Full longplay / playthrough of Heart of Darkness on Playstation. Recorded live on my Twitch channel: / neogamerlive Donate to the channel on Patreon: / neogamertvga
pescando It stands out from the rest artistically by far, I've yet to play a game that is as self consuming. Bioshock infinite comes very, very close but thats my opinion which is BS (subjective). I'd love nothing more than to be a kid again and experience the same awe and the same wonder i did back then. Believing it was all real.
Trust me mate I've been tryna remeber the name of this fuckimg game for years until I finally got the bright idea to search 'old 2d black monster platformer'
I did a search with game with heartless and i found kingdom hearts and all of the sudden someone in the comment section of a different youtube channel mentioned this game. Its so awesome to see this game again. I am making a list of games i want to replay on my retroid pocket 2 and this one is for sure in my top 3
@@davidmichaelpallarca5709 Another world, it has a modern remaster. It's 2d instead of 3d but the story, sounds, artstyle and gameplay are very good too
Omg. This was such a good game. The story is amazing and the world is so interesting. It was really scary to play this game as a kid. Some of the death animations were so brutal and unforgiving.
Hell yeah. I remmeber 23:17 stuck with me all these years, I just couldn't remmeber what it was called. Rented from Blockbuster one weekend and never played again lol
I was about 6 when I played this, gave me fucking nightmares, been looking for it for ages to put my trauma to rest, by proofing it's not scary to adult me anymore.
@@Redeye1983 the game was actually in development since early 90s, that's why it runs with such low resolution graphics, was supposed to come out for DOS. 1998 is only when they finally released it after years of struggling with production.
Yea me too all who play this game are in their 30s now my grandma gave it to me for Christmas remember it like it was yesterday had one of the best gaming experience the game was ahead of it time
Maor Mama underrated? I believe it was a huge success and wildly popular When it was released, i remember it got great reviews too. At least to my memory
We all have been playing this game as kids and its a very strong memory to all of us, the thing is that no-one of our friends knows anything about this game
Masterful. The studio who created this took over 5 years to make it, and this was their first and only game ever made. They pursued pre and post video production after this. A gem from many of our childhoods.
Was just lying in bed and finally the name of this game came back to me. I’ve been remembering for years the artwork, horror and gameplay but it was a faint memory. So happy to see so many other gamers that were blessed to be in this niche group that bought this game at the store as a kid and had this experience. This game understood how to have just the right amount of high difficulty, with no shortage of artistic vision.
Dude same here, like 2-3 months ago I was thinking of this game I played in high school, some kid with a laser gun and very unique animation, boom this video popped out today!
This game sparked my love for videogames. (Leaving the next paragraph more for myself than for others but you're welcome to read it.) When I was a kid, my dad bought me a ps1 and one of the games was Heart of Darkness. My dad probably didn't mean to give me such a difficult game for my small brain but I'm absolutely thankful for it. This game taught me the age old mantra of "If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again." at a very young age. Getting eaten alive was pretty violent for a kid to be seeing but I did not see it that way. It was a challenge and I wanted to overcome it. I HAD to overcome it. As for the graphics, they may look outdated now but my memories of it are vivid. From the cutscenes to the actual game itself, my young brain looked at it all in awe because I had only played on a Gameboy color before and I just couldn't imagine the scenes in the story books I read (other than the picture books, of course. I'm looking at you, Tarzan the picture book). Heart of Darkness gave me a heart that conquers. From the smallest of daily challenges to the biggest life-changing decisions, I have my dad and this game to thank for the spark that started it all. I love you, dad.
Same its really weird when your memories of an older game is so realistic and good and then actually seeing it can hit you like a truck, because of how you remember it differently like it looked better than reality even
Demon Stone did that to me, I spent a month grinding it before I finally beat it. To this day it's one of my favourite games. I always wonder why I lost the urge to keep trying when things get difficult, but I think the difference is that I had more passion for video games than I do for most things today
I have it, but unfortunaltely the last disk does not work properly. i buyed it used once. i never was able to play the last level. very hard game but very good as well.
Lots of French games were quite groundbreaking in the 90's : Little Big Adventure Dark Earth Heart of Darkness Alone In The Dark The Rayman series, Myst series Toy Commander Beyond Good and Evil (not the 90's but a masterpiece IMO) etc.
that school part in the intro reminds me of a qoute : "I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up knowing their families, mingling with the world, assuming real obligations, striving to be independent and self-reliant and free." John Taylor Gatto
I dont know why, but I will ALWAYS remember this game. There are so much emotion and so many memories that probably just burns into your memory, and you will remember it forever.
These animations are insane, they go a long way to selling a 2D game like this. I’m only 15min in but this is just gorgeous, I’ve never seen this game before. Edit: 36min in... dude, nothing repeats. Just new enemies and mechanics every scene. Amazing. Edit 2: just finished. Wow what a beautiful game. It’s like playing a Pixar or Dreamworks movie (although the E rating is a little off lol). The animations, the way the cutscenes work so fluidly with the gameplay, the story, THE ENVIRONMENTS. I’m going onto eBay and picking up a copy of this. Ps2 backwards compatibility don’t fail me now...
