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So, Crash Bandicoot was the winner of your poll? For some reason, I am NOT surprised, but I AM happy with more PSX love! As for the twitter thing, Don’t worry about it; I’ve got All my favorite games documentaries, favorited! While I’ve got you, what’s the status of the Plants Vs. Zombies and Sly Cooper documentaries?
@@shannonbateswillis5022 Correct! Crash led by quite a large margin as a matter of fact. Both Plants vs. Zombies and Sly Cooper are on my list, but they're not actively being worked on currently as there are other documentaries that I want to get done first. But I'll get around to both of them eventually!
Spyro was the second-most rated game on the poll, but the Gaming Historian has already made a great documentary on the original Spyro trilogy, so I haven't decided yet if I'm going to do Spyro next or something else. Right now it's between Spyro, Age of Empires, Fable, Jak and Daxter and Tomb Raider - as these were among the top choices from the poll.
@@ReliableRhubarb thank you for your honesty; for me, I’d do Fable first because there’s so few well done documentaries on the whole of the series, THEN Spyro and afterwards Jak & Daxter, and for the last one, flip a coin or something! (not a big Tomb Raider and/or Age of Empires fan!) Ps. In your Oddworld documentary, you mentioned that Oddworld Inhabitants once tried to make a RTS game called Hand of Odd. My question is, if they actually did finish it, and released it for a general audience, would you want to buy and/or play it? Me, the answer is yes, and I would LOVE to be a Mudokon Tribal Chief!
A lot of TH-camrs who do these sort of "90's nostalgia gaming recaps" are always rehashing the same information but your videos are truly documentary-tier quality, and you always shed light on some of the lesser-known stories behind the development process. I really enjoy how you thoroughly explore the creative, technical, and business processes of game design. Thank you for doing what you do!
Truly fucking good video. As a programer it's insane how much I'm spoiled with all the available tools while these guys created all this on PS1 from mud and sticks. Keep them up, beautifull stuff.
Took two hours out of my day to watch this and have 0 regrets, i've never seen such a detailed video before, and i almost never comment, so damn, good work and i wish you the best of luck on youtube!
Woah that was intense I just flew in from the new ruins level and boy are my arms tired! Honestly my favorite production fact was in Crash 3, where Dingodile was originally supposed to be breathe fire before being switched to a flamethrower
Wow this documentary was fantastic, I kind of wish we could have seen what Naughty Dog would have done with Crash if Sony tried to buy the rights off of Universal, Playstation having a defined official mascot.
Thanks a lot for this documentary! I had no idea how much Mark Cerny had an impact on developing key features of the game engine. I have watched the Andy Gavin extended interview on Ars Technica and I believe he wasn't mentioned even once.
Been really looking forward to this! I really love your documentaries, they're in depth and clearly a lot of effort has gone into the research and script, it's such a good collections of information from all sorts of places to bring together the fullest story you can, and in the world of many youtube video essays that act only to summarise wikipedia articles it really is a breath of fresh air. You deserve so much more views and subs for your hard work, I hope you get the growth and shares (and patreon support) to be able to keep it up for a long time!
I left a like on this Crash Bandicoot documentary, and I am now commenting it so that the algorithm picks it up eventually. This is a natural interaction between real humans.
I've watched a lot of video documentaries on TH-cam, and after watching a few of your recent uploads, I can say you're one of the best. Criminally underrated. Keep it up!
Ar king has returned everyone!!! Fab video!! Although crash is one of those games I’ve never really been into u made such an interesting vid about it and it’s rly cool to learn about it and how hard they worked on these games!! Can’t wait to see what’s next and hear ur progress!! Cheers!!
When I found out Mothersbaugh was involved with Crash, it put a big smile on my face. His scores to Jump Street and Thor Ragnarok are fantastic. You can recognise so many of those cartoony Crash-like sounds in them.
This whole entire in-depth documentary on Crash Bandicoot by Naughty Dog is nothing short of being absolutely brilliant! I love the whole thing from start to finish, and I would love to see a documentary like this on the PS1 Spyro the Dragon trilogy from Insomniac Games.
