Seeing this video felt like seeing an old friend, and that warms my heart so much. We grew up poor, as a result we never had any console game of any form until today. My dad pirated a lot of things, and one of those were the casual games by PopCap, and occasionally by GameHouse and BigFish. We learned how to crack games based on the Shareware editions of the games, and spent whatever time we had grinding the heck out of those games. Eventually, the entire family including my aunt made use of the family computer we got from the office to play those games. HECK, there were entire scoreboards on who’s Zuma or Bookworm Adventures were the highest. As for me, Heavy Weapon is my all-time favourite PopCap game and honestly with the crude tone of the game it could pass as a Newgrounds game. PopCap definitely touched all generations instead of the kiddie demographic other casual gaming companies would. Even if there’d be more games from other publishers, we’d always return to PopCap. I still have an entire collection for old time’s sake. Thanks for reminding me of the good old days.
this might sound racist but are you from a working class asian family by any chance because my friends and i experienced the same thing and were all working class asian families in an asian developing country
@@CheekiScrubb You’re absolutely right, I am indeed coming from a working class family in Southeast Asia. I believe this is a common Asian tech experience because apparently all of my Asian friends also mentioned similar stories. Oh, and adding into the experience was buying these games from the local shops as well. Similar to the “dealer” on street markets selling CDs with pirated movies, local game shops also sold out these cracked copies, each with their own flavour of crack included. The lucky ones came pre-cracked, meaning you could run the installer directly without extra work. There’s also ones with extra steps such as using legit installers but with keygens to generate serial keys, replacing the .exe files with patched ones, or Windows registry editing which was way harder. Either way, it all boils down to which ever funtime experience we had with these tech stuff.
Bookworm Adventures is so underappreciated because it's a word game. I genuinely think it has one of the most iconic sound tracks in videogames. Might not be the most popular but when it doesn't even distract you or annoy you when you play it even though it's a word game.
Its definitely one of the first pioneers of making word games hella fun for all ages mostly because of comedic violence. But I do agree that the music also made Bookworm Adventures so memorable. Each track just fits so well with the themes of their respective books.
7:08 omg, I have been looking for this game for years and I’ve finally found it in this video! I remember the game from when I was very young, and after not being able to find it for so long I started to think it never even existed, but now here it is.
I was actually looking for a similar game to Banana Bugs on the Nintendo Switch. I found Space Lines which is close enough. I wish EA would port PopCap games onto the Nintendo Switch.
These games were aesthetically perfect. They looked so beautiful because they came before the 2010s' obsession with minimalism, they were full of detail and proud of it.
PvZ, Feeding Frenzy, Zuma, and my favorite one, Bookworm Adventures. Man... Popcap sculpted my childhood like freaking Donatello bruh And who would forget how awesome they made soundtracks in their games? Feeding Frenzy really captured that underwater vibe, PvZ with its sick electro-style while also including a few suspense notes as if the zombies were coming for you and how diverse the Bookworm OST was and how they fit every song from the books’ genre!
I actually had a file full of pop cap games and I've only played like 1/4th of them. Tradewinds and Iggle pop were the ones I played the most with the exception of the the yearly hits.
The whole PopCap games in the 2000's era was my complete set of childhood. Specially in 2009, I had great memories there. I could even play and play those games all over again, even now. Although modern PopCap has what we have for now, I actually liked playing PVZ 2 from 2016-2017. For me, that was my glorious era for the game.
i mean, it's not simplicity, they made the best gameplays out there for casual/puzzle gameplay, even if they're not 100% original ideas, they implemented the right style, the right gamemodes will perfect replayability (each game has at least one infinite mode where you die because you're not good enough, you can technically play for an infinite amount of time) that's not for no reason if 90% of actual mobile games are using popcap mechanics...
Zuma was my childhood, too bad we'll never get another game like it. Also there's this strange video-game company called "InterAction" and they're known for making Chicken Invaders ; probably one of the best Space Invaders parodies to ever exist but there's barely any info about them. Maybe you can cover this topic please?
@@jedrickfalcobet7331 no they didn't George fan was never fired and popcap had the idea to make the micro transactions ea just publishs the games not make them
Peggle was the first computer game I ever played. It still holds a special place in my heart as the beginning of it all. (Even though Forza 4/Horizon really made me start to love video games.)
Omg when you showed the games I was so shocked. I never even knew they were made by popcap!!! I remember when I was 4, I used to always wanted to play bookworm adventures and pvz but our pc is broken. But we have zuma and feeding frenzy on the laptop and omg were they AMAZING. Oh and I was born in 2007, tech just came to my country pretty late.
