th-cam.com/video/a_vBXfOpX24/w-d-xo.html Click here to watch the first Twisted Metal Knockoffs Collection, which includes such games as both Vigilante 8 games, WWE Crush Hour, Critical Depth, and Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012.
I love your research on these topics. Also, how'd you think of the channel name? I've changed mine like 2 times, because I can't really seem to find a good way to make it work, and could use some advice.
Help for Xenia. To unlock marketplace games there is an ini file in a Xenia folder within my documents. There is an option if you open the ini in wordpad you can change I think it's something like enable DLC change that to 1 to allow marketplace and DLC items. Hope that helps.
i got Interstate '76 as a Christmas present many years ago. initially, i only installed the Nitro Pack disc, which was a multiplayer/botmatch mode where you can pick any car listed, then customize the weapons into what slots they have. surprisingly, i defaulted to the Picard Piranha (not knowing it's what you use in the main game), since i loved how the speed and handling worked for me. after i got my preferred loadout going, i was wholly unstoppable in botmatches. no internet back then, so idk how the online scene was then after a few months of that, i popped in the other disc, which was the main game, and was pulled in by the story as you were. i had the same issue with that big jump and kept failing the mission over and over. until i saw that the car has a Nitrous Oxide tank in your HUD. after looking at controls and realizing the Nitro is tied to a specific button, i pressed that when needed, and it got me over the gap. no clue if you found that out or not in your attempts. if not, may give it a try and get past that stage
Physics is likely tied to frame rate, when your vehicle hits the air in 60fps as compared to 25fps it probably experiences close to 2.4x normal gravity as theres extra frames where it can accidentally add more downward force. It isn't unusual with older games by any stretch; but simply should be kept in mind.
*THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS!* The TM series is one of my favorites. I had BattleTanx when I lived in the Marshall Islands and had a great time playing in the one on one matches with friends over beer and fresh coconut crab!
Have some fond memories of interstate 76, which led me to the vigilante 8 games, which I loved. I believe 76 had a sequel, Interstate 82? Which was even more obscure and hard to find information on.
The reason Interstate '76 plays like it does and why it's so mechanically dense is because it was made on a highly-modified MechWarrior 2 engine (a mech combat sim game where you pilot giant robots and can customize them to your heart's content), that's why it stands out so much from other car combat games X3
in Interstate 76 you could open your save / car configuration file, and manually add weapons which you couldn't load in the game due to constraints. there is a tank cannon you could load on a car, but the car would be sluggish as hell. Well, using the notepad method i had 2 tank cannons on the roof and car ran smoothly. it was glorious
Gonna be honest, the cars a from Blood Drive and Smash and Survive could be ported to the Carmageddon universe with the proper changes. Though one objective has better automotive design than the other. Besides that, you killed it with the presentation and quality of this video!
Fun fact, the last time anything from Interstate '76 was brought up? True Crime: Streets of LA's PC port came later than the others, and aside from online multiplayer races, a bunch of skins for the campaign were included. Among those, and the reason I even bought the PC version, was a skin of Taurus, boxy model and all!
oh boy, Interstate 76 are my goat back then, I played a lot on my Pentium 133, good teenager memories. It has a sequel that I never been able to check out, and I love how the whole thing branches out on Vigilante 8 on playstation.
Thanks for the video, King, it's been a treat. If you'll be in a mood for the bottom of the bottom of the barrel video, I have a suggestion - Ex Machina/Hard Truck Apocalypse (it's the same game, name differs due to region where it was released thing). Gameplay formula is pretty different from TM, but you covered Bandits and I76, nd it kinda feels like a mix between the two, and it had a pretty solid vehicular combat for the time game was released.
Blood Drive is a lot of fun I’d definitely recommend it but it’s best that you don’t try to beat it unless you are one of the most patient people on the planet
@@Cyclobomberit’s not exactly frustrating but when you play one of the tournaments you have to do every single event in one setting there’s no saving in between
Not surprising to see you liked Motor Mayem, since Beyond Games also did a vehicular combat game for the Atari Lynx in 1993 called BattleWheels. One of the best multiplayer games on the Lynx. It would be cool seeing you cover that game if you plan to do another video in the subject of other vehicular combat games :D
50:14 - all of Bandit: Phoenix Rising OST was made by.... Simon Viklund! Grin was a first incarnation of the Overkill studio and Simon is a one of the OGs. You most likely know him because of Payday tracks for first and second game and after he and other Grin OG - Ulf Andersson left Overkill to create their own studio - he made soundtrack for GTFO. Crazy to think that electronic music from Phoenix Rising sounded like.... uh, that, compared to all of electronic Payday tracks that are certified bangers.
Your mileage definitely varies with PS2 emulation. Personally, I've NEVER had a game run tolerably well, much less as well as you showed, even though my mid-grade PC can emulate later consoles just fine. But that's just me.
