I think Gradius V is one of the best games ever made, any system, any genre. But for whatever reason it’s loved by neither Treasure fans or Gradius fans.
I never knew Gunstar Heros was Treasures first game. They really knocked it out of the park on the first try! GSH has always been my favorite Genesis game
Thanks so much for making this documentary. For a long time I figured I might have to make something similar, but you saved me the work! :P Treasure is my favorite console game developer of all time. They really deserve 6 hr docu-series haha but this is great for now :)
I loved Dynamite Headdy back in the day. I think it was my favorite game ever. So much creativity. It is a shame they don't make games like that anymore.
Alien Soldier was originally supposed to have 50 levels instead of 25, there were gonna be even more bosses, and there would've been more full cutscenes and dialogue exchanges for the boss encounters.
Looks like you are hitting the algorithm at last... 93 views for defending shenmue 3 is criminal!! - so heres to you... Just don't get shadow banned like me or your growth stops immediately. Mine was caused by malicious copyright due to criticism. I basically was false flagged and lost my channel, but i got it back - but suddenly all notifications and growth pretty much stopped immediately. Thanks UA-cam. I'm not bitter at all i promise lol Good luck mate. Enjoyed the video. Game Sound effects and music probably could do with turning down just a notch as you are softly spoken. Love the channel name. Invokes a real comfort feeling. Best wishes
@12:26 Guardian Heroes isn't 4 players. Only 2 players. The only time you could have more than 2 players was only in Vs mode @22:06 The Dreamcast version of Bangai-O was only released a few months after the N64 version. Worth noting also Rakugaki Showtime was famously pulled from shelves shortly after launch due to some dispute
great video! need more content like this so keep it up. you have great audio and mixing so props for that. i think the editing could be improved the most, adding some sort of style that is distincty you can really make a video stand out
The other reason they left to form Treasure was also because they felt Konami was way too biased towards Nintendo and felt Konami wasn't being fair with other competitors!
I always did feel Konami and even Capcom put more effort on the SNES side of things more often than not. So it was appreciated to see a team like Treasure giving it a better shake than they did 85% of the time (Because Konami did give us Rocket Knight Adventures and Castlevania Bloodlines and Contra Hard Corps.)
@@motherplayer Both Konami and Capcom back then were more focused on the Japanese market and didn't always pay too much attention to the western markets. Because of how much of an enormous success the SNES was in Japan, Many Japanese 3rd parties felt more inclined to focus on the Japanese Super Famicom while waiting to distribute their games in the west for later as far as the SNES's sales in the west were concerned. To many Japanese 3rd parties, many didn't bother or care about how successful the Genesis/Mega-Drive was in western territories. If the Mega-Drive was a flop in Japan, most Japanese 3rd parties never even bothered releasing western exclusive games for the Genesis/Mega-Drive; as they believed success ran through Japan first before putting an effort on western markets!
I'm so disappointed about that 2022 tease. I had to search everywhere thinking i'd missed any info about it only to realize it was just a re-release of radiant silvergun. S&P 3 or at least S&P2 on switch needs to happen
Eh... I had a strong feeling that the 2022 tease was a Radiant Silvergun re-release. Many people--myself included--were asking it to be re-released for years prior. I do agree that Sin & Punishment Star Successor should see a re-release beyond the Wii U one day. That game is a rail shooter masterpiece.
My treasure fanboy would have loved a completely new sin and Punishment game or any other newly-made game, but the realest in me knee that it was another port. Besides, there's nobody at Treasure to develop an actual game I read not too long ago, that there's only two current employees working there the founder doing licensing deals and another doing I don't know what
@@LittleBigKid707b Maybe it's best to leave the Sin & Punishment legacy as it is. S&P: Star Successor is such a masterfully crafted game that I don't know how it's possible to top it. (Well, aside from fighting a fake Earth in the first game, "Missile Command" style.)
