My 30 year old brother who played the game back in the 90s turned into a kid when I showed him it was re-released. I bought it right then and there. He was watching play it and directing me where to go haha. Even after not playing this game for like 15+ years he still remembers it.
Crap, been a quarter of a century. God, times flies. I remember playing Lord of the Realm 2 and Warcraft 2 and what not on my dad's PC room in the 90s. Didn't get PS1 and 64 until like the very end of their life. We were outdoor kids.
For as unhealthy as they were for the industry (tight deadlines, poor working condtions, etc.) I kind of miss these kind of tie-in games that used to be all over the place. The vibes and gameplay these sort of games are unique in a way that makes them super memorable.
You really never knew what you were in for. Sometimes the game was horrible. Occasionally they were amazing. Sometimes the games really didn't even try to stay close to the subject material (which ironically was kind of fun in its own way). Now everything is so closely vetted for "authenticity".
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e how are they right? they provide now evidence to support their claim that this and other star wars tie-in games from this era were bad for the industry. Don't pretend this is like EA and Blizzard without proof
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e they often gave valuable projects to smaller studios, this game for example was developed by a dozen or so people. crunch and poor conditions are very much still a thing, except now in megastudios that have industry monopolies. So I don't see how we got the happy ending...
This game kicked my ass back in the day. I got stuck on the Theed(?) level. Was a platforming section that felt impossible due to the limited camera controls iirc.
@Twillek1019_ Only Ratchet and Clank and Spiderman are first party games from what you listed. First party means they were developed directly by Sony for the PS5.
i would totally like modern version remake with all the great graphical stuff we have today like ray tracing and so.. would love to see this remade in newest unreal engine. but ofcourse the gameplay is even more important. as most games were very janky on controls so i would like to have very smooth controls and smooth animations on characters etc beside the graphics :) @@ghost656metal8
I remember it fondly, both this game and Jedi Power Battles were great, though I remember JPB having a bit of a sharp difficulty spike? I might have just been rubbish at it, just remember it being fairly hard in some bits, great game though!
That game was awesome. And reason why i was probably the saltiest mofo when adi galia got killed in some clone wars episode many years later. Most people didn’t care about her, she was some random jedi with almost no screen time in anything. But she was a beast in jedi power battles!
5:26 as a kid i always used to throw a flash grenade at the decoys (which includes the real Queen) just as the cutscene triggers with Qui Gon. The ending cutscene would trigger normaly with the ship flying out of the hangar, but this time leaving the handmaiden corpses behind 😂 ooops! (It also works with Anakin on encounter in the desert! Leave his corpse in the sand as QuiGon flies off with his new T-14 😅 Cheers Watto!)
Once the rancor and Qui Gon killed each other at the exact same time. Triggering both a game over title screen and post victory dialogue. I also once remember a droid tripping over the lightsaber of Obi Wan's dead corpse and it died 😂. He literally killed somebody after the game over screen.
Imagine the voice actors in the sound booth having to do death noises for the NPCs in case the player just decides to strike them down with a lightsaber.
Fun fact: we most likely would have gotten an amazing Attack of the Clones tie-in game from BioWare... were they not given the choice between doing a tie-in and a game with a setting with an almost unrestricted creative freedom. That's how we got KotOR. Sure, I can't think of a universe in which an AotC-based RPG would ever come close to the KotOR level of quality so we've gotten the better end of the deal anyway... but it'd have been great had BioWare actually been able to clone themselves (no pun intended) just to have one copy of the team work on the tie-in. And I'll never forgive LucasArts for not releasing the RotS tie-in on Windows. It looked so awesome on screenshots, but even this late in the PS2 lifecycle, actually being able to afford both it and games for it was beyond the reach of some 90% gamers in my country, whereas PC releases we could at the very least pirate easily (X-box wasn't that hard, but even then, the idea of mom and dad getting us a super-expensive piece of gear that wouldn't even help us with our lessons was our wet dream at best) and sometimes parents would get us a legit copy of a game for Christmas. There's no way I would have missed it had it been available on Windows back then, one way or the other.
Fun fact: we most likely would have gotten an amazing Attack of the Clones tie-in game from BioWare... were they not given the choice between doing a tie-in and a game with a setting with an almost unrestricted creative freedom. That's how we got KotOR. Sure, I can't think of a universe in which an AotC-based RPG would ever come close to the KotOR level of quality so we've gotten the better end of the deal anyway... but it'd have been great had BioWare actually been able to clone themselves (no pun intended) just to have one copy of the team work on the tie-in. And I'll never forgive LucasArts for not releasing the RotS tie-in on Windows. It looked so awesome on screenshots, but even this late in the PS2 lifecycle, actually being able to afford both it and games for it was beyond the reach of some 90% gamers in my country, whereas PC releases we could at the very least pirate easily (X-box wasn't that hard, but even then, the idea of mom and dad getting us a super-expensive piece of gear that wouldn't even help us with our lessons was our wet dream at best) and sometimes parents would get us a legit copy of a game for Christmas. There's no way I would have missed it had it been available on Windows back then, one way or the other.
Fun fact: Captain Panaka in brazilian portuguese can be roughly translated to "Captain Idiot". Star Wars is infamous for having a very concerning number of names that means funny/inconvenient things in brazilian portuguese.
@@liamcullen3035 The most infamous one is probably Count Dooku, in portuguese, "do" is an preposition which usually means "from" or "belongs to" and the word "cu" is slang for ass, so he's the "Count Of the Ass". The official translation changed his name to Count Dookan. Another one is the Planet Utapau where Obi-wan fights General Grievous in Episode 3, there's the Pau City located in the Pau Sinkhole, "pau" is another slang, but for dick, so Obi-wan fought Grievous in "Dick City" inside the "Dick Sinkhole".
I loved this game. Me and my sister would quote from it all the time, "Everybody stand back I'm about to SLASH... all my prices!" This game wasn't great but it had character.
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Demolition was released exactly a year ago, I wouldn't be surprised if Jedi Power Battles get released next January in the same style as the previous 2.
...to be honest... I really liked the game. I played it with my dad when I was a kid. ...was a bit bummed out that you didn't get to take part in the race, but it was still a good fun. Also, cheesing the final battle with Darth Maul by shooting rockets at him instead of pushing him into a hole was the moment when I became a gaming munchkin, heh.
