I love these little glimpses into your childhood, Rob. I get that you probably exaggerate some aspects for comic effect, but it's clear gaming was a bit of a happiness lifeline for you when life was a bit pants. As one child of divorce to another, I want to give your 12 yr old self a hug and tell him it gets better. I'm glad you had the escape of games when things reached maximum suckage. I'm a child of the 1970s, & I think I would have coped with the suckage of my own situation a lot better if home consoles had been a thing then. Rob, pls do some more of these videos where you weave some of your own personal anecdotes into the subject matter. Apart from the fact that you're hella funny, I love the little insights into how gaming came to be such a valued part of your life. It gives your videos a nice warmth & personal touch that some of the other PR channels like outsidexbox (enjoyable as they are ) lack. I'd be interested if you've ever used games as a catharsis for your own feelings. Maybe topics like '8 Video games great for getting anger out'(E.G :Dishonored is delightfully hack & slashy, if you're in a bad mood & wanna kill pixels) ; ''8 terrible video game romances to make you feel better about being dumped' ; "8 Video games that never fail to cheer you up'-that sort of thing. I really love your channel, Rob. A lot of corporate channels are kind of glossy & slick, but between you, Dave & Nathan (& of course our glorious Badger Overlord) there's a nice folksy accessibility & humour in your vids the others lack. I have a chronic pain problem & suffer from severe depression & you guys never fail to get a smile out of me.. I don't have the coin for a PS4 & my ancient second-hand PS3 is on its last legs but even when it croaks I'll keep watching as I love your infectious enthusiasm for all the new games like a kid on Xmas Day. Keep up the good work, fellas! You guys rock. :-)
I let a friend borrow my memory card and then he lost it. So for about two weeks I had to leave my Playstation turned on so I wouldn't lose my progress on Spyro the Dragon until my mom would buy me a new one. I progressed all the way up to Gnasty Gnorc and young-me thought "hehe, I won't even need a memory card" but then there was a huge crash of thunder and the power went out. All that work, all those stupid egg thiefs with their "nanananana". Biggest heartbreak of my young life.
Oh my god…I'm so sorry. Genuinely, I'm sorry, that is heartbreaking. It took me years to get to Gnasty Gnorc (I think, time in my childhood memories is more than slightly warped), if that was stolen from me like that I would have just curled up into a ball and wept for days. You have my deepest, most genuine condolences, my friend. ;_;
I remember my father always watched me playing GTA 2 and always asked me to drove the truck so that he could listen to the old country song from the game's radio
Spyro/Crash and Tekken totally hit me right in the nostalgia feels(Especially Spyro. The ability to fly in games were extremely awesome back then). @_@
MGS1 was so bewildering as a kid. I was too young to really get my head around it, I watched my friend's brother play the whole game on his playstation and was so content sitting through the enthralling experience, I don't even think i asked for a turn... What a game!
You got me Rob. Goosebumps as soon as I heard the over world theme to Final Fantasy 7, and instantly I was 15 all over again playing the game for countless hours in my bedroom. Think 15 will live up to the hype??
+Homer Gets Duffed FFXV is like a meta RPG hero on an really hard quest. Resurrecting Japan's console market, being the first FF since FF7/FF8 to truly push the limits of technology, facing the titanic ripple The Witcher 3 left in the RPG genre. So many critics, so many hopefuls. Launch day will be tense.
+PlayStation Access I barely recognize FF15 as a FF game. I'm not even excited about the FF7 remake either b/c the gameplay is completely different. It makes me so sad that one of my favorite series ever no longer matters to me anymore.
Legend of Dragoon... Remember playing the demo about 20 times.. and when i finally got the full game... man, i still have that moment in my heart. One of the best in its day.
+Sentinel Aerox So what exactly is your problem? if your annoyed then ignore the comment it's not your choice if someone can comment on a big UA-camrs channel or not
I remember playing Crash Bandicoot with my cousin and when his mom told him it was time to go I would say "Quick! Hide under my bed!" It's a faint memory but we were playing an ice level and his mom walked in my room and said "Shane? Have you said Shane, Brendan?" then I would say "He definitely isn't under the bed, auntieeee!" I loved my original XBOX. Thrown out without my knowing last year. I most definitely will miss the shit out of it.
The Ratchet and Clank games took up a good portion of my childhood. Heck, it takes up just as much space (perhaps even more so) in the present as well. Other games I frequented were the GTA games, and the Sims.
AAhhh seeing this made me so happy, as I too played most of these games in my childhood, but none of my friends did, they're all on about Zelda and Super Mario, and I'm sitting there with Final Fantasy, MGS, Crash etc.
A few games that instantly transport me back to childhood are A Link to the Past, Super Mario World and Final Fantasy 7. The music you played for this video is nostalgia personified. Still love that game to this day.
I had the same father/son relationship with my Dad, except it was with "Tekken 2" and later "Tekken 3".. He wouldn't play any games at all, but when we got Tekken 2, he started playing with me and my brother, and it eventually became a ritual. We let him win initially, but then it got to the point where it could go either way! He got really good at it! We still joke to this day, where he might randomly say in a totally unrelated conversation something like "Yoshimitsu wins!" Hahaha! Good times and great memories. Respect from Davey in Éire (Ireland)..
