There's actually a prequel to this game on the PSP called Driver 76, where you play as Ray. Maybe you could make a follow-up to this video if you could find some way to get it running.
that was funny actually when I first played the game. Mine was when you face Bishop and he says "Like my new toy? lets end this" and if you're lucky enough after that he will say "Why did you have to fuck with my shit man" easily my two favorite lines in the whole game no pun intended.
Honestly, pre-rendered cutscenes in video games looked stellar in the PS2 era. The games themselves didn’t always look the best (DEVIL MAY CRY) but they hold up gameplay wise.
I loved how in Driver 1 you could give your vehicle infinite mass and ram into everybody without slowing down. I loved sending cars flying into space because I was a sadistic child.
I remember playing driv3r on my brothers ps2 when I was a kid still and I absolutely loved it back then. The atmosphere. Just driving around, exploring. Good times
i don't understand english very well when i was kid, so when i tested to be a driver in the first game, i learn the words and do it like a dozens times till i pass, that's the best achievement for me as a kid
My fondest memory of this game is being a thick skulled child, starting the game just picking up a gun, starting shooting everywhere. Up to this day I don't know what the game is about, what the character's name, I know nothing except that of you pick up enough revolvers, you get infinite ammunition.
Brings back nightmares from when I tried to get custom music into the game for the 2006 portion. Lots of weird Brazilian and Russian sites in broken English allowed me to do it
I'm from Brazil. The community for this game was amazing back then around here in a social media called Orkut. This game was one of my favorites on PS2.
This is such a underrated gem mainly back then and is a huge shame because this game gave me best times on PS2 it was my first PS2 game in 2006 before that I wasn't that interest into gaming and this game took me into that hard and I love to came back even these days and thanks new modding possibilite is more fun to play
Great to see a TH-camr playing this, it doesn't get the attention it deserves. After the failure that was Driv3r, Parallel Lines kind of flew under the radar, I even know of Driver fans like an old friend of mine who didn't know it existed. But this right here is one of my favourite games of all time, I love the setting, story, characters. Seriously underrated, not only the most underrated Driver game, but one of the most underrated PS2-era games.
loved this game so much as a kid, played it like crazy in 2009-10. one of my neighbours at the time printed out all the cheat codes and the map with location of the stars on it. need to play it again for sure
What I like about Driv3r is the atmosphere when playing in Miami. It also has this system where if you hit another car at high enough speed, you'd kill the driver.
In my country there was a comedyTV show called "Hermes & Renato", where they spoofed 70's movies, series and general aesthetics. I used to call this game "Hermes & Renato's game" because one of the characters from the show, Hermes, is an exact copy of this game's main protagonist.
You unlocked a memory I didn’t even know I had. I played the original driver as a small kid on the PS1 and it was so much fun! We actually had the steering wheel/brake controller for it and everything - my family was really into it!
There was another movie that predates Stephen King's Christine that was also about a car that chased people. It was literally called 'The Car'. It came out in the late 70s. I remember watching it with my mother (she was a horror fan).
I bought this on Steam a couple weeks ago for $3... I have had Driver: SF since release one way or another and feel exclusive to be able to play it on Steam 🤣 Glad to finally be playing this clone with decent graphics and frame rate! Controller support actually works with some tweaks. Edit: this game and Mafia 2 did time jumps in the world the best imo. Well executed.
I remember when my neighbour took me and her son to the video store and let us each rent a game. He chose Destroy All Humans, and I chose Driver: Parallel Lines. Of course I lied to my neighbour and told her I was totally allowed to play 18 rated games. I played this for the next week nonstop before returning it, and then because I was a kid I couldn't remember the name of the game, nor could I ever find it again on future trips to the video store. I found and bought Driv3r in the bargain bin, but it just didn't scratch the itch like this game did. It wasn't until about 8 years later I found the game and emulated it on PC, before realising it was on Steam and buying it outright. I still replay this once a year when I need a sweet hit of nostalgia.