@@RogueDragon05 haha, to be honest I already 100% completed the PS4 version of Racer, but it's nice to know about racer revenge being there too! Thanks!
@@Hodyna Yea Super Star Wars, Jedi Starfighter, Bounty Hunter are also on PSN, Demolition too but no trophies for that one. Can't wait for the Dark Forces Remaster coming out in March. Glad your enjoying.
@@RogueDragon05I have Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 on switch however asper didn't finish on a director's cut of number two on switch which is a big disappointment I have both episode 1 racer in this game on my PlayStation 4 now waiting for dark Forces but I've been also waiting for a remake or enhanced version of Shadows of the empire and Battlefront 1 and 2
I got this when it came out, and still have my original disc, guidebook (which I got before the game), and mousepad. I cant tell you how many hours i poured into this game and replaying it, but being on Tatooine as Qui-Gon is probably one of my favorite experiences in a Star Wars game due to the many choices the developers allowed. 1999 was a fantastic time to be a Star Wars fan, it felt like there were endless possibilities in a vast galaxy. It was a wonderful introduction to the Prequel world through the media the surrounded the actual movies. They are some of my best memories and I'll always cherish them.
@@rynobehnke8289 Gog use to rerelease old star wars games every May the 4th. They haven't done it in the last 2 years. Hope they go back to doing that. I would really like Phantom Menace and Battle for Naboo to get digital releases since their installers are 16-bit. 16-bit installers don't work on modern 64-bit systems so you have to do workarounds to install them.
8:49, not sure it occurs on the PS version, but on PC, if you jump on stage... you may have a surprise... a violent one. Loved the game as a kid. Looking back, it was quite unique that you could influence the game through a choice of dialogues. The violence though... also unique for a game, especially a one for the wider public.
Back then we had a few moments of devs pushing things past the censors, dismemberment in Jedi Outcast/Academy was rare enough to pass the rating boards (you could cheat it to max tho it ruins all balance since now running into enemies exploded them), and in Force Unleashed 2 they _blatantly lied_ and claimed Stormtroopers were all totally robots, so we got the last proper Star Wars game with libs flying around.
My local library used to have PC games you can rent out and I think I had fond memories playing such games as Dark Forces and X-Wing vs TIE fighter. Oh and Yoda stories too XD
All of the pre-disney Star Wars games had a soul. I remember I had this 2D Original Trilogy game for Game Boy Advanced, where you played as Luke all the way from Tatooine to the final duel on the second Death Star.
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Steam Deck blows every modern console out of the water, PS5, Xbox, Switch, can't compete with Steam Deck. Hell I originally just got a Steam Deck to have Halo the Master Chief Collection on the go and a few small Pokemon randomizers and rom hacks, but now I actually have a decent library, intent can change over time.
NO WAY. I LOVE this game! It might actually be the first ever game I ever played in my entire life. Utterly iconic, was thinking about it yesterday actually. Glad to see it's getting new life. :) Although I am adamant that they should keep the PS1 pixel graphics, as opposed to the smooth PC version.
This game is unironically brilliant, especially the two Tatooine levels. What the f*ck is wrong with journalists who stil try to pretend that the PT and everything related to them is bad. TPM on PS1/PC f*cking mogs anything released in the last few years. Modern gaming sucks. The level of soul put into TPM on PS1 is unreal, PC version is even better.
TPM game is rushed, broken, unfinished mess that has you stuck in walls and lightsabers looking like triangles. There are MANY good Episode 1 games, from racing ones to obscure Gungan planet ecosystem simulator, but Phantom Menace is genuinely poorly made. Just because we enjoy it _despite_ how broken it is doesn't change the fact it was Mass Effect Andromeda of the time.
@@KasumiRINA Awful take. I've never had a game breaking glitch or become stuck on walls. The amount of soul put into the TPM game is amazing. What's broken about it? The lightsaber combat is second to none, still no Star Wars game has come up with a more satisfying deflection combat system. I've played a lot of the Phantom Menace's games and Lego Star Wars is the only one that rivals it really. The only issues with the TPM game is no podrace, and the last two levels of Theed Palace are rushed unfortunately. But everything up until then is absolutely not rushed. Every time I replay it I discover new secret areas or little hidden things. I don't understand how people can dislike this game. It had so much effort put into it. And in terms of level design and sense of exploration, few games surpass it.
I hate the attitude of the headlines you showed. It's a heavily flawed game, but it did more than enough interesting things to deserve preservation. Game preservation isn't given enough respect.
I played this game on PC. It was really quite fun back in the day, and also some quite interesting and weird cheat codes too. I hope they've been ported along too, more people need to BEHOLD THE NECK SPIKE
@@TREVORVADER All of the PS1 games that had cheats back in the day still have them on the PS5, if the PS1 game has trophy support the cheats disable the trophies
I remember playing this when it first came out on PS1. So many frustrating parts, but I still enjoyed it. It gives you a rating out of 10 of your overall performance upon completing the game. I got Level 4: Cantina Dancer. That really pissed me off.
one thing i loved about movie licensed games like this one is that show what you haven't seen on camera, like wandering about the federation ship or the gungan city, in the movie it cuts from entering the gungan city to being with the boss nass
Still my favorite SW game to this day. Wish Ep 2 & 3 (heck, even 4,5 & 6) got games in this style with refined controls and a manual camera, and vehicles. Out of all the games, the laser deflection in it feels the best to me.
This is a pleasant surprise! I used to play this game in the house of a friend, so, my experience was basically playing the best parts of the game and wishing for one day to own it. Well, my time has come!.
@@Gamesta100 it is unfortunate that you have to pay more but as you stated it's still a good price for a fun game. Slicing up some jar jar for less than $10 what's not to love.
A Battlefront 2 classic port was planned, but it was going to be the PSP version, which is objectively the WORST version as it's missing so much stuff including several maps, capital ship interiors, several game modes, and the entire 501st campaign (which was replaced by a challenge mode).