PopCap Games were actually one of the reason I pursued game development, as back then the game files were all in plain sight and editable (before they pack them all in a single .pak file like many games these days). As a kid I would modify them to see how the change takes effect in the game, from changes to the scoring system, to graphics swap. I would then try different games to mod, and eventually taught myself some game development. Looking at the state that PopCap is in, I felt like I'm being passed a torch for gamedev, as I learned Unreal Engine and developing game myself. If it weren't for them, I might've been taking a different path, so my sincere thanks to their past self serving as one of my gamedev hero, and this video for taking down memory lane.
I think it was foreshadowed pvz2 would decline when most of the original pvz2 dev team left after far future's release and somewhere in the making of dark ages
Do any of you remember being 6 years old, trying to pass the peggle levels on your PC or Xbox 360? Remember getting stuck on the night zone in plants versus zombie's? Remember constantly losing and getting bullied by balls in Zuma, and seriously just being dog water at fishing frenzy always trying to eat the wrong fish? Yeah me too. Things have changed, and we gotta appreciate that popcap was born in the right generation. Looking back things have changed, and we'll just have to stick to that R.I.P 2000-2021, you died doing what you love, that's why we honour you, popcap
I don’t think it was feeding frenzy, could’ve been, but I remember playing a game similar to it when I was like 9, and it was genuinely one of the most fun games I’d ever encountered to that point.
@@springtrap_gamer_1903 not really, if you didnt knew, the P2W part from PVZ2 is all PopCap fault, EA doesn’t works on the game, they gave all freedom to popcap.
Feeding Frenzy was the first game I have ever played. My computer was garbage, so me and my siblings can only play basic pop cap games.. I want to go back to my childhood..
“this year also saw the release of Zuma Revenge” Poor ‘s, he never did anything wrong, and yet, he became forgotten… By the way, you forgot to mention Bejeweled 3 in 2010. Anyways, awesome video! I’m glad to see a History of Popcap video since I have played PopCap my whole life, mostly Zuma. It’s very sad to see how EA is ruining PopCap. But that’s how it is. It was also very interesting to see a photo of PopCaps TRUE first game, which was that poker game. Also, Zuma has actually appeared in PVZ3 as a easter egg, which is very cool. Maybe PopCap remember old games after all. This comment is way too long and I have no control over myself
4:30 for anyone wondering, the list is: Alchemy Seven Seas Mummy Maze Big Money! Atomica Noah’s Ark Dynomite! TipTop NingPo MahJong Rocket Mania! Typer Shark AstroPop Pixelus Cosmic Bugs Heavy Weapon Pizza Frenzy Word Harmony Talismania Bonnie’s Bookstore Iggle Pop! Hammer Heads Water Bugs Venice Chuzzle: Christmas Edition The Wizard’s Pen Gyromancer Banana Bugs (This took too long to write)
Reject modern EA games, embrace classic popcap games. I downloaded 80 popcap game collection in one zip files, I'm glad to recall my childhood days. Bejeweled, bookworm, dynomite, pvz and other fun games. Memories
Little correction but Banana Bugs is actually kind of a sequel, it's a follow-up to the games "Water Bugs" and "Cosmic Bugs" made by a company called Retro64 which got bought by PopCap. :)
PvZ and Zuma is the two of my favorite games when I was a child. I was playing those two games in my old computer (but sadly, my old computer is dead due to old age and cannot handle the program).
Hey t3rror, i really appreciate the great editing and entertaining videos you make, especially when it's about PopCap. I have one request, can you make a video about "Zeebarf" an indie game developer who made popular games like "The Visitor" even Markiplier and Jacksepticy (i really don't know how it's written) played those games. Thank you
I grew up in a brazilian household with pretty much no gaming consoles whatsoever, so whenever I wanted to do something fun, I resorted to the family PC, where one of my uncles had installed all PopCap games (we didn't have the money to buy original games, so we had only those games to play, and sometimes a free 60 minute demo), and oh dear God, those games were mesmerizing. Heavy Weapon's unique gameplay and remarkable visuals; Chuzzle and Bejeweled (all four of them) were extremely fun and addicting; Zuma and Zuma's Revenge were astonishingly fun; Peggle and Peggle Nights had fascinating graphics and well designed levels; Typer Shark was simple, but something about it is soooo likeable; and Plants vs. Zombies is still one of THE greatest games of all time in literally every aspect (also, the greatest Tower Defense ever, totally not biased btw). They were amazing then, and are still amazing now. I cannot say how much I despise EA for ruining one of the greatest game developing companies of all time, and leaving us stuck with... whatever is in the Play Store now.
