Flash Game Nostalgia

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  • Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
  • Looking back at the wild wacky world of Flash games. Lots of classics, gems, and unknowns. Whether you played them or not, I hope you enjoy the trip.
    Music: pastebin.com/38jMi2LA
    Chapters
    Intro 0:00
    First Round of Games 0:52
    Flash Websites 21:50
    Second Round of Games 30:28
    More Websites 48:52
    Stickmania 56:37
    Classic Animations 1:15:48
    Madness Mania 1:21:06
    Third Round of Games 1:28:32
    Grab Bag 1:38:08
    Flash Remnants 1:51:00
    What Happened to Flash? 1:55:17
    Closing Thoughts 1:57:10
    Twitter: / redlyne_
    Twitch: / redlynenine
    Discord: / discord
    omg this is so frutiger aero guys!! wow! omg!
    (This video was supposed to be like 20 minutes long)
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  • @Pvrge.
    @Pvrge. 5 місяців тому +3477

    A 2 hour long video essay about something that a lot of people are nostalgic about? This video is guaranteed to get a crazy amount of views

    • @Asbestoseater23
      @Asbestoseater23 5 місяців тому +43

      i hope so

    • @BudBonkerson
      @BudBonkerson 5 місяців тому +13

      i hope so 2

    • @pingpong5877
      @pingpong5877 5 місяців тому +1

      Bet.

    • @fratrickmachomes5263
      @fratrickmachomes5263 5 місяців тому +1

      Without a doubt this video will be at 2 mil within a month

    • @Skybreaker1337
      @Skybreaker1337 5 місяців тому +5

      This just reminds me of how old we are. Even people who are 20 today have no idea what flash games are, let alone the younger gen.

  • @SmileySaysNo
    @SmileySaysNo 5 місяців тому +669

    21 with the voice of a single father with 2 adult kids God damn

    • @whyishoudini
      @whyishoudini 5 місяців тому +131

      21 with the voice of a 47 year old grizzled divorced north eastern sanitation worker

    • @gruntingskunk2237
      @gruntingskunk2237 2 місяці тому +22

      Seriously, I was about to comment how he sounds at least 34.

    • @Electric0eye
      @Electric0eye 2 місяці тому +13

      Could listen to that silky smooth voice all day, almost fell asleep to this tbh

    • @QuilloManar
      @QuilloManar Місяць тому +3

      My dude got to legal drinking age and speedran to age 42 with alcohol.

    • @iWonchan
      @iWonchan Місяць тому +2

      Bro sounds like he works 14 hours a day

  • @matthewgumabon7498
    @matthewgumabon7498 4 місяці тому +337

    I think I’m a bit older than Redlyne, but I was a young kid during the early 2000s boom of Flash games, and I was lucky enough to go to elementary and middle schools with computer labs and savvy computer teachers.
    I remember I had one computer teacher who was super tech savvy, and he made and maintained the school website himself, even adding a page full of Flash games links that he had collected himself for us.
    He would add new links for every new season like Halloween and Christmas, and he made sure all the sites were kid-safe and didn’t have any rated-R content using a firewall program he made.
    (But being the kids we were we always found sites that somehow go through the blocking haha).
    After the obligatory lessons about using MS Word and PowerPoint, then some Mavis Beacon typing practice, he would let us loose on the flash games page.
    Just the look and feel of these small window games with blocky hand drawn 2D sprites and super compressed sound effects bring back so many great memories.
    Rest in Peace Mr. Mabli.

    • @caveirainvocada9438
      @caveirainvocada9438 4 місяці тому +17

      I love this. Looks like he was such a great dude

    • @blitheringrando1410
      @blitheringrando1410 4 місяці тому +14

      The few awesome teachers made life so much easier. We had a guitar class in my senior year, that teacher was awesome (Mr. Beasley) he'd hold occasional LAN parties and we'd play the original Halo game. Haloween was the theme for one of them 😂

  • @gloweyesca5339
    @gloweyesca5339 4 місяці тому +96

    Man Nitrome was my entire childhood. I remember my sister and I getting hyped whenever a new one would get made and rush to go play it, not to mention the many multiplayer games we played together. Good times.

    • @GreenPsycho
      @GreenPsycho 2 години тому

      yeah nitrome was the goat

  • @halorocks101a
    @halorocks101a 5 місяців тому +914

    Hearing you say that Stick RPG is 20 years old almost killed me on the spot.

    • @OrgusDin
      @OrgusDin 5 місяців тому +25

      lmao old man
      same

    • @Kydino
      @Kydino 5 місяців тому +14

      same thing. Got a similar feel when I heard dudes calling halo 3 old.

    • @georgelincolnrockwell6248
      @georgelincolnrockwell6248 5 місяців тому +2

      EXISTENTIAL CRISIIIIIIS! 😎

    • @jaredfortin6810
      @jaredfortin6810 5 місяців тому +1

      Genuinely same

    • @hylianro
      @hylianro 5 місяців тому +1

      For real

  • @apehawk
    @apehawk 5 місяців тому +651

    I can't describe how fucking surreal it is hearing Jerma's voice coming out of a 2005 flash game lizard with anime hair

    • @nozers
      @nozers 5 місяців тому +42

      not really surreal to me, seems like usual jerma 😂

    • @robertschnobert9090
      @robertschnobert9090 4 місяці тому +20

      ​@@nozersyeah, I could see Jerma being the voice actor for a lizard with anime hair today!