@@-CrimsoN-hot take but I’d be ok with that because the PS2 version is inferior to the Xbox port, so having a slightly different version on modern hardware would be really cool
@@varsityreviews707 It would have been the PSP version. Not the PS2 version. The PS2 version wouldn't have been so bad since about the only thing you'd lose are AI heroes (which are also absent on the PC version, but can be restored with mods). The PSP version was entirely different and easily the worst version since you'd be losing actual maps and content in the form of game modes plus the entire 501st campaign.
I thought I was the only one that loved this game everyone preferred the similar star wars games on the 64. This game was so much joy and so much pain. I miss that prequel star wars hype the old and new gen both could at least enjoy or find a way to enjoy it (the phantom edit) but star wars now is just collectively hated on ahah
Good to see this classic come to modern consoles, I guess it was head of its time. Now if we can just get a port of og battlefront 2 and KOTOR 2 w restored content mod, that would be amazing
Honestly, KOTOR 2 is real good on PC now, what we need is a good remaster of the first game, they have different devs so might be rights holder conflict (the Obsidian one got updated, Bioware first Knights did not).
I remember being able to kill the whales in the Gungan level. They would swim close to the glass, and I realise my lightsabre could clip through. What's incredible is that they actually have HP. When they die, I think they just freeze in place.
I love this game and have a save on every memory card right at the start of the Mos Espa level. I must have played that level at least 100 times over, challenging myself in various ways to see how much of the town I could take out while still completing the level. It's the most fun I've had in any video game.
I played this game on PC as a kid with a logitech rumblepad. I think I remember it more because of the weird gamepad, I never got past the Obi-Wan bit in the city at the beginning. 10/10
I had fond memories playing this game. It certainly has a certain charm to its flawed design. Glad to know we can play it again. Maybe wishful thinking, but would be awesome if they remaster this or remake this.
@@Rschr101Considering Rey barely clears the bar for bare minimum definition of a character in the first place, every other character in every other story is by default. How a multi-billion dollar company thought it was a good idea to buy Star Wars and then make a trilogy with no writing team and no plan, I'll certainly never know.
The blaster deflection was surprisingly well done in this, alot of people moan it's janky but it's because only the end half of your blade deflects, you have to move side to side timely, trust I've taken out droid tanks before
Downloaded this a few days ago. I'm 36 and had the original at launch. Want to know how much I played it? Approximately 25 years later I not only remembered the master cheat code by heart, but that SOB still works lol!
I finally got to try Dreamcast version after playing GBA and PS1 Jedi Power Battles and BIO it is unfinished... New character Ki Adi Mundi reuses other people's animations for combos, has purple lightsaber that he should swap with Mace Windu's blue, and they cut a bunch of stuff on first level to make it less frustrating, but now computers don't destroy, glass doesn't break, and it is generally feels unpolished. Still it has graphics leaps above PlayStation and extra modes. We need a modern port on all systems, Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles will do well in modern climate where people love to stream difficult games. It needs achievements too!
The games industry is so frustrating with how close they come to greatness but make stupid decisions such as porting the PS1 rather than PC version, adding trophies, or just generally improving other aspects of the game such as letting you play as Darth Maul.
Fun game, although I remember it being a bit glitchy. I remember fighting in Jabba's pit and the Game Over screen came up one time saying Padme had died, and I was just thinking "What the hell did she get into??" Also you can completely bypass that fight when rescuing the Hammerhead Mother's son. You just need to open the cage and make a break for it. She still gave me the reward, the son just wasn't standing there. I guess she's fine with him fending for himself.
Oh yes, now I remember those random Queen has died messages. I wonder if something is actually going down offscreen, or whether it's just a consequence of some weird code logic?
There is a level in this game when you land on tatooine and you have to run around Mos Eisley and solve everyone’s problems. It was my favorite level in any game ever cause it really felt like you were a Jedi and this was your day to day life . God I miss being a kid
I used to go over to my friends house, and we'd play this for hours. I never had a console, so it was my only chance to play. LOVED IT. Its still fun to this day! HAppy we got a PS5 port. Even though it would have been nice if we got a remaster instead. But regardless, happy to play this game again!
I would love to see Jedi Power Battles get remade, loved that game back in the day on PS1, that was the first game that introduced me to Jedi Master Plo Koon
Dunno if it'll be re-released on other platforms but I still have the PC version that I got for christmas in '99. It was the first Star Wars game I've owned. I remember beating Jabba's Champion by repeatedly force pushing him onto the spikes.
A good game part of my childhood. My only complaint is why they changed some of the sound effects compared to the pc version like Panaka's blaster, Gungan energy ball, Padme's stunner
I was just going through Swanstation settings in Retroarch _trying_ to fix the head clipping and it seems the game is _supposed_ to look like that, since modern port is just as bad... which is lazy BTW, since they could have ported PC version that didn't have PlayStation's polygon wobble and resulting clipping and texture distortion. Something about floating points and Z-coords? Anyway, I hated Obi-Wan parts and loved the Qui-Gon ones, back at the time this was the closest I got to a guilty pleasure game, with how other episode 1 games like Racer and Jedi Power Battles were genuinely good, and this one was just... proto-KOTOR stuck between horrible escort missions and NPCs clipping into walls.
Have fond memories of this game. Remember stepping in poop and everyone on Tattoine commenting on it lol. As a kid didn't matter if the game was good or not, just had to be Star Wars. Great video man!
Many years ago a friend and i could never beat the last level because of the plattform part was so god dam hard and know over 20 years later i beat it on the ps4 😅
Don't know how I'd feel today, but I remember really enjoying Jedi Power Battles too back in the day. Doubt it'd be a fun one to revisit and I've never heard anyone else have a nice word to say about it, so yeah.
At 1:10 my internet was having issues leading to the zoomed in frame of obi-wan’s health being stuck on screen for like 3 mins and I legit thought it was a joke about how slowly he takes damage or something lolll only found out afterwards when rewinding that this pause wasn’t a part of the actual video lol
Padme telling us there's a murderer running around indiscriminately killing civilians... I can just SEE Qui-Gon just tugging at his collar and clearing his throat at it. Peak comedy, from a more civilized age.
Just finished streaming this yesterday & it was fun, challenging but fun. Hope Jedi power battles comes to PS5 at some point, loved that game growing up
I love this game. I’m casually playing it atm on PS5 as currently working towards the platinum for Alien Fireteam elite, but using this game as the nice break in between that.
