10 Old Video Games Features Lost To Time

[@unbiasedcobra6672]

Buying a game that is finished, works and never need an update.

[@wraithlord9879]

When was that? Pong? Because back in the day they didn't do updates, they had to release patched versions of the game for those who hadn't got the game yet or those with money to waste buying the game again.

[@mrpontyboi]

But there were very few games that were released in a state of something like cyberpunk. They were mostly complete or if not at least actually worked.

[@jester4133]

@@mrpontyboi Ever played Asterix and the Magic Cauldron?

[@Savannah_Simpson]

@@mrpontyboi there still are very few games released in the condition Cyberpunk was. And it was only released that way because people were whining that it was taking to long to finish. Updates will always be required even if a game is in its most complete state when released because security protocols change and heck minor things can be improved that may not have been possible at released.

[@dogmilk9651]

Underrated. Still.

[@DrakeAurum]

The big one you missed is out-of-game-engine cut scenes. Back in the days when your actual in-game character was a poorly rendered sprite with only a bare handful of pixels, it was commonplace for the designers to tell the important story beats using other media, ones capable of rendering actual recognisable human features. Whether they were carefully-rendered animations or dodgily-acted video footage, they were the only way you got to see what some of the in-game characters were supposed to look like.

[@Rettke]

Along with that, Intro movies. Back in the SNES, PSX era all games had their Intro movies, almost always pre-rendered (Tekken 3, Final Fantasy VIII to name one of the greatest) and you'll usually see them in videogame stores. Nowadays almost no games have intro movies.

[@tainteddragon2438]

Another feature that isn't really present anymore is the sound effects and background tests menus. SE test... 001 Music Test... 004 Voice Test... 078

[@midievalcat7770]

#1.5 having to figure out which saves you have to delete on your PS2 memory card when it’s full

[@speedwaynutt]

I have the other issue having so many memory cards that you have to work out what one had the save for the game you want to play.

[@MrSegadude21]

now its what games to delete

[@midievalcat7770]

Raul Duran delete the Nickelodeon game saves

[@ThePaineTrain]

The struggle was real

[@mrpontyboi]

But it’s worse now, now you have to either buy more storage or delete entire games or the games not even playable because there’s not enough storage for yet another update lol

[@aidandegg4176]

Sad face for dwindling couch coop - love a bit of gang beasts and overcooked with my wife and our girls. The thig with online gaming is, in theory it should be the most amazing experience ever, the reality is people are generally just awful, and will question why you are alive for deigning to play a game that you aren't "good enough" at. If you roll your number, take a key., if not take a fate card.

[@lucasfranco6345]

This is why Rayman Legends stays near the top of my stack of disc boxes. The death of couch co-op is a tough pill to swallow.

[@sergiokaminotanjo]

well back when gamin begun, couch coop wasnt even a thing really, that was just how you supposed to play games. With your friends right besides you

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

Don't forget greed: couch co-op means a potential buyer has to get just one copy, need just one console... Not so much for online, eh.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

Borderlands GotY, Overcooked 2, Tricky Towers, Team Sonic Racing, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, Oh My Godheads, Worms Battlegrounds, and Don't Starve Together are some Couch Co-Op options on PS4.

[@ronnycook3569]

Strategy Guides are still a thing, mostly for really complex RPGs & open world games, and still somewhat useful as you don't need to keep a web browser open while playing. Of course, there WAS the official strategy guide for Final Fantasy 9, in which half the book is pointers to a no-longer-functional web site. If the people who wrote that book could think of a better way to undercut their own market, I can't think of one... I'm still ticked off about that bl**dy book. On the other hand, the final printed guide for Skyrim is no joke. It is, I kid you not, about the same size as what a telephone book was when telephone books were still a thing.

[@arrongumbrell539]

The Grand Theft Auto game manuals used to be brilliant.

[@rickdaniel3230]

0:59 Putting Tiny Peter's face on Steve Caballero's THPS2 sprite was the perfect touch.

[@teyo8618]

Cheat code still exist, but it’s now called “micro transactions “.