    • @vacantrefrigerator4566
      @vacantrefrigerator4566 4 місяці тому +5

      holy grail

    • @aegisfate117
      @aegisfate117 17 днів тому

      Thanks for including the timestamp

    • @AbsoluteAbsurd
      @AbsoluteAbsurd 9 днів тому

      @@aegisfate117lmao

  • @alexwolff9395
    @alexwolff9395 4 місяці тому +52

    Anyone remember those particle physics flash games? With the plants that grew with water, explosive gasses and real air physics with the “fans”. (All just diff colour particles/solid blobs) I remember playing those for hours just making crazy things happen with the airflow physics you could do
    Edit : found it. It’s called powder game

    • @joble6098
      @joble6098 3 місяці тому +7

      The Dan Ball games! There were a few others on the site which were good as well, but powder game was the clear winner, so cool.

    • @SkigBiggler
      @SkigBiggler 2 місяці тому +2

      Power game is in part the spiritual predecessor to Noita. Dunno if people have made functioning computers in Noita though

    • @manic221
      @manic221 2 місяці тому +2

      The other one like that was Phun now known as Algodoo

  • @JeyVGaming
    @JeyVGaming 3 місяці тому +5

    You forgot to mention the old flash games that Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network & Disney has made back then.. I remember being such a cartoons kid that I play those non stop on my old family computer.

  • @KrinkelsNG
    @KrinkelsNG 5 місяців тому +1402

    !!!MADNESS MENTIONED!!! Dude thanks for folding the cartoons and games into this nostalgic trip!!

    • @feIon
      @feIon 5 місяців тому +21

      hell yeah

    • @damiannichols1250
      @damiannichols1250 5 місяців тому +40

      Thanks for your amazing animations they were a huge part of my childhood

    • @CRT-5826
      @CRT-5826 5 місяців тому +16

      I was waiting for the madness sequence the whole time in the video. Legendary series, thanks for making it

    • @zacharyharris2177
      @zacharyharris2177 5 місяців тому +6

      You’re a huge inspiration to so many people man.

    • @waste4245
      @waste4245 5 місяців тому +5

      Legend!

  • @ANProductions
    @ANProductions 5 місяців тому +1784

    Territory War dev checking in. Much love for the mention! The AI did not scale with difficulty, I'm just a bad programmer 😅
    (I still make games btw! ua-cam.com/video/mSBcxlrPHKo/v-deo.html)

    • @sfm.viciousmane1374
      @sfm.viciousmane1374 5 місяців тому +139

      Dude I spent so many hours playing it as a kid it's not even funny

    • @JohnSmith-ox3gy
      @JohnSmith-ox3gy 5 місяців тому +58

      Your The Escape games were a huge inspiration for flash gaming, thank you.

    • @zacharyharris2177
      @zacharyharris2177 5 місяців тому +41

      Man I loved playing this. I remember playing the two player mode with my brother taking turns on the computer. And even playing solo was really fun. Thanks for the memories bro

    • @artratengo3685
      @artratengo3685 5 місяців тому +15

      Thanks for making that banger of a game, i remember me and my dad playing it, one of the few good memories i have with him bc he was away working most of the time.❤

    • @violetrose4547
      @violetrose4547 5 місяців тому +8

      Dude. This was the first flash game I ever played when I was a kid. Great memories with my friends!

  • @MichaelSchwartzJazz
    @MichaelSchwartzJazz 4 місяці тому +16

    So happy to see you talking about Super Mario 63 and the community! Runouw's forums and the level designing community was my first batch of internet friends ever. Runouw did an amazing thing creating not only a beautiful flash game, but also a supportive community who wanted to reprogram and experiment with the level design, or talk shop, or just chill out with each other. Mauro and Avo and Master1.0 were friends :) Still talk to a few from that bunch nowadays and call a couple some of my closest friends

  • @Notthross
    @Notthross 4 місяці тому +26

    Okay, sir. I have watched your entire catalogue several times, now. I understand that putting these together is an enormous task, but I still respectfully request that you release another video soon. I literally cannot get enough of your dulcet tones and editing/writing style.
    Don't rush, though. I don't want you wasting an ounce of that stimulating quality you make your videos with.
    I especially enjoy your Dead Games videos. I find it pleasantly eerie to go back in time and look at things that players created. It feels a lot like stumbling upon a dilapidated building in the woods to me.

  • @Cheshyre
    @Cheshyre 5 місяців тому +381

    Thank you so much for the mention in the video! I really appreciate it and I know the other Madness people do too! Much appreciated!

    • @g_way
      @g_way 5 місяців тому +7

      Love your work homie !!!

  • @zacharyharris2177
    @zacharyharris2177 5 місяців тому +372

    This era of the internet was so inspiring. It felt like the ultimate hub for aspiring artists. I guess the internet still is today, but I don’t know, places like newgrounds just don’t seem as popular as they used to be nowadays. Not to sound cliche, but the internet really is dominated by more “corporate” websites these days so it just feels different than it used to. I’m sure aspiring artists can still find ways to shine in this new landscape though. It just feels a lot less centralized now so it’s harder

    • @rihardsrozans6920
      @rihardsrozans6920 5 місяців тому +80

      The internet absolutely has become a corporate hellscape.
      I miss the old internet, it was unique and varied instead of just being broken websites wrapped around ads.

    • @tumultoustortellini
      @tumultoustortellini 5 місяців тому +30

      There are soo many amazing 20k-100k range youtubers who'vd be million sub channels if they were around in a less saturated time, or if they had reputation. The internet just can't support all of us.

    • @CoreyDavid-is8kv
      @CoreyDavid-is8kv 5 місяців тому +11

      People do stuff for the clicks not the love nowadays. Rare to see a new artist come out who isn't riding trends. Or to see people who arent rich kids who's parents buy their way into the industry.

    • @Bulley
      @Bulley 5 місяців тому +15

      Over the past decade the vast majority of Internet traffic went from being divided between about a thousand top website to like 10, which are owned by just a few corporations. It's a tragedy and I fear the implications of centralized information/communication.