I like how they couldn’t get Natalie Portman to voice the Queen so instead they got the woman who does Catwoman in the Arkham games. Seeing this, I keep thinking Padme isn’t falling behind but actually intentionally wandering off to loot the place before her escort notices
I played this on PC back in the day and I remember little 7 year old me feeling sorry for PlayStation players when I saw how crap the graphics were in comparison. I also remember beating Darth Maul by hiding in the corner of the laser shield gate and relentlessly firing on him as he failed to block 1 in 3 shots. Legendary game
This game looks amazing except for the graphics. It's a shame they couldn't have done a full remake! Star Wars games of the late 90s and early 2000s were awesome. I really wish we could get modern remakes of game like this, Star Wars Racer, Rogue Leader, and KOTOR (without all the woke nonsense.)
"stop pooshing me" "Better stand back mister cos I'm about to slash...all my prices" "State ya business" "I'll have a juri Juce" "Bo SHOOOODA" "you're stepping on my dungworms" "mmmgetouttamy house" living rent free in my head for 25 years
My 30 year old brother who played the game back in the 90s turned into a kid when I showed him it was re-released. I bought it right then and there. He was watching play it and directing me where to go haha. Even after not playing this game for like 15+ years he still remembers it.
Bin 35 und das war eines meiner ersten spiele. Sowas vergisst man nicht glaub mir 😂
Crap, been a quarter of a century. God, times flies. I remember playing Lord of the Realm 2 and Warcraft 2 and what not on my dad's PC room in the 90s. Didn't get PS1 and 64 until like the very end of their life. We were outdoor kids.
I have the cheat code locked in my memory from when I was 9 years old 😂
33yo, can confirm played the absolute hell out of this game
by 90s you mean the last 7 months of the 90s? haha
For as unhealthy as they were for the industry (tight deadlines, poor working condtions, etc.) I kind of miss these kind of tie-in games that used to be all over the place. The vibes and gameplay these sort of games are unique in a way that makes them super memorable.
You really never knew what you were in for. Sometimes the game was horrible. Occasionally they were amazing. Sometimes the games really didn't even try to stay close to the subject material (which ironically was kind of fun in its own way). Now everything is so closely vetted for "authenticity".
“They’re unhealthy for the industry” -🤓
@@goodstuff8156How are they wrong
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e how are they right? they provide now evidence to support their claim that this and other star wars tie-in games from this era were bad for the industry. Don't pretend this is like EA and Blizzard without proof
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e they often gave valuable projects to smaller studios, this game for example was developed by a dozen or so people. crunch and poor conditions are very much still a thing, except now in megastudios that have industry monopolies. So I don't see how we got the happy ending...
This game was the first SW game I ever played. So many good memories.
Till this day I can remember the reactor guy screaming as I struck him down.
This game kicked my ass back in the day. I got stuck on the Theed(?) level. Was a platforming section that felt impossible due to the limited camera controls iirc.
This was amazing on release.
Same. I just bought this. What a weird game i couls never beat
Same. What a weird game i could never beat
Amazing game!
and they say the ps5 has no games
NOBODY says that. Get your head outta your a*s🤣🤣🤣
I don’t get it, I’ve heard that so many times but ps5 does have games
still
No first party
@Twillek1019_ Only Ratchet and Clank and Spiderman are first party games from what you listed. First party means they were developed directly by Sony for the PS5.
This game is an treasure , hopefully it’ll makes it’s way onto other platforms as to spread the joy it brings.
The only way this game will make it on to other platforms is if it gets a remake
i would totally like modern version remake with all the great graphical stuff we have today like ray tracing and so.. would love to see this remade in newest unreal engine. but ofcourse the gameplay is even more important. as most games were very janky on controls so i would like to have very smooth controls and smooth animations on characters etc beside the graphics :)
@@ghost656metal8
Well technically you can play the OG on newer windows systems. You just need a modded installer
Anyone else remember "Jedi Power Battles"? It had co-op and a handful of the Ep. Jedi to pick from. Great game that seems largely unknown now.
I remember it fondly, both this game and Jedi Power Battles were great, though I remember JPB having a bit of a sharp difficulty spike? I might have just been rubbish at it, just remember it being fairly hard in some bits, great game though!
It was one of my FIRST EVER video games!
I still own it lol
@@pimpinkeen19 Me too, it’s in a drawer with old valuable stuff.
That game was awesome. And reason why i was probably the saltiest mofo when adi galia got killed in some clone wars episode many years later. Most people didn’t care about her, she was some random jedi with almost no screen time in anything.
But she was a beast in jedi power battles!
5:26 as a kid i always used to throw a flash grenade at the decoys (which includes the real Queen) just as the cutscene triggers with Qui Gon. The ending cutscene would trigger normaly with the ship flying out of the hangar, but this time leaving the handmaiden corpses behind 😂 ooops!
(It also works with Anakin on encounter in the desert! Leave his corpse in the sand as QuiGon flies off with his new T-14 😅 Cheers Watto!)
Once the rancor and Qui Gon killed each other at the exact same time. Triggering both a game over title screen and post victory dialogue.
I also once remember a droid tripping over the lightsaber of Obi Wan's dead corpse and it died 😂. He literally killed somebody after the game over screen.
Imagine the voice actors in the sound booth having to do death noises for the NPCs in case the player just decides to strike them down with a lightsaber.
Who else here wishes that Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith had got a game in the same style as this one?
Me, but also wanted a Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones in the same style as Revenge of the Sith in PS2.
Clone Wars had Ana amazing tie in game
@@tibsky1396 that would be Jedi Power Battles.
Fun fact: we most likely would have gotten an amazing Attack of the Clones tie-in game from BioWare... were they not given the choice between doing a tie-in and a game with a setting with an almost unrestricted creative freedom. That's how we got KotOR. Sure, I can't think of a universe in which an AotC-based RPG would ever come close to the KotOR level of quality so we've gotten the better end of the deal anyway... but it'd have been great had BioWare actually been able to clone themselves (no pun intended) just to have one copy of the team work on the tie-in.