I cannot believe Ratchet & Clank didn't make it! My whole childhood was R&C on PS2! Never played FF & Doom though :( the FF soundtracks give me the goosebumps though! BEAUTIFUL! the first game I experienced waking up early to play was AC2. The definition of a classic I tell you
I really like how you put Cloud and Tifa on your shelf, with their legs dangling..they look so cute together. I had to get them too and now they are in the same position on my piano, with the Hardy Daytona behind them. A great little reminder of my childhood and without a doubt of one of the best games and stories of all time.
To hear Rob talking about running to the arcade to play tekken, gta being banned (temporarily in my house) and other such things IS taking me right back to my childhood lol
My Playstation childhood was being addicted to Crash, Jade Cocoon, my first rpg Shadow Madness, Tenchu 2, and having nightmares after watching my dad play Resident Evil. Im now a Resident Evil fanatic lol
Looking back, I believe my first video game was Goldeneye on my older brother's N64. I was about 3 at the time, and couldn't really play, but I do remember being anle to complete the third mission if nothing else.
'The best is yet to come' as nostalgia goes, it doesn't get any better than that for me. Memory's of being amazed that Kenneth Baker meant the ACTUAL back of the psychical game box... Glad you had it in there Rob. I'd also add Hydro Thunder to the list from my childhood.
+PlayStation Access rob what about the top 8 most annoying multilayer characters to pick ie: tekken law (backflip kick) ie: yoshimitsu (sword flea jump) I'm sure you can find others
I'd say his childhoods not too far away from mine, the faint glimpses of various videogame medium and then those classical standout moments. Very well thought out list good sir, captured the "Golden Years" accurately.
The games that really press my nostalgia button are Spider-man, Spider-man 2: Enter Electro, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Crash Bandicoot, Crash Kart Racing, Dark Forces, Super Jurassic Park, Super Mario Kart, Super Return of the Jedi, Super Mario World, Cool Boarders 3, Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye 007. There were a lot of fun games I played that shaped my love of gaming.
Ahh. I just had to let out a heavy sigh. What a nostalgic video. You may have tried to dampen your childhood nostalgia yourself, but it really bleeds through in this one. And it's beautiful, no matter how cheesy that sounds. Thanks for this. :) In our case, MGS was a brother-sister bonding, watching my older sister play the entire thing while I cower in my seat as Mantis read our minds. Now, I suddenly appreciate those times withy my siblings when we were young more than ever.
That Metal Gear Solid ending must be the most powerful moment in video games history for me, that music! Oh, wait the flashback scene in MGS 4 takes the cake, teardrop moment right there.
Hi mate. My name is Sora and I'm Swiss I accidentally stumbled upon one of your videos and I must say, I really liked it. Then I started to watch an other, and an other, and so on and finally I've subscribed to your channel Therefore, I just wanted you to know that you've won a new fan. Keep up the good work mate PS: your accent is gorgeous. I wish I had the same
Wow as soon as I saw the intro to MGS where he's swimming into the cargo area!!!!! I can't believe how good that game was, I remember watching that part over and over as I showed everyone the game and everyone fell in love with it just as I did. Thanks for the nostalgia :)
I remember playing so many games with my dad. The series we enjoyed most was Ratchet and Clank, but we also played Jak and Daxter, Spider-Man on PS1, Simpsons Hit and Run, Simpsons Road Rage etc.
Well now I'm feeling old. 😆 My childhood games were on the NES system - Super Mario Bros, Pacman, Tetris, 1943, Lode Runner, and Duck Hunt, to name a few.
desertrose0601 I started with atari before nes but man games like super bros sure take me back ps1 was my 4th console and gran turismo made all the rest disapear.
Hey Rob I don't know if you took my advice from my previous comment to do this video, but it's exactly what I wanted. A BIG THANKS! to you Rob! Love it!
Something to take me back to my childhood? Let me think - it will have to be Pong. We still had a black&white telly with an ultra sonic remote control that scared the dog shitless. I am talking 1972 here ;o) And yes, I am also still in my childhood when ever I get onto one of my many consoles!
Love this video Rob, as a chap the same age as yourself this hit my nostalgia buttons hard. I would have many of these games on my list as well, but swap out Doom for Duke Nukem 3D, or the Doom 2 Simpsons mod that my Dad found. I was so obsessed with the Tony Hawk games I kept on playing until the horror that was Project 8. I even won a contest at Uni that won me a copy of American Wasteland, and was then promptly drenched as my mates threw a pint of snakebite and black over me. I was a sticky blackcurrant smelling mess the rest of the night! The only game on the list I have no nostalgia for is MGS, I just didn't play it at the time and had no friends that did either. Which is quite crazy to think of now. I'd have to replace that with something like Silent Hill or Resident Evil, both games I wasn't allowed to own myself but borrowed secretly off friends and scared myself silly. There would definitely be some Nintendo titles here too, but this isn't the place for that sort of thing :p Speaking of arcades we had one inside a local pub that had Tekken 2 and Hercules on the PS1 hooked up free to play... Oh those centaurs, I could never get past them.
