The Underrated Beauty of Game Disc Art
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2023
- CORRECTION: I accidentally used the wrong art for God of War PS4. Only showed up for less than a second but it was a mistake, so my bad.
Today I wanted to talk about Game Disc Art.
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This is the type of topic I'd expect Scott the Woz would've discuss. Awesome work
He did a video on box art
If he can do 2 videos on gamecube and 6 on ðe switch, he can do disc art and box art
Edit: he actually did at least 8 videos on ðe switch
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Immediately thought that lol
I really liked the digital/3D renders of the old disks in this video.
Its from a vr game called EmuVR, you set up your emulators and you can play them in VR in a 90s bedroom
@@fatyoshi1456 dang! I was thinking about making a game like this as wel! but for desktop, and somebody already beaten it to me!
@@fatyoshi1456 Damn. That could be pretty neat.
@@dicey-bd4hh EmuVR has desktop support!
@@dicey-bd4hh I don’t get it. What’s it look like?
for me, the real lost art from older game generations that I really miss seeing are instruction booklets. whether it was a disc or cartridge game you could always have a great instruction booklet that came with the game and they were often fun too read, getting you hyped up for the game before you even get to play it. I really miss those being a thing and its a shame that modern games dont bother with them anymore.
Remember when Metal Gear Solid 2 actually made a short manga for its instruction booklet? that was awesome.
I love instruction books and they barely ever come with games anymore 😭
That little comic for the og F-Zero.
I miss that too. New video games for me are boring and lack this feel to them.
Because they’re just simple games and no booklets like before.
Not to mention newer games are lazy, with no story or graphics. Just gameplay.
They don’t make games like they used to anymore…
@@LilXancheX maybe Call Of Duty games are like that, but there's a TON of other great new games out there. Want some recommendations?
@@LilXancheX "Newer games are lazy, with no story or graphics" Have you even ever played a modern video game? What is this take?
CD art is like that person that you don't really know or think about until you start thinking about them in a different light
I always thought the art was really nice but had nothing to display them on as a child
Who you think about? 😏
What person? This is the most unrelatable thing I’ve ever heard, said in a relatable way!
@@LilXancheXPersonally
Your Mom (please don't kill me)
Living in piracy central (Latin America xd) made it so difficult to find original games, so I always felt bad that my discs didn't have cool covers like the ones on magazines.
One of my first pc games was the original starwars battlefront, that one of my uncle's friend got me from abroad, I loved opening the box just to see the disc art!
Battlefront was one of my favorites on the PS2!
"Piracy Central (Latin America)" is so fucking true. It was a real luxury even seeing disc art.
where country you live on? i have never problems to find original games, and because i had a gamecube all my games are original, actually nowadays with digital gaming piracy is easier than ever and i have a long list of pirated games ready to install any time, including games that are no longer at sale on steam anymore because digital gaming sucks
It's been 2 minutes and I love the Line delivery in this video.
Same lmao.
I feel like he's trying way too hard and the jokes are not landing. Trying to be Scott the woz
To me, the game disc of New Super Mario Bros. Wii was always iconic. Having the playable characters all underneath the hole was aesthetically pleasing to look at.
Just found out the characters' colors are arranged in the same pattern as the Japanese/Pal Snes controller. That's super creative!!
the smash brawl disc reminded me that brawl overall had an aesthetic that did NOT have to go so hard.
Yuppers
Brawl is probably one of the more impressive games for the Wii after all.
It definitely sticks out from the other Smash games.
@@repoversemedium Disc unreadable!
@@destroyermcw626 Oh yeah.
The game being on a DVD-DL meant issues with early Wii models.
The video got stuck for me at 5:50, which was honestly awesome as the loading wheeling just fit in with the center of the disc.
I love how you started with showing the KH3 Disc and ended with the KH2 Disc.
That’s Chain of Memories. The cards Sora’s holding are the central mechanic of the game.
