I'm watching this for a school project and can everyone just take a moment to appreciate the awesome teacher who set up a history project on video games? Cause this is actually really cool and I'm enjoying learning about all this.
He skipped everything from the ZX Spectrum's bedroom coders to FF7 bringing JRPGs into the western mainstream. No mention of Ultima's morality system, or the controversial games that created the software ratings board. No mention of Tower of Druaga or Dragon Quest, which were ridiculously influential - the first for filling games with secrets, the second for creating JRPGs. Only the FPS is covered a bit in-depth, and even that lacks important titles like Medal of Honor. Genres like sports sims and the arcade brawler are ignored entirely. And there's a lot I haven't mentioned either. It's not something you can cover in twenty minutes or a single post. His newer documentaries are a much higher quality.
@@neuropete1 Did you not watch the video ? Wii sports was literally included, which is more sporty than any other sports game, since it makes you get up and move around :):):):):)
@Tarbosaurus Yes TY. No innovation. EA will constantly release sub-par sports games cuz idiots gobble them up like they were mana from Heaven. The Madden franchise hasn't done anything since 2004.
even though the foundation of videogames was laid before i was born, i still feel so old when i see titles and dates of games that i grew up with. and it's crazy just how far we've come and how rapidly accelerated the gaming industry is developing.
I watched this some years ago and now my teacher sent me this as part of an assignment. Needless to say, this levels of nostalgia should not be theoretically possible.
Dear Stuart Brown This must be the twelfth time I watch this video, because A)it's probably my favorite vid on TH-cam and B) I've watched all your other vids. Your superb voice work, minimal graphics and pace of blackouts and footage all combine to a product that reminds me of the magic that attracted me to games as a medium; a magic that seems to slowly dissolve in today's high budget game market. Now the praise will make way for a request. Have you ever considered making more videos like this one but more in-depth? My idea is something like videos dealing with respective genres, say 'history and influence of text and graphical adventures', or 'landmark puzzle platformers' or perhaps 'the best ever racing games' or 'military shooter history', even 'ten crucial rules to make a survival horror game that scares' I think much can be said when analyzing what made landmark games popular, to highlight those aspects like mechanics, adventure and innovation, sound, music and atmosphere - the things that give those games character - instead of the almost one-dimensional focus on graphics and action. Not that these are not important and exciting, but the media is capable of so much more. These are what made me excited for things like Myst, Quake, Portal, Need for Speed, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 2/3 and, yes even Street Rods and Police Quest II. Anyway, hope you get to read this and don't find me overbearing. From: another great fan of your videos!
1997-2007 is probably the most stacked 10 year period in the history of gaming. So, so many iconic titles for basically every platform and Internet multiplayer was such a mindblowing concept at the time. I still find myself going back to play games from this era frequently, even with a modern gaming rig. They sure don't make 'em like they used to.
+PythonDelta hey, stupid, maybe you dont realize but i try to HELP the society, you medieval excrement of society. it is not my fault that the society is faulty and would do anything to cover those faults with SHIT like you. now get this covered :D
+Benjamin McLean Surprised he didn't mention Serious Sam or Blade of Darkness - they're fairly obscure these days but they're bloody fantastic and technical marvels at their time. Hell Blade of Darkness from what I can tell is Dark Souls before Dark Souls and Demon's Souls and I think that was where From's main inspiration came from - like seriously, playing them side by side, there's no doubt about it even if the Souls combat is much simpler but has more RPG aspects. But then again, there's so many things in gaming that it's not surprising he's missed a lot of stuff out.
Wow, you really touched on almost all of my favorite games over the past 25+ years. I would include Missile Command and Tempest as important early games. Also no mention of sports games at all.
Excellent video! Some omissions, yes, but other than the fact that FF VII should have had a mention for its impact on taking JRPGs fully mainstream in the West and the fact that Mass Effect deserved a nod for being the most fully realized sci-fi epic universe, none of it bothered me too much. Loved the professionalism of the video and the way it was edited.
It's actually mindblowing how fast gaming has grown to what it is today, in terms of technology. And individuals and indie teams can do so much with the incredibly powerful tools we have nowadays too. Can't wait to see how it will keep evolving.
wow. your videos are some of the best, no sorry, THE BEST videos i have ever seen. Do you make the music yourself? Is there any way i can download the music used in your videos?
