I remember having lots of fun playing Faceoff 2000 on original PS at the youth club. Oh memories! How they could release that "thing" only some months later and for a better console is beyond me.
There's actually an interesting reference in MLB The Show (which is still made by San Diego Studio). When your player first gets an agent in Road to the Show, they come from an agency called 989 Sports. A nice little callback to the company's roots there
7:41 He mentions the sticks against the board, but I'm sitting there looking at the "fans" and seats painted on the glass behind the bench. The actual stadium is a black emptiness!
Love for them to try out NHL 12 hands down one of the greats when it came to chel... Checking over the boards, wicked intros, glass breaking all of what's missing from today's chel
I remember I won this game as part of a trivia contest held by a kids hockey magazine called Powerplay. I played one period, then let my friend borrow it, and I never bothered to ask for it back. The only thing I remember is that I scored two goals and the commentator said exactly the same thing both times ("he cuts in, does a little dipsy doodle, and puts it away top shelf!...he cuts in, does a little dipsy doodle, and puts it away top shelf!")
@@perrycoffey5410 Thanks for commenting! It's nice to be reminded of a story that I once told four years ago. Yeah, I should totally ask for it back. Unfortunately, a google search on his name only reveals that he finished a half-marathon in 2013.
Wow, u guys had me in tears laughing once the game started. Felt I needed an oxygen mask to catch my breathe. The nostalgia of that 989. I owned the 2003 one and felt that version was as bad as what I just saw. Another memory u added was Silverstein lmao
I’d also like to point out that in the Anaheim/Boston game, it appears to be in an Arena modeled after the Brendan Byrne/Continental Airlines Arena/Izod center.
You guys should play NHL Faceoff 2001. By far my favorite nhl game for an arcade style game. the gameplay is so fast, the checks rock people and pucks fly around like crazy, super fun to play edit: the intro music and video for nhl faceoff 2001 is burned into my brain for how awesome it is
I remember I had the Athens 2004 Olympics game which was made by 989 sports. Some of the events were fun but a lot of them didn’t work at all. I can definitely see why they folded
You used footage from Twisted Metal 2 to talk about 989, but TM2 was Incog Inc. 989 did 3, 4 and Small Brawl. Yes, I have oddly specific knowledge about Twisted Metal lol
Is "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" massively popular in Canada? You're always putting Darkplace references in your videos, and I don't know anyone in the US that has ever seen that show. Sincerely, Your One Track Lover
So glad I found this video because I couldn’t figure out which was my favorite Madden to play on PS2 turns out it was Game Day 03 that I’ve been thinking of all these years
You have two options for the next game you play. For the sake of variety, it SHOULD be NHL 2k6 because it had enforcers, but more importantly, intimidation! Players would literally get intimidated if you hit them too much (plus you could tell the ai to target a specific player with hits). The other option is NHL 2k2 for Dreamcast. The last North American Dreamcast game and a weird mid season February release.
No joke, NHL Faceoff 2001 is one of my favourite games of all time. The passing is so fast, and crisp. I’ve put more hours into that game than any other hockey game. I didn’t have any of the glitches or problems briefly shown in this video. For early 2000’s, it was quite good.
For early 2000s no it wasnt fucking good buddy. Just compare the graphics and core gameplay elements to EAs NHL games from the same era. EAs titles were miles ahead. This game looks like a PS1 game. Outdated to say the least.
989 studios couldn't do any good sports games, when Cool Boarders was given to them it went from a genuinely fun game to a pile of crap with Cool Boarders 4
I miss there being multiple games for each sport every year. I'm not even in that "Modern Madden and NBA and NHL are trash" crowd. I love NHL 21. I just want there to be a few choices.
this is why you shouldn't skimp on paying your software developers. If the project manager needs to make room on their budget get rid of useless HR instead.
I do not know how I found this video but I'm glad I did lmfao this is literally the worst sports game I have ever seen there is nothing even fun about this game.
Oh wow, I did used to love playing this game. I wouldn't have guessed it was THIS bad. But truly... it was. I loved Twisted Metal 2 so much that I made a lot of excuses for 989 games.
Which hockey game do you think hasn't aged well? 🤔
NHL 15 Is pretty bad according to society. It's the latest version of an NHL game. Xbox 360 isn't fun is it?
NHL 20 ya know it holds up well for its age
You should do a second overall picks video, the exact same as the first overall you did, just second overall
NHL 20
NHL 18,19 and 20
I loved the other game references, honestly laughed for 10 minutes straight. Bardown needs it's own channel.
The only dislike is the creator of this game 😂
I could not BREATHE watching everything from 8:05 - 8:48 😂😂
Seriously though, are those boards made of Jell-O?
It looked like they were fighting in an invisible phone booth 🤣
9:50 that draw distance/vice city joke is so damn good lol whoever came up with it should be proud
lol thank you 🙏🏽
Yo I’m dead I was gonna say the same thing
I remember having lots of fun playing Faceoff 2000 on original PS at the youth club. Oh memories!
How they could release that "thing" only some months later and for a better console is beyond me.
