I never played this even though I bought and played GUN which is awesome and I strongly recommend. Was this one on the OG Xbox or only on Playstation 2?
Red Dead Revolver is a true "Wild West" story. Red Dead Redemption and RDR2 are not about the wild west, they are about the changing time between wild west and tamed west into civilization.
Red dead revolver is a spaghetti western, feels more like the classical western movies with simple moral lines and cowboys having attitudes similar to knights in Arthurian legends. Red dead redemption is more like the subversion of that.
Red always felt like a Clint Eastwood type of character. John was like a Deke Thornton, and Arthur is definitely a John Wayne. It's nice how each protagonist references a different type of Western hero
Red is definitely John Marston, you can tell by the scar on his face, rdr2 says it came from a bear attack to create backstory, but this was made before rdr, and wasn't seen by rockstar as the first game of the series
@@captaincodfish164 bear attack, wolf attack, either way rdr2 makes their own backstory. And can you tell me the differences between, red, and John Marston?
When Red is mentioned in RDR2 I was jumping like crazy. So happy and what a badass Red is he is literally became a legendary bounty hunter in RDR series.
I remember playing this as a kid, was shocked when Red Dead Redemption came out and everyone loved it and they acted like that was the 1st game 😂 only the real GOAT remember this and played it 💯
Redemption was such a monumental game though. Revolver you rented over a weekend and played through and had a fun time but forgot about. Redemption is an experience, whole different level.
Rdr came out when I was 1 and I didn’t really get to play it but I did watch my older brother and we had a ps2 when I was around 8 and I just messed around with it but like yesterday I beat it on my Xbox one and for a 18 year old game it looks great so 10/10
Fun fact: Red Dead Revolver was initially owned by Capcom as they were the publishers of Angel Studio, the developers behind the game. At first the game was supposed to be a more Japanese style arcade shooter, but after Take Two bought the studio and rebranded it as Rockstar San Diego, they reworked the game into what it is now.
In Red Dead Redemption 2, the player can encounter a man camping around Hennigan's Stead; he mentions that, before his brother died, he used to tell him stories of Red Harlow and will tell the stories to the player. In game files, the man in question is labeled as "REDHARLOW"
I have a sneaking suspicion that red dead revolver was gonna be a spiritual successor to Gun Smoke. This was an early 80s Capcom arcade game, and it had a boss that was fat and covered in dynamite, much like the boss in Revolver called Pig Josh.
This came out when I had first moved out at 18. My roomates and I would use the multiplayer duel to decide who would do house chores such as the dishes or mopping. Many a drunk evening having dueling tournaments. Good times (edit to add) You should do one or two more videos finishing up RedDead. This was inredibly nostalgic
@@KolateralXC 39, guess my old bitch ass is off by a couple years. Yeah I fully expected to just be alone my whole life getting stoned and playing world of warcraft but somehow managed to get married, have 3 kids and buy a house. Also in a pretty rad band. Things turned out pretty great
This game was my childhood. I beat the campaign at least 15 times and I 100% the game more than once. Pig Josh was no joke, and the duel with Mr. Kelly always gave me a hard time. Amazing story, wish more people knew about it
You're right about one thing man. The red dead revolver characters do show up in the later games which they show up in RDR1 as playable Characters in the multiplayer and even the voice actors came back to voice them and you can make them say stuff as well. Plus the RDR1 multiplayer is still alive somehow.
Yeah I still play rdr1 online and the ones left are kids with petty attitudes Really i got accused of stealing a coffin because a mothereffer wanted Holly water
I like how gritty this game is. This was the first game I played that had a cover system. I also remember having trouble with the pig boss and the clown king.
It's funny, I forgot that I had actually ever played this game. In my mind, I mixed this game up with "Gun" and "Call of Juarez" which were both two similar western games that I loved as a kid. As a kid, I didn't really pay much attention to names or developers. I just looked at the cover art at Gamestop and decide to play. Good times, man. It's cool how the older you get the more classics you realize you got to appreciate when they were new.
These are still the BEST loading screens to date for me, especially jack swift. Almost NO one I know has ever played or heard of it which is sad because this is one of the best wild west games ever made! It's too bad they didn't put the quick draw feature back it. All the sounds and menus are the best. Back when game design was great and they cared. Ps. The punching when you can't go further in the menus is great! This game is still so amazing, with its sounds, music and the story was great too! I miss this.
You do know that using "p.s" was used in written letters due to using ink and having a thought after you had singed your letter. So you wouldn't be able to fit it in your original paragraph. On a computer its simply called a "backspace" button. No need to use p.s. on the internet man. I was jus.
Finally someone who appreciates fine art! Every video I’ve seen done on this game is by someone who didn’t play it until RDR2 was announced and they thought they had stumbled upon something completely undiscovered then proceeded to shit on the lack of content/storyline. So glad someone made a video finally portraying this game as the masterpiece it is and not just the typical “RDR2 is really the 3rd installment here’s why” video that seems to make up every other one covering this game. This is the first game I ever played and beat on my own I must’ve been about 5 (born in 2000 not sure when the game came out) I had played hit man and gta with my Grampa but always needed his help to pass levels. When he showed me this game it awakened my passion for video games. I don’t play anymore and my grampas not with us anymore but this video put a smile on my face and gave the ol nostalgia a nice massaging. Bless you and bless this work of art
You had an amazing gramps for playing this stuff with you at that age. Hell, I'm 32 and my parents don't even know how to handle a controller or keyboard+mouse...
@@richardlindquist4061 mines february bro.. we are the real OG‘s.. i mean cmon. Who can say hes born in 2000 flat.. this‘ll be a stunner in 30 years lemme tell you that
Finally! Somebody else mentions this game! People never bring up this game in the series. This game is awesome and I played it as a kid on my PS2. Such an underrated game to be honest.