I think it's time for a follow-up! The time difference between when this video was made and today is the same amount of time between this video and the release of Half-Life 2, Doom 3, The Sims 2, or GTA: San Andreas! You've got a lot more to gaming history to cover
Thought i would let you know my programming tutor considers your video the most informative and made us watch it in our class today to give us a extremely good example of how video games have changed over the years in preparation for us to learn 3d programming, keep up the good work!
ill never forget 1994 we were in canada, i came home from school and my dad was playing sonic the hedgehog. A couple years passed and he brought us home an n64 and my childhood was golden. Love video games. Counter-strike, Half-life, starcraft, age of empires 2. all games ive been playing from 1998 until present
Despite not including the hugely influential Virtua Racing (1992) This video is one of the best videos on TH-cam and I think it is very well made and your channel is amazing
and THAT is how you show people you're not tied down to one series of games. Kudos to you, Stu, and I look forward to seeing your channel blossom into something great.
It's amazing that almost all the games at the beginning are mentioned in the "Ready Player One" model. It really made we want to explore those classics I never actually knew.
Very comprehensive brief history I have to say. So many titles that I hold dear were mentioned. Being a horror fan from way back, I am proud to say that I was an RE fan from the first game. Contra was my favorite as a 6 year old :D and so many others. Thank you for that trip down memory lane.
This was a great overview! You can only fit so much history into 19 minutes and for the purpose of this video, it's easy for anyone to use as a base timeline and they can add in more games where applicable.
Great list, I found a lot of my favourite games on that list. But I also feel the action-adventure genere was overlooked. Games like Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia, God of War and Assassins Creed were deffenetly influential and at least one of them were worty of mention.
Thank you kindly, I don't see why an interaction on the net should be any different to any other interaction I have. It has been a pleasure talking with you and I hope Stu sees our suggestions and makes them a reality, even if we have to wait until the ghosts weapon guides have run their course.
Shocked to see they did not involve CRYSIS in their list ................. the game which basically set the benchmark for Life like photorealistic graphics in a game and blurring the lines between a movie and a game with Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 !! Also should have mentioned Max Payne ...which brought gritty and dark storyline i a game ...making video games appealing to more matured audience !!!
Actually demon souls made it known as many people bought the game after its initial release. Knowledge of the game grew as more people picked up based on reviews and news related to it. With that being said it was demon souls that made "Project Dark" popular as everyone beleived it was a sequel as it was meant to be but in fact turned into somthing else. So as I said before demon souls should be the one mentioned not dark souls.
surprising that there is no mention of crysis series,which obviously has proved to be a pretty standard to show the capabilities of the hardware and even project igi which was so viral in the period contemprory to late 1990's..any word on that?
A shallow and over-hyped game with missing features and a incorrect perspective of what people want out of a space sim, developed by those who say such ridiculous statements as "every atom is procedural" and parade their work as innovative when the technology that allows No Man's Sky's scale has been around since 1984. It's sad how Elite, a game made in 1984, features more depth in its economy than No Man's Sky, which was advertised with trading being one of the larger features on top of exploration.
KMC Even for the right person, you shouldn't buy it because any person who is respectable wouldn't support a liar. That's why I don't buy Ubisoft games and hem and haw about buying EA titles.
Watching videos like this makes me both feel old and appreciative of all those great games and innovations. Seeing that this Video is from 2013, certainly a lot has happened since then. Hopefully at some point you continue this brief history and we get to see the rise of indie, the commercial birth of VR and much more! Who knows what the next years will bring!
I wonder what the people 50 years from now will think when they see this video. "Man we've come far...back then they had to sit down and look at a damn screen!"
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It just dawned to me that this masterpiece of a video is already 10 years old. Why won't the time stop?? I showed this historical document to a bunch of passionate young teenagers not too long ago. While 2013 really feels just like yesterday to me, it became clear that even within those 10 fairly uneventful years, the industry has changed once more. No mention of Fortnite or Overwatch surely rises some younger kids' eyebrows alone. But that got me thinking: what newer games would the 2023 updated version include? Death of the MGS saga with the MGSV? Yet another return of GTA? Nier Automata saving a borderline bankrupt Square-enix? Yakuza franchise finally breaking through in the West after Y0? Gatcha traps slowly escaping the Asian market and infecting tons of mobile players?
FANTASTIC COMMENTARY!!!! This was brilliantly done, video games have been a constant throughout my life and I can see through yours also, you captured the first flickering flames of gaming right through to the last expertly. Thanks. :D
"voracious yellow circle segment happily gobbled quarters" "Henceforth, all cake deemed dishonest" I can't help but chuckle at some of these lines! I love it!
