OG XBOX: Strange Colorful Games #1 (@RebelTaxi)

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    The first original Xbox had so many failed mascots and franchises, I'm Pan-Pizza driver of the Rebeltaxi.
    🍕🚕OTHER VIDS I DID🚕🍕
    Part 2 of OG Xbox Mascots
    • OG XBOX: Strange Color...
    0:00 Intro
    1:04 Whacked!
    5:04 Fuzion Frenzy
    8:28 VooDoo Vince
    11:07 Mad Dash Racing
    #ogXbox #originalXbox #FuzionFrenzy
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  • @RebelTaxi
    @RebelTaxi  5 років тому +1162

    PART 2: ua-cam.com/video/D7SRHqD6siY/v-deo.html
    Consider this a Vol 1. Since I had no time and ran out of hardrive space to record footage for Blinx and Kung Fu Chaos. All the VooDoo footage is from the 1st hour of the game because of that. Was gonna do Sonic X this week but wasn't feeling well and this really motivated. Always wanted to talk about Mad Dash Racing.

    • @BugsyFoga
      @BugsyFoga 5 років тому +16

      Hopefully you can get your failed xbox mascots retrospective finished before the nick movie retrospective

    • @BugsyFoga
      @BugsyFoga 5 років тому +10

      Sort of sad Gex's last appearance was on some forgotten original xbox title no one talks about

    • @hungrymanmanofsteelproduct2968
      @hungrymanmanofsteelproduct2968 5 років тому +1

      I was so excited for this when you annouced it on your stream.

    • @OctoCoochi69
      @OctoCoochi69 5 років тому +7

      Insert aggressive masturbation joke here --> 13:39

    • @Poever
      @Poever 5 років тому +8

      But Blinx...BLINX!

  • @Larry
    @Larry 5 років тому +1200

    Fun Fact: I almost got the job to do the character designs for Kung Fu Chaos, they were going for a more '90s anime look initally.

    • @RebelTaxi
      @RebelTaxi  5 років тому +203

      If you know more about it's original production I'd love to hear about it when I cover more Xbox exclusives.

    • @Larry
      @Larry 5 років тому +188

      @@RebelTaxi That's all I know sadly, I was asked to do a few test pieces, and they said some time later they decided to go in another dierection for the art style.
      I Did also for another job interview at Climax Studios on another Xbox game that had a manga/anime look, they wouldn't tell me what it was at the time, but I suspect it was Sudeki. (didn't get that job as I didn't want to move house for what was essentially a freelance position)

    • @WhoElseButZane
      @WhoElseButZane 4 роки тому +48

      Yeah we get it Larry, you're better than me

    • @waluigi3515
      @waluigi3515 4 роки тому +9

      Why didn't y'all have this conversation privately? It's such a weird choice to leave this out in the open for everyone to see, are you guys trying to make a point?

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer 4 роки тому +5

      Well, hello you! Seriously, nice to see ya Larry! Lookin forward to the next fact hunt. And whatever other stuff you and Wez have planned.

  • @rubberwoody
    @rubberwoody 5 років тому +609

    this couldn't be more early 2000s if it was made out of gogurt and skateboards

    • @SimpIySimpIe
      @SimpIySimpIe 5 років тому +46

      *grabs healies*
      You uncultured swine you know nothing about the early 2000's *plays all star on boom box* now if you excuse me I am going to play some U.B funkys on my windows computer

    • @bensanchez8121
      @bensanchez8121 5 років тому +21

      Robotsnake20 right after I watch Shrek on DVD

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +10

      @@SimpIySimpIe *heelys 😂

    • @SharlyTV
      @SharlyTV 5 років тому +17

      @@bensanchez8121 and chat on microsoft messenger with my buddies

    • @mrflipperinvader7922
      @mrflipperinvader7922 4 роки тому +2

      I'm obsessed with movies and games like that

  • @DTFauxClassic
    @DTFauxClassic 5 років тому +360

    "On foot" racing games are such an underutilized concept that's never reached its fullest potential yet. Between pivoting, quick/side stepping, wall jumping, and general platforming, it can bring something to the table that you just can't do with conventional vehicles.
    Oddly enough, the Daytime-style stages of Sonic Unleashed, Generations, and Colors would be perfect in a multiplayer setting if they were slowed down a bit for easier interactions. But it seems like Sega's determined to keep Sonic and friends behind the steering wheel.

    • @RebelTaxi
      @RebelTaxi  5 років тому +51

      Yeah I would love if Sonic tried more on foot racers. It's basically turning a platformer into a racer.

    • @gododoof
      @gododoof 5 років тому +8

      Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed is my personal favorite kart racer but I'd be down if Sega tried their hand at an on foot racing game again.

    • @carlosmella-rijo3716
      @carlosmella-rijo3716 5 років тому +8

      Its cuz of sonic R isnt it?

    • @spyrelle3970
      @spyrelle3970 4 роки тому +8

      ​@@RebelTaxi Hey Pan, if you're looking for another on-foot racer I'd try out "Rayman M" Although it's only partially an on-foot racer, on it's own it's 'kinda an interesting story, 'game had two distinct genres, an arena brawler 'n' an on-foot racer and was released for sixth gen consoles, and Windows, but Ubisoft actually published a remake, on the original PlayStation called "Rayman Rush" which was only the racing segments.