[@thechugg4372]

"Loading screens" Old school games with cartridges : "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that"

[@niche8137]

(Most) Sprite-based games: Loading screens?

[@DEMONDREWR]

There's nothing so exciting as opening an old game case and discovering your 12-year-old notes on how you were gonna level a character or cheat codes for when a friend was over.

[@peacexlove]

Secret characters in video games. Like, having to complete certain tasks to face them and inputting some crazy controller commands to play as them.

[@amy99077]

One really loved feature was to unlocking new characters and stages after you complete the game.. no dlc BS..looking for gaming forums to check what needs to be done to unlock a new character used to be so interesting..wow! Good old times

[@Dr.SamLoomis]

OK boomer

[@baldeaglenor7156]

Sekiro is the only one I can think of on the spot that has that feature.

[@paulharries9558]

The sad thing is that gaming as a social activity is nearly dead. I would rather play games in the same room with people I know. But even the people I know who play games would rather play remotely.

[@paulharries9558]

And the situation with social distancing is only going to distance us further.

[@willhuey4462]

you mean than playing online and having to deal with foul mouthed little kids in multiplayer games,

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

I loved strategy guides. Not for the guides but for the other stuff. I miss them.

[@Googaliemoogalie]

8:29 RIP Memory Cards...

[@nerdtuga9180]

"Couch co op is dying" Nintendo: Not on my watch

[@oxymoron02]

I'm glad Billy was also there for that beautiful story.

[@realityvanguard2052]

Dude I grew up on N64 and genesis... I never even saw a load time until 2003 and I was like "wtf is this?"

[@Tatokat]

Another thing that is slowly dying out: Game cartriges and game disks.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

As someone with shockingly bad internet, this one really annoys me!

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Ironically, game cartridges made a come back with the Nintendo DS. Even if it's basically just modified sd card technology. The Switch has stuck by it. The death of physical media for gaming in general won't be a good thing.

[@tristanwegner]

Slowly? As a PC gamer, I have not used a GameDisc in about 10 years. Digital is so much cheaper and convenient - heck, my PC from 2016 does not even have a disc drive.

[@Tatokat]

@@tristanwegner Maybe, but PC gaming is only one type of gaming. Whether you like it or not, Console gaming and physical copies are very much still a thing.

[@Tgn315]

F for the cheats😢

[@alexanderhansen659]

Here's one that's older than almost everybody here: PC gameplay accelerating with processor speed, potentially ruining forward compatability. I got a new motherboard on a PC around 1990 with a faster CPU and some of my games became essentially unplayable because the player avatar moved too quickly.

[@tristanwegner]

There used to me tiny programs for that that slowed the CPU back down to the wanted levels. I also used CD slow down, to the CD would not spin up to like 52x speed for a few seconds on each level load - I rather waited 2s longer than have that annoying noise.

[@Theottselmaster]

Having games that have endings and not paid dlc ending. Doom eternal looking at you.

[@nelltheretrogamer]

I can think of at least two more: One: Loading music. In my innocent youth, games came on cassette tapes. It took five minutes to load the game. So there was not only a loading screen but also loading music. Especially the Ocean Loaders are considered classics of C64 music and bring tears of nostalgia to anyone who listens to them. Two: Copy protection that required the game manual. At one point, game manuals were very thick. That was because in addition to the instructions they contained a short story, or sometimes a quite long story, that sometimes even had something to do with the game. Why? Because of the copy protection system. Before you could start playing the game, you had to insert a word. "Insert the third word in the second row of the fourth paragraph on page 36". If you had a legal copy of the game, then you also had the manual. If you had an illegal copy, then presumably you didn't have the manual and couldn't enter the game. I don't know if this actually worked very well since most illegal copies were probably cracked versions anyways. But I had legal copies and inserted LOTS of words during the years that this was done.

[@nelltheretrogamer]

Some individual old games had really wicked copy protections anyways. Alternate Reality: The City was one of the most devious ones. On the face of it, it looked as if the game disk had no copy protection at all. It could be copied like any normal disk. But the owner of the copy was in for a nasty surprise. It was an RPG and pretty soon after starting the game, his character would fall ill and slowly die. Since it happened a lot in this game anyways that you fell ill for a number of reasons, it wasn't obvious that this was part of the copy protection system. But the owners of a legal copy were also able to heal over time. The owners of an illegal copy withered away and died. It was a fun game anyways. You were able to get drunk to the point of passing out, you could overeat, and the way you dressed had an effect on how the NPCs reacted to you. Oh, happy days.

