A Midnight Spectacle
A Midnight Spectacle
  • 11
  • 315 729
The Weird, Uneven Legacy of the Xbox Original
Like and Subscribe for more videos, probably!
Songs Used:
Halo Theme - Halo: Combat Evolved
Hummin the Bassline (D.S. Remix) - Jet Set Radio Future
Walk in the Woods - Halo: Combat Evolved
Bog Hollow - Voodoo Vince
Deja Vu Channels - Blinx the Timesweeper
Hitomi's Theme - Dead or Alive 3
Disco Room - Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Firework Factory - Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Eternal Glacies - Panzer Dragoon Orta
Timecode:
0:00 - Intro
1:34 - User Interface
4:43 - Weird Japanese Games
11:39 - Weird Western Games
16:56 - Closing Thoughts
Gum JSR art in thumbnail by AetherionArt on Newgrounds
#xbox #xboxoriginal #retro #retrogaming #blinx #jetsetradiofuture #japanese #fable #sega #videogamehistory #originalxbox
มุมมอง: 105 606

วีดีโอ

Ranking Disney's Fantasia Shorts: Worst to Best
มุมมอง 22K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/CrackersNCheese/ Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - 14. Pomp and Circumstance 4:08 - 13. The Pastoral Symphony 7:07 - 12. Beethoven's 5th 9:06 - 11. Dance of the Hours 11:11 - 10. The Rite of Spring 14:51 - 9. The Carnival of the Animals 16:36 - 8. Piano Concerto No. 2 19:17 - 7. Toccata and Fugue 22:07 - 6. The Pines of Rome 24:33 - 5. The Sorcerer's Apprentice 27:10 - 4...
The Aesthetics of PaRappa the Rapper
มุมมอง 21K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Subscribe for more video essays to come! Rodney Greenblat's art blog: whimsyload.com/ Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction 2:37 - PaRappa the Rapper 12:16 - UmJammer Lammy 17:52 - PaRappa 2 23:19 - The Death of PaRappa 27:45 - The Future?
How L.A. Noire Captured 1940's Los Angeles
มุมมอง 54K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Subscribe for more video essays to come! UCLA footage from "Wind Walk Travel Videos": th-cam.com/channels/Pur06mx78RtwgHJzxpu2ew.html Matt McMuscle's video on L.A. Noire's development: th-cam.com/video/DN-Hv3pnVz0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=MattMcMuscles All additional stock footage licensed through Storyblocks. Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction 3:51 - Los Angeles/Noir History 9:52 - Overworld 21:49 -...
Hotline Miami: Sociopathy Visualized
มุมมอง 77K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Subscribe for more bi-weekly videos, including "Crafting Worlds": A series dedicated to examining the unique achievements of video game art direction. Big thanks to Rainyx Games for his longplay of Wrong Number: th-cam.com/video/qB2iypCcDi0/w-d-xo.html Basically, if the player in the clip is doing really well and killing a lot of enemies, it's not me playing. All stock footage licensed through ...
The Art of Castlevania | An Aesthetic Retrospective (Part 2)
มุมมอง 9K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Subscribe for bi-weekly videos! Covers and Mixes: Ruined Castle Corridor - th-cam.com/video/DKrqHvhGh9c/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=Vert092 Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:04 - Symphony of the Night 4:42 - Ayami Kojima 8:26 - Circle of the Moon 9:17 - Harmony of Dissonance 10:46 - Aria of Sorrow 13:27 - Dawn of Sorrow 15:36 - Portrait of Ruin 16:03 - Order of Ecclesia 19:49 - Lament of Innocence/Curse of ...
The Art of Castlevania | An Aesthetic Retrospective (Part 1)
มุมมอง 12K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Subscribe for bi-weekly videos! Covers and Mixes: Opposing Bloodlines - th-cam.com/video/M1OwZw4HRIw/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=mklachu Silence of Daylight - th-cam.com/video/fYnM1dHGTPY/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=SyluxChaos Sinking Old Sanctuary - th-cam.com/video/S5ajsnHCF-4/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=SomaisBatman Tower of Sorcery - th-cam.com/video/crX6jOpNp5U/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=JorgeFuentes Timecod...
The Horror of Early 3D Games - Episode 3
มุมมอง 3.1K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Final episode in a 3 episode series. Written and Created by Ryan Petre Gabbo Davin's YT Channel: th-cam.com/channels/aG7GjK1o54GqtdS9AxZOrg.html
The Horror of Early 3D Games - Episode 2
มุมมอง 3.5K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Episode 2 in a 3 episode series. Written and Created by Ryan Petre Gabbo Davin's YT Channel: th-cam.com/channels/aG7GjK1o54GqtdS9AxZOrg.html
The Horror of Early 3D Games - Episode 1
มุมมอง 9K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Episode 1 in a 3 Episode Series. Written and Created by Ryan Petre Gabbo Davin's YT Channel: th-cam.com/channels/aG7GjK1o54GqtdS9AxZOrg.html
The Perfect Formula of Punch-Out!!
มุมมอง 7374 ปีที่แล้ว
Gotta give Little Mac some love after Sakurai did him dirty, twice. Subscribe for similar content coming soon! Written and created by Ryan Petre "The Animation of Punch-Out!!" by New Frame Plus: th-cam.com/video/M_zhvfBbvaA/w-d-xo.html

