Just discovered your channel and I have so, so so so many hours of videos to go back and watch. I'm so excited. Absolutely love your style, and so far, this wheel is really providing.
I remember seeing the box art for Spider when I was about 16yrs and thinking it looked "stoopid". Now looking back it's one of the most bizarrely stark and metal covers I've seen. 90's game covers...sigh, bring 'em back.
For years I had convinced myself that warpath: Jurassic Park was something I had made up in a fever dream as a child. I am so happy to see it here on the wheel.
A LONG time ago I had an open RC Auto Models circuit just in front of my house. I lived in a high place floor and I could watch everything from there! It was amazing!, my uncle was "a Pro" and even had a shop dedicated to it, and watching the opening of RC DE GO brought me back some memories and took a tear from me.
oh hey, I’m on TV! thank you wheel for choosing me; and thank you Sean for putting me and a weird piece of my childhood on the wheel in the first place! 💕
Glad to see that weird Jurassic Park fighting game got chosen. I didn't really know that game existed before watching this channel. Also forgot to say thank you wheel for choosing Warpath. It was an honor.
I own a g-net board and found out people have been modifying actual RC car controllers to work with the PCB. It's apparently a fairly easy mod, so I assume Taito did the same when creating the controller for the arcade cabinet
RC de Go is a legitimately good game! I didn’t know there was a whole series of de Go games, that’s interesting. I always appreciated that the game played itself straight as an RC racer without any gimmicks or video game stuff, even though it has a few silly bodies for some comic relief. Actual hidden gem.
It took me almost 3 months to finish but I'm finally all caught up. This has been such a journey to this point I'm looking forward to 12 more volumes. Such an underrated channel, I'm recommending it to anyone who loves learning about older games. I hope you keep the passion to make these videos.
First of all, I want to say bless you for all these videos. I've been on a PS1 kick lately and having these play in the background while I work has been a joy. Secondly, the cover art for Spider lives in my head rent free. It ALWAYS jumped out at me at the rental store but for some reason I never actually rented it.
Thanks again for such a great video! It’s always a treat when you upload. Side note. I can’t be the only one that LOVES that RC De Go intro music. So 90’s
I'm new to the channel as well, but I've been enjoying these a lot. Here are my two additions for the list. PS1 - Martian Gothic PS1 Japan Only - Segare Ijiri (or Iziri, depending on how people spell it).
Does the thought of playing BuckBumble trigger some sort of deep down fear reaction?!? Top work, the wheel has once again provided despite the impending doom of nearly melting in the heat
Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass, bump to the bump to the Bumble! Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass, bump to the bump to the Bumble! Bump to the bump to the bump to the boom-boom, Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass-as-as-ase! Bump to the bump to the bump to the boom-boom, Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass-as-as-ase! BUMBLE!
11:49 What is that Triceratops doing to that poor TRex ? Make him stop. He can't keep getting away with this ! The dinosaur models in Warpath look REALLY good, like almost PS2 level. The whole game looks really good graphics wise.
This was a fantastic episode, with some games that I've always wondered about! For one thing, I remember being interested in Jurassic Park Warpath, but seeing the reviews shoot it down made me think that it was on the same level as Masters of Teras Kasi. I may have to give it a shot, now, given how you talked about ti. Also, I remember seeing the reviews for Spider back in '97 and really wanting to play it, but that never came to be. I'm not sure if it's my style at this point (I dunno, maybe? Maybe it needs a Rental for the Weekend out of fairness?), but just seeing it here brought back a wave of nostalgia. Thank you for another great video!
@@attackofthecopyrightbots Modified FF Tactics sprite - it's a(n old) self-portrait! I make these for friends who want them... when I have the time to do so.
Congratulations on hitting 5k subscribers! 🎊A great selection of titles this episode. RC de Go and Spider have been on my 'to play' list for forever, and even though they may stay on that list in perpetuity... I definitely still ought to give each game in this episode a shot.
Out of all these I've played RC de Go! a little bit. Fun game, good music. That Jurassic Park fighter doesn't look half bad, nor the spider game. As usual great vid Sean.
Glad to see Spider on here it would have been one of picks to put on the wheel, along with Evilzone, TRAG and Blast Chamber. Which might have, covered already but I have 3 more videos in the series to watch? Either way look forward to watching them and any future releases.
I am currently very busy, but watch and listen to UA-cam videos when cooking, shaving or traveling. I have a spreadsheet with 30 games on each of several old video game platforms, which I intend to play when I have more free time, and in some cases as a way of practicing my Japanese. I chose the number 30 to try and limit the already sprawling list. As you can imagine, sticking to 30 for the PSX is extremely painful. My criteria for choosing a game are fairly arbitrary, but include whether it appeals to me aesthetically; whether I had a formative but unsatisfying or incomplete exposure to it as a child; whether it is the best in its series; whether it can be called unique (etc.). I discovered your channel with a full PSX list, pretty sure there was no game you could get me to add to my list (and thus dethrone an existing title). After watching all of your listed videos, you have pushed me to update it with six releases: Einhänder (deposing Final Fantasy Tactics); iS - internal section (I removed vib ribbon); Omega Boost (sorry, Rage Racer); Suzuki Bakuhatsu (over Gran Turismo 2); Kaze no NOTAM (which, as with Suzuki Bakuhatsu, I knew of, but had assumed was too limited to bother with; it won over Ehrgeiz); and Wipeout 3: Special Edition (though it only displaced Wipeout 2097).
