I refuse to believe this. People will look back fondly on the last decade especially and feel bad for not appreciating what was new. Rose tint outlook is for people who struggle to adapt to change.
This video hits hard! As someone born in 1999 I grew up with a lot of the stuff on this list. I still have my PS2 connected and ready to revisit some of my favourite childhood games like NFS Underground and Midnight Club 3
My goodness all the nostalgia that just hit me. Split screen multi-player was still around and hanging out all weekend with a friend to beat Gears of War because we rented it from blockbuster was a core gaming memory
Very nostalgic. I recall like half of those- mainly because I wasn't a PC gamer. MW2 back in the day was addictive since it was the first time I got to play online in 2010. Those start screens were epic on consoles too. GTA4 was the one I played the most back then, and there was always that time where I would try to see how long I could hold off the cops. Good times, good times.
I miss when startups and main menus were unique. There was something beautiful when starting up a ps2 or playing super Mario 64 and that main menu music would hit and you could feel how special everything felt.
Right? I remember being so disappointed when I launched Breath of the Wild for the first time and it was some empty soundless main menu. Urg so disappointing !
Made me feel like 12 years old again watching this video. The amazing beginning of mercenaries two, 910 songs from from Mission five, while finishing the complicated missions.
Also right now in the golden age of indie development, oh but don't let me stop you from being a clueless non-gamer who isn't at all familiar with and doesn't actually play what is released these days...
You all make the best videos! Keep it up. My favorite call of Duty is still Call of Duty 2, nothing beats 4 player local at my friends apartment. So many nights of fun. When MW came it it was just the next step and everyone played it. So awesome.
Great list! The loading music from the original World of Warcraft hits pretty hard for me. Biggest one NOT on the list was probably anything to do with Counterstrike...Getting the buy pattern down perfectly, knife kills, late nights just goofing around. I miss those days. As a side note, I'm a 7th grade science teacher, and one of my students just mentioned this website he found called Homestar Runner. It's funny how fast you become relevant to them when you can quote all the Strong Bad emails from 25 years ago 😅
This hit my nostalgia hard, you've pretty much nailed the early 2000 for gamers. I gotta add on playing DDR or other arcade games at an actual arcade whenever you have the chance once out of school. Good days...
I once spent an entire summer in the arcade. Well, when I wasn't at my summer job. Basically those two months consisted of only 3 phases for me. Work, sleep or arcade hall. One of the best summers of my teenage years. My friends went on vacations or tried to score dates and then there was me renting out gocarts, beach chairs and selling towels and living in the arcade hall when I didn't have to be at work. Playing games like Time CrisisI and II, Soul Calibur II, Mortal Kombat III, Crisis Zone and even some more classic games like Wonder Boy and Puzzle Bobble. Arcades are long gone now (at least where I live), but those memories will stay with me all my life. Real nostalgia trip, that is.
Going through that whole list had me smirking and tearing up but the moment you said Flash... I couldn't help but let out that satisfied groan from deep in my soul... like you just had a home meal after being gone for long time. Thats when the tears fell
Man to be a kid again and going through these times, yes there where hard times and struggles but the abundance of games, movies, old tv shows made it that bit easier. Not to mention through the 2000s being the golden eta of gaming, tv, movies and youtube
Playing Halo on a LAN connection with everyone in computer class is, without a doubt, one of my most joyful recollections of high school. All the friends, enemies and quiet shit talking are timeless. ❤🎉
As someone born in '81(im old).. This video hit different. I've seen every one of these phases. I started with Atari and then NES. This felt like my gamer life flashing before my eyes. Absolutely excellent video.
Man watching this after coming home from work being kinda mad at everything made me so nostalgic. Makes me wish to be a kid again in this simpler time.
The last one ends the video on a very somber note for me, so many memories in school inbetween class breaks playing flash games, and while I would absolutely not play any of them today, it is kind of sad that they are gone. Every generation grows up so different, it is kinda melancholy. Thank you for the nostalgic video
Thank you for mentioning Barrens chat. It was the only reason I actually played Horde at all. It was a sense of community that's been long lost, even WoW Classic doesn't have that feeling.
Turned 40 in August and can relate to almost all of these it's wild. Always love the content but you guys have knocked it out of the park with this one. Great work. Peace.