    • @horaciosi
      @horaciosi 4 роки тому +7

      @@carlosmella-rijo3716 Sadly yes. Sonic Team seem to have this mentality that if it didn't work once, it'll never work at all. Explains why we've got so many Sonic Unleashed rehashes.

  • @TheOneNamedMrLife
    @TheOneNamedMrLife 5 років тому +365

    I'm legitimately impressed with how unique a lot the of the early OG Xbox games were and this is coming from someone who mostly grew up with Playstation and Nintendo

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +34

      Yeah dude it's crazy how experimental the 6th gen consoles were, you gotta remember this was the same generation of consoels as the PS2, Nintendo Gamecube, and Sega Dreamcast. I miss this era so much 😭😤

    • @SharlyTV
      @SharlyTV 5 років тому +13

      Yeah that xbox stank feels quite special indeed

    • @gh0rochi363
      @gh0rochi363 5 років тому +18

      M
      Alot like the ps1 the xbox still didn't habe an identity so there were ideas thrown all over the place. Which i think is dope

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +4

      @@gh0rochi363 Xbox should rethink their methods of adding games on the xbox (such as making tons of sequels of halo,gears,forza) and instead let other AAA/indie developes have more freedom of experimenting and creating fresh & new ideas. Also as for them buying other studios i could care less unless they really do offer new games,regardless of exclusivity because I'm sure at this point Microsoft/Xbox don't give a shit about the word "exclusives" anymore.

    • @gh0rochi363
      @gh0rochi363 5 років тому +2

      @@Abel-Alvarez oh no doubt

  • @thejedisonic67
    @thejedisonic67 5 років тому +311

    I think the reason many of these wacky mascots didnt catch on was because they were starting to get too insane and out there for a general audience to latch onto. They make Crash Bandicoot look like Sherlock Holmes in comparison

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +46

      This was what made the 6th gen consoles so awesome. The PS2,Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Gamecube, and OG Xbox all had very unique and experimental games and tbh i wish we still had that today.

    • @InsertNameHRM
      @InsertNameHRM 5 років тому +23

      @@Abel-Alvarez Issue here isn't that "only one generation of consoles ever experimented" since the 5th and 4th experimented just as much as the 6th did, the problem is how experimenting slowed down steadily since the beginning of the 7th generation up until both its end and the beginning of the 8th gen where both studios and developers stopped experimenting with anything period, since everything shifted to a formulaic structure whitin the industry (let it be with AAA companies and their cinematic shooters, or with most indie devs either doing copycat "retro throwbacks" where they offer almost nothing compared to what they're inspired to or cheap "ironic" trash that's only made to hop into the current hot topic of the day).

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +3

      @@InsertNameHRM dude i 100% agree with you oh my gosh. Also my bad for not mentioning the previous generations of consoles from the 1st gen (odyssey) to the 5th (ps1,saturn,n64,jaguar,3do,etc.) Since those all had great games and their own unique personalities. Yeah the 7th gen (while it also had a few great games as well) did have a decline in experimental games (as well as a lack of japanese games too) due to the popularity of shooters from games like Call of Duty,Battlefield, and Gears of War. Honestly the 7th gen (ps3,360,wii) was one of my least favorite console generations as you can tell. Also thanks for mentioning the issues with some indie games too because too many times have i already caught seeing many 8/16 bit platformers that latch on "nostalgia" more than anything. There are some amazing and creative indie games don't get me wrong there,but it's rare and honestly takes some time to find and see if its worth playing or not. It's like for every one experimental creative game you get like 20-30 rehashed/half assed "nostalgia-goggled" games that offer nothing new to gaming. And as for AAA developers theres also that same issue along with sequels and remasters.

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому

      @@InsertNameHRM and the 8th gen also had an okay start but luckily has gotten a bit better with a few titles (mostly from PlayStation & Nintendo)

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer 4 роки тому +3

      True, it was threatening to reach Mask level proportions.

  • @justsomefacts2118
    @justsomefacts2118 5 років тому +1497

    Bet ya'll most players would pick the nude lady

  • @TheOneTrueTMan
    @TheOneTrueTMan 5 років тому +190

    It's interesting how the Xbox's mascot attempts differ so heavily from the PS2 and GC. They really tried to go for an older, "edgier" demographic with these more stylized "radical" games. I guess Ratchet and Jak (eventually) were a bit on the "edgier" side as far as platformers go, but Microsoft really pushed that motif full throttle. The attitude here is as early 2000s as it gets.
    Also Sonic R is a pretty fun game tbh

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +5

      I wish they still did that but they'd rather play it safe by releasing the same shit over & over instead smh.

    • @MasterOfKnowledge.
      @MasterOfKnowledge. 4 роки тому +2

      SONIC R IS THE BEST GAME EVAAAR

    • @DatBoi-mo9vc
      @DatBoi-mo9vc 4 роки тому +1

      @@Abel-Alvarez also jak and daxter, with jak 2 and three having guns and the dark mode and cursing and stuff

    • @Mario_N64
      @Mario_N64 3 роки тому +5

      They definitely had an edgy marketing strategy. It was appropriate, the early 2000s were an edgy era.

    • @antonfredricson9205
      @antonfredricson9205 3 роки тому +2

      @@Mario_N64 edgier well playstation had kratos soo

  • @corncobjohnsonreal
    @corncobjohnsonreal 5 років тому +499

    You are now trapped forever in the oney plays lore

    • @madison5645
      @madison5645 5 років тому +62

      He’s been trapped in OneyPlays lore since someone drew him and Ding Dong fucking.

