CORRECTION! Bad news folks we I didn't just miss one, but three whole games! Two Japan only quiz titles called Kosodate Quiz My Angel (November 1997) & it's follow up Kosodate Quiz Motto My Angel (March 1999) and Micromachine V3 (January 1998) which turns out was published by Namco over in Japan. If theres anything else, please let me know in the comments below, apologies for missing out on em! also, I just want to highlight the Arcade version of Starblade is actually rendered in real-time using polygons and is not FMV! My bad on that one. Some folks have also asked for a music list, please find that in the reply to this comment below (it was too large to fit into the video description) Appreciate the kind comments and support for the video so far, you're all sweethearts
Love the video but you should put up an epilepsy warning before some of the clips, Namco Museum 3 (starting at 46:44 ) what the heck is going on in those rooms with all that flashing of the in-game screens, for example? I am guessing it's an emulator issue? Anyway, it was really hard to watch and had to keep looking away. Keep up the good work, anyways
@@bretton_woods I'll always try to consider this during videos, as you can see with the warning during the Time Crisis segment but please be aware I can only go off when games give me warnings ahead of time and what I myself can perceive as potentially triggering, lots of old games are like this and I wouldn't have considered that scene or any others worthy of a warning based on my perception of it (that's also also how it is in game on hardware too , not emulator related.) I've seen worse in many of these older games, the level of care for triggers isn't comparable to modern day games, so while I try to limit flashing images theres never a 100% guarantee I'll be able to pick up on each and every one of them. Its never intentional, but do keep that in mind going forward.
Honestly, as a HUGE Namco fan(of the classic era, I hate Bandai Namco), this video is REALLY well appreciated here. Not only do you look over every game here that needed more attention, but even exposed me to some new games I never even knew about like Ghoul Panic & Treasures of the Deep. Also I think one thing I'd like to see with this collection videos is something of a top 10 favorites of the list, as something to say "if you had to pick one game here" or "if there's any obscure game i'd recommend above all else"
As a Hardcore and Hard Techno lover, I'm glad you mentioned Gabber music within the Ridge Racer review, usually no one specifically mentions that kind of music!
It’s because of ridge racer in Tekken that my father got me a PlayStation for Christmas in 1995 when I was 11 years old!! Me and my father had took a “father and son“ trip to the beach that previous summer and in the arcade, was none other than Tekken and ridge racer and I swear we must’ve played each one of those games hundreds of times?!?! But having a game like ridge racer at that time, was truly next level and blew my mind completely, even my parents in the adult at the time cannot believe what they were looking at!
As someone that grew up with an N64 and Dreamcast, I didn't know Namco was THIS prevalent on the PSX! I obviously knew about Tekken and Ridge Racer, but I wasn't aware of how massive the Namco Museum series was, or how many RPGs and ESPECIALLY light gun games there were. Also, I had no clue Klonoa's foray into Volleyball was actually good! I just assumed it would be a subpar spin-off. Heart Moo is so adorable!
surprisingly all of the ending in soul edge had hidden interactive moments but Mitsurugi was the only one that really showed you it was even a thing. I always remember Voldo's one were he rubs his face against soul edge before he places it on a stand in his masters treasure vault, but while he is doing this you can press up and down to make him ..... rub faster.... and if you do it to much the Soul Edge breaks and the ghost of Voldo's master scolds him XD
Fun fact about about Rescue Shot: in Italy bootleggers used to sell the Japanese version under the guise of a fictitious Pokémon game for PS1. Seriously lots of disappointed kids (including my sister) bought a game with a Pikachu on the cover just to find themselves with an indecipherable game where only trial and error taught you that you actually shouldn’t shoot at the rabbit. The reasons why bootleggers decided to pass that game as Pokémon remain mysterious to this day.
Sean, all I have to say after watching for your channel for a while is that you're one of those youtubers that's just inevitably gonna blow up. You deserve every bit of recognition you get, congratulations on another great video my friend
Every time I read a comment like this I look at his subcount and am shocked he's at only 8k, my brain just autocorrects to 80k or 800k, both numbers which make way more sense. No clue how he hasn't blown up yet, but considering how high quality literally all of his vids are its only a matter of time.
The Museums in the Namco collections just hit me with both nostalgia, and the realization that these are where the aesthetic and style for the Haunted PS1 Demo collections' interactive menus came from.
What a great video. It's 3 hours long, but a breeze to watch. Not a single word wasted, really well put together. And your enthusiasm about the topic is infectious, makes me feel nostalgic about a system I didn't even own
Lol I just looked at your profile and your tag, "long videos to fall asleep to" is BANG ON! I've been falling asleep to this video for the past few nights.
Fun is exactly how I aways described Ridge Racer music and lots of Namco arcade music in general. So memorable and such a product of it's time and severely underrated.
Man, Rescue Shot. I remember renting that game a bunch as a kid and having a blast with it every time. Nice to see someone else finally appreciating it too.
@@SeanSeanson lmao yeah it's something you really can't appreciate the madness of until you do it yourself. CV is looking like it's going to be 6 and I'm fast approaching "losing my mind" status. At least I've got this to keep me company through some of the dark parts haha!
2:08:40 blurry memory from my childhood about a game on a demo disk that has both space combat and character adventure mode, I could not recall the name nor any details that would help me find it again, or even reassure the memory isn't just mangles multiple different experiences. Years of searching, nothing found. Now randomly watching this video and the moment music kicked in, I immediately had feeling it's the game from my distant memory. And it is! Thanks Sean!
The sheer level of love to the medium's history expressed on this video tears me up! Truly a masterclass on documentary video production on videogames. Man, retro gaming is such a trip
that neGcon's existence is a blessing for PS1 emulators. the popular emus typically allow you to use your Xbox controller or DualShock as if it were a neGcon with button remapping, letting you play racers with a modern control scheme, analog steering & triggers
I was watching this and wondering how you were going to cover every game in such a short time. Thinking the video was almost over, I then checked the time line and saw that more than 2 hours passed by! I was so engaged that time flew by from this detailed, informative, and fun video. I really appreciate how you played the soundtracks from most of these games. Music is such a crucial component to any memorable game. Bravo sir!
Ridge Racer was my pack in title when I got my ps1 and I still have that copy to this day a little rough but still the jewel case and manual and as you said a total blast to plat
All I can say is god damn, impressive work covering a large and diverse library of games over 3 hours long. I've been researching the PS1 library and this is perfect, really makes you appreciate how innovative and diverse this era of gaming was, and how much the quality of the games improved as time went on throughout the console, one of your best videos yet 👏
RUclips algorithm recommended your Psygnosis video and I've been watching through all the previous videos. Thanks for blessing us with this 3 hour monster and all the previous vids!
that's a rough one, Klonoa was clearly the superior 2.5D platformer but Pandemonium has an amazing OST and some amazing visuals (the sky levels were genuinely magical, the game was tough for young me so the first time I saw that cloud path blew mind).
I always had this hunch that namco's sound team may have be the culprit my expectative bar for game music is so high, and this video comfirms it. Amazing work man! Finding your channel was the best thing ever in a good while! Loking forward to your next videos!
