The Girl Games Of Lost Media (Part 1) | Tales of the Lost

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    / @raymona The Girl Games of Lost Media
    Contact/Press:
    info@raymona.net
    I’m beyond excited to finally have The Girl Games Of Lost Media documentary finished and released for you guys. The topic of lost media is so incredibly fascinating and it was a pleasure to be able to really sit down and investigate the mysteries behind the Mean Girls and Clueless Nintendo DS games. Thank you for your countless love and support these last four months, working away at this video has really been a trip LOL I hope you guys like the final product :) I’d love to make more videos of this caliber... This is only the beginning!
    Thank you for everyone who helped make this possible.
    If you’d like to support my work and be up to date with new videos, please follow my socials!
    TH-cam: / raymona
    Twitter: / theraymona
    Instagram: / theraymona
    Patreon: / raymona
    Chapters:
    00:00:00 - Prologue
    00:05:00 - Intro
    00:06:29 - Chapter 001: The Wonder Years
    00:10:05 - Chapter 002: Meet The Press
    00:13:57 - Chapter 003: That's So Fetch
    00:21:42 - Chapter 004: Keeping Up With The Konfusions
    00:24:27 - Chapter 005: Development Hell
    00:31:36 - Chapter 006: Retracing Steps
    00:33:50 - Chapter 007: Clueless Fashion Has Entered Chat
    00:44:16 - Chapter 008: Found Footage
    00:47:35 - Chapter 009: Clueless Fashion The Demo
    00:49:51 - Chapter 010: The End...?
    00:53:25 - Chapter 011: The Lost Media Drop
    01:10:19 - Chapter 012: Mean Girls Has Entered Chat
    01:13:32 - Conclusion
    01:14:43 - Outro
    Archive.org Documents:
    Will be dumping everything onto the lost media wiki in the coming days!
    Clueless Fashion: Visual Style Guide -archive.org/details/clueless-...
    Clueless Fashion: Game Manual - archive.org/details/clueless-...
    Clueless Fashion: Game Design Document - archive.org/details/clueless-...
    Clueless Fashion: English ROM - archive.org/details/ncklp-00
    The Cast of Clueless:
    Pokimane - Cher / @pokimane
    BlessingJr - Narrator
    Simone de Rochefort - Dionne
    Abby Russell - Amber
    Additional Voices by:
    Abby Russell - Forum Commentator
    Penny Parker - Gamespot Commenters
    Tama Hero - Gamespot Commenters
    Simone de Rochefort - Clueless Style Guide Narrator
    Don (Dad as Heck) - Employee at Crush Digital Media/Fuzzy Frog
    Pam - Computer Voice/Automated Message
    Quinton Reviews - Gamespot Commenters
    Art M/Gamerfrommars - Gamespot Commenters and Anonymous Tip
    JohnRiggs - CEO at Glyph Entertainment
    John Duncan - 505 Games Support
    Kelsey Lewin - Gamespot Commenter
    Keely Clove - Gamespot Commenters
    Pan/ Rebel Taxi - Philip Corner (ex game dev at Fuzzy Frog)
    James/ Nitro Rad - Forum commentator
    Brady Lindsay/ CaptainAmiibo - Forum commentator
    YourMovieSucksDotOrg/ Adum - Mean Girls ESRB narrator
    Intro/Outro Music
    Sometimes Hearts Collide - Particle House ft. Christine Smit
    All other music from
    Epidemic Sound
    #meangirlsds #lostmedia #documentary
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  • @RayMona
    @RayMona  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1243

    This video may not have a million views but im seriously overwhelmed with all of the positive feedback its been getting. Thanks yall, that means a whole lot to me especially since this is an entirely different direction from the previous content on my channel😭💕💕💕 this is just the beginning! The more vids i make like this the higher the production!💜💜

    • @Holly-zu6kp
      @Holly-zu6kp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The production quality of this is so high! It's so beautiful and witty and oh god I'm staying up so late watching this because I'm invested. It deserves all the views. ALL OF THEM. I know this stuff takes a lot of time but I'm here for it.

    • @rgs8970
      @rgs8970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Even when it reaches 1 million views, which it definitely will, it will still be underrated! I am blown away by the journey AND the destination-- this is a gem 💎💎💎

    • @StrangieStrange
      @StrangieStrange 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This absolutely deservers a million views tho

    • @matthewlister3755
      @matthewlister3755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I saw this video because I heard about it from your interview on the Video Game History Hour podcast. Wow! This youtube video was better than movies I have paid money to see! Outstanding.