I know it's been a while since you've posted one of these - and take all the time you need, because I'm sure it's hard work - but I just wanted to say I love this series. I'm trying to build up my PS1 collection and these videos really help to shine light on games I would not have thought of, or at least the ones available here in NTSC-land. Thanks a ton for these videos, because not only are they educational, but just a lot of fun to watch. Keep up the great work!
Appreciate the kind words! I love making these videos in particular, it's just free time has been harder and harder to come by unfortunately. Next big video will be a return to the wheel tho, promise :)
I love this channel. I've watched every PS1 hidden gem video you've made and downloaded countless recs from you. Thanks a ton. I will continue to love anything you put out on PS1 stuff especially Japanese only videos. I recently looked through the entire NTSC-J library and it really does have limitless interesting quirky things to check out. I can't remember the name but I know there is a relatively serious mountain climbing sim and also another mountain climbing turn based RPG where you have classes like Doctor or Sherpa .
Thank you! I remember coming across that turn based game too but can't for the life of me remember what its called. If you stumble across the name and want to add it to the viewer selection you know where to find me :)
RE: The Music. I think part of why the music stands out so much in retro games in because music in video games has(understandably) trended towards ambient. Having the music being so present is something we’re not use to anymore.
Love these PS1 vids -- reminds me of a time when games really made an impact. Probably just cos of the time of life I experienced them in, but I find those games are the most memorable to me. Got a PS1 around 1999 (with F1 1998, Resident Evil 2, and Apocalypse) bought from Dicksons. Really made my childhood and early teenage years lol.
I am also terrified of wasps to the point where Metroid Prime caused me problems so sympathy there! Related bee-fear also caused me to fail constantly in panic at the cartoon bees in Spelunky, but somehow not their evil bastard counterparts in Hollow Knight
YAY! Another volume of Obcure & Forgotten PS1 Games! Thank you so much for keeping making these! #1 Not bad, but yeah, the 3D isn't the best. Nice sprites though. #2 I remember this game from Defunct Games' videos of NEXT Gen 1 star reviews and that game also got just 1 star. I don't think it is that bad, but it still seems just *okay* to me (and I love dinosaurs and the fighting game genre is among my favourite video game genres). #3 Looks like a fun R/C cars game and I love the customization and that you can't win with your first car. I think that motivates one to get other parts and also to get better. Also...cats! #4 Interesting premise and some really ambient/atmospheric music. Just too bad you have to start at the beginning of a level again when you die. Imagine you die shortly before completing the level. Oof, the frustration. Also...cat!
And Geograph Seal pre-dates Jumping Flash, but neither is designed around platforming in the third person. Same genre, but two very different design philosophies if you get me?
i just discovered your channel and i love it, but I must add the spider at 32:29 has an M16A2 upper receiver with M203 grenade launcher on his right arm
Warpath reminds me alot of a Wii game my cousins had called Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs Strike. I remember it being really fun and you also get to customized your dino to have different parts so you could like optimize it for battling
RCde Go looks sooo good! I think back then I was always intrigued by it, but could never get my hands on. Man, what a blast this would have been. At least I played Warpath.... uh...
ive been binge watching all your videos, very entertaining and well made, almost ("oldschool/classic") BBC quality presentation/narration if I might say... well done!
Shoutout to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R for being the only fighting game released this year to feature a dinosaur(named after a David Bowie album)!
This is such an addictive series. It's also a bit depressing though; I mean, just look at how many _entire genres_ aren't being made anymore. Now, you could understand big publishers not wanting to pursue some of these things (spider-based platformers for instance? Totally understandable that your EAs and Activsions would want nothing to do with those, lol), but it really is a bit of a shame that so many indie devs are just like, "I like MEtroidvania and Dark Souls. I will rip off Metroidvaniaa nd DarK Souls" and that's the limit of their creativity. It really is sad, but it means looking back at older games is still really valuable and thanks to your delivery and writing, very entertaining! I love how you're highlighting so much fascinating stuff with your videos! Having binged this whole series over the past few days, I've got a suggestion for you I haven't seen you do yet. Funcom's (YES, the adventure game people who did the Longest Journey, and the survival crafting nonsense people who did Conan and are doing Dune) racing game, Speed Punks. I believe it's called Speed Freaks over in Europe for ya though. I will say nothing more about it, because I don't want to paint your impressions either way, but if it is not on the wheel, please add it.
Thanks for the kind words! Funnily enough waaaay back in the early days of the channel, I covered Speed Punks in a Funcom specific video. Its a little different style wise, but I dedicate a good portion of the video to that game so hopefully it should suffice :)
@@SeanSeanson Ah, dangit! lol. Well, I still have to check out your other vids beyond this series - I only just found this channel recently thanks to learning that Cryo made an Ubik game (yes, I know. That is a very odd way to discover a gaming UA-camr, lol), and you being one of the only ones to cover it. After watching that video, I understand why, 😄 I really thought I had a good one for the series with Speed Freaks, but it's awesome to know you covered it already! Now that I have time off from work and can catch up on YT vids, I can go watch it. Thanks for the reply/info!
Oh my god! I forgot about Spider: the Video Game. I’ve played this game the whole way through and it is one of the strangest PS1 games I’ve played. Also, the faces the characters make in Block Kids made me laugh lmao Awesome video! Keep it up!