And I'll never forgive LucasArts for not releasing the RotS tie-in on Windows. It looked so awesome on screenshots, but even this late in the PS2 lifecycle, actually being able to afford both it and games for it was beyond the reach of some 90% gamers in my country, whereas PC releases we could at the very least pirate easily (X-box wasn't that hard, but even then, the idea of mom and dad getting us a super-expensive piece of gear that wouldn't even help us with our lessons was our wet dream at best) and sometimes parents would get us a legit copy of a game for Christmas. There's no way I would have missed it had it been available on Windows back then, one way or the other.
Fun fact: we most likely would have gotten an amazing Attack of the Clones tie-in game from BioWare... were they not given the choice between doing a tie-in and a game with a setting with an almost unrestricted creative freedom. That's how we got KotOR. Sure, I can't think of a universe in which an AotC-based RPG would ever come close to the KotOR level of quality so we've gotten the better end of the deal anyway... but it'd have been great had BioWare actually been able to clone themselves (no pun intended) just to have one copy of the team work on the tie-in.
And I'll never forgive LucasArts for not releasing the RotS tie-in on Windows. It looked so awesome on screenshots, but even this late in the PS2 lifecycle, actually being able to afford both it and games for it was beyond the reach of some 90% gamers in my country, whereas PC releases we could at the very least pirate easily (X-box wasn't that hard, but even then, the idea of mom and dad getting us a super-expensive piece of gear that wouldn't even help us with our lessons was our wet dream at best) and sometimes parents would get us a legit copy of a game for Christmas. There's no way I would have missed it had it been available on Windows back then, one way or the other.
Fun fact: Captain Panaka in brazilian portuguese can be roughly translated to "Captain Idiot". Star Wars is infamous for having a very concerning number of names that means funny/inconvenient things in brazilian portuguese.
Haha, that’s pretty funny! 😂 What are some of the other names?
@@liamcullen3035 The most infamous one is probably Count Dooku, in portuguese, "do" is an preposition which usually means "from" or "belongs to" and the word "cu" is slang for ass, so he's the "Count Of the Ass". The official translation changed his name to Count Dookan.
Another one is the Planet Utapau where Obi-wan fights General Grievous in Episode 3, there's the Pau City located in the Pau Sinkhole, "pau" is another slang, but for dick, so Obi-wan fought Grievous in "Dick City" inside the "Dick Sinkhole".
@@WewVanVic Oh my god, that's incredibly funny! Thankyou for sharing this!
Reading those name translations, I am convinced that the people who came up with those names knew what they were doing.🤣
@@WewVanVicUnderrated comment lmao 😂
I loved this game. Me and my sister would quote from it all the time, "Everybody stand back I'm about to SLASH... all my prices!"
This game wasn't great but it had character.
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Thank you, hope you get better soon
Played this game like crazy, when I was 10. If it ever shows up on Steam, I'm buying it without a second thought.
Now I hope Jedi Power battles comes to the PS store
Demolition was released exactly a year ago, I wouldn't be surprised if Jedi Power Battles get released next January in the same style as the previous 2.
That'd be SICK.
Power battles was great but it was sooo hard without cheats
I hope for the Dreamcast version since it's has stronger graphics that actually give Maul double blades when playable.
Same. I’ve never had the opportunity to play that one and have always wanted to
"I need more room, Obi Wan!"
More room to give birth
@@jasperfox6821the fuck...
@@jasperfox6821 How so?
@@jasperfox6821 you're stepping on my dress
Are you always so rude around royalty?
...to be honest... I really liked the game. I played it with my dad when I was a kid.
...was a bit bummed out that you didn't get to take part in the race, but it was still a good fun.
Also, cheesing the final battle with Darth Maul by shooting rockets at him instead of pushing him into a hole was the moment when I became a gaming munchkin, heh.
Episode 1 Racer and Racer Revenge are both on PSN as well and they have trophy support. So there you got all your racing needs met!
@@RogueDragon05 haha, to be honest I already 100% completed the PS4 version of Racer, but it's nice to know about racer revenge being there too! Thanks!
@@Hodyna Yea Super Star Wars, Jedi Starfighter, Bounty Hunter are also on PSN, Demolition too but no trophies for that one. Can't wait for the Dark Forces Remaster coming out in March. Glad your enjoying.
@@RogueDragon05I have Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 on switch however asper didn't finish on a director's cut of number two on switch which is a big disappointment I have both episode 1 racer in this game on my PlayStation 4 now waiting for dark Forces but I've been also waiting for a remake or enhanced version of Shadows of the empire and Battlefront 1 and 2
i still have this game on ps1, case is a bit knackered but i do remember enjoying this one alot 🤙
This, Episode I: Racer (the podracing game), and Rogue Squadron 3D were the defining games of my young-childhood. Just fantastic.
Same. Rogue Squadron is still my favorite of all time.
Rogue Squadron was my favorite.
It dosen't, it can't even do real 4K my 4090 can, 9th gen is dead, no games nothing but remasters and re releases lololol
"You're no Jedi" as the guy dies is the line that stuck with me since childhood. I'm pleased you got that in there.
I got this when it came out, and still have my original disc, guidebook (which I got before the game), and mousepad. I cant tell you how many hours i poured into this game and replaying it, but being on Tatooine as Qui-Gon is probably one of my favorite experiences in a Star Wars game due to the many choices the developers allowed. 1999 was a fantastic time to be a Star Wars fan, it felt like there were endless possibilities in a vast galaxy. It was a wonderful introduction to the Prequel world through the media the surrounded the actual movies. They are some of my best memories and I'll always cherish them.
It really was the best time
And then the movies came out and it all came crashing down
@@AleisterMeowley no it didn't, many of us loved the movies.
I hope the PC version gets a digital release one day. It's a little bit of a pain to get running on a modern PC.
If yes i hope it be on Gog because steam is less trustworthy in actually make the old games work
@@rynobehnke8289 Gog use to rerelease old star wars games every May the 4th. They haven't done it in the last 2 years. Hope they go back to doing that. I would really like Phantom Menace and Battle for Naboo to get digital releases since their installers are 16-bit. 16-bit installers don't work on modern 64-bit systems so you have to do workarounds to install them.
8:49, not sure it occurs on the PS version, but on PC, if you jump on stage... you may have a surprise... a violent one.
Loved the game as a kid. Looking back, it was quite unique that you could influence the game through a choice of dialogues. The violence though... also unique for a game, especially a one for the wider public.
