6 Ridiculous Gimmicks Too Beautiful for This World

Some game innovations are so good they become industry standards, like online multiplayer or Troy Baker. Others are so daringly novel they couldn't possibly stick around. Inspect these six ridiculous gimmicks too beautiful for this world and subscribe! www.tinyurl.com/SubToOxbox
Fallout 4 will be great, but will it have a solar powered gun? Only the Game Boy Advance's Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand ever had a photometric sensor on its cartridge to charge an in-game weapon, harnessing the power of the Earth's actual Sun.
Gran Turismo 2, on the other hand, innovated bravely with its scratch-and-sniff game disc, infused with a fragrance of petrol and burning rubber.
You couldn't smell the disc while it was spinning inside your PlayStation, so the secret was to take a really big whiff then hold your breath while the disc was in the console.
Then there was Sonic and Knuckle for the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive, with its ingenious backwards compatability kludge known as Lock-On Technology.
It let you plug your Sonic the Hedgehog 3 cartridge into the top of the Sonic and Knuckles cartridge to create a sort of tower of videogame, detected by your console as a single, monstrous 34-megabyte cartridge.
Even better, you could slot in your ancient Sonic the Hedgehog 2 cartridge to climb, smash and glide your way through the levels of the official best ever Sonic game, no arguments.
Got an abandoned innovation for the gimmick graveyard? Memorialize it in the comments.
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[@michelles.3835]

Wii Vitality Sensor: "When you die in real life, you die in the Game."

[@StormyxBoi]

Wow so ingenious!!!!

[@Quackenson]

Wii Vitality Sensor on mobile: “”

[@Demonprincess666]

That would indeed take care of all the idiots among gamers…🧐😂

[@eurogamer]

I thought the Donkey Konga Bongos were a pretty useless gimmick. Then I watched someone complete Dark Souls using them and my world collapsed. - Ian

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

Eurogamer while it's completely possible he did and even though he had a camera showing him pushing buttons on the bongos unless he had someone there witnessing him do this then he could have easily had someone off camera playing the game. Just saying I doubt any of these accomplishments unless they are done with a third party to witness. I mean that's why world record's have to be done that way.

[@Althalus2010]

Nicko Bagaskara But the Kinect is unreliable in and of itself, meaning that such a feat would rely heavily on luck, whereas the Donkey Konga Bongos work in and of themselves but were not intended for playing anything other than Donkey Konga, let alone something as difficult and reflex-heavy as Dark Souls.

[@blobcreeper]

Althalus2010 The Donkey Konga bongo's were intended for playing Donkey Konga and its sequels along with Donkey Kong's Jungle Beat (I think that was the name) which was a Donkey Kong side scroller like DK Country but worked by using the bongos

[@Spritus3241]

+Brandon Ottinger (JaqenH'ghar80) no one believes you'll have completed metal gear rising because "it has to be this way!"

[@Noodles4Anime]

Jaqen H'Ghar Lol. You've gone beyond "Pics or no proof". Gotta have pictures, video, witness, legal documents..

[@DarkLadyPhoenix]

Wasn't there a monster collecting game where you could get different monsters by feeding the console every CD in the house regardless of what type of media it was?

[@SilentEagle3]

Monster Rancher.

[@DarkLadyPhoenix]

Thank you.

[@brandonhg4291]

+DarkLadyPhoenix MGS portable ops let you scan wifi hotspots and generated a unique character you could use in online play.

[@piegunman]

,???

[@piegunman]

+piegunman wasn't that where you scan labels or Barcodes to get aliens to fight each other

[@alexandriabrangwin]

"Final Fantasy 15 would smell of hair product"??? (Punches like button and dies laughing)

[@thod8820]

RIP

[@zabaoth]

RIP in peace

[@PrinceYamiUchihaCosplay]

Now that is something I would have loved to see FFXV to have done, mmmmm hair products

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

I thought it would smell like cup ramen.

[@squidgaurd6927]

Like axe body spray.

[@joemorgan2390]

The heart rate tracking for a horror game actually sounds cool. If it could be implemented well it would make an interesting edition.

[@ThatOneTrekkieGuy]

Joe Morgan Yeah, but wii probably would have used it for their sports games instead.

[@ThatOneTrekkieGuy]

I was saying that would be a bad thing! Don't give people ideas. I play games to have fun. If I want to play around with my cardio then most treadmills have heart sensors.

