Exploring The Dark Fantasy Style of Late 90s Graphics [Spooky Kids Media]

And this wasn't even everything! Don't get me started on vertex shading and indexed colour ranges...
In this video I take a look at the visuals of late 90s and early 2000s videogames and how / why they all have a certain "dark" aesthetic to them, hopefully it didn't come across as too schizo.
MUSIC CREDITS (In order of appearance)
Joust of the Jammy Dodger (Manic Bestia opening theme)
Joust of the Jammy Dodger (Orchestal Mix)
[Terraria] - Mushrooms
[Kirby: Return to Dream Land] - Woods Wayfarer
Death's Dynamic Shroud - The Lunar Curtain
[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] - Kokiri Forest
[Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door] - Farewell Rogueport
[Chop Goblins] - Ancient Empires
[Undertale] - Bring It In, Guys!
[Super Mario RPG] - Let's Do the Fooka-Fooka!
[Crash Bandicoot] - Theme w. Beach Intro
[Project Dream] - Main Theme
[Rayman 2] - Pirate Machinery
[Rayman 2] - The Hall of Doors
[Rayman 3] - The Hoodoo
[Silent Hill 2] - Prisonic Fairytale
[A Witch's Tale] - STRM_BGM_09
[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time] - Winmill Hut
[Hylics 2] - Singing Sand
[Shin Megami Tensei IV] - Black Market
[Slayers: X] - Against the Wall
[Donkey Kong Country] - Life in the Mines
[Pacman World 2] - Night Crawling
[Portal 2] - Some Assembly Required
Umbría - Last Night Awake
The Gingerbread Castle (Manic Bestia outro theme)
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SOURCES
Most of my gameplay was captured using the MiSTer FPGA hardware emulator.
I also used a gamecube, steam, Project64 and various longplay channels on RUclips to source my gameplay footage.
"Lomography"
Hervinsyah
www.lomography...
"PlayStation Architecture"
A practical analysis by Rodrigo Copetti
www.copetti.or...
"Building a PS1 style retro 3D renderer"
David Colson
www.david-cols...
"PS1 STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES VS N64 AND SEGA SATURN"
racketBOY
www.racketboy....
"Retro 3D Art FAQ - Everything you need to know to create PS1/N64/Dreamcast/etc. 3D art!"
PolyHertz
polycount.com/...
Some footage was sourced from "noclip", an incredible tool for viewing video game maps.
noclip.website/
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