Played it on the PS2 back in the day and beat it once. I unlocked almost all the multiplayer characters and me and the boys battled a lot. But that bridge level…. I’ll never forget how many times I died SO MANY TIMES…. it still gives me nightmares. Every once in awhile I’ll redownload it on PS4 but I can’t even make it to the bridge level now lol. So I delete it a lot lol.
@@emilianomunozdiaz9494 I only beat it that ONE time I beat the story lol. You just have to keep as much cover and running around as you can. I think there’s a canon blasting at you too which makes that strategy harder. It’s literally the hardest level of any game I’ve ever played. Just by luck and probably being one hit from death I survived, so the best of luck to you! If there’s any health drops, leave them until you absolutely need them. I promise you’re not bad at the game. It’s still haunts me.
I've always liked the theory that Uncle is actually Red Harlow from this game. Don't know how much sense it makes but it's fun. I played Red Dead Revolver back in the day but only as a rental. Gotta admit that I never beat it since it becomes quite hard in later stages. Still a great tribute to the era of spaghetti westerns.
Man that pig josh mission gave me so much anxiety playing it as a kid you never know when he’s gunna be running at you, especially on the turret it’s so nerve racking not knowing where he is! 100% one of the hardest bosses in the game.
This game was paying homage to all the legendary Spaghetti Westerns that had a cultural impact during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, the developers gained the rights to some of the musical scores from said spaghetti westerns to create an immersive experience. The main theme is the main theme from Lo Chiamavano King, The tutorial section is entitled "Jackie" from the Minnesota Clay. Even some of the characters are nods to iconic spaghetti western characters. Mister Black for instance was based off Franco Nero's Django since he has a gatling gun in his coffin. While not a western reference, Mister Kelly is based on Leon the Professional. Overall, this is a really fun game and I really wish they would go back and attempt a remaster of this.
Feel like future Red Dead games took more inspiration from the game Gun which came out about a year later and had third person shooting and more of an open world but very limited in scope.
@@tarzan5932 no reason to act sarcastic over it, he made a good point originally. And obviously rdr took inspiration from their main hit gta so it’s not like you’re over here sounding super intellectual as opposed to just coming off as a smart ass 🗿 everyone knows the shit already you attempting too spit 🥱
@@tarzan5932 Well no shit that it's basically GTA western. They did make Red Dead Revolver which was a pretty terrible game in comparison to GUN. Rockstar took note of Gun's success and when they finally did release RD1, they took everything that worked in GUN, including a lot of its mechanics/gameplay, and Rockstar vastly improved their own franchise. This isn't even new news, the inspiration from GUN was well noted by fans and game critics. GUN feels more like a predecessor to what Red Dead would eventually become. It's still a great game for its era.
I just love that Rockstar used music from various Spaghetti Westerns for the score for this game. Favorite track is the whistling music during the train sequence which was taken from They Call Me Cemetery aka A Bullet for a Stranger.
I remember playing this as a kid! The franchise has definitely come a long way, and young gamers nowadays are for sure lucky to have the absolute masterpieces out now. As good as this knee was - it in no way compares to RDR1 or 2.
The aim assist in Golden Eye feels more like auto aim since it automatically snaps onto enemies without player guidance. Unlike aim assist in say Halo, which just slows down your right stick input when hovering over an enemy.
I used to play this game for hours on end.. my brother had a ps2, and honestly now that I’m older I think he took the memory cards out. BUT. I would play this game from the beginning almost on a daily basis due to not having a memory card. I never got sick of it. Everything about it was beautiful and great. I loved the story and how well the shooting mechanics were done. It really made you feel like a legend. I used to play the multiplayer mode against bots for hours. I loved the card system.
Me and my buddies still quote the character select lines to this day. This game was so awesome. I've always wondered how it would hold up today with some (major) polishing
One of the first games I ever did 100% I even remember the weird method for unlocking the final showdown character. Involved burning to death a few times in a showdown match against AI and then winning the match while playing a specific character. Weird as hell but man the challenge levels, hard mode, all the decent replay ability for a game that old, it was damn good.
@@Ryanbros you dont need ps now. it got ported to ps4 along with a bunch of rockstar classics like manhunt, bully, san andreas, vice city, gta III when the console released
Man this game was legendary i remember playing this as a teen and my dad was a huge western fan he loved watching all the western shows that came on tv but when i played this game he was there with me every step of the way including the duels
Played and beat this legend. Actually snuck into my uncle's room at my grandma's while he was in rehab. Snagged this game from his Christmas stocking, opened it and played it. I got grilled hard for that stunt.
I’m defo a red dead og fan. The first game before I played red read redemption. I this game is underrated. They was cool diverse characters, good theme song and not a bad story. The only difference this wasn’t open world. If they did remake adding open world concept then this would be just good
Shame not so many people played it back then, had so much fun playing local multiplayer with my brothers, also replayed the hell out of the singleplayer. Underrated gem😍
@@x8jason8x Take-Two bought it before it was fully developed, then Rockstar continued the rest of the work and added their touch to it. What I meant that many people think that RDR1 was the first so they skipped Revolver and didn't know it existed. Of course, this is based on what I have seen and read.
Just played this after beating rdr2. It was fun and interesting to see the roots of the series. Having not played rdr, I'm excited to see how it'll go. Music and general western stereotypes were superb.
thanks for uploading this, this brought back some memories for sure.. i remember being around 14 when this came out, and this game was so freaking epic. i've legit forgotten how good this game was for its time and era. in my eyes, this was better then the first GTA, and if one looks at what graphics and how smooth games can be in todays world. this even beats San Andreas
There was something really satisfying about the way you handled and showed off the gameplay. Sometimes it’s frustrating to watch people play old games that I feel sentimental about but you really hit the nail on the head with this one and I thank you for it.