    • @corncobjohnsonreal
      @corncobjohnsonreal 5 років тому +34

      @@madison5645 that was just a game theory, now we have confirmation pam is part of the lore

    • @doodie4083
      @doodie4083 5 років тому +10

      DING DONG!!!

    • @zanthor5422
      @zanthor5422 5 років тому +18

      We're all in Undertale now.

    • @xxalex423xx
      @xxalex423xx 5 років тому +16

      @@zanthor5422 hey lois remember that one time

  • @GERMANAITOR
    @GERMANAITOR 5 років тому +218

    Remember those creepy ass noises your old xbox made when you left it on all night?
    Your nightmares remember.

    • @SakuraAvalon
      @SakuraAvalon 5 років тому +64

      No, cause I never leave a console running over night.

    • @prfo5554
      @prfo5554 4 роки тому +9

      Made me afraid to be in a room alone with it for years.

  • @crowns9966
    @crowns9966 5 років тому +167

    "There's Mario Party and chill and then there's Fuzion Frenzy and F*CK!" Ok, that was hilarious

    • @Crepuaculum
      @Crepuaculum 4 роки тому +5

      Col Friday you had beat me to the punch on the comment thank you 😂
      Also here’s a time code 5:24

  • @groidcel
    @groidcel 5 років тому +98

    Ironically enough, the OG Xbox failed miserably in Japan but the best exclusives for the console came from Japan.
    I spent more time playing Ninja Gaiden, JSRF, and Sega’s other offerings than I did with Halo or any other MS exclusive. OG Xbox was also the only place where you could play CVS2 and 3S online in the 2000’s.

    • @jamesalexander5559
      @jamesalexander5559 4 роки тому +3

      Microsoft cut a deal with Sega. They helped them make a version of Windows CE for the Dreamcast (that Sega ended up not using) and in exchange the Xbox would get some exclusive games from Sega.

    • @groidcel
      @groidcel 4 роки тому +7

      @@jamesalexander5559 Sega used the Windows CE for a couple of their games and the results proved disastrous. The overhead if Windows CE on the disc meant performance issues, notably with Sega Rally 2.

    • @jamesalexander5559
      @jamesalexander5559 4 роки тому +1

      @@groidcel Wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info.

  • @vvsvlogsYT
    @vvsvlogsYT 5 років тому +75

    1:52 “The Lost OneyPlays Member”
    They scrapped the episode with Smibnor & Anti-Chris.

    • @merpo2806
      @merpo2806 4 роки тому +11

      Don't forget Dark Ding

  • @monikaradzaj7407
    @monikaradzaj7407 5 років тому +279

    Fun fact: Mad Dash Racing was the last game that Gex the Gecko was featured in.
    Edit: Spelling

    • @mrpizza_5139
      @mrpizza_5139 5 років тому +27

      What a way to go out, as a failed mascot from a game filled with failed mascots

    • @monikaradzaj7407
      @monikaradzaj7407 5 років тому +20

      @@mrpizza_5139 I actually liked the Gex games though. OOF

    • @BugsyFoga
      @BugsyFoga 5 років тому +12

      Kind of sad really

    • @mr.vidjagamez9896
      @mr.vidjagamez9896 5 років тому +10

      Wasnt he an unlockable character in one of the Hot-Shots Golf games? Unless that may have came out before Mad Dash.

    • @monikaradzaj7407
      @monikaradzaj7407 5 років тому +5

      @@mr.vidjagamez9896 Ah yes he was! I think in the 2nd one!

  • @sarahebris
    @sarahebris 5 років тому +130

    Maybe the reason why Martinet wanted to be uncredited was because of Nintendo and Xbox relations at the time?

    • @RebelTaxi
      @RebelTaxi  5 років тому +77

      I wanna ask him at Momocon. My theory is that he's essentially doing the Mario voice for a competing character.

    • @sarahebris
      @sarahebris 5 років тому +9

      @@RebelTaxi I wished i asked him at Philly Comic Con last month. Unfortunately, I didn't know at the time that he was in the game.

    • @mikusmom
      @mikusmom 5 років тому +3

      I mean yeah

    • @JuanGomez-ke5py
      @JuanGomez-ke5py 5 років тому +3

      @@RebelTaxi funny ironic they wanted bring a Xbox Live to the Nintendo switch

    • @Stelilagriff881
      @Stelilagriff881 5 років тому +8

      @@RebelTaxi I think it's actually because of what the character says . For example,"die"

  • @CryptoJordanVR
    @CryptoJordanVR 5 років тому +33

    Those Billy West voices I had me lmao.
    "You got to select me quick kid! My spleen just exploded. And in 5 minutes the poison will spread to my en-tire body" 🤣

  • @duncanshepherd1631
    @duncanshepherd1631 5 років тому +165

    "Moby, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method..."
    Pan those are all positives and you know it

  • @zer0w1nz35
    @zer0w1nz35 5 років тому +201

    I understand this probably what you were going for but I love the Jetix Saturday morning cartoon aesthetic to this channel

    • @munch3767
      @munch3767 5 років тому +13

      Zer0W1nZ damn I remember Jetix

    • @uncreativeusername8362
      @uncreativeusername8362 5 років тому

      I also remember Jetix too.

