While I loved playing this online (first one on a console), the Japanese ad was the thing I remember most about this game. I couldn't get enough of it. TSUBABABABA!
+ccoplien hahaha i know so crazy that its 1 tiny animation looped twice, surely they could have done just a slightly longer animation in the 1st place lol
I remember ordering this on my Dreamcast, with the crazy slow dial up connection. It was my first experience of using any type of internet. I think I was around 10 or 11 years old. I can still remember the game arriving in the post. Very fond memories of this game and the Dreamcast ❣️
I actually rather like Sonic Battle. Whiled away many hours on it as a child. Though to be fair I never looked at it as a Smash clone like soo many because I didnt play much Smash. Plus the ability to make a custom character (way before Mii Fighter, take that Nintendo) was nice and the multiplayer was tops!
Same here, and I find it to be one of the most underrated games in series, other than the fact it was the only GBA title to feature the appearances of Shadow, Rouge, Gamma, and Chaos.
Can still remember getting my free copy in the post, before the days of ordering stuff online it literally felt like Christmas opening that box and being an actual console game in there. Played this game to death it was brilliant.
Man these facts are killing me! There was DLC for Chu Chu Rocket on Dreamcast I didn´t know about all these years??? And user Levels where in the GBA port??? Thanks for this video dude!
I had it for GBA back in the early 2000's. Back in those days I recorded my custom puzzles in a graph paper notebook. I still have it to this day and can remake my old puzzles any time I like. Some are quite difficult. Nice video 👍
This was also my first online game ever played. Here in America, it wasn't free though. But it was worth every penny. I used to go online every week and made friends that I still talk to this day!
I can't remember for the life of me, lol! I think it was $40 at the time. That was probably the standard retail price back then. I also have the GBA version.
That awesome title screen, though lol. Also I've never played this game before, but I've seen the logo and heard the name a thousand times. Shows you just how powerful and memorable a name/game it is. Looks like a literal TON of fun and a good way to lose some friends :) Great video, mate!
+Jonny Nitpick yeah defo buddy, its soooooo much fun. if we can play online again I would love to do a lil online lets play via an emulator or shomething, not sure if anything like that exists mind you
I loved this game on Dreamcast. It was my first experience of playing a game regularly online. The lag was bad, but it was so much fun! Played countless hours of it online. They need to remake this now that everyone has fast internet for the most part. It would be glorious!
I'm certainly not the first to say it, but you forgot the PSO's cameo, where in a lobby you can play soccer with a giant Chu Chu as the ball and Kappu Kappus as goalies
Love the game, it was my first online game too ! Surprisingly the music in this game is pretty cool like the online mode music. There was also some cameos of ChuChu Rocket! in the Phantasy Star Online games for some equipment stuff.
I absolutely love ChuChu Rocket, so chuffed to see you do a video on it. I never knew you could get a copy of it for free originally. I'm gutted that I never actually went online on the Dreamcast as I can imagine it would have been a lot of fun. I also had no idea there was an Atari port, that looks really cool. I love the fact you mention all the cameos as well, you always do so much research beforehand mate and it's greatly appreciated. Your videos are always so bloody brilliant! :D
I love that this shows the sonic running on the boardwalk as the whale destroys it scene. That was the first time I ever thought WOW when seeing a video game. Never the N64, that Dreamcast moment stunned me with gorgeous graphics.
Great video Dan! A few facts I didn't know in there, like it was Sega's first GBA game. 2600 levels!!! I must've accumulated about ten copies of this game while I was going for the full set, they were always in bundles. And that's awesome that someone made an Atari ST port!
+Daniel “Slope's Game Room” Ibbertson I enjoyed your history video of ChuChu Rocket.I've always enjoyed this game because it is very fun and it has always been my all-time favorite game overall.It is extremely fun on Dreamcast aswell as the ports on Gameboy Advance,iOS and Android.Since the GBA version was released on the Wii U Virtual Console in October 2015,I was so happy and I still hope it sees a release outside of Japan. I'd definitely loved to see a ChuChu Rocket 2 and is a shame there is no sequel,but I still hope after so many years. Definitely subscribing to you.I enjoy your content a lot!