I knew you were expecting this Stu but I just wanted to say how can you miss the 1999 Silent Hill, not only is it arguably the best survival horror series but it also spawned legions of indie games, stories and comics
I'm glad that you included Sonic the Hedgehog. A lot of young people today seem to think of Sonic as nothing but a joke/meme, failing to realize just how hugely popular and respected the original games for the Mega Drive/Genesis were.
André Perez Segato He mentioned Metal Gear, the godfather of stealth games. Metal Gear Solid (while one of the greatest games of all time) was basically Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake in 3d. Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake is my favorite video game of all time so I am a bit bias. Still, MGS for the Ps1 was not really ground breaking. Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake had all the features first such as the ability to crouch, the first game to have compelling story and how a saga was possible because the story expanded to a large level (Metal Gear 1 was inspired by action films which explains why it's story is cliche), and unlike MGS1, Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake had a much better enemy ai. That is no question.
that video is basically a timelapse of my video game career. Started off with some pong machine, followed by the Atari 2600 (jr) and a plethora of cracked C64 games. Got a glimpse at the NES, SNES, Megadrive, Game Gear, Gameboy and early PC (386) games at friends' places before moving into the Pentium era in order to have some proper graphics after having played Ridge Racer in an arcade. iddqd'd, idkfa'd, idspispopd'd and iddt'd (2x) my way through various installments and clones of Doom, enjoyed the fast pace of the nascar and indycar games, F1, and nfs. I fought massive battles in Warcraft and C&C, killed countless people in GTA and solved riddles on Monkey Island. All that, if possible, against friends using null modems or dial-up to other extensions in the household. The PIII 500, which replaced my P75, was the fastest machine around on 24hrs full-on LAN parties and got me started with FPS like CS, UT, Q3 and all that followed. 18yrs later its basically still the same, just no more carrying PCs around thanks to the internet ;)
It's so awesome to see someone who remembers the original DOOM codes! That was the year I started my career path in computer science. They included a Doom editor that got me started designing new levels. Immersed in that I progressed to Quake 3, and Unreal Tournament death matches. To this day the Unreal engine is still fun to use (Gary's Mod on Steam) and it's a subject our host has not done a video about yet and is past due: The MODDING community. People who participate in the games development through enhancements or new levels. ARE YOU READING this AHOY? lol.
Pretty sure no-one wants to think or remember of the NES Metal Gear games. The MSX2 games are the nicer ones, MG 2: Solid Snake being an outright classic.
yo, i will use your video for academical purpose, hope you okay with that. thanks for your video, your video is the best source material available around, it's so great.
serious feels for those of you who grew up in the 80s/90s, i feel old looking at this video and im 18, but i remember getting and xbox 360 just for halo 3
Where is mortal kombat? a revolutionary video game that not only changed tournament fighters, but created the esrb rating system along with nightrap, which you also forgot XD
As much as I agree Mortal Kombat should’ve been included, I think the creator wanted to focus on the more culturally and technologically significant titles. The ESRB is important to the game industry, but not as much so to consumers, unfortunately.
So many good memories. Thank you, Stu. Though, I am surprised you didn't mention Mortal Kombat's effect on the rating system. But I'm sure you had a reason.
I think you missed way too many key games, while highliting some others that had little to no impact, you mentioned gta4 instead of san andreas? No duke nukem? no moba genre? splinter cell and deus ex over mgs? *No sport games?????* Runescape? Music and dance games like the entire "dance dance revolution" genre? Tomb raider "aka" first true female heroine? FF VII? Mortal kombat? The absurd graphic step into the future by crysis? Damn hack n slash? You missed god of war, dmc, ninja gaiden!
- The franchise created the modern class based team shooter - It was the first fps to adapt to a f2p model and succeed - The first fps to have an actual in game economy - The Meet the team videos spawned a new age of machinima with the release of source filmmaker - 10 years after release, it's still going on strong How is this game not revolutionary?
I'm watching this for a school project and can everyone just take a moment to appreciate the awesome teacher who set up a history project on video games? Cause this is actually really cool and I'm enjoying learning about all this.
o7
He skipped everything from the ZX Spectrum's bedroom coders to FF7 bringing JRPGs into the western mainstream.
No mention of Ultima's morality system, or the controversial games that created the software ratings board. No mention of Tower of Druaga or Dragon Quest, which were ridiculously influential - the first for filling games with secrets, the second for creating JRPGs.
Only the FPS is covered a bit in-depth, and even that lacks important titles like Medal of Honor. Genres like sports sims and the arcade brawler are ignored entirely.
And there's a lot I haven't mentioned either. It's not something you can cover in twenty minutes or a single post.