    • @ludovicarepetto2653
      @ludovicarepetto2653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The clueless game is literally looks like the ripoff copy of the nintedo ds game Imagine: Fashion Designer !!!!

  • @asmrduringclass8149
    @asmrduringclass8149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +789

    The clueless fashion developer was a true godsend and the dream informant for the lost media community

  • @ModernMedusa
    @ModernMedusa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    "My name is Raven Simone"
    That caught me off guard lol. I was like wait, nuh uh...🤣

    • @cB-sr9kd
      @cB-sr9kd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The podcast that I heard about this video on mentioned this when they recommended it and it still managed to catch me off guard.

    • @andyk250
      @andyk250 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cB-sr9kd What podcast was that?

    • @cB-sr9kd
      @cB-sr9kd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@andyk250 Let's Fight a Boss

    • @Exalted_Sw1tcher
      @Exalted_Sw1tcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Same dude, I thought it was a bit until I got to the credits lol.

    • @Zulf85
      @Zulf85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Legit though, speaking from experience a name like that must have either been a blessing or a nightmare in school lmao

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1864

    Imagine what our society would've been like if Mean Girls Ds wasn't lost media.

    • @JudgeTyBurns
      @JudgeTyBurns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      Flying cars and free energy and all that junk

    • @Ricken9000
      @Ricken9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Lindsay Lohan would be president

    • @vvvvventy
      @vvvvventy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@Ricken9000 she's my president

    • @kerrim2715
      @kerrim2715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For some reason it feels like something I’ve seen lying around

    • @Theedollxo
      @Theedollxo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vvvvventy perioddd she’s mine too

  • @od3910
    @od3910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Imagine making a game you know is kinda trash, not even seeing it published then a decade later people start calling you up desperate to find your game. You never know what's going to be impact culture

  • @Tama-Hero
    @Tama-Hero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2128

    I love that you found the lost video game adaptation of the novel Emma by Jane Austen

    • @TateS26
      @TateS26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Funny to see you here =D

    • @mariotaz
      @mariotaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I was literally thinking Tama Hiro would be into this and even checked the comment section.

  • @JoHasIssues
    @JoHasIssues ปีที่แล้ว +78

    You saying "and you're telling me no one has a full copy of Saban Moon?" is now so deeply ironic that I couldn't help but laugh at that line. Who would've thought, haha

    • @RayMona
      @RayMona  ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Oh my god i didnt even remember saying it in this doc hahahaha😂😂😂

  • @YMS
    @YMS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1216

    Your voice sounds different at 17:18

    • @CastleMati
      @CastleMati 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I See You're a Man of Culture as well.

    • @asb6493
      @asb6493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Ayo furry maaaan !

    • @timallenbrown
      @timallenbrown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      hmmm suspicious!

    • @ModernMedusa
      @ModernMedusa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bruh I recognized you immediately lmao

  • @Mojomay
    @Mojomay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    Oh hey, 505 games published a game called Fashion Designer: Style icon, it has the EXACT same gameplay and interface for the clothing design minigames. And a very similar story line if I remember correctly. They must have decided to publish it with an original ip instead.

    • @amberjones3405
      @amberjones3405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      I was looking for this exact comment!! I played that game to death as a kid and I had a mini lost media moment last year when I forgot the name and just kept googling "fashion game with moths" lmao

    • @Mojomay
      @Mojomay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@amberjones3405 aww haha, yeah me too!! I loved it! Moth fashion ftw

    • @slena
      @slena 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes omg! when i watched the gameplay i was like wait.... i've played that game :0

    • @arosenthal3318
      @arosenthal3318 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mojomay I think I may have either played that or some sort of sequel of it.

    • @MorningMeasure
      @MorningMeasure 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      gameplay is also pretty similar to imagine fashion designer, though that's probably coincidence since its a different set of companies

  • @filmcow
    @filmcow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1262

    Dang, this must have taken so much work. Incredible video and discovery!

  • @apt_get
    @apt_get 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Even “cheap” movie tie-in games have passionate people behind them that love the work they do.

  • @GreatistheWorld
    @GreatistheWorld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    I feel ambushed & almost attacked by the production quality and skill of presentation on display here
    Congratulations in advance for your two million views and Netflix deal! Holy shit this is incredibly done

  • @emilygallegos9129
    @emilygallegos9129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    The sewing system in clueless is VERY similar to other fashion games for the DS. I remember the same icons that were used to indicate wrinkles and the scissor sprites look exactly the same

    • @babybuneary
      @babybuneary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Its the same as Fashion Designer: Style Icon, which was also published by 505 Games, back in 2007!