'Ridge Racer' is responsible for one thing that effectively cemented the PlayStation as a serious player in the console market. It made the Sega Saturn look like the inferior machine thanks to the less than stellar conversion of 'Daytona USA'. Couple that with being less expensive, and you have a console that's guaranteed to be a hit with consumers, which only continued upwards by the time the cartridge-based Nintendo 64 came out. 'Pac-Man World' has an interesting development history. It was initially going to be a full 3D platformer called 'Pac-Man Ghost Zone' that involved a kid transforming into Pac-Man and being sucked into an arcade. It was eventually cancelled due to an apathetic response by a staff member at Namco Japan, which lead to some of the developers being fired. Looking at footage of the game on Playstation Museum the apathy is justified, it's essentially a visually slightly better 'Bubsy 3D' only it would have been released when something that was considered passable in 1996 would be deemed clunky and unenjoyable in the following years. In other words, the decision to scrap the project in favour of what the game became was the right one. Another excellent video.
Hell yeah, Soul Edge (It was actually called Soul Blade where i live) is still one of my favorite games of all time. I loved the intro song so much, that i still remember putting it on my nokia n-gage a few years later.
Ah, 90s Namco, one of those few developers whose games' music went hard for absolutely no reason at all regardless of whether you're in the middle of an action packed race, passing around a green tennis ball, or walking around a museum venue
Your last video on Psygnosis PS1 games prompted me to buy a PlayStation Classic and homebrew it to play games I haven't touched in years. I don't know what it is about Sony during that time but they were able to jump into the video game console market without breaking a sweat while so many others failed. They did have help from software houses like Namco though and they were on a roll too. What a hell of a generation of video gaming.
The best part about the Mr. Driller series in relation to Taizo is that not only is he Susumu's dad, he's also a washed-up middle aged guy who's very aware of he's well past his glory days This is greatly expanded upon in *Dig Dug: Digging Strike* for the DS
Ridge Racer Tipe 4 like you say, is really the most stylistic race game in PS1 era, even I hope they can carry it to the future game, but we know it is not happened. The UI, the Soundtrack, the game visual is still my most favorite all time... it is really withstand the test of time, especially the UI. The UI looks like 2000's era, but more polished & futuristic for the era, which I see it they made it to allow the gamer can appreciate it in the future. The SFX for the UI also somehow fit really well, and you forgot the lading screen... those loading screen is really beautiful! Also the gameplay really perfect for me, even for my brother who more had skill in racer game, it show what car fit the player really well... and like you said, the handling is beautiful as well, as you can feel & pickup how to handle your car & track within second. I wish Namco Bandai remaster RR4 to nowdays era. I bet the visual & the look will be amazing! expecially seeing the UI in widescreen, I bet really beautiful.
Quick Correction about Starblade Alpha: the game actually does support the Playstation Mouse; you have to plug it into the second control port and use the playstation controller in port 1 to handle menus. Once in-game, you just use the mouse to aim. You still have to deal with the game's jerky framerate, but it's a lot more comfortable than using the D-Pad.
Nice one for the Ridge Racer coverage, it deserves it. I miss the PlayStation + Ridge Racer times *so*much... RR series was everything. Still is for me tbh, it's a whole wave of its own. Nice video homie. This era was so great 🥳
Definitely my favorite video of yours I've seen so far. PS1 is such a huge library and generalized overviews can't do it justice. Having these videos to show me around has really expanded my horizons
Well that was a video, it took a bit to get through but my god was that a joy to watch! So many memeroies from some of these games that made me itching to pull em out and play and some games that will be added to the collection at some point. I'm really sold on the namco museum collection, i simply thought they where just the old games, but i'd love to spend some time just looking at the areas the created! I'll tell ya, your some lad for one lad!
I got my PSX with Dragon Valor which I still love even today ❤️ nobody from my colleagues had it, I believe it was kinda rare where I lived. Oh, and RRT4 and Tekken 2 and 3, thank you for this nostalgia trip
Literally went out of my way to look for Najavu no Daiboken: My Favourite Namjatown and found a copy used that didn’t make me break the bank. Thanks for showing these games and giving people a new look at them. I’ve been looking into a lot of ps1 stuff and making things on them so it’s always nice to find others doing the same and with such good quality content to boot
The first time I heard of Namco was of course from the legendary Demo One Version 5, first and foremost through the playable demo of Rage Racer that was included on it, before I got to hear about Namco again through Klonoa: Door to Phantomile which I got to play the demo of via Euro Demo 07/98, my 2nd German OPM demo disc. And coincidentally enough, that game eventually became my very first ever game from Namco that I owned just a few weeks after playing the demo, thanks to a friend of my one of my mum's friends who had loads of PlayStation games that were given to me, mostly copied discs of course. Tekken 3 and Ridge Racer Type 4 became the next games by Namco that I got to own and grow up with during my first year of PlayStation in 1998/1999.
Man I picked up a boxed libero grande international in mint manual and all for £10 like 3 years ago. I actually rented it from blockbuster in the day and both libero grande's are amongst my favourite ps1 games. As a big football fan they are unique and control solidly given their age and the training mode in the first is so good to learn and FIFA etc copied that in future
As a person whose biggest pet peve in video games is the existence of a story at all (unless the story unfolds DURING gameplay and WITHOUT cutscenes such as in splinter cell chaos theory), your review really made me want the western release of ace combat 3 despite your opposite recommendation. Nice job on the video I want a bunch of namco games now
Awesome video, I didn't realise Namco had so many games on the PlayStation. Love playing Ridge Racer & the rest of the games in the series, Tekken 3 is just awesome & loved Time Crisis back in the day, now that I think of it, most of the games I played in the 1st few weeks of getting to experience the PS1 were mostly Namco games LOL. They really were ahead of the game & greatly managed to excel with each new game or sequel from their line up. So many great memories, again cheers for sharing another epic video!
Tekken 3 being my personal fav figter on PS1. Incredible work again here. Think chapter by chapter I might get to the other half of this by months end 😂
A correction - Regretfully despite catching Ace Combat 3 you did fall into the classic *actually a bunch of content was deleted for the Western release trap* here Sean. Smash Court 2 has an entire single player story mode/RPG board game that was completely deleted from the Anna Kournikova PAL release, the Japanese release is signficantly different than the PAL version despite initial appearances. There's not much good documentation about it online but it is what it is. Also the entire of Ridge Racer 4 is built from the ground up for the Jogcon, I recommend tracking one down while they're cheap.
