I love the soft look of the PS3 games. They had low resolution but great anti aliasing, which made them look extremely smooth. Modern games tend to prioritize 4k over everything, which makes them look very cheap if they don't use high resolution textures. I wished that devs prioritized ray tracing and good AA, and kept the resolution at 1080P.
You can use “batteries” to play the Astro mini. I have a rechargeable power brick and I have used it for this as well as the neo geo mini. Works just great!
Going through my own personal PS3 crunch right now. Still amazed at how great some games look. Castlevania: Lord of Shadows is on deck right now and, to me, it looks amazing. There was/is something special about the PS3 and what developers were able to crank out with the hardware. Playing a release title versus one released a few years later shows some dramatic improvements.
What bout Quantum break that looks better then anything on your PS3 7000% it still looks better than most games in the recent and latest released Games today and yet quantum breaks from 2010
If I ran an business with a waiting room that had a TV instead of playing the news or whatever I would just run these 3 hour Game Sack videos all day long
Just want to say thanks for putting in so much effort in your videos. I really appreciate the work you do to keep these games alive in our minds. It means a lot!
I remember the rumble feature being dropped was in actuality due to a patent infringement lawsuit against Sony from the design of the dual shock 2 controller. They weren’t able to redesign in time for ps3 launch and pulled the feature entirely. I never heard the “interference” story. This is just what I remember from news reports around that time.
1 PS3 game I would absolutely suggest to anybody is The Puppeteer. It's not groundbreaking at all gameplay-wise, but it's art-style and presentation are some of the best I've ever seen. It's on the more expensive side for sure, costing between $70-$100, but I would definitely pick up a copy if you have the chance soon because it's price is continuing to go up. It's definitely one of those overlooked classics that people appreciate more now than when it was released.
I really appreciate your honest approach on these games. Sometimes there are games i like that you don't like or vice versa, and it actually feels good to hear someone who is thinking critically about games, and at the same time, not just faking that they love every fricken game. Its fun
Awesome video! It brought back lots of great memories and showed me some titles I want to purchase for my collection! I still have a multiple Sony 3D TV’s and have to say, playing WipEout in 3D was the BEST! Only way better is to play on using the PS4 VR! I still have my move controllers and ‘navigation controller’ which I did not even know it was called that! I played Motor Storm on my PlayStation TV two player with the 3D glasses where each person had their own full screen! Quite an interesting concept however there was ghosting from each others screen that was visible. The historical fight of the giant crap made me laugh :D Playing Killzone 3 with with a 3D TV along with the move controller using the official PS3 move gun of which I do not remember what it was call other than the commercial that referred to it as ‘Daddies little helper’ was fun however difficult. I will most likely set it up again to play through when I ever have enough free time!
Had both the 3DO and 32x. Guess how long the 32x lasted? One night and we brought it back. Anyway thanks again for the entertainment. Always fun to watch. Anyway take care all.
Just FYI, you/he seem to have completely missed that you are able to lock-on to enemies in Demon's souls, same with pretty much every other "soulsbourne" after that as well, and it's definitely not a small detail. I dunno if he ever realized that after playing more but I suspect that he didn't based on how he never mentioned it in the commentary or added a correction through text when editing the part where he talks about how he struggled with landing hits on the enemies. Although if he managed to enjoy the game without knowing this crucial aspect of the gameplay he might love the games after learning how to lock-on, as it effectively removes one of his few complaints that weren't supposed to be a part of the challenge.
Joe as you love video games music almost as much as I do, you should check out Iceferno’s Castlevania medleys on a Harpsichord tone. It’s pretty stellar.
Hi Joe, love the channel! In The first Pixel Ripped game, you dont have to shoot the teacher, try shooting several items in The classroom. Shooting diferent items, gives diferent and funny distractions to the teacher, and It gives you way more time to play the side scrolling part.
I have to heartily second the praise for 3D dot Heroes. It's the best non-Nintendo Zelda style game of that generation. It also has tons of little jokes and nods to other franchises. Great game.
Just noticed the My Life in Gaming shade thrown, love the lil fart sound lol! I have seen the name but never watched a vid, it never seemed right for me. But Game Sack? My happy place.
Dark Edge tickles a very specific part of my brain. I've always had this lingering hypothetical question of 'what if we had never learned how to render polygons, and we had continued to simulate 3D with sprites/scaling/scanline effects, etc. What would a 2024 game with 35 years of improvements to Sega's Superscaler hardware look like.