I feel like this game should've had a Gamecube port. I have so much fun with multiplayer Gamecube games with my friends, and this seemed like a missed opportunity.
This game is such a technological marvel. Wasn't expecting all this from those weirdo mouse and cat things i only saw in some Sega crossover stuff before clicking but it sounds great
I was watching gameplay video of the original Dreamcast CCR, and I was thinking to myself: "It's official--Sonic Team must have been high on marijuana when they made this game. Marijuana potent enough to put even Superman under the table."
Whoa, I didn't realize that the mobile versions aren't available anymore. Thankfully, people who already bought the game can still download it (on Amazon's app store, at least), and the Android app is easily backed up in case they decide to change that at some point in the future.
Chu Chu Rocket was free in Europe, but I think in other regions you had to buy it (probably not full price, in Japan there was a controller bundle, afaik).
Well it doesn't have the online part that Chu Chu Rocket has, nor the namesake of Columns, I think Sega's overlooked puzzle game is Baku Baku Animal from the 5th Generation. It only came out on Saturn and Game Gear, I think it would be a good fit on mobile, these days, actually.
This is one of my favorite games in Sega's backlog. If there's any IP ripe for this current age of online play, low-cost digital titles, and quirky art styles, it's Chu Chu Rocket. I really hope to see something new for this game someday. Oh, and axing the Chu Chus from the All-Stars Racing sequel? I'm still salty about that.
Seriously, you forgot a piece of SEGA's, no, the world of gaming's most biggest game changers? Well, maybe they have someone there that's better. NiGHTS? Good. Joe Musashi? SEGA racer, so hes good. Ralph? Sonic had a cameo in Wreck-It Ralph, I can see this. Danica Patri- wait what? Anyways, the Yogsc- WHAT!? YOU REPLACED THE CHUCHUS, THE BONANZA BROTHERS, ZOMBIO & ZOMBIKO, BIG, BILLY HATCHER, OPA-OPA AND OTHER SEGA CHARACTERS WITH THIS?!
Chu Chu Rocket isn't a game that really needs a sequel without overcomplicating the gameplay. I have to say the best way to play the game will always be on the Dreamcast, definitely the definitive version.
I had a version of this (probably not offical) on my Palm Pilot (gold star to anyone who remembers those). I would love to see Chu Chu Rocket show up on the 3DS. It would be a perfect fit. :)
Us PC gamers had been playing games online with each other ages before consoles got in on the act so when the general public got all excited about games suddenly being able to be played online, we were all like, "Can't you do that already? We've been doing it for years."
+BlackburnBigdragon the difference was vast imo, i played games like warcraft online but it was games like this and the enjoyment of sitting on ya sofa playing online was something crazy special
At that point in time, I had long since turned away from consoles. I was a teenager when the Atari 2600 came out so I really craved more complex hardcore sim games at the time and I really needed a PC for that and considered consoled more kid fare because at the time, they were more focusing on arcade games, platform games, and fighting games. Just not my thing. I was into real hardcore military sims and wargames. Even Warcraft was too simplified for me. If I wanted a war game, I was after those war games like Harpoon III ANW and 688i Hunterkiller. and other military sims with manuals that would be the size of phone books and take every possible thing into account. So consoles weren't my thing at that time. The games on offer just weren't subjects or of a complexity I enjoyed. I imagine for a console fan, finally getting multiplayer was a big thing. It's a shame that it was ripped away so quickly and then the console fans had to wait several years for future consoles to get it back.
BlackburnBigdragon I also played pc games online in 98 before dreamcast did in 99 and 2000 but there was nothing on pc like phantasy star online and chu chu rocket. Also keep in mind you could already play online on the saturn in 97 like sega rally and duke nukem.
you should try out "Blobcat", its a chuchu rocket inspired mobile game. its like the Puzzle minigame on the gba version. and its also a one man Project of a true chuchu rocket fan so its defenitly something you should try out of you like chuchu. sorry for the bad english.
The main problem with Chu Chu Rocket is that it's a product of its age. It was built from the ground up to demonstrate the Dreamcast's online multiplayer capabilites. It just happened to be great game as well. If released today, it honestly wouldn't really serve any meaningful purpose.