If you're still in the business to cover 'knockoff Twisted Metal' games, there was one that I distinctly remember being quite the joyride (although this was way back when my youth was amazed by anything) called Bumper Wars. I remember it because of the premise that some advanced alien race came witness to us having fun with Bumper Cars and took the idea and turned it into a bloodsport, so as the title is. I think the major thing that differs it from TM conventionally is the fact that the 'car' that you have isn't necessarily fixed but can be changed and upgraded in certain ways depending on what playstyle you were going for, turning it into a bit of a lite RPG mixed with car combat. As for another one, since you briefly mentioned hotwheels, was this isometric viewed game called 'Hotwheels : Bash Arena'. Although it seems this game was much more in the spirit of demolition derby so much than TM, it still had traps, places to navigate and the main goal (usually) was to defeat the other cars this way. So there's a few recommendations your way and some more awakenings of my childhood. I distinctly remember playing Vigilante 8 and loving the shit out of it and then having memory holed it up until all these decades later. It was quite a spiritual successor (even if it was made during TM's heyday) to the Twisted Metal franchise.
A game that i never saw getting attention when talking about vehicular combat games is "Motorsiege : Warriors of Primetime" (PS2). I had fun playing it. Defenitly not the best game of this genre, but still fun.
Bandits: Phoenix Rising is weird to me because it was made by GRIN, who went on to become OVERKILL and make the PAYDAY games. Not only that, but PAYDAY 2, which is still being actively updated and given new content, runs on the same engine as Bandits
you're wrong about the Battletanx never getting a third game. Well, not wrong... just maybe you're not aware that there was a spiritual 'third' game. World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks. It's basically the Battletanx MP mode but... that's the entire game. Refined controls and balancing, better graphics, and cooler map designs. Same basic principles.
While entirely unrelated to the topic at hand, I'm curious if TBP is aware of a game called: Brütal Legend. Otherwise known as that RTS metal tribute game with Jack black
18:05 That is a gigantic over exaggeration. I've been playing twisted metal for years while not using the "dedicated accelerate button." So, comparing that to aiming down the sights in a shooter or jumping in a platformer is kind of stupid. But Hey, you do you, it's none of my business.
Concerning the games that received a lot of strong requests but were denied due to them being more racers than combat; why not do a Top Ten Spin-Offs from here? Games that took direct bits from Twisted Metal and metabolized it into another genre? Though, I guess if we’re going by that metric, those games would be less-inspired by Twisted Metal and more a logical evolution of the combat mechanic already established by say, Mario Cart back in the day. And what the fuck is a “Battle Tank?” Or, more appropriately, what other kinds of tanks are there? “This here is my brand-new Harvester Tank. Like a normal Harvester, but completely covered in armored plating in case Jim Bob decides to send infantry in to steal my corn.”
I wanna throw DeathDrome into this list of games, but setting this up on modern computers might be a pain. I got it to work on my Steam Deck using PCem running Windows 95, however.
Thanks for the video, other suggestions for a future video could it be, the beat games with combat in it. Man i really wanted to know your opinion about jack x, it's the best spin off and one of my favourites games of all time.
Dead In The Water definitely looks like Twisted Metal with boats. Lol It must have released around Twisted Metal 4- the elements are very similar. I find it hilarious that you throw shade at Small Brawl but constantly use the ost in backgrounds. Lol... I hear Easy Death Oven
I’m rly surprised people were recommending Novadrone As an Xbox guy, I was pretty jealous of PlayStation players all because they have Twisted Metal, and as a kid I can only have one console…sure I had my PSP to play Head On and I was hoping to mod it eventually and play Twisted Metal 2 on the go but, I wish I was able to play it on the big screen, then Novadrone came out (or somewhere along the Xbox Live Arcade time) and I played the trial for HOURS until I finally got a job and bought the whole game The full game is fun but def confusing when it comes to unlocking stuff as far as I’m aware. Yu can buy DLC cars and shit and even when you buy them they are still locked…and they don’t make it easy to tell you how to unlock shit. There’s boss battles in that game as well and the boss cars are the size of Dark Tooth from TM2 It’s a shame you couldn’t play the full version cause it’s amazing as fuck.
Yeah GoG Interstate '76 was bit infuriating, someone once tried to help me with it but never seen the thing fixed .( Can't even start Nitro and '82 is not really worth my time. On subjct of racing games that should not really have a combat mechanics i would add Fl4tout, that was terrible idea
@Zoomer Stasi Not really. You know she was sucking and fucking other dudes while he was simping across the country for her. He's just the dude she settled with.
First you played Vigilante 8 and Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense. Then you played Interstate '76. However... there's another game in the franchise. A direct sequel to Interstate '76 called Interstate '82, which takes place in the 80's. No idea if it's any good. Never played it. Only vaguely remember seeing reviews and ads for it in Gamepro magazine back in the day.
It's absolutely insane how many unrelated game series were evolutions that branched off from Interstate 76. Vigilante 8, the Battlezone series, Star Trek Armada, and freaking Star Wars Battlefront all use parts of Interstate 76's engine and gameplay features.
Crashday is the textbook definition of a passion project. For the most part it was developed by only 2 people over 8 years, and the project started in 1998 when they where 14 and in School. To me it still feels wild that they managed to get this thing released with full Retail packaging, somehow get a cult following out of just about 250.000 sold Retail copies (probably mostly in Germany where it ws developed) and then have it re-released on Steam a decade later.