Just recently discovered you and I'm really enjoying your obscure PS1 games series so far. Just wondering, does your list include 'C-12: Final Resistance' and 'Hogs of War'? These are two games that I had during my childhood, and I remember them being decent, but no one seems to be talking about them nowadays.
@@SeanSeanson Tbh I only remember playing the demo ;D But for some reason it stuck with me - gave off the strangest vibes! It was the graphics in Ubic which sparked my memory, and when I actually found the title after googling "PS1 Strange Yellow Jumpsuit" I was too psyched not to drop it here. A few hours later, out of nowhere, I also remembered Tai Fu... which might have been a kinder pick, when I think about it :d But I'm sure it'll pop up as well, eventually :D
just found this channel, thakn you for doing the things you do, videos like this are amazing, it's great to learn about the past of videogames that I still don't know about
If you do enjoy breakout games, try Block Kuzushi 1 and 2 on the PS1. Very polished, lots of variety and 2 has an excellent physics system to make the block breaking more skillful.
Praise the wheel! Really enjoyed the selection here, definitely some games I need to add to the list 👀 except spider because nope lol Expertly analysed as always!
Recently discovered your channel and have been enjoying it greatly. Here are my suggestions for the wheel: Obscure: Jade Cocoon Japan only: Tiny Bullets
I just skimmed through most of your obscure PS1 games and there are a ton I haven't heard of. I haven't heard of this Jurassic Park game that was a Primal Rage clone--Awesome. Some other obscure ps1 games are c-12: Final Resistance (it's like Syphon Filter with aliens), Tai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger, MDK (bizzaro 3rd person shooter), Wild 9. Edit: Just saw you had a video about Wild 9. Another game is Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
Thanks for checking out the videos! If you wanted to add one to above to the viewer wheel under you name which would you like? Tai-Fu and MDK have yet to be picked 👀
Took me a while to get to this one. I was busy with some game playing, including my seventh and most likely last playthrough of 'Bubsy 3D'. I've pretty much seen everything that game has to offer (even writing my thoughts down in a note pad).
Seems like you’re new here. I’ll help you out with this. You need to comment on the video called Channel Update 1 to submit to the wheel. I would recommend you listen to the rules of submitting games yourself, but the basics are you can only suggest two game, and only one of the two types. One obscure game, and one Japan exclusive, so you’re gonna have to consider what you want to submit carefully. Good luck traveler!!!
Phenomenal content, fam! Dont know whether this question was already asked, but I must: what's your background and jingle music source? You're making them by your own?
Thank you friend! All the music is a mixture of Royalty free background tunes and video game music. There's some great royalty free stuff out there in the UA-cam audio library and beyond if you take the time to search it out :)
If you like twin-stick shooters in the style of Contra, you should check out Expendable aka Millennium Soldier: Expendable aka Seitai Heiki Expendable. Power ups, chaos, explosions, intense gameplay, and awesome music. It has all the good stuff. There is a PC port but it's not great in terms of controls. There are fixes tho. Another one that might be worth looking into it is Future Cop: LAPD - an arcade isometric sci-fi shooter where you pilot a vehicle that can transform between a hovering police car or a mech, both with pros and cons.
To me mostly an unremarkable selection, but still kind of neat. Spider definitely the best one here. And again so close to my choice… that’s just my luck!
Sean I've been loving your channel Sir. Finally someone who loves the ps1 as much as me :) Thanks for all the great content and I'll be on the lookout for any vids you put up. take care my friend. P.S sharing your vids on Twitter, more eyes right :) take it easy.
Found your channel by accident a couple of days ago. Your channel is just amazing! Very interesting stories, a lot of interesting games and an amazing presentation. I subscribe, press the bell and watch all the videos posted.
I have Yakuza 0 to thank for getting me into the culture of Game 3. I know that Europe and the US like their automobiles, but I feel like 80's Japan was on another level of loving their automobiles. The RC hobby went very hard at that time and it's a neat little cultural microcosm of Japan. I'm sure there were big RC enthusiasts in other places but there is something fascinating and special about the 80's Japanese Jazz Fusion music playing alongside the RC hobby, much like Initial D would come to marry the Eurobeat genre, it is a match made in heaven. I'd also like to talk about your reasonable complaint of "Few tracks and unlocking everything quickly." So I don't disagree with you that it's off-putting but in the game's defense I think a lot of the replayability for people into this hobby isn't going to simply be completing and winning the games, or meeting all the challenges, but they will be experimenting with parts and techniques until to get better and get their times lower in time trials or something similar. It's still a fair critique to say it goes by fast, but I think they were banking on most people playing this being obsessed hobbyists (also children) who would be easily entertained by self imposed challenges and what little is to offer to you or I would to them be a playground of possibilities.
Hot take: This series, Sean Seanson, Sean Seanson’s video content, and honestly the entire video essay format truly lost its way and fell sharply in quality once Sean stopped putting the little O_O; emoticons on the THE WHEEL WILL PROVIDE screens
@@SeanSeanson I would like to follow up by saying that your delivery of “Ive got a fever and the only prescription is more randomly selected PS1 games” gave a very high me a hearty chuckle at 3:45am. One nice treat going through all 12 videos up to this point has been seeing your writing and delivery improve steadily with each entry. Definitely my new favorite UA-cam channel. Even when you cover shitty garbage games that clearly frustrated you you maintain a relaxed attitude and it makes your videos very easy to vibe out to.