Just watching the first cutscene makes me so happy. I remember i used to daydream about the flying amigos coming to pick me up and bring me to their village. Just wanted to share it with you guys.
This game both blew me away and gave me the creeps as a kid! Always got stuck on the egg, water section and never managed to complete it. Such a classic though, one of my first games on PS1 😁
@@mauromasterx simple. I’m quite old. By the time I played Heart of Darkness, I already spent countless hours on Megaman and such. It was not that hard of a challenge but man did I enjoy it.
I was so scared all the time When i played this as a kid Still one of my Best childhood experience It was so hard couldn’t get past the second screen back then.
Shortly after this game was released, my uncle bought a copy for me. We always installed those games on his computer first and then on my computer. He liked it so much that he bought another CD for himself. Games like this one, Pitfall, Time Commando, Quake, Doom, UT1999 etc. were part of my childhood. Good old times...
I hear ya! I had the same feeling on some of the Witcher quests (especially the isle of mists quest) when i watched my brother play, couldn't remember if it was a book i read or some dream of mine until i played it.
This game was AWESOME back in the days of my teenage years. It was hard and it took forever to finish, but once I got past a difficult part, it was soooo rewarding to be able to continue the adventure. Was part of my game collection with Abe's Oddysee PC
I always thought this game has that 90s pixar movie look. The game looks and plays amazingly well especially compared to its time and even today. The animation quality and the attention to the detail is mind blowing.
This game marked my childhood, I was just 9 years old. I remember playing thi for months, couldn't sleep properly until i finished it. Now I'm 34... great memories. Pandemonium was also a great game.
Maybe the cutscenes a little, but besides that, the game still holds up pretty well... also I'm afraid, if they would make a remake of it nowadays, they probably would take out anything that made it special just so it is "less scary" or some bs like that.
There should be more protagonists like Andy. Not afraid to have fun, relax and be a human, never letting himself beat down by others, and extremely inventive, creative and intelligent. Not exactly a boy genius, but a boy who kept his creativity unsoiled.
I once read a comment on Facebook of someone saying that he had a vague memory of this game, he wasn't sure if it existed or it was a dream. That imo is an awesome compliment for such a masterpiece. All of us here were younglings when it came out, I don't know where the team who created it is but i can't thank them enough for the beautiful memories and hard work they put in this game. It was magical!
I’ve searched for almost 15 years to find this game. This was a big part of my childhood, the game felt so special and unforgettable in the time and after seeing this all again, I really understand why.
Omg this is recommended to me now in march/2019. I tried to find this so hard, i searched for years now, played that on 2002/03, but back in the day, was not sure what the name was about, i learned english in the Last 7 years. But now i Will never forget It.
So many great memories! Including how difficult it was as a young kid. Back when games were challenging and didn’t hold your hand every step of the way.
You said what I was thinking. Man this game was quite brutal even tho its a kids game. Kid gets his neck broken by the shadow monsters. Kid gets eaten alive Kid gets squashed etc
Some dude made "hode" which is an open source reverse-engineering of the game engine, so now it can be ported to modern consoles/PCs (hell you could put it on your phone too)
@The Fallen One I mean if we can extract the assets as standard image files, we could just use AI to upscale all of them and then recompile with the open source engine as an "HD Remaster". We have the engine source, which I assume also means we have the knowledge to know how to extract all the animation frames as images to potentially repack them and use higher quality ones. This isnt the official way to do it but it could be ported to Homebrewed consoles
@The Fallen One Well it would be legal as long as you own a copy of the game. For example, the build process would extract the images from the game files and do all of it for you, but it would require you to actually own the game files to extract from (AKA own the game) for it to complete This is similar to how the Mario 64 PC port is being made. The game engine itself is open source but you need to supply your own ROM file for it to compile and play. This requires you to own a copy of the game so it's totally legal to do
It's amazing to look at the comments and see everyone with exactly the same nostalgia as me finding this game again by searching what the game was about cos they couldn't remember the name what a fucking game this was stuck with me forever
@@mihalyspenger7617 What?! I more or less got traumatized by it. I think the version I had was for PC and had gore in it, when the shadows got you. At least I recall you being torn to pieces. And I was about 6 years old. The cinematics at the beginning make it seem so innocent, just to then be greeted by something like that. It's bs and down right disturbing. And note. I've been playing GTA3 and Wolfenstein without any problems at that time.
This game came out 3 years after Toy Story made the 3D movie debut in Hollywood. For a kid like myself at the time, seeing the movielike intros was mind blowing.