[@chrismilton6268]

They have a game like that. It's called Nevermind it changes the difficulty based on your heart rate.

[@MrKolo213]

Joe Morgan I believe there's also a horror game where the monster reacts to sound from your mic. and if you're too loud it can find you easier

[@tomatooverlord2764]

Dexter Grif I'm pretty sure that's Alien: Isolation

[@kellenliame2674]

i dont suppose anyone remembers "yoshi's island: topsy turvy", where the game cartridge had an accelerometer built onto it, , allowing you to turn the gameboy around and shift the gravity, so walls would become floors and the ceiling was a giant death pit. amazingly fun, since it also created a hell of a way to traverse the levels without touching the ground

[@damyenhockman5440]

Imagine the lock on cartridge thing for the second generation of Pokémon. Insert your Red or Blue into it and you inherit all the Pokémon from your "father" Red, and after you insert it for the first time, it records you doing so, therefore unless you start over characters would ask about your father and be shocked that it's the champion.

[@pineapplefrostyfruits9225]

I mean, probably not "dad". The generations of pokemon arent generations for the characters. Red and Blue are still kids -> teens in MODERN games.

[@SolidSonicTH]

Aliens: Colonial Marines doesn't require scratch-and-sniff tech to stink.

[@paradox2717]

Rekt

[@dylanmellon9200]

SolidSonicTH chronicles of rekt

[@t.w3280]

Ahh, smells of disappointment.

[@typacsk]

So, would Alien: Isolation smell like terrified pee?

[@I_am_a_human_not_a_commodity]

I see you understood the joke.

[@Flapjacks10]

The worst gimmick is preorder bonuses

[@BazookaTooth707]

Or DLCs... The best gimmick was game-shark..):

[@tevindavis9697]

Or having to get dlc for a game that just came out

[@DevilboyScooby]

Jack Hammer nah, microtransactions.

[@tobieolson242]

Cheap......cheap.....cheap,cheap,cheap!

[@eltontaylor162]

Zack Ceasar because you're giving them money before you actually know what you're getting. Meaning even if they release an unfinished, buggy shitsandwich of a game, they don't give a shit because they already have your money.

[@SkollTheWerewolf]

Virus sounds cool! *Walks into a room and looks at the wall* *Instantly realizes that ALL folders were used, even "Private" ones* Me: Yeah... I think I'll just... Uninstall this now...

[@janneaalto3956]

"remember when Sonic games were worth playing?" Too soon, dude ; _ ;

[@AntiqueMeme]

Gud.

[@DarkRayquaza121]

When?

[@KaiserHabsburg]

+XPWNZERX when I was like 5. back in 04

[@Hector-bj3ls]

5 in 04 lol. I was 14 at that point... *cries because old*

[@AntiqueMeme]

Hector Maddock-Greene RIP

[@taliyeth]

Did Nintendo make you remove the sound from the conference?

[@outsidexbox]

It only doesn't work on mobile for some reason :/

[@taliyeth]

+outsidexbox oh Rip.

[@Kaliospectre]

outsidexbox That's a weirdly specific audio issue...

[@taliyeth]

vulpes vulgaris Interesting. On my PC it's coming out fine, though you could be correct.

[@theravenpirate4744]

Victoria Talyarin it doesn't work on phone or Ipad

[@WickedLady2010]

The robots escaped the Commonwealth!

[@cutezerker]

*gasp* Hello, fellow Cullen lover!

[@cutezerker]

irish sith The original poster's icon is the romance tile for Cullen from Dragon Age. I got excited.

[@badegg4909]

WickedLady2010 They walk among us.

[@outsidexbox]

WickedLady2010 Like for Fallout reference wooo

[@AdolfSpitler]

Pinkerton pls

[@ICantSplel]

That email from the stalker/killer mechanic is clever. It would actually work really well since we all have smart phones now and get emails straight to them.

[@ja-melvinson7994]

DaComputerNerd please do! Make an awesome “reality bleed” game and let us know when it comes out. I’d put out money to play that.

[@mononclevici5573]

And imagine when you do alt+tab it goes in a virtual desktop of yours and where your internet browser only contains siteweb you need in the game

[@everettlogan2433]

I love how OX came up with this amazing idea for putting vitality sensors and horror games together, and had absolutely no idea the game "Nevermind" already did this.

[@MegaKaitouKID1412]

The vitality censor should definitely be able to detect everyone's heartrate if made correctly. Considering the fact that it's clearly based on an actual medical tool that looks the same and does the same thing.