@@Rivalseeker I think you are right. I'm just a greedy retrogamer and would love to play another game like that. I've always been a big fan of real shooter type games
Great video. As a pretty young gamer that can't be bothered to hunt down old consoles, actually the modern ports of their games like Sin and Punishment and Radiant Silvergun are godsends. Having the games available on the Switch is very convenient, you see? At this point Treasure is probably just a shell of its former self, active at least to provide licensing deals for ports and such. It's time to move on and see what the future holds.
It is worth noting that the US Playstation Silhouette Mirage is a vastly different game than the original. Difficulty balance and new resource management were added by the US publisher, and they went pretty far with it.
Awesome video but, no stretch panic love? :( Iuchi working on Ubusuna must be the closest thing to a new treasure game these days, kinda sad but hype af
This is a great video with great information. But please use a better (or no) CRT filter next time. 60fps would also help a ton with these games that use flicker effects.
Any time someone brings up Treasure my mind immediately goes to Mischief Makers. Such a good game. "SHAKE-SHAKE!" ...screw the weird "Olympics" stages, though.
Great Video would have liked to hear some interesting games like Shinrei Jusatsushi Tarōmaru that devs from treasure went on to work with other companies or Panzer Bandit too maybe even more if anybody knows about some please do share
I didn't realize Silhouette Mirage had such mixed reception. I thought it was pretty good. Silpheed as well. Kinda surprised Stretch Panic was given absolutely no time at all, though.
PS version of Silhouette Mirage was deadpanned for slowdown, lack of. Backgrounds and a bunch of unnecessary changed. Not the Japanese Saturn version. That one was positive and a must own. Trust and believe. I loved it and own it.
It was the arcade version of Bucky O'Hare. They also did a NES version which is actually a pretty good game in of itself, but this game you're talking about was the arcade version
Damn.. you couldn’t sound more dull or uninterested talking about the MD versions of games. Everything seem to be “Gimmicky” for you when in fact they are basic gameplay features. In defense of Silhouette Mirage. It was the PlayStation version that slammed for being far inferior to the Saturn version on metacritic. Saturn version was never reviewed. The Saturn version was met with positive reviews and a import must-have during its time. Otherwise.. cool review and glad you shedded some light on a great game developer that deserves the attention.
As odd as this sounds, the founder of treasure has always said that sales were not his main inspiration. He just wanted to make games that he and his staff wanted to play. He was a big fan of the Mega Drive and and he envisioned all type of Hardcore action games he could create for it. So when you think of it that way, it's not much of a surprise at all. The Mega Drive was a perfect fit for his games and they did moderately well in the states
Attention, citizens from around the world, there is no more Nintendo, no more PlayStation and no more Xbox, and they will not be making any more. Thank you. No more Nintendo, no more PlayStation, no more Xbox, no more video games, no problems. What are they gonna do, riot? People, listen to me! It's just a bunch of video games! Goddard, chopper mode! Goddard, plot a course for the most video game company in town.
Good video. Until you dropped Stretch Panic, typical. Wario World is weird but that's ok. Your covering a niche game developer and mostly probably focus on favourites (yes your covering each game and yes you also show footage of games you don't have which is fine) but typical old era collectors and their bias on certain things than a fair coverage of each game fairly. It's not fan servicey that much. It's a game about a grapple mechanic. You pull on enemies to get points, fight bosses consuming points to open those boss doors and grab the platforms to get across. Your saving your sisters from a demon world but you wouldn't know that. Don't judge a game you know nothing about at face value. You know Treasure makes unique games yet give this a pass what a waste. They can't make a game about a young girl and what a demon world would show her like seriously and also have a focus on a grapple mechanic focused enemy even if it's strange. For their second 3D game even, it's impressive and it's a demon world what do you expect. It's about a young girl so I'd say she has fears of growing up or it's mechanics focused why is a strange enemy like that a bad thing? Makes sense to me because I think outside the box. I know it's a weird game and I was hoping you'd cover it properly but nope instant dislike because you judge a game too easily. Sure I can stomach fan service and look past it because I hoped there was more and what do you know there is more to it, how about that. But I have played it with an open mind and it's perfectly fine people just look and don't actually experience it. I never heard of the game either until randomly one day or a review that did mock it but I also have played many clean games or fan service games and understand what they do with the right mindset of is there more than the theming and yes there is. I haven't heard of many of these old games but I still listen because I'm interested in old things older than I am and maybe experiencing them myself some day.