So many nice memories. I remember playing a demo of Spider. 😅 I have some suggestions for the wheel: BLAM! Machinehead Rapid Racer Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 (NTSC only) Shadow Master Tunnel B1 Username is Mancubus 😅
Great video, i never played blockids but played many other games like it over the years. I suppose once you have played one, you have played them all, kinda like the ISS/PES & Fifa games like I always say. Warpath Jurassic park looks interesting, I really like the visuals on it, very cool, played RC de Go a while back & really enjoyed it, lots of fun but I agree is quite difficult later on. As for spider I remember 1st playing that on a demo disc and thought it was cool yet unusual but that's why I love the PS1 for the experimental games it offered. You really don't see level of experimentation anymore with games! As always, epic video & will look forward to the next one.
It's the constant experimentation that makes it so fun to explore, even when things don't go to plan it's always a treat too see how devs approached things in the early days of 3D.
I want to add power shovel (from the DE GO! series) to the wheel! It's a PAL/JAP exclusive and it had its own controller (Like most of the series) pretty interesting game if you ask me!
This Channel needs more views, this is top quality content! Love all your videos..but the pandemonium 2 One Is the best! Can u do some net yaroze retrospectives? Like the review of euro demo 42..keep It up..a big fan from Italy..
Lot of variety in this new episode ! - BlockKids: Always loved the immediate fun of the arcade gameplay of breakouts game, but nearly all those games failed to maintain fun at long terms with repetitive gameplay. BlockKids at least tried something new, that seems insufficient, but hey I want to try this game. - Warpath Jurassic Park: Not a huge fan of fightinf games, but you convinced me to look after this game. Graphics looks really great and gameplay very arcady. Not a must have for me, but an interesting curiosity. Also, the first Jurassic Park movie is a masterpiece, the others are...let's say not interesting at all - RC de GO: Know this game just by name, but never played it. Actually looks pretty fun. A really good RC game is Buggy, with great gameplay ideas and a huge challenge, in 100% arcade style with power-ups Re-Volt, however I really didn't like it: it's just unplayable - Spider: I HATE Pandemonium for the reasons you mentionned in the video, but always been interested on playing Spider, I never associated it with Pandemonium gameplay style. Hope I'll get soon a copy of this game. Thanks for this video, hope see you soon for Japan Only video ! Take care
The fact that 12 volumes in and even while I have this on in the background, I still stop what I'm doing to chant along with "The Wheel Will Provide"
This is the single best series ever made about the PS1. Hallowed be thy wheel
Just discovered your channel and I have so, so so so many hours of videos to go back and watch. I'm so excited. Absolutely love your style, and so far, this wheel is really providing.
I always liked how RC De Go controlled with the analog sticks like you were actually operating an RC car
I remember seeing the box art for Spider when I was about 16yrs and thinking it looked "stoopid". Now looking back it's one of the most bizarrely stark and metal covers I've seen. 90's game covers...sigh, bring 'em back.
For years I had convinced myself that warpath: Jurassic Park was something I had made up in a fever dream as a child. I am so happy to see it here on the wheel.
A LONG time ago I had an open RC Auto Models circuit just in front of my house. I lived in a high place floor and I could watch everything from there! It was amazing!, my uncle was "a Pro" and even had a shop dedicated to it, and watching the opening of RC DE GO brought me back some memories and took a tear from me.
oh hey, I’m on TV! thank you wheel for choosing me; and thank you Sean for putting me and a weird piece of my childhood on the wheel in the first place! 💕
Pleasures all mine Raine! :)
That opening for Blockids is pretty amazing. Neon all the way!
Glad to see that weird Jurassic Park fighting game got chosen. I didn't really know that game existed before watching this channel.
Also forgot to say thank you wheel for choosing Warpath. It was an honor.
Same with me... I didnt know this channel existed before i play jurassic park
Thanks for keeping the ps1 legacy alive, man. Really appreciate it and I hope you keep doing this.
I own a g-net board and found out people have been modifying actual RC car controllers to work with the PCB. It's apparently a fairly easy mod, so I assume Taito did the same when creating the controller for the arcade cabinet
10:51 Amazing concrete wall that heals itself after dinosaurs crash through it 😂
Thanks for putting me on to the Spider game. It's right up my alley and I'll be tracking down a copy ASAP.
RC de Go is a legitimately good game! I didn’t know there was a whole series of de Go games, that’s interesting. I always appreciated that the game played itself straight as an RC racer without any gimmicks or video game stuff, even though it has a few silly bodies for some comic relief. Actual hidden gem.
It took me almost 3 months to finish but I'm finally all caught up. This has been such a journey to this point I'm looking forward to 12 more volumes. Such an underrated channel, I'm recommending it to anyone who loves learning about older games. I hope you keep the passion to make these videos.
Thank you so much, comments like this motivate me to keep going!
Appreciate you
I needed this today, thank you :)
First of all, I want to say bless you for all these videos. I've been on a PS1 kick lately and having these play in the background while I work has been a joy. Secondly, the cover art for Spider lives in my head rent free. It ALWAYS jumped out at me at the rental store but for some reason I never actually rented it.
Thanks again for such a great video! It’s always a treat when you upload.