Right that how I feel!!! I was a n64 kid not a PS kid back then so maybe that’s why for me but it looks right up my ally! My best friend had the PlayStations back then and we almost exclusively played twisted metal games haha. And this little gem called machine Hunter on ps1 that was a hidden multiplayer masterpiece
I don't know why but back when I had a new PS2, Motor Mayhem was practically being given away. I saw it everywhere for under $10. For that price, it was an absolute steal, really enjoyed it.
Interstate'76 is one of my childhood favorites. But I guess it's one of those old games that just run best on that eras architectures. Might try a VM or straight up vintage PC to play it proper.
the sci fi inclusion in batletanx global assault was the perfect opportunity to add interesting villains with weird powers like in twisted metal like tanks with electric attacks or telekinesis/magnetism
I do appreciate the addition of the marksman which is a laser tank and some tanks including the boss annihilator do use special items like the teleporter.
Twisted Metal Black comment: Was curious if you've seen the physical manual for the game because it's also Frank's (crazy8) diary. In between the manual stuff are his writings and I think he talks about living in the asylum, brief interactions with characters, writes about being in the competition and I think even reflecting before the final boss. I'm going off memory but I was very fascinated by it as more of the games world was even coming out of the manual along with how to play.
@@Gatorade69 it's really neat but hard to read because the hand writing is terrible (obviously) and it's written around the manual parts like on the edges and stuff
My name is Calypso, and I thank you for having some f*cking standards. Also I just realized the plot BattleTanks is very similar to the premise of LISA: The Painful
Dead in the Water blew my little mind was a kid. The destructible environment and being able to "dig" into the map with enough missiles was way too fun.
Fun fact: in regards to Battletanx, both commercials parody Snuggles the Bear from Downey (I think it’s Downey) where he’s chased and destroyed by a tank
I think people remember the two Battletanx games more for these ads (with the ad for Global Assault even throwing in a Six Million Dollar Man parody for good measure) than the game’s actual insane plot.
I absolutely did not expect CrashDay getting in there After discovering this game when I was 6 years old (around 2008-2009) and playing it since then - I just have to say that it truly shines in online. The 8 player Hold The Flag is truly a chaotic thing and it gives you real adrenaline rush when you finally take the flag and see, that half the lobby is approaching you from near the checkpoint you have to go in. And that's just the most popular mode - all other modes are also really fun when you have at least 3 other players! And by the way, The Stunt gamemode focuses on you not just taking big jumps, but making a big combo of stunts. When you land on 4 wheels your combo timer gets expanded so you have more time to refresh it. And by doing couple of successful landings you get maximum combo length and then can do huge jumps that will be WAAAY more profitable, because of, well, your combo. It just takes time and practice (and experimenting with maps's environments)
WDL (World Destruction League) Thunder Tanks is another really fun tank battle game with selectable characters. WDL Thunder Tanks isn't under the same name but it is made by 3DO as well. I consider it the 3rd in the trilogy. I played that one A LOT! Great video and content! Love your channel!
57:25 People aren't complaining about Teen Titans Go just because it's not their cup of tea. They're complaining because 1) Shows like the original Teen Titans have completely vanished from network TV. 2) Nearly every day on CN became a virtual Teen Titans Go marathon while other new shows were shoved into an early grave as a result. 3) The show had the gall to mock people who complained about that.
A couple things to point out. 1. I love your style of video. You get straight into things and provide context for everything you talk about, which I greatly enjoy. Every time I come to your channel, I know what I'm gonna get and you hit it out of the park. 2. Thank you for giving some shine to a genre of game that has unfortunately gone by the wayside. I have undoubtedly spent literal months of my life on games like Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8. They hold a very special place in my heart, and I always love to see them be appreciated by other people. 3. For someone who signs off as "The King of Snark Style" (sick Nakamura ref.) you never come off as the terrible kind of snarky that puts things down for the sake of humor. All in all, your videos are incredible and I personally really appreciate the time and effort you put into everything. Keep on rocking on!
Battletanx and global assault did in fact run a lot smoother on the 64 than in emulation. I think it was only sometime in the past handful of years where global assault went from about 10-15 fps emulated to 20-30. That was just my experience though. edit: also, the psx and n64 versions of the game are somewhat different. I grew up playing the 64 version, where obviously the texturing and modeling is slightly different, but there's also tanks that appear in the psx version that the 64 version doesn't have, like that mortar tank. I would suggest you trying the other version at some point if you haven't already.
@@marrqi7wini54 I didn't know that, but it's not surprising there'd be more in the psx version. Honestly I really do need to play that one at some point.
I have both versions of Global assault, and the general consensus with many people including myself is the N64 version is superior. 4 player max instead of 2. Rhino, Rattler, Moto tank (fixed cannon tanks) have camera controls to swing it left and right, or quick turn, where the PS1 doesn't. I need to reconfirm that. Going from memory so people correct me if I'm wrong. The Goliath tanks in base defence modes can't be reattached to the rail track in the PS1 version. PS1 doesn't have the Marksman tank (at least in single player) The Hornet Tanks doesn't have the ability to arch missiles left and right. The farther you go in single player the more tank options you have per level in the N64 one. I recall you had a limited selection per level in the Ps1 version. The 3 exclusive Tanks are meh. Suicide tank is mostly worthless in single player. Mortar Tank is a decent idea to have as many of the secondary weapons have tank that Specializes as said weapon as their primary weapon (Flamethrower, Laser, missiles) But as stated in the video it's general usefulness is limited. The gattling gun one is okay, and makes a return in world destruction league.
