Wild 9 (PS1) | Sean Seanson
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- After playing the Wild 9 demo on and off for over 20 years, I thought it was time to finally check out the full thing. Let's review the 1998 PS1/PSX/Playstation exclusive from Shiny Entertainment.
Wild 9 (PS1) | Sean Seanson
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Music from this episode
Jet Set Radio - Humming The Baseline
PlayStation Magazine EU Demo Theme (1996-1998)
Smash Court 2 - Big Ben's Bell
Smash Court 2 - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Wild 9 - Gulag / Main Menu
Wild 9 - Bombopolis / Karns Palace
Wild 9 / Earthworm Jim - Beast Ride / Buttville
Wild 9 OST - Copyright of Tommy Tallarico
#Wild9 #PS1 #HiddenGems
This is type of video I was looking for. In depth analysis of games very few people know of. Keep bringing the gems Sean
Commented on the Small Soldiers video too but I absolutely loved this game as a preteen. It was a gift from my almost-stepdad & holds a special place in my heart. He got me this, Boombots, and Aquanauts Holiday. I dug his style & really miss him. Wish my mom had married him but he was a true father figure & computer geek I could relate to as a weird gamer-girl in the 90s & early 00’s. Thanks Jeff. You still are a gem sir.
The "beast engine" soundtrack could be in a final fantasy game.
Nice discovery, never heard of this game. Love your work, as always.
And don’t worry, i’m going totally mad also to be in lockdown. It’s like Oprah giving madness to everyone "you get madness, you get madness, everyone get madness !"
my first thought exactly, it sounded like an FF game
I always remember magazine articles about Wild 9 back in '98 and my mom and I were very hyped about it. We even had a promo picture of the game that we included in one of our old picture frames. I always remember seeing that one commercial with a SWAT team storming a gamer's apartment in search for the game which got me so excited, that I eventually got hold of the game not too long after. This was also one of those games where I got to play the full version upon reception first before even playing the demo afterwards. Gran Turismo and TOCA 2 were also those where I played the full versions first before playing the demo way back when the PlayStation was at its prime. I do agree on the game's difficulty though: After some perseverance, I managed to complete the first Bombopolis level after numerous tries, but stopped dead on my tracks on the Drench level that even to this day, I have difficulties beating it.
I had the damnest time trying to beat the Crystal Mines level as a kid. The stage is very hard.
I love the detail gone into the developers as always, makes me want you to do a series on some developers through the era *cough* Crystal Dynamics and Psygnosis *cough*
6 hour episode on Gex and G-police coming right up!
@@SeanSeanson WHERE IS THE GEX MEGA MARATHON.
@@FelisImpurrator whenever I get out of this TV dimension that I've been trapped in
I can't believe you only have just over 10k subs. I'm binging your whole channel. Such good content. I feel like you really care about these forgotten PS1 games no one cares about.
I was just playing this recently, this was a game I played as a kid that I forgot the name of. Always remembered the 1st stage, throwing enemies into the turbines/grinders was SHOCKINGLY graphic to me, the sound design and gore(it's ok for kidz cuz it's green apparently) where really narly.
As as the lightning leash gimmick goes, I took BulletStorm as a sorta FPS inspired by this.
I knew little to nothing about this game prior to watching your video but man, after watch this I could see myself having some challenging fun!
This honestly looks interesting! Being able to wack around enemies like rag dolls does look super satisfying with that gravity beam!
I really love your channel!
Games used to be so unique back then
I was just watching the Vol 1-10 compilation and I was like, man, I bet Sean has a video on this game. Hell yes
This video was wexcellent keep up the great work man!
I consumed the CD! I loved that game!
Wild 9 was fun, but Apocalypse was takin' too much of my time for me to appreciate it properly. Damned Bruce Willis!
These videos are so trippy in a weird but amazing way. This game was completely deleted from my memory until I saw the game's steampunk-ish UI and the meat grinder trap, which made remember that I played this exact demo back in the day. It's baffling how something can be a brand new experience until a seemingly insignificant image unlocks some sort of ancestral memory. Great work, I've been enjoying these videos a lot.
Appreciate it friend, glad you're diggin em!
I own two copies of this game my mom got it for me on my 11th birthday I lost it so I bought another one then I found then I found it at my parents house so now I have two one of my favorite ps1 games
Never heard of this game, looks interesting and being it's from Shiny who were responsible for one of my favorites games of all time, Earthworm Jim and an ost from a great composer, Tommy Tallarico. This has gotten my interest. Great video mate, like hearing about games I never knew about.
