I mean, you can still pretend it’s around. There’s old communities that play online still on the original consoles. :) this weekend between insignia live and xlink Kai, there were around 90-100 people on Xbox live at one time, not just in the day, at one time! :)
@@fortynights1513 Yeah there was nothing better than going into a store and buying a game. Nowadays, you just boot up your console/pc/phone and buy the game, back in the day there was just a sense of thrill going into a store and not knowing what you're coming out with.
Actually, if you want a similar experience go to CEX. Here in the Netherlands alot of them feel like time capsules. Tons of used games from that era. P.S: not a CEX employee lol
"im running through bell south..." "You got DSL or regular...?" Those are two things i thought i would never hear again. Thats the sleeper nostalgia of this video
I remember getting Cable Internet for the first time ever. I think it was less than a megabit per second? Went to a bestbuy, was browsing, saw the XBOX Live starter kit, grabbed it and showed it to my dad, then went to a kiosk they had and set up for Earthlink Internet that went through Time Warner lines at the time. Time warner had to come out and run WHOLE NEW LINES for it because they were so old (cost was on them). I remember hooking it up to my XBOX in my room, connected to my little 20" flatscreen tv, mom and dad was sitting on my bed watching me set it up and then watched me play my first game ever with whatever demo it came with.
Silent Hill 2, ICO, Ratchet And Clank, Halo, Metroid Prime, Half-Life 2, Jak & Daxter, Resident Evil (2002), Beyond Good & Evil, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Resident Evil 4,..... will we ever see the like again?
Silent Hill 2 gets a remake , Metal gear 3 gets a remake , Metroid Prime got remastered , Resident Evil 4 got a remake , Max Payne 1-2 will get a remake so yes we will see exactly the same again 😂
Which proves my point exactly .... great, innovative games aren't being made anymore (well, very, very few anyway) so they have to remake/remaster the classics!@@silotx
There was just something different about gaming back then. You didn't have so many games at your fingertips at all times, so sitting down to play a game on a weeknight, or a weekend was actually a meaningful event that just can't be replicated these days. It's sad.
Kids these days don't understand. Our parents didn't care if we got kidnapped. They'd leave us at these demo stations for hours. They'd let us get chronic neck pain from the ones at Walmart.
@@thebasketballhistorian3291idk, it's just that nobody uhhhh.....FUCKING cares what decade you were born in, the decade before you always laughs at you too 💀
It's crazy to think that it's not just the technolog, hardware and software in these videos that don't exist anymore, these shops don't even exist anymore, in shopping centers that don't exist anymore. Almost everything in this video doesn't exist anymore, and that's the true sad fact of this video.
Not much different. The big thing was back in 2002 a lot more places didn't take credit cards, so you often went to the ATM. Like if you want to get fast food or go to the movies you hit the ATM first. Annoying era.
I've never seen so many hit games in one location before! This video is proof the 2000s was the peak in video game history. Every other shot of this video has multiple hits in it. This is kind of nuts LOL
Oh man. Being a 5 year old kid in 2002 still brings me back. Having a Gameboy Advance for my 5th birthday and witnessing my father playing the OG Xbox was wonderful time I missed.
While every console generation up until that point was exciting and unique in their own way, the sixth generation was probably the peak of classic console gaming. I liked the seventh generation, too, but I feel like that's when we started to see the gradual shift to digital gaming and other trends that are so prevalent now. I know I have my nostalgic bias, but I was in middle school when the PS2, original Xbox and GameCube were all in full swing, so I felt like I was at an age where I could truly appreciate the fun gameplay and stories to all those great games at the time, while not having to deal with the stresses of grown-up life. This era of gaming has some of my most precious memories. This video is truly a time capsule for that era, thank you for sharing this!
It went downhill starting from the ps4 & xbox one generation and its even worse now with ps5 & xbox series X. I retired from modern since August 2020 and never looked back. Modern gaming is pathetic
2000-2012 was the best era for video games. I remember my friend Corey sand I going to a store called EB Games with like $20 and seeing what used game we could get. Amazing times.
Off by a good 6 or so years. It's the 1995-2005 that was the peak golden era. After that became the era of social media, phone and social media trash, and extreme casualization of the media.
Shit man good times! early part of my childhood. i remember being in toys r us in december 2002 trying out gaming consoles like ps2s and stuff! i got my original xbox back then with 5 games
Look at these prices man. Dmc for 40 bucks. Mgs2 for 50. Silent Hill 2 for 30. All these big name games back in the day for reasonable prices. I want to go back..