Crash Bandicoot: Warped was the only game out of the original trilogy on the PlayStation that I completed. As everyone knows you need to get 105% complete to get the special ending or whatever you wanna call it. And yea I used help by watching videos on TH-cam but I don't think it's either realistic nor reasonable to expect anyone to get the 105% completion rate WITHOUT them using a guide/help to do so. I did try and go back and play the first game but it doesn't support the use of the joystick because it's so old and I couldn't get used to using the D pad.
I can't imagine the amount of time and effort to find and/or create all this footage and sync it up to every topic. Hopefully more ppl find and support you so we can get more masterpieces like this. Would love to see a comparable breakdown for Symphony of the Night, Jet Set Radio or other big Nintendo 64 games.
I'm in agreement with many others; the quality of this documentary is excellent and I'm astonished that you don't have more subscribers... yet! Feels inevitable to me that you'll reach a wider audience in the near future - thanks for all the work you put into this.
We have to help this dude make more quality content for us. Share the video everywhere possible. Thnx for such an incredible piece of hard and well researched content.
Amazing documentary! Although, I was surprised to see no mention of The Wrath of Cortex towards the end. I have fond memories playing that as a kid when it was ported to the Xbox. Thanks for putting this together. I always look at the view count and am surprised it doesn't have hundreds of thousands of views. The quality of your research and editing is astounding and is surely just a matter of time for the algorithm to pick you up.
Thanks! The summary at the end wasn't intended to be a complete list of all the Crash games that came after, I just highlighted a random few that seemed appropriate. I chose to highlight Twinsanity over The Wrath of Cortex, as I felt it better showcased the new direction the series was heading in once Naughty Dog had parted ways with Crash.
So glad you're still producing/creating videos. Came across your channel a couple of weeks back and really liked the content! I noted you hadn't uploaded for 5/6 months and thought you'd finished. Thankfully, this is an instance where im happy to be proven wrong! I appreciate the content, keep em' coming
Yeah, sorry about that! These documentaries can take a long time to make so I typically only put out a few videos each year. This one took longer than usual because of its size. Regardless, I have no plans on stopping any time soon, so rest assured if it's been a while between uploads, it's probably because I'm cooking up something big!
Very nice documentary! I really liked this one! I wish this video was just about Crash 1 while 2, 3, and CTR got their own videos of similar length. Crash 2 is my favorite.
I'm going through some stuff right now. I needed this to distract myself. I loved these games a child. Bought the remaster and got my ass handed to me haha. Still, so many memories as a kiddo playing these games for hours. Freaking out when i rolled the credits and would run to tell my dad. Happy memories. This video was also very informative. I learned so much I never knew about Crash. Particularly liked hearing about all the little programming hacks they used. So cool. Thank you for your hard working making this video. I know it might sound corny, but it really helped me out.
I'm sorry to hear you're having a hard time right now. I hope things get better for you in the future! And thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it and that it helped you out!
PUSH THE ALGORITHM!! How do you have under 10K subs. The production quality is top tier. I watch a lot of retrospective videos... but this is amazing. Well done ❤
A banger video for me to watch at work thank you good sir i love all your videogame documenterys bro you do a vary vary good job i especially loved your croc video
Collective Crash community "fuck you" to Universal/Activision. As if I already wasn't impressed enough with the technical marvels the PS1 Crash games are (minus Crash Bash) now I'm even more impressed to know the constant crunchtime the devs were working under, not to mentioned the HORRIBLE conditions Universal put them under due to pettiness over no contract renewal, when making Crash 3.
Crash 3 was so good, considering how short a time they had to develop the game, it's insane how much of an improvement over the previous games it was, although it did have a lot of dna from crash 2, but with a warp hub, instead of rooms like Crash 2, and Crash Bash.
That was good ! First time I ever watched a 2hr anything on TH-cam. Being 38 and played the o.g in its day it’s like a fever dream seeing all this, time was … …….
Taking apart the console 😂 43:10 and blowing it up after! Worldwide! wow... now that's hardcore! 47:35 so good even the competition agrees XD 56:45 shows how little game critics know. never changed
That's a behind the scenes clip of G4 Icons' Naughty Dog documentary. At the time of its filming they were working on Jak II (2003), so the Kingdom Hearts guide isn't so strange - as the game would have already released by this point.