Movie disc art too. My favorite thing about having the two disc special edition Sam Raimi Spider-man films is that the first disc had spider-man on it and the second one had the villain of that movie paralleling it. Spider-man two is my personal favorite cuz it’s a close up of one of doc ocks arms the hole directly in the center.
This was really amazing. Discard definitely is something I just don't ever think about but it is pretty cool to look back at it.
Thanks! I was going through some old games discs and that's when the idea hit me when I noticed how great they look.
I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FANBOYS OVER DISC ART THANK GOODNESS
My favorite disc art is The Bouncer on PlayStation 2. It’s a CG render of the main protagonist, Sion Barzahd, throwing a punch with a smile on his face, against a deep purple background. Not only is it a treat to look at, it also does a really great job at visually telling you what the game is about. The box art does this just as well too, but I genuinely think the disc art is better.
Gosh darn! Why is Kiro so good!?
I always thought I was weird for being kinda excited anytime I picked up a game on a disc to see what the disc art looked like. Glad to know I'm not the only one.
Also, I get the same way over audio CDs and records. Sometimes they can have really cool designs printed on them to the point where I kinda look forward to taking one out of its case for the first time and admiring it!
One of my favourite disc art uses is the european version of Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time, where the disc art is the lid of a medalion one of the characters, Alister Azimuth owns. Once you remove the disc from the box, the photo inside the medalion shows up in the disc tray. Heartwarming and creative.
I grew up more with cartridges than with discs but my favorite one is definitely the smash bros brawl one, like you said the way they incorporated the logo into the disc was cool.
I had a gamecube and a Wii growing up and they all had that 3 color disc. I was blown away when I saw skyward sword’s full color disc.
4:46 actually, if you look closely inside the roulette wheel that Chop Chop Master Onion is holding you'll notice the letters RG and the number 99. So for example, this piece was drawn in 1999. This is what Rodney Greenblat commonly does to show what year his produced artwork came out and I think it helps compliment the disc just a little more
Beautiful video man. Over the years I haven't even really thought about disc art even though it had such a big impact on my childhood. Music disc art was a beautiful thing too, especially if you had a cd player with a transparent top so you could see it spinning inside. It's just one of those layers of cleverness and attention to detail that really made you appreciate the love and effort that went into these projects.
The amount of passion you put in this video, truly shows how much you appreciate the creative usage of art in any parts of media. I admire that! 🙏😌
My favorite disc art of all time, and probably the disc that got me hooked into disc art is sonic and the secret rings.
Idk if it’s the only cd out there that has a 3D like design on the cover, with a sandpaper like texture. But sonic and the secret rings for the Wii is by far the coolest CD I’ve ever seen in my life.
The moment I first opened it and saw the CD and held it with my hand I knew that shit was cool. Most CD’s just have art. But sonic and the secret rings has a different type of physical texture to the CD wich makes the game all more unique 🔥🔥🔥
This was such a good topic to cover and I loved your picks! The PS1 greatest hits titles used to bum me out as a kid for putting the disc art in a grey monochrome
I remember the SSBB and NSMBW discs with a lot of nostalgia and memories
For anybody wondering what game he is using to show off the disc its called EmuVR
Yeah but how isn't he playing in VR?
@Smmavk there are 4 ways to open the app
1:the steamVR mode
2:Force desktop mode
3:The oculus mode
4:Standard
if there is vr it will use it if not it wont
This is a well put together video. I liked the VR disc segments
Tbh every time the virtual set comes on in your videos, I stare at the Ed Edd n' Eddy poster for most of it, since that show is my main hyperfixation rn
Nice to see you're a fan of it too(though I assume not obsessed with it at the moment like I am)
Great video, such an interesting topic I'd never seen covered before, just subscribed.
Dang! You beat me to it! Nice work!
Never thought I’d find a relaxing and awesome video about art on a disc,it truly is beautiful
I love kingdom hearts disks, they are just so nostalgic and perfect
such a great video, something i never really thought about but something that is becoming a lost art, especially w retro games where the only real option to play them is emulation. thx for the video :)
Oh this is awesome dude. I'm actually building a channel redesigning game art and cartridges. Great video man!