@@thebasketballhistorian3291 While inflation conversion helps a bit, you also need to take into account the average income of the era. In short, people had way more cash to spend back then, and everything was a bit more reasonably priced to boot. You won't get a mortage for a 3 bedroom house for 30k in 2024.
if I went back in time and had money from that year or before like in back to the future, I would get a PS2, memory card, Silent Hill 2, mgs2, dark cloud, a gamecube, resident evil, luigi's mansion, eternal darkness, metroid, etc. lol and maybe an extra of each for collecting, lol!
Nowadays we have too many games everyone can make a game which is a good thing, but in my opinion a great gaming experience starts to lose its value, today we can easily find clues or hack on the internet without having to buy a guide book or asking a friend how to beat a specific level that you find difficult. also with steam we can easily download games without having to go out and buy rare original pc dvd bluray disc with great cover art for collecting. again ... experience like that to me is more valuable and you feel the experience and great memories in gaming.
I miss when employees actually knew the products they sold and could help you choose. Now stores just need warm bodies to point where stuff is and get irritated if you need insight on the products cause they expect you to have already researched on youtube/google lol
0:28 Went on to become known as two of the greatest games ever made, then at 0:36 A random shot of 6 titles ... of which 5 have become classics of their genre. What a time to be a gamer!!! (The least said about "Kengo" the better! {{Cough}} )
Well, being born in 93, This seems like the Latest and Greatest in MODERN Gaming ? As in VARIETY And Not to Advanced in visuals and not to Dated 😅 Also PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT/CDs/MEMORY CARDS
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God i miss this era of video games
I mean, you can still pretend it’s around. There’s old communities that play online still on the original consoles. :) this weekend between insignia live and xlink Kai, there were around 90-100 people on Xbox live at one time, not just in the day, at one time! :)
I'm experiencing this era right now because i am playing ps2 games on my ps3.
Same
Same unreal championship phantasy star online, counter strike! Ghost Recon!
Me too but expensive of GTA 3
The golden era. I miss it so much.
Me too
You can still find good games out there, but the experience of getting them in a store is replaced by buying them in online marketplaces.
@@fortynights1513 Yeah there was nothing better than going into a store and buying a game. Nowadays, you just boot up your console/pc/phone and buy the game, back in the day there was just a sense of thrill going into a store and not knowing what you're coming out with.
ah man I could stay here for hours
wow what a time capsule, it's a shame that there aren't that many stores like these anymore and they won't be here for too long
Actually, if you want a similar experience go to CEX. Here in the Netherlands alot of them feel like time capsules. Tons of used games from that era. P.S: not a CEX employee lol
@@cooooooooooooooool3 there aren't any where i live
@@Epictheoxddf :/
"im running through bell south..."
"You got DSL or regular...?"
Those are two things i thought i would never hear again. Thats the sleeper nostalgia of this video
When DSL internet came out, that was mind blowing! Being able to talk on the phone AND do a google search.
I remember getting Cable Internet for the first time ever. I think it was less than a megabit per second? Went to a bestbuy, was browsing, saw the XBOX Live starter kit, grabbed it and showed it to my dad, then went to a kiosk they had and set up for Earthlink Internet that went through Time Warner lines at the time. Time warner had to come out and run WHOLE NEW LINES for it because they were so old (cost was on them). I remember hooking it up to my XBOX in my room, connected to my little 20" flatscreen tv, mom and dad was sitting on my bed watching me set it up and then watched me play my first game ever with whatever demo it came with.
Silent Hill 2, ICO, Ratchet And Clank, Halo, Metroid Prime, Half-Life 2, Jak & Daxter, Resident Evil (2002), Beyond Good & Evil, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Resident Evil 4,..... will we ever see the like again?
It's over. Greed and ESG reigns supreme.
I always tell myself that 90s and 2000s gaming was at its peak. Developers seemed to care a lot about their games when they released them back then.
Silent Hill 2 gets a remake , Metal gear 3 gets a remake , Metroid Prime got remastered , Resident Evil 4 got a remake , Max Payne 1-2 will get a remake so yes we will see exactly the same again 😂
Which proves my point exactly .... great, innovative games aren't being made anymore (well, very, very few anyway) so they have to remake/remaster the classics!@@silotx
@@DeathBloodRiderI think developers still do buy the higher ups have no incentive to give them the freedom they had in the 90s and 00s
There was just something different about gaming back then. You didn't have so many games at your fingertips at all times, so sitting down to play a game on a weeknight, or a weekend was actually a meaningful event that just can't be replicated these days. It's sad.