    • @rozzzarukon
      @rozzzarukon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It could be the case that these were temporary assests borrowed from other games?

    • @RatOfTheWoods
      @RatOfTheWoods 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes! I remember some other game I had, I think a Hello Kitty game? Or something was super similar

    • @amberdotpng9670
      @amberdotpng9670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RatOfTheWoods i think the game you might be thinking of is the hello kitty and friends happy party game? my sister had it and i remember being obsessed with the dress making mini game lol

    • @RatOfTheWoods
      @RatOfTheWoods 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@amberdotpng9670 yes, I think that might be it! It was one of my faves as a child but I can't find it now, it might've been in the batch of games we sold

  • @BrightBlueInk
    @BrightBlueInk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    One cool thing about this is it shows how much work goes into developing games, even "shovelware." I especially liked the look at the Clueless style guide!

    • @bsidethebox
      @bsidethebox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oh yeah you gotta sell the game to the licenser--that's almost more important than delivering on your promises when you're making low budget licensed shovelware. 😅 The game design documents for those TV plug and play games where you got a novelty joystick loaded with 4 NES/SNES level minigames would easily run to 40+ pages with tons of mocked up "screenshots" etc...before the project even gets greenlit!

  • @HBMmaster
    @HBMmaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +645

    love the use of the beyonce rhythm heaven commercial. I suppose!

  • @rolanslide8509
    @rolanslide8509 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "you're telling me noone has a full copy of Saban Moon?" oh if only 2021 Raven knew....

  • @molotera8789
    @molotera8789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    i havent seen Clueless so i didnt know what do u meant by it being bad until the style guide mentioned the main character's love interest is her stepbrother, thanks for saving me a view or a wikipedia visit

    • @RayMona
      @RayMona  3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      LMFAO

    • @0XBlondie96X0
      @0XBlondie96X0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I mean... technically they aren't related? Still, it is a bit uncomfortable lol

    • @wanderlustiest
      @wanderlustiest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol, look up the "Marmalade Boy" manga then. I dare you 😂

    • @IMakePeopleSaltyApparently
      @IMakePeopleSaltyApparently 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      WHEEZE

    • @svgstarlight
      @svgstarlight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@0XBlondie96X0 In the wise words of Klaus from the Umbrella Academy, if you have to say “technically” when defending your ability to date someone who can be seen as family, that means it’s already a bad idea 😂

  • @chayden153
    @chayden153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    An hour of lost media?! Instant like
    Edit: I cannot believe you got: Rebeltaxi, GamerFromMars, and YourMovieSucks to voice the responses, I absolutely love their content

    • @QJ89
      @QJ89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      AND Pokimane? Huh.
      But Pam / CBT? Nice!

    • @otakucouture
      @otakucouture 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I KNEW I RECOGNIZED REBELTAXI love this.

    • @chayden153
      @chayden153 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@otakucouture me too!

    • @Savariable
      @Savariable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I recognized gamerfrommars but honestly don't watch the others so I didn't recognize it

  • @JauntyAdventures
    @JauntyAdventures 3 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    It's so cool, and a little depressing, to see how much thought went into the design behind this game.

  • @hadamsj
    @hadamsj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +982

    Amazing work! This showed up randomly in my recommendations and I feel lucky to have found this gem.

    • @Kas_Styles
      @Kas_Styles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same

    • @Ilsezwarts
      @Ilsezwarts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same same, let's hope the algorithm will bless this video more

  • @Moscato_Moscato
    @Moscato_Moscato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    If I ever go missing, I want Bobdunga to narrate my inevitable mystery podcast

  • @GoticoArrombado
    @GoticoArrombado 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Resume: Queen has just solved a decade old mystery and got the Clueless game and maybe we will have more info about Mean girls DS, unfortunately Pretty in Pink is likely forever lost.

  • @jennyholiday88
    @jennyholiday88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Imagine if this video got copyright claimed and became lost media

  • @KasumiRINA
    @KasumiRINA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    34:03 Clueless is an adaptation of Jane Austen's Emaa set in 1990s Beverly Hills. The main plot is Cher/Emma almost accidentally playing matchmaker to an older couple, so she decides she's pro at matchmaking and tries to hook up her "unhip" friend with a popular guy, but she is completely clueless what they both actually like and the whole story is about a rich popular girl with a good heart by no common sense. There were MANY adaptations of Emma, from one with Gwyneth Paltrow in 90s to modern day TV dramas, Clueless just stands out by actually being unique and probably the one good role Alicia Silverstone had outside of Aerosmith music videos.