I remember me and my brother picking this up with our blockbuster game pass (!!!) speaking of nostalgia and absolutely loved it… when RDR came out we where more exited then anyone we knew and it blew me away!! Great video Jayvee
3:09 actually hes not john marston with a different name. he's mentioned in RDR2 that he was known as a legendary bounty hunter before Arthur and Johns time. Hence why RDR and RDR2 are based on when cowboys were slowly dying out and covilization was more main stream, as opposed to Red Harlow being at a peak time for cowboys
LOVED this game as a kid. The whistling tune soundtrack is something I still do randomly today 😅 Favorite line is, "Fill em full of led" and "Ayyye Dios mio."
I played this all the time as a kid with my dad, as well as Gun. Gaming was the only times we got along so the games we played have always had a special nostalgia for me.
I remember playing this game when I was a kid and I absolute loved it. I remember being stuck on a part where they are shooting off a train with a Gatling gun and you’re trying to catch up, I never beat it after hours and hours of trying.
Love this game. We used to get together after school and play against each other for hours. Red Dead and Dark Watch were always in the Xbox. The Governor was wayyyy overpowered and we banned him kind of like Oddjob in Goldeneye.
this makes me wish i played this game back in the day! i would of been a junior in highschool when this game out but i think i was too busy being a sweatlord on CS 1.6 lol! awesome video! makes the red dead series that much better knowing there was an earlier game!
Damn so many memories. My step brother and I played the hell out this when we were younger. The multi-player was especially fun. I don't think it was online, I'm pretty sure it was meant to be local multi-player and with a controller adapters it could support up to 4 player plus bots. Endless hours playing this. Red Harlow needed a cameo of some kind in the Redemption games. Hopefully we'll get one if Rockstar ever releases another red dead redemption game.
I remember playing this game when I was 7-8 years old, and I remember being stuck on Pig josh, which I affectionately called ''Gordão Dinamite'' for a whole week since the game was in English, a language I didn't know anything about since I'm Brazilian, damn this game has aged badly , but I still feel a huge nostalgia , certainly one of the best games I played when I was a kid.
I hope you keep playing this one. I never played this game (although I was aware about it WELL before Red Dead Redemption came out) but it surprisingly looks really great. Not nearly on the same level as RDR but still, for nostalgic purposes it looks fun enough AND actually I am sure there are some easter eggs for RDR in it somewhere if you look hard enough. Rockstar loves them some easter eggs.
I remember seeing this game in a game informer when I was around 9 -10 I begged my parents to get it and they found it on ebay. I played the hell outta it had everyone but Mr Kelley because he was too fast. Found the game was on ps4 and got it for $10 a few years ago. I was so sad that the only references to the game were in like dlc characters for multi-player. Also long live the best character Jack Swift.
I played this and would love to play it again on my switch. The music is fantastic the atmosphere is pure wild west. Top underated game.... Bring it back
I loved this game so much, I remember all the previews before it came out at first it was trying to be a different type of game and they changed it alot but damn I loved it, unlocked everything and played it to hell and back.
i played it so much everytime you beat the game you unlocked a higher difficulty my best gaming moments i even fantasized how awesome it would be to have a giant open world lol
Man, I played so much of this game with my brother and cousins. It was so cool to unlock new characters to use in multiplayer. I always used the Buffalo soldier and one of my cousins was always Shadow Wolf. Good good times.
This Game and “Gun” were the Best!!! Both good for there time I recommend “Gun” it’s similar to Rdr it’s open World An they have legendary animals you can kill.
Played it, loved it... The local multi-player was fun, we'd play that while finishing off a bottle of Malibu rum every Saturday night for a few weeks, fun times.
I used to Shred this game smoking bongs with my buddies all the time. Some of the missions actually were hard as hell near the end of the game! Super fun game and funny lines and exciting story line
Have you ever played Samurai Western? It has the same style of this game, and it's AMAZINGLY fun, I was really impressed by that obscure and underrated PS2 game
My dad had this game for ps2 and my brother and I were so hyped to play it but it would load for ever so we never had the change to play it🥲🥲 the loading is nostalgic at least hahaha
@@Stagecoach_Studios I will, I will do me. Thank you. And if I’m being honest, I couldn’t give less of a fuck if they said he isn’t uncle genuinely do not care
It's crazy how faithful they stayed to the style of the game as they went on one thing that would have been cool is a few more enemies that had a unique shape and size to them, everyone for the most part in RD2 are average human size I wish they had a couple big brute enemies like in this game
That’s actually the only red dead game I played before rdr2. Me and a friend stayed up all night switching off missions till we beat it. The boss fights were awesome
I wish we could have an RDR-movie series. Or a show series. I even got an idea: First there's RDRI as a startup movie with RDRII as an obvious sequel. And then there's this mini series called: "Tales of the Wild West/Tales of the Red" and it's about Red Harlow and other tales about the RDR-World like - famous Gunslingers, Black Belle, Billy Midnight, Emmet Granger and of course Jim "Boy" Calloway - storys about Dutch VanderLinde after the split up of the gang - storys about the gang (Blackwater heist etc.) So yeah, that's my vision of all that.
This was a common game. Anyone who grew up in that era and had a PS2 has played it or at least heard of it. It's made by rockstar it's not like it's made by crave or some odd ball developer so that alone drew in some attention. I remember playing this with all the neighborhood kids. This and tenchu wrath of heaven which should be an honorable mention. Not a lot people know that gem even exists.
Ya, this sold nearly 1m copies but this guy is acting as though it’s a hidden gem. Rockstar releases always got a cover and centerfold in PS Magazine; Red Dead, State of Emergency, Midnight Club, I loved every one of them.
It's too bad Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 didn't do a better job of integrating Revolver. They could have EASILY included Red Harlow in one of the, "Wild West Stories" Jack read, or have Langton reference him in his interactions with John. Obviously Red Dead Revolver was more of an 'arcade' experience with ridiculously 'cartoonish' characters, but they could have easily just explained away that style. Revolver could easily be explained as just some exaggerated tale of the Wild West, just like the one Arthur fabricated with Callaway and his final duel.