    • @moonasha
      @moonasha 2 місяці тому

      yep. Growing up on newgrounds was incredibly inspiring. A lot of the animations look crappy by today's standards, but as a 12 year old, you could look at those crappy animations and say to yourself "I can do that". Adobe flash was one easy download away, and the sky was the limit. Without flash I never would have learned how to code. I think you're right, there's a lot less room for "crappy" artists to shine through today, since corporate (even small 3 or 4 man LLCs i.e., successful youtube channels) media dominates the landscape. Newgrounds slogan was everything by everyone. UA-cam seems to be a few things by a few people.

  • @user-zm1xc9tx2b
    @user-zm1xc9tx2b Місяць тому +5

    Checking in as one of the flash games dev, maaan, what a great time that was. Forget mobiles, or steam, with flash, as a dev, you had access to millions of people. So, unlike the modern "stores", anyone, and I mean anyone, could get at least some valuable exposure, like 10k plays or something, and that's a huge number that either kills you for sure (so you understand your game actually sucks), either lifts you up beyond your expectations. To put it in perspective, with Android, you'd probably hit 50-500 plays before making a desicion to just stop trying. What a shame. And that's why Flash was such a gem technology back in the days. Talking numbers, great flash games had millions upon millions of views, millions. Some of that from the returning players sure, but still, just think about that. I'd argue that some of those games outnumbered the so called AAA games from those corporate studios with strict rules and shit all creativity. Flash is a thing from the internet of old, it let people connect directly, heart to heart, dev to player, no authentication or credit card required. It is missed, and it just gets more and more boring as the corporations slowly absorb the player base around the world.

  • @eeeveeeve
    @eeeveeeve 4 місяці тому +10

    I think you might seriously be my favorite person on this site right now. Your content makes me feel very happy, and when I get a notification from your channel it’s always a treat. Thank you for your awesome videos!

  • @gommyboi380
    @gommyboi380 5 місяців тому +255

    Learning that jerma was just always like that rocked my world. Like i thought that a person couldnt be born like that.

    • @deadaccount03791
      @deadaccount03791 5 місяців тому +34

      he was ALWAYS a psycho streamer at his core

    • @oi-cj1pz
      @oi-cj1pz 4 місяці тому

      Typical rookie mistake. Jerma wasnt born, he was simply produced in TestPd_985 as the latest in a long series of biomechanical automated sleeper weapons designed to artificially hypnotize the general populace into pushing radical ideologies

  • @makeaton
    @makeaton 5 місяців тому +89

    I always wanna say to myself "oh, I remember that from when I was like 15! It's not that old right?"
    It's been like 25 years man

  • @Evanz111
    @Evanz111 4 місяці тому +6

    Thank you for reminding me of about two dozen games I was convinced nobody else had ever played yet which I absolutely loved. Largely as games I could play in IT classes at school.

  • @EdwardBishop98
    @EdwardBishop98 Місяць тому +1

    This was a great video essay and you did a great job of showcasing a lot of influential flash games over the years. It's crazy how many of these I played back in the day and how many I didn't even know existed. I love the style you present everything in.....that said; The grab bag part absolutely killed my brain i love it lmao. good job.

  • @ShenDoodles
    @ShenDoodles 5 місяців тому +23

    XGen, the creator of StickRPG, unfortunately passed away a few years back. XGen Studios will continue, but we lost an icon. I've not watched far enough to see if you've included the Shark series, but Wiesi also passed last month. The creator of The Skullkid also passed. While we're being all nostalgic, we should spare a thought for the Flash icons who aren't with us anymore.

  • @xFluing
    @xFluing 5 місяців тому +192

    You're right about the nostalgia bit. The thing I feel most nostalgic for are experiences you can never go back to, things I haven't done in years, or things you can only experience once, such as me being a 15 year old kid customizing the hell out of the painterly pack sneakily at night when I wasn't allowed on the PC. Regarding you FNAF example - I'm on the same boat, I'm not feeling nostalgic for the game itself however I am feeling nostalgic for watching markiplier play the game as I come back home from school. As some old saying goes: "you don't miss X, you miss how you used to feel about X"

    • @raditzhoneyham
      @raditzhoneyham 5 місяців тому +9

      You had me until the last part, is anyone actually nostalgic about twitter? (Joke)

    • @bldontmatter5319
      @bldontmatter5319 5 місяців тому +2

      Correct. I don't feel nostalgic for electric man the fighting game. I play it once every couple years. Still good.
      I feel nostalgic about those old racing games I played in the late 2000s that are junk now

    • @zacharyharris2177
      @zacharyharris2177 5 місяців тому +8

      Back then the internet felt like a more centralized hub for aspiring artists. Nowadays it just isn’t the same because it’s more so dominates by a few major “corporate” websites

  • @Mr_Ozone
    @Mr_Ozone 2 місяці тому +1

    Man, this was one hell of a nostalgia trip. One of my favorites back in the day, and i know a lot of other people will agree with me, was Dino Run. Man that shit was awesome as a kid. Back when the multiplayer servers were still alive it was the most fun 8 year-old me could have with a computer. Eventually bought it on Steam as an adult and got all the achievements. And when you showed Miami Shark my fuckin brain exploded, it's been over a decade and a half since I remembered that game! The wild west era of the internet and Flash in general was such a unique time that you just had to be there for, before everything got corporatized and ad-ridden. Thanks for helping me remember such a huge focus of my childhood!