Ah yes Cujo, the goalie with a polar bear on his mask
"What's the penalty, ass-to-ass?"
Cujo gets mentioned: ITS A BEAR!! NOT A DOG. Luca never change.
Yeah Ha Ha
This was the last place I expected to hear "Smile in your Sleep"
A pleasant surprise if you ask me. Love that song
NCAA Baseball 06, baby
There's actually an interesting reference in MLB The Show (which is still made by San Diego Studio). When your player first gets an agent in Road to the Show, they come from an agency called 989 Sports. A nice little callback to the company's roots there
It honestly looks like they’re in the same room
Wait what ? I actually thought they were in the same room XD
This is still so goddamn funny. The editing and everything, you guys nailed this.
Yup, it is the NHL FaceOff 2001 PS2 test.
3:08 the reason that that player becomes frozen is because he would rather freeze than be in this game.
7:41 He mentions the sticks against the board, but I'm sitting there looking at the "fans" and seats painted on the glass behind the bench. The actual stadium is a black emptiness!
Never laughed so hard at a hockey video in my life
You haven't seen a leafs game on TV, have you?
@@indydd This aged super well.
All around me are *ugly* faces *pixelated* faces. Nice edit there you got me laughing
Love for them to try out NHL 12 hands down one of the greats when it came to chel... Checking over the boards, wicked intros, glass breaking all of what's missing from today's chel
MCR and Silverstein? Whoever edits gets a 10/10 from me.
I remember I won this game as part of a trivia contest held by a kids hockey magazine called Powerplay. I played one period, then let my friend borrow it, and I never bothered to ask for it back. The only thing I remember is that I scored two goals and the commentator said exactly the same thing both times ("he cuts in, does a little dipsy doodle, and puts it away top shelf!...he cuts in, does a little dipsy doodle, and puts it away top shelf!")
So your friend just never gave it back what a pos so called "friend" he is
@@perrycoffey5410 Thanks for commenting! It's nice to be reminded of a story that I once told four years ago.
Yeah, I should totally ask for it back. Unfortunately, a google search on his name only reveals that he finished a half-marathon in 2013.
"Wayne Gretzky just got a promotion because that office is MASSIVE" "That really tested the PS2's Draw distance" I fucking love you guys!
Anyone else a fan of the Flyers AHL affiliate?
The Phantoms.
Wilkes-Barre Scranton pens and kinda the Hereshy bears
Only tine i saw them they got whooped by the bulldogs
I'm a Stockton Heat fan
Grand Rapids Griffins
Tulsa Oilers
OMG your Emo music edits killed me every time. Keep em comin boys and stay sfe
HOLY COW THE EDITOR USED SILVERSTEIN
I was thinking the same Hahaha
Hahah, happy people enjoyed the reference! Not everyday I get to use them in a vid!
Their first three albums are the things dreams are made of.
9:58 still haunts me to this day!
I love these vids you guys! I hope you all are staying safe during these hard times!
Wow this is actually really well researched. Always wanted to see more retro sports video game content, but it always seemed underrepresented.
Wow, u guys had me in tears laughing once the game started. Felt I needed an oxygen mask to catch my breathe. The nostalgia of that 989. I owned the 2003 one and felt that version was as bad as what I just saw. Another memory u added was Silverstein lmao
This is one game I would actually consider it work to have to play. I'm glad you played it so we don't have to.
please make more similar videos. you rock, guys! 😃
Bardown is awesome! I love how you guys still try to give great content even from home! And it is great!!!!
The lack of a negative review quote for an MLB game by 989 Sports makes me feel better about my childhood.
I was dying of laughter as Oleg left the ice in 9:25 :D :D :D
Quiz ideas for season 4
Number 1 wins for goalies for each team
Nhl Stanley cup runner up
I’d also like to point out that in the Anaheim/Boston game, it appears to be in an Arena modeled after the Brendan Byrne/Continental Airlines Arena/Izod center.
You gotta do more of these types of videos I love them
“That’s like a CFL end zone” behind the net 😂
"The Night King is about to appear!"
Corwin, you beautiful man.
It seems like they were a few years behind in physics, graphics, and general tech. This looks a lot like NHL ‘98 to me lol
I mean the edit on this video is fire 🔥
Next quiz should be goal horns 2 and make Jesse wear an avs jersey and Luca a jets jersey
In MLB the The Show 2019 one of the agents that you can hire to represent you works for an agency called 989 sports
You guys should play NHL Faceoff 2001. By far my favorite nhl game for an arcade style game. the gameplay is so fast, the checks rock people and pucks fly around like crazy, super fun to play
edit: the intro music and video for nhl faceoff 2001 is burned into my brain for how awesome it is
branvy yes! Faceoff 2001 for the PS1 was the best iteration of the game
NHL Faceoff 2001 will always hold a special place in my heart as my 1st hockey game
9:24 When she says she wants to wait until marriage...
The worst NHL video game I've ever played is Mario Lemieux Hockey for Sega Genesis, 1994. It was horrible!