@@Hobojoe4464 Not being able to reattach goliaths in defense would blow. Same goes for the quick turn. I used those a ton. I'm glad to hear I didn't get the short end of the stick as a kid and had the better version lol.
@@glassramen Like I said in my post I'm going off of memory. I'll have to check the quick Turns to confirm it. But the whole Rhino Tank not having a camer swing left or right option is true.
This is way more serious of a thought than Battletanx deserves, but it's got me thinking about how Gender Apocalypse stories are truly revealing when it comes to how our society on the whole tends to view the differences that are supposedly inherent between men and women. Setting aside things like chromosome combos besides XX and XY that can pop up, or the existence of trans people (both things these stories tend to either ignore or be extremely weird and gross about), it's telling that in nearly every story where all the men die the world just kind of moves on and maybe invests more heavily in studying cloning, while in nearly every story where all the women die things immediately go completely to shit and civilization collapses overnight.
Fun Fact about Bandits: The founders of grin alongside the composer of bandits, Simon Viklund, went on to found Overkill software, The developers of Payday. Payday along side sharing the Composer also shares the Engine with Bandits.
I kinda want to see some of these characters as a guest character in Twisted Metal, competing to wish that Twisted Metal's popularity was given to the character's original game
Would be cool, especially since fighting games like Mortal Kombat and Tekken have become famous for allowing guest fighters. It will just have to depend on Sony and the company owning the characters they want as guests making an agreement that benefits both of them.
critical depth was an incredible game. it was far too complicated and had so many nuances that made it tough to enjoy. The huge arenas in 3d made combat rare
Twitter was hot a month ago when they announced the Twisted Metal show had finished filming. Do we know anything about the game though? Any leaks yet on how its coming along?
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Click here to watch the first Twisted Metal Knockoffs Collection, which includes such games as both Vigilante 8 games, WWE Crush Hour, Critical Depth, and Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012.
And if you're the one other person who owns a copy of it like me, he also played Grudge Warriors
I love your research on these topics. Also, how'd you think of the channel name? I've changed mine like 2 times, because I can't really seem to find a good way to make it work, and could use some advice.
Help for Xenia. To unlock marketplace games there is an ini file in a Xenia folder within my documents. There is an option if you open the ini in wordpad you can change I think it's something like enable DLC change that to 1 to allow marketplace and DLC items. Hope that helps.
I was about to say, "You missed Rogue Trip". Growing up and checking that out, it felt like I was watching a film I was not supposed to be watching.
You forgot Rogue Trip and Vigilante 8.
i got Interstate '76 as a Christmas present many years ago. initially, i only installed the Nitro Pack disc, which was a multiplayer/botmatch mode where you can pick any car listed, then customize the weapons into what slots they have. surprisingly, i defaulted to the Picard Piranha (not knowing it's what you use in the main game), since i loved how the speed and handling worked for me. after i got my preferred loadout going, i was wholly unstoppable in botmatches. no internet back then, so idk how the online scene was
then after a few months of that, i popped in the other disc, which was the main game, and was pulled in by the story as you were. i had the same issue with that big jump and kept failing the mission over and over. until i saw that the car has a Nitrous Oxide tank in your HUD. after looking at controls and realizing the Nitro is tied to a specific button, i pressed that when needed, and it got me over the gap. no clue if you found that out or not in your attempts. if not, may give it a try and get past that stage
Trust me, I was using three nitrous and couldn't make it halfway across the gorge without the 25 FPS patch.
Physics is likely tied to frame rate, when your vehicle hits the air in 60fps as compared to 25fps it probably experiences close to 2.4x normal gravity as theres extra frames where it can accidentally add more downward force. It isn't unusual with older games by any stretch; but simply should be kept in mind.
Perfect timing, work says I need to wait an hour before clocking in because it's slow.
I legitimately was watching his videos the other day while waiting for a interview 😂😂😂 and i got the job
So you got the job because of me, got it.
@@TBP i mean more than likely because of you... And for that i thank you
lol, what the FUCK, man! Get paid for that hour if those assholes had you stay for it
*THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS!* The TM series is one of my favorites. I had BattleTanx when I lived in the Marshall Islands and had a great time playing in the one on one matches with friends over beer and fresh coconut crab!
Have some fond memories of interstate 76, which led me to the vigilante 8 games, which I loved. I believe 76 had a sequel, Interstate 82? Which was even more obscure and hard to find information on.
yeah there was even a battlefield 1942 mod of interstate 82 oddly enough which is the first time i ever hear about it.
I have '82. Ehh, it looks better?
Motor Mayhem always has a soft spot in my heart for being one of the first games I got for the PS2.
Bro me and my buddies played that game till the disc broke😂 I missed that stage where u would jump over to the over ship those are the days Mann😢
The reason Interstate '76 plays like it does and why it's so mechanically dense is because it was made on a highly-modified MechWarrior 2 engine (a mech combat sim game where you pilot giant robots and can customize them to your heart's content), that's why it stands out so much from other car combat games X3
Vigilante 8 is the interstate 76 console port... sorta.
