch, Titan Quest, Grim Dawn, and Path of Exile already hold that honor.
@@gilian2587 You lost me at Path of Exile.
@@zenmastakilla That is alright. :)
@@RumblesBettr underrated comment
I remember playing this then forgetting what it was called and asking on 4chan with a vague description and someone replied with the wrong game and then another person replied to them: "It's Dink Smallwood you Fuck!" And now whenever my brother and I can't remember something we say, "It's Dink Smallwood you Fuck!"
Love it
Dink Smallwood is such a gem, and so are you, Seer.
❤
Dude your script writing skills are insane. Much praise.
You're too kind, thank you!
I agree. These rhymes are fantastic!
he smart
he write script
@@seer6251 you should really apply to write for avgn. the first minute or so really reminded me of the best elements of early avgn, if not better; youre way better at this shtick than whatever tired old james is doing these days.
The jokes per minute are off the charts
Playing dink as a kid was amazing. Punching the head off ducks, finding a secret island with potions, puncing old people. It had everything.
Also that one corner of the map where you could see a bunch of potions and gold across the river but had no idea how to get there
@@koalawithchaingun53 yess, it had that stuff that your little kid soul just HAD get access to!
Dink Smallwood. A game that I found out as a small child while touring demo discs given to me by my grandfather in the 90s. Good times.
I beat this game as a child and loved it. I had little access to PC games, so finding a game that's free, and this good, was magical at the time. I had been trying to remember the name of this game for years, and then I saw the thumbnail. Maybe it didn't age well, but now I can play to see for myself. THANK YOU
Dude I love this game. I actually found a pretty insane glitch that's fun to mess around with. I played the app, so I'm not sure if it works on the computer version, but anyway: i found a spot on the coast that looks like regular water, but it's solid, letting you get out of bounds. I think it was on the duck island. Once you're out of bounds, you can walk on everything you normally couldn't: houses, cliff faces, trees, water... basically a walk-through-walls glitch. You soon realize that all the tiles are connected - for example all the caves are actually adjacent to one another, letting you essentially teleport around the map. It's really cool to see how the game was laid out like that. And if you look around enough you'll find some easter eggs & unused content that isn't accessible via normal gameplay. That blew my mind as a kid!
Dink Smallwood Speedrunning, any percent, lmao.
that's the hardness glitch, it's actually pretty well known and a trick speedrunners use. there's a fan made version of the game with achievements, one of the achievements is finding the hardness glitch.
You've just found the best ARPG ever made. Your quest is over.
Ah my sweet childhood days. So many hours on this game lol.
Your content is fantastic and underrated. Thanks for your Dinky video.
The kind viewership I'm receiving now will get us from underrated to overrated in no time, so thank you for watching!
New insult unlocked: Dink Smallwood.
IF you're of a certain age you played this as it was free. In 97 it was on cover discs and cover discs were the only place to get this stuff unless you had an uber expensive Modem.
i remember playing this game as a kid. wow! Attack, magic and defense... its more complicated than D4!!!
This is the type of game I fully expected to hear was the first game made by some legend of the gaming industry. Somehow, the fact that it wasn't just makes it all the more frightning.
made by the great creator of growtopia
Until today I just assumed this game was a fever dream I had as a kid
Ah my nostalgia as a kid in the late 90's, finding this game and just ... was a fever dream I never truly escaped as it occasionally haunts my dreams. xD
I've never played (or until this video, heard of) Dink Smallwood but I am very familiar with Legend of the Red Dragon, which was also produced by Seth Robinson. It was a text based game that I played a lot of in 4th grade because it was available via the local internet in my tiny town. It was pretty fun at the time and I have fond memories of fighting the other kids in the neighborhood virtually. 1994 was a weird time.
Hehe, I remember playing the demo of Dink when it had just come out. Took me months of looking to find a boxed copy, but I still have and treasure that bad boy 😊
I randomly found Dink Smallwood on some random site, and played it, and absolutely loved it more than I thought I would. I'm glad there's a huge modding community behind it, and I'm surprised it's still as good as I remember.
Are you going to cover the gauntlet series as part of this?
Very excited to see Seer play some monster hunter in the next 20 years
Love this game! i actually played it again like 3 months ago or something , finished it in 1 day. so nice and random seeing it here
I like that you mentioned newgrounds because these game is exactly what i would expect from an early flash game in terms of edginess and writing
Love seeing all sorts of niche titles from your videos! I'd love to see you review Inquisitor in this series if you don't already have it on your list!
damn it now i want "finding the best zelda game ever made" to be a real thing, i love you seer
Unfortunately sounds fun enough for me to think about it haha
@@seer6251 it's Twilight Princess :)
@@scipocelah6677 Definitely a decent one, but I don't think so =)
I thought I saw every single one of these you made seer, but I guess I missed this one. What a gift, amazing as always.
This game was fire yo, I can't believe it was available for free when it was a thing.
