10 Things About Gaming in the 2000s Kids Don't Get Today

There may never be a golden age of video games like the early 2000s and there are a lot of things that gamers today will never have to deal with or understand. For this list we’ll discuss the numerous things that shaped the industry today and some that unfortunately don’t exist anymore. In this video we’ll examine the rise of online multiplayer, the enormous hype of E3, and the glory of midnight releases and so much more that we take for granted today. What was your favorite thing about gaming in the early 2000s? Relive your nostalgia in the comments.
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[@traytonvanderecken3311]

I miss the days where you can pop a game in the console without having to wait for it to download.

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Or having to remove some space just to play even if it’s on disc

[@Leo-pd4fc]

Me too 😢

[@jeremy19175]

@@Darkchao_berserko22 Or waiting for the console to update before playing a game

[@cameronblackwell5714]

Agreed 👍

[@LadyLeomon]

I miss the days when your save data was either *on the cartridge* or on a memory card, now it’s saved to your console so if your console craps out your save data is all gone. Being a Pokéfan has sucked since the Switch Era began because Nintendo thinks allowing cloud backups would “encourage cheating” yet other games have worked out how to avoid it 😒😒😒

[@alexanderhikel2350]

Having a completely polished finished game on release, without constant updates fixing it is what stands out to me

[@AnthonyMarioGamer64_YT]

As a person who grew up with the games in the 2000s, I really miss those days. So much nostalgia for us 2000s kids to remember and never forget

[@Max-nb3po]

Yeah I miss when gaming was so innovative in the 2000s when I grew up.

[@samuelgiles7571]

2000s consoles were ahead of their time

[@Max-nb3po]

@@samuelgiles7571 yeah I agree, I don’t know about todays consoles but it feels like that something is missing that made the past consoles memorable

[@AnthonyMarioGamer64_YT]

@@Max-nb3po same (sorry for the late reply btw)

[@AnthonyMarioGamer64_YT]

@@samuelgiles7571 facts

[@RetroBrax]

god we took the 2000s for granted! take us back!!!

[@CappyLarou]

Kids nowadays will never know the pain of going to your friend's house and being handed a madkatz controller... So depressing

[@GrandCaptainSpeedyDashGames]

That's why I always brought my controller with me.

[@rundown132]

They'll also never enjoy LAN parties

[@Brimoe18]

10:25

[@smananderson09]

I miss those old days😭

[@Harbyz]

I dont😂 I dont have to leave the house to buy stuff. I can play more older games then ever before

[@EllenTheArtist]

Today's gaming is missing the real joy as it was before. I still remember all the 'WOWS' when something new and cool turned up.

[@a.jthomas6132]

Guitar hero and Rock Band needs to be revived! 🎸 🥁 🔥

[@roadtocosplayer205]

This video takes me back... I feel old now.

[@devingiles6597]

Me too.

[@GrandCaptainSpeedyDashGames]

Kids these days don't understand the joy of hanging out with a friend and playing a game side by side, to see your friends face when you beat them.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Most Of My Best 2000's Gaming Moments Was playing games like Street Fighter 3 Third Strike (1998) and Street Fighter Alpha Series (1995-1998) also Lethal Enforcers (1992) and Virtua Cop 2 (1996)

[@XaviSupremo]

Man I miss those days…

[@Justin-Theobald]

People used to complain that £40 for game on release was a lot for a complete game in the 2000s now look what you have to pay for!

[@00TOYZ]

70 US dollars nowadays

[@headred76]

£40 in 2000 was $65, which today is $117, I think we’ve got it ok.

[@Spacemutiny]

With inflation game prices have pretty much stayed the same or actually gone down. When I was a kid a hot Super Nintendo game could cost 69.99 which is $146 now!!!

[@darkdragonmedeus705]

While I missed the SNES Vs Genesis and PS1 Vs N64; the former was what I consider the greatest generation of gaming with the latter being second. I also miss how things were in the 2000's with the Wii and DS, or even PS2/Gamecube/Xbox. The DS had so many awesome features at the time and was the golden age of monster training games; especially with DS download play. No one likes having to pay overpriced Micro transitions just for skins as opposed to unlocking all those things via doing challenges or achievements similar to the classic Super Smash Bros games. Especially if Micro transitions just for a one piece skin costs more than certain Indie game titles that I ironically consider more fun to play than most modern FPS games. While Nintendo Switch is a step in the direction to still have such high quality titles left and right, it still cannot be denied they also have some of the same issues that other modern platforms do. Especially Joycon Drift or being over reliant on needing to redownload cloud data.