+RetroGamerGuardian90 It could never be sold nowadays as a full price game (it never was) but i think add this to a psn and xbox store (and wii u, 3ds) for anything up to £10 and sega would have a hit on their hands :)
Awww c'mon man... you totally lost credit with me when you said Sonic Advance was good and Battle was bad. I happen to find the Sonic Advance games to be some of the most mind numbingly bad sonic games I've ever played.
"Every single Dreamcast had [a modem]" - No, for example there was the "Hong Kong Version", which did not come with a modem. I'm losing faith in your videos. :'(
I still have the disk copy of this game, but I don't have the console anymore. Which is a real shame. I think eventually, you should do a Complete Story of NiGHTS video.
slope: there hasn't been a sequel ever.
chuchu rocket universe: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?*
While I loved playing this online (first one on a console), the Japanese ad was the thing I remember most about this game. I couldn't get enough of it. TSUBABABABA!
+ccoplien hahaha i know so crazy that its 1 tiny animation looped twice, surely they could have done just a slightly longer animation in the 1st place lol
This is one of my favorite Dreamcast games of all time. Watching this makes me want to boot it up right now....so I will
I remember ordering this on my Dreamcast, with the crazy slow dial up connection. It was my first experience of using any type of internet. I think I was around 10 or 11 years old. I can still remember the game arriving in the post. Very fond memories of this game and the Dreamcast ❣️
I actually rather like Sonic Battle. Whiled away many hours on it as a child. Though to be fair I never looked at it as a Smash clone like soo many because I didnt play much Smash. Plus the ability to make a custom character (way before Mii Fighter, take that Nintendo) was nice and the multiplayer was tops!
Same here, and I find it to be one of the most underrated games in series, other than the fact it was the only GBA title to feature the appearances of Shadow, Rouge, Gamma, and Chaos.
Sonic BATTLE is great!
I fucking love this Y2K artstyle so much...
Can still remember getting my free copy in the post, before the days of ordering stuff online it literally felt like Christmas opening that box and being an actual console game in there. Played this game to death it was brilliant.
This is one of the most underrated multiplayer games of all time.
Billy Hatcher is so underrated.
+mrdante361 i agree. Had great fun with that game
I remember finding a promo copy of this at a car boot sale, me and my sister loved it. i should still have it somewhere...
There was also a mobile phone adaptation (not smartphone) in the mid 00's. I had it on my Sony Ericson T610, and played through the puzzle mode.
Missed Sonic Pinball Party. Select Chu songs appear in the Samba De Amigo table's bonus rhythm game.
Man these facts are killing me! There was DLC for Chu Chu Rocket on Dreamcast I didn´t know about all these years??? And user Levels where in the GBA port??? Thanks for this video dude!
+denNES danMAKU you are more than welcome buddy :)
denNES danMAKU you can still easily get that dlc on your dreamcast fortunately.
I had it for GBA back in the early 2000's. Back in those days I recorded my custom puzzles in a graph paper notebook. I still have it to this day and can remake my old puzzles any time I like. Some are quite difficult. Nice video 👍
This was also my first online game ever played. Here in America, it wasn't free though. But it was worth every penny. I used to go online every week and made friends that I still talk to this day!
That's brilliant you guys still talk! How much was it if you dont mind me asking. Surely not a full price game?
I can't remember for the life of me, lol!
I think it was $40 at the time. That was probably the standard retail price back then.
I also have the GBA version.
That awesome title screen, though lol. Also I've never played this game before, but I've seen the logo and heard the name a thousand times. Shows you just how powerful and memorable a name/game it is. Looks like a literal TON of fun and a good way to lose some friends :) Great video, mate!
+Jonny Nitpick yeah defo buddy, its soooooo much fun. if we can play online again I would love to do a lil online lets play via an emulator or shomething, not sure if anything like that exists mind you
This should be remade, amazballs.
100% agree
Let's hope Blobcat delivers. :-)
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Tales of Tardis for Nintendo switch
It was on android and i have it
Was surprised to hear that the Android version is no longer available on the Play Store. Good thing I kept an .apk backup years ago.
I loved this game on Dreamcast. It was my first experience of playing a game regularly online. The lag was bad, but it was so much fun! Played countless hours of it online. They need to remake this now that everyone has fast internet for the most part. It would be glorious!