Same with movies and music
I can smell that mall smell at the end.
I miss that smell. For some reason, when I go to the mall today I don’t smell it.
Kids these days don't understand. Our parents didn't care if we got kidnapped. They'd leave us at these demo stations for hours. They'd let us get chronic neck pain from the ones at Walmart.
Hey man, forget about what the kids don't have and still try getting them into these awesome old games. They don't HAVE to miss out.
The moment you say "kids these days..." is the moment you sound like our parents and grandparents when we were young. 😄
@@thebasketballhistorian3291 So fucking what?
@@debeb5148They don't care about your old vidya... my raspberry pi 4 with 14,000 games is like an atari plug and play to "kids these days" lol
@@thebasketballhistorian3291idk, it's just that nobody uhhhh.....FUCKING cares what decade you were born in, the decade before you always laughs at you too 💀
The Golden Era of Gaming 🥰🎮
I remember it like it was yesterday 🥰💚
I only got into gaming recently. Today, I prefer to download my games.
I prefer having physical games to digital games (only if physical games aren't available)
When does that end in your opinion?
Still have my Original Xbox and a copy of Spiderman 1 as that kid was playing
that xbox controller is humongous
Just like my...
It's crazy to think that it's not just the technolog, hardware and software in these videos that don't exist anymore, these shops don't even exist anymore, in shopping centers that don't exist anymore. Almost everything in this video doesn't exist anymore, and that's the true sad fact of this video.
Ah yes, a nostalgic time I wasn’t alive for
It’s all good homie. You probably don’t have old person back pain like a lot of us have now.
There definitely will be good moments now that you can look back on in 20 years.
@@SZF123456 yeah forreal
Not much different. The big thing was back in 2002 a lot more places didn't take credit cards, so you often went to the ATM. Like if you want to get fast food or go to the movies you hit the ATM first. Annoying era.
@@SiXiam and now more than half of physical games aren’t even on disk and all digital downloads aren’t owned.
poor little dude having to handle the duke
I've never seen so many hit games in one location before! This video is proof the 2000s was the peak in video game history. Every other shot of this video has multiple hits in it. This is kind of nuts LOL
Xbox , Gamecube , Dreamcast and Ps2 era was the Best time Ever ❤
awesome video, great time to play games on all 3 systems
i miss these days
That poor kid with those little hands trying to use "The Duke" lmao
Metroid Prime in tha MFin HOWSE, SAHN !!!
Oh man. Being a 5 year old kid in 2002 still brings me back. Having a Gameboy Advance for my 5th birthday and witnessing my father playing the OG Xbox was wonderful time I missed.
Nice.
“DSL”
I totally forgot about that.
wow man ... they used to have the game machines in the stores to play ... good ole days
god i miss hall effect sticks and pressure sensitive buttons
While every console generation up until that point was exciting and unique in their own way, the sixth generation was probably the peak of classic console gaming. I liked the seventh generation, too, but I feel like that's when we started to see the gradual shift to digital gaming and other trends that are so prevalent now. I know I have my nostalgic bias, but I was in middle school when the PS2, original Xbox and GameCube were all in full swing, so I felt like I was at an age where I could truly appreciate the fun gameplay and stories to all those great games at the time, while not having to deal with the stresses of grown-up life. This era of gaming has some of my most precious memories. This video is truly a time capsule for that era, thank you for sharing this!
It went downhill starting from the ps4 & xbox one generation and its even worse now with ps5 & xbox series X. I retired from modern since August 2020 and never looked back. Modern gaming is pathetic
I miss when stores used to look like this.
Vampire Robot re-upload?
2000-2012 was the best era for video games. I remember my friend Corey sand I going to a store called EB Games with like $20 and seeing what used game we could get. Amazing times.
Off by a good 6 or so years.
It's the 1995-2005 that was the peak golden era. After that became the era of social media, phone and social media trash, and extreme casualization of the media.
Holy shit the gamecube was so good. More people shouldve bought it
Crazy how this feels like a different life time dude
What an era! You had PS2 and Xbox in their primes. GTA games were PS2 exclusive then and you had Halo on Xbox. I loved both consoles so much.
0:23 silent hill 2!!
1:10 this is from a demo disc you got when you pre-ordered the xbox month before release. i still got them together with a xbox t-shirt.
Shit man good times! early part of my childhood. i remember being in toys r us in december 2002 trying out gaming consoles like ps2s and stuff! i got my original xbox back then with 5 games
such an exciting time in video games. And the idea of connecting your console to the internet was a mindblowing thing.
the song used in the amped / halo demo disc is 'blue strip - fury 66'. thank me later!