[@LadyOnikara]

And that thing doesn't work well on some people either.

[@scrustle]

There actually has been a horror game that dynamically changes depending on a heart rate monitor, and a game that deletes files on your computer as you shoot enemies.

[@wolverinelg]

Scrustle What game?

[@hefdef9961]

Lose lose right?

[@hefdef9961]

Who is phone?

[@chrismilton6268]

Holden Hodges I think he is talking about Nevermind, it changes the difficulty based on your heart rate.

[@ChadVulpes]

Nathan Farney Haha, wonder if it increases with higher heart rate or decreases with it :P.

[@joshuawilson3099]

I'm kinda glad the sunlight thing didn't happen, I am in England and we don't really get to see it. In fact, I'm 24 years old and in my life I haven't ever seen the sun. :/

[@adamsandle4569]

don't exaggerate mate ps: of it's true then where un england do you live (I live in tralee and often visit Norwic)

[@joshuawilson3099]

It's not much of an exaggeration though, is it? But I'm in the midlands - the place the sun forgot, used to live in Norwich though!

[@adamsandle4569]

+Joshua Wilson cool mate (-:

[@Arbo_47]

I live in Ireland. It's always rainy or cloudy unless it's the middle of summer. Boktai is unplayable unless it's summer.

[@adamsandle4569]

+Aaron Aylward where in ireland

[@IkeFanBoy64]

Possible video game scents: Kerbal Space Program - Rocket Fuel Left 4 Dead - Bile Saints Row the Third - Energy Drink C&C Red Alert - Ore Skyrim - Sweet Rolls Fallout - Cola ARK - Kibble The Sims - Llamas Besiege - Creativity Minecraft - Coal Worms - Bananas XCOM 2 - Hamburgers (You'll have to play the game to understand)

[@teddino2777]

+IkeFanBoy64 Dark Souls - Despair

[@psycho2831]

Sonic 06 - Disapointment

[@IkeFanBoy64]

Team Fortress 2:Sandvich

[@jaderabbit898]

Quake - Rust.

[@mensrightsedinburgh4764]

How did you getaway for 3 months with no one questioning your proposed scent of creativity? What, pray tell, does creativity smell like?

[@crittermoded]

the "In Memorium" gimmick is actually really really cool. Too bad it tanked.

[@julianhernandez5191]

infamous 2 has it. i think it's a DLC

[@davidj4761]

Yeah, the Paper Trails

[@LpBCharlie]

well funny thing is that there are still games that use this gimmick (forcing you to look up something on internet, go somewhere in real life and find clues etc.) for example. the game black watcher (or something like that) is one of these games.

[@julianhernandez5191]

***** sorry that's what i meant

[@SniperSly]

there's also The secret world which has some of the hardest puzzles i have ever had to try and figure out

[@slugofborg6532]

That solar cartridge becomes all the more redundant when you realize the Gameboy Advance wasn't backlit and as such holding it under anything more vibrant than a 60 Watt lamp left the screen awash with glare.

[@yetijunior]

Slug of Borg Shhhhhh let Boktai get some love...

[@Mediocresinger]

The Gameboy Advance SP, however was backlit

[@Xazyv]

I used the GBA SP, which was backlit.

[@91josh]

Anyone else on mobile getting dead silence during the Nintendo section?

[@Mr.SaucyTomato]

Yes

[@davidrcowans]

Me to

[@KA467]

Not for me, just the volume was REALLY quiet

[@ALLCAPSKELL]

Yeah. :(

[@shadowplanestudios]

That happened for me too!

[@Drengade]

seems that when sega made knuckles they still had no idea what an echidna was...

[@oddy8489]

Drengade. At least they didn't give Knuckles the standard four headed echidna penis.

[@TaoScribble]

How do you know they didn't?

[@Veladus]

Tails is the only one of the trio that even sort of looks like his supposed species.

[@patg1094]

yep.....this is why sega is basically dead

[@fireblade295]

Or Hedgehogs are NOT blue, and whatever Amy was/is, she probably isn't that. Also bigger feet = slower running, same for hands and large heads. Also the 'Naruto Run' is shit and doesn't work. As pat g said "no wonder sega is basically dead"

[@justinthompson6364]

I need a heart rate sensor. Not for horror games, but so a game can have a rage mechanic that is literally based on how angry you are. Never again will we have to stop gaming due to blood pressure issues! Never again will you smash your xbox to pieces because of one poorly designed level! NO MORE RAGE QUITS!