I think Gradius V is one of the best games ever made, any system, any genre. But for whatever reason it’s loved by neither Treasure fans or Gradius fans.
I agree with you. It's a really great game.
That's from a Treasure game collector, and serious Shmup fan! 😉
This is a pretty good video, definitely deserves more views. I like how you add the prices for physical copies, it’s a nice touch.
I never knew Gunstar Heros was Treasures first game. They really knocked it out of the park on the first try! GSH has always been my favorite Genesis game
Solid video. I love Mischief Makers and Gunstar Heroes. These guys were legends.
Thanks so much for making this documentary. For a long time I figured I might have to make something similar, but you saved me the work! :P Treasure is my favorite console game developer of all time. They really deserve 6 hr docu-series haha but this is great for now :)
I loved Dynamite Headdy back in the day. I think it was my favorite game ever. So much creativity. It is a shame they don't make games like that anymore.
Truly awesome documentary about such an underrated software house. Excellent job
Gunstar Heroes is one of my all time favourites. Such a great game.
It’s shocking just how consistent Treasure was
Just said exactly the same before I saw your comment. I can't think of another developer with a consistently good strike rate of games
Alien Soldier was originally supposed to have 50 levels instead of 25, there were gonna be even more bosses, and there would've been more full cutscenes and dialogue exchanges for the boss encounters.
Holy hell great video!!!
Looks like you are hitting the algorithm at last... 93 views for defending shenmue 3 is criminal!! - so heres to you...
Just don't get shadow banned like me or your growth stops immediately. Mine was caused by malicious copyright due to criticism. I basically was false flagged and lost my channel, but i got it back - but suddenly all notifications and growth pretty much stopped immediately. Thanks UA-cam.
I'm not bitter at all i promise lol
Good luck mate. Enjoyed the video. Game Sound effects and music probably could do with turning down just a notch as you are softly spoken. Love the channel name. Invokes a real comfort feeling.
Best wishes
Treasure are the greatest of all-time for me.
There's not many, if any, consistently good developers. Their strike rate of making good games is unreal
Good video. You deserve more attention. Subbed
@12:26 Guardian Heroes isn't 4 players. Only 2 players. The only time you could have more than 2 players was only in Vs mode
@22:06 The Dreamcast version of Bangai-O was only released a few months after the N64 version.
Worth noting also Rakugaki Showtime was famously pulled from shelves shortly after launch due to some dispute
Good job on the corrections. You seem just as a Treasure nut as I am.
great video! need more content like this so keep it up. you have great audio and mixing so props for that. i think the editing could be improved the most, adding some sort of style that is distincty you can really make a video stand out
The other reason they left to form Treasure was also because they felt Konami was way too biased towards Nintendo and felt Konami wasn't being fair with other competitors!
I always did feel Konami and even Capcom put more effort on the SNES side of things more often than not. So it was appreciated to see a team like Treasure giving it a better shake than they did 85% of the time (Because Konami did give us Rocket Knight Adventures and Castlevania Bloodlines and Contra Hard Corps.)
@@motherplayer Both Konami and Capcom back then were more focused on the Japanese market and didn't always pay too much attention to the western markets. Because of how much of an enormous success the SNES was in Japan, Many Japanese 3rd parties felt more inclined to focus on the Japanese Super Famicom while waiting to distribute their games in the west for later as far as the SNES's sales in the west were concerned.