I bought this game many years ago. I only played it a few times, but I found it a little bit difficult. Great content!
My lasting memory of this game will always be one of the ways you can die in the first level, where if you get caught by one of the machines that drop off enemies, you're trapped inside a giant soup can.
Loved Wild9
Stumbled in here because I'm just getting into emulating psx and I just want to say of all the retro Vidya peeps I genuinely enjoy your vids more than the competition. Insightful and well written commentary. Cool details and tips. Looking forward to perusing your backlog to discover some games. Respect
Thanks!
Appreciate the kind words friend, thank you for watching!
Of course. I mean it. Some playstation fans are quite dull lol. But you and thorhighheels are cool. Thanks for showing me this game it looks fire. Ive heard of mdk and I played earthworm Jim as a kid on N64 so I'm looking forward to checking this out
Lol the tidbit about Tallarico reusing a song from Earthworm Jim takes on a new light with the hindsight of the Hbomb video
Amazing game! My cousin gave it to me and love it still
Here's a pro wild 9 tip from a life long fan. You know those stilt enemies near the end of Drench while you're riding Henry? Yeah you can kill them! All you gotta do is Jump!
Wow, the more you know! I was wondering why it seemed really tough to get by those sections without taking damage.
@@SeanSeanson Yeah dude! Jumping really makes it a cake walk. I'm really glad you didn't have a 5 minute long rant about in the video. So far you have done the best review for wild 9.
@@jimmybimble8740 That means a lot coming from a fan of the game! Appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching 😁
@@SeanSeanson You're welcome. Know excuse me while I go binge watch you're other videos! Also I'm happy you talk about how Wild 9 was supposed to be more than a game. In fact they actually were planning on making a cartoon series like they did for Earthworm Jim
@@jimmybimble8740 the more I read into the design docs for the characters the more disappointed I got that the cartoon never came be. They all had so much potential!
I still remember the commercial for this game. A room full of developers and the one indian guy jumps up and says "We need a game, where you jump on the guy and smash him with your BUTT!"
Tommy Toblerino is like an angel.
i played this game a decent amount when I was a kid. Def was a big oddity how the game has all this setup, lore, character bio, etc. and it has like, 11 levels and can be beaten in about 2 hours
The mention of demo discs makes me interested in a series covering all of the demos ever released on those discs. :P
It would be quite the project, but it would be something I'd love to see myself... so you never know :)
When i think of the ps1 this game came to mind but i had a hard time trying to remember the games name thank you
Talarico really loved sampling his own voice in the 90s.
oh no... oh no... we have some updates about Tommy Tallarico
It's unfortunate the game wasn't as successful in sales as expected, there was even some rumors going around that a cartoon series probably would have happened if it got the same popularity of Earthworm Jim, but with a lot of other well known PS1 games releasing during the same year, I suppose it was going to get overshadowed, hell, I didn't even know about Brave Fencer Musashi until almost a decade later and that game was under the radar. I actually recall getting this game on my allowance back when in released, and skipping out on going to go see the Rugrats Movie in theaters because I was almost done with the game lol. Going back to this game myself I can understand the pros and cons here, game's still somewhat fun today, while the sugar cereal eating junkie me from 30 years loved it back then.
Just to update, the Postmortem article is gone now :( at least there's the Wayback Machine though.
This soundtrack is really great.
I would LOVE a Wild 9 sequel. There's so much potential behind the characters and abilities that I feel could be further explored.
Bro i played the hell out of this game as a kid
You can mine 9 gears on easy levels. I had a lot of fun with this game when I was younger.
Excellent review! Got me to subscribe AND had to buy the game too.
Why does this remind me of pandemonium somewhat. Stellar work as usual pal 🔥 I'm trying to find time to check out videos that I would have missed. Just something I've noted what's the best approach to getting permission to use game footage from another channel. I noted reference to another channel here for some game footage
Appreciate you watching pal!
Depends on the channel/footage. Some channels have info in their channel description about usage of their game footage and how they'd like to be credited, others you may need to reach out if possible.
But generally speaking simply crediting them for the footage both in the video or description is they way to go. Just make sure it's being utilised as a transformative work rather than simply passing it off as your own and you're good to go.