One of the reasons I still have my ps3, so I can still play this game. Ah sweet childhood memories. Damn video games where much more brutal and specially way more creative back then. (except you, modern mortal combat, you are still doing fine)
I remember as a kid that I used to play the demo version of this on PC and found it really challenging to get past just the first 5-10 screens. This game had a very distinct, eerie vibe that I actually enjoyed as much then as now. It stuck out to me then as it does now. I really enjoyed playing the demo version as a kid, even though it was hard and I actually found it somewhat scary and disturbing. I still think about this game every now and then and that just goes to show what a peculiar piece of gaming gem this really is.
One of the best games ever, i've had so much fun with this in the 90's.. This was waaay ahead it's time, we need more games like this nowadays.. The intro, and all the animations.. It was mindblowing back then:) My PC can't really handle these "high quality" in-game videos in those times, so i watched all of it over and over, cause of freezing, but i didn't care:D And the sounds.. still give me shivers after 20 years :o This was a masterpiece! Thanks for the great memories!
An ambitious game with an extremely long development cycle (or hell in this case) of 6 years, with numerous delays and platform changes, initially announced for Panasonic 3DO, but finally released for PS1, Saturn, PC, an even an Atari Jaguar version announced, however, that console was not commercially viable. With a great hype behind it, but by the time it got released, 2D platforming was dying. Luckily, the end result was amazing.
Glad someone knows the history behind this amazing game. I couldn't believe when I heard it took 6years to create this game but then again makes sense honestly in my opinion I think it's a masterpiece
so much time to develop the game but very disapointed when I bought it because I bought it the first day at full price, started at 2PM and finished at 5PM :-(
This boy must have really loved his dog.. thanks for the trip down memory lane tho, never got to finish this game as i found it incredibly hard and i was a lil fart nugget but found it amazing to see how it did end.
كنت بدور على اللعبه دي بقالي اكتر من 10 سنين 😭 مش مسدقه اخيرا اني لقيتها.... آخر مره لعبتها كنت ف 4 ابتدائي... دلوقتي انا متخرجه 😂😂 من اجمل وأكثر الألعاب آثاره ورعب وتشويق ف العالم ❤️❤️ و بحييك ع براعتك ف اللعب 🌷😄
They don't make platforms like this today. Great production value. The soundtrack alone is pretty amazing, it makes the whole game feel like a Spielberg/Williams thing. How many games today book the London symphony for a soundtrack?
Don't know why I remember this all of a sudden during COVID Time...Thinking of battling all the Darkness like this...and survive as I did in the game...It was a difficult game during that time and I'm very proud to have finished it...God Bless Everyone.
I had two solid memories of this game. 1 the little black crawling creatures and 2 this ugly pink alien. My sister used to play it and id catch glimpses. I revisited it later. Great game! Just noticed how these black creatures remind me of heartless lol
MAN!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE SEEN THAT GAME BEFORE!!!! Back in around 2001-2003, I saw my cousin playing it on his computer (and having quite the hard time at it). I never knew its name, nor have I seen or heard about it anywhere else since then. The only memory I had about what the game was like was that you played as a little guy around some reddish rocky wasteland with large creature fossils and the enemies were some frantic dark things which nobody could quite tell what exactly they were. I have just seen this video on my TH-cam recommendations, and the cover, together with the game's title, got me curious. I had never seen that opening cutscene, but as soon as the actual gameplay started, I thought "Wait...". By the time you got to the third screen I knew it could only be this one game! Thanks a lot for the upload! I think I might get that game and play it myself, like I always wanted to when I was little.
Cara tenho que elogiar esse canal com frequência, não só pela nostalgia, mas por fazer conhecer jogos que sequer eu nunca vi, mas so de olhar me da uma sensação boa por me remeter a infância! nao deixa esse canal morrer não, a gente agradece.
I vaguely remembered this game from my childhood. Googled “PlayStation game about a boy trying to rescue his dog from black hole”. Thank you for uploading this. What a blast from the past. One of the first games I ever played! I don’t think I ever got as far as you did…
Was looking for the audio book for Heart of Darkness BOOK and found this instead. It looks like such a fun game and I love the style, wish i could be playing it instead of having to read Heart of Darkness for English
Thank you for the upload. I played this when I was a boy. Couldnt remember the name, just small pieces of the cut scenes. Cant even explain the flood of emotions flowing through me right now. I definitely think its time to grab a copy and finally finish the game that has been stuck in my head for years.
There is something incredibly special about this game
It's the sound desging, creates an atmosphere
Yes. You’re right. I’m glad you saw it too. It’s atmospheric. Very creative. It looks like a lot of work got put into it.
pescando It stands out from the rest artistically by far,
I've yet to play a game that is as self consuming. Bioshock infinite comes very, very close but thats my opinion which is BS (subjective).
I'd love nothing more than to be a kid again and experience the same awe and the same wonder i did back then. Believing it was all real.
it also took 6 years to make.
Its has a certain Don Bluth charm to it!