I played this game quite a lot on my OG Xbox. I was a little bebe and was really blown away with the whole time jump thing, I also really liked the racing. I really don't think that many people played this game, at least in my general vicinity
Still remind how hooked I was the first time I played it. When The Kid goes to jail and everything around changes after his release, the new cars, new guns... that was something new to me, only recovered in Mafia II when Vito gets out of jail.
This was my favorite "Driver" game. "T.K." took us in a wheelman journey. From doing car recovery for "The Mexican", to Breaking "Candy" out of Ryker's Island prison. To being betrayed by his crew. To working along with the daughter of a Cartel Boss to help me take down "Corrigan". The 2008 time period in the game was like my favorite watching how the city done changed, seeing how old the crew age during the 2008 in game time period. "Driver Parrell Lines" was a sequel to PSP's "Driver 76". Atari needs to remaster this game for sure . 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Last Driver game I played and first game I bought (along with Getting Up:Contents Under Pressure) for ps2 with my own money from my first job. Move to PA in 06 and played these two games nonstop. Dope soundtrack. The era change cutscene with Sealings by Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing got me into the band. Wonderfully edited and directed scene. Love the cutscenes in the game.
YES FINALLY!!!! this if MY favorite game ever. Ive played it soooo much. I even finished it on the wii!! The freaking wii! I wish i could play it on xbox one. Collecting all the stars on wii was hard asf. Ive never felt so much nostalgia for a youtube video till now. I still have the wii, i think ill start it up
Speaking of sound cards, I feel like I remember there being some game that is near unplayable (but, of course, still offered on digital stores) where you need a bunch of community made patches to get it to run, because the game crashes when it looks for the specific details of your sound card and (for obvious reasons) cannot find one on modern systems.
This was by far my favorite game in the driver series and in my personal ps2 collection as well I remember getting it brand new that year with the map and dvd and soundtrack and I was blown away by the storyline alone but also as a New Yorker I found it interesting putting a time jump from the 70s to the early 2000s and seeing there rendition of nyc in the 70s as a 90s kid I thought that was pretty cool but the soundtrack from the first half of the game definitely was my favorite but overall the nostalgia of the whole game is worth replaying and enjoying all over again and again
I really wish GTA six will be like driver parallel lines mostly because of the story!!! Driver parallel line takes place in the late 1970s and 2006!!! GTA six is going to take place in a modern boring vice city!!! I really wish it could take place in the late 1980’s and the current year where we are right now!!!
Man I miss the Driver series. I even loved Driv3r despite all of its faults with bugs. The driving mechanics and physics were impeccable and that's what mattered the most. Wish they went back to Driv3r/Parallel Lines style and released a new game.
Loved this game back in the day my Dad got it for me on PS2 when I was in like 4th grade loved it hahah the 70s vibe an first GTA like game I got the play had countless hours of fun on it!
Me and my brother would play this game like gta for hundreds of hours while listening to a perfect circle or deftones or something, a purely mid 2000s experience
@@bradwhite5884 2016 had the doom reboot, 2017 Sonic Mania, 2018 red dead redemption 2, 2019 dirt rally 2.0, 2020 Doom eternal and 2021 had nothing at least for me
Used to love this game as a kid - I remember being fascinated by the car handling in general, and more specifically the fact that you could just restart from checkpoints - a big deal to those used to GTA's frustrating mission design. The map was kinda meh though. It was too empty and cardboardy, even for the time. I mean, every place felt just... flat, apart from the alleyways, which gave a little bit of depth I guess.
haha I've been playing this game since it came out and still playing from time to time. It's a simple game but lot of fun, the city is big, streets are wide and cars are fun to drive.
Driver 3 is the only driver game I have ever played on the Xbox. My step siblings and I at the time had a blast playing it in free roam. We would find those hidden bosses and kill them having never progressed the story because we didn't know there was a story and to this day I don't even know why those bosses were on towers with machine guns all I know is once we knew where they were we killed them.
Dude that Game was my childhood and was my first real gaming expierience. I remember getting stuck in the 70s for a Long Time because Kid me couldn't follow a damn chopper
I remember playing this game when i was a kid, i could not understand english at the time, so i just freeroamed and did random shit. Like going up to the subway tracks and following them. Good times.