[@Lazerblade95]

Didn't Infamous second son have a side mission thing, (paper trail i think), that required you to go onto the internet to progress that story? It might have been watchdogs, but i can't remember.

[@blackalabi]

Richard Kaskiewicz Yeah that was Infamous:SS. It was actually pretty good but I was lazy and didn't finish it because some of the IRL stuff you had to do was too much effort xD

[@Lazerblade95]

Afolabi Babalola Same

[@thelokitheory3088]

Richard Kaskiewicz i did it and for all the effort you get an in game mask and vest

[@blackalabi]

Greg Fidler Oh, glad I didn't bother then! xD

[@Jay-fs2nw]

It was very interesting but I was expecting a better reward

[@RIPjkripper]

List of what your favorite games would smell like... Go! BioShock smells like rust

[@outsidexbox]

Bully would smell of stink bombs

[@yoink7806]

RIPjkripper gmod smells like sand And stupidity

[@joeyisgrigg6434]

outsidexbox leisure suit larry would smell like bedsheets? or something more pervy that i won't say in fear of violating comment rules.

[@Littlebigun99]

RIPjkripper Just Cause 2 would smell of burning

[@fredbyoutubing]

Barry Chuckle Mirror's edge would smell of perfectly white and clean concrete...hummmm

[@thetasigma2081]

Number 5 (the internet and emails one) is actually really cool. I love how the developers came up with including you in the game; it's a very neat way of immersing the player. I would totally play that game!

[@adrianschober9786]

Games like In memoriam would be so cool. Except most of us would end up looking up playthroughs rather than the actual websites we are supposed to.

[@mensrightsedinburgh4764]

Check out "The Secret world", it's an MMO which has a lot of missions that have you look things up external to the game. The first such mission has you look up an obscure passage from the bible.

[@mozzyozzy]

Is it true that if any of you three say "PlayStation", then your life shortens by 2 weeks?

#2 reminds me of an april fools's joke in an old game magazine that said that games that make smells had been invented, and Intellivision was so certain they would be a hit that they were going to change their name to..."insmellivision"! oh and #6 reminds me of the "super game boy": plug it into your SNES and then plug a Game Boy game into it...and you could play game boy games on your SNES!

[@victreebeloverlord1185]

I was just thinking "wow this vid is so old it was made in like 2012 lol!" Then I realised it was in 2015. I can't deal with this growing up thing.

[@user-gf2mn6ss5h]

Aka the real godamn sun- priceless lol

[@TheMadisonMachine]

Wow, In Memoriam sounds really cool. It'd be amazing to see a game try to do the same thing nowadays, especially with the creepy emails

[@Schiels229]

My favorite gimmick is the real time brain cell loss you get from playing Ride to Hell.

[@evevivig6551]

As soon as I saw this, I immediately hoped Boktai was going to be on its list. It was such a strange novelty but the game itself is legitimately awesome. People ask why I call myself Django in video games and they always think I’m referring to the movie.

[@georgesears934]

4:18 Why isn't this a gif? Follow up question, why isn't it the most used gif ever?

[@alio2269]

Not everyone knows of OX

[@SkullSkillsSkates]

i guess I'm a bit late but none the less. gph.is/2jh62dk makeagif.com/qa3sRh you can decide which site compresses the file worse.

[@georgesears934]

SkullSkillsSkates As Patrick Star once said, "I love you!"

[@chloemccrory1949]

George Sears I

[@TheGoldoba]

just add the text and get it on 9gag!!

[@thorongilblackheart6588]

When Hideo Kojima was working on a PC game called Snatcher, he wanted to include a heat-activated message in the floppy disc, which was the preferred medium at the time. After using the floppy for about 15 minutes, the system's heat would activate some kind of chemical that would make it smell like blood, and upon taking the floppy out and examining it, a dying message would have appeared on it. Unfortunately, he was yelled at for that idea, and it never came to be.

[@transbiologistthetransesto7956]

wtf

[@AstroManX100]

That Aliens Colonial Marines joke was drop dead hilarious.

[@giveluminacat10nobles21]

1 in 10 people must be goddamn synths

[@fabianbockel5700]

shut up brootherhood kid (sarkasm)

[@giveluminacat10nobles21]

Familie Ohst XD

[@fabianbockel5700]

+Gabriel Lumbag syhnts are better than humans in any way. Exept the unhealthy skin color from the early ones like nick

[@surfyplayer8231]

The humans are dead

[@chasechute1491]

I have the Sonic cartridges and when you hook up S&K to the first Sonic game, would be taken to a screen and you had to push some buttons and you could play the S&K special stages as your favorite characters. It was really cool back then.