[@BeardTech]

Local. Split screen. Multiplayer. Shooters. Remember Timesplitters 2 and that epic GameCube multiplayer goodness??? I do

[@princessnodak]

this one has been gone for a LONG time....but "high scores"

[@goatbone]

8:52 Spiritual Warfare. So many save games lost because I wrote a lower case as a capital or vice versa.

[@MrBeardsley]

Quick time event? What the hell is a quick time event? Do you mean a Jackanism?

[@yourgameisstupid]

I'd give this ten thumbs upses if I could.

[@Googaliemoogalie]

Since I've been replaying point and click adventures. Everything from those are pretty much gone

[@teknomax7883]

Loved when you bought a game and all sorts of goodies came on the case, and the booklet wasn't just a frikkin sheet of paper. Oh, and the developers thanked you for buying the game

[@Postpost90s]

Great pace on this video. Hat offs for the resi 1 film clip

[@GoshDiggityDang]

Best couch coop game I've played in a hot minute is Crawl. Truly unique and truly awesome with 4 people on one couch (or individual chairs, i won't judge)

[@emilygordon5803]

i miss the feature the ds had where you could play multiplayer versions of games with people who didn't have the game themselves (download play) - like mario kart, all the people without the game being shy guy's.

[@astraldragon01]

I honestly miss manuals, not only to read how to play the game, but also to read the law and artwork

[@marcuswalters8093]

I literally just had a tutorial level today. First time I've had one in ages, to be fair.

[@HibiroZ]

The physical copy of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town came with a game manual, in full color.

[@Googaliemoogalie]

Awesome, I miss those

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

So does Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom.

[@adipramana7]

8:30 RIP memory cards

[@Magnitude7]

Thank you for acknowledging the Spider-Man (2002) tutorial

[@roryk101]

Great script Molly

[@mcbaby]

Can't lie, I'd definitely play Hulk Hogan's Wife Swap Boogaloo.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Eric Bischoff has entered chat

[@TaccRaccoon]

Destroy All Humans hid the loading screen by showing a clip of the saucer going to earth

[@ThisCharmingMan1984]

I have zero interest in trying online gaming- obviously unless it’s with friends who live far away, so I will miss the co-op mode, if it fully goes; I haven’t done it in ages, but, when I was at uni, I used to love game nights with a few friends. It was a great social event, that you could enjoy even if you weren’t a gamer, or didn’t fancy playing much; you could be a spectator, or just dip in, and out, when you fancied playing, while having a few drinks, and laughing at the antics of gaming friends. There was always a great atmosphere, even when things would get a little more competitive, and the friendly insults would start to fly haha. Despite many other people obviously loving it, I just don’t see any fun in online gaming with/against strangers, and, at my age, I doubt I ever will; I know it’s possible to make friends that way, but it’s just not for me; but hey, if other people enjoy it, then that’s great; I just hope developers find a way to fully incorporate BOTH online, AND co-op modes, and don’t get rid of the latter altogether. 🤞😀🤞

[@woolfieMcP]

I had a friend who beat Golden Axe III by himself in one sitting. I was very young then. I'm 25 now and I doubt I'd be able to do it

[@zevfeitelson]

Can you rank every handheld console ever please?

[@JackSinister]

12:11 took me so off-guard omg I'm creased

[@speedwaynutt]

Cheat codes i miss all the random cheats.

[@BITXDONUT]

I still buy strategy guides for my JRPGS all in Japanese

[@geekbearinggifts1]

Code wheels for DRM - just needing to have a tangible wheel with slots to line up and then typing a word, number or set of symbols to prove you had a legitimate copy of the game. They were a pain, but looking back, they were kind of cool at the time.

[@olscratch74]

8:21 - Alright, that's pretty funny.