I had to search “2D game about boy who lost his dog” to find this! I hardly remember it, just that it was cool
purple dog for me
Trust me mate I've been tryna remeber the name of this fuckimg game for years until I finally got the bright idea to search 'old 2d black monster platformer'
I remember the name, and played it yesterday :D game really cool, so i replay it every year
I did a search with game with heartless and i found kingdom hearts and all of the sudden someone in the comment section of a different youtube channel mentioned this game. Its so awesome to see this game again. I am making a list of games i want to replay on my retroid pocket 2 and this one is for sure in my top 3
I thought it was Alone in the Dark for years.
This definitely needs a remaster, what a good game this was, quality platfomer, good voice acting, good cg (for its time) and so many fond memories!
Oh yes god please if only the original devs did it i was mad for it when i was a kid. Brought such a mystery and a sense of adventure
I like it how it is, I mean maybe a good port to switch or like- something. The sprite work is absolutely stunning, the fmv does need....
A remake.
Anyone knows new games similar to this?
Hoping
@@davidmichaelpallarca5709 Another world, it has a modern remaster. It's 2d instead of 3d but the story, sounds, artstyle and gameplay are very good too
Omg. This was such a good game. The story is amazing and the world is so interesting. It was really scary to play this game as a kid. Some of the death animations were so brutal and unforgiving.
ahhh, the good old 90's when wearing a baseball hat was considered a personality
Man before I could figure out this game again it used to be a fever dream at the back of my mind, scary shit too 😂
Hell yeah. I remmeber 23:17 stuck with me all these years, I just couldn't remmeber what it was called.
Rented from Blockbuster one weekend and never played again lol
I was about 6 when I played this, gave me fucking nightmares, been looking for it for ages to put my trauma to rest, by proofing it's not scary to adult me anymore.
Yeah very scary. Reminds me of kingdom hearts, im sure KH got inspiration from this
That intro to the game, was wayyyyy ahead of it’s time
It was made in 1998 and still have good graphics
Don't be rude. And op you are right, it was streets ahead of it's time! :)
@@khellum1268 Please don't log on to the internet ever again. You failure.
Don't think it's the graphics alone, I just feels good. Like a real movie.
@@Redeye1983 the game was actually in development since early 90s, that's why it runs with such low resolution graphics, was supposed to come out for DOS. 1998 is only when they finally released it after years of struggling with production.
Man I remember playing this as a kid, so many people have not heard of this game but I remembered it as clear as day! I can’t believe I’m 30! 😢
Yea me too all who play this game are in their 30s now my grandma gave it to me for Christmas remember it like it was yesterday had one of the best gaming experience the game was ahead of it time
im 32 i remenber perfect i completed all the game. when you are waching is like you are remenbering all the things!!!! so nostalgic
I am 36 🥲
I'm 33.
I guess Eddy is right, all who played the game are now in their 30's.
37 i had this game when it first came out
Most underrated game in the history of gaming. Not kidding.
from time to time i remember this game but never its name...
@@thomaskopv2366 same haha
you're the same guy in gary's top 100 ps1 games lol
Nobody skip tho that's part of the demo and cats and dogs is on 🔥
Maor Mama underrated? I believe it was a huge success and wildly popular When it was released, i remember it got great reviews too. At least to my memory
We all have been playing this game as kids and its a very strong memory to all of us, the thing is that no-one of our friends knows anything about this game
Haha good point. Small niche group got to enjoy this masterpiece
I'm happy reading this bc is so true. 🤟
This is oddly accurate
OMG THATS SOO TRUE
Knowledge to knowledge 🤝
I literally searched "PS1 game where you fight shadows with electricity"
lol i searched ps game with lost dog
"dark game ps1" here lol :))
“Rescue dog in space video game”
Me too but i had to look for a list with images xD
Literally found it when searching "playstation 1 game lost dog boy"
Masterful. The studio who created this took over 5 years to make it, and this was their first and only game ever made. They pursued pre and post video production after this. A gem from many of our childhoods.
Wait, didn't they make one other game, at least?
wrong, Eric Chahi and his team created 16 bit games before this one. (Out of this World)
This game is a hidden gem of the ps1. It looks fantastic.
Was just lying in bed and finally the name of this game came back to me. I’ve been remembering for years the artwork, horror and gameplay but it was a faint memory. So happy to see so many other gamers that were blessed to be in this niche group that bought this game at the store as a kid and had this experience. This game understood how to have just the right amount of high difficulty, with no shortage of artistic vision.
Dude same here, like 2-3 months ago I was thinking of this game I played in high school, some kid with a laser gun and very unique animation, boom this video popped out today!
I was 20 when I got this game 25 years ago. Absolutely loved it. We called it Fart of Harshness. Lol.
This game was the Dark Souls of the 90s
nah, that was Blade of Darkness
Nope, this was almost 2000, and retro even then.
This game scared the shit out of me - Never finished it. + it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard !!!
very true!
How cute. "Death trap dungeon" is the real playstation nightmare of the 90's.