I visited all the relatives and ate turkey. Now it’s time to watch some gamesack and play some sonic frontiers on my series X. Might pop in High on life later.
A chestburster emerged from our turkey on that Thanksgiving. Mom wasn't to happy about it. Neither was the rest of the neighborhood and city in the ensuing days.
I think the only reason I prefer that TenGen unlicensed version was the fact that the number of survivors was limited and I could save everyone where the arcade version I felt guilty for not having enough time to save everyone 🥺
Well I guess I owe yah a comment since I've been enjoying this combination video a lot. So comment! Anyways keep up the great work I love to chill to your episodes.
Hey Joe did you try using a 8bitdo wireless receiver in the sega city mini to get other controllers to work. Could be a possible outcome for them to be used
@@GameSack I meant more like lore and level design and combat fluidity cranked to 11. Fascinating world-building. Also level design with the Interconnected map in DS1 like a Metroidvania. Difficulty might be the same if not easier than Demon’s Souls. Plenty ways to get OP and break the game if needed. The Souls and Bloodborne games are pretty much the spiritual successors to Castlevania. Have you played Sekiro, Bloodborne, or Elden Ring? All phenomenal. I caught the FromSoftware bug and now everything just feels lackluster. I do need to try that 3D Dot Heroes of theirs that you showed. Didn’t know if it’s existence. Looks very interesting.
Love me some sega tapes. I got one of those chinesium 965400 in one things that has pretty much all i want for 40usd, and it didn't even blow off the back of my tv.
1:30 I wonder if any other products that use the same plastic casing actually can run batteries? I would think so, considering the mold still has the outline for the battery door that would have been there.
Do you have a Quest 2? That headset makes me feel like the Dreamcast days. Iron Man VR, Walking Dead, Red Matter 2, and so many quirky titles make it feel like something from Sega during the 90s, if you play the right game. Also, emulating is awesome, you can play old-school games on projector style screen
Question for the dude in the video (if he reads these), do you know where you got the term “jelly blobs” from instead of “slimes”? I’ve always called them this too, and I think it’s from the original Zelda, but not 100% sure
I'm a big fan of game sack so ty for all the dam good videos Its a toss up between PS3 and Sega Genesis for my favorite console but i think PS3 is winning the epic battle. Ps3 has some amazing games even the ones that requires six axis wich i don't really like because i use a cheap ps2 knock off controller that came with my super console x. I keep my only original ps3 controller put away so not to wear it out because they are so expensive now. I just plug it in and do the six axis bs then back to the ps2 one. The Club is one of my favorite games for PS3 along with Motor storm but i like almost all ps3 games. I'm looking forward to more Game Sack i just love how you make your videos even without Dave they entertain me completely ty and keep em coming more about ps3 would be great too
13:45 These people who give you grief for mentioning a game twice in your life are beyond over-entitled/spoiled I mean how big of a spoiled brat would I have to be? hEy! yUo mEnTiOnEd tHaT gAmE lAst yEar AlReAdY!!! iT's mAkiNg mAh bUtt hUrT sToP iT!!! ....and BTW, you should just ignore their ranting IMO. Let it stir up engagement for the algorithm and just continue being awesome Joe my man.
I love the soft look of the PS3 games. They had low resolution but great anti aliasing, which made them look extremely smooth. Modern games tend to prioritize 4k over everything, which makes them look very cheap if they don't use high resolution textures. I wished that devs prioritized ray tracing and good AA, and kept the resolution at 1080P.
I got my perfect living room setup for the holidays: christmas lights, tree and this video running on repeat.
This channel has improved my sleep habits. ❤
No joke this is the best thing to watch when falling asleep
Joe really good at the sound levels.
Yessir! 👏🏻
It's completely ruined mine! I stay up until 3 watching it!
Nbs lol
You can use “batteries” to play the Astro mini. I have a rechargeable power brick and I have used it for this as well as the neo geo mini. Works just great!
Going through my own personal PS3 crunch right now. Still amazed at how great some games look. Castlevania: Lord of Shadows is on deck right now and, to me, it looks amazing. There was/is something special about the PS3 and what developers were able to crank out with the hardware. Playing a release title versus one released a few years later shows some dramatic improvements.