It was all about entertainment then. Good stories and awesome gameplay. No microtransactions! Just fun, fun, and fun!🎮😇
video is surprisingly well shot for 2002
Did i just saw freekstyle holy that was one of my favorite games on PS2 😂
That game came out that year, 2002 and it was also one of my all time favorite ps2 games
Seeing the dad play spiderman w his kid reminded me when my dad got me a ps2 for xmas, which also included the original spiderman , good times
Wow! Brings back memories. I miss the game shark 😢
I was 10 and had an xbox because I loved dance dance revolution. I had the dance mat too
Better games, better days
Endless shelves of PS2 games was the best
Those Were The Days.
Look at these prices man. Dmc for 40 bucks. Mgs2 for 50. Silent Hill 2 for 30. All these big name games back in the day for reasonable prices. I want to go back..
I checked with an inflation calculator online...
$30 in 2002 is $51 now.
$50 in 2002 is $86 now.
@@thebasketballhistorian3291 While inflation conversion helps a bit, you also need to take into account the average income of the era.
In short, people had way more cash to spend back then, and everything was a bit more reasonably priced to boot. You won't get a mortage for a 3 bedroom house for 30k in 2024.
if I went back in time and had money from that year or before like in back to the future, I would get a PS2, memory card, Silent Hill 2, mgs2, dark cloud, a gamecube, resident evil, luigi's mansion, eternal darkness, metroid, etc. lol and maybe an extra of each for collecting, lol!
Silent Hill 2 for $30 is just unthinkable now… TAKE ME BACK!!!!!!!
Good thing you can have it (and rest of the series) on PC, for free.
Around the same period when I got my PS2
just having to go out to get the game was so worth it
I wish I was around during this era good times back then
Nowadays we have too many games everyone can make a game which is a good thing, but in my opinion a great gaming experience starts to lose its value, today we can easily find clues or hack on the internet without having to buy a guide book or asking a friend how to beat a specific level that you find difficult. also with steam we can easily download games without having to go out and buy rare original pc dvd bluray disc with great cover art for collecting. again ... experience like that to me is more valuable and you feel the experience and great memories in gaming.
That place is probably a TJ Maxx now
I enjoyed this video.
Hot damn the year I was born
I miss when employees actually knew the products they sold and could help you choose. Now stores just need warm bodies to point where stuff is and get irritated if you need insight on the products cause they expect you to have already researched on youtube/google lol
Gotta get that starwars obiwan
Network adapter was released in America in 2004....
Holy Crap those games were all soooo good hahaha
That xbox controller had to be a nightmare for kids.
The 00's was the best decade of gaming IMO.
It’s not a opinion- it’s facts!
Good side: Touch games.
Bad side: Taxes.
back when you owned what you actually bought. take me back.
seeing silent hill 2 for $30 made my jaw break off.
Sad that it’s a long gone era now.
Still remember when new games were $50
Long time video game store
codebreaker! gameshark! action replay! .. man u feel embarrassed ngl when you go to shop lol
Go to your local Walmart right now. It’s not even half as big of a selection. Not even a third.
Boost of old times
nice shaman king username
Melee and Halo… yep easily some of the kings of gaming!
Halo was always shit. A literal laughing stock.
@@GugureSux said no one 😝
The golden era is pretty much any good era
0:28 Went on to become known as two of the greatest games ever made, then at 0:36 A random shot of 6 titles ... of which 5 have become classics of their genre. What a time to be a gamer!!!
(The least said about "Kengo" the better! {{Cough}} )
SSX Tricky was the shit!
Well, being born in 93,
This seems like the Latest and Greatest in MODERN Gaming ?
As in VARIETY And Not to Advanced in visuals and not to Dated 😅
Also PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT/CDs/MEMORY CARDS
Damn shame so much is online these days
I was born in 2002 fuck me man wish I was born in the eighties tbh
The world was so much better back then. You cant get nothing now.
Jesus... this video is trippin me out and i am not even high👁👁
Ha.. same games.
1:13 song name?
nvm found it, it's Fury 66 - Blue Strip
Spy hunter I remember shit
why are all the comments acting like they know it all, you should have tried growing up with sega master system, nes, atari etc
When sex sold and you only had 2 pronouns
0:02 so young, and father already teaching him how to steal. What a great family
Wonder where is he now, after 22 years
probably became a rapper
that xbox controller looks ugly af
Good times before all the woke garbage 🗑️😞
I want to go back to the time where sh2 was $30 🥲