Fantastic video. You possess that rare quality of sounding funny without trying too hard. Subbed.
The “symmetry is an OCD thing” is a massive belittlement of what OCD really is, enjoyed the video regardless
Bully Scholarship Edition for Wii has a crazy design. Remember it fondly when I was younger.
Love these vids
was not expecting to see persona 2 in a video like this, but nice video dude!
Awesome videos! 👍
Game disk art was always something I liked looking at while on the way home, next to reading the manual included with the game I just purchased.
Just seeing the colors used on the disk artwork always made me wish there was a full version of it that could've been included with the game in some capacity.
Pac-Man World on the PS1 (not the Greatest Hits release) has the four main ghosts poking out from each corner, and I always thought that was fun.
The pause button on the android mobile TH-cam app fits perfectly into the disc holes (at least it did on mine when viewing it in landscape). That was very satisfying! 😁
This was a dope video on a unique topic that you don’t really see discussed that often!
Excellent présentation, this really made me think about doing more intelligent artwork for an album I’m working on. I think there’s still a place for physical media tho. Online services are becoming a hassle to purchase on and owning physical media is now more and more becoming the only way to retain the ability to possess something.
Like Vinyle are still a thing I thing game disc art will prevail from this era :)
The Legend of Dragoon and Final Fantasy VIII had some great disc art.
I've never even considered this. glad this was recommended to me
One of my favourite disc art is the ps1 re1 pal disc. That zombie's eye looked so sick to me as a kid.
3:14 that fucking got me
Even Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition uses the disc as a rim design and even looks like it's accelerating when spinning! The original game, the remix, and the PSP have different rims. Which I think is creative from Rockstar Games!
Love this video!
I was hoping you'd bring up the non-Greatest Hits release of Crash Bandicoot:Warped, the disc looks like Crash and Coco in the Time Twister machine warping into or out of a level, I always loved it ^^
new kiro video yay
Pirated discs in my country had BEAUTIFUL xylography art.
Dude! That Epic Yarn one takes me back!
EmuVR is so cool
I hope they let us do game cases someday soon. I love disc art as much as you do but boy it pains me to just leave them lying on tables and shelves.
IKR? The damage sustained from doing that in real life would eventually make them unplayable.
This was an amazing video
There's a lot of beautiful disc art in japanese PS2 games aswell
It never occurred to me that the Metroid Prime discs were Morph Balls, and the Prime Trilogy disc was having the middle of the disc be Samus' arm cannon!
cool video, thank you. Pretty nice 3d scene
Amazing video!
A lot of people talk about the game’s cover art, but nobody ever talks about the game’s CD cover art. Awesome job giving the disc’s some recognition.
Of course I want to have something in common with the Sega Saturn. The Sega Saturn *looks* great!
I now have a disc tower and each game has a thin, round, plastic case and it really accentuates the art… at least, when I’m holding it in my hand.
Well, as long as the memories and the conservation of the retro style goes on for, the beauty of it all may never be lost
Sick gundam poster in the background
Silent Hill 3's CD soundtrack's art (it's tracklist) forms a whirling spiral when spinning. 😵💫
Silent Hill's always about the extra details.
0:07 I like ones like this that do something clever with their medium.
I see um jammer lammy in 2023, I click.
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@@MortexBerri agreed
yeahhhhh TMS#FE disc my beloved. i love its whole swirly sparkly aesthetic for menus and stuff and having it on the disc was great
Sucks that the game was bad😭
I never paid much attention to disc art but Um Jammer Lammy is my new favorite thing
Hey Arnold is another new favorite thing
I love UJL and i'm so glad it was talked abt here, i don't think the art style gets enough credit. Also i never noticed that the US disc is a vinyl record, i always heard people get mad over how plain it looked and i was like "ok i guess it IS just a regular ol black disc"
Oh this video is awesome! I'm curious how you did research for this video? I really wish there was a easy to view photo archive of disk art but I haven't been able to find one, did you just check your collection or is there a site I'm missing?