What bout Quantum break that looks better then anything on your PS3 7000% it still looks better than most games in the recent and latest released Games today and yet quantum breaks from 2010
@@NeoMoonSevin wait was it? it was not
quantum break was released in 2016
If I ran an business with a waiting room that had a TV instead of playing the news or whatever I would just run these 3 hour Game Sack videos all day long
Something to watch when I sleep. Thanks Joe
huh?
@@MisfitoXmany of us fall asleep to these Game Sack reruns. It's a thing.
@@Jesse__H My "huh" was because he said that he can watch these video while asleep. How could that be possible? He should correct what he wrote.
No matter what I'm watching when I fall asleep it always ends up on Game Sack.
@@HerecomestheCalaverathis is soooo true 😂
Just want to say thanks for putting in so much effort in your videos. I really appreciate the work you do to keep these games alive in our minds. It means a lot!
Game Sack: Stereo - of - the - Art and doubling our viewing pleasure in 2023!
I remember the rumble feature being dropped was in actuality due to a patent infringement lawsuit against Sony from the design of the dual shock 2 controller. They weren’t able to redesign in time for ps3 launch and pulled the feature entirely. I never heard the “interference” story. This is just what I remember from news reports around that time.
All roads lead to Game Sack
1 PS3 game I would absolutely suggest to anybody is The Puppeteer. It's not groundbreaking at all gameplay-wise, but it's art-style and presentation are some of the best I've ever seen. It's on the more expensive side for sure, costing between $70-$100, but I would definitely pick up a copy if you have the chance soon because it's price is continuing to go up. It's definitely one of those overlooked classics that people appreciate more now than when it was released.
I never liked how they took out the enemies yelling "oh shit!" when they die in the Genesis version of Golden Axe.
Thanks I needed this. I thought I could handle no new episodes till 1-8-23, then I started withdrawing hard yesterday mourning.
This Crunch will fill the hollidays between Xmas and New Year perfectly, thanks Joe👍😊
Mm, crunchy consoles. Thanks for all your hard work, Joe ✌🏻❤️
This crunch episode was one of your best, in my opinion. Fun seeing Kratos and Sack Boy in action. Keep up the good work, Joe!
I really appreciate your honest approach on these games. Sometimes there are games i like that you don't like or vice versa, and it actually feels good to hear someone who is thinking critically about games, and at the same time, not just faking that they love every fricken game. Its fun
Awesome video! It brought back lots of great memories and showed me some titles I want to purchase for my collection! I still have a multiple Sony 3D TV’s and have to say, playing WipEout in 3D was the BEST! Only way better is to play on using the PS4 VR! I still have my move controllers and ‘navigation controller’ which I did not even know it was called that! I played Motor Storm on my PlayStation TV two player with the 3D glasses where each person had their own full screen! Quite an interesting concept however there was ghosting from each others screen that was visible. The historical fight of the giant crap made me laugh :D Playing Killzone 3 with with a 3D TV along with the move controller using the official PS3 move gun of which I do not remember what it was call other than the commercial that referred to it as ‘Daddies little helper’ was fun however difficult. I will most likely set it up again to play through when I ever have enough free time!
Notifications be hearing for this channel 💫
Stay legendary gamers, like the Sack 🏆🎮
Had both the 3DO and 32x. Guess how long the 32x lasted? One night and we brought it back. Anyway thanks again for the entertainment. Always fun to watch. Anyway take care all.
Merry Christmas 🎅
Happy new year
It's cool seeing you cover VR games, you gotta get a Quest 3
Just FYI, you/he seem to have completely missed that you are able to lock-on to enemies in Demon's souls, same with pretty much every other "soulsbourne" after that as well, and it's definitely not a small detail.
I dunno if he ever realized that after playing more but I suspect that he didn't based on how he never mentioned it in the commentary or added a correction through text when editing the part where he talks about how he struggled with landing hits on the enemies.
Although if he managed to enjoy the game without knowing this crucial aspect of the gameplay he might love the games after learning how to lock-on, as it effectively removes one of his few complaints that weren't supposed to be a part of the challenge.
Joe as you love video games music almost as much as I do, you should check out Iceferno’s Castlevania medleys on a Harpsichord tone. It’s pretty stellar.
Hi Joe, love the channel! In The first Pixel Ripped game, you dont have to shoot the teacher, try shooting several items in The classroom. Shooting diferent items, gives diferent and funny distractions to the teacher, and It gives you way more time to play the side scrolling part.