Jak and daxter is one of my favourite series ever and in fact i'm currently a big xbox fan and the only reason i bought a ps3 way back was to play jak and daxter HD collection
Me and my dad are big Star Wars nerds. When I was younger, we used to take turns playing Shadows if the Empire on the N64. That was when I was about 5. So, 8 years ago. Time flies.
We owned up to date systems, but vecause I had okder brothers, we still had the N64, and I grew up with older games. P.S. I love the Gamecube and all if the Playstations.
Final Fantasy IX is my nostalgia kicker, right next to The Legend of Dragoon. I'd played previous FF games but something about the world of IX just dragged me in, I was just entering my teenage years when it came out and had been drifting away from gaming. And it was singlehandedly IX's fault that I'm a gamer to this day because it grabbed me by the throat, pulled me back to the TV and screamed "GO ON AN ADVENTURE GODDAMMIT!". So now my nostalgia peen explodes with nostalgia juice anytime I so much as hear the main menu theme.
FF VII was one of the first video games I ever saw as a kid and it absolutely blew my seven year old mind. I spent many days huddled in a friend's bedroom floor, my eyes fixated on his tv's screen as he'd play the game and man oh man those were the times! I guess I got so drawn to it, I saved up all my allowance and bought myself this tiny 14'' tv and when my dad bought me a playstation, there was no doubt in my mind as to what game I'd spend my money on first. I've been getting it on each new generation console since then because I just can't not play it!
Fantastic video! Sent me back to my days from 99 to 05. I think a game that instantly takes me back is Twisted Metal on the PS1. Gosh, I had never been so addicted to a game until COD WAW was released.
I really love how you have the same reaction to final fantasy 7 as I have to final fantasy 13; I reckon if I'd been older, I may have a similar reaction, but since final fantasy 13 turned out to be the first ps3 title I really fell in love with as a child, it'll always be special to me.
Star Wars KOTOR. This is that game that made me do a complete 180 degree turn with my viewpoint of games. This was the first game that ever made me feel as if my choices, my ideas and beliefs, they truly mattered. That was something very special to me as a kid. I wasn't playing a glorified movie with some interactive bits, I was the one in control of how the story progressed. I saw just how grate a video game could truly be, and I haven't looked back since.
I'm amazed how similar this list is to mine. I am a few years younger and missed the FF7 train when it first came out but it was still the first I played, around the time that FF8 was being released, magical. Tomb Raider II and Tony Hawks were two old favourites as well, I was equally rubbish at TR as Rob, too young to hack the controls but got hours of fun out of Tony Hawk's multiplayer mode, competing against friends and designing our own levels - good times!
Crash 3, 007 Nightfire, San Andreas, Spongebob Squarepants: The Curse of the Flying Dutchman, Ghosts and Goblins, Pokemon Pearl, Donkey Kong (GB), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lego Star Wars, Guitar Hero 3, Rayman 3
F1 97 & Gran Turismo 1 for me. Hearing Ash-Lose Control takes me back to the endless hours spent pounding around the high speed ring trying to get my A-license. Go on, have a listen to it
7:28 yes it does. Within the first note of music I already know. I remember watching a react video for the new FF VII remake. Watching the video with the people reacting I was looking for a clue as to what it was about (even though I already knew what it was). The minute I heard those three high pitch chimes that are the intro to the Bombing Mission music a smile spread across my face, my back and skin tingled with joy, and my eyes got a bit moist. Love this list too. Lots of nostalgia all around. Tomb Raider and Gran Turismo were my first PlayStation titles. I loved them both and have stuck with them having only passed on a few GT titles. Still waiting for GT on ps4. After this video I'll be loading up some more of that skin tingling goodness and streaming it on my ps4. Wish they would have left the dialogue the same, but oh well. The other tweaks were a nice touch.
Abes Odyssee and Resident Evil take me right back to when I got my PS1 for Xmas. It blew my mind. "look at those graphics it's like actual real life" I shreaked in delight. How far the graphics and game engines have come. Yet back then a strange quite bizarre thing mattered - Game play! Nowadays your banished and trolled if you hark on about this thing called 'game play'. The 90's truly were an amazing time to be alive and seeing I was born in 76 the 90's were my formative years. Thank you Sony I truly love you💖 Top channel by the way: Funny, informative and full of FF7 and MGS flashbacks.
I was eight years old and I got Metal Gear for Christmas, I'd never experienced anything as entertaining before but when Meryl dies, that was the moment it dawned on me the gravity of the potential playstation was not only capable of but had already achieved. I've never looked back.
Ratchet & Clank are games that definately takes me back! The second one was my first ever game on PS2 , and the recently released PS4 "reboot" made me feel ten years younger.
Great video as ever, Rob! I'd have to add in Resident Evil 2 as one that never fails to take me back. I hear there may be a remaster on the cards which is very exciting!