@@cantnevercould9660 true, but that is so obscure. That could literally be a story about anyone. Unless you played Red Dead Revolver JUST before playing RDR2, you wouldn't assume he was referring to Revolver. Besides, the villains of Revolver didn't just kill his Dad, they killed his Mom too. If Jack had said something like, "I'm reading a story about this kid with a burnt hand. He grew up to become a brave man. He hunted down the killers who murdered his family." That would DEFINITELY be a reference to Revolver.
@@cantnevercould9660 no it wouldn't. It would just be a direct reference to Revolver. Your example isn't necessarily a reference to Revolver (it could be, but there's no definitive way to prove it). Your example could be a reference to literally any story involving a man who lost their father.
everyone saying "I bet you haven't played gun" well guess what I went and did it th-cam.com/video/yCMtXN4zlEA/w-d-xo.html
I beat it like 6 times
I dont have ps now
I never played this even though I bought and played GUN which is awesome and I strongly recommend. Was this one on the OG Xbox or only on Playstation 2?
@@PapagenoX09 PS5 actually! you can buy it digital on the PSN store
I’m on pc can I play this game?
Red Dead Revolver is a true "Wild West" story. Red Dead Redemption and RDR2 are not about the wild west, they are about the changing time between wild west and tamed west into civilization.
Red dead revolver is a spaghetti western, feels more like the classical western movies with simple moral lines and cowboys having attitudes similar to knights in Arthurian legends.
Red dead redemption is more like the subversion of that.
“No”
*runs away*
@@nickelakon5369 that's the point
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RDR2 has a better story than red dead revolver and RDR. It’s the better game overall over the other two 🤷🏽♂️
Red always felt like a Clint Eastwood type of character. John was like a Deke Thornton, and Arthur is definitely a John Wayne. It's nice how each protagonist references a different type of Western hero
Red is definitely John Marston, you can tell by the scar on his face, rdr2 says it came from a bear attack to create backstory, but this was made before rdr, and wasn't seen by rockstar as the first game of the series
He definitely isn’t. Also, didn’t John get his scars from a wolf attack in the mountains?
@@captaincodfish164 bear attack, wolf attack, either way rdr2 makes their own backstory. And can you tell me the differences between, red, and John Marston?
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When Red is mentioned in RDR2 I was jumping like crazy. So happy and what a badass Red is he is literally became a legendary bounty hunter in RDR series.
Wait, when is he mentioned? I might have missed him in there.
Yeah hol up when did they mention him, is it uncle?
@@adamcamacho4146 It's a random encounter John can get iirc, fella by a campfire in the Blackwater area will mention Red to him in a story
@@GabedalfTheWhite 3weeks late, but it's the drunk dude by the campfire right?
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I remember playing this as a kid, was shocked when Red Dead Redemption came out and everyone loved it and they acted like that was the 1st game 😂 only the real GOAT remember this and played it 💯
looked for this comment as i knew my fellow goats had to be here
Redemption was such a monumental game though. Revolver you rented over a weekend and played through and had a fun time but forgot about. Redemption is an experience, whole different level.
I grew up playing this game as a kid, cuz my step dad was a huge gamer & sorta inducted me. Glad to find my OG brethren here!
Rdr came out when I was 1 and I didn’t really get to play it but I did watch my older brother and we had a ps2 when I was around 8 and I just messed around with it but like yesterday I beat it on my Xbox one and for a 18 year old game it looks great so 10/10
This and another game called gun were 2 of the best cowboy games back then
Fun fact: Red Dead Revolver was initially owned by Capcom as they were the publishers of Angel Studio, the developers behind the game. At first the game was supposed to be a more Japanese style arcade shooter, but after Take Two bought the studio and rebranded it as Rockstar San Diego, they reworked the game into what it is now.
Thank you Rockstar
Thank god for rockstar 😂
W rockstar
In Red Dead Redemption 2, the player can encounter a man camping around Hennigan's Stead; he mentions that, before his brother died, he used to tell him stories of Red Harlow and will tell the stories to the player. In game files, the man in question is labeled as "REDHARLOW"
That's cool. Never knew that
@@hand587 so uncle isn’t red Harlow?🥹
@@forcoolguys1534uncle is uncle, uncle is life
This game also had a really weird development cycle. It was originally a Capcom game but I guess they didn't like it so Rockstar snagged it.
True i was wondering about that
And one of their best series’ came out of it
No disrespect to Capcom but honestly good on them cause I really couldn’t imagine what RDR would be like under them.
I have a sneaking suspicion that red dead revolver was gonna be a spiritual successor to Gun Smoke. This was an early 80s Capcom arcade game, and it had a boss that was fat and covered in dynamite, much like the boss in Revolver called Pig Josh.
@@arkinyte13 that’s kinda what happened before capcom just abandoned the game
This came out when I had first moved out at 18. My roomates and I would use the multiplayer duel to decide who would do house chores such as the dishes or mopping. Many a drunk evening having dueling tournaments. Good times
(edit to add) You should do one or two more videos finishing up RedDead. This was inredibly nostalgic
Jack swift was the best
wait so you're 36 now? have you achieved what you achieved your goals?
@@KolateralXC 39, guess my old bitch ass is off by a couple years. Yeah I fully expected to just be alone my whole life getting stoned and playing world of warcraft but somehow managed to get married, have 3 kids and buy a house. Also in a pretty rad band. Things turned out pretty great
@@ToyLatrine that gives me hope
@@ToyLatrine I'm sorry but ur comment give me vibes of a "regular" AskReddit comments
This game was my childhood. I beat the campaign at least 15 times and I 100% the game more than once. Pig Josh was no joke, and the duel with Mr. Kelly always gave me a hard time. Amazing story, wish more people knew about it
"I'm gonna make mincemeat out of you!" Was such a heavy hitting nostalgia line.
Probably my favorite char to unlock.
Dang varmint
"I'm lookin at a dead man!"
I know it’s unrelated to the game but I remember the villagers saying something like that in resident evil 4
“I’ll kill you and use you to wipe my behind!”