@@Rubix003 Ah my bad lol
Taking my Timberwolf down the interstate
in Interstate 76 you could open your save / car configuration file, and manually add weapons which you couldn't load in the game due to constraints. there is a tank cannon you could load on a car, but the car would be sluggish as hell. Well, using the notepad method i had 2 tank cannons on the roof and car ran smoothly. it was glorious
I honestly loved battletanx as a kid, I sucked at it and my uncle would always kick my ass but it was a lot of fun
. I loved those games too. Really fun to play with friends.
Gonna be honest, the cars a from Blood Drive and Smash and Survive could be ported to the Carmageddon universe with the proper changes. Though one objective has better automotive design than the other.
Besides that, you killed it with the presentation and quality of this video!
Amazing video!! Thanks for the hard work, glad to hear you'll give yourself more rest going forward. The less stress, the better!
Fun fact, the last time anything from Interstate '76 was brought up? True Crime: Streets of LA's PC port came later than the others, and aside from online multiplayer races, a bunch of skins for the campaign were included. Among those, and the reason I even bought the PC version, was a skin of Taurus, boxy model and all!
oh boy, Interstate 76 are my goat back then, I played a lot on my Pentium 133, good teenager memories. It has a sequel that I never been able to check out, and I love how the whole thing branches out on Vigilante 8 on playstation.
Thanks for the video, King, it's been a treat. If you'll be in a mood for the bottom of the bottom of the barrel video, I have a suggestion - Ex Machina/Hard Truck Apocalypse (it's the same game, name differs due to region where it was released thing). Gameplay formula is pretty different from TM, but you covered Bandits and I76, nd it kinda feels like a mix between the two, and it had a pretty solid vehicular combat for the time game was released.
Blood Drive and Smash and Survive make me feel like they're also a homage to Carmageddon.
Now I wanna play Blood Drive.
Blood Drive is a lot of fun I’d definitely recommend it but it’s best that you don’t try to beat it unless you are one of the most patient people on the planet
@@DemonSlayer-og8nm It's that frustrating?
@@Cyclobomberit’s not exactly frustrating but when you play one of the tournaments you have to do every single event in one setting there’s no saving in between
Not surprising to see you liked Motor Mayem, since Beyond Games also did a vehicular combat game for the Atari Lynx in 1993 called BattleWheels. One of the best multiplayer games on the Lynx. It would be cool seeing you cover that game if you plan to do another video in the subject of other vehicular combat games :D
39:43 I would like to point out the 80s had a lot of werewolf movies and the 90s had a a lot of vampire movies, it was just the zombies turn.
50:14 - all of Bandit: Phoenix Rising OST was made by.... Simon Viklund! Grin was a first incarnation of the Overkill studio and Simon is a one of the OGs. You most likely know him because of Payday tracks for first and second game and after he and other Grin OG - Ulf Andersson left Overkill to create their own studio - he made soundtrack for GTFO.
Crazy to think that electronic music from Phoenix Rising sounded like.... uh, that, compared to all of electronic Payday tracks that are certified bangers.
Your mileage definitely varies with PS2 emulation. Personally, I've NEVER had a game run tolerably well, much less as well as you showed, even though my mid-grade PC can emulate later consoles just fine. But that's just me.
If you're still in the business to cover 'knockoff Twisted Metal' games, there was one that I distinctly remember being quite the joyride (although this was way back when my youth was amazed by anything) called Bumper Wars. I remember it because of the premise that some advanced alien race came witness to us having fun with Bumper Cars and took the idea and turned it into a bloodsport, so as the title is. I think the major thing that differs it from TM conventionally is the fact that the 'car' that you have isn't necessarily fixed but can be changed and upgraded in certain ways depending on what playstyle you were going for, turning it into a bit of a lite RPG mixed with car combat.
As for another one, since you briefly mentioned hotwheels, was this isometric viewed game called 'Hotwheels : Bash Arena'. Although it seems this game was much more in the spirit of demolition derby so much than TM, it still had traps, places to navigate and the main goal (usually) was to defeat the other cars this way. So there's a few recommendations your way and some more awakenings of my childhood. I distinctly remember playing Vigilante 8 and loving the shit out of it and then having memory holed it up until all these decades later. It was quite a spiritual successor (even if it was made during TM's heyday) to the Twisted Metal franchise.
A game that i never saw getting attention when talking about vehicular combat games is "Motorsiege : Warriors of Primetime" (PS2). I had fun playing it. Defenitly not the best game of this genre, but still fun.
24:47 wow I'm glad I'm not the only one to find themselves pelvic thrusting inadvertently. I bet lots of people have this problem
Cel damage is awesome, cell animation and funny characters.
Bandits: Phoenix Rising is weird to me because it was made by GRIN, who went on to become OVERKILL and make the PAYDAY games. Not only that, but PAYDAY 2, which is still being actively updated and given new content, runs on the same engine as Bandits
Bandit: Phoenix Rising
The guitar lick sounds amazing and I wonder who composer it.... Simon Viklund
AHHHH that explains it
Hey dude! Just wanna say I love your work. I'm expecting to see you get a significant amount of new subscribers by next year. Keep it up 👍
40:07 they should have called the airport "the terminal"
FYI there is a sequel to I76. It's called Interstate 82
I was hoping dead in the water would be covered this time. It is pretty sweet and underrated by most
In case of part three, throwing Blood Wake out there for the OG Xbox.