  • @Moscato_Moscato
    @Moscato_Moscato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    A Mean Girls game could work if it’s a story based game like a dating sim like Monster Prom, a point and click (with 00s aesthetic) or a Telltale decision based game but too bad that’s way too much effort for a company just looking for a cheap cash in
    Also I hope someone like Foldable Ideas Dan Olson helps the community find this game because he’s into that as well

    • @blazesaber1383
      @blazesaber1383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      a Telltale style mean girls game would be awesome.

    • @razminfox1787
      @razminfox1787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Imagine an Heathers or jawbreaker hitman style game

    • @benedictdwyer2608
      @benedictdwyer2608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@razminfox1787 OMG YASS! a heathers x hitman 3 collab, perhaps?

    • @benedictdwyer2608
      @benedictdwyer2608 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@razminfox1787 but it’s heathers, as it’s talking about multiple people called heather, rather than talking about a thing owned by heather

    • @razminfox1787
      @razminfox1787 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@benedictdwyer2608 yeah autocorrect fucked that up

  • @Sylphella
    @Sylphella 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    22:06- Oh hey, that's me. In my defense, it was late at night and I was dumping whatever information that I could find in hopes that there would be some kind of overlap, or anything that would be able to help whomever saw it.

    • @Sylphella
      @Sylphella 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And I just realized I spelled my username wrong ;w;

  • @jacksonwalsh4409
    @jacksonwalsh4409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I think this is seriously one of the most impressive things I've seen on the internet.

  • @Hilijix
    @Hilijix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    This documentary was a masterpiece. The editing, the tone, the music, your persona, the style. Everything. Shout out to bringing together a BOMB cast of VAs too (seriously there's TH-cam LEGENDS like Tama, Simone de Rochefort, Nitro Rad, POKIMANE AND PENNY PARKER????)!! This is hands down one of the best video essays I've watched in a LONG time.

  • @spookysarah7777
    @spookysarah7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    That's how I felt about the show "Itsy Bitsy Time". I had tried for years to figure out what it was on and off until one night at work I decided to look up shows for kids from a specific time frame that had circus themes and then there it was. It was by far the best feeling in the world to find it.

    • @zippity0
      @zippity0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh my god yes! I had the same revelation with the same show a few years ago! I had a VHS of this show and all I could remember was it had an episode of Charlie and Mimmo (but I didn’t even know the name of that show) that involved a scavenger hunt and that the intro of the VHS played the theme song with the blue and white tent with the weird gloved hand. Finding that again was absolutely WILD!

    • @spookysarah7777
      @spookysarah7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zippity0 its wild we both were looking for the same show! In my memories the tend was red and white so for a second I was just like "huh?" But that song was exactly how I remember. For years my brain replaced "itsy bitsy" with "howdy doody" for some reason too which also made the search hard lol

  • @Spookybluelights
    @Spookybluelights 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Ms. Simone this is incredible! You did a real journalism here! What a debut into the TH-cam Doc scene!

    • @QJ89
      @QJ89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That is so Raven!

  • @MrMario2011
    @MrMario2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    This is an absolutely incredible journey to see. Great watch 😀

  • @Vale-fd4pk
    @Vale-fd4pk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "A shop called Mercatino dell'usato" had me rolling, I can immagine this immaginary person being like "oohhh it sounds so chick" when it's just a flea market 😅.
    Love the video it was super entertaining and engaging 😍!!

    • @RayMona
      @RayMona  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah! I remember when i translated it i was like "...bruh..." LOL😂😂 and thank you!😊

  • @bbqbestie
    @bbqbestie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    If this video doesn’t go viral I’m gonna sue TH-cam bc this was AMAZING

  • @BeatleBabe
    @BeatleBabe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    OMG. The fact that you not only gained access to the lost Clueless game, but you're preserving it for all the rest of us has me literally sobbing tears of joy. I too have been trying to sleuth this out for the longest time (as well as, naturally, the lost Mean Girls mystery) and had hit nothing but dead ends. You actually accomplished what I thought was undoable!!! Thank you so much for sharing it with the rest of us all!

  • @kyleboyd445
    @kyleboyd445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This is a great video. My favorite part is the casual use of Beyonce playing Rhythm Heaven as B-roll.

  • @derpydashdjblazekin
    @derpydashdjblazekin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Is it just me or is this mean girls DS game basically the equivalent to Our Generations version of polybius

    • @AndresGonzalez-zu4um
      @AndresGonzalez-zu4um 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mean girls has not killed people nor it has ties with the CIA , that we know of..............