Spyro the Dragon was my first game. I saw it at a friend's house when I was four or five and was instantly in love. I begged my parents for a Playstation and a copy of the game, and they got it for me on my following birthday, because they're awesome and have money to spare and didn't mind spoiling me. I know it so well that I can't even enjoy it anymore nowadays, and it makes me so sad…but I knew, even at five, that exploring vast 3D landscapes searching for treasure to collect was what I loved to do more than anything else and would always be my kind of game. I've tried 2D games and games in which you race a clock since then, and they just make me feel empty and sad. Treasure hunting is what I love, and always will be. As for games that take me back to my childhood…I don't know, I've played all my favorite games consistently throughout my life, none of them make me feel like a kid again. Maybe Tomba! 2 (or Tombi! 2 if you're British), but mostly, my games feel timeless and ageless to me.
I'm a bit younger at 15 years old so the games that give me the most nostalgia are PS2 games like Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Dark Cloud, and Dragon Quest VIII
I love these little glimpses into your childhood, Rob. I get that you probably exaggerate some aspects for comic effect, but it's clear gaming was a bit of a happiness lifeline for you when life was a bit pants. As one child of divorce to another, I want to give your 12 yr old self a hug and tell him it gets better. I'm glad you had the escape of games when things reached maximum suckage. I'm a child of the 1970s, & I think I would have coped with the suckage of my own situation a lot better if home consoles had been a thing then.
Rob, pls do some more of these videos where you weave some of your own personal anecdotes into the subject matter. Apart from the fact that you're hella funny, I love the little insights into how gaming came to be such a valued part of your life. It gives your videos a nice warmth & personal touch that some of the other PR channels like outsidexbox (enjoyable as they are ) lack.
I'd be interested if you've ever used games as a catharsis for your own feelings. Maybe topics like '8 Video games great for getting anger out'(E.G :Dishonored is delightfully hack & slashy, if you're in a bad mood & wanna kill pixels) ; ''8 terrible video game romances to make you feel better about being dumped' ; "8 Video games that never fail to cheer you up'-that sort of thing.
I really love your channel, Rob. A lot of corporate channels are kind of glossy & slick, but between you, Dave & Nathan (& of course our glorious Badger Overlord) there's a nice folksy accessibility & humour in your vids the others lack. I have a chronic pain problem & suffer from severe depression & you guys never fail to get a smile out of me.. I don't have the coin for a PS4 & my ancient second-hand PS3 is on its last legs but even when it croaks I'll keep watching as I love your infectious enthusiasm for all the new games like a kid on Xmas Day.
Keep up the good work, fellas! You guys rock. :-)
+ScattySafari An amazing comment, thank you very much (and some nice feature ideas!) :) -Rob
+PlayStation Access rob remind me agine what was tje resone that you loved metal gear solid
+ScattySafari One of the most heartfelt comments I've ever read on UA-cam.
great comment dude kudos
+ScattySafari what a lovely comment... I couldn't agree more.
I let a friend borrow my memory card and then he lost it. So for about two weeks I had to leave my Playstation turned on so I wouldn't lose my progress on Spyro the Dragon until my mom would buy me a new one. I progressed all the way up to Gnasty Gnorc and young-me thought "hehe, I won't even need a memory card" but then there was a huge crash of thunder and the power went out. All that work, all those stupid egg thiefs with their "nanananana". Biggest heartbreak of my young life.
OMG dude, that is a big heartbreak. I can imagine that happening to me. Crying a river.
Oh my god…I'm so sorry. Genuinely, I'm sorry, that is heartbreaking. It took me years to get to Gnasty Gnorc (I think, time in my childhood memories is more than slightly warped), if that was stolen from me like that I would have just curled up into a ball and wept for days. You have my deepest, most genuine condolences, my friend. ;_;
Rob is so funny "I'd lie there thinking of the stresses of growing up, how my parents hated each other..." 😂😂
+Thomas Currie Hey that wasn't a joke it's a very sensitive issue I can't believe you would laugh there OMG :_(
+PlayStation Access oh....:/ at least you've got PS Access 😂
+PlayStation Access Psh, at least you had parents.
+Thomas Currie Don't feel bad, I laughed too.
Well atleast he lived in the 90! You don't know how much criticism i get for wanting to play the original metal gear
I remember my father always watched me playing GTA 2 and always asked me to drove the truck so that he could listen to the old country song from the game's radio
Spyro/Crash and Tekken totally hit me right in the nostalgia feels(Especially Spyro. The ability to fly in games were extremely awesome back then). @_@
Pretty much. Although, I do remember playing Tomb Raider and never getting past the T-Rex. Ugh.
MGS1 was so bewildering as a kid. I was too young to really get my head around it, I watched my friend's brother play the whole game on his playstation and was so content sitting through the enthralling experience, I don't even think i asked for a turn... What a game!
You got me Rob. Goosebumps as soon as I heard the over world theme to Final Fantasy 7, and instantly I was 15 all over again playing the game for countless hours in my bedroom. Think 15 will live up to the hype??
+Homer Gets Duffed I have faith in 15. It makes me genuinely excited about FF again for the first time in years. -Rob
+Homer Gets Duffed FFXV is like a meta RPG hero on an really hard quest. Resurrecting Japan's console market, being the first FF since FF7/FF8 to truly push the limits of technology, facing the titanic ripple The Witcher 3 left in the RPG genre. So many critics, so many hopefuls. Launch day will be tense.