For a PS1 game and for its time, I'm really impressed by the animation. The characters' facial expressions are amazingly well done.
"Hang on whiskey iam coming" that's what I am thinking when I get off work
😂😂😂😂
Ahahahah
Still think about this comment 😂🤣
@@jettdunkleyI don’t blame you 😂
This game sparked my love for videogames.
(Leaving the next paragraph more for myself than for others but you're welcome to read it.)
When I was a kid, my dad bought me a ps1 and one of the games was Heart of Darkness. My dad probably didn't mean to give me such a difficult game for my small brain but I'm absolutely thankful for it. This game taught me the age old mantra of "If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again." at a very young age. Getting eaten alive was pretty violent for a kid to be seeing but I did not see it that way. It was a challenge and I wanted to overcome it. I HAD to overcome it.
As for the graphics, they may look outdated now but my memories of it are vivid. From the cutscenes to the actual game itself, my young brain looked at it all in awe because I had only played on a Gameboy color before and I just couldn't imagine the scenes in the story books I read (other than the picture books, of course. I'm looking at you, Tarzan the picture book).
Heart of Darkness gave me a heart that conquers. From the smallest of daily challenges to the biggest life-changing decisions, I have my dad and this game to thank for the spark that started it all. I love you, dad.
Same its really weird when your memories of an older game is so realistic and good and then actually seeing it can hit you like a truck, because of how you remember it differently like it looked better than reality even
Demon Stone did that to me, I spent a month grinding it before I finally beat it. To this day it's one of my favourite games. I always wonder why I lost the urge to keep trying when things get difficult, but I think the difference is that I had more passion for video games than I do for most things today
I've been trying to find the game for years i used to love this as a kid
Haha. Ive been googling for hours! Boy with dog, ps1 game like Abes oddesy but not , etc
the same here, lol
I have it, but unfortunaltely the last disk does not work properly. i buyed it used once. i never was able to play the last level. very hard game but very good as well.
i found mine today...inside a box...gona set up my ps1 and play it asap xD
Me too 😁😁
Lots of French games were quite groundbreaking in the 90's :
Little Big Adventure
Dark Earth
Heart of Darkness
Alone In The Dark
The Rayman series,
Myst series
Toy Commander
Beyond Good and Evil (not the 90's but a masterpiece IMO)
etc.
Not to mention Another World, which kickstarted this genre!
Not french, but my fav was Shadow Man after this, and it's get a remaster soon! ;)
As a Francophile, I’d better check these games out ASAP.
@@hmcvirgo92 Please do!
another one? all you mentioned are (Y)
Me after watching the intro: “maan this was a hard game as I remember”
*player dies at first jump
that school part in the intro reminds me of a qoute :
"I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up knowing their families, mingling with the world, assuming real obligations, striving to be independent and self-reliant and free."
John Taylor Gatto
"Rated E for Everyone"
Not with those deaths ESRB
All life hazards death as a constant...a wisdom that should never be withheld from those so new to it...
I dont know why, but I will ALWAYS remember this game. There are so much emotion and so many memories that probably just burns into your memory, and you will remember it forever.
Just watching this brings back the anxiety...
Joseph Booker LMAO , facts!
so true lol
Indeed haven't played since it's release and I have this weird anxious feeling about it
Joseph Booker hahah yes!
Foreaaalllll
Wayy ahead of it's time. Massively underrated.
This game scared the shit outta me as a kid but it was by far my favorite game
These animations are insane, they go a long way to selling a 2D game like this. I’m only 15min in but this is just gorgeous, I’ve never seen this game before.
Edit: 36min in... dude, nothing repeats. Just new enemies and mechanics every scene. Amazing.
Edit 2: just finished. Wow what a beautiful game. It’s like playing a Pixar or Dreamworks movie (although the E rating is a little off lol). The animations, the way the cutscenes work so fluidly with the gameplay, the story, THE ENVIRONMENTS. I’m going onto eBay and picking up a copy of this. Ps2 backwards compatibility don’t fail me now...
I played it when it came out, on playstation. It was mindblowing and still holds up to this day.
Just watching the first cutscene makes me so happy. I remember i used to daydream about the flying amigos coming to pick me up and bring me to their village. Just wanted to share it with you guys.
I can only imagine dude, someone or something just to take us away from this current world we live in
I daydreamed about that too. Thanks for the memories
Still one of the best PS1 games of all time. My childhood memory. Genuinely surprised this game hasn't been remastered yet
Oh welcome back childhood trauma
This game both blew me away and gave me the creeps as a kid! Always got stuck on the egg, water section and never managed to complete it. Such a classic though, one of my first games on PS1 😁
Same to me, cant aim to the egg and i dont know why :(
Egg? It's obviously a seed.
Why would a plant grow from egg? lol
@@alexandersimonsen3488 for an 8 year old it was an egg alright 🤣
@@JayNotion
haha, fair enough
This game could make a good Pixar or Dreamworks film.