Side note. I can’t be the only one that LOVES that RC De Go intro music. So 90’s
It sure is a bop!
I'm new to the channel as well, but I've been enjoying these a lot.
Here are my two additions for the list.
PS1 - Martian Gothic
PS1 Japan Only - Segare Ijiri (or Iziri, depending on how people spell it).
Thank you!
I'll get em added for you now :)
Does the thought of playing BuckBumble trigger some sort of deep down fear reaction?!? Top work, the wheel has once again provided despite the impending doom of nearly melting in the heat
Yes, but the jungle music balances out the fear!
Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass,
bump to the bump to the Bumble!
Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass,
bump to the bump to the Bumble!
Bump to the bump to the bump to the boom-boom,
Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass-as-as-ase!
Bump to the bump to the bump to the boom-boom,
Bump to the bump to the bump to the bass-as-as-ase!
BUMBLE!
11:49 What is that Triceratops doing to that poor TRex ? Make him stop. He can't keep getting away with this !
The dinosaur models in Warpath look REALLY good, like almost PS2 level. The whole game looks really good graphics wise.
This was a fantastic episode, with some games that I've always wondered about!
For one thing, I remember being interested in Jurassic Park Warpath, but seeing the reviews shoot it down made me think that it was on the same level as Masters of Teras Kasi. I may have to give it a shot, now, given how you talked about ti.
Also, I remember seeing the reviews for Spider back in '97 and really wanting to play it, but that never came to be. I'm not sure if it's my style at this point (I dunno, maybe? Maybe it needs a Rental for the Weekend out of fairness?), but just seeing it here brought back a wave of nostalgia.
Thank you for another great video!
tactics sprite.
so cool
Every good Spider needs it's weekend rental, if even just to spread awareness of the box art.
Appreciate you watching pal!
@@attackofthecopyrightbots Modified FF Tactics sprite - it's a(n old) self-portrait! I make these for friends who want them... when I have the time to do so.
@@SeanSeanson Man, that box art... So good...
You know I'll always check out your videos! 😁
Congratulations on hitting 5k subscribers! 🎊A great selection of titles this episode. RC de Go and Spider have been on my 'to play' list for forever, and even though they may stay on that list in perpetuity... I definitely still ought to give each game in this episode a shot.
New Sean Seanson content , hell yeah 😁😍
"You shouldn't throw hands with a beast from the Cretaceous period" Solid material :)
Out of all these I've played RC de Go! a little bit. Fun game, good music. That Jurassic Park fighter doesn't look half bad, nor the spider game.
As usual great vid Sean.
Glad to see Spider on here it would have been one of picks to put on the wheel, along with Evilzone, TRAG and Blast Chamber. Which might have, covered already but I have 3 more videos in the series to watch? Either way look forward to watching them and any future releases.
Great list there
I am currently very busy, but watch and listen to UA-cam videos when cooking, shaving or traveling. I have a spreadsheet with 30 games on each of several old video game platforms, which I intend to play when I have more free time, and in some cases as a way of practicing my Japanese. I chose the number 30 to try and limit the already sprawling list. As you can imagine, sticking to 30 for the PSX is extremely painful. My criteria for choosing a game are fairly arbitrary, but include whether it appeals to me aesthetically; whether I had a formative but unsatisfying or incomplete exposure to it as a child; whether it is the best in its series; whether it can be called unique (etc.). I discovered your channel with a full PSX list, pretty sure there was no game you could get me to add to my list (and thus dethrone an existing title). After watching all of your listed videos, you have pushed me to update it with six releases: Einhänder (deposing Final Fantasy Tactics); iS - internal section (I removed vib ribbon); Omega Boost (sorry, Rage Racer); Suzuki Bakuhatsu (over Gran Turismo 2); Kaze no NOTAM (which, as with Suzuki Bakuhatsu, I knew of, but had assumed was too limited to bother with; it won over Ehrgeiz); and Wipeout 3: Special Edition (though it only displaced Wipeout 2097).
I know it's been a while since you've posted one of these - and take all the time you need, because I'm sure it's hard work - but I just wanted to say I love this series. I'm trying to build up my PS1 collection and these videos really help to shine light on games I would not have thought of, or at least the ones available here in NTSC-land.
Thanks a ton for these videos, because not only are they educational, but just a lot of fun to watch. Keep up the great work!
Appreciate the kind words! I love making these videos in particular, it's just free time has been harder and harder to come by unfortunately.
Next big video will be a return to the wheel tho, promise :)
34:56 Essentially the William Birkin assassination scene from RE2, a year before RE2 was released!
The Wheel do be providing! Great as always Sean
I love this channel. I've watched every PS1 hidden gem video you've made and downloaded countless recs from you. Thanks a ton. I will continue to love anything you put out on PS1 stuff especially Japanese only videos. I recently looked through the entire NTSC-J library and it really does have limitless interesting quirky things to check out. I can't remember the name but I know there is a relatively serious mountain climbing sim and also another mountain climbing turn based RPG where you have classes like Doctor or Sherpa .
Thank you!
I remember coming across that turn based game too but can't for the life of me remember what its called.
If you stumble across the name and want to add it to the viewer selection you know where to find me :)
RC De Go looks a lot cooler than i was expecting it to.
I'm gonna check it out!
That was totally an elk call for the velociraptor sound effects. Super cool games!