    • @lucy4666
      @lucy4666 Місяць тому +1

      dude dino run! i loved that shit and definitely played the multiplayer back in 08. loved the amount of hats and colors you could dress up your dino in.
      really hoping that kickstarter dino run game comes out one day, id definitely play it

    • @Mr_Ozone
      @Mr_Ozone Місяць тому

      @@lucy4666 iirc, Pixeljam is still working on Dino Run 2. They give update posts about it every once in a while, super excited for it to come out eventually

  • @Xerkies
    @Xerkies 3 місяці тому +2

    I didn't even regard how long the video is before I clicked on it and I can't tell you much relieved I am to see that in not even a third way to the video. Just halfway. And I still got an hour left! I had a feeling some of the stuff I've seen weren't gonna be mentioned before I thought it was a gonna be a short 30 min vid

  • @randyvandal8959
    @randyvandal8959 5 місяців тому +350

    My jaw actually dropped when I heard that the Mario 63 levels were archived. Some of my fondest childhood memories, honestly. Thank you so much, dude.

  • @the_real_mccoy398
    @the_real_mccoy398 5 місяців тому +44

    I will tell you right now that the “tricking” of teachers with cool math games 1000% worked. My librarian let us go on the website during indoor recess and it took him like 2 years to figure out what was going on.

    • @patrickmccutcheon8860
      @patrickmccutcheon8860 4 місяці тому +3

      Same with our librarian. I’m pretty sure that my graduating class was the sole reason for half of the rules that are in place in the schools today.

  • @tylerm2784
    @tylerm2784 13 днів тому

    thanks for this video it was a really fun nostalgia trip! shocked to see albino blacksheep not even get mentioned! next to new grounds it was the top place i remember going to watch flash animations.

  • @kuro_o_o
    @kuro_o_o 2 місяці тому +1

    Dude you brought back so many memories, TERRITORY WARS IS one of the games I couldn’t remember the name of, used to play this one with one of my cousins, tysm!

  • @ldezzer3950
    @ldezzer3950 5 місяців тому +145

    Great video overall.
    Only thing that hurt is omission of NotDoppler and Kongregate, especially Kongregate.
    Kongregate had forums, chatrooms, and was a site where the whole Idle game craze originated from thanks to Tukkun and many others.
    Nowadays its a shell of its former self, but back in the late era of flash games it was just as significant as the other giants mentioned.

    • @combastion5227
      @combastion5227 5 місяців тому +17

      I knew I felt like he was missing out on a really big name, but couldn't think of what it was, but it was Kongregate. Indeed still an amazing video though, and with just how much there was out there it's understandable that he didn't think of everything, and as he said at the end, by the time he finished putting all this together he had remembered a whole bunch of other stuff aswell but the video is already 2 hours, so it'd be pretty crazy to add in more.

    • @G3rmanGsnLP
      @G3rmanGsnLP 5 місяців тому +15

      I had to scroll way to far to see kongregate mentioned. Its crazy, I probably played for over 1000 hours to collect as many achievements as possible.. To get congpanions as one of the first 100 made me talk about nothing else for a whole week

    • @HellWatcher117
      @HellWatcher117 5 місяців тому +3

      Kong used to be a lot of fun.

    • @is7taken141
      @is7taken141 5 місяців тому +14

      Adult Swim also made some fun flash games on their site.
      Burrito Bison Revenge is probably my number one favorite.

    • @termsypoo
      @termsypoo 5 місяців тому +4

      Also was weird he omitted the Binding of Isaac, considering how popular it is today

  • @ErasmusMagnusR
    @ErasmusMagnusR 5 місяців тому +250

    Rest in peace to Stick RPG's XGen and Miami Shark's Wiesi, latter having just died recently. Legendary game creators.

    • @ColinGeiger0
      @ColinGeiger0 4 місяці тому +12

      No more stick arena dimensions :(

    • @Ronbotnik
      @Ronbotnik 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@@ColinGeiger0 stick arena shutting down hit me extra hard for some reason. i still remember going to LAN centers and playing that with a bunch of buddies in person and it was a blast every time. even the LAN centers are gone now, truly the end of an era :(

    • @jordank6546
      @jordank6546 2 місяці тому

      Are you saying the creator's of those game's passed away or just the studios that developed those game's

    • @ErasmusMagnusR
      @ErasmusMagnusR 2 місяці тому

      @@jordank6546 The former

    • @jordank6546
      @jordank6546 2 місяці тому

      @@ErasmusMagnusR that's sad as hell man rip, I never played those games well shark Miami i did and that game was fun as hell

  • @bobograndman
    @bobograndman 2 місяці тому +1

    Crazy Jay was the guy who made stick page, he's actually still active with a fairly large community. He's currently is working on a mobile version of Stick War that you can play against other people. It's pretty good, captures some of the nostalgia but now you can play vs a friend.

  • @FusedReaper
    @FusedReaper 4 місяці тому +2

    Oh my god. You just unlocked so many of my memories. 😢 this is a beautiful piece of work, definitely deserves a sub

  • @ShenDoodles
    @ShenDoodles 5 місяців тому +42

    QWOP was made by a dev called Bennett Foddy, who later made it big with Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy, a philosophical rage game which has commentary on game design and life itself that's way deeper than it gets credit for. Most people ignore his narration because they're too angry.

    • @telesticHarlequin
      @telesticHarlequin 5 місяців тому +3

      also he made GIRP! a silly little physics based climbing game where you play keyboard twister to reach for handholds. it owns

    • @ShenDoodles
      @ShenDoodles 5 місяців тому +5

      @@telesticHarlequin UA-camr/game dev Pontypants is making a game that combines Getting Over It and GIRP!

    • @telesticHarlequin
      @telesticHarlequin 5 місяців тому +1

      @@ShenDoodles oh that sounds so sick! ty for letting me know!

    • @HellWatcher117
      @HellWatcher117 5 місяців тому +3

      Nice I had no idea that QWOP was by Bennett Foddy.

