A Brief History on Emulators, Rom Hacks and Homebrewing

[@EZOnTheEyes]

Fun Fact, LandyNES had it's earliest build from September 8th 1996 was found just a day or two before this video went live! And just wanted to mention a couple things, Hardware Modding is far from obsolete in some console hacking scenes (switch for example, or handheld console conversions), and there are some very early homebrews available for the Xbox in Retail mode, the issue is they arent reliable to source as they break Microsoft TOS (AM2R, Sonic Twisted, Jazz 2, OpenLara, Celeste PICO-8, even a Sonic Mania UWP port). They can be found in the same place the Retail Mode emulators can be found. Otherwise, Amazing Video! Can't wait to see what else you have to put out :)

[@bspacerex]

wow thank you for all of the information! Yea now thinking about it I shouldn't have used "obsolete" was describing hardware modding, thanks for the clarification!

[@beaksters]

H

[@zguyofficial6206]

And also they found LandyNES's copy files

[@sarthaksingh5480]

I remember back in 2006 when i was 11 years old my big cousin brother gave his old computer i was so happy to have that pc with pre installed gba emulator and roms. Back then i didn't knew about this gba i open emulator software put .gba 20 game files on it and start to play. The fav game on that i remember playing Pokemon emerald. Although before that year i watched Pokemon lot on tv but never played Pokemon game. Then in 2012 i read in internet that Visual Gameboy is Gba emulator and gba is handheld gaming device. I was shocked that in a country like India where in 2000s gaming is only Famicom and very less people like me who plays pc that time and how my brother in Early 2000 knows about this console roms emulation that time.

[@lucasd8864]

​@@sarthaksingh5480 wow, that's eerily similar to my experience with emulators here in Argentina

[@Mr28d23]

Dolphin is a reference to the gamecube's codename. That is why two non related amulators used that same name.

[@bspacerex]

oh cool thanks for the information!

[@JanoschNr1]

and I just totaly missred the comment of yours. Nvm what I typed.

[@SiriusCygnus]

Facts

[@tezcanaslan2877]

amulator reminds me of thezzazzglitch calling VBA Very Bad Amulator

[@granautismo69]

It's also why one of the locations in Super Mario Sunshine is called Delfino Plaza. ("Delfino" is Italian for "dolphin").

[@Jintenzo]

6:02 bro said "see how much better it looks" and proceeded to literally stretch it

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I have an idea why they call it homebrew. During prohibition when alcohol was illegal the only way to get alcohol was via people homebrewing alcohol and distributing it. And then you get console homebrewing which is... Legally grey

[@Devixicus]

Nothing legally grey about homebrew itself. It's not even illegal to backup your own games to files. Filesharing of said game backups is the illegal part.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

@@Devixicus right. Hence the distribution of homebrew alcohol comparison. But yeah it's crazy how deep the anti consumer propaganda runs, and that a lot more is legal about this stuff than people realize

[@XPimKossibleX]

Yeah, but i thought it's because homebrew is made at home, unlicensed, a labour of love etc, like your uncle's hoembrewed beer lol

[@XPimKossibleX]

Just realised the video skips it.... normally homebrew refers to amateur games or software, like a silly little game or a fan-made port. tho they can be full on games

[@XPimKossibleX]

aw god whatever this guy says consoles are homebrewed or homebrewed on rather than modded or hacked. i'll just let him confuse everyone and get out

[@lyingunderoath7147]

I remember the person and friend from AOL who introduced me to emulation it was right when VisualBoy Advanced had just come out and he played Pokemon on his PC and I asked him how and he showed me then and I have never been the same since then I have kept every single rom and emulator I might have come in contact with and data hoarded them like pokemon cards I cant tell you how much Emulation and Roms helped me growing up in lower to middle class It was fantastic Thank you to those who preserve as I find this stuff to be as much as Video Game History as much as Video Games

[@bspacerex]

Thanks for the nice story! :)

[@tivvy2vs21]

Look up myrient, it's a massive database, I found gamewave games on it, it has almost everything no matter how obscure

[@lyingunderoath7147]

@@tivvy2vs21 definitely looking into it

[@sophiacristina]

That is me... Growing poor on Brazil, i had the original mega-drive and ps1, but most consoles i could only play on emulator and most of ROMs i played were from cartridges i couldn't get... :)

[@thelunchbox420x]

Did he forget to teach you about punctuation?