It's like Neverending Story and Jimmy Neutron and Abe odyssey mixed together hahah
There were plans at one point to make movie from this game. Canceled.
or even by a more mature studio
This game reminded me of Toy Story
@@PissMasterPlus I Think I saw a movie with the same pet and boy.I dont know if it was a brief resume of what the movie could be....
Heart of Darkness , OddWorld: Abe's Oddysee and Final Fantasy VII , all time favorites for me on PSX , hands down best stories and aged very well :)
FFVII is the GOAT. Nothing will ever come close to that moment with Aerith...
those games omg, some of the best ever. I was recently playing Z for PC/DOS
This made me remember those beautiful teenager days.. late 90's and beginning of the 2000's was something else.
The intro and cutscenes are movie material. Amazing. Ah the nostalgia.
The whole experience was a work of art. Who could make something like that again? Out of this world creative.
At the time, my parents were paying for my games if I had good grades.
I finished this one in a day. They hated me.
This is a great game. Very unique.
they should be proud, how on earth you beat this on a single day
@@mauromasterx simple. I’m quite old. By the time I played Heart of Darkness, I already spent countless hours on Megaman and such. It was not that hard of a challenge but man did I enjoy it.
I was so scared all the time When i played this as a kid
Still one of my Best childhood experience
It was so hard couldn’t get past the second screen back then.
omg same here.Too afraid to play it but its a memory to me
played the demo of it as a kid, just remembered it fondly today and now i crave a remake to get a chance at it
Some levels took me days to pass 😂
I had problems with the dinosaur things that come out the wall 🤣
True
I'm on tears right now....I've been looking for this game for years !! 😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Such a brilliant traumatising game, needs a remaster
The epitome of a great game. It is still better than most games out there in 2020.
Nah
The cut scenes fill me with a odd energy, it's really nice.
It gives me the same vibe as when playing the games "Inside" or "Limbo".
The orchestral score is downright amazing!
Shortly after this game was released, my uncle bought a copy for me. We always installed those games on his computer first and then on my computer. He liked it so much that he bought another CD for himself. Games like this one, Pitfall, Time Commando, Quake, Doom, UT1999 etc. were part of my childhood. Good old times...
I thought I hallucinated this whole game till I saw the little icon in my suggestion box.
I hear ya! I had the same feeling on some of the Witcher quests (especially the isle of mists quest) when i watched my brother play, couldn't remember if it was a book i read or some dream of mine until i played it.
This game was literally ahead of it's time for whoever designed and developed the game just on the next level
This game was ahead of its time. I'd buy a remake or remaster.
same, I am wondering who owns this IP now.
Way ahead! Atleast by 10-12 years.
This and abes Odyssey 👍
Same. They should make a movie too, the game was basically a movie anyway
This game was AWESOME back in the days of my teenage years. It was hard and it took forever to finish, but once I got past a difficult part, it was soooo rewarding to be able to continue the adventure. Was part of my game collection with Abe's Oddysee PC
I always thought this game has that 90s pixar movie look.
The game looks and plays amazingly well especially compared to its time and even today.
The animation quality and the attention to the detail is mind blowing.
The smooth sprite animation certainly gives it a bit of an 'old animated disney film' feel to it.
Man! This game randomly came to mind today. I used to play this as a kid with my dad. So NOSTALGIC! And still a gamer today!
I remember when those graphics where the best!
Exactly
they still are
ditto. Even today, it's still the best
Me too😄
were
This game marked my childhood, I was just 9 years old. I remember playing thi for months, couldn't sleep properly until i finished it. Now I'm 34... great memories. Pandemonium was also a great game.
It surely deserves a remake and sequel!
The graphics were pretty good for ps1. I'd prefer a port.
Before Birth For ps1. Still doesn’t change it’s quite outdated by now. Would love a Remake.
Maybe the cutscenes a little, but besides that, the game still holds up pretty well... also I'm afraid, if they would make a remake of it nowadays, they probably would take out anything that made it special just so it is "less scary" or some bs like that.
+toongrowner1 Obviously, I'm thinking about a well made and respectful remake.
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There should be more protagonists like Andy. Not afraid to have fun, relax and be a human, never letting himself beat down by others, and extremely inventive, creative and intelligent. Not exactly a boy genius, but a boy who kept his creativity unsoiled.
Wow okay this opened up a weird memory hole full of strange emotions that I wasn't ready for...
Omg dude... I am exactly feel the same way Oo
I once read a comment on Facebook of someone saying that he had a vague memory of this game, he wasn't sure if it existed or it was a dream. That imo is an awesome compliment for such a masterpiece. All of us here were younglings when it came out, I don't know where the team who created it is but i can't thank them enough for the beautiful memories and hard work they put in this game. It was magical!
fuck my life, I just saw it on my TH-cam recommended, I forgot that this game existed
I’ve searched for almost 15 years to find this game. This was a big part of my childhood, the game felt so special and unforgettable in the time and after seeing this all again, I really understand why.