+PlayStation Access I barely recognize FF15 as a FF game. I'm not even excited about the FF7 remake either b/c the gameplay is completely different. It makes me so sad that one of my favorite series ever no longer matters to me anymore.
I felt nothing
+Homer Gets Duffed i did too but i dont understand why because i didnt played ff7 or any other one either....
the day rob dose not mention metal gear solid is the day that the earth plunges into chaos
Legend of Dragoon... Remember playing the demo about 20 times.. and when i finally got the full game... man, i still have that moment in my heart. One of the best in its day.
crash bandicoot and metal gear solid will always be my favorite series, especially METAL GEAR SOLID, when "the best is yet to come" came on WOOOW
Games I want on PS4, Jak 2, Crash B & Spyro!!
same
+Sentinel Aerox So what exactly is your problem? if your annoyed then ignore the comment it's not your choice if someone can comment on a big UA-camrs channel or not
GamingKyuubi Don't worry about it. I will just block him and he wont have to see my "attention seeking" comments again. :)
Damm so much hate for someone posting about some video games that need to be ported to the ps4
Shesh lol some people need to get a life!
DO. NOT. FORGET. SLY COOPER. That game was sooo much fun.
I cry every time I hear "The best is yet to come". Rob, MGS is so amazing.
I remember playing Crash Bandicoot with my cousin and when his mom told him it was time to go I would say "Quick! Hide under my bed!" It's a faint memory but we were playing an ice level and his mom walked in my room and said "Shane? Have you said Shane, Brendan?" then I would say "He definitely isn't under the bed, auntieeee!" I loved my original XBOX. Thrown out without my knowing last year. I most definitely will miss the shit out of it.
Ah man, Rosco McQueen, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, Croc 1 and 2...these were the days.
I still get chills when I hear that Metal Gear Solid ending theme. So incredibly good.
+Jeremy Sutherland The Best... is yet to come
The Ratchet and Clank games took up a good portion of my childhood. Heck, it takes up just as much space (perhaps even more so) in the present as well.
Other games I frequented were the GTA games, and the Sims.
Sims 2, Ratchet and Clank, Crash Bandicoot, I-Ninja, Donald Duck Quack! Attack!, Dragon Ball Z Bundoi Tenkaichi 3
I'm still in my childhood.
+The Nobleman my good sir your picture is quite dapper
Thanks
Same
Me too.
I am still in my childhood at 54! Been gaming since the ZX Spectrum
The two Star Wars Battlefront games. Me and dad used to play those two very often.
MediEvil, Syphon Filter, Oddworld, Crash Bandicoot, Jersay Devil, Sillent Hill and Mortal Kombat bring nostalgia to me
That story about his dad and Metal Gear though. The video suddenly got quite emotional, it almost made me shed a tear.
BRING BACK CRASH BANDICOOT!
+RoYaLMuRdErA too bad naughty dog doesn't own the ip anymore :(
+RoYaLMuRdErA i forgot how good it was
Crash for Smash!
+RoYaLMuRdErA E3 this year ;)
Activision are trolling us damnit.
SLY COPPER most underrated play station game ever
+Holyflygon sadly, that is true my friend.
Joshua Arenas people who played threw the first 3 games played threw a great story and a great game
Holyflygon FACTS
Holyflygon through, not threw
Oh it a stealth game
AAhhh seeing this made me so happy, as I too played most of these games in my childhood, but none of my friends did, they're all on about Zelda and Super Mario, and I'm sitting there with Final Fantasy, MGS, Crash etc.
A few games that instantly transport me back to childhood are A Link to the Past, Super Mario World and Final Fantasy 7. The music you played for this video is nostalgia personified. Still love that game to this day.
I had the same father/son relationship with my Dad, except it was with "Tekken 2" and later "Tekken 3".. He wouldn't play any games at all, but when we got Tekken 2, he started playing with me and my brother, and it eventually became a ritual. We let him win initially, but then it got to the point where it could go either way! He got really good at it! We still joke to this day, where he might randomly say in a totally unrelated conversation something like "Yoshimitsu wins!" Hahaha! Good times and great memories. Respect from Davey in Éire (Ireland)..
MGS mate after hearin again the soundtrack i was about to cry!
the first game I played was Jak and Crash Bandicoot. Oh, the memories...
I cannot believe Ratchet & Clank didn't make it! My whole childhood was R&C on PS2! Never played FF & Doom though :( the FF soundtracks give me the goosebumps though! BEAUTIFUL! the first game I experienced waking up early to play was AC2. The definition of a classic I tell you
yeah
it's games from robs childhood I'm guessing he's around the same age as me 30's so would have been before ps2 era maybe suggest ps2 best platforms
+עידן זידלר they are classic ps2 games not ps1
You are 12 years old ?
no 15
I really like how you put Cloud and Tifa on your shelf, with their legs dangling..they look so cute together. I had to get them too and now they are in the same position on my piano, with the Hardy Daytona behind them. A great little reminder of my childhood and without a doubt of one of the best games and stories of all time.