    • @Adrian_1114
      @Adrian_1114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AndresGonzalez-zu4um that's so fetch

  • @bpcgos
    @bpcgos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    This is incredible... A full fledge docs that TH-cam didn't deserve...

  • @ModernVintageGamer
    @ModernVintageGamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    What an amazing video. I loved it !

  • @PuNkY-fr
    @PuNkY-fr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    Wooow ! I am impressed ! That was amazing !

  • @chigennucketgames1689
    @chigennucketgames1689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I was on facebook in france, searching the marketplace for ds games, when I saw mean girls for the ds for like 7 euros and thought it was over priced so I didn't send a message or anything, but i'll get a vpn and try to see if it's still available

  • @buseyilmaz7642
    @buseyilmaz7642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    HOLD ON! I know that sewing minigame featured in the Clueless game! I had a game ALSO published by 505 games called Fashion Designer: High Fashion that has the EXACT same sewing minigame! As far as I remember, there was not much else besides that but very interesting to know that they recycled that minigame idea for another release. Though that game was developed by French studio Creative Patterns :)

  • @Frosting1000
    @Frosting1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    this better blow up or im gonna riot

  • @ZandyQuality
    @ZandyQuality 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    This is borderline insanity, and I'm here for it

  • @sleeplessbeauty86
    @sleeplessbeauty86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Lmao not you using Prince as Cousin Paolo at 20:23 💀 you've really outdone yourself with the editing, great job!

  • @jensendsflowers
    @jensendsflowers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This video is INCREDIBLE. I thought I was putting on a 10-minute video while I started to (read: procrastinate on) work. I am SO glad I instead began watching this 1 hour + long journey. I'm not yet finished watching, but even from the beginning I marveled at the editing (I loved seeing celebs as stand-in people, that made me chuckle). This has been such an exciting journey to watch unravel. You helped a lot of people by reaching out to that CEO/President. I love seeing people on the Internet coming together in these ways and staying at it for years. Thank you, excellent work, I look forward to watching more of your videos!

  • @Lemieux_channel
    @Lemieux_channel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    HOW IS THE EDITING SO PERFECT I-

  • @ainhoaicigar4160
    @ainhoaicigar4160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Girl, you deserve an Oscar for this

  • @ChristosFake
    @ChristosFake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    This was seriously amazing. I love lost media so much and Mean Girls DS is one of my favorite all-time cases of it. You have my immediate respect up there with Peter Knetter who found the lost Japanese McDonald's training game for DS. You have officially earned a subscriber with notifications on.

    • @mlpdisneylover
      @mlpdisneylover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Peter Knetter? You’re thinking of Nick Robinson who found the Japanese McDonald’s training game.

    • @ChristosFake
      @ChristosFake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mlpdisneylover Oh that's right. I get their names mixed up sometimes. Thank you for the correction.

    • @mlpdisneylover
      @mlpdisneylover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ChristosFake hey no problem 🖤

    • @IMakePeopleSaltyApparently
      @IMakePeopleSaltyApparently 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mlpdisneylover technically he wasn't the first though. He even says this in his video

  • @FoxJ10027
    @FoxJ10027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I just heard PanPizza mention TheGamerfromMars and NintenDrew in a BobDunga video and my head is now imploding.

  • @marksmithwas12
    @marksmithwas12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Where do I even begin? This video was incredible! The suspense, editing, the mystery of it all, everything was satisfying (I hope you get to make a part 2 someday)! You really went from an internet detective, to a journalist, getting that primary source scoop! Well done!
    It's amazing how sometimes during a mystery, there can be clues in plain sight for so long that go unnoticed because you're taking an approach though a fixed perspective. Sure, it lead to a completely different game being discovered but it cleared up some confusion and chiselled away at a good chunk of the mystery in the process! I'm sure there are many more games that have had a similar fate, and I know there is a lot of lost media of other mediums too. It's up to archivists, people like you, to save them from eternal slumber (hopefully through ethical means, although in that Nintendo leak we got Luigi, which signified the ending of a 24 year old rumour (L is real 2401), beautifully).
    At the beginning of the video you asked if there was ever any media that the viewer may remember but cannot find online. My answer was not only a 'yes' but multiple 'yes's as this has happened many times. Whether it's something as simple as a UK TV series that was never released on physical media/kept in a vault somewhere with no option to watch it online at all, to something like a cartoon on Toonami that only broadcast in the UK and is undocumented online (I swear it was called 'Space Chicks' lol), I've given up on looking for a lot of lost media relevant to my interests over the decades. One of the more recent things I've wanted to know about is the Cardcaptors UK dub, as information about it gets messy really fast. Long story short, it was dubbed into English by Nelvana before it was edited, and Ocean had their own divisions(I think?) edit the show in Canada, Australia, the US and the UK. The former 3 are documented but the latter isn't. It would be awesome to find out what made the UK version different but also what the full unedited dub was like. Can you imagine?
    Anyways I'm rambling on a bit haha. I really enjoyed the video! (Shoutouts to *Tama Hero* who brought me here!)