Me and my brother used to play does popcap games like pvz,fish frenzy,zuma in my mother's pc that used for her job and work and also the CS1.16 where it all began what a nostalgic.
I mean Bookworm Adventures with the killing is amazing (my mom finished it haha) but I think I broke too many mouses just for INSANIQUARIUM! Protecting your fish from the villains while getting the coins was intense. We cry when the expensive one dies. 🤣🤣 And I also love that it was my first game where you continuously take care of them even when the pc's off. 😍
Great video about PopCap Studio. It was my childhood to grow up with these games. PopCap and PlayFirst were 2 studios that shaped my childhood. Hope you can talk about PlayFirst studio too
I had the PS3 version of PvZ with Peggle and Heavy Weapon so does 3 are my favorite games from them! My cousins and I use to play the multiplayer of those games a lot! Makes me sad that they never did a Heavy Weapon 2.
They had a web only game that was amazing called "psychobabble." You and a group of random people would basically place fridge magnet words together to make strange or funny sentences. After everyone was done, the whole chat would vote on what's the best sentence. If your sentence won, you got alot of points, but you could also get points for successfully voting for the winning sentence. I ruled at that game, but it was fun regardless of if you won or lost. It was basically cards against humanity long before CAH became a thing.
god, feeding frenzy! that was my fav childhood game of all time! i used to play it on my dad's laptop, it was always satisfying to hear the fish-eating sound for some reason, especially when it's chained. the later levels were a little difficult due to my clumsiness, but it was enjoyable! still fuck those bombs i hate hitting onto them-
Holy shit, chuzzle 0-0 core memory unlocked I never realized how much of my childhood PopCap was behind of. I really thought it was just Plants vs Zombies
my 50 years old father asked me and my brother to buy him Zuma Revenge on steam because he used to play that a lot a while ago. We did and he's tryharding like a madman on that game. (Also i love Bejeweled, Zuma, Peggle and the original PvZ, used to play them a lot when i was younger)
One thing for sure, Popcap ended their suffering by selling their soul to EA ... Just like that episode in Ninjago master of spinjutsu when the lantern ginnie makes everyone wish to end the suffer so he CLAIM their souls.
PopCap was the pre-2010s indie scene which sold polished low budget games for a reasonable price. Lot of popular flash game creators are now selling games on Steam, pop was doing that a decade ago even before the indie gaming boom. I'll always have a soft spot for the point&click adventure games, they got me into the adventure genre and Resident evil. R.I.P Flash Games and Casual PC games, you were better than the trash that infests android&Ios playstore.
Pvz 2 arena idea: master crown. They are a crown with a few major differences. Master Crowns determine weekly rankings in the Arena, and are gained from winning matches. The amount gained from each battle is determined by the ranking of the opponent, with higher ranked opponents awarding more points, and lower ranked players awarding less. Losing a match will result Master Crowns being deducted, depending on the rank of the player. Crown deductions happen inversely to wins, meaning that losing against lower ranked players will result in larger crown deductions while losing against higher ranked players will result in lower deductions. Master Crowns are reset to 1,000 every two weeks, usually at the end of the second Sunday. for Popcap
I always wondered why old pop cap games were generally so much fun to play. nowadays games just too focused on realism, and actual gameplay fall flat. but those old times man I miss em 😢
Oh heck yeah.. I'm so glad to find out I'm not the only one who grew up with these casual pc games made with soul and passion poured into them. I should stream these games someday.. now I know what I want to do this weekend..
Popcap games one of my favorite video game company because Plants vs Zombie is there so yeah I love those good old days for casual gaming before the rise of plague stinky mobile games I feels like Popcap is almost everyone's childhood especially they are born in 2000's
If you still want the charm and character PopCap had, then Raptisoft, an indie company who used to work with them, are still making amazing passion-filled games to this day! Their composer is almost always Skaven, who composed music for the Bejeweled series, and he is amazing! If you played Hamsterball, then i’m proud to let you know Hamsterball 2 is in development, with new content and a level editor and sharing system included! So please, have a look at their games and forum, and rest assured that you will have the joy that PopCap brought to people so many years ago…
I remember they used to hide the full version of the game on trial downloads so if you right click and show hidden files you got access to the full game. 11 year old me thought I was a pentagon level hacker
they made some of the most nostalgic games in casual gaming, and thats a fact
Yeah agreed.