His newer documentaries are a much higher quality.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 it's a brief history of video games. Of course he won't put as much time into stupid ass JRPGs
@@oliverpomeroy1757 you are the one of the biggest losers on the Internet.
literally showing this to my students rn
Wow, you weren't kidding. That was brief.
...and incomplete. If you were an alien, you'd think people do not play sports.
@@neuropete1 History of video games, not games in general
@@neuropete1 Did you not watch the video ? Wii sports was literally included, which is more sporty than any other sports game, since it makes you get up and move around :):):):):)
@Tarbosaurus Yes TY. No innovation. EA will constantly release sub-par sports games cuz idiots gobble them up like they were mana from Heaven. The Madden franchise hasn't done anything since 2004.
The audio work in ahoy's videos is criminally underrated.
7:53 You can hear his natural voice here
10:13 The fact that you have that pistol at that point in Half-Life means you MURDERED THE SECURITY GUARD YOU MONSTER
oh wow
or zombie killed him?
@@forgotmyname1242 when i played zombie killed him dunno how tho
@@fryinglydone8987 He can be killed by the zombie in Hard Mode.
Unfortunate.
even though the foundation of videogames was laid before i was born, i still feel so old when i see titles and dates of games that i grew up with. and it's crazy just how far we've come and how rapidly accelerated the gaming industry is developing.
I played old games when I was a kid, so I grew up with them even though I'm in my 20s :D
Its incredible to see games go from being two dots on a screen to amazing cinematic experiences we have today like Bioshock and Last of Us
love them classics!
I watched this some years ago and now my teacher sent me this as part of an assignment.
Needless to say, this levels of nostalgia should not be theoretically possible.
This is honestly one of my top ten videos on the internet. Excellent job Stu.
Dear Stuart Brown
This must be the twelfth time I watch this video, because A)it's probably my favorite vid on TH-cam and B) I've watched all your other vids.
Your superb voice work, minimal graphics and pace of blackouts and footage all combine to a product that reminds me of the magic that attracted me to games as a medium; a magic that seems to slowly dissolve in today's high budget game market.
Now the praise will make way for a request.
Have you ever considered making more videos like this one but more in-depth? My idea is something like videos dealing with respective genres, say 'history and influence of text and graphical adventures', or 'landmark puzzle platformers' or perhaps 'the best ever racing games' or 'military shooter history', even 'ten crucial rules to make a survival horror game that scares'
I think much can be said when analyzing what made landmark games popular, to highlight those aspects like mechanics, adventure and innovation, sound, music and atmosphere - the things that give those games character - instead of the almost one-dimensional focus on graphics and action. Not that these are not important and exciting, but the media is capable of so much more.
These are what made me excited for things like Myst, Quake, Portal, Need for Speed, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 2/3 and, yes even Street Rods and Police Quest II.
Anyway, hope you get to read this and don't find me overbearing.
From: another great fan of your videos!
Gideon Botes thanks u gave me his name and is he British
I am forced to watch this for the dreaded beast by the name of homework
Who asked you to write an essay? xD
@@Sniffley1 that's not too bad a homework assignment... i watched it for fun
15:56 "henceforth, all cake deemed dishonest" dudes a poet
1997-2007 is probably the most stacked 10 year period in the history of gaming. So, so many iconic titles for basically every platform and Internet multiplayer was such a mindblowing concept at the time. I still find myself going back to play games from this era frequently, even with a modern gaming rig. They sure don't make 'em like they used to.
This felt like a journey through my entire life. I can't remember anything but the games I played, probably because I didn't do anything else.
A life well lived, amigo
@@basketofsnake104 Yeah man, I regret NOTHING!
Wahh you didn't mention a game I like out of the hundreds of influential games
this is just a pathetic list of popular games, not influential. a very misleading video, i must say. unsubscribed
No Donkey Kong Country.
EPurpl3 stain of society
+PythonDelta hey, stupid, maybe you dont realize but i try to HELP the society, you medieval excrement of society. it is not my fault that the society is faulty and would do anything to cover those faults with SHIT like you. now get this covered :D
EPurpl3 Nice sarcasm
i'M TICKED OFF THAT YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE SOME RANDOM GAME THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT LOL
K
+Benjamin McLean No Battlefield for destructible environments? I'm sure no one cares about that game at all ;P
+Benjamin McLean Surprised he didn't mention Serious Sam or Blade of Darkness - they're fairly obscure these days but they're bloody fantastic and technical marvels at their time. Hell Blade of Darkness from what I can tell is Dark Souls before Dark Souls and Demon's Souls and I think that was where From's main inspiration came from - like seriously, playing them side by side, there's no doubt about it even if the Souls combat is much simpler but has more RPG aspects. But then again, there's so many things in gaming that it's not surprising he's missed a lot of stuff out.