You're right about one thing man. The red dead revolver characters do show up in the later games which they show up in RDR1 as playable Characters in the multiplayer and even the voice actors came back to voice them and you can make them say stuff as well. Plus the RDR1 multiplayer is still alive somehow.
I think he means the characters appeared in the story of the rdr games hence the “renamed completely”
Yeah I still play rdr1 online and the ones left are kids with petty attitudes
Really i got accused of stealing a coffin because a mothereffer wanted Holly water
@@Daysbb i finished rdr1's story a few weeks ago, but i still haven't played the online. Is it good?
@@Daysbb well I've been seeing a lot of people playing RDR1 again and there's lots of full lobbies now don't know why
@@geox8485 that whole theory exists because of one sentence lmao
Nothing else matches
I like how gritty this game is. This was the first game I played that had a cover system. I also remember having trouble with the pig boss and the clown king.
“Gritty” “Clown”
@@gabrielgunnzalez Pig Josh and Professor Perry :)
It's funny, I forgot that I had actually ever played this game. In my mind, I mixed this game up with "Gun" and "Call of Juarez" which were both two similar western games that I loved as a kid. As a kid, I didn't really pay much attention to names or developers. I just looked at the cover art at Gamestop and decide to play. Good times, man. It's cool how the older you get the more classics you realize you got to appreciate when they were new.
That's funny I did the exact same thing!
Lol same thing happened to me I thought this was call of Juarez
Maaan I loved gun so much
Did the exact same thing
GUN on the PS2 was so good
This is such a classic in my eyes. I would love another Red Dead game like this.
I love how Jack Swift is literally just Trelawny
Honestly how can you play this game without cracking a few laughs, def deserves a remake
I’m hoping that both this and redemption get remade for ps5.
@@theartillery9724 yes
Can we stop remaking everything?
@@TheOrangeRoad no
@@TheOrangeRoad Why? It has worked well for Mafia, resident evil, final fantasy, Yakuza ect.
the environment in this game actually looks amazing for its time
“Heck yeah! We killed… Smitty. Smitty Werbenjagermanjenson, he was number one.” 🤣 I fucking lost it on the SpongeBob reference.
These are still the BEST loading screens to date for me, especially jack swift. Almost NO one I know has ever played or heard of it which is sad because this is one of the best wild west games ever made! It's too bad they didn't put the quick draw feature back it. All the sounds and menus are the best. Back when game design was great and they cared. Ps. The punching when you can't go further in the menus is great! This game is still so amazing, with its sounds, music and the story was great too! I miss this.
Yeah jack swifts loading screens were the best
They are so great, then the one with the Indian guy (been so long can’t remember his name) being so different in comparison. It’s awesome!!!
You do know that using "p.s" was used in written letters due to using ink and having a thought after you had singed your letter. So you wouldn't be able to fit it in your original paragraph. On a computer its simply called a "backspace" button. No need to use p.s. on the internet man. I was jus.
Finally someone who appreciates fine art! Every video I’ve seen done on this game is by someone who didn’t play it until RDR2 was announced and they thought they had stumbled upon something completely undiscovered then proceeded to shit on the lack of content/storyline. So glad someone made a video finally portraying this game as the masterpiece it is and not just the typical “RDR2 is really the 3rd installment here’s why” video that seems to make up every other one covering this game. This is the first game I ever played and beat on my own I must’ve been about 5 (born in 2000 not sure when the game came out) I had played hit man and gta with my Grampa but always needed his help to pass levels. When he showed me this game it awakened my passion for video games. I don’t play anymore and my grampas not with us anymore but this video put a smile on my face and gave the ol nostalgia a nice massaging. Bless you and bless this work of art
You had an amazing gramps for playing this stuff with you at that age. Hell, I'm 32 and my parents don't even know how to handle a controller or keyboard+mouse...
I remember as a kid pig josh would kick my ass and I would get really butt hurt
2000’ boys for life what’s your birth month
My nana would always play games with me i vividly remember Cartoon Network racing I think it was good memories
@@richardlindquist4061 mines february bro.. we are the real OG‘s.. i mean cmon. Who can say hes born in 2000 flat.. this‘ll be a stunner in 30 years lemme tell you that
Red Dead Revolver and Gun were two amazing ps2 westerns. Both absolute masterpieces.
Finally! Somebody else mentions this game! People never bring up this game in the series. This game is awesome and I played it as a kid on my PS2. Such an underrated game to be honest.
Bro same
I played this on ps2 as a little kid
Played it on the PS2 back in the day and beat it once. I unlocked almost all the multiplayer characters and me and the boys battled a lot. But that bridge level…. I’ll never forget how many times I died SO MANY TIMES…. it still gives me nightmares. Every once in awhile I’ll redownload it on PS4 but I can’t even make it to the bridge level now lol. So I delete it a lot lol.
I'm on the bridge, please fucking help me I thought I was justbad at it 💀
@@emilianomunozdiaz9494 I only beat it that ONE time I beat the story lol. You just have to keep as much cover and running around as you can. I think there’s a canon blasting at you too which makes that strategy harder. It’s literally the hardest level of any game I’ve ever played. Just by luck and probably being one hit from death I survived, so the best of luck to you! If there’s any health drops, leave them until you absolutely need them. I promise you’re not bad at the game. It’s still haunts me.
Oh my, the horrors that bridge brought lol. I was just thinking it when i read this haha.
I've always liked the theory that Uncle is actually Red Harlow from this game. Don't know how much sense it makes but it's fun. I played Red Dead Revolver back in the day but only as a rental. Gotta admit that I never beat it since it becomes quite hard in later stages. Still a great tribute to the era of spaghetti westerns.
spaghetti western ? Yea I don’t thing Italian film makers had anything to do with rdr
@@mcdabbin9360 That isn't the point. Like he said, tribute. It was clearly inspired by Leone-esque westerns.