Um atchually that is an opinion
paper io is nostalgic to
@@JamesDheartsUndertale 2016
@@JamesDheartsUndertale how
honestly i didn't expected the first seconds of their history 💀
sus
I did
Nobody does really unless you already know the story
@@n3ther1te ?
nor did i
Seeing this video felt like seeing an old friend, and that warms my heart so much. We grew up poor, as a result we never had any console game of any form until today. My dad pirated a lot of things, and one of those were the casual games by PopCap, and occasionally by GameHouse and BigFish. We learned how to crack games based on the Shareware editions of the games, and spent whatever time we had grinding the heck out of those games. Eventually, the entire family including my aunt made use of the family computer we got from the office to play those games. HECK, there were entire scoreboards on who’s Zuma or Bookworm Adventures were the highest. As for me, Heavy Weapon is my all-time favourite PopCap game and honestly with the crude tone of the game it could pass as a Newgrounds game.
PopCap definitely touched all generations instead of the kiddie demographic other casual gaming companies would. Even if there’d be more games from other publishers, we’d always return to PopCap. I still have an entire collection for old time’s sake. Thanks for reminding me of the good old days.
This story sounds the same as mine. Funny how many people can lead similar lives... interesting
this might sound racist but are you from a working class asian family by any chance because my friends and i experienced the same thing and were all working class asian families in an asian developing country
@@CheekiScrubb You’re absolutely right, I am indeed coming from a working class family in Southeast Asia. I believe this is a common Asian tech experience because apparently all of my Asian friends also mentioned similar stories.
Oh, and adding into the experience was buying these games from the local shops as well. Similar to the “dealer” on street markets selling CDs with pirated movies, local game shops also sold out these cracked copies, each with their own flavour of crack included. The lucky ones came pre-cracked, meaning you could run the installer directly without extra work. There’s also ones with extra steps such as using legit installers but with keygens to generate serial keys, replacing the .exe files with patched ones, or Windows registry editing which was way harder. Either way, it all boils down to which ever funtime experience we had with these tech stuff.
@@CheekiScrubb Not only in Asia but in Serbia also
Also Friv
Bookworm Adventures is so underappreciated because it's a word game.
I genuinely think it has one of the most iconic sound tracks in videogames. Might not be the most popular but when it doesn't even distract you or annoy you when you play it even though it's a word game.
Its definitely one of the first pioneers of making word games hella fun for all ages mostly because of comedic violence. But I do agree that the music also made Bookworm Adventures so memorable. Each track just fits so well with the themes of their respective books.
Literallyyyyyyy. So upset that it's so hard to find a means of playing it anymore
Getting rare gem tiles and spelling long ass words with them was so satisfying
@@Yickerman Lex: ASTONISHING! (proceeds to destroy enemy with 1 huge ass word with 4 different gem tiles)
@@rockinblues7491 YES
7:08 omg, I have been looking for this game for years and I’ve finally found it in this video! I remember the game from when I was very young, and after not being able to find it for so long I started to think it never even existed, but now here it is.
W
i've played both water bugs and cosmic bugs to death, yet i was today years old when i learnt banana bugs existed
I was actually looking for a similar game to Banana Bugs on the
Nintendo Switch. I found Space Lines which is close enough.
I wish EA would port PopCap games onto the Nintendo Switch.
@dead channel U can get them even today actually
same but mine was on outer space or underwater version
For once, I can say EA didn't ruin everything. PopCap started digging their own grave a while before they got bought by them.
say it with me kids:
*BASED*
@@abdolarn BASED
Based x100
To be honest. That probably won’t be true for a lot longer
Mainly because I have a huge feeling EA are gonna completely cancel the pvz shooter games
@@redbool1115 The games are already canceled but not by EA. Mostly because a bunch of the developers moved to make different EA shooters
As a professional casual gamer that sucks whenever I try to be competitive, I LOVE THIS COMPANY.
"Professional" 😂
as an expert casual gamer, I can confirm this is true
Ah yes. Professionally casual.
How much is your lose rate in your single player world?
@@TheyCallMeDio a ratio of 2.10
PVZ2 mods are great and you might be interested
RIP Bejeweled, Bejeweled 3 was and is still amazing
Yeah, I love Butterflies mode
Zuma was the first game i have ever played when i was little.The nostalga is hitting.
(kinda) same
These games were aesthetically perfect. They looked so beautiful because they came before the 2010s' obsession with minimalism, they were full of detail and proud of it.