+Benjamin McLean LOLOLOLOLLOLOLOL MEMES LOLOLOLOL
i am sure nobody cares about the enclave game :p
Wow, you really touched on almost all of my favorite games over the past 25+ years. I would include Missile Command and Tempest as important early games. Also no mention of sports games at all.
"Henceforth, all cake, deemed dishonest"
4 years later, it isn't any better ...
This video is beautifully put together.
Excellent video! Some omissions, yes, but other than the fact that FF VII should have had a mention for its impact on taking JRPGs fully mainstream in the West and the fact that Mass Effect deserved a nod for being the most fully realized sci-fi epic universe, none of it bothered me too much. Loved the professionalism of the video and the way it was edited.
50 years of gaming... in 19 minutes.
Thanks Stu, I love your videos.
It's actually mindblowing how fast gaming has grown to what it is today, in terms of technology. And individuals and indie teams can do so much with the incredibly powerful tools we have nowadays too. Can't wait to see how it will keep evolving.
wow. your videos are some of the best, no sorry, THE BEST videos i have ever seen. Do you make the music yourself? Is there any way i can download the music used in your videos?
he does make his own music, yes
Exurb1a also makes great videos
he puts all his music on his Soundcloud page
soundcloud.com/xahoy
This was nearly 10 yrs ago. And even then your videos make me flash back to when I was a child in the 80s and 90s. F me. How am I still alive?
I think it's time for a follow-up! The time difference between when this video was made and today is the same amount of time between this video and the release of Half-Life 2, Doom 3, The Sims 2, or GTA: San Andreas! You've got a lot more to gaming history to cover
12:18 lmao gotta love those stunt jumps that send you right into a wall
Alright then, in 30 or so years, I expect to see part 2.
Acording to super minecraft kid, minecraft was the first game ever.
HAF LOF COOPEED MINCRIFT BECOZE YOU CAN SEE STUF!!11!111!
minecraftcoolkid123 i love you
Hell no
carlo magno Shhh we don't talk out him. PS leave your AIDs out of my history lesson.
True
Thought i would let you know my programming tutor considers your video the most informative and made us watch it in our class today to give us a extremely good example of how video games have changed over the years in preparation for us to learn 3d programming, keep up the good work!
This video is great motivation for me to make my own projects.
Currently studying to become an engineer.
My parents would tell me stories when I was a kid about them staying up till 3 am playing the Sega genesis while in college
man, im old. I remember playing most of the games in the 80's
"All cake seemed dishonest"
Get back to Tumblr.
***** someone never played portal.
***** I was referring to your fabulous hair.
I like being fashionable, yes.
This picture is also like, 4 years old.
***** Depends on what you call fabulous I guess... or perhaps you simply feel the need to stand out.
ill never forget 1994 we were in canada, i came home from school and my dad was playing sonic the hedgehog. A couple years passed and he brought us home an n64 and my childhood was golden. Love video games. Counter-strike, Half-life, starcraft, age of empires 2. all games ive been playing from 1998 until present
Despite not including the hugely influential Virtua Racing (1992) This video is one of the best videos on TH-cam and I think it is very well made and your channel is amazing
"pool stair-removing sadists" of the sims :D
and THAT is how you show people you're not tied down to one series of games. Kudos to you, Stu, and I look forward to seeing your channel blossom into something great.
This video made me feel old, even though I'm just turning 22 this month.
well, now you're 27
I am now 22 lol
directX 9-9c was when graphics really started to become realistic with games like bioshock and gears of war.
Man, I wish they've updated this video. Some of the greatest and relevant choices of video games here.
Damn, seeing a video about games from 2013 is so weird now... no PS4, Xbox One, no mention of the accursed battle royale genre, just Halo 3 and bliss.
Saying wii sports is the highest selling video game is a bit of a stretch, seeing as how it shipped with the Wii.
They are not wrong, though...
you could also buy Wii Sports seperate from the console because it may have not always been included...
@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials most sales came from it bundlet together with the console
Mario came with the NES for years.
It's still true. Also other games have been bundled in the past.
Anybody here noticed he uploaded this video ONE DAY before the release of GTA V?
im 13 and i played so many of the older games... my grandpa was a good man
same
In 2013, you couldn't have made a better video. Well done! Hope to see one in 2017!