ความคิดเห็น

  • @Mackdoessomething
    @Mackdoessomething 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love this video but. There is one issue. Parappa the rapper 2 footage is outdated. or atleast thats what i think. im using a PS4 and PS plus premium to get Parappa the rapper 2 and it looks diffrent. so look this over

  • @MattyStoked
    @MattyStoked 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fantastic video mate. Loved your angle on this video and your points were really well made. Loved the edits, too! I don't agree with all your points but I LOVED your enthusiasm for Rondo ☠

  • @taylorlynch7410
    @taylorlynch7410 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You know for a guy doing a ranking video about every segments on both Fantasias, he sounds completely bored.

  • @rubykaylaandogie3334
    @rubykaylaandogie3334 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    0:00 THAT'S RIGHT IM IN THE HOUSE HERE IT COMES!!

  • @cmrobbins88
    @cmrobbins88 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You can see a lot of Eric Goldberg’s artistry in Rhapsody in Blue. A lot of the shapes and body languages match his characters such as the Genie, Philoctetes, and Louis. My personal favorite is pretty vanilla: Sorcerer’s Apprentice. But I have to admit that nothing will ever beat Night in Bald Mountain. It is the boldest and one of the most impressive pieces of animation produced by Disney.

  • @guristaex3119
    @guristaex3119 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Really enjoyed watching this ty 👍🏻

  • @enchantedfoxysword25
    @enchantedfoxysword25 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    13:38 🗣🗣🔥🔥

  • @Vanu-i4o
    @Vanu-i4o หลายเดือนก่อน

    If they released a Pro with the 1.4 P3, 128Mb of Ram and a higher clocked Geforce 3 or possibly even a Geforce 4 (they were similar) then the Xbox would have been so much better! Say they release a Pro in 2003, then I just think of all the games we would have gotten..... Sadly come 2003 the console was dated already and I switched to PC.

  • @sega-re-trop-vieux
    @sega-re-trop-vieux หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was so pissed off when the Xbox came to Europe without HD output!!! Such disrespectful attitude from Microsoft. Despite that I played a lot in just a basic 480p

  • @risinggael1685
    @risinggael1685 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gamecube wished it had cult status...dreamcast is literally the only console that has actual cult following not even sega but the dreamcast itself it represented the last true innovation in the name of fun and not profit or chasing the customer....the dreamcast was well just was...a dream.

  • @AntoniCzyzewski-zx2gg
    @AntoniCzyzewski-zx2gg หลายเดือนก่อน

    The only sociopath in HM is Martin Brown, if anyone is. Definitely not Jacket who even vomits after killing the homeless guy. Also creators openly admit it. You could say characters are antisocial but there's no such thing, the society and system are anti-individual. This antisocial bullshit is just created to justify inhuman, sociopathic actions of the system terrorists (prisons, police murdering, beating and torturing people, wars etc.) "we can do all this awful, horrific things because our victims are antisocial". And cover the fact that so called crime is also creation of the system (for the same reason) and it's reason is poverty

  • @Kam0v
    @Kam0v หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad to see Deathrow getting some recognition, way ahead of its time, easy to pick up but deceptively deep gameplay, a sports game for people who don't like sports games. One of the gems of the console I reckon.

  • @HugoWilder
    @HugoWilder หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice choice of music at the intro there. been humming it ever since I've finished watching this video but i haven't found the name of the track yet. do you by chance remember the name of it?

    • @Ryan-Petre
      @Ryan-Petre หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dance of Pearls, my friend

    • @HugoWilder
      @HugoWilder หลายเดือนก่อน

      thanks, pal.