To many Japanese 3rd parties, many didn't bother or care about how successful the Genesis/Mega-Drive was in western territories. If the Mega-Drive was a flop in Japan, most Japanese 3rd parties never even bothered releasing western exclusive games for the Genesis/Mega-Drive; as they believed success ran through Japan first before putting an effort on western markets!
@@G.L.999love your detailed explanation
@@LittleBigKid707b Thank you. Sorry for replying late.
Marina was recently added to the Smash 64 rom hack "Smash Remix".
I'm so disappointed about that 2022 tease. I had to search everywhere thinking i'd missed any info about it only to realize it was just a re-release of radiant silvergun. S&P 3 or at least S&P2 on switch needs to happen
Eh... I had a strong feeling that the 2022 tease was a Radiant Silvergun re-release. Many people--myself included--were asking it to be re-released for years prior.
I do agree that Sin & Punishment Star Successor should see a re-release beyond the Wii U one day. That game is a rail shooter masterpiece.
My treasure fanboy would have loved a completely new sin and Punishment game or any other newly-made game, but the realest in me knee that it was another port. Besides, there's nobody at Treasure to develop an actual game I read not too long ago, that there's only two current employees working there the founder doing licensing deals and another doing I don't know what
@@LittleBigKid707b Maybe it's best to leave the Sin & Punishment legacy as it is. S&P: Star Successor is such a masterfully crafted game that I don't know how it's possible to top it. (Well, aside from fighting a fake Earth in the first game, "Missile Command" style.)
@@Rivalseeker I think you are right. I'm just a greedy retrogamer and would love to play another game like that. I've always been a big fan of real shooter type games
Can't believe you didn't end this video with the "Level Complete" jingle from Mischief Makers.
You left out Gradius V and this one obscure but amazing looking game they released on Sega Saturn it was a hack and slash platformer
Great video about one the greatest niche video games developers. Hopefully another 2D action game akin to Gunstar Heroes gets made.
Awesome video!
Why you do Stretch Panic dirty like that?
The music, the bosses... All Treasure goodness!
My favorite Treasure games are the Genesis ones.
Great video. As a pretty young gamer that can't be bothered to hunt down old consoles, actually the modern ports of their games like Sin and Punishment and Radiant Silvergun are godsends. Having the games available on the Switch is very convenient, you see?
At this point Treasure is probably just a shell of its former self, active at least to provide licensing deals for ports and such. It's time to move on and see what the future holds.
It is worth noting that the US Playstation Silhouette Mirage is a vastly different game than the original. Difficulty balance and new resource management were added by the US publisher, and they went pretty far with it.
Awesome video but, no stretch panic love? :(
Iuchi working on Ubusuna must be the closest thing to a new treasure game these days, kinda sad but hype af
Is there any chance of them making another new game?
I don't think that treasure would agree with you calling super famicom hardware "stronger" than mega drive... 😂
Thanks for the cool video about the coolest defunct developer (not) around
This is a great video with great information. But please use a better (or no) CRT filter next time. 60fps would also help a ton with these games that use flicker effects.
Ill always watch something on Treasure. My favorite developer.
In Sonic Frontiers there the hacking mini game and spoilers, the true Final Boss is gameplay based on Ikaruga
That was just Ikaruga at home.
A worst version of Ikaruga
Any time someone brings up Treasure my mind immediately goes to Mischief Makers. Such a good game. "SHAKE-SHAKE!"
...screw the weird "Olympics" stages, though.
The content is there, it's just too difficult to listen to the monotone voice
Yes I totally agree. Love the content but with a little bit more charisma and oomf in his voice would make for a better listen
I like his voice. Super chill.
great vid
Great Video would have liked to hear some interesting games like Shinrei Jusatsushi Tarōmaru that devs from treasure went on to work with other companies or Panzer Bandit too maybe even more if anybody knows about some please do share
I didn't realize Silhouette Mirage had such mixed reception. I thought it was pretty good. Silpheed as well.