    • @itsfine5818
      @itsfine5818 2 місяці тому

      GIRP is easily my favorite out of all Foddy's games and it's a crime that it doesn't get talked about at all.@@telesticHarlequin

  • @WaterflameMusic
    @WaterflameMusic 5 місяців тому +147

    Amazing video! I have been following your stuff for a while, so it was strange to suddenly hear my name and music in the first 3 minutes! :D
    This was super nostalgic to watch - I grew up on all of these games too. Thanks for keeping flash alive a bit longer! 😍 And keep up the awesome work in general, love your videos.

    • @michaelkozluk9619
      @michaelkozluk9619 4 місяці тому

      wow, I remember your music from ether war when candystand was still up, good times

    • @aredeakay3141
      @aredeakay3141 4 місяці тому +2

      Redlyne came out of nowhere and I'm sure he's gonna be one of the GOATs

    • @ELiT3Griefer
      @ELiT3Griefer 4 місяці тому +2

      Dammn the guy who also made the Geometry Dash soundtrack, absolute banger

    • @leihau
      @leihau Місяць тому

      @@ELiT3Griefer no he didn't, he just made music on newgrounds which geometry dash gets its custom songs from

  • @MrFIRESEAL117
    @MrFIRESEAL117 4 місяці тому +4

    This was definitely a fun trip down memory lane. I was very surprised he's only 21. I expected someone in their 30's or 40's, someone who experienced these flash games when they were first released.

    • @Spike84
      @Spike84 2 місяці тому

      Yeah i'm turning 24 this year and i've played a lot of flash games back in the day 😂

    • @lucy4666
      @lucy4666 Місяць тому

      @@Spike84 24 this year and ive never played as many flash games as this guy lmao

  • @kylechipman5850
    @kylechipman5850 2 місяці тому +1

    Super fun video. The Last Stand was another highlight for me, as were Shockwave websites (Merlin’s Revenge 2 was incredible). Thanks for the fun memories!

  • @rockerj881
    @rockerj881 5 місяців тому +224

    A 2 hour Redlyne video? A Christmas treat!

  • @BlueMaximaC099
    @BlueMaximaC099 5 місяців тому +121

    Nice little present to see you thoroughly use something I worked on for five years. Cheers Redlyne, love your stuff.

  • @SerosNym
    @SerosNym Місяць тому

    This video was a trip. And some eclectic music choices. A vintage Jerma callback of all things... and God Hand music? This is a slam dunk of 2 hours worth of nostalgia. Excellent stuff.

  • @TheRarenth
    @TheRarenth 2 місяці тому

    I was a regular on the Xgen Studios forums as a kid. This was an amazing trip down memory lane, there's so many great games in here and it's all very well presented. Thanks!

  • @lepus9588
    @lepus9588 5 місяців тому +229

    i am quickly realizing that being a girl made my flash game experience very different. i was doing dress up shit and not army games lol

    • @steampunk-llama
      @steampunk-llama 5 місяців тому +70

      Girlsgogames was the shit, I looooved playing platformers and the Devil and Angel series

    • @xaviorshideout
      @xaviorshideout 5 місяців тому

      @@steampunk-llamaI swear to god that website changed their domain name. It used to be GoGirlsGames, right? I’m losing it…

    • @lookatdemijipers
      @lookatdemijipers 5 місяців тому +44

      as a boy I was doing both... especially if you could take the clothes completely off 👀

    • @Xx_0angelfire0_xX
      @Xx_0angelfire0_xX 5 місяців тому +9

      those avata sue and barbie games were absolute peak

    • @RosaStars921
      @RosaStars921 5 місяців тому +19

      LiSpeaks and Izzzyzzz both have several videos about girly flash games!

  • @Dj4394
    @Dj4394 5 місяців тому +22

    sift heads was and still is criminally underrated, it had so many games and they jump in quality just kept getting better and better. they were genuinely some of the most fun flash games i have ever played. my first gamertag was actually inspired by one of the characters in it

    • @zacharyharris2177
      @zacharyharris2177 5 місяців тому

      Man I remember sift heads. I was always a sucker for anything stick figures

    • @chiseledmedal2634
      @chiseledmedal2634 2 місяці тому

      There was an mmo I think for it too

  • @PrimmsHoodCinema
    @PrimmsHoodCinema 4 місяці тому +6

    😂😂 Killer 7 sound fx/music. Nice touch 🙌🏿

    • @jordank6546
      @jordank6546 2 місяці тому

      Bro wtf my nigga primm!? Why is you here on a vid about Iconic flash game's

  • @GamingSednaStyle
    @GamingSednaStyle 4 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for including Nitrome, a huge part of my childhood was just playing through those games with my dad. Good times.

  • @GamersDk123
    @GamersDk123 5 місяців тому +105

    2 hours of redlyne is the best Christmas present

  • @milky-tp2ro
    @milky-tp2ro 5 місяців тому +92

    One of my fond memories of Newgrounds animation (although I found it on UA-cam because I was way too young to be on Newgrounds in it’s peak era) was “There She Is!!” by a group of 3 Korean creators called SamBakZa in which a bunny girl falls in love with a boy cat in a world where that was not socially acceptable, symbolizing how interracial relationships (most likely Japanese and Korean relationships) were looked down upon in society and the series targets how love should be acceptable no matter one’s race or gender identity. In contrast to some other popular Newgrounds media, it was definitely a breath of fresh air with depth and a positive message to me. :D

    • @kashino55archive94
      @kashino55archive94 4 місяці тому +5

      YES dude
      I was looking for a comment like this. I absolutely LOVED that series.

    • @ChunkyWaterisReal
      @ChunkyWaterisReal 3 місяці тому +3

      Dude. Yes. So fucking good. I remember seeing all of them the days they came out. 4 was such a huge deal for me.

    • @TheUKNutter
      @TheUKNutter 2 місяці тому +4

      My partner loves this show. ☺️

  • @monniehernandez5959
    @monniehernandez5959 2 місяці тому

    I love this so much, not only about the games but websites and songs too!! You're a legend!