It did happen on PS. I fondly remember being killed when I played as a child…
Back then we had a few moments of devs pushing things past the censors, dismemberment in Jedi Outcast/Academy was rare enough to pass the rating boards (you could cheat it to max tho it ruins all balance since now running into enemies exploded them), and in Force Unleashed 2 they _blatantly lied_ and claimed Stormtroopers were all totally robots, so we got the last proper Star Wars game with libs flying around.
I recall being killed on PS, but I forget how. Does one of the performers bust out a machine gun basically?
@@PirateoftheTouYube If I remember correctly, the wookie uses his guitar to shoot at you. Not sure though.
My love for Star Wars began with this game.
It changed my life 😂
Same, dude. They gave me this game as a gift and I wanted to watch the movie and the rest is history...
My local library used to have PC games you can rent out and I think I had fond memories playing such games as Dark Forces and X-Wing vs TIE fighter. Oh and Yoda stories too XD
haha no way, did it get you into the movies?
@@egontokessy1610Yep. My father and brother liked it, but never did I find it interesting until I played this game
Same
Every time I see this game, I think of a particular quote from Team Four Star's playthrough: "Door's open, let's go!"
Oh man I can still hear it 😂
All of the pre-disney Star Wars games had a soul.
I remember I had this 2D Original Trilogy game for Game Boy Advanced, where you played as Luke all the way from Tatooine to the final duel on the second Death Star.
That game was awesome!
Star Wars fans not whinging about Disney for five fucking seconds challenge: *IMPOSSIBLE.*
@@WTFisTingispingis It's undeniable that Disney has tanked Star Wars. The best of the Disney canon is barely above the lowest points of the old EU.
You try to play AOTC or the New Droid Army for GBA and tell me those games were anything but low effort movie tie-ins.
@@WTFisTingispingis Maybe if they would put out actual quality it would be possible.
I literally bought a steam deck for the soul purpose of being able to play this game. I forgot how damn hard this game was. I love it so much
Wow. A whole system just to play this mediocre game? You must have tons of disposable income.
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Steam Deck blows every modern console out of the water, PS5, Xbox, Switch, can't compete with Steam Deck. Hell I originally just got a Steam Deck to have Halo the Master Chief Collection on the go and a few small Pokemon randomizers and rom hacks, but now I actually have a decent library, intent can change over time.
It really is, escorting the Queen having to kill tons of droids and droidekas while keeping her safe was hard.
It costs about one days wage are you an adult or not? @@user-vi4xy1jw7e
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e you okay buddy? You sound upset. I'll be your friend.
NO WAY. I LOVE this game! It might actually be the first ever game I ever played in my entire life. Utterly iconic, was thinking about it yesterday actually. Glad to see it's getting new life. :) Although I am adamant that they should keep the PS1 pixel graphics, as opposed to the smooth PC version.
Hello fellow slig lover
I can't hate this game, played it for hours upon hours as a kid. Looking back it's kind of insane some of they stuff they let you get away with
This game is unironically brilliant, especially the two Tatooine levels. What the f*ck is wrong with journalists who stil try to pretend that the PT and everything related to them is bad. TPM on PS1/PC f*cking mogs anything released in the last few years. Modern gaming sucks. The level of soul put into TPM on PS1 is unreal, PC version is even better.
TPM game is rushed, broken, unfinished mess that has you stuck in walls and lightsabers looking like triangles. There are MANY good Episode 1 games, from racing ones to obscure Gungan planet ecosystem simulator, but Phantom Menace is genuinely poorly made. Just because we enjoy it _despite_ how broken it is doesn't change the fact it was Mass Effect Andromeda of the time.
@@KasumiRINA Awful take. I've never had a game breaking glitch or become stuck on walls. The amount of soul put into the TPM game is amazing. What's broken about it? The lightsaber combat is second to none, still no Star Wars game has come up with a more satisfying deflection combat system. I've played a lot of the Phantom Menace's games and Lego Star Wars is the only one that rivals it really. The only issues with the TPM game is no podrace, and the last two levels of Theed Palace are rushed unfortunately. But everything up until then is absolutely not rushed. Every time I replay it I discover new secret areas or little hidden things. I don't understand how people can dislike this game. It had so much effort put into it. And in terms of level design and sense of exploration, few games surpass it.
This is an insane game to port
And they can’t even fix the bugs? Like cmon PlayStation.. it’s an old game.
It’s still amazing you can kill literally every character and basically soft lock the game, it’s fantastic
I hate the attitude of the headlines you showed. It's a heavily flawed game, but it did more than enough interesting things to deserve preservation. Game preservation isn't given enough respect.
I loved this game as a kid. I'mm gonna have to check this remastered version out!
I played this game on PC.
It was really quite fun back in the day, and also some quite interesting and weird cheat codes too.
I hope they've been ported along too, more people need to BEHOLD THE NECK SPIKE
I hate when ports remove cheats and stuff. It seems to be super common nowadays though. No fun allowed anymore
@@TREVORVADER All of the PS1 games that had cheats back in the day still have them on the PS5, if the PS1 game has trophy support the cheats disable the trophies
Thank you for this video! I had no idea that one of my favorite ps1 games of all time was out on ps5! THANK YOU!
I remember playing this when it first came out on PS1. So many frustrating parts, but I still enjoyed it. It gives you a rating out of 10 of your overall performance upon completing the game. I got Level 4: Cantina Dancer. That really pissed me off.
one thing i loved about movie licensed games like this one is that show what you haven't seen on camera, like wandering about the federation ship or the gungan city, in the movie it cuts from entering the gungan city to being with the boss nass
Still my favorite SW game to this day. Wish Ep 2 & 3 (heck, even 4,5 & 6) got games in this style with refined controls and a manual camera, and vehicles. Out of all the games, the laser deflection in it feels the best to me.
This is a pleasant surprise! I used to play this game in the house of a friend, so, my experience was basically playing the best parts of the game and wishing for one day to own it. Well, my time has come!.
Hell yes i love this game. Although i could just play my PS1 copy i have but, It'll be cool to play it with a PS5 controller.
I bought the PS5 version even with owning the physical copy. It's handy having it on PS5 and it was nice and cheap.
@@Gamesta100 yeah I went and looked it up after making my comment and I had to get it as well. For five bucks it really is worth it.