@@Winrarnt yes exactly so it’s not a spaghetti western
@@mcdabbin9360 Read the comment, "tribute to the era of spaghetti westerns." Nobody was saying it was a spaghetti western.
What about the other westerns in that era
Man that pig josh mission gave me so much anxiety playing it as a kid you never know when he’s gunna be running at you, especially on the turret it’s so nerve racking not knowing where he is! 100% one of the hardest bosses in the game.
I just got on the houses and shot him from there
This game was paying homage to all the legendary Spaghetti Westerns that had a cultural impact during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, the developers gained the rights to some of the musical scores from said spaghetti westerns to create an immersive experience. The main theme is the main theme from Lo Chiamavano King, The tutorial section is entitled "Jackie" from the Minnesota Clay. Even some of the characters are nods to iconic spaghetti western characters. Mister Black for instance was based off Franco Nero's Django since he has a gatling gun in his coffin. While not a western reference, Mister Kelly is based on Leon the Professional.
Overall, this is a really fun game and I really wish they would go back and attempt a remaster of this.
Feel like future Red Dead games took more inspiration from the game Gun which came out about a year later and had third person shooting and more of an open world but very limited in scope.
Or, you know, kind of a crazy and out there idea, they might have been inspired by GTA. Crazy I know.
@@tarzan5932 I'm sure they took inspiration from many things but Gun is more similar to Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 than Red Dead Revovler.
@@georgiakyle1988 GTA was made by rockstar, who also made red dead. Rdr is just a cowboy version of gta purposefully.
@@tarzan5932 no reason to act sarcastic over it, he made a good point originally. And obviously rdr took inspiration from their main hit gta so it’s not like you’re over here sounding super intellectual as opposed to just coming off as a smart ass 🗿 everyone knows the shit already you attempting too spit 🥱
@@tarzan5932 Well no shit that it's basically GTA western. They did make Red Dead Revolver which was a pretty terrible game in comparison to GUN. Rockstar took note of Gun's success and when they finally did release RD1, they took everything that worked in GUN, including a lot of its mechanics/gameplay, and Rockstar vastly improved their own franchise. This isn't even new news, the inspiration from GUN was well noted by fans and game critics.
GUN feels more like a predecessor to what Red Dead would eventually become. It's still a great game for its era.
I just love that Rockstar used music from various Spaghetti Westerns for the score for this game. Favorite track is the whistling music during the train sequence which was taken from They Call Me Cemetery aka A Bullet for a Stranger.
Literally read your comment during the train section
I remember playing this as a kid!
The franchise has definitely come a long way, and young gamers nowadays are for sure lucky to have the absolute masterpieces out now.
As good as this knee was - it in no way compares to RDR1 or 2.
“This is before aim assist existed.”
Goldeneye: wow no i see how it is
Ah Goldeneye... a game that had a controller so bad that it needed an assist
@@gavind351 It could've worked without
Bro, manual aim in an FPS on an N64 controller is literal dog water.
The aim assist in Golden Eye feels more like auto aim since it automatically snaps onto enemies without player guidance. Unlike aim assist in say Halo, which just slows down your right stick input when hovering over an enemy.
Lol
I used to play this game for hours on end.. my brother had a ps2, and honestly now that I’m older I think he took the memory cards out. BUT. I would play this game from the beginning almost on a daily basis due to not having a memory card. I never got sick of it. Everything about it was beautiful and great. I loved the story and how well the shooting mechanics were done. It really made you feel like a legend. I used to play the multiplayer mode against bots for hours. I loved the card system.
The multiplayer was amazing. All the cool weapons you could use!
I done the same thing with GUN
You can Buy it on ps4 and ps5 digitally
I REMEMBER THIS GAME NOW. Geez, what a throwback. i remember having to redo the big josh mission over and over. Thanks for the nostalgia!
Me and my buddies still quote the character select lines to this day.
This game was so awesome. I've always wondered how it would hold up today with some (major) polishing
Bro same
One of the first games I ever did 100% I even remember the weird method for unlocking the final showdown character. Involved burning to death a few times in a showdown match against AI and then winning the match while playing a specific character. Weird as hell but man the challenge levels, hard mode, all the decent replay ability for a game that old, it was damn good.
Manny Quinn is arguably the best Showdown character.
@@arkeezy. I would agree if not for the sheer hilarity that Cooper The Barrel Man brings.
@@gravestheranger7945 As a Cooper main, I can confirm. I've, quite literally, never seen a man in a barrel before.
I actually did play this back on PS2 and got it again on PS4 Backwards Compatibility
You can’t backwards compat a ps2 game
@@CrackerWhacker1 I wonder if he means PS Now
@@Glennboh95 it literally got ported to ps4
@@d4vid469 on ps now
@@Ryanbros you dont need ps now. it got ported to ps4 along with a bunch of rockstar classics like manhunt, bully, san andreas, vice city, gta III when the console released
Man this game was legendary i remember playing this as a teen and my dad was a huge western fan he loved watching all the western shows that came on tv but when i played this game he was there with me every step of the way including the duels
Badass man best childhood
the quickdraw dueling mechanic was so cool back then, no other game pulled it off that good for a long time
Played and beat this legend. Actually snuck into my uncle's room at my grandma's while he was in rehab. Snagged this game from his Christmas stocking, opened it and played it. I got grilled hard for that stunt.
😂
I’m defo a red dead og fan. The first game before I played red read redemption. I this game is underrated. They was cool diverse characters, good theme song and not a bad story. The only difference this wasn’t open world. If they did remake adding open world concept then this would be just good
That’s crazy that the credit intro song was actually used in Django Unchained opening sequence. I recognized it right away. 👍🏼
This classic needs a remaster ASAP.
Remake
@@tobiohnea3309 A Remake that also come with a Remaster so you can enjoy it on your PS5.
Why? It was trash
It kind of had one with a PS2 classic version on PS4.