Gameranx, you guys put together quailty gaming story content. This makes me want to play the old games, men 2000s was the golden era of gaming. Thanks!!❤❤❤
What was good with games in 2000 was that it connected people, you wouldn't play just for the game but for the people you would play with. No matter how complicated or high def a game is today it's just an empty shell with all these toxic players. I remember back in 2014-2015 when GuildWars2 released i played it with some people who i befriended in game and we ended up playing the game just so we can talk to each other, didnt matter what we did in game as long as we would have fun.
Playing games online was about getting to play games and share experiences with friends, and not about being the best. I believe E Sports ruined gaming.
My friends and I logged THOUSANDS of hours messing around in Halo 1-3; alliances were made and destroyed in a single afternoon countless times. We were also huge into the Rock Band series - I was terrible at guitar, but good at drums, so it all worked out. We'd also challenge each other to sing as well as play an instrument (it never went well).
Who's cutting these damn onions?! I feel like my youth was so great because of video games. I'm glad after my divorce I'm still relying on games to continue, aside from other factors.
@@ToastieBRRRN frazzled frazz 1&2 Johnny upgrade jelly truck Transmorhper Fancy pants adventures and countless others Oh yeah a great one was zombocalipse I loved 1&2 as well
Never mind flash games, we had Quake 3 and Runescape installed on hidden folders in my school. When I was in my web design classes the teacher would just knowingly let us play Quake when he had no work for us. Also worth mentioning that Homestar Runner is still making videos, usually like 2-5 a year. There's probably going to be one soon because they always do a Halloween episode.
We had a small secluded room in the library where we played Brutal Doom. Most teachers usually turned a blind eye as long as we were quiet and didn't get the juniors involved. It took one kid to blab his mouth and spread it. Next thing we know, one of the stricter librarians found a crowd of Year 8s yelling and massacring each other out in the open, and policies on computer use during breaks was tightened. Naturally, we flipped the school the bird by playing Cards Against Humanity out in the open and the Year 9's learned some interesting new phrases.
Flash games were so influential on me as a gamer and a person. It was truly a wild world to behold for the first time as a kid. Just to know you could play all these games on dozens of different sites for free. I'm so thankful that many have been archived by diligent gaming/internet historians, but undoubtedly some are like gone forever.
One of the best videos I have seen from you guys. I have been a fan of the channel for a few years now and I have to say it's very refreshing to see homestarrunner mentioned somewhere. I loved that page back in the day. Thank you for the memories.
I’m not sure if this was a thing In other countries, but in Brazil we had a place called Lan Houses, where dozens of PCs were connected on lan and you could play any game (that was installed on those pc). We played Counter Strike, Battlefield 1942, Unreal Tournament, etc, against random people that were in that same place as you (because it was on lan). The smell of cheetos and hair grease plus 2L of coke while you play the corujão (overnight) in the lan houses were priceless. You had to pay per hour though….. Computer were always expensive in Brazil so we could not afford to buy one for gaming, so we used to go on these Lan Houses. Playing online with early days DSLs or even with dial up internet was terrible, so playing on Lan was a HUGE thing in Brazil in the early 2000s
Dude same. This is what makes games so meaningful to us gamers. They take us away from all the stresses of life especially high school (for me) and transport us to other worlds.
A lot of great memories of playing some amazing games during the 00's. Definitely would like revisit some of those classics or even buy some that I never got around to buying them back then.
Thanks for this video Gameranx! Brought so many great memories back for me. I experienced 8 out of 10 of these "memories" and they all mean so much to me to this day.
Growing up in the 90s was wonderful in many ways, gaming being one of them. The console wars had really been ramping up. I played a lot of Sonic, MGS, Tomb Raider and Castlevania among many others. These games still hold up.
#6 is nostalgic but not lost. I remember startin DE Human Revolution, not expecting nothing and then hearing "Sarif Ambiance" - wow.... just wow! Or being hyped for Horizon Zero Dawn and hearing Aloy's theme in the main menu. Stunning. Setting the mood.
I remember wasting so much time on Newgrounds when I was a kid. Seen quite a lot of stuff on there that I shouldn't have but hey, it's still a big part of my childhood
Can definitely relate to the significance of MW2. I actually do have a group of life-long friends from a neighboring state that I met through MW2. We all talk daily still and have even met up a few times
I've been gaming since the 80s and 90s. I'm 50 years old and still gaming. Started in the arcades with pinball then on to an Atari 2600, then a NES, then the PCs finally caught up with the Pentium and Pentium 2 processors, playing games in DOS, and I've been on PC ever since. All of this video was like a wave of memories. I miss LAN parties for Doom, Wolfenstein, Warcraft, and Starcraft. Starcraft especially. I didn't like Guitar Hero, the controller sucked, but I've played the crap out of Rack Band. I still do sometimes. The opening to Halo was one of the most beautiful video I had seen at that time. Modern games tend to lack that little bit extra that games back then had
for me the best was playing morrowind/oblivion. the exploration and sense of discovery was so immersive and captivating. when you would go exploring deep into a cave or climb to the top of a mountain it really felt like you were the first person to do it and the freedom with decision making made it feel like every choice you made mattered. definitely the best era of gaming.