Great documentary, thank you for that! It's sad to hear that the developers were crunching while making those beloved games. Kinda suprised you did not mention Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant and Crash of the Titans, altough i don't really like them, they belong to the Crash Bandicoot universe.
This documentary was really just about the mainline titles that Naughty Dog created. The summary at the end isn't an exhaustive list of every Crash game that came afterwards, rather it's just a small collection of titles that showcase the direction the series was going in after Naughty Dog parted ways with Crash.
1:01:55 tying frames+physics is the dumbest you can do. We saw this in Need for Speed (reviewed by Totalbiscuit) ... The game was locked at 30 and if you made it run 60 it ran at double speed! and it broke at 120 completely. wtf That been an amateur move 1:46:50 wow browsers castle!! 1:49:29 exactly the same as in SMK64... the start boost too. So are the pads.
Imagine a world where Naughty Doug would have just bowed their head to anything Universal wanted for this game. We'd have the easily forgettable Ozzie the Otzel or Wussy the Wombat... and shitty kids music to play along. Oh, man. What a world that'd have been lol
Japan forced INTRUSIVE TUTORIALS 😂 omg I hate japanese games because of this. They dont trust ingenuity or curiosity from players. I just hate when games remove control and pause for no reason.
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If you enjoyed this video, please help share it on reddit, twitter, etc. so that more people can check it out (it helps a lot!) Also, be sure to check out some of my other documentaries, like my last documentary on the history of Croc: th-cam.com/video/Zn-npV8X6zw/w-d-xo.html
So, Crash Bandicoot was the winner of your poll? For some reason, I am NOT surprised, but I AM happy with more PSX love!
As for the twitter thing, Don’t worry about it; I’ve got All my favorite games documentaries, favorited!
While I’ve got you, what’s the status of the Plants Vs. Zombies and Sly Cooper documentaries?
@@shannonbateswillis5022 Correct! Crash led by quite a large margin as a matter of fact. Both Plants vs. Zombies and Sly Cooper are on my list, but they're not actively being worked on currently as there are other documentaries that I want to get done first. But I'll get around to both of them eventually!
@@ReliableRhubarbreally? What’s next, out of curiosity?
Spyro was the second-most rated game on the poll, but the Gaming Historian has already made a great documentary on the original Spyro trilogy, so I haven't decided yet if I'm going to do Spyro next or something else. Right now it's between Spyro, Age of Empires, Fable, Jak and Daxter and Tomb Raider - as these were among the top choices from the poll.
@@ReliableRhubarb thank you for your honesty; for me, I’d do Fable first because there’s so few well done documentaries on the whole of the series, THEN Spyro and afterwards Jak & Daxter, and for the last one, flip a coin or something! (not a big Tomb Raider and/or Age of Empires fan!)
Ps. In your Oddworld documentary, you mentioned that Oddworld Inhabitants once tried to make a RTS game called Hand of Odd. My question is, if they actually did finish it, and released it for a general audience, would you want to buy and/or play it? Me, the answer is yes, and I would LOVE to be a Mudokon Tribal Chief!
A lot of TH-camrs who do these sort of "90's nostalgia gaming recaps" are always rehashing the same information but your videos are truly documentary-tier quality, and you always shed light on some of the lesser-known stories behind the development process. I really enjoy how you thoroughly explore the creative, technical, and business processes of game design. Thank you for doing what you do!
For real!!! I’ve seen like 3 crash vids that all basically saying the same facts.
This channel is a gem for sure. Just found this channel and have already watched all the videos lol
Truly fucking good video. As a programer it's insane how much I'm spoiled with all the available tools while these guys created all this on PS1 from mud and sticks. Keep them up, beautifull stuff.
How do you not have more views? This is professional level, enjoyable, well researched. Please make more.
wow, what a documentary. These two hours just flew by.
dont mind me im just commenting in hopes the algorithm finally pushes your videos to more people.
I’m here!