I also need to note that Namco Lightgun games flash only as effect for the game rather than as functional thing on NES. People do not realize always that NES lightgun was dead simple and was already improved over 80's to impressive lengths, like lightpen accessory for vectrex, as well as some other home computers having lightpens. G-Con essentially synchronizes itself to the video signal with the built in adapter piece, and the gun can actually accurately with computing, timing and following the TV beam, accurately and in real time. This is why shooting outside the screen is one of the main mechanics in many lightgun shooters instead of shooting "nothing in particular" on the screen since all of those are known and accounted for, even before you pull the trigger. It is positively maddening and I am still not sure do lightgun games introduce faked horizontal sync or what is going on and I read few articles on the technology few times. The end result is; For your capture playing in lightgun mode might introduce something funky to the picture signal, maybe maybe not you tell us. But what comes to flashing that is not - or does not NEED to change for anything else but dramatic effect as the technology could track likely anything but a black screen more or less correctly, and most Gcon calibration screens show how the tracking is happening real time all time instead of NES zapper shenanigans. Heck I think Super Zapper already had something coming closer to Namco's solution for playstation and arcades.
Hello Sean, i recently discovered your channel with the algorithm noticing i enjoy long form content so this video popped up on my frontpage. After watching it i decided to look at your other stuff and i got instantly hooked. Now 2 weeks later i have binge watched your entire channel and i must say i really do enjoy your content immensely. The way you present the games with a relaxed demeanour as well as with witt and humor is unprecedented. I also quite enjoy how you recommend the soundtracks of games you play, and i now have about 6 soundtracks to listen to, that i never heard before. Hopefully your channel will get a lot more subscribers and viewers sooner rather than later, you deserve it. I look forward in anticipation to your next video. From a newer fan, Benjamin.
Yeh you’d love playing Pac-land on a dedicated arcade cabinet Sean, it’s an entirely different experience. Loved playing it in the 80’s and Metro-cross ,brilliant.
It's got bears and bears! So right up my alley. But it's bonkers that Namco released so many games per year during that era. Is there any modern way to play the Point Blank games that isn't emulation, btw?@@SeanSeanson
Namco Museum Vol 1 was a game changer for me. I had just gotten a PS1 with sadly no games. I was just starting to realize what 3D was, and then I got this for a weekend from Blockbuster. I almost never actually played the arcade games, but that fully 3D explorable museum was the first time I could actually EXPLORE 3D. It blew my tiny 10 year old mind open. I spent the entire weekend just walking around the museum and checking out the displays. I also thought the sprite collection was cool too. I still pop it in every now and then just to explore it again.
There is one game that is technically missing, I guess a secret Namco title. Ayrton Senna Kart Duel which was released as an EU Exclusive and is a home version of The Namco Arcade Kart Duel from Namco System 12 (PS1 Arcade Hardware). But it is completely stripped of any Namco mention and was brought home by Sunsoft. It is pretty fun. However it will run at 25fps if you play it in PAL mode, but it was originally designed for 30fps so if you force it into NTSC mode it will run better. Definite hidden gem.
Thank you ,Sean. I love these retrospectives videos on developers during the PS1 era. I greatly appreciate the amount of hard work that you put into these. Keep up the great work.
Pac-Man World and it's sequels is pretty much exactly why Pac-Man garnered a younger, modern audience to begin with. It was basically a reinvention of the franchise in the same way Super Mario 64 and Sonic Adventure were, sure the first World game wasn't nearly as popular as those two entries, in fact: it was it's PS2 sequel: Pac-Man World 2, which actually sold the most out of the whole trilogy, probably because it was multiplatform and an early 6th gen launch title.
There's something special about content like this, gathering all of a Company's releases for a console is really satisfying to watch. Tekken 3, alongside Fighters Megamix on the Saturn are highlights of 3D fighters of the era, a great generation, the 90's!
youtuber either two first names i swear to god you make the best content in this site. the editing, the writing style, the pacing, the humor, ALL of it is good. really impressed again as always.
World Stadium series is spin off of the Famista series aka RBI Baseball that came out on NES. The later RBI Baseball games didn't use the same Famista engine. Super Batter Up on SNES is Super Famista cause the RBI Baseball name is used on a different game.
Awesome video, a nice little tribute to Namco's 90's (and early 2000's) PS1 escapades with Some of the greatest games and some of the coolest curiosities :)
Also, on the Tales of games... Phantasia is my favorite of the bounch. It's also the first Tales game I've played so there's that. Destiny is a bit behind and one of my favorite silly things in the game (outside the Heihachi cameo) is the fact that there's a skill where Stahn throws his burning sword at an enemy. Cless has this move in Phantasia as well, but Stahn actually has to go grab it, and is limited to punches and kicks until you get your sword back. I also remember this because in one tournament match an enemy absorbs fire attacks, so I just threw the sword away (as it's basic attacks also deal fire damage) and jumpkicked the enemy to death. Eternia is my least favorite of the bunch since it does some things that kinda irked me. Largely the fact that there seems to be less hit impact, in terms of visuals and in terms of the fact that sometimes enemies don't react to your hits (or at least more than in previous games, but this may just be me). Not only that, but Reid has my least favorite skill set of the main swordsmen in the PSX games. Cless had probably too many skills by the end of the game and it was hard for me to really come up with a set I wanted, so I would use Combo Command, an item that allows you to do every skill at any time, so long as you use a button combination. Stahn had fewer moves but he had a pretty solid set. Reid, even considering other Tales games I've played, is the only main swordsman in which I could basically just, by the end of the game, had a set of 6 and could safely ignore the rest, as he seemed to have too many redundant moves, and some stronger versions of moves that are less useful (The Demon Blade and Tempest skills come to mind, the basic versions are more useful for me). That said, there's some cool stuff. Also the guy who voiced Reid is Sly Cooper's voice actor as well.
There's something about Namco, I grew up playing Tekken and Time Crisis, then later played all the Ridge Racer games. I loved the music their in-house sound team produced back then, so good! I agree on Rage Racer, it's the sorta black sheep of the PS1 iterations, but the DnB tunes are top notch and when you get good at handling the cars and manual gears, particularly one the Lizard ones, it is immensely satisfying
It took me three installments to watch through all of this, and it was absolutely worth it. This was a mammoth undertaking, but also one that I truly appreciated, considering how much of an impact Namco had on this generation of gaming. Thank you for this ridiculous amount of effort - to quote you, 'You love to see it'. 😁 Also, don't think that 'three/tree' icon didn't go unnoticed, especially after your Tweet.
Just to add as a Light Gun Connoisseur: There were no other PS1 Light Guns that could match the G-Con45 (or Guncon) in terms of quality at least in my vast experience, though I've not had the chance to test the Konami Justifier. The Guncon may lack in buttons and things like vibration or whatnot, but it closely matched the form factor and shape of the Namco Arcade Light Guns, relatively accurate in comparison to EVERY 3rd Party option I've tested. Not to say you can't use 3rd Party options but every Guncon I've tested does not have a wandering sensor that's almost erratic the farther you are from the screen, making precision shots on small targets a chore. I can also safely say that in comparison to any other option, none of them failed me or broke down whereas every other option I had tested eventually did in some form. The Guncon 2 of the PS2 era certainly improved upon it in features and smaller form factor but both will keep up with each other for accuracy. If you want the best PS1 (and a good viable option for PS2) Light Gun, Namco stood the tallest.
CORRECTION!
Bad news folks we I didn't just miss one, but three whole games!