Man I remember how hyped I was to play that game. It sounded like the best game ever and it pretty much lived up to it. I love Skyrim but I'll always be an oblivion guy!
The first Final Fantasy game I played was 7. I didn't know what to expect, so when I finally finished the Midgar-part and you got to run around freely, it just dawned on my what a huge and awesome game this was. THAT was something I will never forget. The golden saucer, just the entire scope of the size of this world. Whew.... More of a 90's moment.
The main games that I remember from the late 90s-early 2000s is Rayman 2 & 3, Sonic Adventure, and of course Fallout 3. Man those days were awesome 😎👍🏼
Can't believe you didn't mention the opening level of the original God of War. I'll never forget fighting those hydra, it was so epic and such an iconic opening level and had me hooked right away
The intro levels to sly 2, the ratchet & clank series, shadow of the colossus & uncharted 2 are also amazing examples of great introductions in gaming from the 2000’s
btw those flash games aren't gone forever, there's a project called Flashpoint which has like every single flash game ever made basically in 1 software and you can either choose to download the entire catalogue which is like 250GB or download as you go from the massive list of games.
Surprised they acknowledge the Alliance's existence without mentioning "P***shire". Barrens had the chat channels, Goldshire had the Night Elf strippers.
My very first motion style game experience was for the game Heavenly Sword on PS3. The levels where you're shooting arrows and then controlling their flight in slow motion were just so damn perfect. The game was worthwhile just for those sections
Oh god i remember the hype for the fallout 3 release. I was so excited and afraid to enter this new world that I would have these incredible vivid dreams of vaults infested with rad roaches from the trailer. The first time i exited the vault into the blinding light will forever be etched into my memory.
Oh man... I laughed so hard at the first one. I was playing flash games every time we went to the computers room back at school. Good memories they are 😊
Got goosebumps when you mentioned the Halo start screen music. I remember a guy in one of my high school classes that had a crappy flip phone picture of Guitar Hero proving he had completed Through the Fire and Flames on Expert (though it was only 3 stars).
These videos always reinforce my FOMO...they always remind me of games I said I'd play one day but was too busy,,,and now it's been so long that they have changed, the community has changed, they are no longer playable, or they just flat out don't exist anymore.
I still have a PS2 hooked up to my TV that I played Vice City on when it came out.. that I rented from Blockbuster lol. I remember racing my friend on Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition on the PSP in the bathroom I’m 8th grade, while someone was outside keeping a lookout 😭😭 so many memories. No matter how many times you tell yourself not to take times in your life for granted, you’re really never understand it until they’re gone. Another amazing video; thank you guys.
8:45 The Wii was hard to find during the holidays. In 2009, someone died after a radio contest on KDND "Hold your Wee for a Wii" after a contestant died after holding her pee for several hours. The contestants were also required to drink water periodically. The woman drank 2 gallons of water and died of intoxication after getting home. Not something to die over...
It's crazy how during the 2000s the NFS series released great game after great game, after great game, after great game... I can't recall another series with that level of consistency with such a short time between releases.
When I bought halo1 day one and got into the open world first time with the space ship flying around in the sky was surreal and jaw dropping! I will never forget that experience! Being a gamer since the early 80s allowed me to experience firsthand the new technology in games. Ghouls n ghosts on snes intro mode 7 screen was another one.
The 90s kids have seen the transformation of gaming. My first console was a NES my second I brought myself from a charity shop and was a master system 2 (aged 5!) From there I was hooked.
this makes me sad... i lost my life long bestfriend unexpectedly not too long ago... i've since gone on a mid life crisis re-purchasing all my old video games and consoles... as well as rebuilding windows 95, 98, XP machines with all of my games I remember playing.... it's nostalgia overload... and i love/hate it
My favorite gaming memory was seeing the unpopular but iconic Saints Row 1 intro, where you are walking down the street and Julius and Troy need to save you and then you get canonized. That right there was a memory that I will never forget.