To hear Rob talking about running to the arcade to play tekken, gta being banned (temporarily in my house) and other such things IS taking me right back to my childhood lol
My Playstation childhood was being addicted to Crash, Jade Cocoon, my first rpg Shadow Madness, Tenchu 2, and having nightmares after watching my dad play Resident Evil. Im now a Resident Evil fanatic lol
Looking back, I believe my first video game was Goldeneye on my older brother's N64. I was about 3 at the time, and couldn't really play, but I do remember being anle to complete the third mission if nothing else.
*able
Mine overall was Tetris, I think. Or Mario. Or Tanks. We had some sort of a NES clone called "Dendi".
Ohh, the glory of eastern Europe.
I don't remember who I played as in the multiplayer. Probably switched between characters including Oddjob, if I did ever play it.
As soon as I heard the MGS music I jumped in excitement. Damn, even today that game is phenomenal.
'The best is yet to come' as nostalgia goes, it doesn't get any better than that for me. Memory's of being amazed that Kenneth Baker meant the ACTUAL back of the psychical game box... Glad you had it in there Rob. I'd also add Hydro Thunder to the list from my childhood.
Speaking of music that gives you goosebumps, "The Best is Yet to Come" is phenomenal. Metal Gear Solid!
As soon as I heard the Metal Gear theme...oh, the memories...
Disappointed Rob. You picked VII when you could have picked IX, which is objectively superior.
+offbeat0008 I'll be sure to let the millions of FF7 fans know the bad news -Rob
+PlayStation Access xD
Oops, I got rekt again.
+PlayStation Access Damn Rob! That was savage.
+PlayStation Access rob what about the top 8 most annoying multilayer characters to pick
ie: tekken law (backflip kick)
ie: yoshimitsu (sword flea jump)
I'm sure you can find others
Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey anyone?
Both games were excellent!
Yes!
I'd say his childhoods not too far away from mine, the faint glimpses of various videogame medium and then those classical standout moments. Very well thought out list good sir, captured the "Golden Years" accurately.
The games that really press my nostalgia button are Spider-man, Spider-man 2: Enter Electro, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Crash Bandicoot, Crash Kart Racing, Dark Forces, Super Jurassic Park, Super Mario Kart, Super Return of the Jedi, Super Mario World, Cool Boarders 3, Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye 007. There were a lot of fun games I played that shaped my love of gaming.
Who remembers Sly Cooper?! That was my game & getting all the bottles & stuff, ahh I miss being a kid.. 😞
What's a sly cooper?
I know how I hid Sly 2, because it was about a thief. Yes, I was a first born and had to defend every game 😅
I've honestly never played a finial fantasy game
yeah ive never played finial fantasy either lol nah but really youre missing out
Ive only played crisis core on the psp and while the story is good, the combat is just super boring to me
FFX is really good
Emilio Lugo same here I never got into Final Fantasy Chrono Trigger and Legend of Dragoon those were amazing
I have FF7 but I don't really play it, 3 disks long? No thank you.
The best is yet to come
Ahh. I just had to let out a heavy sigh. What a nostalgic video. You may have tried to dampen your childhood nostalgia yourself, but it really bleeds through in this one. And it's beautiful, no matter how cheesy that sounds. Thanks for this. :)
In our case, MGS was a brother-sister bonding, watching my older sister play the entire thing while I cower in my seat as Mantis read our minds. Now, I suddenly appreciate those times withy my siblings when we were young more than ever.
That Metal Gear Solid ending must be the most powerful moment in video games history for me, that music! Oh, wait the flashback scene in MGS 4 takes the cake, teardrop moment right there.
Hi mate. My name is Sora and I'm Swiss
I accidentally stumbled upon one of your videos and I must say, I really liked it. Then I started to watch an other, and an other, and so on and finally I've subscribed to your channel
Therefore, I just wanted you to know that you've won a new fan. Keep up the good work mate
PS: your accent is gorgeous. I wish I had the same
Sora do you have a keyblade
I had the same experince
im actually surprised that Resident Evil isn't on this list.
+sephiroth buster Really really surprised.
I'm really disappointed Rob. where is resident evil.
Wow as soon as I saw the intro to MGS where he's swimming into the cargo area!!!!! I can't believe how good that game was, I remember watching that part over and over as I showed everyone the game and everyone fell in love with it just as I did. Thanks for the nostalgia :)
FF7, and RE2 are most memorable for me because they came with my PS at Christmas time 😄
The first game I ever played is portal 2 I know I am a little little kid
0:21 i'm 17 and remember every thing he said.
We all know the *real* reason pre-teens liked Tomb Raider.
+Brad Hann the myth drove us all mad
I remember playing so many games with my dad. The series we enjoyed most was Ratchet and Clank, but we also played Jak and Daxter, Spider-Man on PS1, Simpsons Hit and Run, Simpsons Road Rage etc.