@@bigkmoviesandgames it's a bit more for me because I'm in Australia but still $7.55 is a good price to me
@@Gamesta100 it is unfortunate that you have to pay more but as you stated it's still a good price for a fun game. Slicing up some jar jar for less than $10 what's not to love.
Well not to mention the obvious resolution increase you get with the PS5 port. Million times better than how it looks on PS5
One of the best SW games ever made with it's non linear, semi open world Action platformer. Wish the ep 2 and 3 games were like this.
Still questioning why Kotor, Kotor 2, star wars battlefront 2003 and battlefront 2 2005 are still not on the Ps5.
Same if we can get those classics back on modern consoles, that would be awesome. It’s a mystery why they haven’t been ported already
A Battlefront 2 classic port was planned, but it was going to be the PSP version, which is objectively the WORST version as it's missing so much stuff including several maps, capital ship interiors, several game modes, and the entire 501st campaign (which was replaced by a challenge mode).
@@-CrimsoN-hot take but I’d be ok with that because the PS2 version is inferior to the Xbox port, so having a slightly different version on modern hardware would be really cool
@@varsityreviews707 It would have been the PSP version. Not the PS2 version. The PS2 version wouldn't have been so bad since about the only thing you'd lose are AI heroes (which are also absent on the PC version, but can be restored with mods). The PSP version was entirely different and easily the worst version since you'd be losing actual maps and content in the form of game modes plus the entire 501st campaign.
Meatbags just prefer more little Anakin action and escorting 12 year old Keira Knightley cosplaying as teenage Natalie through droids.
We all went on a psychotic murder spree through Mos Espa when we were kids
Weird thing is, in the german Version Qui Gon has the Movie voice of Mace Windu and Cptn Panaka the Voice of Cptn Rex and his siblings
I thought I was the only one that loved this game everyone preferred the similar star wars games on the 64. This game was so much joy and so much pain. I miss that prequel star wars hype the old and new gen both could at least enjoy or find a way to enjoy it (the phantom edit) but star wars now is just collectively hated on ahah
Good to see this classic come to modern consoles, I guess it was head of its time.
Now if we can just get a port of og battlefront 2 and KOTOR 2 w restored content mod, that would be amazing
Honestly, KOTOR 2 is real good on PC now, what we need is a good remaster of the first game, they have different devs so might be rights holder conflict (the Obsidian one got updated, Bioware first Knights did not).
@@KasumiRINAWell, yeah, but what we need is to give the TSLRCM for KotOR II to also become multiplatform.
og battlefront 2 on PS5 would make my year.
i dont get what Star Wars is doing with their games Xbox has both Battlefront 1 and 2, Ep1 Podracing and the Starfighter games and we get... this?
@@paralleloctagon7062 same but since I don’t have a ps5 id love a port of the game on ps4. Would make my 2024
I remember being able to kill the whales in the Gungan level. They would swim close to the glass, and I realise my lightsabre could clip through. What's incredible is that they actually have HP. When they die, I think they just freeze in place.
It would be so nice to have a Remaster released on all consoles.
And not tied to a stupid service like gamepass or PS plus premuim. 🙄
@coreymckee4844 You can buy it on ps5. I don't know about xbox
I love this game and have a save on every memory card right at the start of the Mos Espa level. I must have played that level at least 100 times over, challenging myself in various ways to see how much of the town I could take out while still completing the level. It's the most fun I've had in any video game.
Man played the PC version back in the day. Forgot how deep the gameplay was. Definitely played that one beginning to end more than I'd like to admit 😅
7:49 that is an actual SW character, species called a Chevin. One notably called Ephant Mon.
I played this game on PC as a kid with a logitech rumblepad. I think I remember it more because of the weird gamepad, I never got past the Obi-Wan bit in the city at the beginning. 10/10
I had fond memories playing this game. It certainly has a certain charm to its flawed design. Glad to know we can play it again. Maybe wishful thinking, but would be awesome if they remaster this or remake this.
killing jar jar binks in 8k
Still a better character than Rey.😂
@@Rschr101 obviously, for me i only hated jar jar when i was like 7, now i think he's honestly okay. but that grogu thing? yeah that can die in a fire
@@Rschr101Considering Rey barely clears the bar for bare minimum definition of a character in the first place, every other character in every other story is by default.
How a multi-billion dollar company thought it was a good idea to buy Star Wars and then make a trilogy with no writing team and no plan, I'll certainly never know.
The blaster deflection was surprisingly well done in this, alot of people moan it's janky but it's because only the end half of your blade deflects, you have to move side to side timely, trust I've taken out droid tanks before
I played this game many many years ago. Still have the box and cd at home. Absolute classic.
Downloaded this a few days ago. I'm 36 and had the original at launch. Want to know how much I played it? Approximately 25 years later I not only remembered the master cheat code by heart, but that SOB still works lol!
Should have done power battles instead
Another great nostalgic one
Should have done Kotor like they did on switch
I finally got to try Dreamcast version after playing GBA and PS1 Jedi Power Battles and BIO it is unfinished... New character Ki Adi Mundi reuses other people's animations for combos, has purple lightsaber that he should swap with Mace Windu's blue, and they cut a bunch of stuff on first level to make it less frustrating, but now computers don't destroy, glass doesn't break, and it is generally feels unpolished. Still it has graphics leaps above PlayStation and extra modes. We need a modern port on all systems, Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles will do well in modern climate where people love to stream difficult games. It needs achievements too!
The games industry is so frustrating with how close they come to greatness but make stupid decisions such as porting the PS1 rather than PC version, adding trophies, or just generally improving other aspects of the game such as letting you play as Darth Maul.
The controls need fixing the most. Jesus Christ it’s unplayable. No camera control. It really deserved a proper remaster. ☹️
Fun game, although I remember it being a bit glitchy. I remember fighting in Jabba's pit and the Game Over screen came up one time saying Padme had died, and I was just thinking "What the hell did she get into??"
Also you can completely bypass that fight when rescuing the Hammerhead Mother's son. You just need to open the cage and make a break for it. She still gave me the reward, the son just wasn't standing there. I guess she's fine with him fending for himself.