Falcons got me grinning like a fool with this nostalgia overload, bring a 2000 kid, being able to experience this and the memories made are some of my happiest memories.
firing up halo 1 for the first time was bonkers. landing on the halo and seeing it curve up into the sky above me, the soundtrack with the haunting choir (you know the one) - completely indelible.
I may not have grown up during the 2000s but at least I experienced number 1. my classmate and I would play various flash games (Whenever the wifi was on, which is rare in our comp lab) or play some of the card games like solitaire. even tho it was only a few years back, it was still nostalgic
I met some of mw2 clanmates in real life. We don't see each other anymore, but kt was a great time and I love to think about all the adventures we had in this game together
Thank god. I grew up with games during the 2000s. The 90s and 00s were the golden era of games.
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Not really I quite like the 10s cuz of arkham city and others
This video has so much nostalgia. I remember I wasn’t even old enough to buy GTA San Andreas without an adult
Kids who grew up in with games in 2018
I refuse to believe this. People will look back fondly on the last decade especially and feel bad for not appreciating what was new. Rose tint outlook is for people who struggle to adapt to change.
This took me to a full-on nostalgia trip, thanks for making the video guys!
Us 90s kids truly grew up in the golden era of gaming.
As well as tv and movies
@@coreysmalls4259 and music
Facts.❤
My childhood was the 2000s. As I was only born in 98. But I also played some of those games from the 90s.
Yes we did
This video hits hard! As someone born in 1999 I grew up with a lot of the stuff on this list. I still have my PS2 connected and ready to revisit some of my favourite childhood games like NFS Underground and Midnight Club 3
New gen
hey been a while since ive seen a fellow ps2 lover!!
I just simply adored Harry Potter 1 to 3 on the PS2. The start up is still embedded in my mind after all of those years.
thanks for the nostalgia hit, this is peak content.
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@[卐]Lakehuntist ⸜⁄ uhhh okay man, sure
@[卐]Lakehuntist ⸜⁄ uhhh okay man, sure
My goodness all the nostalgia that just hit me. Split screen multi-player was still around and hanging out all weekend with a friend to beat Gears of War because we rented it from blockbuster was a core gaming memory
Blockbuster. Proof that even a single word can be powerful.
The startup sounds/screens from the PS2 and OG Xbox will forever bring a smile to my face
Very nostalgic. I recall like half of those- mainly because I wasn't a PC gamer. MW2 back in the day was addictive since it was the first time I got to play online in 2010. Those start screens were epic on consoles too. GTA4 was the one I played the most back then, and there was always that time where I would try to see how long I could hold off the cops. Good times, good times.
I miss when startups and main menus were unique. There was something beautiful when starting up a ps2 or playing super Mario 64 and that main menu music would hit and you could feel how special everything felt.
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What about the Donkey Kong 64 intro 🔥
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Yeah tomb raider 1 and 2 , soul reaver even psx demo disks had decent 90s house or trance on lol. Miss them days I'm only 32 :(
Right? I remember being so disappointed when I launched Breath of the Wild for the first time and it was some empty soundless main menu. Urg so disappointing !
I shed a manly tear when you said the words “flash games”. Fills me with much joy and sadness at the same time. Notdoppler and miniclip were my go to.
Rip flash
Andkon was my go to but I did hit up miniclip a few times
So much nostalgia in one vid! 90s and early 2000s were just epic! Thanks gameranx
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@@gameranxTV hotwheels beat that game menu was good
Made me feel like 12 years old again watching this video. The amazing beginning of mercenaries two, 910 songs from from Mission five, while finishing the complicated missions.
Remember the time when game developers tried to experiment with new genres or ways of gaming? Yeah, that was the 2000s.
Lot of companies try new stuff nowdays too!!
@@nelnopo7688 like what?
@@haroldnecmann7040 Stray.. Cuphead.. DREAMS..
Also right now in the golden age of indie development, oh but don't let me stop you from being a clueless non-gamer who isn't at all familiar with and doesn't actually play what is released these days...
@@scorpion0498 platformer, fps, tps
You all make the best videos! Keep it up. My favorite call of Duty is still Call of Duty 2, nothing beats 4 player local at my friends apartment. So many nights of fun. When MW came it it was just the next step and everyone played it. So awesome.
I'm blessed to have grown up in the such a golden age of gaming
My golden age of gaming was back in the 1980s
Golden age was the ps2 era. End of debate.😊
I loved ps2 and PS3, crash bandicoot and assassin's creed were some of my favorites.