Vigilante 8 has a special place in my heart
I second the comments talking about Thunder Tanks. It was also made by 3DO and I think is a spiritual successor to BattleTanx.
I been waiting for this! Thank you
Nice work ,friend..! In home i turn the repeat 2543 x for this video,i love your channel,essentially those Saga Videos! Thnx again!
Came across your videos excellent by the way just made a retro gaming pc came across Crash Day not sure if you coverd it.
you're wrong about the Battletanx never getting a third game.
Well, not wrong... just maybe you're not aware that there was a spiritual 'third' game. World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks.
It's basically the Battletanx MP mode but... that's the entire game. Refined controls and balancing, better graphics, and cooler map designs. Same basic principles.
While entirely unrelated to the topic at hand, I'm curious if TBP is aware of a game called: Brütal Legend. Otherwise known as that RTS metal tribute game with Jack black
I shouldn't have to watch an ad after each entry
18:05 That is a gigantic over exaggeration. I've been playing twisted metal for years while not using the "dedicated accelerate button." So, comparing that to aiming down the sights in a shooter or jumping in a platformer is kind of stupid. But Hey, you do you, it's none of my business.
You missed Streets of Simcity, but I wouldnt' blame you for it. Soundtrack slaps though.
17:50 deep rock galactic players: is this some kind of leaf lover joke I'm too rock and stone to understand?
It's a scam that's going around youtube, if you see it, ignore it.
@@TBP yeah I know I just hoped it was a joke and not actually another one of these
Concerning the games that received a lot of strong requests but were denied due to them being more racers than combat; why not do a Top Ten Spin-Offs from here? Games that took direct bits from Twisted Metal and metabolized it into another genre? Though, I guess if we’re going by that metric, those games would be less-inspired by Twisted Metal and more a logical evolution of the combat mechanic already established by say, Mario Cart back in the day.
And what the fuck is a “Battle Tank?” Or, more appropriately, what other kinds of tanks are there? “This here is my brand-new Harvester Tank. Like a normal Harvester, but completely covered in armored plating in case Jim Bob decides to send infantry in to steal my corn.”
What Riot has ended in unjustified use of force?
I wanna throw DeathDrome into this list of games, but setting this up on modern computers might be a pain. I got it to work on my Steam Deck using PCem running Windows 95, however.
I can hear the Motor Mayhem opening menu in my head
Midway arcade treasures 3 has pc port of rush 2049 with better versus mode than most of the games on this list.
I played it with a friends for hours.
Thanks for the video, other suggestions for a future video could it be, the beat games with combat in it.
Man i really wanted to know your opinion about jack x, it's the best spin off and one of my favourites games of all time.
So, seems like I will try another 3 hours to try for first time Interstate 76
Physical games degrade over time too, we need laws around game preservation
Blood drive was my favvvv god that game was so good i loved the simi juggernaut dude
I remember quite a few people who liked Interstate 76. I was never a fan
Okay now that's just a low blow to insult Battletanx, man. It was such a fun game that was difficult as hell but incredibly fun.
Motor Mayhem looks awesome.
Dead In The Water definitely looks like Twisted Metal with boats. Lol
It must have released around Twisted Metal 4- the elements are very similar.
I find it hilarious that you throw shade at Small Brawl but constantly use the ost in backgrounds. Lol... I hear Easy Death Oven
I’m rly surprised people were recommending Novadrone
As an Xbox guy, I was pretty jealous of PlayStation players all because they have Twisted Metal, and as a kid I can only have one console…sure I had my PSP to play Head On and I was hoping to mod it eventually and play Twisted Metal 2 on the go but, I wish I was able to play it on the big screen, then Novadrone came out (or somewhere along the Xbox Live Arcade time) and I played the trial for HOURS until I finally got a job and bought the whole game
The full game is fun but def confusing when it comes to unlocking stuff as far as I’m aware. Yu can buy DLC cars and shit and even when you buy them they are still locked…and they don’t make it easy to tell you how to unlock shit. There’s boss battles in that game as well and the boss cars are the size of Dark Tooth from TM2
It’s a shame you couldn’t play the full version cause it’s amazing as fuck.
They could capitalize on a twisted metal battle royale, am I right?
Yeah GoG Interstate '76 was bit infuriating, someone once tried to help me with it but never seen the thing fixed .(
Can't even start Nitro and '82 is not really worth my time.
On subjct of racing games that should not really have a combat mechanics i would add Fl4tout, that was terrible idea
Wwe Crush Hour probably has the best bad storyline of all of them
Motor Mayham and battle tanx are not knock offs, they are great games.
Battletanx is awesome in my opinion
I found smash and survive on the ps3 store last week
Vigilante 8 was just as good as twisted metal in my opinion.
Twistel Metal is the best Game ever Made!
Fan since 1996!
why not intersate 82 too?
Star Wars and WWE made Twisted Metal style games for some reason.
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Wow. You got to smash and survive, and when you said it was a PS3 game, I audibly said "no way" because of how bad the game looks.
Out of topic but if twisted metal ever existed again, please make someone wishes for a perpetual wish like winning the next twisted metal.