[@mojoplays]

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[@Leo-pd4fc]

PS2, Nintendo DS and Wii were my favourite things in early and after 2000s

[@devingiles6597]

Cheat codes. I mean, back in the 2000's, who loves looking into a gaming magazine to find a page filled with cheat codes in video games from your favorite 5th and 6th generation of game consoles. There is one example in ATV Offroad Fury 2 for the PlayStation 2 that has a cheat code to unlock everything. From racing tracks to numerous ATV outfits to owning all of the ATVs. The cheat code for that is "IGIVEUP."

[@Bo_D_Hansen]

"10 Things About Gaming in the 1970s and 1980s kids don't get today" - that could be fun to watch

[@slystone4892]

Gaming in the 70s?

[@Bo_D_Hansen]

@slystone4892 Yes, believe it or not, I'm old enough to remember gaming from about 1977 and if you look long enough on the internet you can find advertising about games from the last 1970s

[@Bo_D_Hansen]

@@slystone4892 Yes I'm old enough to remember gaming from about 1977

[@c55411]

I never had problems with mad cats controllers. I also miss the waiting for a game at midnight 😂

[@alieunjie8459]

As a person born in 2001, this video brought back so many fun memories. What an era that was!💯🐐🔥

[@eimran1178]

I remember getting my PS2. Been gaming 25 years and had great fun with the PS3 and PS4, but the 2000's were without a doubt the peak gaming years.

[@n8ivegogo1]

8:00 IDK WTF there talking about Online blew up when Halo 2 released 😂

[@mjdf122]

I’ve seen and have all NTSC consoles from 1980-Now what a life of gaming

[@Thelodis]

The thing I miss about the 2000s was when retro games and consoles like NES, SNES and Gameboy was really cheap and widely available on Ebay. Much easier to find and get one's hands on both specific titles and some games you just get curious about than in the 90s, much cheaper than today. And I also used to find new games much cheaper than in the store just one day after or on release day. Just a few days more wait and a few tens of dollars off.

[@myn_minyu]

I miss couch coop so much!! I feel like ever since online gaming established amongst consoles, there is only a handful of offline coop games available nowadays. Even Remakes of old games get rid of offline coop (i.e. Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles...) There was nothing better than inviting your friends over and play one game together all night 🥰

[@DRCEQ]

Hearing you make fun of corporate buzzwords for the E3 segment had me laughing good.

[@spectrebull]

Honestly, I felt like I quoted 12 different studios verbatim.

[@theteeman]

I'm also a 2000s kid and those experiences are memorable. Even though I was never apart of the long lines for the midnight releases, I have seen them as a kid back then. What a time to witness it all! Wii Sports was worth owning, especially if you have the Wii Sports Bundle! Thank you Reggie for giving Nintendo an incredible innovative idea (from his book Disrupting The Game). Kids today won't understand the experiences within the Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, etc.

[@LotteYanson]

Local multiplayer. Some of my favorite memories include a birthday party of mine where my cousin and I raced each other in Mario Kart Double Dash and the countless hours of playing games like Super Smash Bros Melee and Brawl, the Mario Party series and even the Sonic Adventure 2 Battle multiplayer with my siblings and friends. Now local multiplayer seems to be becoming a thing of the past.

[@jamiewalsh3349]

I'm making sure I keep our Wii so my niece and nephew can play it someday and experience how fun it is.

[@corbz273]

The Virtual Console. Where you could actually purchase retro games with a single payment rather than signing up for an online service to pay $50 bucks a year

[@Phanthief95]

After digging out my old GameBoy Advance & playing Pokemon Emerald on it a few years back, it made me never take the invention of the backlight for granted ever again. Also, to anyone with a Switch or Steam Deck, be grateful that the battery is rechargeable. It wasn’t until the DS & the PSP that we actually got rechargeable batteries for handhelds.