I've seen some documentaries about Crash Bandicoot on TH-cam and this one has to be the most interesting in-depth video that I've seen to date now!
Naughty Dog casually dropping the best kart racer of all time as their first attempt at the genre is so crazy to me.
Thanks for mentioning me, I'm glad my videos were useful to you ☺️
Took two hours out of my day to watch this and have 0 regrets, i've never seen such a detailed video before, and i almost never comment, so damn, good work and i wish you the best of luck on youtube!
Woah that was intense
I just flew in from the new ruins level and boy are my arms tired!
Honestly my favorite production fact was in Crash 3, where Dingodile was originally supposed to be breathe fire before being switched to a flamethrower
Wow this documentary was fantastic, I kind of wish we could have seen what Naughty Dog would have done with Crash if Sony tried to buy the rights off of Universal, Playstation having a defined official mascot.
This is the first real video i've "smashed that like button on". I've had this account for years too. Amazing work!
Thanks a lot for this documentary!
I had no idea how much Mark Cerny had an impact on developing key features of the game engine. I have watched the Andy Gavin extended interview on Ars Technica and I believe he wasn't mentioned even once.
Been really looking forward to this! I really love your documentaries, they're in depth and clearly a lot of effort has gone into the research and script, it's such a good collections of information from all sorts of places to bring together the fullest story you can, and in the world of many youtube video essays that act only to summarise wikipedia articles it really is a breath of fresh air. You deserve so much more views and subs for your hard work, I hope you get the growth and shares (and patreon support) to be able to keep it up for a long time!
I put this on as background noise while I game, 2 hours later and I haven’t even picked up my controller yet. Great video
I left a like on this Crash Bandicoot documentary, and I am now commenting it so that the algorithm picks it up eventually. This is a natural interaction between real humans.
I just found out and subbed to your channel today and got insta-rewarded with a 2h video. You're awesome!
Great timing! I hope you like it!
I've watched a lot of video documentaries on TH-cam, and after watching a few of your recent uploads, I can say you're one of the best. Criminally underrated. Keep it up!
probably the best video i have seen in recent memory, commenting to help the algorithm push this into mainstream. good work!
This is incredibly well polished and in-depth for such a small channel. A well earned like and sub!
This was a very well made and informative video, very professional.
You deserve more views
Ar king has returned everyone!!! Fab video!! Although crash is one of those games I’ve never really been into u made such an interesting vid about it and it’s rly cool to learn about it and how hard they worked on these games!! Can’t wait to see what’s next and hear ur progress!! Cheers!!
When I found out Mothersbaugh was involved with Crash, it put a big smile on my face. His scores to Jump Street and Thor Ragnarok are fantastic. You can recognise so many of those cartoony Crash-like sounds in them.
Awesome Documentary. Very well made. Thank you.
the narration/lip synch @43:55 really says a lot about the attention to detail that went into this. great work man the quality depth is unbelievable
Such a well researched and deeply informative documentary. Well done, this will certainly be an evergreen video on the history of Crash. Cheers
So glad to see another video. Criminally underrated channel, please keep it up. Looking forward to watching this one
please more super long vids like this its super interesting and also a good sleep aid!!
Wanna hear me go "WOAH!"?
This whole entire in-depth documentary on Crash Bandicoot by Naughty Dog is nothing short of being absolutely brilliant!
I love the whole thing from start to finish, and I would love to see a documentary like this on the PS1 Spyro the Dragon trilogy from Insomniac Games.
I like how you're talking about all the factors of the creation of Crash Bandicoot and not just the gameplay. Great video 👍💯.
Crash Bandicoot: Warped was the only game out of the original trilogy on the PlayStation that I completed. As everyone knows you need to get 105% complete to get the special ending or whatever you wanna call it. And yea I used help by watching videos on TH-cam but I don't think it's either realistic nor reasonable to expect anyone to get the 105% completion rate WITHOUT them using a guide/help to do so.
I did try and go back and play the first game but it doesn't support the use of the joystick because it's so old and I couldn't get used to using the D pad.
Excellent- I stayed up super late finishing it!
ive learnt so much i didnt already know and im only 16 mins in. bravo - great work!