I feel that you enjoyed too much to kill Dr Graves since that's the most boats destroyed in your review
What did simpsrtadamus make Battletanx?🤣
I'm surprised the main character of Battle Tanks isn't wearing a fedora.
@Zoomer Stasi Not really. You know she was sucking and fucking other dudes while he was simping across the country for her. He's just the dude she settled with.
He uses the M'lady sonic attack special move.
If the game was made today the guy be over 400 lbs
Umm, actually, it's not a fedora it's a trillby. But you don't know that because you don't have style.
You wear a rainbow cape, calm down.
I played Battletanx on the 64 and the multiplayer was great as kids. Great memories.
Great game! Don't think it's bottom of the barrel... Lol
For their time, Battletanx and its sequel were solid N64 games. Great multiplayer.
First you played Vigilante 8 and Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense.
Then you played Interstate '76.
However... there's another game in the franchise. A direct sequel to Interstate '76 called Interstate '82, which takes place in the 80's. No idea if it's any good. Never played it. Only vaguely remember seeing reviews and ads for it in Gamepro magazine back in the day.
Most I 76 fans refuse to play it. Lol "Never get out of the car!"
'82 had you get outta the car. And while it looked and ran better, it just wasn't the same.
It's absolutely insane how many unrelated game series were evolutions that branched off from Interstate 76. Vigilante 8, the Battlezone series, Star Trek Armada, and freaking Star Wars Battlefront all use parts of Interstate 76's engine and gameplay features.
Crashday is the textbook definition of a passion project. For the most part it was developed by only 2 people over 8 years, and the project started in 1998 when they where 14 and in School. To me it still feels wild that they managed to get this thing released with full Retail packaging, somehow get a cult following out of just about 250.000 sold Retail copies (probably mostly in Germany where it ws developed) and then have it re-released on Steam a decade later.
How tf did I miss Dead In The Water?!?! Holy shit it looks sick!
Right that how I feel!!! I was a n64 kid not a PS kid back then so maybe that’s why for me but it looks right up my ally! My best friend had the PlayStations back then and we almost exclusively played twisted metal games haha. And this little gem called machine Hunter on ps1 that was a hidden multiplayer masterpiece
I don't know why but back when I had a new PS2, Motor Mayhem was practically being given away. I saw it everywhere for under $10. For that price, it was an absolute steal, really enjoyed it.
For what it is worth, many of us truly appreciate your hard work and dedication. Thank you.
Interstate'76 is one of my childhood favorites.
But I guess it's one of those old games that just run best on that eras architectures.
Might try a VM or straight up vintage PC to play it proper.
Makes you wish if someone made a sourceport or a simple remaster that runs the game natively with no issues on modern pcs ala Shadowman.
the sci fi inclusion in batletanx global assault was the perfect opportunity to add interesting villains with weird powers like in twisted metal
like tanks with electric attacks or telekinesis/magnetism
I do appreciate the addition of the marksman which is a laser tank and some tanks including the boss annihilator do use special items like the teleporter.
Twisted Metal Black comment: Was curious if you've seen the physical manual for the game because it's also Frank's (crazy8) diary. In between the manual stuff are his writings and I think he talks about living in the asylum, brief interactions with characters, writes about being in the competition and I think even reflecting before the final boss. I'm going off memory but I was very fascinated by it as more of the games world was even coming out of the manual along with how to play.
I should check out the manual as I have it in my collection.
@@Gatorade69 it's really neat but hard to read because the hand writing is terrible (obviously) and it's written around the manual parts like on the edges and stuff
I had the original package for TMB that wasn't a greatest hits edition.
My haven for vehicular combat game vids. Thanks for keeping them alive Bacon!
I absolutely loved motor mayhem! I played that so much back in the day. Good times
My name is Calypso, and I thank you for having some f*cking standards.
Also I just realized the plot BattleTanks is very similar to the premise of LISA: The Painful
Dead in the Water blew my little mind was a kid. The destructible environment and being able to "dig" into the map with enough missiles was way too fun.
Fun fact: in regards to Battletanx, both commercials parody Snuggles the Bear from Downey (I think it’s Downey) where he’s chased and destroyed by a tank
Haha. I think I remember that commercial.
I think people remember the two Battletanx games more for these ads (with the ad for Global Assault even throwing in a Six Million Dollar Man parody for good measure) than the game’s actual insane plot.
😂One of the best commercials along with Vigilante 8's!
I absolutely did not expect CrashDay getting in there
After discovering this game when I was 6 years old (around 2008-2009) and playing it since then - I just have to say that it truly shines in online. The 8 player Hold The Flag is truly a chaotic thing and it gives you real adrenaline rush when you finally take the flag and see, that half the lobby is approaching you from near the checkpoint you have to go in. And that's just the most popular mode - all other modes are also really fun when you have at least 3 other players!
And by the way, The Stunt gamemode focuses on you not just taking big jumps, but making a big combo of stunts. When you land on 4 wheels your combo timer gets expanded so you have more time to refresh it. And by doing couple of successful landings you get maximum combo length and then can do huge jumps that will be WAAAY more profitable, because of, well, your combo. It just takes time and practice (and experimenting with maps's environments)
WDL (World Destruction League) Thunder Tanks is another really fun tank battle game with selectable characters. WDL Thunder Tanks isn't under the same name but it is made by 3DO as well. I consider it the 3rd in the trilogy. I played that one A LOT!