[@NotKyleChicago]

My sisters liked doing that. You're talking about the collecting spheres levels. I think the code might have worked with other cartridges, but I could be wrong.

[@sarahyoung7540]

The "in memoriam" concept is ace. I would love to see more horror/thriller games with this level of interactivity. I was at uni in 2003. Why didn't I know about this?! I was already pulling all nighters playing Silent hill, it would have made the perfect addition!

[@jamjon6616]

"Remember when Sonic games where worth playing?" *sonic mania trailer plays*

[@needamuffin]

I expected Psycho Mantis's shenanigans to be here somewhere. Or Kirby Tilt'n'Tumble.

[@TheJamesAllen]

On the same note, I expected Kojima's idea of a game that destroys itself if you get a game over to be here.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

You know a strategy to sell more games is really bad when even konami didn't green light having games that delete themselves at game over.

[@Jono997]

Plasma Octopus Yep. The closest we've gotten to that in commercial games is games that crash upon game over. **cough** **cough** FNAF and Undertale **cough** **cough**

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Haha, although in all fairness its not like those are the standard game overs in those games, well not counting people that had a habit of unplugging their computer in FNAF that is.

[@Jono997]

True, but I'm sure that there will probably be a game out there that does crash every single time you get a game over (and not via a glitch or something) if not now, then sometime in the future. I might even make that game just to stop the waiting.

[@PoeticRejection]

The Missing Since January game was pretty great. I beat that one when I was a kid and it was pretty fascinating! The websites made the whole thing feel so real. I might still have the game in storage somewhere. Sad to realize it wouldn't work anymore thanks to the domain issue!

[@catherinemartin624]

It's too soon to show P.T. gameplay, guys. The wound is still fresh :(

[@432neptune]

Catherine Martin Pfft, that's nothing. Imagine having the game but being too afraid to finish it.

[@speedymolasses3062]

I have it still and I haven't even beaten yet.

[@432neptune]

Elmo Pitts Alison Road?

[@432neptune]

***** I know. I was stating the name of the game he was talking about.

[@jackhenderson1039]

What are you talking about

[@KingHarris11]

The end is nigh, Helium nuclei is fusing instead of Hydrogen nuclei in our sun!

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

+Benjamin Harris Helium is in the sun too Einstein.

[@KingHarris11]

Yes there is. But guess where the helium nuclei is coming from... the fusion of hydrogen nuclei. Helium nuclei will begin to fuse in about 5 billion years when the Sun turns into a Red Giant. Anyway, instead of Einstein, I prefer Edwin Hubble.

[@thatonepotato276]

I would freak if I got emailed by video game chracters...

[@risu2312]

*Mario Sent a text!* HELLO! IT'S-A-ME! MARIO!

[@birdiemcchicken1471]

Reminds me of a time one of my friends kept getting messages on their phone "Lyra wants to play"

[@jamessheesley5484]

well for 5000 USD you can get email from a VR girlfreind *shrug* Update... seems it has been reduced to 2600 USD google Azuma Hikari

[@Curlyheart]

Ummm. Now are you gonna freak out?

[@Curlyheart]

@@risu2312 *Big Smoke sent a text* ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN

[@DevinandMinecraft]

To quote Greg (Completionist): "It's like a cartridge having sex... With another cartridge."

[@Kahadi]

Best way to bring back vitality sensors (for video games): Combine with VR technology in the form of a glove controller (think a better Power Glove) and a VR headset (maybe some sort of slippers for foot motion capture for better effect?), with vitality sensors built into the glove controller. Full VR horror game with vitality sensors anyone?

[@Archivistmaven]

I NEED THE GAME WHERE THEY SEND YOU EMAILS. THATS FUCKING AWESOME

[@JoshuaEisenbart]

The 5th one was also used, in part, in the horror game "I'm scared", where, every time you died, the game closed entirely, and occasionally gave you message via a new file that you could find and read in your actual hard drive. Beyond that, at certain points in the game, you were given an interactive file, such as one that gave you a revolver, but required you change the single digit in a text file from "0" to "6", so you could have 6 bullets.

[@grahambain3162]

Troy Baker and his voice are still too beautiful for this world, we just let them stay.