Driver Parallel Lines? I don’t remember it having that title, here in NTSC-U all I got was Driver Perpendicular Lines. Something just didn’t seem Right about this version.
There's actually a prequel to this game on the PSP called Driver 76, where you play as Ray. Maybe you could make a follow-up to this video if you could find some way to get it running.
He could just emulate it using PPSSPP
country roads, take me home
Omg I miss this franchise so much
It's quite fun I've got it on pho.... PSP ofcourse.
@@futurism0 Well I never found a rom of this game which work properly, but I really would like to see Micky on it too
"Been 28 years and, no, I don't recall any cookies."
Actual best line in this game.
that was funny actually when I first played the game. Mine was when you face Bishop and he says "Like my new toy? lets end this" and if you're lucky enough after that he will say "Why did you have to fuck with my shit man" easily my two favorite lines in the whole game no pun intended.
For a ps2 game those cutscenes look nuts
they are pre rendered i think
@@marlon.8051 sure are
I use to say this all the time when i was a kid
The whole game looks like an early PS3 game. It's actually insane that this was on the PS2.
Honestly, pre-rendered cutscenes in video games looked stellar in the PS2 era. The games themselves didn’t always look the best (DEVIL MAY CRY) but they hold up gameplay wise.
It feels kinda surreal when you reach the 2006 portion of the game and the towers aren't there anymore.
Its even weirder when you see they are under construction
is he a call me kevin bootleg
@@Jorgemagottnumber9 Or construction workers take too long to clear out the area of the World Trade Center
In 78, south new jersey looks very flat unlike 06 where theres actual buildings
The driver games were epic. I remember playing 1 and two when i was 11 years old. Those were the days.
I loved how in Driver 1 you could give your vehicle infinite mass and ram into everybody without slowing down. I loved sending cars flying into space because I was a sadistic child.
I remember playing driv3r on my brothers ps2 when I was a kid still and I absolutely loved it back then. The atmosphere. Just driving around, exploring. Good times
AYE, MAN! WATCH THE PAINT!
@@kaj7135 the sound of lines of traffic getting sent was awesome
i don't understand english very well when i was kid, so when i tested to be a driver in the first game, i learn the words and do it like a dozens times till i pass, that's the best achievement for me as a kid
My fondest memory of this game is being a thick skulled child, starting the game just picking up a gun, starting shooting everywhere. Up to this day I don't know what the game is about, what the character's name, I know nothing except that of you pick up enough revolvers, you get infinite ammunition.
Those Morrowind mods are getting crazy ! A bit lore breaking but looks fun.
Brings back nightmares from when I tried to get custom music into the game for the 2006 portion. Lots of weird Brazilian and Russian sites in broken English allowed me to do it
Nice, I'm from Brazil and we love to mod our games
I'm from Brazil. The community for this game was amazing back then around here in a social media called Orkut. This game was one of my favorites on PS2.
@@ARBESProductions I owe you guys big time for building from scratch a program which converted MP3 files into the weird format used by the game
Me: damn this game is getting stale I wish I had a really reinvigorating mod
Some Brazilian website from 2003: ✋️😇
This is such a underrated gem mainly back then and is a huge shame because this game gave me best times on PS2 it was my first PS2 game in 2006 before that I wasn't that interest into gaming and this game took me into that hard and I love to came back even these days and thanks new modding possibilite is more fun to play
Dude has no punctuation skills.
@@coraini666 sure your punctuation gets you laid and makes you tons of friends lmao
@@GreenEyedDazzler why do you ask? Are your ass kissing not working anymore?
7:50 I love how the default paints are the most 70's colours ever. Nice detail
M8 I bloody love this game. When it changed timelines I don't think I was ever more shocked as a kid.
Micky just dropping by to say keep it up. Love your channel and the work you do. Cant fake passion.
My brother constantly rented this game from the video store when we were kids. It was the closest game to gta you could probably get on the Wii.