Great list! The loading music from the original World of Warcraft hits pretty hard for me.
Biggest one NOT on the list was probably anything to do with Counterstrike...Getting the buy pattern down perfectly, knife kills, late nights just goofing around. I miss those days.
As a side note, I'm a 7th grade science teacher, and one of my students just mentioned this website he found called Homestar Runner. It's funny how fast you become relevant to them when you can quote all the Strong Bad emails from 25 years ago 😅
I could've bought the Deagle in my sleep lol
CS 1.3-5 koby.....
This hit my nostalgia hard, you've pretty much nailed the early 2000 for gamers.
I gotta add on playing DDR or other arcade games at an actual arcade whenever you have the chance once out of school.
Good days...
I haven't been to an arcade in years. Wow.
I once spent an entire summer in the arcade. Well, when I wasn't at my summer job. Basically those two months consisted of only 3 phases for me. Work, sleep or arcade hall. One of the best summers of my teenage years. My friends went on vacations or tried to score dates and then there was me renting out gocarts, beach chairs and selling towels and living in the arcade hall when I didn't have to be at work. Playing games like Time CrisisI and II, Soul Calibur II, Mortal Kombat III, Crisis Zone and even some more classic games like Wonder Boy and Puzzle Bobble.
Arcades are long gone now (at least where I live), but those memories will stay with me all my life. Real nostalgia trip, that is.
@@Xylarxcode Dude the Time Crisis games are so freaking good. They have a newer one for the digital "arcades", but it sucks.
Going through that whole list had me smirking and tearing up but the moment you said Flash... I couldn't help but let out that satisfied groan from deep in my soul...
like you just had a home meal after being gone for long time. Thats when the tears fell
Man to be a kid again and going through these times, yes there where hard times and struggles but the abundance of games, movies, old tv shows made it that bit easier. Not to mention through the 2000s being the golden eta of gaming, tv, movies and youtube
This was my experience as well! Growing up is tough but games gave me a sense of comfort during those days.
Playing Halo on a LAN connection with everyone in computer class is, without a doubt, one of my most joyful recollections of high school. All the friends, enemies and quiet shit talking are timeless. ❤🎉
This is probably my favorite list I’ve seen from you guys. I forgot about some of this stuff, so thank you.
As someone born in '81(im old).. This video hit different. I've seen every one of these phases. I started with Atari and then NES. This felt like my gamer life flashing before my eyes. Absolutely excellent video.
90's-00's was the best era of gaming. I remember everything you just said like it was yesterday and the memories are priceless.
Facts 💯
Deadass 90s-2009 was a awesome era for me
Late 90's: Unreal Tournament, Half-Life, StarCraft, Fallout 2... 2000: The Sims
@@danielgomez7236 don’t forget left 4 dead
Man watching this after coming home from work being kinda mad at everything made me so nostalgic. Makes me wish to be a kid again in this simpler time.
Man, I sure do miss all those awesome flash games! 😢
Kongregate and newgrounds took up so much of my spare time as a kid
The last one ends the video on a very somber note for me, so many memories in school inbetween class breaks playing flash games, and while I would absolutely not play any of them today, it is kind of sad that they are gone. Every generation grows up so different, it is kinda melancholy. Thank you for the nostalgic video
90’s Kid 94 to be exact. All of these games hold a place in my heart. Especially MW2.
I forgot about Halo. 😢😢😢 Love it as well.
Hardly a 90s kid. You were in diapers for more of it than you remember
Thank you for mentioning Barrens chat. It was the only reason I actually played Horde at all. It was a sense of community that's been long lost, even WoW Classic doesn't have that feeling.
Breaks my heart to see how awesome gaming was no matter what console you were nowdays I rarely ever ever play games and if I do it only last a week.
Thank you for making me feel old Falcon. Great video as usual.
نصيحة : قائمة قنواتك قد تكسبك سيئات جارية الى يوم القيامة ( موسيقى ، صور نساء ، فتن ... )
Turned 40 in August and can relate to almost all of these it's wild. Always love the content but you guys have knocked it out of the park with this one. Great work. Peace.
Gameranx, you guys put together quailty gaming story content. This makes me want to play the old games, men 2000s was the golden era of gaming. Thanks!!❤❤❤
Really😲🤯
What was good with games in 2000 was that it connected people, you wouldn't play just for the game but for the people you would play with. No matter how complicated or high def a game is today it's just an empty shell with all these toxic players. I remember back in 2014-2015 when GuildWars2 released i played it with some people who i befriended in game and we ended up playing the game just so we can talk to each other, didnt matter what we did in game as long as we would have fun.