I also love discs that use the center hole for art! A personal favourite is the Kururin Squash disc, which uses it to complete the image of the main character's ship ^^
I have to many unwatched Kirk vids, time to binge.
The Xenoblade Chronicles for the Wii was the best use of disc art I've seen. Using the signature sword design for the middle of the disc was genius.
I know that Taiko No Tatsujon had the Don's as the disc like Drum Master, or Wii 2
No joke, Kiro never miss!
I know this is about art in general. But they don't make discs like they did with the GameCube. They had this real nice texture on this disc that I haven't seen emulated on other consoles.
It's a shame the English speaking side didn't get those full art pieces. But the discs are still some of the best in either version.
Holding the mario sunshine one makes me feel uncomfortable as my finger prints may appear if i touch the greyish part
Also 3:22 I still have the xenoblade disc because it looks splendid alongside the old reversible cover. Hey you should do a vid on reversible covers lol
I appreciate that you oppened this video by showing KH3's disc art with dummy thick Sora
You know how we still use a camera symbol for camera functions, and a floppy disc icon for saving? Little antiquated symbols for getting an idea across?
Discs could end up the same way, maybe.
Disc art could he made for a game, but it shows up when you boot said game, we currently have these boring pre-load splash images whenever you boot up a game on modern consoles, it would be far more interesting if you instead saw a mock game disc plop down into view and spin away until the game loads, similar to what happens on the wii when you view the disc channel and insert a disc.
Another good example is the Megaman X7 disc where Axl’s forehead gem is the disc hole
Which is why I love physicals.
Great video
The Euro Gran Turismo 2 also had an amazing feature that you could SMELL the discs!
If you scratched the disc with your fingernail, it would give off the smell of burning rubber!
FIFA 2001 also had the feature but had the smell of freshly cut grass!
I like how the Wii U disc felt soft
"Do you really want to have something in common with the Sega Saturn?"
Yes. Saturn is goated.
The Gamecube makes up for it with cute discs
I am honestly the one person who positively hates the fact that everything is going digital. Physical media is just the way to go. You can sell it, keep it on a shelf with collectibles. They can be collectibles. They're just so much better.
skies of arcadia had a great set of disk art for each of its parts
dvd/blu rays have been doing the same thing you used ti get art or promo shots or posters on the dvd but now with blu ray 4k you get a black or silver disc with the movie name
Finally, someone taking about disc art. My people~
you putting the mario galaxy disc into the toaster actually hurt me.
Modnation racers for the ps3 actually used a car wheel on it's disc art. Honestly something like that would fit so well for mario kart as well
I got into collecting Japanese Original XBOX games because I really liked their etched look that seemed unique to most JP Xbox games. Like compare Fatal Frame II JP and US releases. Or Capcom vs SNK 2 EO. And then there's easter eggs like how every first printing of a Dead or Alive game in Japan had Kasumi featured on the cover, until Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 on the Xbox 360. That means it's something that they consciously stuck with on multiple consoles including the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Xbox 360.
worship the product, live for the product, die for the product!
Shout out to xenoblade 1, cuz that used the symbol display on the monado as the disc hole.
Awesome video! Yes game disc art is great! Same thing with the game disc case art front is good but back is filled with legal wording backside is half words and 3 languages so only 50% left for game. Also game manuals had art and are now gone. B&w vs full color. Same also for movie discs art and packaging. Dvds and blu rays have amazing images and design but 4k discs are all plain and no design whatsoever. It is crazy but little touches make it worth it
The power of the game, in the palm of my hand.
hearing the words 'disc hole' so many times in a row has done something irreparable to my brain.
excellent video tho, very much worth the damage to my cerebrum
3DO game discs were nicely designed and illustrated.
The best disc art is the Japanese Parappa and Um Jammer Lammy discs, they are so beautiful. The Parappa japanese disc is my pfp too.