I'm certainly not the first to say it, but you forgot the PSO's cameo, where in a lobby you can play soccer with a giant Chu Chu as the ball and Kappu Kappus as goalies
Indeed I did, I actually did not know about it before I made this video. Thanks for sharing buddy
Taëwyth whats pso
They also turned left when they hit the right corner. @3:28 they double back instead of turning left.
Came here from Video Game Dunky's video on game structure. First words "Chu Chu," last word 'Rocket.'
I love the idea of a handheld game with 2600 unique levels. That's gotta be some sort of record. I will beat that one day.
Love the game, it was my first online game too ! Surprisingly the music in this game is pretty cool like the online mode music. There was also some cameos of ChuChu Rocket! in the Phantasy Star Online games for some equipment stuff.
Ahhh nice, phantsay star is pretty much the only series of games i have never really given the chance. Maybe I should rectify that!
I absolutely love ChuChu Rocket, so chuffed to see you do a video on it. I never knew you could get a copy of it for free originally. I'm gutted that I never actually went online on the Dreamcast as I can imagine it would have been a lot of fun. I also had no idea there was an Atari port, that looks really cool. I love the fact you mention all the cameos as well, you always do so much research beforehand mate and it's greatly appreciated. Your videos are always so bloody brilliant! :D
+Colossal Vids Thanks so much for commenting buddy. Chu Chu rocket was a big part of my dreamcast life. absolutely adored it :)
What are you talking about sonic battle was a great game!
I was vibing till he brought that up, a personal attack for sure lol. Battle was the jam
it has a sequel now on Apple Arcade
I love that this shows the sonic running on the boardwalk as the whale destroys it scene. That was the first time I ever thought WOW when seeing a video game. Never the N64, that Dreamcast moment stunned me with gorgeous graphics.
Great video Dan! A few facts I didn't know in there, like it was Sega's first GBA game. 2600 levels!!!
I must've accumulated about ten copies of this game while I was going for the full set, they were always in bundles.
And that's awesome that someone made an Atari ST port!
Agreed, I love the look and sound of the Atari port, really gives it a nice unique twist :) cheers for commenting buddy
Another great video! I think my first Dreamcast game online was actually phantasy star online. Loved that game so much!!
i never played that actually
+Daniel “Slope's Game Room” Ibbertson I enjoyed your history video of ChuChu Rocket.I've always enjoyed this game because it is very fun and it has always been my all-time favorite game overall.It is extremely fun on Dreamcast aswell as the ports on Gameboy Advance,iOS and Android.Since the GBA version was released on the Wii U Virtual Console in October 2015,I was so happy and I still hope it sees a release outside of Japan.
I'd definitely loved to see a ChuChu Rocket 2 and is a shame there is no sequel,but I still hope after so many years.
Definitely subscribing to you.I enjoy your content a lot!
I feel like this game should've had a Gamecube port. I have so much fun with multiplayer Gamecube games with my friends, and this seemed like a missed opportunity.
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This game also had a cameo in Sonic Riders
I must of forgotten the Lemon Demon Chu Chu Rocket track was a cover!
It got a sequel on Apple Arcade so...
Yay
This game is such a technological marvel. Wasn't expecting all this from those weirdo mouse and cat things i only saw in some Sega crossover stuff before clicking but it sounds great
So many vids I had no idea you made this one! All I can say is the “sonic cheeem” upon start up is why I emigrated to japan
Sonic Battle is still godlike compared to the insultingly sluggish GBA port of the original Sonic game.
+Elyseon that is a bloody zoomed in mess
I totally agree with you, and I also enjoyed playing "Sonic Battle" as well.
Daniel Ibbertson sonic BATTLE is one of my favourite sonic games!
Love your videos. I randomly found your channel I'll make sure to spread the word
huge thanks mate :) really appreciate it :)
Bruuuuuuuh you forgot "Chu Chu Soccer" in Phantasy Star Online for the Dreamcast
Also ChuChu Rocket! make a cameo on Sonic And All Stars Racing Transformed on Race Of Ages :)
I was watching gameplay video of the original Dreamcast CCR, and I was thinking to myself: "It's official--Sonic Team must have been high on marijuana when they made this game. Marijuana potent enough to put even Superman under the table."