[@tristanwegner]

Cheats codes are so missed! Silly ones could make a average hilarious for a few hours, are could be used to circumvent bugs, that might have been hard game stoppers without them. Shutout to Dirty Little Helper - an offline Cheat Database, that got distributed by passing on CDs.

[@connorbeith3232]

Big head mode will live on in our big hearts :(

[@feeamerie5011]

I just bought an OG Xbox again on a whim because I missed playing your games with your own soundtrack. What a brilliant feature that just disappeared 😩

[@KnockOut101inc]

Haven't heard of cheat planet for 15 years..... Thank you for that nastalgia trip lol

[@randy3669]

Barbara?? Barbara?? BARBARA!!

[@Pehmokettu]

Nowadays many players struggle with cloud saving - some games have it and some games don't. It is an unpleasant surprise to get a new mobile phone or PC ( or experience some technical difficulties and you have to uninstall and install everything again) and continue a game that you like - only to notice that there was no cloud saving and you have to start the game completely from beginning.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

A cute nod is the Medievil remake has a trophy for trying to use a cheat from the original (PS1).

[@BrotherMag]

My lil nephew still wants to hand me the game. I blame myself for hooking him on to games lol

[@emperorleachicus2199]

Tutorial levels are still tutorial levels and are still conducted in a relatively safe environment in most games. Just because they’ve got better at making it part of the story doesn’t mean it’s not a tutorial. Health bars are still extremely common. They may not be in CoD, but the majority of third person games still have them (like all Arkham style games, all “fighting games” like Mortal Kombat, Ghost of Tshushima, From Software games etc.) even some FPS games still have them, like Doom Eternal. It feels like a few of the items on this list are a bit of a stretch to say the least.

[@JimmiCottam]

Bloody hell. Cheat Planet and note book... That took me back

[@dylanogg347]

It's the tutorial of Spider-Man (2002) that fully introduced me to Bruce Campbell, and I am forever grateful.

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

I barley use consoles since COOP is pretty much gone.

[@Paethgoat]

Shout out to the Souls series for shipping with a guide that was equal parts instruction manual.

[@traviskoontz4796]

Oh the good old days how I miss them

[@guillepankeke2844]

Another might be old walkthoughs with text guides. Nowdays you have wikias or whatever, but the lack of time, for the amount of video games, makes it harder to maximize a character instead of searching each quest, item, weapon, etc. by itself.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Tutorial levels are not entirely gone. Splatoon has you start out in a tutorial stage when playing for the first time. As for limited lives, it still makes sense for some 2d games. Sonic Mania Plus, for example, has an interesting take on the limited lives system in encore mode. Not sure if Fire Emblem counts due to resorting to only instant game overs when the lord character dies and in specific situations other characters when a chapter goal require you to prevent a certain character from dying. Never the less, classic mode in Fire Emblem arguably still has emotional weight to it; especially in Shadows of Valentia, where the death quotes sound more painful than the being merely injured quotes in casual mode. Especially with the newer game trying to have you develop an actual emotional bond with the characters you are fielding.

[@uhobme2028]

It be cool if in any of the ps5 Spidermans, theres a Side mission where you have to collaborate with someone, voiced by Bruce Campbell, to get something and they (sarcastically) run you through how to get it. Be a neat Easter Egg.

[@some-replies]

To be fair, with online co op I see split screen dying completely. I've done new school lan games, 2 consoles in a room just using Xbox live instead of lan. It's like split screen with your own tv

[@tonbogale]

F for Couch co-op. I think the last one I played was Portal 2 -- still some of my most fond gaming memories though.

[@ant9272]

Game station. Those were the days

[@Nostalgic64]

I kinda miss lives in video game. Like I like how infinite lives saves time and back tracking but at the same time having lives meant for you to improve in the game. For me the most punishable game was Super Mario Sunshine since I didn't have a memory card for it. If you loose all your lives your booted to the main menu and if you dont have a memory card then none of your files were saved

[@NSS7]

i don't understand why developer don't include cheat code anymore. It is one of best feature for older games and good for replay value. Last game I remember that still have it is Red Dead Redemption 2.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

I'm playing through Dante's Inferno atm, so a fair few of these are applicable...