Millennium Solider: Expendable
This channel quickly became one of my favourites, thanks for all the content Sean 👍
Oh nice pick!
Got at the added for you now :)
RE: The Music. I think part of why the music stands out so much in retro games in because music in video games has(understandably) trended towards ambient. Having the music being so present is something we’re not use to anymore.
Love these PS1 vids -- reminds me of a time when games really made an impact. Probably just cos of the time of life I experienced them in, but I find those games are the most memorable to me. Got a PS1 around 1999 (with F1 1998, Resident Evil 2, and Apocalypse) bought from Dicksons. Really made my childhood and early teenage years lol.
Warpath is kinda jank but cool too. Featured the spino & gigasaurus before the movies did
I am also terrified of wasps to the point where Metroid Prime caused me problems so sympathy there! Related bee-fear also caused me to fail constantly in panic at the cartoon bees in Spelunky, but somehow not their evil bastard counterparts in Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight makes even the most terrifying creatures a lil adorable.
RC De Go! Is the best looking racing game on the PS1. It's so good
Went up as soon as I finished your DC PS1 video. Oh hell yeah
Usually dont interact with videos very much outside of watching them but have been binging your videos a lot because im sick and theyre really good
YAY! Another volume of Obcure & Forgotten PS1 Games! Thank you so much for keeping making these!
#1 Not bad, but yeah, the 3D isn't the best. Nice sprites though.
#2 I remember this game from Defunct Games' videos of NEXT Gen 1 star reviews and that game also got just 1 star. I don't think it is that bad, but it still seems just *okay* to me (and I love dinosaurs and the fighting game genre is among my favourite video game genres).
#3 Looks like a fun R/C cars game and I love the customization and that you can't win with your first car. I think that motivates one to get other parts and also to get better. Also...cats!
#4 Interesting premise and some really ambient/atmospheric music. Just too bad you have to start at the beginning of a level again when you die. Imagine you die shortly before completing the level. Oof, the frustration. Also...cat!
CAT! :)
"Prior to Super Mario 64 and Crash Bandicoot" now hold on here, Jumping Flash predates both of those by some time
And Geograph Seal pre-dates Jumping Flash, but neither is designed around platforming in the third person. Same genre, but two very different design philosophies if you get me?
i just discovered your channel and i love it, but I must add the spider at 32:29 has an M16A2 upper receiver with M203 grenade launcher on his right arm
Warpath reminds me alot of a Wii game my cousins had called Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs Strike. I remember it being really fun and you also get to customized your dino to have different parts so you could like optimize it for battling
RCde Go looks sooo good! I think back then I was always intrigued by it, but could never get my hands on. Man, what a blast this would have been. At least I played Warpath.... uh...
ive been binge watching all your videos, very entertaining and well made, almost ("oldschool/classic") BBC quality presentation/narration if I might say... well done!
Shoutout to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R for being the only fighting game released this year to feature a dinosaur(named after a David Bowie album)!
UA-cam recommended me your channel and I'm loving your videos.
This is such an addictive series. It's also a bit depressing though; I mean, just look at how many _entire genres_ aren't being made anymore. Now, you could understand big publishers not wanting to pursue some of these things (spider-based platformers for instance? Totally understandable that your EAs and Activsions would want nothing to do with those, lol), but it really is a bit of a shame that so many indie devs are just like, "I like MEtroidvania and Dark Souls. I will rip off Metroidvaniaa nd DarK Souls" and that's the limit of their creativity. It really is sad, but it means looking back at older games is still really valuable and thanks to your delivery and writing, very entertaining! I love how you're highlighting so much fascinating stuff with your videos!
Having binged this whole series over the past few days, I've got a suggestion for you I haven't seen you do yet. Funcom's (YES, the adventure game people who did the Longest Journey, and the survival crafting nonsense people who did Conan and are doing Dune) racing game, Speed Punks. I believe it's called Speed Freaks over in Europe for ya though. I will say nothing more about it, because I don't want to paint your impressions either way, but if it is not on the wheel, please add it.
Thanks for the kind words!
Funnily enough waaaay back in the early days of the channel, I covered Speed Punks in a Funcom specific video. Its a little different style wise, but I dedicate a good portion of the video to that game so hopefully it should suffice :)
@@SeanSeanson Ah, dangit! lol. Well, I still have to check out your other vids beyond this series - I only just found this channel recently thanks to learning that Cryo made an Ubik game (yes, I know. That is a very odd way to discover a gaming UA-camr, lol), and you being one of the only ones to cover it. After watching that video, I understand why, 😄
I really thought I had a good one for the series with Speed Freaks, but it's awesome to know you covered it already! Now that I have time off from work and can catch up on YT vids, I can go watch it. Thanks for the reply/info!
Oh my god! I forgot about Spider: the Video Game. I’ve played this game the whole way through and it is one of the strangest PS1 games I’ve played. Also, the faces the characters make in Block Kids made me laugh lmao
Awesome video! Keep it up!
Very cool editing
You’re spoiling us, Sean-that Psygnosis video was only a couple weeks ago! Thanks for another great one ✌🏻
Just recently discovered you and I'm really enjoying your obscure PS1 games series so far.
Just wondering, does your list include 'C-12: Final Resistance' and 'Hogs of War'?
These are two games that I had during my childhood, and I remember them being decent, but no one seems to be talking about them nowadays.
Thank you, glad you found me!