I have to heartily second the praise for 3D dot Heroes. It's the best non-Nintendo Zelda style game of that generation. It also has tons of little jokes and nods to other franchises. Great game.
Last video for 2022. Have a great new year, everyone
Console Crunch: The Gamer's Lullaby.
I love The Last of Us personally, but you're absolutely right that it takes itself waaaaay too seriously.
Man all you did is make me remember why I love ps3 and want to buy some games for it
Just noticed the My Life in Gaming shade thrown, love the lil fart sound lol! I have seen the name but never watched a vid, it never seemed right for me. But Game Sack? My happy place.
The PS3 was my favourite console of that generation, helped me through alot of difficult times
Who all gets sleepy when watching crunch episodes...I always come to pick up where I drafted of at tho...lol
Dark Edge tickles a very specific part of my brain.
I've always had this lingering hypothetical question of 'what if we had never learned how to render polygons, and we had continued to simulate 3D with sprites/scaling/scanline effects, etc. What would a 2024 game with 35 years of improvements to Sega's Superscaler hardware look like.
Your channel is better than most of the things. And I've seen a lot of things already.
You have to press R3 to lock onto enemies in Demon`s Souls.
I visited all the relatives and ate turkey. Now it’s time to watch some gamesack and play some sonic frontiers on my series X. Might pop in High on life later.
I visited nobody, nobody visited me, my family disowned me....life is a cycle
A chestburster emerged from our turkey on that Thanksgiving. Mom wasn't to happy about it. Neither was the rest of the neighborhood and city in the ensuing days.
Awesome work Sir thank you
22:22 that looks nice!
25:30 "The one that is already in there." Is that you Craig Statler?
"Think you can get yours inside mine"
go to sleep to an unrelated video, wake up it's game sack again
some holiday sack i will miss video games once the world ends
Hey, I love Columns. It's a solid series and it helps kill some time.
Thanks!
Thank YOU! :)
Dang. I wanted another port of Alien Syndrome. I like that game.
I think the only reason I prefer that TenGen unlicensed version was the fact that the number of survivors was limited and I could save everyone where the arcade version I felt guilty for not having enough time to save everyone 🥺
I wish the Astro City Mini would've added one instead of using "the one that was already in there".
Wangan Midnight soundtrack on Gran Turismo 5? You legend.
I see your point and I agree, but I remember when DVD’s and CD’s were a thing. Vinyl came back and I never saw that one coming.
Love this channel!
Well I guess I owe yah a comment since I've been enjoying this combination video a lot. So comment! Anyways keep up the great work I love to chill to your episodes.
Another bit of trivia for Rad Mobile, the game was featured in the movie "Encino Man".
Im so jealous of the Majora’s Mask and ESPECIALLY the Banjo Kazooie statue!!
Well, my phone will be off for a significant amount of time.
Battery died?
@@DuckAlertBeats nope. Watching game sack
All good. Anyone you'd want to talk to will be tied up watching this too!
But if you're phone is off you can't watch GS
Mine will be on the whole time as I'm watching it on there lol
No matter what I put on to go to sleep it always either ends up on a game sack console crunch or Maximilian dood playing resident evil 4
this crunch are so good for me while i do my training!
Happy holidays game sack another year of greatness
Love the console crunches!
Ok that last joke was funny af 😂😂😂
We need more console crunches!!
That Sega AM2 shirt is freaking awesome!
Hey Joe did you try using a 8bitdo wireless receiver in the sega city mini to get other controllers to work. Could be a possible outcome for them to be used
your the best man, I love your videos so much
Don’t sleep on Dark Souls, Joe. It’s phenomenal. Demon’s Souls cranked to 11. Beautiful.
Eh. Demon's Souls satisfied me, I don't feel the need for more. I certainly don't need it "cranked up to 11".
@@GameSack I meant more like lore and level design and combat fluidity cranked to 11. Fascinating world-building. Also level design with the Interconnected map in DS1 like a Metroidvania. Difficulty might be the same if not easier than Demon’s Souls. Plenty ways to get OP and break the game if needed. The Souls and Bloodborne games are pretty much the spiritual successors to Castlevania. Have you played Sekiro, Bloodborne, or Elden Ring? All phenomenal. I caught the FromSoftware bug and now everything just feels lackluster. I do need to try that 3D Dot Heroes of theirs that you showed. Didn’t know if it’s existence. Looks very interesting.