Two Japan only quiz titles called Kosodate Quiz My Angel (November 1997) & it's follow up Kosodate Quiz Motto My Angel (March 1999) and Micromachine V3 (January 1998) which turns out was published by Namco over in Japan. If theres anything else, please let me know in the comments below, apologies for missing out on em!
also, I just want to highlight the Arcade version of Starblade is actually rendered in real-time using polygons and is not FMV! My bad on that one.
Some folks have also asked for a music list, please find that in the reply to this comment below (it was too large to fit into the video description)
Appreciate the kind comments and support for the video so far, you're all sweethearts
Full list of music featured in the video (in order of appearance)
Jet Set Radio - Humming The Baseline (Intro) 0:00
Konami Rally - Track 3 0:04 & 2:58:29
Peachies - Text Me Records (Sean Seanson Theme) 2:37
Aironauts - Alcajazz 2:48
Ridge Racer - Ridge Racer 4:59
Ridge Racer- Rhythm Shift 5:02 & 10:09
Ridge Racer - Feeling Over 9:45
Ridge Racer - Race Results 10:30
Ridge Racer - Rotterdam Nation 10:56
Cyber Sled - Track 1 12:28
Cyber Sled - Track 2 12:32
Starblade - Engage in Single Combat 15:12
Tekken - Character Select (Arrange) 18:40
Tekken - Kyoto (Arrange) 18:43
Tekken - King George (Arrange) 22:38
Tekken - Szechwan (Arrange) 22:48
Tekken - Chicago (Arrange) 22:59
Air Combat - Get Off Him 22:47
Air Combat - Heavy Hearted 22:52
Air Combat - Head First 26:20
Namco Soccer Prime Goal - Select 26:39
Namco Soccer Prime Goal - BGM 5 26:43
Namco Museum Vol. 1 - Rally-X Game Room 29:19
Namco Museum Vol. 1 - Museum 29:23
Namco Museum Vol. 1 - Bosconian Game Room 32:09
Ridge Racer Revolution - Lords of Techno 32:48
Ridge Racer Revolution - Demo Music Atract 32:52
Ridge Racer Revolution - Grip 34:16
Sparrow Garden: Namco Mahjong - Menu Theme 35:37
Sparrow Garden: Namco Mahjong - BGM1 35:41
Namco Museum Vol. 2 - Grobda Game Room 36:40
Namco Museum Vol. 2 - Xevious Game Room 36:45 & 38:42
Tekken 2 - Character Select (Arrange) 39:56
Tekken 2 - Nina Williams (Arrange) 40:00 & 42:01
Tekken 2 - Lei Wulong (Arrange) 41:45
Tekken 2 - Forest Law (Arrange) 42:13
Galaxian 3 - A Base of Operation 43:32
Galaxian 3 - Before the Gate 43:35
Namco Museum Vol. 3 - The Tower of Druaga Game Room 46:32
Namco Museum Vol. 3 - Dig Dug Game Room 46:36
Namco Museum Vol. 3 - Phozon Game Room 49:36
SD Gundam Over Galaxian - Opening Theme 50:07
SD Gundam OVer Galaxian - BGM1 50:11
World Stadium EX - Opening Theme 51:42
Take Me Out To The Ballgame (Instrumental) - Royalty Free Ver. 51:46
Namco Tennis Smash Court - Choose 53:31
Namco Tennis Smash Court - BGM 1 53:35
Namco Tennis Smash Court - BGM?? (Hawaii Court) 55:34
Namco Museum Vol. 4 - Opening 56:05
Namco Museum Vol. 4 - Ordyne Game Room 56:09
Namco Museum Vol. 4 - Assault Game Room 58:57
Rage Racer - Volcano Vehicle 1:00:00 & 1:02:15
Rage Racer - Silver Stream 1:00:03
Rage Racer - Rage Racer 1:02:27
Rage Racer - Mathemabeat 1:02:45
Soul Blade - The Edge of Soul 1:03:17 & 1:06:20
Soul Blade - Recollect Continent (Rock's Theme) 1:03:20
Namco Museum Vol. 5 - Pac-Mania Game Room 1:06:56
Namco Museum Vol. 5 - Metro-Cross Game Room 1:07:00
Xevious 3D/G+ - Game Select 1:10:50
Xevious 3D/G+ - Boss 4 (Arrange) 1:10:54 & 1:12:28
Xevious 3D/G+ - Area 2 (Arrange) 1:12:15
Xevious 3D/G+ - Area 5 (Arrange) 1:12:45
Ace Combat 2 - Lightning Speed 1:13:18
Ace Combat 2 - Dead End 1:13:22
Ace Combat 2 - Rising High 1:14:27
Ace Combat 2 - Fire Away 1:14:39
Time Crisis - 2nd Theme 1:15:09
Point Blank - Judgement 1:18:54
Point Blank - Cardboard Crime 1:18:58
Treasures of The Deep - Wreck of The Conception 1:21:24
Treasures of The Deep - Training Dive 1:21:28
Namco Museum Encore - Opening 1:22:55
Namco Museum Encore - Space Museum Mode 1:22:58
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile - The Windmill Song 1:26:23
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile - Sad Forest Drum 1:26:24
Tales of Destiny - Bare It's Fangs 1:29:24
Tales Of Destiny - Underwater Remains 1:29:27
Tekken 3 - Character Select (Arrange) 1:31:45
Tekken 3 - Eddy Gordo (Arrange) 1:31:49
World Stadium 2 - Opening 1:35:45
Namco Anthology 1 - Menu Theme 1:37:14
Namco Anthology 1 - Tower of Babel Remake BGM 1 1:37:19 & 1:39:18
Namco Anthology 1 - Star Luster Remake Combat 1:41:05
Point Blank 2 - Judgement 1:43:36
Point Blank 2 - Stage BGM 7 1:43:40
Namco Anthology 2 - Menu Theme 1:45:20
Namco Anthology 2 - Pac-Attack Remake Credits 1:45:23
Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis - Opening 1:50:22
Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis - Theme Park 1:50:26 & 1:51:47
Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis - Times Square 1:51:36
Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis - Hong Kong 1:52:00
LiberoGrande - LiberoGrande (リベログランデ) 1:52:45
LiberoGrande - Player Select 1:52:49
Ridge Racer Type 4 - Turn The Page 1:55:35
Ridge Racer Type 4 - Your Vibe 1:55:39
Ridge Racer Type 4 - Movin' in Circles 1:58:40
Ridge Racer Type 4 - The Objective 1:58:52
Ridge Racer Type 4 - Pearl Blue Soul 1:59:06
Ridge Racer Type 4 - Silhouette Dance 1:59:24
Tales of Phantasia (PS Ver.) - Yume Wa Owaranai 2:01:31
Tales of Phantasia (PS Ver.) - Mystic Forest 2:01:35
World Stadium 3 - Opening 2:03:07
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere - The Maneuver 2:04:17
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere - Liquid Air 2:04:21
Star Ixiom - Mode 2:08:17
Star Ixiom - Base 2:08:21
Pac-Man World - Title Screen and Main Menu 2:10:35
Pac-Man World - Buccaneer Beach 2:10:40
Dragon Valor - Brize Forest 2:13:39
Dragon Valor - Alchemist's Tower 2:13:44
Rescue Shot - Who Am I 2:16:37
Rescue Shot - Operation Turkey 2:16:41
World Stadium 4 - Opening 2:19:05
World Stadium 4 - Replay 2:19:34
Ghoul Panic - Opening 2:20:07
Ghoul Panic - Stage BGM2 2:20:10
Mr. Driller - Mr. Drillers Theme (Title Screen) 2:22:17
Mr. Driller - Arrange 01 2:23:33
Galaga Destination Earth - Neptune 2:24:13
Galaga Destination Earth - Saturn 2:24:16
LiberoGrande International - Track 6 (Replay) 2:26:34 & 2:28:19
LiberoGrande International - Track 1 2:26:38
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness - Cleopactra 2:29:03
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness - Crystal Caves 2:29:06
Khamrai - Opening 2:30:53
Khamrai - Village Theme (actual song title unknown) 2:30:57