    • @puffsparkle
      @puffsparkle 5 років тому +9

      Jetix always had Pucca and Power Rangers playing around 6 pm

    • @michaelgraham9774
      @michaelgraham9774 5 років тому +5

      Haven't thought about that channel in years. I feel six years old again

    • @zer0w1nz35
      @zer0w1nz35 5 років тому +1

      EVL X ZTR You beautiful man, I’ve been looking for the name of that show for ages

  • @princegoatcheese9379
    @princegoatcheese9379 5 років тому +66

    I'm a sucker for late-nineties/early-2000's music. A good chunk of it was loud and cheesy and sometimes enjoyably experimental.

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +14

      Especially the hip hop,metal, and electronic music scene. Gosh what i would do to relive those days 😭😤

  • @lapisrabbitcomics
    @lapisrabbitcomics 5 років тому +39

    Voodoo Vince is an underrated gem of the 3D platformer era.

  • @thedangerwich5476
    @thedangerwich5476 5 років тому +337

    og xbox games had such a unique style.

    • @TommyDeonauthsArchives
      @TommyDeonauthsArchives 5 років тому +11

      Now I wish I had an OG XBOX...

    • @jacobjohnson7369
      @jacobjohnson7369 5 років тому +79

      Yeah, the whole early-2000's aesthetic was both unique for the console and also homogeneous throughout all of the console's exclusive games. They were pretty cool and still work as a fun time machine back to 2003.

    • @BloodRedFox2008
      @BloodRedFox2008 5 років тому +20

      @@jacobjohnson7369 Yep, when I think of Xbox games I generally think of stuff like Halo, Blinx, Voodoo Vince, and other games of that style (also for some reason Sudeki as it was probably one of the first Western games I saw with a very anime aesthetic, though to my understanding the first Western game that tried to go for an anime look was Shogo in 1998). That generation was also one where Sony had more first party platformers than Nintendo so I tend to associate PS2 mostly with Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and Sly Cooper, while the Gamecube was where Nintendo stuck to their guns with cartoony games like Mario and Pikmin, and gave us the first cel shaded Zelda (people may have shat on Wind Waker when it was revealed back in 2001 but nowadays it looks like most people no longer have that "ALL GAMES MUST LOOK AS REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE OR ELSE I HATE IT!" mentality).
      EDIT: Oh yeah but this was also the generation where Nintendo started to dip their toes into games you might not except from them like Eternal Darkness and Geist (both M rated games, and it wouldn't be until Bayonetta 2 they'd do another M rated title), plus Metroid made a big comeback after about 8 years of being dormant.

    • @puffsparkle
      @puffsparkle 5 років тому +2

      Glad i still own one Lol

    • @stevenbowen8098
      @stevenbowen8098 5 років тому +2

      @@TommyDeonauthsArchives i still got the original Xbox console to this day since 2001 with the Nintendo GameCube come out witch i still got that too

  • @Germania9
    @Germania9 5 років тому +46

    What, no Malice?
    That game was hyped as a launch title for the OG Xbox. The hammer-wielding main character was supposed to be voiced by Gwen Stefani. Then nothing. Somehow it got ended up on the PS2.

    • @RebelTaxi
      @RebelTaxi  5 років тому +17

      That game went through a lot of development issues. I wanna research it more than just give it a simple review

  • @Y2000NK
    @Y2000NK 5 років тому +87

    It really is kinda crazy how many "unique" looking games just got left behind from this erabjust to become future Nitrorad review fodder.

  • @jonmcintyre1144
    @jonmcintyre1144 3 роки тому +6

    Fun Fact: the announcer lines in Fuzion Frenzy were recycled in Spongebob: Creature From The Krusty Krab (another Blitz game)

  • @skinnychumpz007
    @skinnychumpz007 5 років тому +313

    *skips over Blinx*
    Who's ready to get Whacked?

    • @WhiteBomber
      @WhiteBomber 5 років тому +15

      Man I miss him....

    • @monikaradzaj7407
      @monikaradzaj7407 5 років тому +13

      He did well over in Japan at least.

    • @WhiteBomber
      @WhiteBomber 5 років тому +3

      @@monikaradzaj7407 yeah...

    • @thejedisonic67
      @thejedisonic67 5 років тому +8

      @@monikaradzaj7407 did well in Japan?
      BlInX fOr SmASh CoNfiRMeD

    • @Thomas-te2lg
      @Thomas-te2lg 5 років тому +17

      @@monikaradzaj7407 Not saying much given how poorly the og Xbox was received in Japan.

  • @br3akstuff
    @br3akstuff 5 років тому +175

    Hey..the Sonic R soundtrack is POPPIN

    • @lugbzurg8987
      @lugbzurg8987 5 років тому +5

      It's time to play... IS THAT SONIC R OR PERSONA 5!?

    • @_-Lx-_
      @_-Lx-_ 5 років тому +6

      It's unfitting but catchy
      🎶Can you feel the sunshine🎶

    • @br3akstuff
      @br3akstuff 5 років тому +4

      @@_-Lx-_ I agree it doesn't fit the mood at all but it's genuinely good

    • @thedemon4780
      @thedemon4780 2 роки тому +1

      @@lugbzurg8987 lol

  • @NimuhoVS
    @NimuhoVS 5 років тому +39

    Dude fusion frenzy was the shit back in the day
    My entire family would play for hours and hours on our projector in the living room
    Oh memories..

    • @Vyloka
      @Vyloka 3 роки тому +1

      You get iiiit

  • @DenpaKei
    @DenpaKei 5 років тому +106

    Dude, blinx was supposed to be THE Xbox mascot. lol disappointed in that, but can't wait to see a potential part 2

    • @r3n3gad33
      @r3n3gad33 4 роки тому

      r/agedlikemilk

    • @hoodedman6579
      @hoodedman6579 4 роки тому +6

      @@r3n3gad33 Please stop mentioning subreddits outside of Reddit.