Well now I'm feeling old. 😆 My childhood games were on the NES system - Super Mario Bros, Pacman, Tetris, 1943, Lode Runner, and Duck Hunt, to name a few.
desertrose0601 DUCK HUNT LOL that stupid dog. I had a Sega genises and I had a winter olympics and NBA game lol
desertrose0601 I started with atari before nes but man games like super bros sure take me back ps1 was my 4th console and gran turismo made all the rest disapear.
The game that made my childhood was the original ps2 ratchet and clank the first brilliant game I'd ever played
My skin did tingle when the FFVII music played
METAL GEAR! didn't see that coming! lol
Hey Rob I don't know if you took my advice from my previous comment to do this video, but it's exactly what I wanted. A BIG THANKS! to you Rob! Love it!
Bugz and Taz Time Busters.
The sound of collecting a gear and entering the aztec zone sends me right back.
who remembers the best game series in the world : JAK AND DAXTER. anyone
+lLordOfDevils nice one
Something to take me back to my childhood? Let me think - it will have to be Pong. We still had a black&white telly with an ultra sonic remote control that scared the dog shitless. I am talking 1972 here ;o)
And yes, I am also still in my childhood when ever I get onto one of my many consoles!
old timer
+The Brick Fix OMG! I FORGOT ABOUT CENTIPEDE! ANYONE ELSE PLAY THE PS1 VERSION
Mine is the Hercules game.
his first 3 games are literally the 3 games I played nonstop as a kid on my PlayStation, absolutely nostalgic
if I ever hear that one song they played on the pirate level of banjo kazooie I'll instantly be captured in a net of nostalgia, ugh, it's amazing!
Tenchu shadow assassin anyone?? The best njnja game ever.
Yes! I spent hours playing that excellent game
the sequal was revolutionary
WTF Hannah Rutherford?! XD
PS Access is part of the Yogscast network, they're in the same office building.
crash bandicoot and Spyro!! damn what a good times. Sony bring them on ps4.
MentalitàGattusiana where did you get your tardis from?
games are huge for me i love you rob thank you!! for keeping me sane each week with your touches of realism.
Love this video Rob, as a chap the same age as yourself this hit my nostalgia buttons hard. I would have many of these games on my list as well, but swap out Doom for Duke Nukem 3D, or the Doom 2 Simpsons mod that my Dad found. I was so obsessed with the Tony Hawk games I kept on playing until the horror that was Project 8. I even won a contest at Uni that won me a copy of American Wasteland, and was then promptly drenched as my mates threw a pint of snakebite and black over me. I was a sticky blackcurrant smelling mess the rest of the night!
The only game on the list I have no nostalgia for is MGS, I just didn't play it at the time and had no friends that did either. Which is quite crazy to think of now. I'd have to replace that with something like Silent Hill or Resident Evil, both games I wasn't allowed to own myself but borrowed secretly off friends and scared myself silly. There would definitely be some Nintendo titles here too, but this isn't the place for that sort of thing :p
Speaking of arcades we had one inside a local pub that had Tekken 2 and Hercules on the PS1 hooked up free to play... Oh those centaurs, I could never get past them.
The ps1 version of Doom had a completeley different soundtrack it was creepy and ambient
Jak and Daxter. Ratchet and Clank. Legend of Zelda phantom hourglass. Pokemon pearl. Shadow the hedgehog.
Jak and daxter is one of my favourite series ever and in fact i'm currently a big xbox fan and the only reason i bought a ps3 way back was to play jak and daxter HD collection
Is that Hannah from yogscast
Yes
the awe of how realistic tekken and Tony Hawks looked and played. amazing. so many hours watching my dad play tombie and rezzie
The opening fmv from Chrono Cross, from the book opening, with that music, still gives me chills.
Me and my dad are big Star Wars nerds. When I was younger, we used to take turns playing Shadows if the Empire on the N64. That was when I was about 5. So, 8 years ago. Time flies.
We owned up to date systems, but vecause I had okder brothers, we still had the N64, and I grew up with older games. P.S. I love the Gamecube and all if the Playstations.
Final Fantasy IX is my nostalgia kicker, right next to The Legend of Dragoon. I'd played previous FF games but something about the world of IX just dragged me in, I was just entering my teenage years when it came out and had been drifting away from gaming. And it was singlehandedly IX's fault that I'm a gamer to this day because it grabbed me by the throat, pulled me back to the TV and screamed "GO ON AN ADVENTURE GODDAMMIT!". So now my nostalgia peen explodes with nostalgia juice anytime I so much as hear the main menu theme.
FF VII was one of the first video games I ever saw as a kid and it absolutely blew my seven year old mind. I spent many days huddled in a friend's bedroom floor, my eyes fixated on his tv's screen as he'd play the game and man oh man those were the times! I guess I got so drawn to it, I saved up all my allowance and bought myself this tiny 14'' tv and when my dad bought me a playstation, there was no doubt in my mind as to what game I'd spend my money on first. I've been getting it on each new generation console since then because I just can't not play it!
Fantastic video! Sent me back to my days from 99 to 05. I think a game that instantly takes me back is Twisted Metal on the PS1. Gosh, I had never been so addicted to a game until COD WAW was released.