It's amazing that almost all the games at the beginning are mentioned in the "Ready Player One" model. It really made we want to explore those classics I never actually knew.
"The Elder Scrolls returns with Skyrim"
Even though that you never mentioned The Elder Scrolls up until then.
I would have removed Metal Gear for NES and mentioned Metal Gear Solid on Playstation. I think it has a more important place in video game history.
Every single MGS is just a remake of MG2.
You could also say it's more solid.
it's not pink, it's electric salmon
Very comprehensive brief history I have to say. So many titles that I hold dear were mentioned. Being a horror fan from way back, I am proud to say that I was an RE fan from the first game. Contra was my favorite as a 6 year old :D and so many others. Thank you for that trip down memory lane.
This was a great overview! You can only fit so much history into 19 minutes and for the purpose of this video, it's easy for anyone to use as a base timeline and they can add in more games where applicable.
The color of the Ahoy logo is not pink. It's Electric Salmon. As said in 19:08.
feamtortress2 what the hell has spy done to be able to smoke so many cigarettes at once?
getting blood on his suit
Great list, I found a lot of my favourite games on that list. But I also feel the action-adventure genere was overlooked. Games like Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia, God of War and Assassins Creed were deffenetly influential and at least one of them were worty of mention.
And it all went downhill from here.
Thank you kindly, I don't see why an interaction on the net should be any different to any other interaction I have. It has been a pleasure talking with you and I hope Stu sees our suggestions and makes them a reality, even if we have to wait until the ghosts weapon guides have run their course.
Shocked to see they did not involve CRYSIS in their list ................. the game which basically set the benchmark for Life like photorealistic graphics in a game and blurring the lines between a movie and a game with Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 !!
Also should have mentioned Max Payne ...which brought gritty and dark storyline i a game ...making video games appealing to more matured audience !!!
Well, Crysis was basically an improved Far Cry, so I think Far Cry is much more significant.
shocked they used Dark Souls and not Demons Souls
***** dark souls was what made the franchise so well known
Actually demon souls made it known as many people bought the game after its initial release. Knowledge of the game grew as more people picked up based on reviews and news related to it. With that being said it was demon souls that made "Project Dark" popular as everyone beleived it was a sequel as it was meant to be but in fact turned into somthing else. So as I said before demon souls should be the one mentioned not dark souls.
Agreed, you've got good gaming knowledge, sir.
Surprised not to see Devil May Cry mentioned. It basically founded a genre.
***** Funny, because they showed off Bayonetta, which was essentially Devil May Cry with a chick and created by the same guy, Hideki Kamiya.
Bayonetta didn't establish the genre though.
***** Or Halo 2.
Yeah he should have showed System Shock as well, probably in stead of Marathon which was a great game but a weird choice
Devil May Cry 1 should totally have been mentioned over Bayonetta.
surprising that there is no mention of crysis series,which obviously has proved to be a pretty standard to show the capabilities of the hardware and even project igi which was so viral in the period contemprory to late 1990's..any word on that?
Sameer Madarkar Crysis was crowded out by a host of more significant titles from 2007. Project IGI is a well-regarded but otherwise fringe FPS.
now we have No Man's Sky
+zombie killer45 which is my favorite game.
A shallow and over-hyped game with missing features and a incorrect perspective of what people want out of a space sim, developed by those who say such ridiculous statements as "every atom is procedural" and parade their work as innovative when the technology that allows No Man's Sky's scale has been around since 1984. It's sad how Elite, a game made in 1984, features more depth in its economy than No Man's Sky, which was advertised with trading being one of the larger features on top of exploration.
I understand its disappointments, but for the right person, its the best.
KMC
Even for the right person, you shouldn't buy it because any person who is respectable wouldn't support a liar.
That's why I don't buy Ubisoft games and hem and haw about buying EA titles.
+Evil Roy Slade And power to you, despite the flaws and what everyone keeps saying, you saw a game you liked, and you proceeded to like it.
again fantastic. well done, you took me back to my childhood. Thumbs up.
Watching videos like this makes me both feel old and appreciative of all those great games and innovations. Seeing that this Video is from 2013, certainly a lot has happened since then. Hopefully at some point you continue this brief history and we get to see the rise of indie, the commercial birth of VR and much more! Who knows what the next years will bring!
I love how he didn't even mention anything by EA
Good
good
Tf did ea made tho. Their library popular games was made by bought smaller developers. All i can remember theymade is madden.
I wonder what the people 50 years from now will think when they see this video.
"Man we've come far...back then they had to sit down and look at a damn screen!"