  • @epikster4518
    @epikster4518 5 років тому +384

    Car was pretty good. Not as good as Motor Vehicle, but still good.

    • @xBIGGIx
      @xBIGGIx 5 років тому +6

      Jansen P12 Personally I highly prefer Grand Turismo Theft Auto Mobile San Andreas

    • @devon7585
      @devon7585 5 років тому +15

      Nothing can compare to metal go go vroom vroom fast though

    • @ChurchoftheLatterDayShrek
      @ChurchoftheLatterDayShrek 5 років тому +2

      Motor Vehicle 2 was the best one tbh

    • @joeydrewstudios321
      @joeydrewstudios321 5 років тому +2

      I prefer automated mobiles a little more

    • @Mr.Isquierdo
      @Mr.Isquierdo 5 років тому +1

      Jet moto

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 5 років тому +173

    As a Playstation fan, it's fascinating to see games on the XBOX that I've never heard of.

    • @tonycd5304
      @tonycd5304 5 років тому +13

      Specially the amount of one offs. Most ps2 games got a sequel.

    • @shawnfields2757
      @shawnfields2757 5 років тому +9

      Fluffymiyster Yeah, but the reason you haven't heard of them is because they're obscure, and mostly, it's a good thing. I've played Whiplash, the last game mentioned here, and I hated it, because I couldn't get past a certain part of it when I was a kid. I've beaten it, a few years ago, but even if I HADN'T accidentally broken my ps2 by cleaning it with the wrong kind of alcohol, it still gave me nightmares for awhile. But, still, I think I barely, briefly remember the game whacked, but barely. Maybe because Tara Strong was in it, and she's my favorite female voice actor? I don't know... my memory sucks sometimes. But, it's nice to learn some interesting stuff, about games you may never have heard of before, so it's educational, but without being boring, the best kind of educational. Have a great day/night, dude.

    • @thejurassicman661
      @thejurassicman661 5 років тому +2

      Me too

    • @fatcat1
      @fatcat1 5 років тому +4

      I hope he coveres Stubbs the zombie next!

    • @BugsyFoga
      @BugsyFoga 5 років тому +1

      I feel the exact same way

  • @fireflocs
    @fireflocs 5 років тому +22

    The Sonic R soundtrack is _timeless._ Mostly in the sense that that genre of music was never popular, but also it sounds pretty good.

  • @PIB2000
    @PIB2000 4 роки тому +6

    This is so 2000's that I can practically hear someone blasting Avril Lavigne in the background.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 5 років тому +490

    Nobody:
    Original Xbox: FUSION FRENZY

    • @anothermediocreuser6422
      @anothermediocreuser6422 5 років тому +5

      Nobody:
      Me: #hehe

    • @AsecasJavi
      @AsecasJavi 5 років тому +5

      Everybody: nobody:
      You: nobody:
      Original Xbox: FUSION FRENZY

    • @mediafreak5923
      @mediafreak5923 5 років тому +3

      SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT

    • @924Ali
      @924Ali 5 років тому +2

      This is bringing back memories I forgot I had.

    • @jacklong1844
      @jacklong1844 5 років тому +1

      @@anothermediocreuser6422 *AND FUCK*

  • @illitero
    @illitero 2 роки тому +7

    I always played as Samson when playing this with friends and almost always won Twisted System (we called it "Sit-Hup" and called out "sit" to duck and "hup" to jump as a way of messing with each other when speed picked up), so the sequence at 6:20 flicked me right in the nostalgias for all the victories I had back in the very early 2000's

  • @nigelcraft6002
    @nigelcraft6002 5 років тому +16

    Before you said blinx wouldn't appear in the video, I said to myself "oh I bet blinx is in this" but then he does appear briefly in that GaS intermission

  • @thelastattempt666
    @thelastattempt666 5 років тому +18

    Mascots are such an underrated type of art form...when done right.

  • @sketchful.78
    @sketchful.78 5 років тому +160

    Someone has to animate those Charles Martinet lines from Mad Dash Racing.

    • @SakuraAvalon
      @SakuraAvalon 5 років тому +49

      Either that, or dub them over cutscenes of Mario.

    • @groudongamer3178
      @groudongamer3178 5 років тому +6

      YES.

    • @soko4710
      @soko4710 5 років тому +7

      Sounds like half-way between Mario and Waluigi's voices to me.

  • @acidshane
    @acidshane 5 років тому +238

    LOL 2 Videos in a week? You have spoiled us and we are not worthy.
    Love your work, keep it up

  • @kolonarulez5222
    @kolonarulez5222 5 років тому +57

    Mad Dash should've had Bubsy Bobcat as an unlockable gliding character.

    • @samtinkle9076
      @samtinkle9076 5 років тому +7

      Oh for god’s sake now someone will mod that in

    • @mikusmom
      @mikusmom 5 років тому +6

      I wish I was good at modding

  • @LegoJunk128
    @LegoJunk128 5 років тому +19

    Lmaoooo “The girl from Tripping the Rift”. I’d like to see Pan review that.