Najavu no Daiboken: My Favorite Namjatown - Title Screen 2:32:54
Najavu no Daiboken: My Favorite Namjatown - Mini Game Select 2:32:58
Point Blank 3 - Judgement 2:34:33 & 2:36:16
Point Blank 3 - Stage BGM 6 2:34:37
Smash Court 3 - Opening 2:37:26
Smash Court 3 - Studio Court 2:37:31
Smash Court 3 - Dance Hall Court 2:39:41
Tales of Destiny II - Eternal Mind 2:40:23
Tales of Destiny II - Inferia Map 2:40:27
Volfoss - Opening 2:42:40 & 2:43:03
Volfoss - Battle BGM (Vinyl Castle) 2:42:45
Time Crisis Project Titan - Track 11 2:46:29
Time Crisis Project Titan - Track 14 (Wild Dog Battle) 2:46:34
World Stadium 5 - Opening 2:48:47 & 2:49:38
Mr. Driller G - Track 2 2:50:54
Mr. Driller G - Track 3 2:50:58
Tales of Fandom Vol.1 - Menu Theme 2:53:46
Tales of Fandom Vol.1 - Mini Game BGM 2:53:50
Klonoa Beach Volleyball - Character & Stage Select 2:55:48
Klonoa Beach Volleyball - Windy Court 2:55:52
Ridge Racer Type 4 - One More Win (Video Outro) 3:01:56
@@SeanSeanson this video demanded yet more of your time
@@ice010 I'll be free from it someday
Love the video but you should put up an epilepsy warning before some of the clips, Namco Museum 3 (starting at 46:44 ) what the heck is going on in those rooms with all that flashing of the in-game screens, for example? I am guessing it's an emulator issue? Anyway, it was really hard to watch and had to keep looking away. Keep up the good work, anyways
@@bretton_woods I'll always try to consider this during videos, as you can see with the warning during the Time Crisis segment but please be aware I can only go off when games give me warnings ahead of time and what I myself can perceive as potentially triggering, lots of old games are like this and I wouldn't have considered that scene or any others worthy of a warning based on my perception of it (that's also also how it is in game on hardware too , not emulator related.)
I've seen worse in many of these older games, the level of care for triggers isn't comparable to modern day games, so while I try to limit flashing images theres never a 100% guarantee I'll be able to pick up on each and every one of them. Its never intentional, but do keep that in mind going forward.
Honestly, as a HUGE Namco fan(of the classic era, I hate Bandai Namco), this video is REALLY well appreciated here. Not only do you look over every game here that needed more attention, but even exposed me to some new games I never even knew about like Ghoul Panic & Treasures of the Deep. Also I think one thing I'd like to see with this collection videos is something of a top 10 favorites of the list, as something to say "if you had to pick one game here" or "if there's any obscure game i'd recommend above all else"
As a Hardcore and Hard Techno lover, I'm glad you mentioned Gabber music within the Ridge Racer review, usually no one specifically mentions that kind of music!
Gabber is niche
It’s because of ridge racer in Tekken that my father got me a PlayStation for Christmas in 1995 when I was 11 years old!!
Me and my father had took a “father and son“ trip to the beach that previous summer and in the arcade, was none other than Tekken and ridge racer and I swear we must’ve played each one of those games hundreds of times?!?!
But having a game like ridge racer at that time, was truly next level and blew my mind completely, even my parents in the adult at the time cannot believe what they were looking at!
As someone that grew up with an N64 and Dreamcast, I didn't know Namco was THIS prevalent on the PSX! I obviously knew about Tekken and Ridge Racer, but I wasn't aware of how massive the Namco Museum series was, or how many RPGs and ESPECIALLY light gun games there were.
Also, I had no clue Klonoa's foray into Volleyball was actually good! I just assumed it would be a subpar spin-off. Heart Moo is so adorable!
surprisingly all of the ending in soul edge had hidden interactive moments but Mitsurugi was the only one that really showed you it was even a thing. I always remember Voldo's one were he rubs his face against soul edge before he places it on a stand in his masters treasure vault, but while he is doing this you can press up and down to make him ..... rub faster.... and if you do it to much the Soul Edge breaks and the ghost of Voldo's master scolds him XD
Fun fact about about Rescue Shot: in Italy bootleggers used to sell the Japanese version under the guise of a fictitious Pokémon game for PS1. Seriously lots of disappointed kids (including my sister) bought a game with a Pikachu on the cover just to find themselves with an indecipherable game where only trial and error taught you that you actually shouldn’t shoot at the rabbit. The reasons why bootleggers decided to pass that game as Pokémon remain mysterious to this day.
3 hours with timestamps. You're a real one man, doing god's work 😂👍
I love a long video, but I gotta respect the folks who don't have time for em too ya know :)
@@SeanSeanson Does Namco still get along with Sony?
@@AZAZEL_TK They sorta get along with everyone these days. Nintendo more-so than others.
all facts
Sean, all I have to say after watching for your channel for a while is that you're one of those youtubers that's just inevitably gonna blow up. You deserve every bit of recognition you get, congratulations on another great video my friend
Every time I read a comment like this I look at his subcount and am shocked he's at only 8k, my brain just autocorrects to 80k or 800k, both numbers which make way more sense. No clue how he hasn't blown up yet, but considering how high quality literally all of his vids are its only a matter of time.
You're not generic to me. You're in my top 3 internet Irishman, easily.
Agreed. But speaking of being Irish, I did appreciate the tree picture when he said Tekken Tree.
@@alembic1105 it also showed up at galaxian tree
Same. After OSW Review and Super Eyepatch Wolf! Great video!
Name the udders
@@Will45_ Matthewmatosis and OneyNG
The Museums in the Namco collections just hit me with both nostalgia, and the realization that these are where the aesthetic and style for the Haunted PS1 Demo collections' interactive menus came from.
What a great video. It's 3 hours long, but a breeze to watch. Not a single word wasted, really well put together. And your enthusiasm about the topic is infectious, makes me feel nostalgic about a system I didn't even own
Im literally gonna watch the whole thing.