I know, 2000s gaming aesthetics were just _*chef kiss_*👌✨
as a person that used to play a lot of popcap games as a kid, I can tell you I loved them I still play some like peggle or feeding frenzy today
I miss Popcap. Insaniquarium was such a good game.
Edit: 2002 was a good year for Popcap apparently. Those are some of their best.
PvZ, Feeding Frenzy, Zuma, and my favorite one, Bookworm Adventures. Man... Popcap sculpted my childhood like freaking Donatello bruh
And who would forget how awesome they made soundtracks in their games?
Feeding Frenzy really captured that underwater vibe, PvZ with its sick electro-style while also including a few suspense notes as if the zombies were coming for you and how diverse the Bookworm OST was and how they fit every song from the books’ genre!
I actually had a file full of pop cap games and I've only played like 1/4th of them. Tradewinds and Iggle pop were the ones I played the most with the exception of the the yearly hits.
The whole PopCap games in the 2000's era was my complete set of childhood. Specially in 2009, I had great memories there. I could even play and play those games all over again, even now. Although modern PopCap has what we have for now, I actually liked playing PVZ 2 from 2016-2017. For me, that was my glorious era for the game.
Yeah, it's when the game was finished but before the infamous leveling system.
Yaknow popcap's success is most likely because of the simplicity, it's like their games are basic loops you'll never get tired of
i mean, it's not simplicity, they made the best gameplays out there for casual/puzzle gameplay, even if they're not 100% original ideas, they implemented the right style, the right gamemodes will perfect replayability (each game has at least one infinite mode where you die because you're not good enough, you can technically play for an infinite amount of time)
that's not for no reason if 90% of actual mobile games are using popcap mechanics...
Zuma was my childhood, too bad we'll never get another game like it. Also there's this strange video-game company called "InterAction" and they're known for making Chicken Invaders ; probably one of the best Space Invaders parodies to ever exist but there's barely any info about them. Maybe you can cover this topic please?
Chicken invaders my god it was awesome
Don't forget Diner Dash as well! Unfortunately the series is in mobile hell just like Popcap
The thing that made me love zuma was the whole aesthetic of the tribal/totems design, my favorite being Zuma's revenge
T3rr0r makes one of my fav content.
Keep up the good work T3rr0r :)
Pop cap was my childhood. Such a shame they sold out to EA.
EA did nothing wrong with the company. They only published their games
@@B3fromYT EA did take a part in the downfall of pvz though they are not the entire reason for the downfall
@@jedrickfalcobet7331 no they didn't George fan was never fired and popcap had the idea to make the micro transactions ea just publishs the games not make them
@@yes3410 EA also gave Popcap a higher budget with their games as well
@@yes3410 Then again, having someone as greedy as EA so near you. You are bound to become their predecessor.
Peggle was the first computer game I ever played. It still holds a special place in my heart as the beginning of it all. (Even though Forza 4/Horizon really made me start to love video games.)
PopCap rocked my world as a child. Their games hit hard, even to this day. Zuma, Bejeweled, Peggle and Chuzzle are some of my favorite games ever!
Omg when you showed the games I was so shocked. I never even knew they were made by popcap!!! I remember when I was 4, I used to always wanted to play bookworm adventures and pvz but our pc is broken. But we have zuma and feeding frenzy on the laptop and omg were they AMAZING. Oh and I was born in 2007, tech just came to my country pretty late.
PopCap Games were actually one of the reason I pursued game development, as back then the game files were all in plain sight and editable (before they pack them all in a single .pak file like many games these days). As a kid I would modify them to see how the change takes effect in the game, from changes to the scoring system, to graphics swap. I would then try different games to mod, and eventually taught myself some game development.
Looking at the state that PopCap is in, I felt like I'm being passed a torch for gamedev, as I learned Unreal Engine and developing game myself.
If it weren't for them, I might've been taking a different path, so my sincere thanks to their past self serving as one of my gamedev hero, and this video for taking down memory lane.
Popcap might me making the worst updates to PVZ2 now,but their game,PVZ,will forever be in my hearts
Yeah, after 4.5.2 they just started adding updates that ruined the game
No kidding. And don't get me started with the PVZ 3 Beta 😒
@@B3fromYT why. the. stupid. life. system
I think it was foreshadowed pvz2 would decline when most of the original pvz2 dev team left after far future's release and somewhere in the making of dark ages
@@lebollsong Not just that. But also because of how easy it is. With a super dragged out tutorial and pre placed plants
Despite its stupid micro transactions, the games are amazing, nostalgic
only the new pvzs have mtx
Do any of you remember being 6 years old, trying to pass the peggle levels on your PC or Xbox 360? Remember getting stuck on the night zone in plants versus zombie's? Remember constantly losing and getting bullied by balls in Zuma, and seriously just being dog water at fishing frenzy always trying to eat the wrong fish? Yeah me too. Things have changed, and we gotta appreciate that popcap was born in the right generation. Looking back things have changed, and we'll just have to stick to that
R.I.P 2000-2021, you died doing what you love, that's why we honour you, popcap
I don’t think it was feeding frenzy, could’ve been, but I remember playing a game similar to it when I was like 9, and it was genuinely one of the most fun games I’d ever encountered to that point.