  • @thebestofdeadoralivedoa2005
    @thebestofdeadoralivedoa2005 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Actually Dead or Alive 3 is the more successful than Ninja Gaiden. Dead or Alive 3 sold over 2 million copies while Ninja Gaiden sold over 1.5 million copies. Dead or Alive 3 is also the best selling Xbox game in Japan.

  • @mlgodzilla4206
    @mlgodzilla4206 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I loved the entirety of the Rite of Spring segment, I didn’t mind the slower parts as it allows you to absorb the Mesozoic scene. But the dinosaurs not doing much was more of an issue of the time as the animals were regarded as oversized morons too slow for their own good

  • @cantcit
    @cantcit หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love my OG Xbox, I would never sell it ever!!

  • @GhostPlanetFilms
    @GhostPlanetFilms หลายเดือนก่อน

    *DID YOU KNOW?* The drummer seen here 20:17 is James MacDonald, a Disney Studio employee who would go on the voice Mickey Mouse from _Fantasia_ onward until Wayne Allwine took over in the 70s.

  • @JEFFIE-jp6kj
    @JEFFIE-jp6kj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    FANTASIA 2000 was just awwwwwful

  • @Pomoscorzo
    @Pomoscorzo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Actually, "La Gioconda" is an opera, not a ballet. The "Dance of the Earth" is played and danced as a showstopper, and has nothing to do with the actual storyline.

  • @Byrdstar6423-un3me
    @Byrdstar6423-un3me 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The art for this amazing series got better and better over time

  • @Byrdstar6423-un3me
    @Byrdstar6423-un3me 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Kojimas art so much!

  • @steamedhamlet
    @steamedhamlet 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I definitely enjoyed cloudy days and night time, just not the sun beating overhead. I don't like sunny days irl but I get that LA is sunny most of the time. But the city looks really good near sunset or sunrise or when it's cloudy or rainy or night time.

  • @grandlarsonie1152
    @grandlarsonie1152 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I want a new noir game so bad!!!!

  • @tonywords6713
    @tonywords6713 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another noir game that is very atmospheric is The Saboteur, Pandemic Studios swan song..

  • @Whooler6by
    @Whooler6by 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just found your channel and I wonder why this video doesn't have a million views. Love it dude

  • @angreagach
    @angreagach 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As for yo-yos being "too modern," they are actually quite ancient, being in existence since at least 440 B.C.! (See the Wikipedia article on the subject.)

  • @snopunk2
    @snopunk2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember my father in law who grew up in LA in the 40’s was very impressed with the accuracy of LAN. What an amazing effort.

  • @TheMormonSorceress
    @TheMormonSorceress 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That demon scared me as a kid, till I killed him in Kingdom Hearts.

  • @MrWill9002
    @MrWill9002 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They’re all very beautiful and I can’t really rank them

  • @CashMoneyGold
    @CashMoneyGold 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why this dude talkin like a 1920's gangster

  • @lhadzyan7300
    @lhadzyan7300 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Tin-Steadfast Little Soldier segment is amazing, the characters are very well compelling, the story is short but well done and overall there kinda is something amazing about the change on the ending avoiding tragedy and giving the rightfull justice twist on the plot as it´s the Jack-in-the-Box which gets destroyed and both the ballerina and the soldier got into a true happy couple at the end. It´s amazing because the characters got chemistry earlier on, the ballerina isn´t a bland mc-guffin-like character but she has her own strong personality even with the limitations as a porcelain figure could get (she kinda is very in tune with current 90s princesses of Disney) and well the soldier is such a great brave character specially considering how he acheives success eventhough he seems to be very handicapped by missing a leg but... he ends handling it and make it work neverthless.. So it´s personal superation story after all!! Andersen story was ok but Disney actually uploaded it a lot even with the happy end!

  • @lhadzyan7300
    @lhadzyan7300 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dance of the Hours segment actually had individual leading character dancers on their own sections as the leading couple Hyacinth Hippo and Ben Ali Gator, but then Madame Barynoshvka or something Russian-like is the name for the leading ostrich with different color of clothings which starts the whole ballet. Apparently there is a special elephant called Elephanchine on their segment but she is kinda not much noticeable from the others except because she kinda gets into wierd funny and cringy stuff compared to the others. That´s kinda very in tune with the original ballet because actually there are no much leading dancers on it, except by the leading couple of dancers, thus Disney added more individual characters on it.