You can rest assured theyre both in the regular and fan pool of games, so its not a case of if they show up, but when.
I'd like to add 'Time Commando', if it's not in there yet.
Can't get enough of this content, btw, it's fantastic! May the wheel provide!
Thank you!
and i'm surprised it took somebody this long to pick time commando. I've got that added now, but god help me if it ever comes up :)
@@SeanSeanson Tbh I only remember playing the demo ;D But for some reason it stuck with me - gave off the strangest vibes! It was the graphics in Ubic which sparked my memory, and when I actually found the title after googling "PS1 Strange Yellow Jumpsuit" I was too psyched not to drop it here. A few hours later, out of nowhere, I also remembered Tai Fu... which might have been a kinder pick, when I think about it :d But I'm sure it'll pop up as well, eventually :D
just found this channel, thakn you for doing the things you do, videos like this are amazing, it's great to learn about the past of videogames that I still don't know about
This dude needs more views and subscribers
If you do enjoy breakout games, try Block Kuzushi 1 and 2 on the PS1. Very polished, lots of variety and 2 has an excellent physics system to make the block breaking more skillful.
Someone other than me acknowledges Vin Diesels Wheelman… Im complete
Praise the wheel!
Really enjoyed the selection here, definitely some games I need to add to the list 👀 except spider because nope lol
Expertly analysed as always!
Kim Justice sent me here, correctly. What a channel!
Glad you found me! Bless Kim 🙏
Oh boy those opening fmv's!
Recently discovered your channel and have been enjoying it greatly.
Here are my suggestions for the wheel:
Obscure: Jade Cocoon
Japan only: Tiny Bullets
Great to hear!
Got those added for you now :)
I just skimmed through most of your obscure PS1 games and there are a ton I haven't heard of. I haven't heard of this Jurassic Park game that was a Primal Rage clone--Awesome. Some other obscure ps1 games are c-12: Final Resistance (it's like Syphon Filter with aliens), Tai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger, MDK (bizzaro 3rd person shooter), Wild 9.
Edit: Just saw you had a video about Wild 9. Another game is Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
Thanks for checking out the videos!
If you wanted to add one to above to the viewer wheel under you name which would you like?
Tai-Fu and MDK have yet to be picked 👀
@@SeanSeanson I'll pick MDK because it's the most 90s 3rd person shooter ever.
@@contrabandresearch8409 nice, I'll add it for you now!
@@SeanSeanson Thank you!
If it's not already on the list, I'd love to see Jade Cocoon on there. :)
Nice pick, I'll get it added for you now! Thanks for watching :)
Took me a while to get to this one. I was busy with some game playing, including my seventh and most likely last playthrough of 'Bubsy 3D'. I've pretty much seen everything that game has to offer (even writing my thoughts down in a note pad).
Man, I used to play Block Kids a ton when I was a kid. Great video!
Seems like you’re new here. I’ll help you out with this. You need to comment on the video called Channel Update 1 to submit to the wheel. I would recommend you listen to the rules of submitting games yourself, but the basics are you can only suggest two game, and only one of the two types. One obscure game, and one Japan exclusive, so you’re gonna have to consider what you want to submit carefully. Good luck traveler!!!
@@wieldylattice3015 Thanks for the info!
really excited to see a new episode, i'm saving it for tonight 😊 thank you so much
Spider was such an unusual experience. Decided to play it as a kid and would get scared or frustrated at the difficulty every time 😅
Phenomenal content, fam! Dont know whether this question was already asked, but I must: what's your background and jingle music source? You're making them by your own?
Thank you friend! All the music is a mixture of Royalty free background tunes and video game music.
There's some great royalty free stuff out there in the UA-cam audio library and beyond if you take the time to search it out :)
Another cracking video. Pity we never got a Spider 2 that followed Pandemonium 2 down the rabbit hole.
1000% down for a psychedelic Spider 2
@@SeanSeanson I'm back to add Dragon Valor and Hard Edge to the viewer wheel.
DINOSAURS AND WEAPONISED SPIDERS!! WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!
Blockids and RC de Go! will both work with the neGcon and the Jogcon (in neGcon mode) controllers for some unique and fun control methods.
Oh damn, that sounds awesome.
All Worship the Wheel.....
I honestly thought that Jurassic Park game was going to be poor, but colour me intrigued when it played well!
I just picked up Spider, unique game for the system. Found it at a old comic shop
Akuji: The Heartless
The test for Soul Reaver, ps1 exclusive!
Nice pick!
Got that added for you :)
If you like twin-stick shooters in the style of Contra, you should check out Expendable aka Millennium Soldier: Expendable aka Seitai Heiki Expendable. Power ups, chaos, explosions, intense gameplay, and awesome music. It has all the good stuff. There is a PC port but it's not great in terms of controls. There are fixes tho.
Another one that might be worth looking into it is Future Cop: LAPD - an arcade isometric sci-fi shooter where you pilot a vehicle that can transform between a hovering police car or a mech, both with pros and cons.
To me mostly an unremarkable selection, but still kind of neat. Spider definitely the best one here.
And again so close to my choice… that’s just my luck!
More Sean! Now that's what I'm talkin' about, (sean)son!
(i'm sorry 😆)
your videos are wonderful and underappreciated!