Playing games online was about getting to play games and share experiences with friends, and not about being the best. I believe E Sports ruined gaming.
You NAILED the #1. Addicting games, eBaums world, so many good flash sites.
My friends and I logged THOUSANDS of hours messing around in Halo 1-3; alliances were made and destroyed in a single afternoon countless times. We were also huge into the Rock Band series - I was terrible at guitar, but good at drums, so it all worked out. We'd also challenge each other to sing as well as play an instrument (it never went well).
Who's cutting these damn onions?!
I feel like my youth was so great because of video games. I'm glad after my divorce I'm still relying on games to continue, aside from other factors.
The massive Nostalgia Hit when you got to flash games in class. Took me straight back to Year 9 in high school 😢👌
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This one hit deep.. so many games, so weird to feel that's it's gone now
Age of War, Plasma Burst, Raze, Stick War, Happy Wheels. Will never forget.
@@ToastieBRRRN frazzled frazz 1&2
Johnny upgrade
jelly truck
Transmorhper
Fancy pants adventures and countless others
Oh yeah a great one was zombocalipse I loved 1&2 as well
Then Shockwave 😜
Never mind flash games, we had Quake 3 and Runescape installed on hidden folders in my school. When I was in my web design classes the teacher would just knowingly let us play Quake when he had no work for us.
Also worth mentioning that Homestar Runner is still making videos, usually like 2-5 a year. There's probably going to be one soon because they always do a Halloween episode.
We had a small secluded room in the library where we played Brutal Doom. Most teachers usually turned a blind eye as long as we were quiet and didn't get the juniors involved. It took one kid to blab his mouth and spread it. Next thing we know, one of the stricter librarians found a crowd of Year 8s yelling and massacring each other out in the open, and policies on computer use during breaks was tightened.
Naturally, we flipped the school the bird by playing Cards Against Humanity out in the open and the Year 9's learned some interesting new phrases.
Flash games were so influential on me as a gamer and a person. It was truly a wild world to behold for the first time as a kid. Just to know you could play all these games on dozens of different sites for free. I'm so thankful that many have been archived by diligent gaming/internet historians, but undoubtedly some are like gone forever.
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One of the best videos I have seen from you guys. I have been a fan of the channel for a few years now and I have to say it's very refreshing to see homestarrunner mentioned somewhere. I loved that page back in the day. Thank you for the memories.
Halo 3 and MW2. Shaped my life literally. Shout out to all the homies from those lobbies I wish nothing but the best for them.
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I’m not sure if this was a thing In other countries, but in Brazil we had a place called Lan Houses, where dozens of PCs were connected on lan and you could play any game (that was installed on those pc). We played Counter Strike, Battlefield 1942, Unreal Tournament, etc, against random people that were in that same place as you (because it was on lan).
The smell of cheetos and hair grease plus 2L of coke while you play the corujão (overnight) in the lan houses were priceless. You had to pay per hour though…..
Computer were always expensive in Brazil so we could not afford to buy one for gaming, so we used to go on these Lan Houses. Playing online with early days DSLs or even with dial up internet was terrible, so playing on Lan was a HUGE thing in Brazil in the early 2000s
The nostalgia in this whole video brought tears to my eyes 🥲 thanks Gameranx ❤
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Dude same. This is what makes games so meaningful to us gamers. They take us away from all the stresses of life especially high school (for me) and transport us to other worlds.
You pee sitting down too dude? Lol
@@Bonesaw_McGraw thinking the same fucken thing lol
@@Bonesaw_McGraw idk about you man, but that toxic masculinity is so outdated. Grow up.
A lot of great memories of playing some amazing games during the 00's. Definitely would like revisit some of those classics or even buy some that I never got around to buying them back then.
Thanks for this video Gameranx! Brought so many great memories back for me. I experienced 8 out of 10 of these "memories" and they all mean so much to me to this day.
As someone who lived through the 2000s from start to finish this video not only gave me so much nostalgia but also made me feel old haha.
Growing up in the 90s was wonderful in many ways, gaming being one of them. The console wars had really been ramping up. I played a lot of Sonic, MGS, Tomb Raider and Castlevania among many others. These games still hold up.
#6 is nostalgic but not lost. I remember startin DE Human Revolution, not expecting nothing and then hearing "Sarif Ambiance" - wow.... just wow!