This is really informative, well put together, and the editing is fuckin hilarious. bang up job man, this slaps
To be honest, pop cap was the BEST company even if its 2022
Terror should make video about saygames
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Pop cap without EA it’s a wholesome company
@@springtrap_gamer_1903 not really, if you didnt knew, the P2W part from PVZ2 is all PopCap fault, EA doesn’t works on the game, they gave all freedom to popcap.
Not really, bfn and pvz 2kinda proved that( even if EA did influence it popcap isn't that innocent)
Heavy Weapon Deluxe is also a good game made by PopCap. It's one of the most underrated PopCap games.
i had fun playing that moving my goddamn mouse😭😭😭
Ah, Zuma and Feeding Frenzy. My two favourite casual games. I can't even decide which one I like more.
Feeding Frenzy was the first game I have ever played. My computer was garbage, so me and my siblings can only play basic pop cap games.. I want to go back to my childhood..
The reason why i love popcap is because of the art style, anyone else?
same
“this year also saw the release of Zuma Revenge”
Poor ‘s, he never did anything wrong, and yet, he became forgotten…
By the way, you forgot to mention Bejeweled 3 in 2010.
Anyways, awesome video! I’m glad to see a History of Popcap video since I have played PopCap my whole life, mostly Zuma. It’s very sad to see how EA is ruining PopCap. But that’s how it is. It was also very interesting to see a photo of PopCaps TRUE first game, which was that poker game. Also, Zuma has actually appeared in PVZ3 as a easter egg, which is very cool. Maybe PopCap remember old games after all. This comment is way too long and I have no control over myself
Don't blame EA, blame popcap
4:30 for anyone wondering, the list is:
Alchemy
Seven Seas
Mummy Maze
Big Money!
Atomica
Noah’s Ark
Dynomite!
TipTop
NingPo MahJong
Rocket Mania!
Typer Shark
AstroPop
Pixelus
Cosmic Bugs
Heavy Weapon
Pizza Frenzy
Word Harmony
Talismania
Bonnie’s Bookstore
Iggle Pop!
Hammer Heads
Water Bugs
Venice
Chuzzle: Christmas Edition
The Wizard’s Pen
Gyromancer
Banana Bugs
(This took too long to write)
PopCap was basically half my childhood, Platypus was the best game ive ever played back then, and it's still is.
Reject modern EA games, embrace classic popcap games.
I downloaded 80 popcap game collection in one zip files, I'm glad to recall my childhood days. Bejeweled, bookworm, dynomite, pvz and other fun games. Memories
Luxor, diner dash, snail mail, and hidden object games
Chicken Invaders!
Not just PopCap, GameHouse was a big one too and I would love to see more light shed on them nowadays
Little correction but Banana Bugs is actually kind of a sequel, it's a follow-up to the games "Water Bugs" and "Cosmic Bugs" made by a company called Retro64 which got bought by PopCap. :)
Retro64 was shutdown by Electronic Arts in 2020.
...of course it did. Fuck EA.
PvZ and Zuma is the two of my favorite games when I was a child. I was playing those two games in my old computer (but sadly, my old computer is dead due to old age and cannot handle the program).
How old was your computer before it goes dead??
My 11 year old laptop can still handle Bejeweled 2, PvZ1, Chuzzle 1, Zuma's Revenge and Warcraft III.
Thank you pop cap for making my childhood games 😢😢😢😢
Zuma's Revenge is easily my favorite PopCap game ever
I love how pop cap just made hit classics than they just didn’t and made spin off for 12 years and one that’s been in the making for 4 year
Hey t3rror, i really appreciate the great editing and entertaining videos you make, especially when it's about PopCap. I have one request, can you make a video about "Zeebarf" an indie game developer who made popular games like "The Visitor" even Markiplier and Jacksepticy (i really don't know how it's written) played those games. Thank you
Loved seeing this video! I enjoyed Popcap in my younger years playing Zuma, Feeding Frenzy and Big Money.
the first ever game i played was feeding frenzy when i was a child, it is still so good
Ngl Zuma’s Revenge is one of the the greatest games in existence and my personal favorite game because of its immense replayability
I grew up in a brazilian household with pretty much no gaming consoles whatsoever, so whenever I wanted to do something fun, I resorted to the family PC, where one of my uncles had installed all PopCap games (we didn't have the money to buy original games, so we had only those games to play, and sometimes a free 60 minute demo), and oh dear God, those games were mesmerizing.