[@Chino56751]

A difficulty level in BO3 called " Andy ", where your aiming is decreased by 90%.

[@Iloveyoutubetbh]

No it's where you can't shoot, unless jumping, and the guns not on the screen.

[@Chino56751]

Black ops 3

[@aleksneedshelp]

***** Is that a question we're supposed to answer for you? Jk

[@vykkye]

there is a horror arcade game that uses your heartbeat to enhance the game.

[@ianmyrick4032]

WHAT'S IT CALLED

[@HippieInHeart]

don't remember the name, but you can check out markipliers channel, i think that's where i saw it. unfortunately, i think it died during kickstarter, like so many other great and innovative projects.

[@vykkye]

+Ian Myrick It's called Dark Escape 4D by Namco Bandai. I played it loads in Hong Kong a few months ago.

[@skandhsharma6384]

+Jill Sandwich the one Vanossgaming tested?

[@skandhsharma6384]

+Jill Sandwich the one Vanossgaming tested?

[@Obstreperous_Octopus]

How have I never heard of Boktai before? Both the idea of fighting vampires with a solar light gun, and having THE REAL WORLD SUN power an in-game feature!

[@lindseyjames7618]

FYI, the audio during the Wii Vitality Sensor is non- existent in both of the segments you use in your video. While I'm already here...I love your videos, your senses of humor and anything/ everything else about your channel!

[@chesterchow1]

But...but doesn't FO:NV technically have a solar powered gun? Euclid's C-Finder is powered by the Helios 1 solar array if you choose to power the Archimedes weapon thing in the one quest... so HA

[@chesterchow1]

Phil Latio Oh the game cartridge had an actual sunlight sensor... lol

[@TheAsylumCat]

Phil Latio we can mod it.

[@TheRealMr080guy]

Phil Latio Imagine the C-Finder in real life...

[@johnkirsch5479]

+TheRealMr080guy I need that weapon... Then my reign of chiropteras would be unquestioned!!! Bonus points: scientific name of what animal? Hint: It's a special type of mammal.

[@syrelian]

Phil Latio Yea, the Boktai games are great, but they sold poorly and did even worse in America due to how annoying and unappealing the gimmick was(Damn creative as it was, and awesome, in theory, in practice it was cool, but not everyone wanted to roast in the sun just to play a game), thankfully we have fanhacks that let Us manually control the Light Level, and thus we can experience the awesome, without the sunburn

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Interesting article. I think the horror game using the heartbeat sensor held the most potential, particularly if combined with Eternal Darkness-style mindscrew. --- I remember the Monster Rancher game had a gimmick where every CD whether gaming, music, or otherwise, gave you a monster with stats, appearance and type based on the disk's data. I also remember that Nintendo released its player's guide for Earthbound with scratch/sniff pages matching locations in the game such as Twoson, Fourside and Deep Darkness.

[@opscontaylor8195]

For some reason, I just love the way Jane says, "Aka the real goddamn Sun."

[@ryanbalentine5312]

love the videos just subbed and I'm going on a marathon of this

[@christopherdempsey3878]

Pause at 3:06.

[@joaozitogameplays]

thank you

[@HateKylo]

I don't see it

[@TheSuperDerp]

Playing a Gameboy Advance outside? With that screen? No wonder the solar detector was a failure.

[@vincentsavoretti2201]

Andy you nearly killed me with that scratch and sniff Aliens Colonial Marines bit.

[@TrumpCardMAGA]

I use to love my TV tuner for my GameGear. It even came with a little metal stand that snapped in the back of the system. I was the only kid in school that could watch tv from the school bus or recess.

[@sirderpington7704]

no thank you virus. I am not having porn going up on stream.

[@jaderabbit898]

How would that even go up to your stream? It's not like you deleted it and surprise! it suddenly popped in the stream?

[@pepsia6508]

I imagine how it would look

[@mononclevici5573]

Or the best way to impress someone with a dick pics

[@3liCoD13]

there was also a metal gear boss fight that u had to unplug ur controller and play as player 2 to be able to control solid snake

[@fadmanloki660]

Psycho mantis ftw. He would also comment on your hard drive data, and what games you've played.

[@phatbassanchor]

There was a solar powered pistol in Fallout 2. It was incredibly difficult to find as it was hidden within only one of many dozens of random encounters and was only good for one set of charges indoors, i.e. could not be reloaded unless in direct sun light. This made it impractical and only good as a novelty. It had a viciously high damage rating though which made it a fun novelty weapon.