Omg this is recommended to me now in march/2019.
I tried to find this so hard, i searched for years now, played that on 2002/03, but back in the day, was not sure what the name was about, i learned english in the Last 7 years.
But now i Will never forget It.
Me too.
for years... and now I found it.
:"v finally
dude same and now i watching all these cutscenes and im like wtf is even happening lol
So many great memories! Including how difficult it was as a young kid. Back when games were challenging and didn’t hold your hand every step of the way.
Have you played Sekiro? ^^
@wjzav1971 I didn't know Sekiro was released in 1998
It's like Oddworld meets Never-Ending story and Jimmy Neutron haha
Fire Brand, and let’s not forget Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal.
@@Beanie-Inkling2749 Dark Crystal also had similar style practical effects...
Shit...that's spot on, i fkn love oddworld
The intro and cutscenes feel like the start of a classic 80's adventure movie!
I believe it's a book but I'm surprised it's never been made into a movie. Would've fit in well for one of those 90s films
Everybody say it with me! :
THIS
NEEDS
A
REMAKE!
You said what I was thinking.
Man this game was quite brutal even tho its a kids game.
Kid gets his neck broken by the shadow monsters.
Kid gets eaten alive
Kid gets squashed etc
Fuck yes
Some dude made "hode" which is an open source reverse-engineering of the game engine, so now it can be ported to modern consoles/PCs (hell you could put it on your phone too)
@The Fallen One I mean if we can extract the assets as standard image files, we could just use AI to upscale all of them and then recompile with the open source engine as an "HD Remaster". We have the engine source, which I assume also means we have the knowledge to know how to extract all the animation frames as images to potentially repack them and use higher quality ones. This isnt the official way to do it but it could be ported to Homebrewed consoles
@The Fallen One Well it would be legal as long as you own a copy of the game. For example, the build process would extract the images from the game files and do all of it for you, but it would require you to actually own the game files to extract from (AKA own the game) for it to complete
This is similar to how the Mario 64 PC port is being made. The game engine itself is open source but you need to supply your own ROM file for it to compile and play. This requires you to own a copy of the game so it's totally legal to do
It's amazing to look at the comments and see everyone with exactly the same nostalgia as me finding this game again by searching what the game was about cos they couldn't remember the name what a fucking game this was stuck with me forever
This game was too scary as a kid to be rated E.
Mihály Spenger this used to scare the crap outta me😂😂
ye i was scared too dont worry :D
Mihály Spenger ah ah!! Pussy!!😂😂😂😂kidding😂😂
@Connormgs Damn right
@@mihalyspenger7617
What?!
I more or less got traumatized by it.
I think the version I had was for PC and had gore in it, when the shadows got you.
At least I recall you being torn to pieces.
And I was about 6 years old. The cinematics at the beginning make it seem so innocent, just to then be greeted by something like that.
It's bs and down right disturbing.
And note. I've been playing GTA3 and Wolfenstein without any problems at that time.
This game is stil better than almost all 2D games of today.
The developers have my deepest respect.
OMG it still looks phenomenal!! The hand drawn style will always be ageless. Great memories
This game came out 3 years after Toy Story made the 3D movie debut in Hollywood. For a kid like myself at the time, seeing the movielike intros was mind blowing.
One of the reasons I still have my ps3, so I can still play this game. Ah sweet childhood memories. Damn video games where much more brutal and specially way more creative back then. (except you, modern mortal combat, you are still doing fine)
I remember how scared I got at 13:40 playing this as a kid.
I remember as a kid that I used to play the demo version of this on PC and found it really challenging to get past just the first 5-10 screens. This game had a very distinct, eerie vibe that I actually enjoyed as much then as now. It stuck out to me then as it does now. I really enjoyed playing the demo version as a kid, even though it was hard and I actually found it somewhat scary and disturbing. I still think about this game every now and then and that just goes to show what a peculiar piece of gaming gem this really is.
SimonTessem same, was pretty hard on pc, but I managed as a kid back then to complete it! An amazing game, with lots of funny cutscenes!
That's quite a feat!
One of the best games ever, i've had so much fun with this in the 90's..
This was waaay ahead it's time, we need more games like this nowadays.. The intro, and all the animations.. It was mindblowing back then:)
My PC can't really handle these "high quality" in-game videos in those times, so i watched all of it over and over, cause of freezing, but i didn't care:D
And the sounds.. still give me shivers after 20 years :o
This was a masterpiece! Thanks for the great memories!
good times...