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reminds me of breadtube's finest and contrapoints, the cuts and such are more in depth and in detail (precise)

  • @RayMona
    @RayMona  3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    😀Thank you for everyone who helped make this possible.
    If you’d like to support my work and be up to date with new videos, please follow my socials!
    TH-cam: th-cam.com/users/raymona
    Twitter: twitter.com/theraymona
    Instagram: instagram.com/theraymona
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/raymona

    • @meekermoo752
      @meekermoo752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just want to point out that you are absolutely amazing and you need to do the next most unclear of lost media Sailor moon live action saban this is the american version of sailor moon because nobody can find the first episode or even a clear version of the 2 minute promo video that was shown at a con that is currently surfing youtube if you can do this you would be changing history as some people have tried getting close of finding more actual footage of the show some have only found stock animation and another sailor moon spin off called Team angel if you do this just know I have faith in your inverstigations

  • @astoldbyneon43
    @astoldbyneon43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    This was such a crazy documentary, but I'm so happy I got recommended this! Still can't believe you found an ENTIRE lost video game! 😍

  • @BrentM11
    @BrentM11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I am proud of you. Game preservation is one of my biggest passions. This is an amazing discovery. You do not have to relate to these games or even enjoy them to appreciate the hard work. Good job!! I'll be adding Clueless Fashion to my DS archive set. One more victory for preservationists.

  • @KouRingo
    @KouRingo ปีที่แล้ว +5

    and just a year later, she found the copy of Saban Moon

  • @Sanorace
    @Sanorace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Today I learned that Clique is commonly pronounced Kleek and that the way I was pronouncing it, Click, is only a regional pronunciation.

  • @talbain7185
    @talbain7185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Just gonna leave a like for the hard work you put into this after mentioning you'd like to convert to Documentary style content.

  • @TheCartoonGamer8000
    @TheCartoonGamer8000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This gon' be good.

  • @Ninten110dogs
    @Ninten110dogs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I swear I've seen Mean Girls in a local Family Dollar before. But don't quote me on that. That cover does look mad familiar to me though. They still sell shovelware DS games in said store to this day lol. I'll go check it out soon and let y'all know what I find. ★

  • @ElyseExplosion
    @ElyseExplosion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The care you put into this is SO evident. Thank you for your detective work, sharing your findings, and taking the time to present it to us, the general public, as such! 💗

  • @j.elizabeth4621
    @j.elizabeth4621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I was a teen in the late 90s and early 2000s, we recorded everything on VHS tape and audio tape. There were a ton of bootleg VHSs floating around of hard to find Japanese films, European horror films and obscure media. It was easy to copy VHSs if you found a bootleg and you could record directly from TV. There were bootlegs of recordings full of people dying on camera, things like Bum Fights, recordings of punk shows from across the country you’d never see otherwise, skate vids, super weird p0rb. We’d find VHS tapes at park and rides and have no issue watching it. There is so much lost and forgotten media on VHS tapes somewhere. I remember when the South Park episode where they said “shit” on cable a friend recorded it and we shared the VHS between our friends group. Wild.

  • @PeopleMakeGames
    @PeopleMakeGames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Oh my god, this is such a fun video. Brilliant detective work!

  • @kittymae335
    @kittymae335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    22:34 I had that 'Girl Gamer' magazine issue when I was like 12 and I found it so insulting lmao

  • @philipcorner574
    @philipcorner574 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    26:55 OMG, this is me!
    You know, when I made that comment on the Gamer From Mars video, I wondered whether it would blow up, or go completely unnoticed. I hoped that it would give people new information that would have otherwise been completely unobtainable and allow them to continue their search. I'm very pleased that it did!
    I heard a couple of years ago that the game had been found and that these Ray Mona videos existed. I like hearing about searches for lost media, but I resisted watching them because it wasn't a lost game for me, and the interest in it has been a rather surreal experience.
    Great video though, well done!

  • @FrickenDweeb
    @FrickenDweeb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    With this quality of editing, research, and guests, how the heck don't you have more subscribers?!?
    Commenting for the algorithm, because this video is great and should be in waaay more recommended feeds by now!!!