[@simeonellinger2064]

Lunar knights did use a solar sensor. you had to plug the old game into the backwards compatible port on the other end. It had other cool gimmicks like leaving chocolate in your inventory, going into a hot area and having it melt onto other inventory items creating something new. a lot of the food worked this way.

[@RenatoGPadilla]

Damn. Knuckles went DLC before it even existed.

[@allensmith471]

The heart rate thing would be great in horror, survival, shooter. Image getting a jump scare you freak out and your aim goes to hell. I want this. The main mistake was using a finger cuff, you need a wrist strap with varying size so you can place it anywhere on the arm.

[@hobbes296]

Yes! I had that Sonic and Knuckles thing...it was awesome. XD In all seriousness though, Missing Since January sounds like a really good concept. I'd love someone to play around with that sort of idea for a new game.

[@gitman3486]

This reminds me of thumb bandits and the like. Takes me back to childhood :)

[@jamesasker3846]

jane's shirt is too beautiful for this world

[@MoonlightStrider]

There is a railshooter horror game that tracks your heart rate and ranks you accordingly to how scared you got called Dark Escape 4D, I saw some people play it, let's just say bricks were excreted.

[@legopenguin9]

I saw one in an arcade

[@salmonbelmont7758]

legopenguin9 I saw one at Dave n' Buster(')s. Bricks were excreted by looking at it

[@ultimateninjaboi]

the solar powered gun... that brings me back so hard... I remember one of the guys I took karate classes with had that game, and he's the only person I know who ever owned it. that shit was rad for my 11 year old self, and my buddies.

[@prestonthomas5698]

Late to the party on this one but I think it’s my favorite video you’ve ever done

[@packmentalitymedia]

Guys.. Stop telling people there was a solar powered gun in Fallout: New Vegas. They're not talking about a solar powered gun. The actual game cartridge itself had solar sensors on it. You needed to go outside and "charge" the actual game in order to play it effectively.

[@Robinem]

Actually there is a Arcade Horror FPS that used heart rate sensors, forgot the name but the concept still saw the light of day in some ways (Was also in 4D, RealD 3D visuals with the sensors and vibrating booth adding a fourth dimension (or 3rd as it was also playable in 2D)).

[@Robinem]

Dark Escape 4D it was called

[@l33tsaber]

@@Robinem We have one of those at our local Round1 arcade. Of course,I suspect the penalization for your heart rate going above a certain threshold in each stage would be unpleasant if you've got, say, POTS and your heartrate just likes to get uppity on its own from standing still too long. :P

[@dickjohnson9996]

Monster Rancher for PS1. As the name implies, you would raise monsters (to fight each other in tournaments, of course), but the gimmick was that you would go to a shrine where the game would pause, you would remove the game disc, and put in any CD, and it would generate a unique monster for you. Most monsters were random, but extremely popular music discs (like Nirvana's "Nevermind") would give you extremely rare and unique monsters.

[@samuelc6246]

Boktai was all I needed to see to make this list of things too beautiful for this world credible

[@tactictoe]

New Vegas had a sun gun, son.

[@michaeledmunds1767]

+tactictoe Oh yes, I remember when I discovered that gun..... I immediately transformed into a James Bond villian. XD

[@BakuTex]

+tactictoe But the solar gun in Boktai is powered by the actual sun. As in you play outside and the sun charges the gun.

[@tactictoe]

BakuTex I think that's the same principle as in New Vegas, as you cannot use it whilst indoors.

[@BakuTex]

tactictoe Yes, but the execution is different. In new vegas you could only use the gun OUTSIDE of any ingame building. In Boktai you actually had to use the built in sensor of the GBA to charge the virtual gun with the real world sun.

[@tactictoe]

BakuTex Not gonna argue with ya. New Vegas DOES have a fun sun gun though.

[@andrea8128]

The audio from the E3 Nintendo conference won't play, is that only me?

[@9876Godzilla]

Its not just you.

[@RazorRapid]

No it's for me too

[@travisjames6325]

Nope

[@darcydennis123]

Andrea Eitautaite-Clayson It's really quite and the audio is also a little bit distorted too.

[@andrea8128]

Andrea Eitautaite-Clayson I can hear it fine now, nevermind :D

[@Spoomis]

You guys are, quite literally, the best.