I remember talking about playing this game with my 4rth grade teacher...oh man, to be my parents back then
Can't believe you reviewed Dink Smallwood, I remember that game when I was a kid
Oh the nostalgy! I got it on a demo CD and I just couldnt stop playing with my Dink.
The hands down best ARPG of all time is Xenimus, running strong for over a decade with an active playerbase in the double digits.
wow. what a trip down memory lane.... i played this game........ ah....... 25 years ago i think!???? man how time flies..... it seems like yesterday just my bestfriend gary and I playing computer games on his pc in the basement all day long. this was one of them . what a great game for its time.. especially considering it was free!!!!!! to me its awesome that indie games like this have been around so long and they have been so high quality for so long
For anyone who used to enjoy BBSs back in the day, this game was made by the developer of LORD. And the lesser known LORD 2 could be considered the predecessor of Dink Smallwood as it was kinda an “arpg” that used ANSI for the graphics. And was multiplayer too. Way ahead of its time.
i am a battlemage and YOU HAVE FINISHED THE GAME.
Just crushed the entire series this afternoon. Truly tremendous. Consistent voice. Unapologetically yourself the whole time. I LOL'd to myself many times. And that fuckin Outro Theme Song abso-fuckin-lutely slaps thigh. A real dong-hanger of a song. GG and looking forward to the continued journey. Toodles 🤙🏻
OMG!
I have been actively searching for the game Dink Smallwood for at least 10 years. I completely gave up on it because the only memory I have is the grandmom asking you something and the house catching fire and a worm blocking the road. I think I played the demo 25+ years ago. I cannot belie I randomly clicked on this video out of boredom and boom: there it is!
You made my year lol.
edit: I don't know your channel or whether I will like it or not, but you got an instant like+subscibe :) thx again!
These "Finding the Best ARPG Ever Made" vids are absolute gold. Keep on rocking.
I remember playing this game waaaay back when and it is definitely an arpg. Never thought I'd hear someone talking about it all these years later
I love Dink Smallwood. I've been playing that game since it came out. The editing tools to make your own adventures are great too. I need to reinstall that game. Hopefully it works on Win11.
Goddammit this is so nostalgic.
I love you since you first video
Always killer soundtracks
the devs made a level editor and there were a lot of user made custom games for dink back in the day
I do really think that you should look into some of the Soldak ARPGs. They are pretty interesting.
3:21 To be fair, both Diablo 1 and 2 are "just a bunch of tiles" ...... but like, much smaller ones, character step size, instead of screen. I'm very well liked at parties.
Also, Darkstone, Divine Divinity, and Nox. Older, but they deserve a look much more than Dink. Also Victor Vran for a newer highly underrated one.
Obviously the greatest selection you could make.
Another absolute banger of a classic ARPG is Nox. It's probably on your to play list already, but darn does it bring good memories. If I recall correctly, it's the first ARPG with a hook ability, which pulls enemies towards you
i remember getting dink smallwood with some pc magazine. oh boy i got hooked by this game. silly, bad, but so god damn intriguing! i couldn't finish it at the time, i was like 11 years old but i came back to it like 15 years later and finished. even after 15 years it sucked me right in again.
another game with similar impact on me was akuma: demon spawn.
Really want to see you try Throne of Darkness. It's like diablo 1.5 with a samurai theme.
For the god sake don't pick up the leader!!!
@@danieladamczyk4024 What do you mean?
@@MagpieMcGraw Using him is a waste of time.
@@danieladamczyk4024 Last time I played I gave him a bow and he was alright. He ended up as my second highest character.
@@MagpieMcGraw Depends then.
Still menaging 4 units at once is still a chore.
And using 1 skill at the time don't help.
Man i remember being a kid and playing this game. its funnily enough one of the games i have the most hours on, simply because of the DMods, which are countless. Some of them are actually amazing, and really fun to play though. At least when i was 12.
Discovered your channel and this series yesterday after randomly stumbling on the Torchlight 2 video. Binged this whole series and now I'm patiently waiting for some Baldur's Gate ;)
You really are becoming my fav youtuber! Keep up the great work and thank you.
Hey Seer I’d check out the Record of Lodoss War game on dreamcast for another pretty unknown arpg.
"Why am I arguing with myself"
Me, on a daily basis
Found and subbed because of this bizarre video. I'll add 2 lesser known games to your quest: Loki and Avencast. Remember when I was a wee lad and you'd still buy physical games for cheep, and there was quite a variety, I'd find games that looked similar to Diablo 2 and other games like that (term arpg wasn't known to me) and bought some crap like that randomly. Back when all you had was a box to read and some picture and you had to risk your money lol. At least you'd get a whole damn booklet with these things that was cool as hell.
Looking at the gameplay, it just reminds me a lot of Blood Omen: The Legacy of Kain. Not really an action RPG, but that was awesome.
half of Seer's videos could probably be classed as slam poetry
I came across "Finding the Best ARPG Ever Made" series recently as I am currently playing "The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Final Cut". Watched all the videos basically in one go.