I wonder how Namco’s relationship with Sony is today.. I hope they still have love between them
A 3 hour video from Sean. Sounds like my weekend’s all set
You get 3 hours of weekend!? I only get 30 minutes.
What about the remaining 45 hours?
Man you have to be kidding 😮 Sean you are the true king of PSX RUclips content 👑 I can't wait to consume this 3 hour masterpiece video of yours 👏👏
29:56 my dad used to love the arcade version of Pole Position, it was his go to driving game in the 80s. Bet he would love the nostalgia trip
Lol I just looked at your profile and your tag, "long videos to fall asleep to" is BANG ON! I've been falling asleep to this video for the past few nights.
Fun is exactly how I aways described Ridge Racer music and lots of Namco arcade music in general. So memorable and such a product of it's time and severely underrated.
Man, Rescue Shot. I remember renting that game a bunch as a kid and having a blast with it every time. Nice to see someone else finally appreciating it too.
Xevious 3d/g+ is a major hidden gem that's extremely hard to find here in the USA.
This channel is pure gold
Holy Jesus christ my dude this video looks incredible. I'm going to enjoy savouring every moment of it over the next few days! You madman!
After making this I have INFINITE respect for you putting together 5 hour plus videos.
Mad lads inspire mad lads.
@@SeanSeanson lmao yeah it's something you really can't appreciate the madness of until you do it yourself. CV is looking like it's going to be 6 and I'm fast approaching "losing my mind" status. At least I've got this to keep me company through some of the dark parts haha!
@@IFinishedAVideoGame yikes, god speed my man. It'll be worth it in the end, stay the path!
That legend of valkyrie ps1 remake is like that game of the priestess and the racoon ...
2:08:40 blurry memory from my childhood about a game on a demo disk that has both space combat and character adventure mode, I could not recall the name nor any details that would help me find it again, or even reassure the memory isn't just mangles multiple different experiences. Years of searching, nothing found. Now randomly watching this video and the moment music kicked in, I immediately had feeling it's the game from my distant memory. And it is! Thanks Sean!
Ay you love to read it
The sheer level of love to the medium's history expressed on this video tears me up! Truly a masterclass on documentary video production on videogames. Man, retro gaming is such a trip
Man I've been thinking about Ghoul Panic lately, not being able to remember its name and here you are, covering it. Absolute MVP
that neGcon's existence is a blessing for PS1 emulators. the popular emus typically allow you to use your Xbox controller or DualShock as if it were a neGcon with button remapping, letting you play racers with a modern control scheme, analog steering & triggers
I was watching this and wondering how you were going to cover every game in such a short time. Thinking the video was almost over, I then checked the time line and saw that more than 2 hours passed by! I was so engaged that time flew by from this detailed, informative, and fun video. I really appreciate how you played the soundtracks from most of these games. Music is such a crucial component to any memorable game. Bravo sir!
Damn Galaxian 3 game over screen is basically sephiroths summon I didn't expect that :O!!
Ridge Racer was my pack in title when I got my ps1 and I still have that copy to this day a little rough but still the jewel case and manual and as you said a total blast to plat
that soul edge intro still gives me goosebumps all these years later.
All I can say is god damn, impressive work covering a large and diverse library of games over 3 hours long. I've been researching the PS1 library and this is perfect, really makes you appreciate how innovative and diverse this era of gaming was, and how much the quality of the games improved as time went on throughout the console, one of your best videos yet 👏
I recently fell in love with Tekken and wanted to take a closer look at Namco. Thank you so much for this and all your great content
RUclips algorithm recommended your Psygnosis video and I've been watching through all the previous videos. Thanks for blessing us with this 3 hour monster and all the previous vids!
2:37 There’s just something about this song that gets me hooked every time I watch your videos. I just got to know that sound.
NEW SEAN SEANSON VIDEO JUST DROPPED OH HELL YEAH
The algorithm brought me here! What a nice compilation!
that's a rough one, Klonoa was clearly the superior 2.5D platformer but Pandemonium has an amazing OST and some amazing visuals (the sky levels were genuinely magical, the game was tough for young me so the first time I saw that cloud path blew mind).
Love them both really, such fun games.
I always had this hunch that namco's sound team may have be the culprit my expectative bar for game music is so high, and this video comfirms it. Amazing work man! Finding your channel was the best thing ever in a good while! Loking forward to your next videos!
'Ridge Racer' is responsible for one thing that effectively cemented the PlayStation as a serious player in the console market. It made the Sega Saturn look like the inferior machine thanks to the less than stellar conversion of 'Daytona USA'. Couple that with being less expensive, and you have a console that's guaranteed to be a hit with consumers, which only continued upwards by the time the cartridge-based Nintendo 64 came out.
'Pac-Man World' has an interesting development history. It was initially going to be a full 3D platformer called 'Pac-Man Ghost Zone' that involved a kid transforming into Pac-Man and being sucked into an arcade. It was eventually cancelled due to an apathetic response by a staff member at Namco Japan, which lead to some of the developers being fired. Looking at footage of the game on Playstation Museum the apathy is justified, it's essentially a visually slightly better 'Bubsy 3D' only it would have been released when something that was considered passable in 1996 would be deemed clunky and unenjoyable in the following years. In other words, the decision to scrap the project in favour of what the game became was the right one.
Another excellent video.
Hell yeah, Soul Edge (It was actually called Soul Blade where i live) is still one of my favorite games of all time. I loved the intro song so much, that i still remember putting it on my nokia n-gage a few years later.
Ah, 90s Namco, one of those few developers whose games' music went hard for absolutely no reason at all regardless of whether you're in the middle of an action packed race, passing around a green tennis ball, or walking around a museum venue
I'll find some time to watch this all in one sitting. You're a legend for this haha
Great video.
Namco is most likely the main reason for a successful launch of the PS1.
This is a great series. Love the trip down memory lane. Hope to see more of these.
Tekken 2 and Soul Blade convinced me that 3d fighters were awesome.
Also, theres a translation for the excellent PS2 remake of Tales of Destiny.
Your last video on Psygnosis PS1 games prompted me to buy a PlayStation Classic and homebrew it to play games I haven't touched in years. I don't know what it is about Sony during that time but they were able to jump into the video game console market without breaking a sweat while so many others failed. They did have help from software houses like Namco though and they were on a roll too. What a hell of a generation of video gaming.
The best part about the Mr. Driller series in relation to Taizo is that not only is he Susumu's dad, he's also a washed-up middle aged guy who's very aware of he's well past his glory days
This is greatly expanded upon in *Dig Dug: Digging Strike* for the DS
I love the concept of washed up golden age gaming heroes, timeless!
Another banger video Sean. Namco before the Bandai merger has to be one of my favorite game companies.
Thanks for the recommendations, now I got some new games to look out for
Ridge Racer Tipe 4 like you say, is really the most stylistic race game in PS1 era, even I hope they can carry it to the future game, but we know it is not happened. The UI, the Soundtrack, the game visual is still my most favorite all time... it is really withstand the test of time, especially the UI. The UI looks like 2000's era, but more polished & futuristic for the era, which I see it they made it to allow the gamer can appreciate it in the future. The SFX for the UI also somehow fit really well, and you forgot the lading screen... those loading screen is really beautiful! Also the gameplay really perfect for me, even for my brother who more had skill in racer game, it show what car fit the player really well... and like you said, the handling is beautiful as well, as you can feel & pickup how to handle your car & track within second.