Whoa, I didn't realize that the mobile versions aren't available anymore. Thankfully, people who already bought the game can still download it (on Amazon's app store, at least), and the Android app is easily backed up in case they decide to change that at some point in the future.
i have the gba version and just found all the online levels, seems like im going to be playing it for a while!
Hahaha dood I had Sonic Jam too ! I used to love Chu chu rocket japanese music, wa wa wa waaaaaaaaaaa.
Thanks Slope nice vid man.
+A Voz de Azeroth Huge thanks buddy, this game holds so much nostalgia for me, such a shame we can no longert play it :S
+Daniel “Slope's Game Room” Ibbertson play it online competitively i mean lol
Chu Chu Rocket was free in Europe, but I think in other regions you had to buy it (probably not full price, in Japan there was a controller bundle, afaik).
Well it doesn't have the online part that Chu Chu Rocket has, nor the namesake of Columns, I think Sega's overlooked puzzle game is Baku Baku Animal from the 5th Generation. It only came out on Saturn and Game Gear, I think it would be a good fit on mobile, these days, actually.
This is one of my favorite games in Sega's backlog. If there's any IP ripe for this current age of online play, low-cost digital titles, and quirky art styles, it's Chu Chu Rocket. I really hope to see something new for this game someday.
Oh, and axing the Chu Chus from the All-Stars Racing sequel? I'm still salty about that.
Seriously, you forgot a piece of SEGA's, no, the world of gaming's most biggest game changers? Well, maybe they have someone there that's better. NiGHTS? Good. Joe Musashi? SEGA racer, so hes good. Ralph? Sonic had a cameo in Wreck-It Ralph, I can see this. Danica Patri- wait what? Anyways, the Yogsc- WHAT!? YOU REPLACED THE CHUCHUS, THE BONANZA BROTHERS, ZOMBIO & ZOMBIKO, BIG, BILLY HATCHER, OPA-OPA AND OTHER SEGA CHARACTERS WITH THIS?!
Axcicos Don't forget Shogun, the Football Manager and General Winter!
Chu Chu Rocket was way ahead of it time!!
that title screen music will be stuck in my head forever
Is it still sticking 3 weeks after that?
humming it at work
their was a wii u port
it was on the online shop and was only in japan (also it was the gba port not the dreamcast one)
This is like the most underrecognized game of all time.
Yesssss watching this the road rash yayyyyyyy a newoneeeeeeeee thanks man
I still play it on my gba from time to time. Those massive amounts of user levels will keep a man occupied until the cows come home.
+devjock Yeah man, its a great little cart worth every penny
Am I missing something? The Chu Chus weren't in my version of sonic and allstars racing.. Unless it was DLC or hidden content?
Chu Chu Rocket isn't a game that really needs a sequel without overcomplicating the gameplay. I have to say the best way to play the game will always be on the Dreamcast, definitely the definitive version.
There's a version you didn't mention, I remember having this on my sony ericsson phone.
you forgot to mention the JAVA version, first i ever heard of it was on a old motorola or samsung flip phone
I had a version of this (probably not offical) on my Palm Pilot (gold star to anyone who remembers those). I would love to see Chu Chu Rocket show up on the 3DS. It would be a perfect fit. :)
+Froggievilleus massive shame nintendo have not done this
Coming up next: Sega Swirl - the complete history 😉
+butcherax hahaha you wink. But in actual fact... IT IS COMING 1st weekend of november
I spent hundreds hours on chu chu rocket advance specifically the puzzles
i'm addicted to this game lol
What’s the piece of music at the end?
Did you know you could download a demo of the GBA version from Billy Hatcher?
OOOOO I did not?
Us PC gamers had been playing games online with each other ages before consoles got in on the act so when the general public got all excited about games suddenly being able to be played online, we were all like, "Can't you do that already? We've been doing it for years."