Actually there was a Goodfather version for the Wii (best version until the ps3 one came out) as well as Scarface.
oh god i forgot this game was also on the wii
@@Don_Ramiro man scarface and the godfather on the Wii are just the best of the best 🥲
Great to see a TH-camr playing this, it doesn't get the attention it deserves. After the failure that was Driv3r, Parallel Lines kind of flew under the radar, I even know of Driver fans like an old friend of mine who didn't know it existed. But this right here is one of my favourite games of all time, I love the setting, story, characters. Seriously underrated, not only the most underrated Driver game, but one of the most underrated PS2-era games.
loved this game so much as a kid, played it like crazy in 2009-10. one of my neighbours at the time printed out all the cheat codes and the map with location of the stars on it. need to play it again for sure
What I like about Driv3r is the atmosphere when playing in Miami. It also has this system where if you hit another car at high enough speed, you'd kill the driver.
Fairly certain Driver PL has the same thing.
In my country there was a comedyTV show called "Hermes & Renato", where they spoofed 70's movies, series and general aesthetics. I used to call this game "Hermes & Renato's game" because one of the characters from the show, Hermes, is an exact copy of this game's main protagonist.
Is that a Motherfuckin Brazilian reference?
um brasileiro, aqui? isso é uma surpresa kkk
@@kfaraujolake992 somos piores que praga kkkkkk
@@amadeusagripino6862 contaminamos essa porra da internet toda kkkk
You unlocked a memory I didn’t even know I had. I played the original driver as a small kid on the PS1 and it was so much fun! We actually had the steering wheel/brake controller for it and everything - my family was really into it!
Same here bro, you're not alone.
Thanks for not saying "core memory " like a middle aged white woman on tik tok thinking that's an actual scientific term Disney didn't just make up
No way you made a video of this game. Literally one of my favorite games when I was young ❤
The original Driver on PSX taught me how to drive in video games. Still use everything it forced you to master just to start the main game.
You pass the garage test? Man I give respect for that
Wait, you actually had a PSX?!
@@coisnotpog No. The original Playstation. There was a time when that was the shorthand for it. I guess not anymore.
There was another movie that predates Stephen King's Christine that was also about a car that chased people. It was literally called 'The Car'. It came out in the late 70s. I remember watching it with my mother (she was a horror fan).
This game legit had an awesome soundtrack! Such a good title! So underrated. They need to make a remaster of this!
Actually played this more than San Andreas, such a good nostalgia trip
I bought this on Steam a couple weeks ago for $3... I have had Driver: SF since release one way or another and feel exclusive to be able to play it on Steam 🤣 Glad to finally be playing this clone with decent graphics and frame rate! Controller support actually works with some tweaks. Edit: this game and Mafia 2 did time jumps in the world the best imo. Well executed.
i wish i had SF on steam
I remember when my neighbour took me and her son to the video store and let us each rent a game. He chose Destroy All Humans, and I chose Driver: Parallel Lines. Of course I lied to my neighbour and told her I was totally allowed to play 18 rated games.
I played this for the next week nonstop before returning it, and then because I was a kid I couldn't remember the name of the game, nor could I ever find it again on future trips to the video store. I found and bought Driv3r in the bargain bin, but it just didn't scratch the itch like this game did. It wasn't until about 8 years later I found the game and emulated it on PC, before realising it was on Steam and buying it outright. I still replay this once a year when I need a sweet hit of nostalgia.
"It's the 70's; I'll take the porn star car, why not?" *Proceeds to get into a car that looks like mine*
lucky
Wait a minute
I’ve actually been waiting my whole life for this game to get the love it deserves
I've played this game none stop on the ps2 its so good!
Duuude so cool to see someone uploading content of this game in 2022... I love it, probably one of my top 5 games. Great video! Keep it up!
That era transition sends shivers down my spine everytime when Sealings by Yeah yeah Yeahs starts fading in.
this game was so feckin good oh my god.
I played this game quite a lot on my OG Xbox. I was a little bebe and was really blown away with the whole time jump thing, I also really liked the racing. I really don't think that many people played this game, at least in my general vicinity
Ahem. I did
@@ralcolfwolfcoon8207 Are you in my general vicinity????
nope. just an OG gamer here that still has his xbox and an adapter for it
@@Kyrkis the single moms are coming
I remember this game. I rented it for PS2 back when you could rent games, but I liked it so much that I went back and bought it.