  • @matreviews559
    @matreviews559 Місяць тому

    I wish I had a friend like you to talk all over these different games, websites and animation back when I was little. I couldnt stop drawing stickman with guns while in class hahaha thanks for the nostalgia trip

  • @uruburus5203
    @uruburus5203 4 місяці тому +49

    Damn...im old
    Most of this video i just kept saying to myself "Oh yea i remember this one"
    even the smallest details like the AI in territory war made me chuckle, wow miss those times

    • @Kitten_TV8
      @Kitten_TV8 2 місяці тому

      It’s ok, age is part of life, old doors close, but new ones open

  • @Akerfeldtfan
    @Akerfeldtfan 4 місяці тому +72

    The generational differences in games here are nuts. I graduated high school in 2006, so I mostly remember the earlier set of games that were often much more simplistic than the later ones you brought out. I didn't know a lot of these, but it's cool to see how Flash evolved after I was playing the games on a daily basis.

  • @jamallboivin5811
    @jamallboivin5811 4 місяці тому +1

    The mixture of comedy and nostalgia got you an inevitable subscription, thank you!!

  • @kedimen6782
    @kedimen6782 4 місяці тому

    i love your channel man as a person that really misses the past days of my life your videos really make me happy thanks for bringing my happiest memories

  • @DarkMoe
    @DarkMoe 4 місяці тому +16

    DarkMoe from Flashpoint Archive, thanks for mentioning us. Great video and showcase of great games !

  • @stupidjuggler2985
    @stupidjuggler2985 4 місяці тому +48

    Not sure if its because my parents wanted me to play "educational" games but the PBS kids flash games were a massive part of my childhood. Stuff like the cyberchase games or the one where you had to protect the environment were some of the earliest games I remember playing on a desktop. The old LEGO website games were a ton of fun as well.

    • @demon-goat
      @demon-goat 4 місяці тому +3

      was there an isometric MMO-type cyberchase game?

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob 4 місяці тому +2

      LEGO Star Wars the Quest for R2D2 might be one of my favourite video games of all time and I haven't been able to get it to work at all.

    • @dagoth_ur0
      @dagoth_ur0 4 місяці тому +1

      I used to love Eco Creatures and the weird one where you played as germs to get the bad guys sick.

    • @Billsby
      @Billsby 4 місяці тому +4

      Fuckin loved the LEGO website games, especially the 3d unity one where you drive a RC car through a LEGO store

    • @jameer7565
      @jameer7565 2 місяці тому +2

      I loved that one it was basically an open world rpg@@demon-goat

  • @sebabuffa7741
    @sebabuffa7741 2 місяці тому

    This video was an amazing nostalgic trip, simply beautiful, thank you for uploading this

  • @vsoriginalpoetry6696
    @vsoriginalpoetry6696 Місяць тому

    I played every game up here except those in the last bit lightning round... also, there was an excellent fighting game on stickpage I was really hoping you'd mention. I think they could have made it big with that game specifically. Last, that madden music I hadn't heard since I was a kid. It was my favorite song and hearing it I almost cried. Thank you for this wonderful nostalgia trip!

  • @Skybreaker1337
    @Skybreaker1337 5 місяців тому +31

    Referring to the ultimate showdown, there was a 15th year anniversary version that came out 2 years ago. In addition, this year in fact, the Duck song got a sequel.

  • @EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle
    @EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle 5 місяців тому +36

    DeviantArt had (still has technically, even though the files don't display anymore) an entire flash category that primarily hosted flash animations (the site didn't really have a video player until the later 00's, so flash was the only way to have sound with your animations). It wasn't uncommon to see Newgrounds artists cross-post their stuff on there too. Most of my memories of DA flash games were those drag-and-drop paper doll dress up games, though. There were tons of them.

    • @humanunknown4273
      @humanunknown4273 5 місяців тому

      If i recall correctly, someone created a website that allows you to play any flash file as long as you still had the file itself on your computer. I was able to rewatch a lot of old classics with it. I think its still in development, but for the most part it still works. I think its called Ruffle or smth

    • @lookatdemijipers
      @lookatdemijipers 5 місяців тому +3

      I had a prototype of a game I never finished hosted on DeviantArt, I'm sad I didn't back it up before Flash died. would love to have the fla files back

    • @Syndiate__
      @Syndiate__ 5 місяців тому

      @@lookatdemijipers You could most likely get it back using some subdomain searching stuff and/or Wayback Machine

  • @shanemcalinden8883
    @shanemcalinden8883 4 місяці тому +1

    Really fun video exploring a part of my childhood that I honestly forgot :)

  • @knightofsolice1304
    @knightofsolice1304 Місяць тому

    The M&B Warband music during Crush The Castle sent me back 😭 that was like my entire childhood. Flash games and Warband

  • @j-mm4763
    @j-mm4763 5 місяців тому +17

    A shame that I didnt get to see other games like Toss The Turtle or Super Smash Flash, but then it made me realize that a dedicated 2 hour long video on the subject is still not long enough to cover just how big flash games were, and in some ways, still are today. Nice to see many of those big names 15-20 years ago kept at their craft and are mainstays til this day.
    I will say, I cannot forgive you for not including Spank The Monkey.

  • @Moon88279
    @Moon88279 5 місяців тому +24

    This is honestly the best made video essay I’ve ever watched. Most videos like this I use as background noise while doing work or cleaning my house. But this was so interesting and nostalgic I just couldn’t stop watching it. Top 10 Christmas gift of all time

  • @mailosdoe206
    @mailosdoe206 2 місяці тому +1

    This is the best UA-cam video ever made. Seriously, thank you so much for putting this together.