+BlackburnBigdragon the difference was vast imo, i played games like warcraft online but it was games like this and the enjoyment of sitting on ya sofa playing online was something crazy special
At that point in time, I had long since turned away from consoles. I was a teenager when the Atari 2600 came out so I really craved more complex hardcore sim games at the time and I really needed a PC for that and considered consoled more kid fare because at the time, they were more focusing on arcade games, platform games, and fighting games. Just not my thing. I was into real hardcore military sims and wargames. Even Warcraft was too simplified for me. If I wanted a war game, I was after those war games like Harpoon III ANW and 688i Hunterkiller. and other military sims with manuals that would be the size of phone books and take every possible thing into account. So consoles weren't my thing at that time. The games on offer just weren't subjects or of a complexity I enjoyed. I imagine for a console fan, finally getting multiplayer was a big thing. It's a shame that it was ripped away so quickly and then the console fans had to wait several years for future consoles to get it back.
BlackburnBigdragon I also played pc games online in 98 before dreamcast did in 99 and 2000 but there was nothing on pc like phantasy star online and chu chu rocket. Also keep in mind you could already play online on the saturn in 97 like sega rally and duke nukem.
you should try out "Blobcat", its a chuchu rocket inspired mobile game. its like the Puzzle minigame on the gba version. and its also a one man Project of a true chuchu rocket fan so its defenitly something you should try out of you like chuchu.
sorry for the bad english.
i remember test it back in the day and found it too fast for me....yep, i suck XD
We love that British accent. Sorry you had to deal with low speed !
And now there is BlobCat on Steam :)
Nice League of legends video,i can´t understand what´s going on.Thank you
They made a new chu chu rocket game it’s on the Apple Arcade
=IT MUST BE ON STEAM,THOUGH
=..................
and it's gone...
I came from the future to tell you that ChuChu Rocket gets an Apple arcade game in 2019 called ChuChu Rocket universe
i installed the APK and its pretty sweet acutally.
Guys!! It's back. The closest thing you can get to Chu Chu Rocket: store.steampowered.com/app/856580/Boo_Boo_Bananas/
i want a 3ds chu chu rocket remake so badly
+Darren Doyle you and me both buddy
i still dont know why the hell did sega remove the android port
+Daniel Requena i recon its on its way via seg forever myself
do a video on samba de amigo !!
The main problem with Chu Chu Rocket is that it's a product of its age. It was built from the ground up to demonstrate the Dreamcast's online multiplayer capabilites. It just happened to be great game as well.
If released today, it honestly wouldn't really serve any meaningful purpose.
+RetroGamerGuardian90 It could never be sold nowadays as a full price game (it never was) but i think add this to a psn and xbox store (and wii u, 3ds) for anything up to £10 and sega would have a hit on their hands :)
he should do one on Billy hatcher.
A+ video
Massive thanks dude :)
Does ChuChu Rocket Universe count as a sequel???
The game was actually brought back online recently! here is some footage here ua-cam.com/video/AX-pE0IVGNM/v-deo.html
sequel is now.
This game is back online on the Dreamcast: ua-cam.com/video/aEKCzNSuNEc/v-deo.html
I just found taht out myself too :D I will try and get online and play this soon :D
Awesome! I played it online and it was very fun. There was little to no lag when I played online
..... Why dunkey want us to see this???
I don’t quite know
Chu Chu
Rocket
Maybe there will be a sequel for the Nintendo swicth!
a PC port would be great
what about mean bean machine xP
+MightyDesperado hahaha maybe it will.get added to puyo puyo the complete history
maybe one day
+Dark X maybe :D
i will buy it
=THIS ONE MUST BE BROUGHT TO STEAM
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Can you look at GODZILLA Video Game's :-)
you can get the mobile in the web by saying cu cu rocket apk file
i had this game for free
Awww c'mon man... you totally lost credit with me when you said Sonic Advance was good and Battle was bad. I happen to find the Sonic Advance games to be some of the most mind numbingly bad sonic games I've ever played.
Sega sc-3000
+Dark X maybe one day
thank you
Sonic Jam is just a glorified tech demo attached to a games compilation
"Every single Dreamcast had [a modem]" - No, for example there was the "Hong Kong Version", which did not come with a modem. I'm losing faith in your videos. :'(
Chu Chu Rocket Universe
ua-cam.com/video/aBqC8zZC0Ig/v-deo.html
I still have the disk copy of this game, but I don't have the console anymore. Which is a real shame. I think eventually, you should do a Complete Story of NiGHTS video.