Still remind how hooked I was the first time I played it.
When The Kid goes to jail and everything around changes after his release, the new cars, new guns... that was something new to me, only recovered in Mafia II when Vito gets out of jail.
Fun fact: the head writer of Driver San Fran directed that "See How They Run" film thats out atm.
This was my favorite "Driver" game. "T.K." took us in a wheelman journey. From doing car recovery for "The Mexican", to Breaking "Candy" out of Ryker's Island prison. To being betrayed by his crew. To working along with the daughter of a Cartel Boss to help me take down "Corrigan". The 2008 time period in the game was like my favorite watching how the city done changed, seeing how old the crew age during the 2008 in game time period. "Driver Parrell Lines" was a sequel to PSP's "Driver 76". Atari needs to remaster this game for sure .
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
This game has the first raytracing effects, at least on console
Last Driver game I played and first game I bought (along with Getting Up:Contents Under Pressure) for ps2 with my own money from my first job. Move to PA in 06 and played these two games nonstop. Dope soundtrack. The era change cutscene with Sealings by Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing got me into the band. Wonderfully edited and directed scene. Love the cutscenes in the game.
YES FINALLY!!!! this if MY favorite game ever. Ive played it soooo much. I even finished it on the wii!! The freaking wii! I wish i could play it on xbox one. Collecting all the stars on wii was hard asf.
Ive never felt so much nostalgia for a youtube video till now. I still have the wii, i think ill start it up
Speaking of sound cards, I feel like I remember there being some game that is near unplayable (but, of course, still offered on digital stores) where you need a bunch of community made patches to get it to run, because the game crashes when it looks for the specific details of your sound card and (for obvious reasons) cannot find one on modern systems.
This was by far my favorite game in the driver series and in my personal ps2 collection as well I remember getting it brand new that year with the map and dvd and soundtrack and I was blown away by the storyline alone but also as a New Yorker I found it interesting putting a time jump from the 70s to the early 2000s and seeing there rendition of nyc in the 70s as a 90s kid I thought that was pretty cool but the soundtrack from the first half of the game definitely was my favorite but overall the nostalgia of the whole game is worth replaying and enjoying all over again and again
I really wish GTA six will be like driver parallel lines mostly because of the story!!! Driver parallel line takes place in the late 1970s and 2006!!! GTA six is going to take place in a modern boring vice city!!! I really wish it could take place in the late 1980’s and the current year where we are right now!!!
the taxi is called a chauffeur, also called that in gta VC I think
Man I miss the Driver series. I even loved Driv3r despite all of its faults with bugs. The driving mechanics and physics were impeccable and that's what mattered the most.
Wish they went back to Driv3r/Parallel Lines style and released a new game.
it's nice to hear one of the best songs from the 70's, Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne. the main character is a man of fine taste
The walking animation goes hard
thank you for unlocking an old memory. I didn't remember playing this game on ps2
14:43 I remember this exact tactic working in that The Godfather game
And GTA Chinatown Wars.
Love how you're branching out! You're my favourite youtuber
2:15 my dad made the same joke to me when I walked everywhere, since I didn’t know how to drive.
Still my Favourite Driver game
Me and my uncle played this together as a kid, this and the getaway, great memories. RIP
"I want to get off Mr bones' wild ride" loved the dnsl reference Mick!
This game helped a younger me find good music in school days
Loved this game back in the day my Dad got it for me on PS2 when I was in like 4th grade loved it hahah the 70s vibe an first GTA like game I got the play had countless hours of fun on it!
Me and my brother would play this game like gta for hundreds of hours while listening to a perfect circle or deftones or something, a purely mid 2000s experience
This and Scarface was such a good time. I'm glad i'm not the only one who played this.
I remember just driving around instead of doing missions good memories
2006 was a great year in regards to this game being from the good old school.
Oblivion as well!