    • @angreagach
      @angreagach 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The name of the leading ostrich was Mademoiselle Upanova. (Get it?) Also, for the segment with the elephants, the piece is actually expanded.

    • @lhadzyan7300
      @lhadzyan7300 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@angreagach what actually got expanded too was the scene with Hyacinth Hippo and her attendants because it´s basically the same score of the second part of Madame Upanova dancing alone first and then with all the other ostriches since when she lands on ground after having that epic soaring jump on the hights after the others (In the original ballet and opera this happens with the chorus singing "Prodigio, incanto" / Prodigy, charming" in awe after the ballet number on scene.) and then all what happens with her on the fruits untill she and the other ostriches loose the grapes into the fountain where later on rises Hyacinth as a parody of Botticelli´s Birth of Venus and eats the fruit thrown over her before! All that music is doubled for all the hyppos scene but in a funny tune with other instruments to make noticeable the wierd overwheighted and yet swifty movement on her and her attendants. The Elephants use the score of the Hour of the Afternoon or Evening (La Sera time in Italian) - the ballet has 5 movements: the Hours of Morning (the start of all) matched by Madame Upanova and ostriches, then goes the climatic Hour of the Day or Noon (repeated as Madame Upanova continues the scene and then goes into funny tune by Hyacinth Hippo and attendants time), then the Hour of the Afternoon to Evening (La Sera or Dusky Time), then the Hour of Night (scene with crocodyles and Ben Ali Gator) and the frantic Coda Finale ensemble of all together.

    • @angreagach
      @angreagach 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lhadzyan7300 My memory may have played a trick on me. Not sure whether the elephant or the hippo section was the extension. It was the second of those, whichever it was.

    • @lhadzyan7300
      @lhadzyan7300 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@angreagach it was Hyacinth Hippo section which doubled Madame Upanova second part of its performance in other tuning. It might have been confusion because on the original ballet during the Hours of Evening section, there happens a repeat naturally occuring using themes from the previous Hour of the Day/Noon, as if it means Dusk time doesn´t struck straightforward but goes somewhat insiduous first on the Afternoon which later turns into Evening of late Day time after an intermission on how the brighter time of the Day wanes down yet got some glimpses back for a brief time before full Dusk time strokes naturally on. (This happens when all the Elephants surround Hyacinth to trough at her the bubbles but she eats them after being yawning, when they leave to keep dancing and playing with the bubbles on their own.) So it´s naturallly doubled from the ballet score half-way on the Elephants time, but it had been fully doubled but into another instrumental setting for all Hyacinth and her attendants time right after when it had ended with Madame Upánova section and before the Elephants came on with the Afternoon-Evening time!.

  • @lhadzyan7300
    @lhadzyan7300 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another issue on the opening segment of Fantasia 2000 is that though mostly abstract-art motifs as the Toccata and Fugue in D minor from Bach on the 1940´s Fantasia, the 5th Bethoven Symphony doesn´t keeps so much abstract in concept as there kinda have a STORY on the main two butterflies (one yellow larger than the other light-pink one) and their whereabouts in that world chased on by bats and then protected by the other butterflies handling the light as lasers against darkness. It was kept mostly abstract in visuals and quite simple but still GOT A STORY and in fact most or all Fantasia 2000 segments got STORIES on themselves, while the original Fantasia just have half of it.

  • @lhadzyan7300
    @lhadzyan7300 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The winged babies of Pastoral Symphony segment weren´t cherubs though look a lot like, but actually CUPIDS, i.e. the younger versions of Eros/Love spirit coming more from Roman mythology than Greek one, but as both are the classical Western mythology both were got mixed on it.

  • @tyson7417
    @tyson7417 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One other interesting thing about The Sorcerer's Apprentice is that it was created first as a Silly Symphony short but was more expensive than planned so they decided to batch it with other animated shorts creating the initial idea for Fantasia. Comparing this to other mickey silly symphonies shorts like The Little Whirlwind which came out in 1941 (The Sorcerer's Apprentice came out in 1940) it's crazy how much mood and atmosphere was baked into that short BEFORE the idea of making it a high art/experimental feature film. It is a legend as a stand alone and as as part of the ensemble for both Fantasia films. Over marketed but under appreciated in my book.

  • @samuelprusa817
    @samuelprusa817 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I asked someone if he knew what the first feature-length animated movie was, he guessed Fantasia. He then asked if he was way off, I said you're on the right track, and said the first was actually Snow White.