I wish Namco Bandai remaster RR4 to nowdays era. I bet the visual & the look will be amazing! expecially seeing the UI in widescreen, I bet really beautiful.
Point Blank ❤️💥
Man. Old Namco. Unbelievable when you see all their games put together like this.
Each time I played that ridge racer 1 i could imagine how someone in psygnosis play this and wanted to make wipeout ....music at least.
R4 is my greatest game and ost of all time ! :)
First time in my life I watched 3 hour long RUclips video. Great work I'm gonna watch some others too now. You're great
Aw thank you 🙏
Quick Correction about Starblade Alpha: the game actually does support the Playstation Mouse; you have to plug it into the second control port and use the playstation controller in port 1 to handle menus. Once in-game, you just use the mouse to aim. You still have to deal with the game's jerky framerate, but it's a lot more comfortable than using the D-Pad.
Nice one for the Ridge Racer coverage, it deserves it. I miss the PlayStation + Ridge Racer times *so*much...
RR series was everything. Still is for me tbh, it's a whole wave of its own.
Nice video homie. This era was so great 🥳
Definitely my favorite video of yours I've seen so far. PS1 is such a huge library and generalized overviews can't do it justice. Having these videos to show me around has really expanded my horizons
Well that was a video, it took a bit to get through but my god was that a joy to watch! So many memeroies from some of these games that made me itching to pull em out and play and some games that will be added to the collection at some point. I'm really sold on the namco museum collection, i simply thought they where just the old games, but i'd love to spend some time just looking at the areas the created! I'll tell ya, your some lad for one lad!
Thank you lad! appreciate you watching :)
Geez your voice is so welcoming and fun to listen to. I can hear you talk about games for hours. Well, I'm currently doing that anyway so...great work
Thank you, thats really nice and reassuring of you to say :)
@@SeanSeanson Finished the vid! Wow, that was such an enjoyable watch. "Ya love to see it!"
I got my PSX with Dragon Valor which I still love even today ❤️ nobody from my colleagues had it, I believe it was kinda rare where I lived. Oh, and RRT4 and Tekken 2 and 3, thank you for this nostalgia trip
"Psychopervs"
Live in Concert!
@(36:04) That is definitely a weird cutscene...I have so many questions now that will never be answered.
Literally went out of my way to look for Najavu no Daiboken: My Favourite Namjatown and found a copy used that didn’t make me break the bank. Thanks for showing these games and giving people a new look at them. I’ve been looking into a lot of ps1 stuff and making things on them so it’s always nice to find others doing the same and with such good quality content to boot
The first time I heard of Namco was of course from the legendary Demo One Version 5, first and foremost through the playable demo of Rage Racer that was included on it, before I got to hear about Namco again through Klonoa: Door to Phantomile which I got to play the demo of via Euro Demo 07/98, my 2nd German OPM demo disc. And coincidentally enough, that game eventually became my very first ever game from Namco that I owned just a few weeks after playing the demo, thanks to a friend of my one of my mum's friends who had loads of PlayStation games that were given to me, mostly copied discs of course. Tekken 3 and Ridge Racer Type 4 became the next games by Namco that I got to own and grow up with during my first year of PlayStation in 1998/1999.
thank you for the using that one part of 'your vibe' in the Type 4 part. :)
I like having your videos in the background when I'm doing overtime. Feels like I'm not working at all
Love your content. Thanks for the journey through Namco.
Man I picked up a boxed libero grande international in mint manual and all for £10 like 3 years ago. I actually rented it from blockbuster in the day and both libero grande's are amongst my favourite ps1 games. As a big football fan they are unique and control solidly given their age and the training mode in the first is so good to learn and FIFA etc copied that in future
As a person whose biggest pet peve in video games is the existence of a story at all (unless the story unfolds DURING gameplay and WITHOUT cutscenes such as in splinter cell chaos theory), your review really made me want the western release of ace combat 3 despite your opposite recommendation. Nice job on the video I want a bunch of namco games now
So you’ll play something like Half Life but not something like Metal Gear Solid?
One of the few channels I anticipate every video from. This one is a gift!
Awesome video, I didn't realise Namco had so many games on the PlayStation. Love playing Ridge Racer & the rest of the games in the series, Tekken 3 is just awesome & loved Time Crisis back in the day, now that I think of it, most of the games I played in the 1st few weeks of getting to experience the PS1 were mostly Namco games LOL. They really were ahead of the game & greatly managed to excel with each new game or sequel from their line up. So many great memories, again cheers for sharing another epic video!
Me: thinking that Gabber track sounded like a good song for ddr
Sean: they put it in Disney ddr
Tekken 3 being my personal fav figter on PS1. Incredible work again here. Think chapter by chapter I might get to the other half of this by months end 😂
Appreciate it lad :)
A correction - Regretfully despite catching Ace Combat 3 you did fall into the classic *actually a bunch of content was deleted for the Western release trap* here Sean. Smash Court 2 has an entire single player story mode/RPG board game that was completely deleted from the Anna Kournikova PAL release, the Japanese release is signficantly different than the PAL version despite initial appearances. There's not much good documentation about it online but it is what it is.
Also the entire of Ridge Racer 4 is built from the ground up for the Jogcon, I recommend tracking one down while they're cheap.
So good. So many memories brought back from the 90s.
That game over screen In Galaxians^3 is awesome. Maybe even a precursor to Sephiroth’s supernova.
I also need to note that Namco Lightgun games flash only as effect for the game rather than as functional thing on NES.
People do not realize always that NES lightgun was dead simple and was already improved over 80's to impressive lengths, like lightpen accessory for vectrex, as well as some other home computers having lightpens. G-Con essentially synchronizes itself to the video signal with the built in adapter piece, and the gun can actually accurately with computing, timing and following the TV beam, accurately and in real time. This is why shooting outside the screen is one of the main mechanics in many lightgun shooters instead of shooting "nothing in particular" on the screen since all of those are known and accounted for, even before you pull the trigger. It is positively maddening and I am still not sure do lightgun games introduce faked horizontal sync or what is going on and I read few articles on the technology few times.
The end result is; For your capture playing in lightgun mode might introduce something funky to the picture signal, maybe maybe not you tell us. But what comes to flashing that is not - or does not NEED to change for anything else but dramatic effect as the technology could track likely anything but a black screen more or less correctly, and most Gcon calibration screens show how the tracking is happening real time all time instead of NES zapper shenanigans. Heck I think Super Zapper already had something coming closer to Namco's solution for playstation and arcades.
Hello Sean, i recently discovered your channel with the algorithm noticing i enjoy long form content so this video popped up on my frontpage. After watching it i decided to look at your other stuff and i got instantly hooked. Now 2 weeks later i have binge watched your entire channel and i must say i really do enjoy your content immensely. The way you present the games with a relaxed demeanour as well as with witt and humor is unprecedented. I also quite enjoy how you recommend the soundtracks of games you play, and i now have about 6 soundtracks to listen to, that i never heard before.