Games from the 2000's were good in general, but once we reached the 2010's, everything went down from there
@@bradwhite5884 to 2011-2013 was the calm before the storm 2014 was the start more like the end of 2014 was the start
@@WHEELIFE29 yep, from 2002 to 2014 where the best years, anything after that went down hill with few exceptions
@@bradwhite5884 2016 had the doom reboot, 2017 Sonic Mania, 2018 red dead redemption 2, 2019 dirt rally 2.0, 2020 Doom eternal and 2021 had nothing at least for me
I remembered this, wish they bring back the Driver series at some point, so yeah
I absolutely need a remaster of this game. Considering they killed these games for watch dogs I don't think that dream will come true unfortunately
The driving in this game in particular felt so satisfying pulling corners and top speed
mate, yer gonna be at 1 million subs by the end of the year. Mark me words. Keep up 20/10 content
This was the closest experience from GTA that I could have while playing on my WII. I remember that all I wanted was to play the San Francisco...
23:24 love the Larry Bundy Jr reference! But, hello you!
Remember playing this game like 10-15 years ago with my brother. I was shocked when i got to the future after years of killing random people :D
Used to love this game as a kid - I remember being fascinated by the car handling in general, and more specifically the fact that you could just restart from checkpoints - a big deal to those used to GTA's frustrating mission design.
The map was kinda meh though. It was too empty and cardboardy, even for the time. I mean, every place felt just... flat, apart from the alleyways, which gave a little bit of depth I guess.
I loved this game so much. I used to modify all the cars and race them around the track
I needed a good Micky D fix today.
OMG this video just unlocked a childhood memory for me
haha I've been playing this game since it came out and still playing from time to time. It's a simple game but lot of fun, the city is big, streets are wide and cars are fun to drive.
Today, Parallel Lines would be just in the 70s, with the '06 part being DLC.
Micky thank you I have been looking for this game for years. played it at a friend's and couldn't remember the name
this crazy taxi playthrough was pretty good
Driver 3 is the only driver game I have ever played on the Xbox. My step siblings and I at the time had a blast playing it in free roam. We would find those hidden bosses and kill them having never progressed the story because we didn't know there was a story and to this day I don't even know why those bosses were on towers with machine guns all I know is once we knew where they were we killed them.
Man, i love playing this game alongside gta sa in the past.
Ooo i used to love this series when it first came out...Driver 1 and 2 were great, had an amazing time playing them with mates.
Yes, I used the cinematic camera in GTA V, only for simulating crashes and hit & run scenarios in slow motion 😐
YES !!! a game of my childhood !!!
I loved Driver Parallel Lines as a kid, it was honestly a really fun game
I remember this game mainly because of great soundtrack. One Way or Another.
Edit: ha! First thing you say xD
Dude that Game was my childhood and was my first real gaming expierience. I remember getting stuck in the 70s for a Long Time because Kid me couldn't follow a damn chopper
Driver parallel lines is fucking legendary
Love this game a lot! the Cerrano is my favorite car cause I really love how it's designed!
This game is reddit gold
"I want to get off Mr Bones Wild Ride"
My man
Love the content... would love to see part two and tree 🖖😁
Someone at Nintendo saw that star, and that's the story of how New Donk City was inspired.
It just dawned on me that the game is called Parallel Lines and that is the name of the album that One Way or Another is from...
Did you know the Blondie Album that has 'One Way or Another' is called 'Parellel Lines'?
I remember playing this game when i was a kid, i could not understand english at the time, so i just freeroamed and did random shit. Like going up to the subway tracks and following them. Good times.
Just watched this video from a recommendation and fuck you're hilarious 😂 love your commentary
This is a great series. I hope they pick it back up soon.
Gotta be honest....plYed Driver 1,2, and 3....heard of San Fran...never knew about this one. I loved Driver 2 as a kid.
I remember playing a driver game on the ps1 it was pretty fun
Driver 3, or Driv3r, was actually a good game
Man I loved these games
Fam this game its LEGENDARY
2 person camera for first and ONLY time in gaming history
This game was sooo good. Its crazy when played it i was a kid in paraguay. Now its been 13 years since i lived in nyc.
Driver Parallel Lines? I don’t remember it having that title, here in NTSC-U all I got was Driver Perpendicular Lines. Something just didn’t seem Right about this version.