I have played it awful game ugh
So pissed when my dad got me that instead of EA
@@greenspartan1213 how can you disrespect a hokey legend like that with a absolutely terrible game
I had this game for playstation, the one that had the flip screen like a DVD player, and would play this on hockey road trips all the time
I remember one of the faceoff games had crazy overalls, there were guys who had 100+ overall ratings.
I remember I had the Athens 2004 Olympics game which was made by 989 sports. Some of the events were fun but a lot of them didn’t work at all. I can definitely see why they folded
This was my first hockey video game and I thought it was the greatest game ever 😂😂😂
Your cutaways are solid gold!
I couldn’t stop laughing 😂
"That looked like a full size record"
The montage on this one is gold
You used footage from Twisted Metal 2 to talk about 989, but TM2 was Incog Inc. 989 did 3, 4 and Small Brawl.
Yes, I have oddly specific knowledge about Twisted Metal lol
Songs/music references were so on point in this video.
Is "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" massively popular in Canada? You're always putting Darkplace references in your videos, and I don't know anyone in the US that has ever seen that show. Sincerely, Your One Track Lover
The editing had me dying
Z, that Ibrahimovic poster you have is amazing.... i want it!
Erik deJong thanks man!
Post a link on where to buy it? I’m jonesin for it as well.
@1:41 and in 2019 the Detroit Lions went 3-12-1...so not a lot has changed in 18 years lol.
Faceoff 2002 was my entire introduction to hockey😂
So glad I found this video because I couldn’t figure out which was my favorite Madden to play on PS2 turns out it was Game Day 03 that I’ve been thinking of all these years
You have two options for the next game you play. For the sake of variety, it SHOULD be NHL 2k6 because it had enforcers, but more importantly, intimidation! Players would literally get intimidated if you hit them too much (plus you could tell the ai to target a specific player with hits).
The other option is NHL 2k2 for Dreamcast. The last North American Dreamcast game and a weird mid season February release.
No joke, NHL Faceoff 2001 is one of my favourite games of all time. The passing is so fast, and crisp. I’ve put more hours into that game than any other hockey game. I didn’t have any of the glitches or problems briefly shown in this video. For early 2000’s, it was quite good.
For early 2000s no it wasnt fucking good buddy. Just compare the graphics and core gameplay elements to EAs NHL games from the same era. EAs titles were miles ahead. This game looks like a PS1 game. Outdated to say the least.
NHL face off was great in the 90s, I remember having the one with Paul Coffey on the cover
When you find this exact game in your dads childhood game collection 😂
Never expected hear Silverstein or MCR in this video and I’m loving it
I'm always surprised at the songs they use for these videos but then I remember the 2010s are just now hitting Canada. Still awesome songs tho
Why don't the BarDown guys have their own channel? They are the only reason I check this channel out
The editing had me rolling 😂
I had NHL Faceoff 97 and 01 both on PS1. I was so focused on Madden, I never even knew EA made NHL games until 06 😂
Whole video still has me dying lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣
989 studios couldn't do any good sports games, when Cool Boarders was given to them it went from a genuinely fun game to a pile of crap with Cool Boarders 4
Bring this series back corwin and dz vids are the best
I love the respect and homage shown to the history of sports video games
These videos are just to funny 🤣🤣😂
where did you get that Zlatan picture from???
I remember faceoff 98 on the PS1. I’m not even going to look up videos because I remember it being great as a kid and don’t want to ruin it.
If EA ever gives the NHL license to San Diego Studio, things could get scary...
6:01 Amazing callback there
As a Lions fan, I feel personally attacked.
as lions fans, we must agree. we could go .500 this week tho.
Like most aspects of life, we forget how good we have it until we're reminded of what could be lol.
Every Max Payne death sound had my dyinggggggggggggggg
Classic T-shirt! I bought my son that one, he still has it.😸
Hi Ron h
I miss there being multiple games for each sport every year. I'm not even in that "Modern Madden and NBA and NHL are trash" crowd. I love NHL 21. I just want there to be a few choices.
It’s both sad and hilarious that we can still refer to something shitty as “The Detroit Lions of...” Almost twenty years later and nothing’s changed.
Amazing work DZ keep it up
this is why you shouldn't skimp on paying your software developers. If the project manager needs to make room on their budget get rid of useless HR instead.
I do not know how I found this video but I'm glad I did lmfao this is literally the worst sports game I have ever seen there is nothing even fun about this game.
So glad somebody finally used smiled In your sleep In a video!
Loving the pop culture references!
Nice pfp.
Hands up if you remember 989 studios! Simpler times.
Also play Blades of Steel on the Genesis! That game sucks, but RULES!
This is ROUGH to watch. Big ol OOF on 989 sports
9:37. You can fit 99 Gretzkys in that office.
That damn Puck looks like a Mondo burger!
Oh wow, I did used to love playing this game. I wouldn't have guessed it was THIS bad. But truly... it was. I loved Twisted Metal 2 so much that I made a lot of excuses for 989 games.
Can you review NHL 2K games?
im glad to see that Lions haven't changed
I remember FaceOff 2001. It was way better on the OG Playstation than the PS2
i was having a realy shitty day, but this video really made me laugh and relax.
hope there are some more bad games from the past!
How come your day was crappy