[@crimsonshadow1140]

technically it was the GBA SP first but yeah you’re right

[@alexandrubarbosu2382]

The thing with the midnight releases sounds so nice.. Being born at the end of the 2000s is hard

[@stephenandujo729]

Man I grew up In the early in the early 2000’s with the wii, the gameboy advance, the PSP, and my computer, with games like Cars, Mario, LEGO Star Wars, Guitar hero, hot wheels, rock band, and monster jam, and also the Jump start games. Simpler times are gone with gaming.

[@maskedbananavr910]

as a kid who grew up in the 2010s but played alot off 2000s games. i can agree these were all amazing

[@trippyskullz6669]

I miss game genie and game shark style devices that allow you to break games in fun ways without relying on the the developers to include things like infinte whatever or big heads etc

[@massimofallani]

Ya I remember the DS download play. While it may not have been the best memories because i always got picked on and bullied everytime i play Mario Kart DS with those people

[@samuelgiles7571]

My favourite games to play during the 2000s were the Buzz! Quiz and Buzz! Junior games, especially with friends and family.

[@johnfeather6476]

I sure loved reading Nintendo Power magazines at my local library. Man, those were the days.

[@MathewUchiha]

My last midnight game was Halo 3 ❤🎉

[@vincentmichel5165]

That Ps2 logo appearing on the screen and THE SOUND ❤❤

[@paytonturner1421]

I always feel nostalgia for a lot of things from the 2000s.

[@banmancan1894]

The force is strong with this one 7:12

[@YouthPotential]

I miss command & conquer and TimeSplitters

[@darkcloudXIV]

Top 10 trends and traits in 90’s cartoons. These are the things you’d likely see if you’re watching a random cartoon series from the 90’s: -environmental awareness. I don’t recall a cartoon that didn’t preach the importance of preventing deforestation or that pollution was bad. -high quality pilot, low quality season. The first 1-2, maybe 3 episodes to pitch the series often show what the studios can do, but more often than not when they get the green light, they have to pace themselves for the rest of the season so quality dips. -Anthropomorphic team with a human partner. TMNT-mania was full swing in the 90’s, and it had a lot of copycats. -“Extreme” shows.

[@Frost4Real]

The biggest ones here are peripherals, motion controls, and midnight releases. Literally everyone had a Wii, even ppl that in no way would call themselves gamers. It was a family thing, and so fun. Same with Guitar Hero / Rockband. We'll probably never see stuff like that again now that the fad is over.

[@calvin1228]

I miss the days of couch co-op/wlan games

[@SuperBoy-ps9dz]

I miss the 2000’s so much, I wish I could just go back in time and redo my childhood. 😞😞😞

[@jenniferhunter5433]

so good ✅✌🏼

[@Kratos1829]

Nothing midnight lunch. The excitement was incredible.

[@jamesl8053]

I think I'm one of the few people who didn't mind those third party controllers, especially for the gamecube, I always hear people saying how reliable the official ones where but literally all mine broke and I wasn't a kid who threw mine in rage or smacked it around, they just died for no known reason, and I always looked after them as we didn't have a ton of money growing up, but the third party ones lasted way longer, and still work today, plus I weirdly found the thicker stockier bodies to be more comfortable for my hands.

[@devingiles6597]

My favorite thing about video gaming in the 2000's is owning a PlayStation 2. It is my favorite video game console because the console also acts as a DVD player. My second favorite was the cheat codes.

[@xmandammit4308]

I was there Gandalf, I was there when Halo 3 released at midnight.

[@doctorawesomeness1997]

The 2000s was the best time for video game to me.

[@JONATHANP1619]

Back when live service game was restricted to big MMORPG, when DLC was rare and couch coop was still a big things, before the trend of battle royals and social medias, oh yesssss.

[@jellissa44]

One thing that makes me sad is that I never got a GameCube brand new in the store while it was a thing. I didn't get a Gamecube until 2012.

[@wahaabb0]

I wanted the ps2 more than any console during that era despite getting xbox i played great games like dead or alive , splinter cell , nfs underground & etc.

[@Animeguy300]

I grow up in the 90's and I played the first PlayStation

[@rwiggly]

Omg I remember the Wii being impossible to find. My parents were trying to get one for the family for ages.

[@Luke0193]

I miss hand-helds so much 😢 these were the best things ever when you were a kid always out for the new Gameboy

[@DevinPosey20]

Back when games didn’t always try to force micro transactions in every game

[@joffa99m44]

I was born 99, if I wasn't holding my gba or ds I would hunker in my basement and play ps2, ps3 and wii. I loved it all and you could say they wore my friend's since I didn't know anyone or fit in the countryside.