I'm really looking forward to hearing Your thoughts on "Loki" and "Vikings: Wolves of Midgard".
Good timing, since I recently watched the Let's Play by Yahtzee and Gabe
Thanks for these, Seer! Ever heard of the game The 4th Coming? Would love your take on it.
The Dinky Donka tangent made me laugh way more then it should've
Seer always has the most top tier low brow scripts. I hope to hear his jokes for years to come.
I can’t think of anything witty to say, so just thanks for the video! I already look forward to the next one in the series!
The music in the game is Bach’s Book of the Well Tempered Clavier?
You should play Ys 1 & 2. They are classified as ARPG's as well.. And it would upend the statement made at 1:50. Since it was originally made in 1989.
Seer, you should try out another ARPG that came out in 1987 (Amiga) and 1989 (MS-DOS) named The Faery Tale Adventure. I'm sure it's horrible, but I remember enjoying it back as a kid. You may have to track down an Amiga ROM and emulator, though. There is a browser based version over at Free Game Empire, but I'm not sure how well it plays in the browser.
Just don't blame me if the music drives you insane.
Anyway, keep up the good work!
I recommend you to check out slormancer, it's great and kinda similar to chronicon except not really, kinda
it's one of my favorite arpgs and there is a lot of silly builds, for context there is ability that throws a stick and I will not spoil more
The game's free on GOG. Can't beat the price of free, even if it's Dink Smallwood. Worth a play just for the novelty of it alone.
Excellent video btw, you're a great wordsmith and orator, subscribed.
You are just a fcking chad. I started following you after your Sacred Gold review, and now you review the next Diablo IV killer.
Thank you, Seer!
My favourite part of Dink Smallwood is when John Dink says "It's Dinkin' time." and then Dinked all over the bad guys.
Bruh
Was donkey escort ie Dungeon Siege reviewed? And for some jank, DarkStone (1999) - it had cool song. Maybe Bard's Tale (the unloved one) and of course Divine Divinity 1.
Oh right, there is also czech "Inquisitor".
Haven't done Dungeon Siege, but that one is definitely coming at some point!
Your videos are amazing. That said, please cover Darkstone at some point!
Nostalgia 100%...Man i miss these games!
I'm pretty sure that Hitch hikers guide TV series music!
Given the mod potential I'm imagining a world where Dink Smallwood occupied the same niche as the RPG Maker series, though I guess that the game featuring real time combat probably makes it less accessible in terms of making an enjoyable game than doing everything through a menu and relying on the music and art to carry things.
The pre rendered assets probably made it a bit trickier to maintain a consistent visual style as compared to drawing pixel art as well.
I wonder if the engine can work with assets from other games with pre rendered visuals. Is there a Dink Smallout game where Dink ends up roaming the post apocalypse?
Gotta say you're a hell of a wordsmith there, Seer. Good stuff as always
Oh yeah my boi, Seer another great video
Holy shit, I remember this game! I'm the guy that figured out what caused the long standing death by immortal enemy during cutscene bug.
Opening poem was glorious, I'm genuinely impressed
the beginning of this reminds me of old AVGN lol good stuff
It's funny to me that you reviewed Dink Smallwood before minecraft dungeons 😂
This game was so relevant in my life that I cant even remember I played when I was a kid lol 😂😂 thanks for bring back some old good memories to me.
Yo, a game i've never heard of!
Edit: I now know of this game.
It's amazing how much content is packed into such a short time.
I have played Dink Smallwood. I would be thankful if you could tell me of any support groups I could join.
have you ever considered real old ones like dungeon siege, prince of qin or throne of darkness?
Yup! Those are definitely on my list.
Even if this was a dinky vid, glad our boy seer turned us all into Rad Hugewoods with his 1 simple trick doctors hate
Seer talking about obscure ARPGs is my literal shit
I remember playing a super obscure arpg once, that was kinda china/mongolia themed and might have been an MMO or not. But after all these years I don't remember what it was called at all. So I'll be watching your journey to play every arpg with great interest.
Throne of Darkness?
I think I first saw this guy on Salty Bet. I had no idea he was from an actual game.
I played this game when i was very little. I never got out of the first town. Had fun killing the animals and villagers since i didn't know english that well at the time
I am one of those fucks who has played dink Smallwood before watching this video which is why I am incredibly excited for it lol
Listening to these is like hearing a fairytale nursery rhyme about something awful (sometimes good) and I love it.
Oh my god, I've been looking for it for years! Holly cow! The giant goose game 😱
man I subscirbed like ages ago but yt never show up your name and all of the sudden this video shows up bless
The writing skills are off the charts!
i am a battlemage and i can see how one could easily dink their teeth into the dev tools 9:50
I used to play this game as a kid! LOVED IT!!!!
Mother trucking dinky seer video! Love it.
"I'm not one to argue with Wikipedia"
>proceeds to argue with Wikipedia when reviewing Nox
"Hey, hey people, Llast Boss here."
Glad I'm not the only one who remembers this bastard game