Time for Sega to get back in the console game with a Dreamcast 2!!!! Let's go!
"one of my favorite games on the Master System"
10 seconds later
"I HATE this game! hate it, HATE IT!"
and so Anakin was already absorbed by anger.
Love me some sega tapes. I got one of those chinesium 965400 in one things that has pretty much all i want for 40usd, and it didn't even blow off the back of my tv.
I always look forward to GameSack new videos!!
This is all old stuff.
Merry Christmas Joe 🎄🎄
1:30 I wonder if any other products that use the same plastic casing actually can run batteries? I would think so, considering the mold still has the outline for the battery door that would have been there.
You rock joe.
Love me console crunch
Very interesting new to me games!
I played Uncharted for the first time last year and I really enjoyed it. I beat all of them on the ps3 in a few days.
Joe is a master of subtle sarcasm.
Thank you for sharing!
We need another Tude era video. I would enjoy that.
Do you have a Quest 2? That headset makes me feel like the Dreamcast days. Iron Man VR, Walking Dead, Red Matter 2, and so many quirky titles make it feel like something from Sega during the 90s, if you play the right game. Also, emulating is awesome, you can play old-school games on projector style screen
Have you played the Team Beef ports? They're great.
@@HunterTinsley Yup, currently playing Jedi Outcast in beta. Freaking amazing with full lightsaber motion and severed limbs
Everything you've said is factually correct and doesn't make me angry. Thank you 🙏🏼❤️
Probably answered in the original video, but the Killzone 3 loading issues are likely due to the game looking for a server and not finding it.
Could be, but back then online wasn't a requirement so that would end up pissing off a lot of players very, very often.
My second favorite sack.
After this video ALL these games and consoles prices skyrocketed on eBay! The PS3 game "Puppeteer" alone went up to $60-$1000!!!!!!!!
Exerion on the SG-1000 may be the spiritual predecessor to Space Harrier I mean Afterburner
Question for the dude in the video (if he reads these), do you know where you got the term “jelly blobs” from instead of “slimes”? I’ve always called them this too, and I think it’s from the original Zelda, but not 100% sure
I'm a big fan of game sack so ty for all the dam good videos
Its a toss up between PS3 and Sega Genesis for my favorite console but i think PS3 is winning the epic battle. Ps3 has some amazing games even the ones that requires six axis wich i don't really like because i use a cheap ps2 knock off controller that came with my super console x. I keep my only original ps3 controller put away so not to wear it out because they are so expensive now. I just plug it in and do the six axis bs then back to the ps2 one.
The Club is one of my favorite games for PS3 along with Motor storm but i like almost all ps3 games. I'm looking forward to more Game Sack i just love how you make your videos even without Dave they entertain me completely ty and keep em coming more about ps3 would be great too
Not true about the Xbox 360 and 1080p. I had 1080p on the original 360 using the VGA cable. It did not have an HDMI port.
game over yeah!!!!! Sega always had the most upbeat game over songs. lol
Third most-selling rpg on the ps3: Ni No Kuni wrath of the white Witch. Great graphics, even better combat-system.
And now the analogue pocket is 699$…. They are CRAZY😂😂
Hell YES!!!!
Love. Just pointing out - PS VR was released in 2016, not 2013.
thanks for adding the og ps3 memes
13:45 These people who give you grief for mentioning a game twice in your life are beyond over-entitled/spoiled
I mean how big of a spoiled brat would I have to be?
hEy! yUo mEnTiOnEd tHaT gAmE lAst yEar AlReAdY!!! iT's mAkiNg mAh bUtt hUrT sToP iT!!!
....and BTW, you should just ignore their ranting IMO. Let it stir up engagement for the algorithm and just continue being awesome Joe my man.
TANZER
The name of the game you are looking for is Tanzer.
Awesome I like the game review it is really cool keep up the good work!
25:30 It's simple, really: that game existed only to satisfy a law that forbade the sale of arcade cabinets without a game included.
1:27:38, that's what Dave said.
You're welcome.
Disappointed this video doesn't have stereo of the art sound.
"If you like watching dudes with no pants on, you gotta play this game" -Joe Redifer
The booty shaking made me laugh so hard