[@JamesDavis-nu5lx]

I’m an introvert so I never waited in line for the game launch or rushed head on to be the first to buy the brand new game or console as I would buy them weeks later.

[@KingDueceND]

There was a line last year in my city’s Best Buy for tears of the kingdom haha.

[@CappyLarou]

Anybody who doesn't understand how much motion controls mattered, just go play TNA impact wrestling on the Nintendo Wii and then go try it on any other system, and I guarantee you you will have had more fun playing it on the Wii than you will on the other systems even if they look and run better. That stupid wiimote really really had an impact on gaming that unfortunately didn't last

[@-maddogmillionaire-baddogb5457]

So this is what getting old for a gamer feels like...

[@mrfroghello]

COD4 MW was my first online be experience.

[@blakev2365]

I miss the excitement of going to blockbuster to try and find some kinda game and movie I would play all weekend.

[@UncleOf5]

Also back then updated version of games came with all the DLCs download and programmed into the game software.

[@Historicutuber]

I remember waiting for God of war 2018 at launch

[@RiVer-Parish]

I missing waiting outside of Gamestop for the new release of Ncaa Football and Madden collecting people's gamers tag to play online while talking mad shit😂😂.

[@sargetyu]

Dreamcast PSO with friends online

[@unbeatenlake790]

The zombie era was just something something else. Every single game had to have zombies for some reason.

[@twinkie415]

*i miss link cables.*

[@Gothicwolf1984]

I miss the 2000s

[@velinfransiscahuang7033]

I love cute games especially from Nintendo developer!! 😍💖

[@olivertejada8281]

Good times ❤

[@bonesawmcgraw9728]

Fremiums not existing yet was beautiful.

[@randyhamm3862]

Not having to be online for games just being able to play a single player campaign

[@wedgeheelshunterlegend2654]

The release day of the PS2. Best Day Ever.

[@FrozenFlameTheater]

Taking turns playing single player games at your friend house. Looking at you crash bandicoot lol

[@christophermarshall2362]

I love E3 because it was the mecca of video game conventions! I watched a lot of coverage thanks to G4 in tbe 2000s and IGN in the 2010s. I miss E3 It will always be a part of gaming history.

[@otherChannels802]

I miss when everything was physical & everyone got the game at the same time. With digital, they usually get it first and some games (well for nintendo anyways) are digital only.

[@juliomaldonado7979]

4:13 Kitty! Who brings a kitty to a gaming store?

[@ARIXANDRE]

I do not missed tacked on multiplayer modes in single player games.

[@doctorwyvern9992]

Wii Sports was the first and so far only game that my parents actually played and enjoyed.

[@10mingaming8]

I am 31 years old. I never once knew of DS download play.

[@airdolphin]

2009 mw2 midnight release

[@ecwdude17]

I miss Guitar Hero

[@12thMandalorian]

I miss the days when you’d play a game that wasn’t broken at launch

[@michaelfritz5816]

So, all these sounds like gaming in the 90s. Going over to friends or families house, playing a game, with 4 controllers. Or connecting a wire, to two or more gameboys, battling others in games, trading Pokemon that way. We had it made, in the 90s. Kids now, never get to experience that.

[@Historicutuber]

The 2000s were so lit!!

[@luckystudent00]

Rise of Fight Sticks & the Dark Age of Fighting Games

[@ultimavioletb1599]

Gaming in the 90s = going to channel 3 on your TV to play your game

[@msshelley3919]

No day one patches!

[@lionhinder]

I miss midnight releases good times for those of us who attending and worked them. Ex GameStop employees stand up!

[@dominikschmidt5238]

The 2000's were wild😂

[@TKnHappyNess]

That there were Grand Theft Auto games other than 5

[@Rolox01]

How was split screen multiplayer not on here!

[@OfficiallyIcon]

Are we not going to address the fact that they are using the newer Modern COD 4 game and not the original COD 4 that came out in 07 at 7:35

[@MegaMbembe]

I missed the days in the 2000s when you buy a game and it's bug free.

[@devingiles6597]

Me too.

[@kurtrobertson9204]

How are Lan Parties not on this list??!!!?!?!?!?

[@GTAIVVibes]

I still have to Tony Hawk board for Wii