  • @foxtrot-mikey-lima6225
    @foxtrot-mikey-lima6225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Your dramatic re-enactments are the best thing the set you set up for your bed is so pretty
    And if it’s not a set then your bed set up is sooo pretty

  • @JudgeTyBurns
    @JudgeTyBurns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This was a wild ride from start to finish.

  • @Glamikuns
    @Glamikuns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh girl you have GOT to make more documentaries like these. Lost media, girls games or toys from the 2000’s, or just whatever you wanna do. I LIVE for documentaries on stuff like this. 🥰

  • @scottperkerson5362
    @scottperkerson5362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Welp, I know what'll have my undivided attention for roughly an hour and eighteen minutes 👀

  • @Originaljamester
    @Originaljamester 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was posted on r/lostmedia and I'm so glad I found it! You put so much work into doing research to bring back these 'lost' games! I have so much nostalgia watching this. I had forgotten how fun DS girl games used to be, seeing your video made me so so happy!

  • @juliannehannes11
    @juliannehannes11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There's this phenomenal woman who recorded all network channels 24/7 from the 1970s to 2004 and is still getting archived digitally long after her death and will be available to the public soon.

    • @Aster_Risk
      @Aster_Risk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who??

    • @juliannehannes11
      @juliannehannes11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Aster_Risk Marion Stokes, rent her documentary, the most fascinating women who ever lived who looked out for Gen Z and perserved all media history from 1970s-2010 for them to see firsthand rather than let it be erased and mistold (news film was erased and taped over, all tv footage in the
      60s-80s wasn't saved like it is now) she did this after living through a brutal oligarch dictatorship of heavy media censorship before fleeing to America, she feared America was heading in the same path so she went on a mission to record everything predicting the fake news outbreak, she was also a black woman of color who fought to have her voice and opinions heard over the white male majority and started her own network show in the 70s (like the View but better and less commercial) highlighting all viewpoints as they talk about political issues and news stories, and by all I mean the upmost diversity all with equal time to talk and respectful civil discussions that go to deep places and changes another viewpoint by making them consider the other side.

  • @giannawheeler2409
    @giannawheeler2409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Clueless DS game trailer cameos were so unexpected but so cute 🥰

    • @JC20XX
      @JC20XX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All the cameos were great. YourMovieSucks and RebelTaxi are TH-cam legends.

  • @ich8966
    @ich8966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Imagine people in 100 years looking and digging up the media we consume now in the internet like it's archeology
    Edit: That was a very interesting video! I really love the mystery about lost, unknown or forgotten things and people

  • @crys_cornflakez
    @crys_cornflakez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I cannot explain how much I appreciate the love and care that obviously went into the production of this video from all angles. The research, the investigation, the editing, your personality, the narrative, the organization...ITS ALL SO AMAZING! Thank you so much!

  • @scottyb8392
    @scottyb8392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WOW! I remember Pan Pizza mentioning Mean girls in one of his Lost Media Midnight Society videos, but I couldn't have imagined I'd care so much,,,, and yet after like 10 minutes I WAS VERBALLY CHEERING YOU ON,,,,
    My family probably thinks I'm nuts, but I don't care, this is awesome!

  • @rfrolicarts
    @rfrolicarts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like that everyone assumed this game would just be crappy shovelware, but it seems like some real care and craft went into making it.

  • @BabyCharmander
    @BabyCharmander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I came here after watching the Sailor Moon video and I was not disappointed! I am STUNNED at this HUGE find!! I’m not even into these movies but this search was INCREDIBLE! It’s so exciting to find a lost game get found!! Incredible work here!

  • @Cannotbetamed1
    @Cannotbetamed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This was so great! You did an incredible job. I’m not that interested in the actual (no longer) lost media, but the mystery and your process of unravelling it was so compelling.

    • @RayMona
      @RayMona  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you Pam!!❤❤ and thanks for lending your voice to the video!🥰❤

  • @whiskeyvengeance
    @whiskeyvengeance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man if you would've told me in 2009 that I'd get sucked into a multipart documentary series about the fate of the Clueless and Mean Girls DS games it would've blown my freaking mind.

  • @blakeanderson5011
    @blakeanderson5011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a sneaking suspicion that G.R. Moore wanted you to have the game but couldn’t break his NDA, and sent you everything under a different email as somebody else. This video is phenomenal. 10/10 stuff.

  • @legend4646
    @legend4646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    its blasphemous this only has 14k views, absolutely amazing video Raven.

  • @arashi86
    @arashi86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON FINALLY GETTING THIS FINISHED AND RELEASED! That's one more thing you can cross off your list!