Heavy Weapon's unique gameplay and remarkable visuals; Chuzzle and Bejeweled (all four of them) were extremely fun and addicting; Zuma and Zuma's Revenge were astonishingly fun; Peggle and Peggle Nights had fascinating graphics and well designed levels; Typer Shark was simple, but something about it is soooo likeable; and Plants vs. Zombies is still one of THE greatest games of all time in literally every aspect (also, the greatest Tower Defense ever, totally not biased btw). They were amazing then, and are still amazing now.
I cannot say how much I despise EA for ruining one of the greatest game developing companies of all time, and leaving us stuck with... whatever is in the Play Store now.
I will never forgive them for never porting ZUMA for Android.
Don't blame EA, blame popcap
Pop cap made my childhood
Me too
Sweet new t3rr0r upload. Doing great man! Keep up the great work!
That's what i call nostalgia.
Me and my brother used to play does popcap games like pvz,fish frenzy,zuma in my mother's pc that used for her job and work and also the CS1.16 where it all began what a nostalgic.
I mean Bookworm Adventures with the killing is amazing (my mom finished it haha) but I think I broke too many mouses just for INSANIQUARIUM! Protecting your fish from the villains while getting the coins was intense. We cry when the expensive one dies. 🤣🤣
And I also love that it was my first game where you continuously take care of them even when the pc's off. 😍
PopCap games and GameHouse's were my childhood. I remember my brother bought a disc full of them.
Great video, i really like your editing style, yout one of my inspirations.
Great video about PopCap Studio. It was my childhood to grow up with these games. PopCap and PlayFirst were 2 studios that shaped my childhood. Hope you can talk about PlayFirst studio too
5:37 was the most funniest scene when I first watched it
I had the PS3 version of PvZ with Peggle and Heavy Weapon so does 3 are my favorite games from them! My cousins and I use to play the multiplayer of those games a lot! Makes me sad that they never did a Heavy Weapon 2.
Oh my god this video is just now reminding me almost all the games ive been playing as a child is from popcap. im so full of nostalgia rn
the way i saw your pvz video on my "new to you" tab and after searched "pop cap" and another one of your videos poppped up :))
Bookworm was my favorite pop cap game. My god that unlocked so much memories for me that i feel like i could cry
They had a web only game that was amazing called "psychobabble." You and a group of random people would basically place fridge magnet words together to make strange or funny sentences. After everyone was done, the whole chat would vote on what's the best sentence. If your sentence won, you got alot of points, but you could also get points for successfully voting for the winning sentence. I ruled at that game, but it was fun regardless of if you won or lost. It was basically cards against humanity long before CAH became a thing.
god, feeding frenzy! that was my fav childhood game of all time! i used to play it on my dad's laptop, it was always satisfying to hear the fish-eating sound for some reason, especially when it's chained. the later levels were a little difficult due to my clumsiness, but it was enjoyable! still fuck those bombs i hate hitting onto them-
Holy shit, chuzzle 0-0 core memory unlocked
I never realized how much of my childhood PopCap was behind of. I really thought it was just Plants vs Zombies
0:06 Twerk Race 3D reference?!?!?!?!
NGL Heavy Weapon is my favorite PopCap game because it has immense murder
0:08 wow the Bejeweled 2 arcade game is here.
I played many Pop Cap products, this brings many memories from 2009-2012 era
bro idk what u talking bout but pizza frenzy, heavy weapon and big money were some of my favorites as a kid
I remember i was so scared of the zooma losing sound? Screen? Idk but i never played zooma since I got scared as a kid
The sounds used in the games really drew me in to them. The satisfaction of a good shot on Peggle for example
Nostalgic, sucha good memories way back. Hope you could talk more about old pc games like gamehouse.
Anyone remember Feeding Frenzy? GameHouse games? BigFish? Good times...
These games where my childhood :)) it reminds me when I was 3-5 years old playing on a computer.
my 50 years old father asked me and my brother to buy him Zuma Revenge on steam because he used to play that a lot a while ago. We did and he's tryharding like a madman on that game.