Kinda surprised Stretch Panic was given absolutely no time at all, though.
@sonic-templeos I do recall some mentions of "Not my Silpheed"
PS version of Silhouette Mirage was deadpanned for slowdown, lack of. Backgrounds and a bunch of unnecessary changed. Not the Japanese Saturn version. That one was positive and a must own. Trust and believe. I loved it and own it.
Why'd you have to do Stretch Panic dirty like that?
“Much better version was released on the Dreamcast” hard disagree. The N64 version of Bangai-O is fantastic.
i think you're being a little harsh with silhouette mirage which i believe is miles better than mischief makers. great video nevertheless
The audio you used from Light Crusader sounded pretty muffled.
We need guardian heroes ported to switch and we need treasure to go back to making games again
Comment to boost engagement
Anybody know the name of the game at 1:14?
It was the arcade version of Bucky O'Hare. They also did a NES version which is actually a pretty good game in of itself, but this game you're talking about was the arcade version
@@LittleBigKid707b Thanks for the reply.
Damn.. you couldn’t sound more dull or uninterested talking about the MD versions of games. Everything seem to be “Gimmicky” for you when in fact they are basic gameplay features. In defense of Silhouette Mirage. It was the PlayStation version that slammed for being far inferior to the Saturn version on metacritic. Saturn version was never reviewed. The Saturn version was met with positive reviews and a import must-have during its time.
Otherwise.. cool review and glad you shedded some light on a great game developer that deserves the attention.
SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE
Wario?
It's odd that they started with Genesis since it sold so badly in Japan. N64 didn't do too well there either.
As odd as this sounds, the founder of treasure has always said that sales were not his main inspiration. He just wanted to make games that he and his staff wanted to play. He was a big fan of the Mega Drive and and he envisioned all type of Hardcore action games he could create for it. So when you think of it that way, it's not much of a surprise at all. The Mega Drive was a perfect fit for his games and they did moderately well in the states
Attention, citizens from around the world, there is no more Nintendo, no more PlayStation and no more Xbox, and they will not be making any more. Thank you. No more Nintendo, no more PlayStation, no more Xbox, no more video games, no problems. What are they gonna do, riot? People, listen to me! It's just a bunch of video games! Goddard, chopper mode! Goddard, plot a course for the most video game company in town.
the MCDONALDS game is Great!!!
Good video. Until you dropped Stretch Panic, typical. Wario World is weird but that's ok. Your covering a niche game developer and mostly probably focus on favourites (yes your covering each game and yes you also show footage of games you don't have which is fine) but typical old era collectors and their bias on certain things than a fair coverage of each game fairly. It's not fan servicey that much.
It's a game about a grapple mechanic. You pull on enemies to get points, fight bosses consuming points to open those boss doors and grab the platforms to get across. Your saving your sisters from a demon world but you wouldn't know that.
Don't judge a game you know nothing about at face value. You know Treasure makes unique games yet give this a pass what a waste. They can't make a game about a young girl and what a demon world would show her like seriously and also have a focus on a grapple mechanic focused enemy even if it's strange.
For their second 3D game even, it's impressive and it's a demon world what do you expect. It's about a young girl so I'd say she has fears of growing up or it's mechanics focused why is a strange enemy like that a bad thing?
Makes sense to me because I think outside the box.
I know it's a weird game and I was hoping you'd cover it properly but nope instant dislike because you judge a game too easily.
Sure I can stomach fan service and look past it because I hoped there was more and what do you know there is more to it, how about that.
But I have played it with an open mind and it's perfectly fine people just look and don't actually experience it.
I never heard of the game either until randomly one day or a review that did mock it but I also have played many clean games or fan service games and understand what they do with the right mindset of is there more than the theming and yes there is.
I haven't heard of many of these old games but I still listen because I'm interested in old things older than I am and maybe experiencing them myself some day.