"Man, I miss the days when we had the resources to enjoy entire worlds made for our entertainment. And you could actually own a game."
Comments: People telling him that he missed this game and that game...
Comments: people taking the time to comment on what other users are commenting about, not realizing he is, by that very act, part of the human centipede.
It just dawned to me that this masterpiece of a video is already 10 years old. Why won't the time stop??
I showed this historical document to a bunch of passionate young teenagers not too long ago. While 2013 really feels just like yesterday to me, it became clear that even within those 10 fairly uneventful years, the industry has changed once more. No mention of Fortnite or Overwatch surely rises some younger kids' eyebrows alone.
But that got me thinking: what newer games would the 2023 updated version include? Death of the MGS saga with the MGSV? Yet another return of GTA? Nier Automata saving a borderline bankrupt Square-enix? Yakuza franchise finally breaking through in the West after Y0? Gatcha traps slowly escaping the Asian market and infecting tons of mobile players?
XCOM came back
This video deserves a lot more views and you deserve a lot more subscribers!
you should do a video of glitches some helpful some breaking some fun
Im doing a college speech about the history of video games, this saved my fucking life thank you.
lol
Nice. But...where are shoot 'em up games? XEVIOUS, Nemesis, R-TYPE and so on.
nobody cares about those games
FANTASTIC COMMENTARY!!!! This was brilliantly done, video games have been a constant throughout my life and I can see through yours also, you captured the first flickering flames of gaming right through to the last expertly. Thanks. :D
"voracious yellow circle segment happily gobbled quarters"
"Henceforth, all cake deemed dishonest"
I can't help but chuckle at some of these lines! I love it!
I think Battlefield should've made an appearence, as well as Assassin's Creed.
"its not pink its electric salmon"
good to know
I knew you were expecting this Stu but I just wanted to say how can you miss the 1999 Silent Hill, not only is it arguably the best survival horror series but it also spawned legions of indie games, stories and comics
the second was alot better
Jayden Mclean I wouldn't say a lot but it was better
Killer97 in my opinion resident evil is better but it is good too
I'm glad that you included Sonic the Hedgehog. A lot of young people today seem to think of Sonic as nothing but a joke/meme, failing to realize just how hugely popular and respected the original games for the Mega Drive/Genesis were.
But not by his own creators...
It all works like this
Pac man - changed that we don’t need space shooting games
Mario - changed 3D games forever
Sonic - the speed of a game
4:52 METAL GEAR SOLID IS THE BEST VIDEO GAME SAGA EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I find disappointing that Splinter Cell is mentioned on behalf of Metal Gear Solid :(
Ahoy has something against MGS, I guess.
André Perez Segato He mentioned Metal Gear, the godfather of stealth games.
Metal Gear Solid (while one of the greatest games of all time) was basically Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake in 3d.
Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake is my favorite video game of all time so I am a bit bias.
Still, MGS for the Ps1 was not really ground breaking. Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake had all the features first such as the ability to crouch, the first game to have compelling story and how a saga was possible because the story expanded to a large level (Metal Gear 1 was inspired by action films which explains why it's story is cliche), and unlike MGS1, Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake had a much better enemy ai. That is no question.
When I was young I thought GTA vice city was the first one
This video is awesome and completely reinvigorated my love of video games! I much prefer these type videos over your weapon covers. Keep em comin!
that video is basically a timelapse of my video game career. Started off with some pong machine, followed by the Atari 2600 (jr) and a plethora of cracked C64 games. Got a glimpse at the NES, SNES, Megadrive, Game Gear, Gameboy and early PC (386) games at friends' places before moving into the Pentium era in order to have some proper graphics after having played Ridge Racer in an arcade. iddqd'd, idkfa'd, idspispopd'd and iddt'd (2x) my way through various installments and clones of Doom, enjoyed the fast pace of the nascar and indycar games, F1, and nfs. I fought massive battles in Warcraft and C&C, killed countless people in GTA and solved riddles on Monkey Island. All that, if possible, against friends using null modems or dial-up to other extensions in the household. The PIII 500, which replaced my P75, was the fastest machine around on 24hrs full-on LAN parties and got me started with FPS like CS, UT, Q3 and all that followed. 18yrs later its basically still the same, just no more carrying PCs around thanks to the internet ;)
It's so awesome to see someone who remembers the original DOOM codes! That was the year I started my career path in computer science. They included a Doom editor that got me started designing new levels. Immersed in that I progressed to Quake 3, and Unreal Tournament death matches. To this day the Unreal engine is still fun to use (Gary's Mod on Steam) and it's a subject our host has not done a video about yet and is past due: The MODDING community. People who participate in the games development through enhancements or new levels. ARE YOU READING this AHOY? lol.