An ambitious game with an extremely long development cycle (or hell in this case) of 6 years, with numerous delays and platform changes, initially announced for Panasonic 3DO, but finally released for PS1, Saturn, PC, an even an Atari Jaguar version announced, however, that console was not commercially viable. With a great hype behind it, but by the time it got released, 2D platforming was dying. Luckily, the end result was amazing.
thanks for the background information
Glad someone knows the history behind this amazing game. I couldn't believe when I heard it took 6years to create this game but then again makes sense honestly in my opinion I think it's a masterpiece
Stil os an amazing game wen played on a good crt monitor
CG animation was the most popular thing back then.
so much time to develop the game but very disapointed when I bought it because I bought it the first day at full price, started at 2PM and finished at 5PM :-(
If any game deserves a remaster these day its this game, its such a unique little underrated and I love it
I bet George Lucas got influenced by that Amigo fellow when he wrote The Phantom Menace.
I love the feeling of 90s dark fantasies. This game reminds me a big of Secret of Evermore in its atmosphere.
This is the first walkthrough I've COMPLETELY watched and oh my god this game is amazing. Besides the story I mean
What an amazing game! I was too scared to touch this game as a child. To think I would come across it again after all these years...
If I lost my whiskey I would go through all of that as well
Word lol 👌
My whiskey died 2 years ago.
Miss him alot
😂🍺
This boy must have really loved his dog..
thanks for the trip down memory lane tho, never got to finish this game as i found it incredibly hard and i was a lil fart nugget but found it amazing to see how it did end.
كنت بدور على اللعبه دي بقالي اكتر من 10 سنين 😭
مش مسدقه اخيرا اني لقيتها.... آخر مره لعبتها كنت ف 4 ابتدائي... دلوقتي انا متخرجه 😂😂
من اجمل وأكثر الألعاب آثاره ورعب وتشويق ف العالم ❤️❤️
و بحييك ع براعتك ف اللعب 🌷😄
I agree
This game was in production for 6 years!
We used to play this in primary school during free time, everyone chickened out, me too😂
Good times.
Literally their entire budget probably went to the soundtrack lol
They don't make platforms like this today. Great production value. The soundtrack alone is pretty amazing, it makes the whole game feel like a Spielberg/Williams thing. How many games today book the London symphony for a soundtrack?
Don't know why I remember this all of a sudden during COVID Time...Thinking of battling all the Darkness like this...and survive as I did in the game...It was a difficult game during that time and I'm very proud to have finished it...God Bless Everyone.
My first Ps1 game!!! 😭
Same haha
I played it on pc
"That's one hell of a game to start with!"
You can play it on phone the emulator name is EPSXE
1998 great year at least go me.
I had two solid memories of this game. 1 the little black crawling creatures and 2 this ugly pink alien. My sister used to play it and id catch glimpses. I revisited it later. Great game! Just noticed how these black creatures remind me of heartless lol
Wow my childhood has returned. The graphics for this time was pretty cool.
one of my absolute favorite games of all time, the cinematics were crazy good quality for its time.
MAN!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE SEEN THAT GAME BEFORE!!!!
Back in around 2001-2003, I saw my cousin playing it on his computer (and having quite the hard time at it). I never knew its name, nor have I seen or heard about it anywhere else since then. The only memory I had about what the game was like was that you played as a little guy around some reddish rocky wasteland with large creature fossils and the enemies were some frantic dark things which nobody could quite tell what exactly they were.
I have just seen this video on my TH-cam recommendations, and the cover, together with the game's title, got me curious. I had never seen that opening cutscene, but as soon as the actual gameplay started, I thought "Wait...". By the time you got to the third screen I knew it could only be this one game!
Thanks a lot for the upload! I think I might get that game and play it myself, like I always wanted to when I was little.
This and ‘Abes Odyssey’ had a reputation for being pretty brutal back in the day
This game should come to the switch asap!
Nope
Yes
This game was epic in its day, can't believe it was only 2 hours long.
Oh my gosh, I used to love watching my uncle playing this game even it freaks me out...
I've been looking for this game for more than 20 years!! 😭😭
I can't believe I finally found it and accidentally. Thank you Lord 😂😍😍
Cara tenho que elogiar esse canal com frequência, não só pela nostalgia, mas por fazer conhecer jogos que sequer eu nunca vi, mas so de olhar me da uma sensação boa por me remeter a infância! nao deixa esse canal morrer não, a gente agradece.
I vaguely remembered this game from my childhood. Googled “PlayStation game about a boy trying to rescue his dog from black hole”. Thank you for uploading this. What a blast from the past. One of the first games I ever played!
I don’t think I ever got as far as you did…
Theres something very '80s Spielberg' about this
Its the music
Was looking for the audio book for Heart of Darkness BOOK and found this instead. It looks like such a fun game and I love the style, wish i could be playing it instead of having to read Heart of Darkness for English
Man did I get the craziest nostalgia watching this! Can’t say it was good memories though because this game stressed the hell out of me as a kid
Thank you for the upload. I played this when I was a boy. Couldnt remember the name, just small pieces of the cut scenes. Cant even explain the flood of emotions flowing through me right now. I definitely think its time to grab a copy and finally finish the game that has been stuck in my head for years.