  • @hvnspwn
    @hvnspwn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    GR Moore: Hero
    Anonymous Tipster: Superhero

  • @KitCabaret
    @KitCabaret 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This was an INCREDIBLE ride - I hope this blows up as more lost media enthusiasts like myself stumble onto it, you deserve so much support for all the work you put in, and I definitely hope to see more! (Also I was so surprised to hear Penny Parker at 11:54 lol, I adore all the guest voices in this video)

  • @moonlightequilibrium
    @moonlightequilibrium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    youtube randomly recommended me this video, and im shocked that your channel isn't huge?? you're super interesting and thorough!

  • @juliannehannes11
    @juliannehannes11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You're next topic should be on Theresa Duncan, who designed computer games in the 90s and died mysteriously in 2007 when she entered Scientology.

    • @Aster_Risk
      @Aster_Risk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I came across a copy of her game Chop Suey at St. Vinny's and I didn't buy it. I'm kicking myself now, because it would have been cool to have.

    • @juliannehannes11
      @juliannehannes11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Aster_Risk That and a major collectors item and is a lost media (the game used to be uploaded online to play via flash but sadly dissapeared and there are clips of it on youtube along with her short animated film)

  • @pianolexcat7387
    @pianolexcat7387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    god i wish the Clueless Fashion DS game had been released; it looks genuinely fun aaa

  • @hattiethehatter2221
    @hattiethehatter2221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Clueless Ds game reminds me of the (Ubisoft) 2007's Imagine: Fashion Designer catwalk sequences and (505 Games) 2007's Fashion Designer: Style Icon pattern cutting with the stylus. Interesting that they used similar if not identical gameplay. Great video.

  • @koenko2
    @koenko2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    wow!! incredible work!!!! it's honestly rare to see one person sort of storm in and solve an entire search on their own from scratch. I think lost media is sometimes a bit too oriented on male nostalgia, I hope this video will end up shedding light on more of the missing "girls games", they need more attention.

  • @sailormouth8356
    @sailormouth8356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is the only video that would have both rebel taxi yms and pokimane in the same video talking on the same topic.

  • @afterburner94
    @afterburner94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The amount of work, from the investigation to the editing, voiceover, acting and footage is absolutely mind-blowing. Subscribed right away! I hope everyone can see this documentary! You deserve all the praise !

  • @will4not
    @will4not 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This may be the most satisfying documentary that I have ever watched. Never did I think it would end the way it did.

  • @julianmcconnie7827
    @julianmcconnie7827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is absolutely incredible to see all this hard work culminatate into such an informative video! I can’t wait to get my hands on the clueless files

  • @birchwwolf
    @birchwwolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That opening montage, damn. I didn't think I'd ever see someone else having the same viewing experience that I did.

  • @triplehearts914
    @triplehearts914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I genuinely dont know why his hasnt gotten one million views yet
    YOU LITTERALLY F O U N D LOST MEDIA AND GOT SO MANY PPL TO DO VOICE OVERS???
    IM SO CONFUSED

  • @theblitzerrr
    @theblitzerrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yup, this right here is my favourite movie of 2021!
    Seriously though, this scratches such a niche itch for me. I grew up on a lot of licensed DS and Wii games, and over the years was - and still am - really interested in fashion games like Style Boutique, so this documentary has me feeling so nostalgic for the games I played as a kid. I recently found a copy of one such game I played a ton as a kid called "Imagine: Happy Cooking", and the joy I felt having found it after losing my OG copy years ago? Unmatched lol.
    This documentary's format and style really captures the thrill and fun of watching detective and mystery stories, and I really enjoy how you narrated the story! I also really like how the documentary's visuals and music are like a fun, vibrant mesh of 80's-00's aesthetics and vibes!
    I wonder what other lost games in the "girl games" genre are floating around, waiting to be discovered... so many cool mysteries waiting to be solved! I'm really hyped to see more from your channel!

  • @millhouse1696
    @millhouse1696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this is literally one of the best made videos ive seen in the past year

  • @t0tally3rica
    @t0tally3rica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I feel so sad for all the mems of shows that I lost. Like my inner child knows it’s there and I want access to it but idk how.

  • @lexikami604
    @lexikami604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I sense the speedruning community about to start tearing apart this game

  • @capncaviar
    @capncaviar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was so good! Real journalism, something found, a star studded cast used in voicing the video, the drama! Excited to see future work

  • @mistymilena
    @mistymilena 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    While mean girls will be a mystery. I’m so glad that you found so much information of Clueless! You have done amazing work! True journalism!!! Thank you so much for the information, we wanted to know so badly!