Pretty sure no-one wants to think or remember of the NES Metal Gear games. The MSX2 games are the nicer ones, MG 2: Solid Snake being an outright classic.
What about saint row? It did go off the rails though...
What has saints row brought to the table that is ground breaking ?
Poo flinging. Never been done before.
Hitting people with wavy pink dildos the size of baseball bats? :p
Surprisingly he hasn't mentioned any Saints Row game in the videos I've seen so far. I wonder if he ever played them at all
what about silent hill, mortal kombat, tomb raider, black ops, battlefield, crysis, and medal of honor!
Specially, Medal of Honor. Allied Assault =')
Crysis should definitely be there. The catch phrase "but will it run Crysis?" took a long time to fade.
yo, i will use your video for academical purpose, hope you okay with that. thanks for your video, your video is the best source material available around, it's so great.
Check Retroware's "The Video Game Years". It is way better then this one.
I really like the way you do your videos, very professional and feels like i'm watching a TV show.
"It's not pink. It's Electric Salmon." hahaha xD
how in the world could you do a 19 minute long video about video games without mentioning Tomb raider ! WTF !!
Why you didn't mention half life 3?
Because it'll be out 5 years after this video was made?
it was a joke
+flaggerify 5 years? that's awfully optimistic...
That's set to come out in eighteen more years. Hold off for a bit while the Dev team takes their time.
I'm from the future...
Just wow. Can't believe the effort and dedication that went into this lovely trip down memory lane. Thank you, kind sir. And well done!
serious feels for those of you who grew up in the 80s/90s, i feel old looking at this video and im 18, but i remember getting and xbox 360 just for halo 3
Where is mortal kombat? a revolutionary video game that not only changed tournament fighters, but created the esrb rating system along with nightrap, which you also forgot XD
mrtoddbob dunno, just a more gory street fighter
Tournament fighter breakthrough was done by Street Fighter 2, a year before MK came out...
Mortal Kombat could have got a mention through its usage of digitized sprites, but that's in his graphics video.
As much as I agree Mortal Kombat should’ve been included, I think the creator wanted to focus on the more culturally and technologically significant titles. The ESRB is important to the game industry, but not as much so to consumers, unfortunately.
@@rib_rob_personal The ESRB was more a result of Night Trap than Mortal Kombat.
You forget one great game that made history in adventure-exploration genre...Tomb Raider.
He forgot a lot of great games... What about Might and Magic and HoMM series? MMORPG Genre? And so much more... He only mentioned YOBA games.
@@MaksymCzech Also Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
He put Bayonetta as an example of stylish action, *but yet no Devil May Cry.* :^/
@@MaksymCzech Missed so many great titles. Shame, innit. :^/
@@Tubitron well, one man can only do what he can do....
i still play lemmings :D
Definetely do a series with each episode focusing on a specific genre.
So many good memories. Thank you, Stu.
Though, I am surprised you didn't mention Mortal Kombat's effect on the rating system. But I'm sure you had a reason.
I think you missed way too many key games, while highliting some others that had little to no impact, you mentioned gta4 instead of san andreas? No duke nukem? no moba genre? splinter cell and deus ex over mgs? *No sport games?????*
Runescape? Music and dance games like the entire "dance dance revolution" genre? Tomb raider "aka" first true female heroine? FF VII? Mortal kombat?
The absurd graphic step into the future by crysis?
Damn hack n slash? You missed god of war, dmc, ninja gaiden!
Dapix yea dmc should have made it on here since it created the genre pretty much. Oh well
Yes, he should have included every notable game to have ever existed on his *brief history* of video games.
Wii Sports should NOT be the best selling video game, that, along with Wii Play came with a whole bunch of consoles for free!
No tf2?
How was that revolutionary, it is an okay game, but not revolutionary
Counter Strike is FAR more influential
- The franchise created the modern class based team shooter
- It was the first fps to adapt to a f2p model and succeed
- The first fps to have an actual in game economy
- The Meet the team videos spawned a new age of machinima with the release of source filmmaker
- 10 years after release, it's still going on strong
How is this game not revolutionary?
Ivo Actually I would say that Planetside started the modern class-based team shooter
Unless you mean class-based like Overwatch heroes
It was pretty weird seeing 2013 and then the end of the video until seeing that this video was made in 2013.
Fantastically put together, XboxAhoy, you never disappoint.