Spyro, Lego Star Wars, Crash, and Star Wars Battlefront 1 & 2 were my childhood
I really love how you have the same reaction to final fantasy 7 as I have to final fantasy 13; I reckon if I'd been older, I may have a similar reaction, but since final fantasy 13 turned out to be the first ps3 title I really fell in love with as a child, it'll always be special to me.
I still remember playing Croc 2 for 5 hours straight with my friend in preschool. It was the best game I've ever played.
Star Wars KOTOR. This is that game that made me do a complete 180 degree turn with my viewpoint of games. This was the first game that ever made me feel as if my choices, my ideas and beliefs, they truly mattered. That was something very special to me as a kid. I wasn't playing a glorified movie with some interactive bits, I was the one in control of how the story progressed. I saw just how grate a video game could truly be, and I haven't looked back since.
I completely forgot about Croc, but as soon as I saw it the sound of the gong at the end of each level came rushing back
Great overall review. MGS for me.. Agree 100% with Rob. oh and yes, the dad thing regarding MGS, same for me, same for me :D
I'm amazed how similar this list is to mine. I am a few years younger and missed the FF7 train when it first came out but it was still the first I played, around the time that FF8 was being released, magical. Tomb Raider II and Tony Hawks were two old favourites as well, I was equally rubbish at TR as Rob, too young to hack the controls but got hours of fun out of Tony Hawk's multiplayer mode, competing against friends and designing our own levels - good times!
Crash 3, 007 Nightfire, San Andreas, Spongebob Squarepants: The Curse of the Flying Dutchman, Ghosts and Goblins, Pokemon Pearl, Donkey Kong (GB), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lego Star Wars, Guitar Hero 3, Rayman 3
F1 97 & Gran Turismo 1 for me.
Hearing Ash-Lose Control takes me back to the endless hours spent pounding around the high speed ring trying to get my A-license.
Go on, have a listen to it
7:28 yes it does. Within the first note of music I already know. I remember watching a react video for the new FF VII remake. Watching the video with the people reacting I was looking for a clue as to what it was about (even though I already knew what it was). The minute I heard those three high pitch chimes that are the intro to the Bombing Mission music a smile spread across my face, my back and skin tingled with joy, and my eyes got a bit moist.
Love this list too. Lots of nostalgia all around. Tomb Raider and Gran Turismo were my first PlayStation titles. I loved them both and have stuck with them having only passed on a few GT titles. Still waiting for GT on ps4.
After this video I'll be loading up some more of that skin tingling goodness and streaming it on my ps4. Wish they would have left the dialogue the same, but oh well. The other tweaks were a nice touch.
Abes Odyssee and Resident Evil take me right back to when I got my PS1 for Xmas. It blew my mind. "look at those graphics it's like actual real life" I shreaked in delight. How far the graphics and game engines have come. Yet back then a strange quite bizarre thing mattered - Game play! Nowadays your banished and trolled if you hark on about this thing called 'game play'. The 90's truly were an amazing time to be alive and seeing I was born in 76 the 90's were my formative years. Thank you Sony I truly love you💖 Top channel by the way: Funny, informative and full of FF7 and MGS flashbacks.
Overboard was amazing! I can still hum the jingle which was playing after beating a level!
I was eight years old and I got Metal Gear for Christmas, I'd never experienced anything as entertaining before but when Meryl dies, that was the moment it dawned on me the gravity of the potential playstation was not only capable of but had already achieved. I've never looked back.
Holy hell Rob! Number 5 -literally- sparked a tingle down my back! Well played =D
I had tears in my eyes the moment I heard Cloud's theme song burst through the speakers
Ratchet & Clank are games that definately takes me back! The second one was my first ever game on PS2 , and the recently released PS4 "reboot" made me feel ten years younger.
Great video as ever, Rob! I'd have to add in Resident Evil 2 as one that never fails to take me back. I hear there may be a remaster on the cards which is very exciting!
Hearing the sweet Jazz Jackrabbit menu theme brings a tear to my eye...
Spyro the Dragon was my first game. I saw it at a friend's house when I was four or five and was instantly in love. I begged my parents for a Playstation and a copy of the game, and they got it for me on my following birthday, because they're awesome and have money to spare and didn't mind spoiling me. I know it so well that I can't even enjoy it anymore nowadays, and it makes me so sad…but I knew, even at five, that exploring vast 3D landscapes searching for treasure to collect was what I loved to do more than anything else and would always be my kind of game. I've tried 2D games and games in which you race a clock since then, and they just make me feel empty and sad. Treasure hunting is what I love, and always will be.
As for games that take me back to my childhood…I don't know, I've played all my favorite games consistently throughout my life, none of them make me feel like a kid again. Maybe Tomba! 2 (or Tombi! 2 if you're British), but mostly, my games feel timeless and ageless to me.
I'm so glad it's not just me who gets nostalgic over sound effects. :D
I'm a bit younger at 15 years old so the games that give me the most nostalgia are PS2 games like Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Dark Cloud, and Dragon Quest VIII
+Flamethrower Productions I wasn't a sheltered child so I got to play a little bit of everything, MGS3, DMC 1,2,3 , Final Fantasy 7-12, Mark of Kri.