  • @GoaEnjoyer
    @GoaEnjoyer 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for showing crush the Castle. Something I haven't thought about in many years but played a ton of

  • @afm9405
    @afm9405 5 місяців тому +14

    1:03:23 Groovin Googie did NOT go unnoticed or unappreciated, my man. Thank you for that, made my night 😼🎧

  • @piotrziemba2257
    @piotrziemba2257 5 місяців тому +25

    lovely good old days , the flash games i played the most were : Plazma Burst 1 & 2 , Strike Force Heroes 1 ;2 and 3 and of course Madness Project Nexus , they had such a unique vibe about them.

    • @YungPollock
      @YungPollock 5 місяців тому +3

      Plazma burst is a goated classic holy shit man

    • @connorgibala4698
      @connorgibala4698 5 місяців тому

      Diving backwards in plasma burst was one of the sickest moves of all time!! Thanks for the memories man

    • @iconica9516
      @iconica9516 5 місяців тому +1

      dude i havent heard of plazma burst in so long
      just looking it up i now know theyre making a third one
      very fun game, though i could never beat the campaign without having my data removed (i never had a home computer, always played in school)

    • @dedem1315
      @dedem1315 4 місяці тому +1

      Great pfp

  • @MiniT2025
    @MiniT2025 3 місяці тому

    Bro yes! I loved flash games, with Andkon being my favorite go to site. Little wheel was one of my first ever and favorite flash games I ever played. This part of my life was so indescribable it's crazy to even think about

  • @yohan3445
    @yohan3445 4 місяці тому +1

    an incredible video that had me captivated from point A to point B ! it's funny and nostalgic while being educative !!!

  • @carlosedd
    @carlosedd 5 місяців тому +11

    I'm also 21 and seeing these things for the first time in like a decade are just WILD. Keep up the great videos man, i'm loving them

  • @MrDrMedic
    @MrDrMedic 5 місяців тому +6

    31:17, I felt the inner Jerma come out there for a second. How could you not like it, it's got candy!

  • @walnut_raisin2621
    @walnut_raisin2621 2 місяці тому +1

    omfg godbless you, you found the game i had deep in my psyche as a kid but could never find again 1:32:50
    like genuinely i never ever thought i'd find this game again!! i could never find it mentioned ANYWHERE and it was so frustrating because i loved it as a kid
    also adored bomb-it, surprised it wasnt on this list

  • @korbytilley5946
    @korbytilley5946 2 місяці тому

    I can't believe this is a video. My childhood feels so complete. This made my day, thank you Redlyne.

  • @maxthompson4655
    @maxthompson4655 5 місяців тому +6

    The fact that Strike Force: Heros wasn't mentioned is a CRIME! I remember playing Strike Force back when I was in middle school, particularly Strike Force 2, really fun game series and my personal favorite flash game of all time.

  • @zorinazutella3270
    @zorinazutella3270 5 місяців тому +11

    Deviantart was very big on flash, but most of the things posted there were animations, dress-up games and indie visual novels/dating sims. Very visuals-based rather than gameplay-based. I think those flash animations with extremely elaborate stickmen action scenes originated there.

  • @mattbrock2883
    @mattbrock2883 Місяць тому

    Sad to not see the thing thing series in this but spot on with everything else great work!

  • @retroke6560
    @retroke6560 3 місяці тому +1

    THANKS FOR TELLING ME THE NAME OF CLASH N SLASH!!!
    you just refreshed some brain cells with this footage and music, my god

  • @Litepaw
    @Litepaw 5 місяців тому +17

    Flash animations and games were a massive part of my youth.

  • @kakooge7289
    @kakooge7289 5 місяців тому +49

    I love how Googie has become a sort of channel mascot

    • @Presidentjh
      @Presidentjh 5 місяців тому +11

      Googie my beloved

    • @afm9405
      @afm9405 5 місяців тому +5

      🙌 Googie fans unite.

  • @riv7797
    @riv7797 4 місяці тому

    I wasn't expecting to hear Andkon mentioned but I'm glad it was. I was introduced to it by my cousins around 2010 and I remember spending a lot of time on there whenever I could

  • @jonahsmith2906
    @jonahsmith2906 3 місяці тому

    So glad you brought up Nitrome! I spent hours on that website as a kid. Toxic’s theme lives rent free in my head

  • @astridbek2183
    @astridbek2183 5 місяців тому +10

    On launcher games: I believe the first launcher game was Kitten Cannon from around 2005, although that one didn't seem to have upgrades like later instances of the genre did. Hedgehog Launch (jmtb02, from June 2008) seems to be the first example that really hits the formula. Toss the Turtle was another big one from 2009-ish.

  • @TheMegazonyx
    @TheMegazonyx 4 місяці тому +118

    "I only remember the games, and sadly, i forgot a lot of names...
    Still, it's like I was there, playing, not caring...
    I was just having fun...
    But my childhood remained, even if my life were completely done..."
    A short poem of how it felt playing flash games without any care in the world...

    • @xoce6210
      @xoce6210 2 місяці тому +3

      impossible to take serious with that pfp lmao

    • @squeedles_1943
      @squeedles_1943 2 місяці тому

      That’s great honestly, really hits home with me

    • @DPH_Psychosis
      @DPH_Psychosis 2 місяці тому +3

      Thanks, ChatGPT!

  • @Gyrbae
    @Gyrbae 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for mentioning Divine Intervention. I have been obsessed with the game since I played it in the mid 00's. It reflected my taste in movies and music at the time, and I thought the aesthetic of the game was a perfect genre combination of splatter, comedy and action. I've been waiting for a sequel ever since, and by the looks of things I'll be waiting some more.

