I have played this game so many times since I was a kid and I always thought this games sound track was one of the best in the history of gaming. It's so haunting intricate and deep for a 16 bit game. Plus the baselines are phenomenal.
1:46:46 Those globes were my NIGHTMARE as a kid. One of them killed me in a kind of jumpscare, and I refused to play these levels after that. I just used cheat codes to skip the level, lol.
No doubt I used to loose sleep for a week or two at a time contemplating these levels... to see the whole playthrough is just 2 in a half hours long is brutal XD😮
I remember completing this as a child... but how ridiculous on the 2and stage with them crystal things... I never knew to do that... as I used to just charge/force ecco into the rocks to get past.
@@jamessparkman6604 First off, why are you asking me of all people? But, to answer your question, there is no prehistoric level in Tides of Time, I believe. Ecco only travels to the future in this game, not the past. But, the first game does have not just one, but several prehistoric levels. Starting with Level 17, Jurassic Beach.
I have some of these as midi files. A few sound close to the tone of the Genesis version depending on the sound card. Sometimes play them on an old computer the same age as the game.
According to Ed Annunziata, Ecco traveled back to the time that the Atlanteans escaped to, and the third game was going to be about Ecco helping them fight the Vortex. Also, the dolphin that asks you for a fish is actually Ecco from the future, and the third game was going to show how he got there.
All this time and whenever I think about this game I can’t stop thinking about that ending. The conflict with the Vortex essentially solves itself by the end and where does that leave Ecco? Why did he choose to use the Time Machine instead of destroying it? Did he mean to chase after the Vortex Queen into prehistoric times? Sigh we’ll never know.
I can never get past the stage where you fight to fight that eel snake like creature in the moral abyss stage i keep dying this game is a nightmare and I thought it was easier than its predecessor
How do you even change the difficulty. I hate how games like make the player work out EVERYTHING, even something as to change difficulty settings, let alone what to even do without the slightest clue.
@@Wil_Dsense As soon as you press start, you're put in a little corridor. To the left is password entry, upper right is easy difficulty, and far right is normal difficulty. If you break the two spiked shells in the middle and take the path they were blocking, that's hard mode. The instruction manual clearly states this on page 8. If you do not have one, it is easily found online.
@@PoisonedPocky btw pretty sure there’s no easy mode in this game, lol. It’s either Ultra Difficult, Challenging, Or ‘Normal’ (which is still difficult). 😂
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the music in this game is haunting
I had this game as a boy and I never played it because it spooked me. lol.
I agree,i mean the ecco series is the reason i fear the ocean
And at the same time so beautiful
I wish the music in this game was a liquid I could rub all over my body.
I have played this game so many times since I was a kid and I always thought this games sound track was one of the best in the history of gaming. It's so haunting intricate and deep for a 16 bit game. Plus the baselines are phenomenal.
21:30 to 21:38 = Very slick move my friend!
Medusa: HAX!
Nice
1:46:46 Those globes were my NIGHTMARE as a kid. One of them killed me in a kind of jumpscare, and I refused to play these levels after that. I just used cheat codes to skip the level, lol.
It looks like beach ball?
Always was amazed with the Globe holder stage around 1H:53M...
I had to use cheats. I couldn't get through this or gravitorbox on my own. This thing kept on killing me.
WTF!!!
this looks really easier when he's doing it
No doubt I used to loose sleep for a week or two at a time contemplating these levels... to see the whole playthrough is just 2 in a half hours long is brutal XD😮
Yeah really… makes it look like an enjoyable swim in the ocean.😂
I never got past the giant jellyfish without cheats. I was always disappointed we never got to play as Trellia, either.
I used to watch my twin brother playing it. Good graphics for the time and amazing sound themes.
this game got very disturbing near the end
The Protheans were wiped out by the ancient Vortex. The Reapers.
Обожаю с детства эту игру , после школы очень часто играла только сяду и родители тут как тут давай выключай)))
Privyet
I remember completing this as a child... but how ridiculous on the 2and stage with them crystal things... I never knew to do that... as I used to just charge/force ecco into the rocks to get past.
You had to use your sonar in rhythm to the music, it had to be "dislodged" by moving it back and forth.
I much prefer this soundtrack to the sega cd version
@@Dose_Of_Autism where is the prehistoric level?
@@jamessparkman6604 First off, why are you asking me of all people?
But, to answer your question, there is no prehistoric level in Tides of Time, I believe.
Ecco only travels to the future in this game, not the past.
But, the first game does have not just one, but several prehistoric levels. Starting with Level 17, Jurassic Beach.
Same. I'll never understand why some people prefer the generic, boring ambiance of the CD version over this dynamic soundtrack.
I have some of these as midi files. A few sound close to the tone of the Genesis version depending on the sound card. Sometimes play them on an old computer the same age as the game.
The music is insane
my goodness, the Orca has 9 kids in hard mode, that's amazing 👏 😅
1:16:22 - best music
Nah
2:08:23 there's always that third friend in the middle who is a complete troll =))
I can't get the damn glyphs to move in the second level
so ECCO use the time machine, I want to know what time he landed in. But fun game though
According to Ed Annunziata, Ecco traveled back to the time that the Atlanteans escaped to, and the third game was going to be about Ecco helping them fight the Vortex.
Also, the dolphin that asks you for a fish is actually Ecco from the future, and the third game was going to show how he got there.
@@CopiousDoinksLLC Man, I'm still upset we never got a third game. Did he say what the Atlanteans looked like?
I forgot that this game had two machine levels back to back more or less.
All this time and whenever I think about this game I can’t stop thinking about that ending. The conflict with the Vortex essentially solves itself by the end and where does that leave Ecco? Why did he choose to use the Time Machine instead of destroying it? Did he mean to chase after the Vortex Queen into prehistoric times? Sigh we’ll never know.
I never understood the "find the magic arm" thing. I just killed the weird alien and that was that
Nearly 30 years later I was taught what it meant. Never knew about the hunter song.
I can never get past the stage where you fight to fight that eel snake like creature in the moral abyss stage i keep dying this game is a nightmare and I thought it was easier than its predecessor
have you ever been copyright stricken / claimed for having the music in this video?
ecco the dolphin is an awesome game series wish there were more
Anything to do with John C. Lilly?
Only the name.
What was the object of this game?
Defeat an old god race of aliens.
Is this more or less difficult than the first chapter?
ecco 2 is my more fair than the first one.
Hard mode, huh?
I never even knew that they made a second
Such a fun and hard game.
Gj
I really hated the orcas level in the hard game
Hey avgn play tides of time
Would have been nice to know this was done on HARD level!
How do you even change the difficulty. I hate how games like make the player work out EVERYTHING, even something as to change difficulty settings, let alone what to even do without the slightest clue.
@@Wil_Dsense As soon as you press start, you're put in a little corridor. To the left is password entry, upper right is easy difficulty, and far right is normal difficulty. If you break the two spiked shells in the middle and take the path they were blocking, that's hard mode. The instruction manual clearly states this on page 8. If you do not have one, it is easily found online.
@@PoisonedPocky Oh cool, Thanks. I did check the manual a bit but must have missed that. Cheers for letting me know.
@@PoisonedPocky btw pretty sure there’s no easy mode in this game, lol. It’s either Ultra Difficult, Challenging, Or ‘Normal’ (which is still difficult). 😂
This game is developed in California