I can't imagine the amount of time and effort to find and/or create all this footage and sync it up to every topic. Hopefully more ppl find and support you so we can get more masterpieces like this. Would love to see a comparable breakdown for Symphony of the Night, Jet Set Radio or other big Nintendo 64 games.
I'm in agreement with many others; the quality of this documentary is excellent and I'm astonished that you don't have more subscribers... yet! Feels inevitable to me that you'll reach a wider audience in the near future - thanks for all the work you put into this.
Back then games were a process. Not just a product you stamp out.
Such a great documentary, it’s always fun to learn something new! Thank you so much, you did a great job with this video, it was very insightful ✨
We have to help this dude make more quality content for us.
Share the video everywhere possible.
Thnx for such an incredible piece of hard and well researched content.
Love the deep dive into something so close to my childhood, thanks for this!
I absolutely love the way this was produced. It's very unique. It screams high quality from start to finish and I adore it. Cheers!
Amazing work man. Very informative and interesting to watch.
Amazing documentary! Although, I was surprised to see no mention of The Wrath of Cortex towards the end. I have fond memories playing that as a kid when it was ported to the Xbox.
Thanks for putting this together. I always look at the view count and am surprised it doesn't have hundreds of thousands of views. The quality of your research and editing is astounding and is surely just a matter of time for the algorithm to pick you up.
Thanks! The summary at the end wasn't intended to be a complete list of all the Crash games that came after, I just highlighted a random few that seemed appropriate. I chose to highlight Twinsanity over The Wrath of Cortex, as I felt it better showcased the new direction the series was heading in once Naughty Dog had parted ways with Crash.
So glad you're still producing/creating videos. Came across your channel a couple of weeks back and really liked the content!
I noted you hadn't uploaded for 5/6 months and thought you'd finished. Thankfully, this is an instance where im happy to be proven wrong!
I appreciate the content, keep em' coming
Yeah, sorry about that! These documentaries can take a long time to make so I typically only put out a few videos each year. This one took longer than usual because of its size. Regardless, I have no plans on stopping any time soon, so rest assured if it's been a while between uploads, it's probably because I'm cooking up something big!
Brilliant documentary, this must have taken a hell of a lot of research. Thanks.
Very nice documentary! I really liked this one! I wish this video was just about Crash 1 while 2, 3, and CTR got their own videos of similar length. Crash 2 is my favorite.
This was a really cool history of some of my favorite games. Thanks!
Bro needs more subs. a 2 hour video? my evening is saved
thoroughly enjoyed this! thanks for a great video 🙌🏽
This was awesome! And quite amazing how close it was for my favorite game-series to *Crash* and burn...
I'm going through some stuff right now. I needed this to distract myself. I loved these games a child. Bought the remaster and got my ass handed to me haha. Still, so many memories as a kiddo playing these games for hours. Freaking out when i rolled the credits and would run to tell my dad. Happy memories. This video was also very informative. I learned so much I never knew about Crash. Particularly liked hearing about all the little programming hacks they used. So cool. Thank you for your hard working making this video. I know it might sound corny, but it really helped me out.
I'm sorry to hear you're having a hard time right now. I hope things get better for you in the future! And thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it and that it helped you out!
Just liking before I even watch because this channel deserves 1000x more viewers
PUSH THE ALGORITHM!! How do you have under 10K subs. The production quality is top tier. I watch a lot of retrospective videos... but this is amazing. Well done ❤
great job ,you managed to make a nice high quality Documentary... keep it up
love it man can't wait for moree!
Great Doc! Thank you so much - here is a tip for the next one, Fable (video game series)
A banger video for me to watch at work thank you good sir i love all your videogame documenterys bro you do a vary vary good job i especially loved your croc video
Loved this! Thank you for this video 🙏
These are great videos. Interesting, educational and nostalgic.
I'd love to see one on the Worms franchise.
Absolutely incredible video! Subbed!
You should make one about DKR! Diddy Kong racing had a crazy history
Collective Crash community "fuck you" to Universal/Activision. As if I already wasn't impressed enough with the technical marvels the PS1 Crash games are (minus Crash Bash) now I'm even more impressed to know the constant crunchtime the devs were working under, not to mentioned the HORRIBLE conditions Universal put them under due to pettiness over no contract renewal, when making Crash 3.