Great video and content! Love your channel!
this is wild cause i've suddenly had the urge to watch a lot of twisted metal related content recently
Same, never really knew much about it but the All Endings video was in my recommended and now I've been binge watching videos
@@shreebington Hey same
I get the urge at least once a year lol
57:25 People aren't complaining about Teen Titans Go just because it's not their cup of tea. They're complaining because
1) Shows like the original Teen Titans have completely vanished from network TV.
2) Nearly every day on CN became a virtual Teen Titans Go marathon while other new shows were shoved into an early grave as a result.
3) The show had the gall to mock people who complained about that.
A couple things to point out.
1. I love your style of video. You get straight into things and provide context for everything you talk about, which I greatly enjoy. Every time I come to your channel, I know what I'm gonna get and you hit it out of the park.
2. Thank you for giving some shine to a genre of game that has unfortunately gone by the wayside. I have undoubtedly spent literal months of my life on games like Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8. They hold a very special place in my heart, and I always love to see them be appreciated by other people.
3. For someone who signs off as "The King of Snark Style" (sick Nakamura ref.) you never come off as the terrible kind of snarky that puts things down for the sake of humor.
All in all, your videos are incredible and I personally really appreciate the time and effort you put into everything. Keep on rocking on!
Battletanx and global assault did in fact run a lot smoother on the 64 than in emulation. I think it was only sometime in the past handful of years where global assault went from about 10-15 fps emulated to 20-30. That was just my experience though.
edit: also, the psx and n64 versions of the game are somewhat different. I grew up playing the 64 version, where obviously the texturing and modeling is slightly different, but there's also tanks that appear in the psx version that the 64 version doesn't have, like that mortar tank. I would suggest you trying the other version at some point if you haven't already.
There are also less filler missions in the N64 version.
@@marrqi7wini54 I didn't know that, but it's not surprising there'd be more in the psx version. Honestly I really do need to play that one at some point.
I have both versions of Global assault, and the general consensus with many people including myself is the N64 version is superior.
4 player max instead of 2.
Rhino, Rattler, Moto tank (fixed cannon tanks) have camera controls to swing it left and right, or quick turn, where the PS1 doesn't.
I need to reconfirm that.
Going from memory so people correct me if I'm wrong.
The Goliath tanks in base defence modes can't be reattached to the rail track in the PS1 version.
PS1 doesn't have the Marksman tank (at least in single player)
The Hornet Tanks doesn't have the ability to arch missiles left and right.
The farther you go in single player the more tank options you have per level in the N64 one. I recall you had a limited selection per level in the Ps1 version.
The 3 exclusive Tanks are meh.
Suicide tank is mostly worthless in single player.
Mortar Tank is a decent idea to have as many of the secondary weapons have tank that Specializes as said weapon as their primary weapon (Flamethrower, Laser, missiles)
But as stated in the video it's general usefulness is limited.
The gattling gun one is okay, and makes a return in world destruction league.
@@Hobojoe4464 Not being able to reattach goliaths in defense would blow. Same goes for the quick turn. I used those a ton. I'm glad to hear I didn't get the short end of the stick as a kid and had the better version lol.
@@glassramen Like I said in my post I'm going off of memory.
I'll have to check the quick Turns to confirm it. But the whole Rhino Tank not having a camer swing left or right option is true.
This is way more serious of a thought than Battletanx deserves, but it's got me thinking about how Gender Apocalypse stories are truly revealing when it comes to how our society on the whole tends to view the differences that are supposedly inherent between men and women. Setting aside things like chromosome combos besides XX and XY that can pop up, or the existence of trans people (both things these stories tend to either ignore or be extremely weird and gross about), it's telling that in nearly every story where all the men die the world just kind of moves on and maybe invests more heavily in studying cloning, while in nearly every story where all the women die things immediately go completely to shit and civilization collapses overnight.
Fun Fact about Bandits: The founders of grin alongside the composer of bandits, Simon Viklund, went on to found Overkill software, The developers of Payday. Payday along side sharing the Composer also shares the Engine with Bandits.
I played the shit out of Global Assault and the GBC Battletanx as a kid. I enjoyed them a lot.
I loved Global Assault. Never knew there was a first one as a kid though.
You do realize you're going to have to do a video on Interstate '82 now, right?
Another solid video from TBP, I remember seeing I76 but never played it. I kinda want to try and get it working.
I kinda want to see some of these characters as a guest character in Twisted Metal, competing to wish that Twisted Metal's popularity was given to the character's original game
Would be cool, especially since fighting games like Mortal Kombat and Tekken have become famous for allowing guest fighters. It will just have to depend on Sony and the company owning the characters they want as guests making an agreement that benefits both of them.
critical depth was an incredible game. it was far too complicated and had so many nuances that made it tough to enjoy. The huge arenas in 3d made combat rare
Battletanx multi-player was amazing! So many great memories
Twitter was hot a month ago when they announced the Twisted Metal show had finished filming. Do we know anything about the game though? Any leaks yet on how its coming along?