@@ascendancy4900 it didnt age well to say the least lol
Shame not so many people played it back then, had so much fun playing local multiplayer with my brothers, also replayed the hell out of the singleplayer. Underrated gem😍
Wdym? Tons of people played it... R* bought it because it was popular enough to generate more IP.
@@x8jason8x Take-Two bought it before it was fully developed, then Rockstar continued the rest of the work and added their touch to it. What I meant that many people think that RDR1 was the first so they skipped Revolver and didn't know it existed. Of course, this is based on what I have seen and read.
Red may be John Marston's self insert character. He writes books and tells stories about Red in the newer games.
Just played this after beating rdr2. It was fun and interesting to see the roots of the series. Having not played rdr, I'm excited to see how it'll go. Music and general western stereotypes were superb.
thanks for uploading this, this brought back some memories for sure.. i remember being around 14 when this came out, and this game was so freaking epic. i've legit forgotten how good this game was for its time and era. in my eyes, this was better then the first GTA, and if one looks at what graphics and how smooth games can be in todays world. this even beats San Andreas
I think the shooting mechanics were better than GTA, and definitely worked out well for both RDR and GTA that they could borrow from one another.
I love this guy because he not one of those people who just talk trash about old games
There was something really satisfying about the way you handled and showed off the gameplay. Sometimes it’s frustrating to watch people play old games that I feel sentimental about but you really hit the nail on the head with this one and I thank you for it.
I remember me and my brother picking this up with our blockbuster game pass (!!!) speaking of nostalgia and absolutely loved it… when RDR came out we where more exited then anyone we knew and it blew me away!! Great video Jayvee
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actually hes not john marston with a different name. he's mentioned in RDR2 that he was known as a legendary bounty hunter before Arthur and Johns time. Hence why RDR and RDR2 are based on when cowboys were slowly dying out and covilization was more main stream, as opposed to Red Harlow being at a peak time for cowboys
Red is uncle, uncle even said he was called the one shot kid when he was younger and red is the one shot kid
yupp
It's so sad that Red's cowboy life was cut short by *LUMBAGO*
LOVED this game as a kid. The whistling tune soundtrack is something I still do randomly today 😅 Favorite line is, "Fill em full of led" and "Ayyye Dios mio."
I played this all the time as a kid with my dad, as well as Gun. Gaming was the only times we got along so the games we played have always had a special nostalgia for me.
Bullshit . Be gratefull you had a father
I think gun was the superior game out of the to
Two*
I remember playing this game when I was a kid and I absolute loved it. I remember being stuck on a part where they are shooting off a train with a Gatling gun and you’re trying to catch up, I never beat it after hours and hours of trying.
This is one of my favorite games that i played as a child, I recently bought it again and its still a gem
Love this game. We used to get together after school and play against each other for hours. Red Dead and Dark Watch were always in the Xbox. The Governor was wayyyy overpowered and we banned him kind of like Oddjob in Goldeneye.
Nice to see the connection to the clowns in GTA 5
The game was a classic I loved playing it with my friend when I was 7/8. The game made me love Red Dead Redemption even more
this makes me wish i played this game back in the day! i would of been a junior in highschool when this game out but i think i was too busy being a sweatlord on CS 1.6 lol!
awesome video! makes the red dead series that much better knowing there was an earlier game!
The multiplayer was hysterically fun, with tons of extra characters and stages to unlock.
I agree. My brother and I loved multiplayer. It was underrated
I remember playing for the first time on a saturday it was so fun I completed it the next day. beautiful game
Jayvee: pigjosh is the hardest boss
Radagon of the Golden order: am I a joke to you?
Damn so many memories. My step brother and I played the hell out this when we were younger. The multi-player was especially fun. I don't think it was online, I'm pretty sure it was meant to be local multi-player and with a controller adapters it could support up to 4 player plus bots. Endless hours playing this. Red Harlow needed a cameo of some kind in the Redemption games. Hopefully we'll get one if Rockstar ever releases another red dead redemption game.
Red does get mentioned in them, at least in RDR2, but I don't know if that really counts to what you mean
He is Uncle.
@@silasspeaks3301no he is not
Played it back in the day on PS2 and beat it multiple times along with other great western game Gun.
This game is so underrated. A true 💎
I remember playing this game when I was 7-8 years old, and I remember being stuck on Pig josh, which I affectionately called ''Gordão Dinamite'' for a whole week since the game was in English, a language I didn't know anything about since I'm Brazilian, damn this game has aged badly , but I still feel a huge nostalgia , certainly one of the best games I played when I was a kid.
pig josh was the worst. Me and my brother had so much trouble beating him. I can still hear pig josh's laugh.
I hope you keep playing this one. I never played this game (although I was aware about it WELL before Red Dead Redemption came out) but it surprisingly looks really great. Not nearly on the same level as RDR but still, for nostalgic purposes it looks fun enough AND actually I am sure there are some easter eggs for RDR in it somewhere if you look hard enough. Rockstar loves them some easter eggs.
Red Harlow is spoken about/hinted at all through both RDR games, but more like a legend. Like the events of RD Revolver were highly exaggerated.
I remember seeing this game in a game informer when I was around 9 -10 I begged my parents to get it and they found it on ebay. I played the hell outta it had everyone but Mr Kelley because he was too fast.
Found the game was on ps4 and got it for $10 a few years ago.
I was so sad that the only references to the game were in like dlc characters for multi-player.
Also long live the best character Jack Swift.
I played this and would love to play it again on my switch. The music is fantastic the atmosphere is pure wild west. Top underated game.... Bring it back
I loved this game so much, I remember all the previews before it came out at first it was trying to be a different type of game and they changed it alot but damn I loved it, unlocked everything and played it to hell and back.
i played it so much everytime you beat the game you unlocked a higher difficulty my best gaming moments i even fantasized how awesome it would be to have a giant open world lol
Man, I played so much of this game with my brother and cousins. It was so cool to unlock new characters to use in multiplayer. I always used the Buffalo soldier and one of my cousins was always Shadow Wolf.