Or being hyped for Horizon Zero Dawn and hearing Aloy's theme in the main menu. Stunning. Setting the mood.
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I remember wasting so much time on Newgrounds when I was a kid. Seen quite a lot of stuff on there that I shouldn't have but hey, it's still a big part of my childhood
Can definitely relate to the significance of MW2. I actually do have a group of life-long friends from a neighboring state that I met through MW2. We all talk daily still and have even met up a few times
I’ve been following this channel for so long and this is by far the most relatable/emotional montage I’ve seen.
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Easily my favorite Gameranx videos and I've seen a lot of them! Lol.
I've been gaming since the 80s and 90s. I'm 50 years old and still gaming. Started in the arcades with pinball then on to an Atari 2600, then a NES, then the PCs finally caught up with the Pentium and Pentium 2 processors, playing games in DOS, and I've been on PC ever since. All of this video was like a wave of memories. I miss LAN parties for Doom, Wolfenstein, Warcraft, and Starcraft. Starcraft especially. I didn't like Guitar Hero, the controller sucked, but I've played the crap out of Rack Band. I still do sometimes. The opening to Halo was one of the most beautiful video I had seen at that time. Modern games tend to lack that little bit extra that games back then had
for me the best was playing morrowind/oblivion. the exploration and sense of discovery was so immersive and captivating. when you would go exploring deep into a cave or climb to the top of a mountain it really felt like you were the first person to do it and the freedom with decision making made it feel like every choice you made mattered. definitely the best era of gaming.
Man I remember how hyped I was to play that game. It sounded like the best game ever and it pretty much lived up to it. I love Skyrim but I'll always be an oblivion guy!
I remember purchasing a new GPU just to play oblivion on launch. God how I loved that game!
The first Final Fantasy game I played was 7. I didn't know what to expect, so when I finally finished the Midgar-part and you got to run around freely, it just dawned on my what a huge and awesome game this was. THAT was something I will never forget. The golden saucer, just the entire scope of the size of this world. Whew.... More of a 90's moment.
Golden Saucer theme plays in my head at least weekly
Close quarters shotgun duels in halo 2 were the definition of intense back in the heyday 😂
My brother charging with an energy sword and me pulling out the shotgun *just* in time was always a thrill (Halo 3).
Man, this was such a feel good, nostalgic video. Thanks Gameranx
The main games that I remember from the late 90s-early 2000s is Rayman 2 & 3, Sonic Adventure, and of course Fallout 3. Man those days were awesome 😎👍🏼
Can't believe you didn't mention the opening level of the original God of War. I'll never forget fighting those hydra, it was so epic and such an iconic opening level and had me hooked right away
Playing SOCOM for the first time and I Need Scissors were definitive 2000s moments.
the voice commands were cool.
I do miss SOCOM 2. I
I was waiting for Barrons Chat. Those experiences are seared into my brain stem. Miss that. Great video.
Newgrounds, Miniclip, Club Penguin 😂 I actually had a Xionic Madness binge a few weeks ago and the rush of nostalgia "heaven or hell!"❤️
The intro levels to sly 2, the ratchet & clank series, shadow of the colossus & uncharted 2 are also amazing examples of great introductions in gaming from the 2000’s
btw those flash games aren't gone forever, there's a project called Flashpoint which has like every single flash game ever made basically in 1 software and you can either choose to download the entire catalogue which is like 250GB or download as you go from the massive list of games.
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The entire collection is 1.31 TB zipped. But you can get the smaller version which is only a couple of GB and download as you go
@@helvete983 oh damn it got larger since I've gotten it 2 years ago wow
OMG! That sounds too good to be true!
HAHA I love that you guys acknowledged the cesspool that was Barrens Chat. Even in Classic it was legendary!
Surprised they acknowledge the Alliance's existence without mentioning "P***shire". Barrens had the chat channels, Goldshire had the Night Elf strippers.
My very first motion style game experience was for the game Heavenly Sword on PS3. The levels where you're shooting arrows and then controlling their flight in slow motion were just so damn perfect. The game was worthwhile just for those sections
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Oh god i remember the hype for the fallout 3 release. I was so excited and afraid to enter this new world that I would have these incredible vivid dreams of vaults infested with rad roaches from the trailer. The first time i exited the vault into the blinding light will forever be etched into my memory.
Oh man... I laughed so hard at the first one. I was playing flash games every time we went to the computers room back at school. Good memories they are 😊
I'd love to erase my memory and experience GTA San Andreas again for the first time.