[@ciaralizabeth]

The prima guides were so fun to read.

[@Googaliemoogalie]

I hope the new halo has co-op. Halo always had co-op as a feature and it always seemed that Halo 3 was pushed to the limits of the Xbox 360, so I think it's Developers being lazy.

[@RepKyle95]

Well, that didn't work out....

[@paulharries9558]

Ah yes, Chester Austin. The Raffles of the video game world.

[@mudachaproductions]

I wouldn't mind Silent Speech going away forever, at least in games that can afford full voice acting, but Pokemon Sword & Shield didn't have any so we'll see how long it holds out for.

[@gabecoker]

I'm sorry, but the #1 aspect I miss is LIGHT GUN GAMES!!! Which is why I own two CRT tvs and two PS2s and two copies of Time Crisis III, just to play it from two perspectives.

[@cbennett_12]

🚨🚨🚨 PETER MENTIONING HAVEN: CALL OF THE KING KLAXXON 🚨🚨🚨

[@ivanjursdotter]

i miss the unnecessary side quest. weather they gave an advantage or not side quest like gather all item in FF7 for golden Chocobo or finding all posters in the game. Mario RPG battle against that culex boss.

[@greenhowie]

You don't have to spend half an hour trying to load a game from a tape only to find you stopped at the wrong point and have to reset the whole system to try again these days. Well, not on console at least.

[@Zanollo5]

There are no more strategy guides because movies don't need that.

[@VisualGourmet]

7:26 "Fighting games are always going to need some kind of health measurement"... No. Games like Hellish Quart or Two Strikes do not, and thy're not only good - they're objectively better than classic fighting games.

[@paulharries9558]

Don't snort, TINY PETER.

[@culturedbrother]

And yet i would take cheat codes over any kind of microtransactions, loot-boxes and whatever crappy practices are around these days.

[@throwsnbrews9516]

Practically every PS4 exclusive has a ton of QTEs...

[@bartekkubicaku-bitsa9802]

Ok at 9:29 this guy write in Polish so here's a translation, remember its a stock video: "I love Pati. I am godly. It's good but..."

[@tlynn327]

I'm hoping the Intelevision Amico does well, so couch co-op becomes popular again.

[@thechugg4372]

Health Bars? Really? Overwatch, Black Ops 4, Every Battle Royale, litterally every big AAA game ever made recently?

[@Yodascloaca]

this is like a photocopy of gameranx.

[@cyaneyezed]

@9:47 how'd you get the rights to that dank Vidiots clip ?

[@rashidhumine]

In this Day and Age we don't need Levels anymore..

[@Siresly]

Let's give a quick shout-out to Christina Applegate.

[@Venemofthe888]

Quick Time Events are a Cut scene with a button its boring. Im glad they are becoming way less seen

[@Googaliemoogalie]

I dunno, it works in some games. Like uncharted

[@lazarushernandez5827]

@@Googaliemoogalie It can ruin some games though, for all the praise the PS4 game The Order :1886 got, the QTEs in that game just took me out of it...

[@vlon3lyboiii666]

Unlocking characters with task or finishing gameplay instead of DLC 😭😭😭

[@paulharries9558]

Oh no! I've seen TINY PETERS BIG GIANT HEAD.

[@ShreddieMurphyy]

What was the game that looks like an old cartoon? There's some footage at 5:46

[@LiamOnTheInternet]

That's Dragon's Lair, and the other one is Space Ace. Both available remastered from their arcade originals on switch!

[@pelago_]

How do you like it?!

[@internetnobody6754]

Fucking Gears 5 had a tutorial level and I almost uninstalled it immediately

[@Dr.SamLoomis]

Is a mid level loading screen really a feature?

[@DeathMetalDerf]

The power for split will ALWAYS be possible with a PC and the right equipment. This is why consoles are terrible wastes of money. They don't last long these days, and I'm convinced they put the absolute bare minimum hardware in there so you'll be forced to buy a whole new unit eventually. I just need to swap my 3080Ti for a newer model when it comes out and I'm golden. And my PC will never give me a ring of light that means it's dead.