  • @sarafontanini7051
    @sarafontanini7051 5 років тому +79

    I actually liked whacked, especially the design for Van Tastic's demon form

    • @Vyloka
      @Vyloka 3 роки тому +1

      He didnt even mention that NIIIICE soundtrack

  • @TheNumberFives
    @TheNumberFives 5 років тому +10

    More facts about Dan Paladin's involvement with Whacked: He also designed and voiced Toof.

  • @_John_Johnson
    @_John_Johnson 5 років тому +47

    Pan, I thank thee for shining a light on the niche games on the original Xbox that no other good channel has made a video on.
    This vidya is so good I'm going to put part 1 and 2 on a disc and make it a generational heirloom.

  • @Cri_Jackal
    @Cri_Jackal 5 років тому +10

    That Tara Strong audio could be very exploitable.

  • @The_Sud
    @The_Sud 5 років тому +9

    3:13 when you discover the undertale fandom

  • @mr.vidjagamez9896
    @mr.vidjagamez9896 5 років тому +9

    The early years of the OG Xbox are what I would consider the most interesting times of the Xbox brand. Lots of new IPs on a brand new system from a new console manufacturer, trying to find their own "Mario", a bunch of Sega exclusives, making it almost feel like an extension of the Dreamcast. Plus later on we got lots of PC to console ports that never got released on PS2/the Cube and gave it some interesting "exclusives" in that regard. This was also long before they were trying to push the system brand as an all-in-one entertainment unit (besides DVD playback), making it more focused on just being a games machine. Online features were there to allow people to play with each other from long distances, still a bit far off from the point of mandatory patches and microtransaction scams and certainly no mandatory online-requirements.
    Mad Dash Racing was also what Sonic R should have been. Plus it had Gex in it.

  • @r3n3gad33
    @r3n3gad33 5 років тому +19

    Damn. These are like the most 2000s games of the 2000s!

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +6

      I miss that era so much. It was a cooler time.

  • @RC--ji2ov
    @RC--ji2ov 5 років тому +9

    Omg i love the xbox original, such a good console and amazing for the time especially, games like mechassault, halo 2, battlefront 2, and jsrf keep me coming back

  • @xYamakaze
    @xYamakaze 5 років тому +34

    What if in a world, Master Chief wasn't the xboner mascot? That's a world I'm glad I don't live in.

  • @theactualTVB
    @theactualTVB 5 років тому +22

    People forgot that Pixar's Cars movies were based off the Forza video games.

  • @gododoof
    @gododoof 5 років тому +32

    That Fusion Frenzy announcer sounds like he's *IN THE BEAM*

    • @nikki-lx3yf
      @nikki-lx3yf 5 років тому +2

      thank christ i wasnt the only one who thought that

    • @gododoof
      @gododoof 5 років тому +2

      @@nikki-lx3yf That voice never leaves you.

  • @lindseymarie3532
    @lindseymarie3532 5 років тому +9

    when I was a little kid, I was TERRIFIED of the concept of voodoo, so when my grandpa gave me his old xbox and some games with it, of course there was Voodoo Vince. i panicked and tried to put it in a paper shredder but it didn't work so i threw it down a vent.

  • @kikilles_
    @kikilles_ 5 років тому +11

    "Mad Dash Racing" looks like a fusion between "Sonic Riders Zero Gravity" and "Rayman r"

    • @CypherSonic
      @CypherSonic 5 років тому

      space_trashman rIdE tHrOuGh GrAvItY

  • @xYamakaze
    @xYamakaze 5 років тому +75

    They legit had a fully naked woman as a playable character. Imagine the backlash if this ATTEMPTED to come out today. If it was cross platform Sony would have a field day with the censorship. Like playing as a box of light rays? I gotta admit, that a really good censor bar tracking program. Probably the hardest thing to program in said game.

    • @SK91NO
      @SK91NO 5 років тому +10

      Wouldn't it be apart of the actual character model?

    • @Klonoahedgehog
      @Klonoahedgehog 5 років тому +24

      Not gonna lie it would be fucking hilarious to play as a full on censor bar.

    • @xYamakaze
      @xYamakaze 5 років тому +5

      @@SK91NO Technically, yes. Maybe. I dunno. Lets just say it's advanced technology ;)

    • @WillieManga
      @WillieManga 3 роки тому +8

      They also got some transphobic jokes in there. I only noticed one, actually. When Van Tastic said "Hey there guys and gals and all you sick weirdos in between."

  • @Gunfighter150
    @Gunfighter150 4 роки тому +9

    It’s crazy how the first two games played a huge part with me having fun with my family and friends during parties. It always drove me crazy I could never remember Whacked and Fusion Frenzy names until now.
    Fusion Frenzy was actually pretty fun to play during parties but then again all of us who played it was competitive.

  • @nova_archive
    @nova_archive 5 років тому +7

    Holy shit that Pro Jared prediction...

  • @habuhomeboy
    @habuhomeboy 5 років тому +20

    I loved Fuzion Frenzy growing up in the mid 2000s.

  • @GELTONZ
    @GELTONZ 5 років тому +16

    Wow, Mad Dash Racing has a lot of weird similarities to Sonic Riders as well, especially the 3 character types.

  • @Gothicslenderman
    @Gothicslenderman 5 років тому +66

    Not gonna lie. I kind of miss these days of weird edgy video game mascots. It just feels like these characters were made from a good place. Not marketed to be relatable or be "good for audiences" just made to add to a game with a fun concept. We see way too many over the shoulder serious Joel knockoffs or relatable Indie characters these days. Just give me some insane edgy characters that are just as fun as the game itself is.