  • @clouyd
    @clouyd 2 місяці тому

    andkon was one of my favorites and it getting even a brief mention is awesome. and i was one of the kids during my teens that would do workaround once flash went down just to game on it lOL

  • @donovanvu2699
    @donovanvu2699 5 місяців тому +11

    Love your videos. I'm 23 and this video showed me how different our flash game journies were. I played so much of The Game and N+. It just goes to show it is impossible to encapsulate this entire era and was sad you didn't mention Monkey Go Happy, Dust Game on NotDoppler, or the Shock series on Stickpage. But I think just like you, I'm biased towards the games I loved and that there are flash games for literally everyone. Keep it up Redlyne.

    • @wewserlethaldude9
      @wewserlethaldude9 4 місяці тому +1

      I've been scrolling through comments for any mention of N, and surprisingly(??), yours is the first.

  • @northan2
    @northan2 5 місяців тому +14

    Legit can't believe you made a two hour long video about flash and didn't mention Homestar Runner even in passing.

  • @semi9316
    @semi9316 4 місяці тому

    5:51 this corner and these 2 platforms... I don't know how or why but this spot in paticular just activates the nostalgia for me even harder than the gameplay itself

  • @GeminiWoods
    @GeminiWoods 4 місяці тому +1

    I love how this guys channel just came outta nowhere, and it's so good. Guys deadpan humor kills me.

  • @Amyntheri
    @Amyntheri 5 місяців тому +233

    Respectfully, being 21 does classify you as a zoomer though

    • @yukimonski
      @yukimonski 5 місяців тому +19

      total zoomer

    • @mkv2718
      @mkv2718 5 місяців тому +29

      yeah… not sure what that bit was about. born after 2000, before 2020…. yeah. zoomer. not sure why he seems so touchy about it

    • @deadaccount03791
      @deadaccount03791 5 місяців тому +42

      @@mkv2718 zoomer is often used as shorthand for literal child, the bit was likely to make millennials and gen x feel old because 21 is indeed not a literal child

    • @FunctionallyLiteratePerson
      @FunctionallyLiteratePerson 5 місяців тому +7

      ​@@mkv2718zoomer is after '96, not 2000 but I'm not quite sure where the cutoff is

    • @LeDoctorBones
      @LeDoctorBones 5 місяців тому +10

      @@mkv2718 Speaking from my own experience as someone from 2001, I've never really fit most, if any, of the zoomer stereotypes that began developing around half a decade ago. I also often feel quite detached from people younger than myself and their experience with Fortnite, TikTok etc, while I have never tried either, which probably only exacerbates this feeling of misidentification.

  • @MrCairo283
    @MrCairo283 5 місяців тому +13

    I'm so happy Googie is back.

  • @trikstuh760
    @trikstuh760 2 місяці тому +1

    This is one of the best viedoes I've seen. Thank u for the nostalgia.

  • @WGasmss
    @WGasmss 3 місяці тому

    this whole video is nostalgia, i grew up playing these flash games god its so good, i love seeing someone talk about madness combat

  • @mythiccarrot8523
    @mythiccarrot8523 5 місяців тому +23

    The fact that you didnt mention the Raze series at all hurts. I dont want that little series to be forgotten because me and my brother used to play them, the ragdoll physics and neat fast pace sidescrolling scifi shooter action was a treat when we didnt own an xbox to play real Halo with. They still exist on armor games, but ive not seen anyone else talking about them despite their quality.

    • @stinkybrain7
      @stinkybrain7 5 місяців тому +2

      Raze goes so damn hard

    • @haruharii
      @haruharii 5 місяців тому +1

      Raze went so hard

    • @Cavitt
      @Cavitt 5 місяців тому +2

      Man I was obsessed with Raze back when I was in elementary school. I think the first one came out when I was in 4th or 5th grade maybe? My friends and I followed the lore and everything going into the 2nd game.

    • @smileyweb1901
      @smileyweb1901 5 місяців тому

      One of the greatest flash games 🫡

    • @sipsesh
      @sipsesh 5 місяців тому

      Man, this whole video was a trip and now you remind me of Raze too?! So, English is not my first language and I remember scrolling a bunch of random sites with flash game up to 2012 having no idea what most of them meant thru dialogue. In the end I ended up not remembering names of a lot of them, gonna try them out yet again these holidays :)

  • @Daynger_Fox
    @Daynger_Fox 4 місяці тому +8

    The madness series was a massive part of my childhood. Im so glad you got that in there. Thank you for this. HOLYYYYyY what a trip down memory lane.

  • @goheadcuz1618
    @goheadcuz1618 4 місяці тому

    Arcanists was my all time favorite. This was an amazing video seeing games like qwop, crush the castle an many others

  • @RedPandaStan
    @RedPandaStan 4 місяці тому

    I could listen to this man ramble abt anything for hrs on end, fire vid

  • @LunarNeedle
    @LunarNeedle 5 місяців тому +5

    Duude! Animator vs. Animation was played by my college Math teacher at the start of his class (where he talked about interesting things before Math). So I really relate there. Great video by the way!

  • @arroyoarivya8293
    @arroyoarivya8293 5 місяців тому +24

    Surprised Homestar Runner wasn't mentioned. Still a massive trip to watch and see how much I can recognize.

    • @chiseledmedal2634
      @chiseledmedal2634 2 місяці тому

      As someone his age, Homestar Runner was kinda not on the radar at the time. Like I have gone back and watched them later in life but at the time it wasn’t really something we saw as kids.

  • @TheAlmightyHulester
    @TheAlmightyHulester 17 днів тому

    Love your vids brothaaa, from one Canuck to another, keep it going!

  • @Mawyman2316
    @Mawyman2316 2 місяці тому

    Dudeeeee I was looking away and the second I heard that riff at 1:32 "AGE OF WAR" sprang into my head and I whipped around. Perfect video topic lol