  • @camdencoblentz3245
    @camdencoblentz3245 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My ranking: #16. The Rite Of Spring #15. Meet The Soundtrack #14. Dance Of The Hours #13. The Carnival Of The Animals #12. The Nutcracker Suite #11. The Pastoral Symphony #10. The Pines Of Rome #9. Clair De Lune #8. Pomp And Circumstance #7. Symphony No. 5 #6. Rhapsody In Blue #5. The Firebird Suite #4. Night On Bald Mountain/Ave Maria #3. Piano Concerto No. 2 And The Steadfast Tin Soldier #2. Toccota And Fugue In D Minor #1. The Sorcerer's Apprentice If anyone wants to know my further thoughts on any of these, feel free to politely and civilly ask.

  • @Paulin-pw5jx
    @Paulin-pw5jx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still have mine with over 50 good games the best one they ever did

  • @FinlayJackson-r1f
    @FinlayJackson-r1f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In my opinion richter and Evan and beard are the only reedmble ones as ricthter actually fell remorse, Evan doesn’t kill, and beard is just a solider

  • @austin6ish
    @austin6ish 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’d love to see Cole Phelps as an FTO for an overly optimistic, naive rookie. Showing him the ropes and the realities of life as a cop in 1950s or 1960s LA

  • @heartbeatingpriest
    @heartbeatingpriest 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video was first recommended to me a few weeks ago. Watching it now for the second time. And I think I've just realised what made it so addictive to me - must be the noir tone of the presentation. The way "Behind Locked Doors" part begins (at 21:50 mark) with the narrator stating that "[the in-door areas] *mostly* make up for the monotony of the overworld" - there is something very noir about it to me. Highly enjoyable content, as is the game. Thank you for putting your heart into it! P.S. A well-known interesting tidbit is that one of L.A. Noire sources of inspiration seems to be L.A. Quartet, a sequence of four crime fiction novels, by James Ellroy. P.P.S. Would love something similar on Mafia 2.

  • @darkstarmoonshadow
    @darkstarmoonshadow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved watching Fantasia as a child; I always admired the art styles and the music, and I appreciated it, to this day I still do being a lover of the arts.

  • @meh.96
    @meh.96 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kojima's art style is still my favorite. Kinda suck that 3D Castlevania cant live to its potential since that is where her character design can be fully shown. Curse of Darkness is my favorite one, but mostly cos of the gameplay, not the aesthetic.

  • @justynmiller6156
    @justynmiller6156 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dance of the hours and pastoral symphony are my two favorites from the original

  • @oneinathousand2156
    @oneinathousand2156 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think one of the games that best embraced the limitations of 3D models at the time was the Gadget duology, Invention, Travel, and Adventure, and Past as Future. There’s a lot more NPCs than you would normally encounter in a Myst-like game at the time, but you never feel at ease around any of them because they’ve all got a poker face at every moment. It’s a setting where everyone is paranoid, no one trusts anyone, everyone is worried about judgement from the government, and so they refuse to betray any emotion.

  • @oneinathousand2156
    @oneinathousand2156 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite moment in Fallout 2 was encountering the town of Modoc in between the Den and Vault City. It’s a long stretch of mostly empty desert periodically interrupted by random encounters. I didn’t have the car yet, so the trip went by very slowly, not helped by the early game being very difficult, so there was the tension of possibly running into a random encounter I couldn’t handle. But then I stumbled into Modoc, which I didn’t know existed. Being hit with that beautiful music was such a relief from the loneliness and frustration I had been feeling so far.

  • @nickthelick
    @nickthelick 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They basically watched LA Confidential and loved it! The characters are almost cut out from the film pretty much. Obviously they're (Phelps and co.) composites and not quite as dark as the LA Confidential coppers though! 🙂 Right down the Irish police commissioner boss! I love the look and feel of the game, it's very much a satisfying time-warp into the Los Angeles of the 1940s & 50s...

  • @Carolina_Panthers145
    @Carolina_Panthers145 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LA cops back in 40's was very corruption more so today

  • @AnprimGang
    @AnprimGang 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    moar vids plox

  • @WaterCursor51
    @WaterCursor51 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like this video but I wish you used gameplay footage of these games running on Xbox original rather than their rereleases of inconsistent quality. I understand some are hard to find but it does Fable a disservice to show Fable Anniversary while you're talking about it and so on.