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +6

      I wish Xbox still had developers make games like this rather than halo,gears,forza over and over smh.

    • @Melvinshermen
      @Melvinshermen 4 роки тому +1

      RED ROOM me too Fuck human characters

    • @M50A1
      @M50A1 4 роки тому +6

      @@Melvinshermen You and every 15 yr old furry on deviant art. Get in line buddy.

  • @TheMarc1k1
    @TheMarc1k1 5 років тому +20

    Fucking love Voodoo Vince, fantastic game.
    The OG Xbox had some great standalone titles to be fair.

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +1

      It had way more unique & experimental games that the 360 & one haven't had since.

  • @Bentus0000
    @Bentus0000 5 років тому +9

    OG Xbox days were wild, i remember a few of these along with some others like cel damage, dr muto, ty the tasmanian tiger, vexx, etc
    Does anyone remember Malice?

  • @toonslul
    @toonslul 5 років тому +18

    Fusion Frenzy was on of my favorite og Xbox games to play with my brother.

  • @lPsychoMax
    @lPsychoMax 5 років тому +15

    @15:21 someone get footage of wario and pair it with that audio clip.
    We will get wario to swear!

  • @kyragthecat177
    @kyragthecat177 5 років тому +74

    Please do more failed pilots
    • furby island - their were plans for a movie tie-in but canceled due to new changes on the nickelodeon staff, the cartoon would have been made by the people behind adventure time
    • owca flies - a spinoff of phineas and ferb

    • @bigblue344
      @bigblue344 5 років тому +5

      I remember seeing adverts for the furby pilot so long ago it feels like it was just a dream.

  • @ThatOtaku64
    @ThatOtaku64 5 років тому +16

    Oh yes Fusion Frenzy Bill Gates' favorite video game.

  • @obedpina7408
    @obedpina7408 5 років тому +5

    OH MY GOD I HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES OF FUSION FRENZY HOLY MOLY THANK YOU

  • @drnarwhal2888
    @drnarwhal2888 5 років тому +5

    Voodoo Vince had a jammin' sound track. Steve Kirk did a good job.

  • @Lilhellboy2003
    @Lilhellboy2003 5 років тому +4

    1:29 “Oh Jesus God Mary Moe Larry and Curly (and Steven)”

  • @santinoisawsome4716
    @santinoisawsome4716 5 років тому +32

    i would endlessly play the fusion frenzy demo in the demo menu of some xbox game

    • @beep-beep
      @beep-beep 5 років тому +2

      bro same
      Little me used to alternate between that demo and Tony Hawk: Underground for what felt like years

    • @michaelgraham9774
      @michaelgraham9774 5 років тому +1

      The Halo CE demo screen was what I played it on. That and watching the trailer for Azurik

    • @genesizor8042
      @genesizor8042 5 років тому

      You and me both have the same childhood memories.

  • @KenjiIchijou
    @KenjiIchijou 4 роки тому +7

    Oh man, Whacked... Loved that shit when I was younger. I feel that might've gotten more popular but with the 7 deadly sins aspect getting washed out almost immediately and not being used in conjunction with anything other than character design, it kinda fell out of memory. My older brother and I played the hell out of it though, I remember us looking at the box for the first time, and I looked at the booklet and pointed out the thing with Lucy having black bars instead of the blue rubber suit, and my brother said "Don't be silly, she's not gonna be naked *in the game*" and sure enough, 5 seconds in *POP*

  • @FanCntrlNetwork
    @FanCntrlNetwork 3 роки тому +5

    CORRECTION: 14:17 is actually "Honey (Dark Mix)" by Moby, it's just incorrectly listed (along with "Honey" actually being "Insectorcutor Dub") in the game

    • @RebelTaxi
      @RebelTaxi  3 роки тому +3

      OH damn. That's why I couldn't find that specific version. Had to record it myself off the game.

  • @hazymist4108
    @hazymist4108 5 років тому +3

    14:12 This is the funniest thing your channel has done yet.

  • @silentdebugger
    @silentdebugger 4 роки тому +7

    I just love how Microsoft spent like 4 years trying to establish an Xbox mascot that was something OTHER than Master Chief, and then when the 360 release trailers came around it was just like "whatever, it's Master Chief now, we don't even care anymore"

  • @jamesklark6562
    @jamesklark6562 5 років тому +13

    Wait, are you telling me XBox isn't just some fake brand from the ICarly Universe?

  • @Legoguy9875
    @Legoguy9875 4 роки тому +3

    Hearing Charles Martinet scream "Die now, you craphole" and "Imma gonna kill you" in his Luigi/Wario voice is something I never thought I needed in my life, and yet here we are.

  • @spencerdokes6056
    @spencerdokes6056 5 років тому +14

    I love the way you say buttons..... budduns

  • @dead-ishchannel6212
    @dead-ishchannel6212 5 років тому +5

    1:22 didn't expect this from X-Box

  • @magma41158
    @magma41158 5 років тому +12

    I played alot of fusion frenzy growing up. It's still a pretty fun game.

  • @milesedgeworth132
    @milesedgeworth132 5 років тому +5

    Do you know why Fusión Frenzy is so badass? The demo allows for local multiplayer with a ton of the best games no limit. Its INSANE how fun this was with cousins even as a demo. We could never find the original game but those were the good days.

  • @ShadowWolfRising
    @ShadowWolfRising 5 років тому +11

    Moar, Definitely need to hear you talk about Kung Fu Chaos and Blinx.