Good good times.
The Red Dead Series is so solid.
Edit: I swear that the lip syncing in this game is better than odyssey.
AC lost me on origins. the world was great but somehow it wasnt fun at all
@@Fame_Rate weird. I loved origins. I thought odyssey was boring. And I think that valhalla is the worst game ever crested
I laughed so hard when he said is that where Jon wick got the idea for Jon wick
:)
Its funny I read your comment when he said it.
This Game and “Gun” were the Best!!! Both good for there time I recommend “Gun” it’s similar to Rdr it’s open World An they have legendary animals you can kill.
Hell yeah! I loved this game! Such a spaghetti western cheese that is so much fun. Plus the music was just classic.
"He's the guy who's the talk of the town, with the restless gun..."
I played it!!! I loved the fast draw mechanic in this game!!!
Played it, loved it... The local multi-player was fun, we'd play that while finishing off a bottle of Malibu rum every Saturday night for a few weeks, fun times.
1:35 'Rockstar always does good sound effects"
Capcom: ok guess I'll die
I’m meant he isn’t wrong because Capcom sold the games most ideal were removing from the game Rockstar sound designer
This is so nostalgic cause I remember playing this when I was like 4 on the ps2
Earlier today I downloaded and began playing. It’s not really open world, but the missions are fun as hell.
I used to Shred this game smoking bongs with my buddies all the time. Some of the missions actually were hard as hell near the end of the game! Super fun game and funny lines and exciting story line
its such a good game to smoke and play
This game was so much fun back in the day
Just a classic
Have you ever played Samurai Western? It has the same style of this game, and it's AMAZINGLY fun, I was really impressed by that obscure and underrated PS2 game
My dad had this game for ps2 and my brother and I were so hyped to play it but it would load for ever so we never had the change to play it🥲🥲 the loading is nostalgic at least hahaha
Why is everyone calling him Red Harlow? Its obviously Uncle.
rdr fans always come up with the most braindead takes. never met a fandom that had worse theories.
@@justMrAxe Ya know…. I don’t really remember asking.
@@ulysses58599 I’m gonna let you keep saying that Red = Uncle, but R* literally said that RED IS NOT UNCLE! But, you do you.
@@Stagecoach_Studios I will, I will do me. Thank you. And if I’m being honest, I couldn’t give less of a fuck if they said he isn’t uncle genuinely do not care
@@ulysses58599he isnt uncle Even if it hurts you
If you like this game, you’d probably also like GUN which came out around the same time. Another classic from back in the day.
Thats the one I played its a core memory, I remember being home from school sick and playing it
This is the most nostalgia I've felt in years. It was a simpler time then. Few regrets and few problems back then 😢
It's crazy how faithful they stayed to the style of the game as they went on one thing that would have been cool is a few more enemies that had a unique shape and size to them, everyone for the most part in RD2 are average human size I wish they had a couple big brute enemies like in this game
Like the giant you have to fistfight in chapter 2? xD
There's even a few in RDO.
That’s actually the only red dead game I played before rdr2. Me and a friend stayed up all night switching off missions till we beat it. The boss fights were awesome
I wish we could have an RDR-movie series. Or a show series. I even got an idea:
First there's RDRI as a startup movie with RDRII as an obvious sequel. And then there's this mini series called: "Tales of the Wild West/Tales of the Red" and it's about Red Harlow and other tales about the RDR-World like
- famous Gunslingers, Black Belle, Billy Midnight, Emmet Granger and of course Jim "Boy" Calloway
- storys about Dutch VanderLinde after the split up of the gang
- storys about the gang (Blackwater heist etc.)
So yeah, that's my vision of all that.
I played this game a lot actually one of my favorites but that may be my younger self remembering it lmao
You sir are an experted gamer
Red is actually uncle, you can tell by uncles scarred right hand and scars himself.
Red Harlow was uncle all along
I'd love if they made a remake of this game but similar to RDR2, like 50h long with an open world but with the same story just expanded.
Red is actually uncle because he killed smithy in one shot and uncle says in rdr2 “they knew me as the one shot kid”
This was a common game. Anyone who grew up in that era and had a PS2 has played it or at least heard of it. It's made by rockstar it's not like it's made by crave or some odd ball developer so that alone drew in some attention. I remember playing this with all the neighborhood kids. This and tenchu wrath of heaven which should be an honorable mention. Not a lot people know that gem even exists.
Ya, this sold nearly 1m copies but this guy is acting as though it’s a hidden gem. Rockstar releases always got a cover and centerfold in PS Magazine; Red Dead, State of Emergency, Midnight Club, I loved every one of them.
It's too bad Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 didn't do a better job of integrating Revolver. They could have EASILY included Red Harlow in one of the, "Wild West Stories" Jack read, or have Langton reference him in his interactions with John.
Obviously Red Dead Revolver was more of an 'arcade' experience with ridiculously 'cartoonish' characters, but they could have easily just explained away that style. Revolver could easily be explained as just some exaggerated tale of the Wild West, just like the one Arthur fabricated with Callaway and his final duel.
@@cantnevercould9660 true, but that is so obscure. That could literally be a story about anyone. Unless you played Red Dead Revolver JUST before playing RDR2, you wouldn't assume he was referring to Revolver. Besides, the villains of Revolver didn't just kill his Dad, they killed his Mom too. If Jack had said something like, "I'm reading a story about this kid with a burnt hand. He grew up to become a brave man. He hunted down the killers who murdered his family." That would DEFINITELY be a reference to Revolver.
@@cantnevercould9660 no it wouldn't. It would just be a direct reference to Revolver. Your example isn't necessarily a reference to Revolver (it could be, but there's no definitive way to prove it). Your example could be a reference to literally any story involving a man who lost their father.
Man that was nostalgic!! Thanks for that. Watching you fight pig Josh was hilarious! I struggled just as much. 😅
Red Harlow is NOT UNCLE.