[@hamsterdoom360]

And now there's AdventurOS on it's way (fingers crossed) that is also a procedurally generated Metroidvania-style roguelike that uses your computer's files to determine level layout and enemy spawns. Also, Sonic 2 was the first game I owned on the SEGA Genesis and the only Sonic game I've ever played. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.

[@callme_Sweetpea]

And to think that Iwata would die 9 days after this video was released...

[@MisfitOutfit]

That opening statement. Fallout 4 is gonna be great. Fallout 76 *"hold my beer *

[@joaozitogameplays]

oh

[@ggEmolicious]

My favorite game that may fall in this category was called like Audio Surf I believe, and it would create levels based off mp3 files on your computer that you would select and then it would create the level and you played it while the song played and you were like a little ship that had to hit certain blocks and avoid other blocks to get points. There were even leaderboards for the songs played that you could see how well you did vs others that played the same song, the only downside was you needed the mp3 of the song and Spotify/Pandora/KZbin were becoming more and more popular resources for listening to music so I eventually ran out of songs to play since I wasn’t really downloading music like I used to when I first got the game.

[@Zdballard]

Well done on the Shinsuke Nakamura reference King Of 90's Style

[@azinyefantasy4445]

you didn't give games that read your memory card and reward you if you played the previous game or another game from the studio? shame. also monster rancher. by reading other discs you could either get a lame monster or a god monster. that was pretty amazing.

[@RhysezPieces]

Oh yeah, I watched a video on that second one. I never played the games on my GameCube that were supposed to react to my other files, but they always sounded cool.

[@Borghesi08]

Thats a good one, I remember getting trophies is Smash Bros. Melee for playing other games like Luigi's Mansion and Pikmin!

[@GetEnoch]

The first time Psycho Mantis reads your memory card to tell you all the Konomi games you've played was pretty cool. It also made me realize I needed to clear my memory cards more often than I did.

[@ElementalLeaf]

"you didn't give games that read your memory card and reward you if you played the previous game or another game from the studio?" That's...not really a failed gimmick. Several games still do that. Multimillion project by Bungie called Destiny? You might have heard of it? It did that. It's the most recent example I can think of. And since this "recent" example is so recent it's just months old, I think it's safe to say that gimmick isn't dead

[@FelicAstraal]

Devilwings X Racing games also tend to have it as a loyalty bit. Checks if you played previous games in the series. If you did, you get a free car or cash, ect

[@AvsJoe]

No Eternal Darkness? The game that literally took control of your TV by changing inputs or volume levels? Shame.

[@unsuccessfullyjari]

Eternal Darkness is da bomb!

[@undeadshuffler2558]

Haven't played it in years God I miss that crazy arse game, one of the few games ever to truly FUCK WITH THE PLAYER XD

[@markittystuff]

"And Troy Baker". Haha. Already love it.

[@DNABeast]

The missing island on the map puzzle from Zelda Phantom Hourglass that required manipulation of the DS clamshell was always my favourite.

[@Rainbowpockchop]

metal gear solid fighting psycho matis wasnt on there/ were u have to change controller slots

[@ordall]

Video game staples like Troy Backer. so true Every one is played by Troy Baker, I am, Jane, Mike and Andy are every one is, well except Troy Baker he is played by Nolan North. True fact

[@nevercallmebyname]

thank's for the to-do list. I'll make sure that, if my game making hobby ever gets moving, I include all these features.

[@Djiriod]

i remember in memoriam, at least the second or third title. Late at night, when I shut off the game the phoenix send me an email saying: "Tired? I will knock on your window. You won't even hear when I'm knocking." I I thought: Well whats the point of knocking then?!

[@AlexLococo]

I'm going to the bathroom. Hold on.

[@AlexLococo]

I'm back.

[@quadrillion92]

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[@darqfalls849]

Diego Sheish Welcome back

[@AlexLococo]

Darqfalls Thank.

[@darqfalls849]

Diego Sheish No problem, man.

[@jackson8739]

I spent most of my time outside after I got boktai. The I lost it. Outside. I dropped my gba, and the cartridge wasn't there. I looked all over, and I couldn't find it

[@DigitalEndeavors]

Very funny! The "incriminating murder" joke got me good!

[@jackdanny4416]

"I'm scared" was pretty cool. First time I ever was afraid of an 8 bit indie game. It could mess with your computer system, create files and send you files, crash itself and when you tried to reboot it on steam it asks you weird questions before opening. It even opened KZbin by itself to give you more info on the game.