Hopefully your channel will get a lot more subscribers and viewers sooner rather than later, you deserve it.
I look forward in anticipation to your next video. From a newer fan, Benjamin.
Really appreciate the kind words friend. Thank you so much for watching!
What I've learned from this video, Namco released a LOT of light gun games and I love to see it.
Yeh you’d love playing Pac-land on a dedicated arcade cabinet Sean, it’s an entirely different experience. Loved playing it in the 80’s and Metro-cross ,brilliant.
No, Muscle March is exactly what I wanted from a Wii game. You're completely correct.
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It's got bears and bears! So right up my alley. But it's bonkers that Namco released so many games per year during that era. Is there any modern way to play the Point Blank games that isn't emulation, btw?@@SeanSeanson
Wonderful comprehensive video, so many cool types of game from this generation of Namco. As always, looking forward to the next one!
Namco Museum Vol 1 was a game changer for me. I had just gotten a PS1 with sadly no games. I was just starting to realize what 3D was, and then I got this for a weekend from Blockbuster.
I almost never actually played the arcade games, but that fully 3D explorable museum was the first time I could actually EXPLORE 3D. It blew my tiny 10 year old mind open. I spent the entire weekend just walking around the museum and checking out the displays. I also thought the sprite collection was cool too.
I still pop it in every now and then just to explore it again.
It's fantastic to look at these games I used to love as a kid again. Such a great breakdown. NAMCO really defined a generation.
12:49 - 12:59 OH! I remember this game!
46:13 oooooooooh, daaaaaaaaamn...
2:07:15 That sucks.
There is one game that is technically missing, I guess a secret Namco title. Ayrton Senna Kart Duel which was released as an EU Exclusive and is a home version of The Namco Arcade Kart Duel from Namco System 12 (PS1 Arcade Hardware). But it is completely stripped of any Namco mention and was brought home by Sunsoft. It is pretty fun. However it will run at 25fps if you play it in PAL mode, but it was originally designed for 30fps so if you force it into NTSC mode it will run better. Definite hidden gem.
Oh wow, that's some deep knowledge! Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you ,Sean. I love these retrospectives videos on developers during the PS1 era. I greatly appreciate the amount of hard work that you put into these. Keep up the great work.
every time sean says you love to see it he's absolutely right. i do love to see it
You love to see it
Pac-Man World and it's sequels is pretty much exactly why Pac-Man garnered a younger, modern audience to begin with. It was basically a reinvention of the franchise in the same way Super Mario 64 and Sonic Adventure were, sure the first World game wasn't nearly as popular as those two entries, in fact: it was it's PS2 sequel: Pac-Man World 2, which actually sold the most out of the whole trilogy, probably because it was multiplatform and an early 6th gen launch title.
There's something special about content like this, gathering all of a Company's releases for a console is really satisfying to watch.
Tekken 3, alongside Fighters Megamix on the Saturn are highlights of 3D fighters of the era, a great generation, the 90's!
youtuber either two first names i swear to god you make the best content in this site. the editing, the writing style, the pacing, the humor, ALL of it is good. really impressed again as always.
i was rly high when i commented this sry
World Stadium series is spin off of the Famista series aka RBI Baseball that came out on NES. The later RBI Baseball games didn't use the same Famista engine. Super Batter Up on SNES is Super Famista cause the RBI Baseball name is used on a different game.
Awesome work as always, best 3hr show. Every minute is worth watching!
Awesome video, a nice little tribute to Namco's 90's (and early 2000's) PS1 escapades with Some of the greatest games and some of the coolest curiosities :)
Also, on the Tales of games...
Phantasia is my favorite of the bounch. It's also the first Tales game I've played so there's that. Destiny is a bit behind and one of my favorite silly things in the game (outside the Heihachi cameo) is the fact that there's a skill where Stahn throws his burning sword at an enemy. Cless has this move in Phantasia as well, but Stahn actually has to go grab it, and is limited to punches and kicks until you get your sword back. I also remember this because in one tournament match an enemy absorbs fire attacks, so I just threw the sword away (as it's basic attacks also deal fire damage) and jumpkicked the enemy to death.
Eternia is my least favorite of the bunch since it does some things that kinda irked me. Largely the fact that there seems to be less hit impact, in terms of visuals and in terms of the fact that sometimes enemies don't react to your hits (or at least more than in previous games, but this may just be me). Not only that, but Reid has my least favorite skill set of the main swordsmen in the PSX games. Cless had probably too many skills by the end of the game and it was hard for me to really come up with a set I wanted, so I would use Combo Command, an item that allows you to do every skill at any time, so long as you use a button combination. Stahn had fewer moves but he had a pretty solid set. Reid, even considering other Tales games I've played, is the only main swordsman in which I could basically just, by the end of the game, had a set of 6 and could safely ignore the rest, as he seemed to have too many redundant moves, and some stronger versions of moves that are less useful (The Demon Blade and Tempest skills come to mind, the basic versions are more useful for me).
That said, there's some cool stuff. Also the guy who voiced Reid is Sly Cooper's voice actor as well.
There's something about Namco, I grew up playing Tekken and Time Crisis, then later played all the Ridge Racer games. I loved the music their in-house sound team produced back then, so good! I agree on Rage Racer, it's the sorta black sheep of the PS1 iterations, but the DnB tunes are top notch and when you get good at handling the cars and manual gears, particularly one the Lizard ones, it is immensely satisfying
1:22:55 I was expecting them to include the T from their old name of Namcot.
It took me three installments to watch through all of this, and it was absolutely worth it. This was a mammoth undertaking, but also one that I truly appreciated, considering how much of an impact Namco had on this generation of gaming. Thank you for this ridiculous amount of effort - to quote you, 'You love to see it'. 😁
Also, don't think that 'three/tree' icon didn't go unnoticed, especially after your Tweet.
If you can't tree yourself, who can you tree?
Appreciate you taking the time watch man, glad you enjoyed it!
Just to add as a Light Gun Connoisseur:
There were no other PS1 Light Guns that could match the G-Con45 (or Guncon) in terms of quality at least in my vast experience, though I've not had the chance to test the Konami Justifier.
The Guncon may lack in buttons and things like vibration or whatnot, but it closely matched the form factor and shape of the Namco Arcade Light Guns, relatively accurate in comparison to EVERY 3rd Party option I've tested. Not to say you can't use 3rd Party options but every Guncon I've tested does not have a wandering sensor that's almost erratic the farther you are from the screen, making precision shots on small targets a chore. I can also safely say that in comparison to any other option, none of them failed me or broke down whereas every other option I had tested eventually did in some form.
The Guncon 2 of the PS2 era certainly improved upon it in features and smaller form factor but both will keep up with each other for accuracy. If you want the best PS1 (and a good viable option for PS2) Light Gun, Namco stood the tallest.
I've had 3 dinners and a lunch and still haven't managed to finish this video.
Irishmen be making some very long video game videos