World is literally ending: I sleep
*A POOL OF WATER: Real shit*
Sean I've been loving your channel Sir. Finally someone who loves the ps1 as much as me :) Thanks for all the great content and I'll be on the lookout for any vids you put up. take care my friend. P.S sharing your vids on Twitter, more eyes right :) take it easy.
Appreciate it friend :)
Found your channel by accident a couple of days ago. Your channel is just amazing! Very interesting stories, a lot of interesting games and an amazing presentation. I subscribe, press the bell and watch all the videos posted.
I have Yakuza 0 to thank for getting me into the culture of Game 3. I know that Europe and the US like their automobiles, but I feel like 80's Japan was on another level of loving their automobiles. The RC hobby went very hard at that time and it's a neat little cultural microcosm of Japan. I'm sure there were big RC enthusiasts in other places but there is something fascinating and special about the 80's Japanese Jazz Fusion music playing alongside the RC hobby, much like Initial D would come to marry the Eurobeat genre, it is a match made in heaven.
I'd also like to talk about your reasonable complaint of "Few tracks and unlocking everything quickly." So I don't disagree with you that it's off-putting but in the game's defense I think a lot of the replayability for people into this hobby isn't going to simply be completing and winning the games, or meeting all the challenges, but they will be experimenting with parts and techniques until to get better and get their times lower in time trials or something similar. It's still a fair critique to say it goes by fast, but I think they were banking on most people playing this being obsessed hobbyists (also children) who would be easily entertained by self imposed challenges and what little is to offer to you or I would to them be a playground of possibilities.
I'm just after leaving a comment on the first part of this series not realising it was not a recent upload haha give it a look
Hot take: This series, Sean Seanson, Sean Seanson’s video content, and honestly the entire video essay format truly lost its way and fell sharply in quality once Sean stopped putting the little O_O; emoticons on the THE WHEEL WILL PROVIDE screens
The emoticon fans are my loudest critics and rightly so
@@SeanSeanson #BRINGBACKTHEEMOTICONS2022
@@SeanSeanson I would like to follow up by saying that your delivery of “Ive got a fever and the only prescription is more randomly selected PS1 games” gave a very high me a hearty chuckle at 3:45am. One nice treat going through all 12 videos up to this point has been seeing your writing and delivery improve steadily with each entry. Definitely my new favorite UA-cam channel. Even when you cover shitty garbage games that clearly frustrated you you maintain a relaxed attitude and it makes your videos very easy to vibe out to.
@Raine Pultz thank you for triggering everyone’s arachnophobia my g XD
14:20 you mess with the ank, you get the spank
So many nice memories. I remember playing a demo of Spider. 😅
I have some suggestions for the wheel:
BLAM! Machinehead
Rapid Racer
Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 (NTSC only)
Shadow Master
Tunnel B1
Username is Mancubus 😅
Oh nice picks!
I aim keep to keep it at one pick per person though, so if you wanted to pick one from the above which would you like to see most?
Great video, i never played blockids but played many other games like it over the years. I suppose once you have played one, you have played them all, kinda like the ISS/PES & Fifa games like I always say. Warpath Jurassic park looks interesting, I really like the visuals on it, very cool, played RC de Go a while back & really enjoyed it, lots of fun but I agree is quite difficult later on. As for spider I remember 1st playing that on a demo disc and thought it was cool yet unusual but that's why I love the PS1 for the experimental games it offered. You really don't see level of experimentation anymore with games! As always, epic video & will look forward to the next one.
It's the constant experimentation that makes it so fun to explore, even when things don't go to plan it's always a treat too see how devs approached things in the early days of 3D.
@@SeanSeanson I agree 100%, its those unusual ideas & quirks that leave a lasting impression that you simply wouldn't get anywhere else.
Seven years to release in the west. YEESH
I want to add power shovel (from the DE GO! series) to the wheel! It's a PAL/JAP exclusive and it had its own controller (Like most of the series) pretty interesting game if you ask me!
Nice pick! Added for you now :)
My viewer list contribution: Trash It!
Love your channel ❤️
Thank you
Ooh heeey... I like both light and heavy head..
Giggity
11:20 Like sitting in the backseat.
This Channel needs more views, this is top quality content! Love all your videos..but the pandemonium 2 One Is the best! Can u do some net yaroze retrospectives? Like the review of euro demo 42..keep It up..a big fan from Italy..
Thank you! Will likely cover some Net Yeroze stuff down the line, its too cool not too!
Lot of variety in this new episode !
- BlockKids: Always loved the immediate fun of the arcade gameplay of breakouts game, but nearly all those games failed to maintain fun at long terms with repetitive gameplay. BlockKids at least tried something new, that seems insufficient, but hey I want to try this game.
- Warpath Jurassic Park: Not a huge fan of fightinf games, but you convinced me to look after this game. Graphics looks really great and gameplay very arcady. Not a must have for me, but an interesting curiosity. Also, the first Jurassic Park movie is a masterpiece, the others are...let's say not interesting at all
- RC de GO: Know this game just by name, but never played it. Actually looks pretty fun. A really good RC game is Buggy, with great gameplay ideas and a huge challenge, in 100% arcade style with power-ups Re-Volt, however I really didn't like it: it's just unplayable
- Spider: I HATE Pandemonium for the reasons you mentionned in the video, but always been interested on playing Spider, I never associated it with Pandemonium gameplay style. Hope I'll get soon a copy of this game.
Thanks for this video, hope see you soon for Japan Only video ! Take care