Oh yes, now I remember those random Queen has died messages. I wonder if something is actually going down offscreen, or whether it's just a consequence of some weird code logic?
Gungan Murder Simulator HD!
Cool but sad they should have port the pc version to the playstation it would have been amazing like episode 1 racee !!!
*finds out that the Phantom Menace is being remade into PS5*
"I'm looking forward to this."
This and Ocarina of Time are two of the greatest games of all time. 1999 was truly a golden age for gaming that will never be forgotten.
I'm impressed by how deep it was, and that it had dialogue options.
There is a level in this game when you land on tatooine and you have to run around Mos Eisley and solve everyone’s problems. It was my favorite level in any game ever cause it really felt like you were a Jedi and this was your day to day life . God I miss being a kid
Port of The Clone Wars, Rogue Squadron, Force Unleashed, Battlefront ? No port of Phantom Menace...
nuh uh uhhhhhhhh #jarjarbinksforlife
At least most of those games have PC versions, I got them except Clone Wars on Steam on sale.
And Rogue Squadron 2 and 3 and Battle for Naboo@@KasumiRINA
I played this game SO much as a kid. I hope they release a physical edition of it for the ps5
I used to go over to my friends house, and we'd play this for hours. I never had a console, so it was my only chance to play. LOVED IT. Its still fun to this day! HAppy we got a PS5 port. Even though it would have been nice if we got a remaster instead. But regardless, happy to play this game again!
I would love to see Jedi Power Battles get remade, loved that game back in the day on PS1, that was the first game that introduced me to Jedi Master Plo Koon
Dunno if it'll be re-released on other platforms but I still have the PC version that I got for christmas in '99. It was the first Star Wars game I've owned. I remember beating Jabba's Champion by repeatedly force pushing him onto the spikes.
A good game part of my childhood. My only complaint is why they changed some of the sound effects compared to the pc version like Panaka's blaster, Gungan energy ball, Padme's stunner
I was just going through Swanstation settings in Retroarch _trying_ to fix the head clipping and it seems the game is _supposed_ to look like that, since modern port is just as bad... which is lazy BTW, since they could have ported PC version that didn't have PlayStation's polygon wobble and resulting clipping and texture distortion. Something about floating points and Z-coords? Anyway, I hated Obi-Wan parts and loved the Qui-Gon ones, back at the time this was the closest I got to a guilty pleasure game, with how other episode 1 games like Racer and Jedi Power Battles were genuinely good, and this one was just... proto-KOTOR stuck between horrible escort missions and NPCs clipping into walls.
Have fond memories of this game. Remember stepping in poop and everyone on Tattoine commenting on it lol. As a kid didn't matter if the game was good or not, just had to be Star Wars. Great video man!
Many years ago a friend and i could never beat the last level because of the plattform part was so god dam hard and know over 20 years later i beat it on the ps4 😅
Don't know how I'd feel today, but I remember really enjoying Jedi Power Battles too back in the day. Doubt it'd be a fun one to revisit and I've never heard anyone else have a nice word to say about it, so yeah.
After this video, I ordered the PC version on ebay and had a blast playing this again after 20+ years :D
Love this game. The Garden of Theed mission is a really fun challenge. And wheeling and dealing on Tatooine is really cool.
Man the PS1 Phantom Menace era was LIT 🔥. Do Jedi Power Battles! 😊
At 1:10 my internet was having issues leading to the zoomed in frame of obi-wan’s health being stuck on screen for like 3 mins and I legit thought it was a joke about how slowly he takes damage or something lolll only found out afterwards when rewinding that this pause wasn’t a part of the actual video lol
Padme telling us there's a murderer running around indiscriminately killing civilians... I can just SEE Qui-Gon just tugging at his collar and clearing his throat at it. Peak comedy, from a more civilized age.
Just finished streaming this yesterday & it was fun, challenging but fun. Hope Jedi power battles comes to PS5 at some point, loved that game growing up
Hope they rerelease Starwars episode 1 Jedi power battles on PS5 soon. Been wanting to play that game again forever
I'm honestly impressed with Sony/Nintendo's partnerships regarding old Star Wars games. Just wish we could get them on PC.
This is crazy!! Literally my favorite childhood game (high school) on PC. Wanted to pick up the PS1 again just to revisit this and now it's on PS5!
That rewind function that they have added is an absolute (literate) life saver!
Ngl my all time favorite and just installed it on my PC today to play again and here RUclips showing me videos about it 😆
I love this game. I’m casually playing it atm on PS5 as currently working towards the platinum for Alien Fireteam elite, but using this game as the nice break in between that.
I had this on Windows back in the day - I wish they would have ported THAT one - it looked significantly better
I absolutely loved that game growing up, played the Demo on PS1 and was lucky enough to be able to play it on PC aswell
I like how they couldn’t get Natalie Portman to voice the Queen so instead they got the woman who does Catwoman in the Arkham games. Seeing this, I keep thinking Padme isn’t falling behind but actually intentionally wandering off to loot the place before her escort notices
I played this on PC back in the day and I remember little 7 year old me feeling sorry for PlayStation players when I saw how crap the graphics were in comparison. I also remember beating Darth Maul by hiding in the corner of the laser shield gate and relentlessly firing on him as he failed to block 1 in 3 shots. Legendary game
My ps1 save got corrupted and I never went back to it. I still have the disc so maybe I will play it someday. Excellent video.
STAWP POOSHING ME!
Playstation store says it's also out for PS4 as well for $4.99! Buying it now!!! Re-living childhood memories :D
you cant relive anything
Cool! I hope they are going to put the PC version on GOG next!
The hype for this game and the movie was so insane back then. Not deserved but still crazy.
This game looks amazing except for the graphics. It's a shame they couldn't have done a full remake! Star Wars games of the late 90s and early 2000s were awesome. I really wish we could get modern remakes of game like this, Star Wars Racer, Rogue Leader, and KOTOR (without all the woke nonsense.)
"stop pooshing me" "Better stand back mister cos I'm about to slash...all my prices" "State ya business" "I'll have a juri Juce" "Bo SHOOOODA" "you're stepping on my dungworms" "mmmgetouttamy house" living rent free in my head for 25 years
this game established within (legends) canon the fact that mind tricks don't work on drunks
This game is so nostalgic! Alot of effort went into it!