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Got goosebumps when you mentioned the Halo start screen music.
I remember a guy in one of my high school classes that had a crappy flip phone picture of Guitar Hero proving he had completed Through the Fire and Flames on Expert (though it was only 3 stars).
This entire channel is just one big nostalgia trip. I see what you're doing, and you're pretty smart to capitalize on our feelings like you do.
These videos always reinforce my FOMO...they always remind me of games I said I'd play one day but was too busy,,,and now it's been so long that they have changed, the community has changed, they are no longer playable, or they just flat out don't exist anymore.
I'd love a video on startup screens! Not a top 10 or anything, just show off a ton of 'em. :)
I still have a PS2 hooked up to my TV that I played Vice City on when it came out.. that I rented from Blockbuster lol. I remember racing my friend on Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition on the PSP in the bathroom I’m 8th grade, while someone was outside keeping a lookout 😭😭 so many memories. No matter how many times you tell yourself not to take times in your life for granted, you’re really never understand it until they’re gone. Another amazing video; thank you guys.
Amazing nostalgia! Games and gaming culture has changed so much since then.
Pure unadulterated nostalgia. Great trip down memory lane at a time when we all need it!
I just cant forget first time play Half-Life 2. Really awesome.
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8:45 The Wii was hard to find during the holidays.
In 2009, someone died after a radio contest on KDND "Hold your Wee for a Wii" after a contestant died after holding her pee for several hours.
The contestants were also required to drink water periodically. The woman drank 2 gallons of water and died of intoxication after getting home.
Not something to die over...
NFS entries all being straight up fire. Yes, even Undercover and ProStreet.
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It's crazy how during the 2000s the NFS series released great game after great game, after great game, after great game... I can't recall another series with that level of consistency with such a short time between releases.
When I bought halo1 day one and got into the open world first time with the space ship flying around in the sky was surreal and jaw dropping! I will never forget that experience! Being a gamer since the early 80s allowed me to experience firsthand the new technology in games. Ghouls n ghosts on snes intro mode 7 screen was another one.
That was an absolute blast from the past. Thank you Falcon! I needed that trip down memory lane. 🥰
Listening to Falcon talk about MW2 put such a genuine smile on my face. Thank you for reminding me of such treasured memories.
I'd love to see a separate video about your favorite opening missions from games 👍
The 90s kids have seen the transformation of gaming.
My first console was a NES my second I brought myself from a charity shop and was a master system 2 (aged 5!) From there I was hooked.
Actually playing fighting games and unlock every character BY PLAYING and not nowadays BY PAYING
this makes me sad... i lost my life long bestfriend unexpectedly not too long ago... i've since gone on a mid life crisis re-purchasing all my old video games and consoles... as well as rebuilding windows 95, 98, XP machines with all of my games I remember playing.... it's nostalgia overload... and i love/hate it
Xbox 360 was good for its time!
Still hanging around those gangstas
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My favorite gaming memory was seeing the unpopular but iconic Saints Row 1 intro, where you are walking down the street and Julius and Troy need to save you and then you get canonized. That right there was a memory that I will never forget.
I love gameranx❤
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Falcons got me grinning like a fool with this nostalgia overload, bring a 2000 kid, being able to experience this and the memories made are some of my happiest memories.
6:35 what’s the song name?
Dave Mirra freestyle BMX intro will forever be laser engraved into my memory.
Bring back the sick intros !!!
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@@gameranxTV Thanks!
@@gameranxTV My third comment keeps getting Auto Deleted😢
firing up halo 1 for the first time was bonkers. landing on the halo and seeing it curve up into the sky above me, the soundtrack with the haunting choir (you know the one) - completely indelible.
Games peaked in 2000s
Early 00’s were the greatest times of my life. From video games to movies and life experiences. I’ll never let those times go.
I may not have grown up during the 2000s but at least I experienced number 1. my classmate and I would play various flash games (Whenever the wifi was on, which is rare in our comp lab) or play some of the card games like solitaire. even tho it was only a few years back, it was still nostalgic
Man watching this video has reminded me how much this industry has changed. The 2000’s were really a golden era.
Thank You Falcon For A Nostalgic Experience Really Bought Me Back To Being A Kid Growing Up And Utilizing All
of this almost made me tear 😢
I met some of mw2 clanmates in real life. We don't see each other anymore, but kt was a great time and I love to think about all the adventures we had in this game together
GTA 4's Soviet Connection is arguably one of the best theme songs in gaming history, and Need For Speed shift intro was also quite cool