(Also i love Bejeweled, Zuma, Peggle and the original PvZ, used to play them a lot when i was younger)
PopCap's Bookworm Adventure is the game that really made me become interested in games, you might say that it's jumpstarted my entire worldview
joe mama JOKE!
One thing for sure, Popcap ended their suffering by selling their soul to EA ...
Just like that episode in Ninjago master of spinjutsu when the lantern ginnie makes everyone wish to end the suffer so he CLAIM their souls.
PopCap was the pre-2010s indie scene which sold polished low budget games for a reasonable price. Lot of popular flash game creators are now selling games on Steam, pop was doing that a decade ago even before the indie gaming boom. I'll always have a soft spot for the point&click adventure games, they got me into the adventure genre and Resident evil. R.I.P Flash Games and Casual PC games, you were better than the trash that infests android&Ios playstore.
Omg Chuzzle! I used to love that one too. This is a whole nostalgia trip even though I randomly clicked on this on the loo lol
woah, a perfect timing to upload when i want to eat my dinner haha
You say there's no murder in OG Bookworm, but losing the game results in Lex getting BURNT TO DEATH, as well as probably every book in existence...
Pvz 2 arena idea: master crown.
They are a crown with a few major differences.
Master Crowns determine weekly rankings in the Arena, and are gained from winning matches. The amount gained from each battle is determined by the ranking of the opponent, with higher ranked opponents awarding more points, and lower ranked players awarding less. Losing a match will result Master Crowns being deducted, depending on the rank of the player. Crown deductions happen inversely to wins, meaning that losing against lower ranked players will result in larger crown deductions while losing against higher ranked players will result in lower deductions. Master Crowns are reset to 1,000 every two weeks, usually at the end of the second Sunday.
for Popcap
One of my favorite RUclipsrs, keep up the good work man
BRO HAMMER HEADS IS THE MAIN POPCAP GAME OF MY CHILDHOOD!!!
Just a fun fact. Zuma is so popular, even Indonesia held a Zuma e-sport tournament (for civil servant only)
4:44 wait a minute THAT'S A FROG AFTER ALL THESE YEARS JUST NOW I FIND OUT THAT IT'S A FROG
I always wondered why old pop cap games were generally so much fun to play. nowadays games just too focused on realism, and actual gameplay fall flat. but those old times man I miss em 😢
man I remember popcap use to play seven seas deluxe, my parents use to play Bejeweled and I would annoy them by saying "no more moves" xD
You better not forget chuzzle
Edit: YES CHUZZLE SWEEEEEP
Bookworm was such an amazing game, definitely up there with pvz imo
They actually removed it from their website and steam. The only way to play it now is to pay a shit ton of money for a disc or to pirate it.
@@T3rr0r626 pirate it then
@@T3rr0r626 i am a swabbie now
@@T3rr0r626 Are you serious
It's weird cuz a few hours ago I was thinking about Feeding Frenzie, and Zuma. I miss those days
Oh heck yeah.. I'm so glad to find out I'm not the only one who grew up with these casual pc games made with soul and passion poured into them. I should stream these games someday.. now I know what I want to do this weekend..
Zuma Deluxe, Bookworm, and Peggle.. holy crap, now those are names I've never heard in a while.
Popcap games one of my favorite video game company because Plants vs Zombie is there so yeah I love those good old days for casual gaming before the rise of plague stinky mobile games I feels like Popcap is almost everyone's childhood especially they are born in 2000's
If you still want the charm and character PopCap had, then Raptisoft, an indie company who used to work with them, are still making amazing passion-filled games to this day! Their composer is almost always Skaven, who composed music for the Bejeweled series, and he is amazing! If you played Hamsterball, then i’m proud to let you know Hamsterball 2 is in development, with new content and a level editor and sharing system included! So please, have a look at their games and forum, and rest assured that you will have the joy that PopCap brought to people so many years ago…
Don't forget Chuzzle 2! (I'm still hoping for an eventual PC release)
I remember they used to hide the full version of the game on trial downloads so if you right click and show hidden files you got access to the full game.
11 year old me thought I was a pentagon level hacker
Popcap was so good that any computer I found at the time likely have at least some of them.
I've been waiting on a Bejeweled 4 for so long, please I want to see it before I die
I'm a Brazilian, and even though I don't understand almost anything, I still liked your channel.
Feeding Frenzy is one of my favorite games from my childhood.
im 18 and popcap was literally my childhood
also my favorite popcap games are feeding frenzy and zooma