  • @Blingy
    @Blingy 4 роки тому +5

    Hearing Tara Strong, the voice actor of many of my favorite cartoon characters of my childhood, moan, feels so wrong. I don't even know how to feel about that at all.

    • @RebelTaxi
      @RebelTaxi  4 роки тому +5

      Don't watch Drawn Together

    • @Blingy
      @Blingy 4 роки тому +2

      @@RebelTaxi I've heard about that show. Didn't know she was in it. I'm way surprised you commented- Hello.

  • @shabadadoo5004
    @shabadadoo5004 5 років тому +5

    Whacked is amazing, one of the few childhood games i loved that still holds up imo.

    • @michaelknox3715
      @michaelknox3715 5 років тому

      Dude were you high as a kid? Were your parents okay with a naked lady with censor bars!?

    • @shabadadoo5004
      @shabadadoo5004 5 років тому +2

      @@michaelknox3715 they didn't really care lmao. As long as i didn't imitate the behavior in the games i played they were fine.

  • @zanthor5422
    @zanthor5422 5 років тому +6

    "Sonic R meets SSX."
    Man, if you've never played Sonic Riders, you really should. It's a lot of the concepts from that game but with more polish.

  • @TheTangMan8
    @TheTangMan8 4 роки тому +2

    8:11 I literally fucking died. This is too funny!

  • @cashhhmere
    @cashhhmere 5 років тому +4

    Billy, do you want a battery?
    Billy: Alrigh-
    *a giant battery proceeds to crush billy's head*

  • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
    @JohnDoe-wq5eu 5 років тому +37

    It's not that the original Xbox didn't have great games it did.
    But the launch games were some of the most generic crap you've ever seen.
    But at least they got the superior version of the second Max Payne game as well as of course the fantastic jet set radio future.

    • @mistertagomago7974
      @mistertagomago7974 5 років тому

      Ninja Gaiden Black is my favorite 3d action game and I'm glad it's on the Xbox because the graphics have aged very well. I'm no graphics whore but going from NGB to ps2 games like DMC 3 and God of war they tend to be very ugly in comparison.

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez 5 років тому +3

      Pfft generic? Dude the lineup on this was far better tham what the 360 & one had no offense. 😂

  • @lanceturley7745
    @lanceturley7745 5 років тому +10

    Man, Microsoft was really pushing the edgy, try hard, "attitude" esthetic to stand out from the competition back then. It's like the "Sega does what nintendon't" campaign, times infinity.

  • @ColumboGaming_
    @ColumboGaming_ 5 років тому +2

    18:31 Nice astro boy shirt, doodie

  • @markunread1771
    @markunread1771 5 років тому +7

    Hope to see Volume 2 because Blinx is a very unjustly forgotten gem of videogames, and it is one of the few characters that is high poly for the previous generation, while at the same time introducing a function that the PS2 didn't have at the time.

  • @maxresdefault_
    @maxresdefault_ 4 роки тому +5

    “Hello you guys, gals, and all the weirdos in between”
    Oh no.

  • @hypernova_119
    @hypernova_119 5 років тому +1

    11:18 Mad Dash... You won't believe the overwhelming rush of nostalgia that just hit me upon hearing that name.

  • @doraeguyakaneddie6586
    @doraeguyakaneddie6586 3 роки тому +2

    14:49 Is literally the "Ahoy Spongebob I've overdosed on Katamine" meme

  • @wicker_walker2287
    @wicker_walker2287 3 роки тому +3

    1:41 I’m sorry but “Bruce CAMP BELL”

  • @UnknownGlaze
    @UnknownGlaze 5 років тому +5

    Whacked! is SEVERELY underrated IMO. It's those unique and chaotic qualities that make it a blast to play.

  • @WIImotionmasher
    @WIImotionmasher 5 років тому +2

    Truely one of the best quotes from this channel:
    "There's Mario Party and Chill, and then there's Fuzion Frenzy and FUCK"

  • @WillieManga
    @WillieManga 4 роки тому +4

    I absolutely love Voodoo Vince. The content was pretty simple, but it has quite the satirical sense of humor and nice music while being somewhat creepy at times. Dolly Playtime traumatized me back then!

  • @onihaiena6152
    @onihaiena6152 5 років тому +11

    JSRF is the sole reason for me to get an Xbox.

  • @r3n3gad33
    @r3n3gad33 5 років тому +16

    It's clear that Microsoft doesn't what to make something cartoony when Master Chief works just fine as the mascot for Xbox.

    • @RebelTaxi
      @RebelTaxi  5 років тому +6

      I feel they're slowly getting back into that with stuff like Cup Head, Unravel, and Seas of Thieves

  • @chafacorpTV
    @chafacorpTV 5 місяців тому

    This is my favorite youtube channel, not only for its humor, but for how much y2k energy it exudes.
    The visual, the sfx, the animations, the fonts, the icons, the colors. Everything screams 2003, its like having a videogame magazine coming to life and scream at my face.
    Panpizza, keep up the good work.

  • @mikevltg3
    @mikevltg3 5 років тому +6

    So let me get this straight.
    Charles Martinet has credits for Goodtimes Entertainment films, where he voices incredibly annoying characters that talk nonstop in an attempt to be "funny", AND even has a writing credit on their adaptation of Anastasia
    But Mad Dash? Where he seems to voice an even more overly Italian stereotype than Mario himself? Nah, gonna keep that shit off the resume...