An entertaining documentary! I respect Crash's contribution to 3D game design, even though I'm not fond of the first two games.
Crash (2) was the first video game I ever owned for the PS1. Thank you for this. 🚬
Crash 3 was so good, considering how short a time they had to develop the game, it's insane how much of an improvement over the previous games it was, although it did have a lot of dna from crash 2, but with a warp hub, instead of rooms like Crash 2, and Crash Bash.
Crash 3 is really good but the tweaked physics and overabundance of vehicle levels really drag it down for me
That was good ! First time I ever watched a 2hr anything on TH-cam. Being 38 and played the o.g in its day it’s like a fever dream seeing all this, time was … …….
Simply Amazing!! Thank you
Cool to see a Crash Bandicoot documentary!
Rip Brendan O'Brien AKA original voice for Crash Bandicoot
Okay, you need more subscribers. Keep it up my friend! 😊
This video is amazing by the way. Thanks
it's crazy how much limitations have changed
Good video lad
Japan be like "Nah we prefer to sexualize the younger characters"
lol fr they just were projecting on this one
great video really enjoyed watching
Very interesting stuff!
Top level content, very impressive
New to the channel. Loving seeing my old favourite games again (Dungeon Keeper and Theme Hospital)
Command and Conquer might be a good one to do??
This was awesome man! Now you gotta do Jak & Daxter...
Hiring those artists was a good decision
Can you make a history of House Flipper game ? I would love to know that games origin story.
Fantastic video, can't wait to see what you do next!
What an amazing vid
12:32 First thought was Eustace from Courage the cowardly dog
Taking apart the console 😂
43:10 and blowing it up after! Worldwide! wow... now that's hardcore!
47:35 so good even the competition agrees XD
56:45 shows how little game critics know. never changed
54:29 I want to know the timeline of this clip because the guide for Kingdom Hearts being on the desk is throwing me
That's a behind the scenes clip of G4 Icons' Naughty Dog documentary. At the time of its filming they were working on Jak II (2003), so the Kingdom Hearts guide isn't so strange - as the game would have already released by this point.
@@ReliableRhubarb thank you! Cos I was about to put it down to time travel.
Might not be your niche. But please do a Jagex/OSRS one
Great documentary, thank you for that! It's sad to hear that the developers were crunching while making those beloved games.
Kinda suprised you did not mention Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant and Crash of the Titans, altough i don't really like them, they belong to the Crash Bandicoot universe.
This documentary was really just about the mainline titles that Naughty Dog created. The summary at the end isn't an exhaustive list of every Crash game that came afterwards, rather it's just a small collection of titles that showcase the direction the series was going in after Naughty Dog parted ways with Crash.
Imagine this; Sony begging Universal for use if an IP. Oh how things change...
new rubabr
1:01:55 tying frames+physics is the dumbest you can do. We saw this in Need for Speed (reviewed by Totalbiscuit) ...
The game was locked at 30 and if you made it run 60 it ran at double speed! and it broke at 120 completely. wtf That been an amateur move
1:46:50 wow browsers castle!!
1:49:29 exactly the same as in SMK64... the start boost too. So are the pads.
And we somehow forgot that lesson when Dark Souls 2 was ported at 60fps and doubled the attrition to weapon durability lol
Imagine a world where Naughty Doug would have just bowed their head to anything Universal wanted for this game. We'd have the easily forgettable Ozzie the Otzel or Wussy the Wombat... and shitty kids music to play along. Oh, man. What a world that'd have been lol
We want ctr 2 for pc.
for the algorithm 🫡
I'm sad crash died twice
Ew, I'm really glad they didn't turn Crash into another Bubsy. And people thought it was bad when he spoke gibberish..
Japan forced INTRUSIVE TUTORIALS 😂 omg I hate japanese games because of this. They dont trust ingenuity or curiosity from players. I just hate when games remove control and pause for no reason.
And people call themselves game devs now a days! pffft