@@SeanSeanson no worries ok appreciate that as didn't know the approach myself ☘👍
I remember my dad playing this when i was a kid. Played it a while ago and it was fun and kinda hard but i was dissapointed the cool lore amounted to nothing, this would make a good cartoon with that setting and characters... Wish i was a billionaire rn to fund that 😢
R.C stunt copter was a sick game definitely worth a bash
In the highly unlikely event that "Wild 9" ever gets remade, all *9* members of the team should be made playable alongside Wex Major.
Also, some songs were composed by *Sonic Mayhem* too. Of "Quake II" fame. And that boss music in Stage 4 is reused from "MDK."
Wild 9 Beast Engine = MDK Facing the Inevitable
Great track though!
If they’d cut the levels in half, so one level is Wex & the Rig saving the other character, and the other is exploring their mechanics, that would have made this game awesome. Oh wait, I’m just thinking of a design like MDK2. If I’m not mistaken, MDK2 explicitly learned from this game as much as MDK.
I rented this and was so disappointed the team mates weren’t playable after seeing the promo artwork for all the characters in magazines. Imagine an avengers or power rangers game where you only have one selectable character. Bizarre to title a game after a team and only make them as level gimmicks
Sounds pretty strange, but the right kind of odd! You don't get games like this anymore.
This game was wexcellent
You forgot the songs from MDK are reused which at the end I gave this game to a friend in highschool after I finished it.
Oh wow you're right, completely missed that! Thanks for the info :)
I love that game
I still have it too.... 😁
wow you have pictures i have never seen of this game. ive done my own research using the way back machine but couldnt even find the pictures you did, im wondering where u got them. i speedrun this game and have found some very interesting skips warps and glitches and i would love to get in touch with one of the devs who could explain the warp spots in craterscape and why they are only in that level (that we know of)
If I remember correctly... I stumbled across an old E3 press CD that contained all the images and a few other details. The disc should be available online, possibly on the internet archive.
If you Google "Wild 9 E3 press disc" you should find it no problem :)
@@SeanSeansonhello again! Bit of a update. We found hidden levels on the prototype that was dumped via gameshark codes. One of these levels was total lost media, no pictures or mention anywhere i could find on the web. I have uploaded a video of it. I also made a wild 9 discord that has a archive channel with tons of pictures of beta builds and concept art. I never figured out how to view that e3 press disc you mentioned. If i can contact you via discord or something to talk more about this game and the development that would be awesome, it seems you know more about the development of the game than me, and i wanna know more!
This looks cool, might actually order this since it's so cheap. Though Wexes voice jarring as hell, not Bubsy levels of annoying but still quite irritating.
One of the reasons why the music is reused so much is it's all redbook audio, so they took up a lot of space that could be dedicated to the game itself.
very cool music very good graphics meh personagen is not great gameplay thing seems to be interesting
Is this game super dark or is that just how the video turned out?
(Ah you mention this later in the video)
WEXCELLENT!!!!
Really this is the most in depth video about wild 9 and i appreciate it a ton. Loved this game as a kid
Thank you, appreciate you watching!
I remember when gexup reviewed this.
Only thing i'd like to correct is that while the final level song is mostly the same as the first level it changes near the end of the song, i remember this because as a kid i got disappointed as well, until i heard the change at the end which sounded beyond hype, which probably played a part in making it one of the most memorable levels, unless its like a region thing since im in EU switching it up or because my copy was bootleg.
Edit: I went and listened to both songs again, Karn's Palace version is actually almost completely different, you could say its a remix or arrange of the song, to add it just felt like a real call back to the first level and how far you've come (since i don't even know the hell i went through as a kid to get that far), i really think it was my favourite part of the game.
Where are ye getting these? Ive been trying to get ahold of some of the net yaroze demo games (shite as they were) for over a decade now.
I still own a ton of these from when I was a kid but most of the old PS1 demos have been backed up on the Internet archive. Should be able to find what you're looking for there without too much trouble.
Go for euro Demo 42..full of Good Games. .let me know..
Good yaroze games
Music is great even if recycled a lot.
More than one R/C copter game? Special on PS1 R/C games when?
Would legit make this as an excuse to play through Re-Volt again
curious if you have any updated thoughts about tommy tallarico lol
fuck that guy
@@SeanSeansonHaha. I got to that part and I was going to ask the same but figured someone else probably did.
Tommy is a jabroni.
Also, this game is really cheap. PS1 hidden gems are a lottery. Either they’re cheap or ridiculously overpriced
As much as I love some of the games he "worked" Tommy Talliaico is awful. Dudes a pathological liar and a scam artist. He is the absolute worse. This game is pretty rad tho.
Weird game