[@aiden_3c]

It is a crime that this has less than 200 views, this video is amazing

[@bspacerex]

thank you that means a lot!

[@hectormanuel8360]

KZbin glitched the view count

[@Viesta]

looks like the algorithm heard you

[@BlazenMikay]

Comment aged well. 🙏

[@ehlowgovna]

16k a week later..... Keep this shit going🥳

[@alekwolfe7123]

As a Dungeon Master (DM) of D&D, “homebrew” is typically used to describe that the content in the game is not from a module or a published campaign. Hinting possibly another parallel alongside homebrew being a beer brewed by enthusiasts rather than commercially 🍻

[@IceKoldKilla]

The "Watch your jet!" meme. A man of culture, I see. 👌

[@chimmychuck]

cornball

[@yungsamus6662]

Shoutouts to all emulator devs and supporters. You not only saved millions of abandoned games you also make them better!!! Thanks for all the hard work

[@batethan]

b rex my beloved, you have done it again, you have made yet another digital masterpiece and bested yourself with immaculate editing and commentary

[@jaysoosbeans]

The thing with the piracy side of the homebrew scene is that there are several legitimate reasons for it. Not only does it help with preserving games and content that either doesn't work due to nonsense server authentication measures (like Gran Turismo 5 for SOME reason relying on its own (now dead) server for DLC authentication rather than PSN itself) or due to legal garbage like licensing causing a lot of games to be delisted or changed to crappier versions to please the suits but it also helps with restoring functionality from dead consoles and prevent them from turning to e-waste. So if anyone has a console with a burnt out optical drive it's not a paperweight yet. There's still plenty of life in it by loading games off an external drive.

[@kaguyahouseki]

It is always morally correct to pirate Nintendo games

[@bench-xpre55]

As a romhacker & mod maker, I love how you covered so much about emulation history.

[@SuperTux20]

For anyone getting into homebrewing, I would highly recommend the Wii to start off with. LetterBomb is super easy to set up, and there's some wicked cool mods available like Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii and MarioKart CTGP-R. If you're looking to get into emulation via legally questionable but mostly morally sound means, Vimm's Vault is a good starting point. The Vault is a crowdsourced database dedicated to preserving gaming history with cartridge/disc ROM dumps of nearly every game from nearly every mainstream console, home or handheld, from 1985 through 2008. All the VirtualBoy games just got added to the catalog last month! With a homebrew USB loader tool like WiiFlow you can even play Wii/GameCube dumps on a real Wii lol

[@Officewaffle]

the 3ds is also a good starting point and is (imo) a little bit easier to get the software working. they're both incredibly versatile as to what they can do but you will need a gamecube controller for the wii if you want to get most of the emulators running and some of the software just won't work (usb loader gx just simply does not work on my wii). if you're going to hack a wii just skip usb loader gx and go straight to wiiflow.

[@jmD2382]

@@Officewaffle I’m gonna double down on this and say the ps vita is the easiest to soft mod now since you don’t need a pc to play psp ps1 and psvita games. You only need a pc if you want to emulate games that aren’t PlayStation.

[@namesurname4666]

letterbomb is already updated, i remember you had to use a 2gb sd card to make it work, i don't know if it got updated

[@Officewaffle]

@@jmD2382 honestly you could start with any Nintendo console and any company's handheld and be totally fine, save for the switch and maybe the GameCube. It's remarkable how far homebrew has come.

[@wertyuiopofficia]

There is steam deck as well but it cost a lot

[@XradicalD]

Making a Super Mario World ROM hack led me to understand pixel art better which got me my current job. Game modding is an amazing part of emulation, is like peaking a little inside the job of the pros, specially when it used to be a lot more obscure back in the day.

[@cyber_pirate]

oh cool a new and upcoming channel and a video i actually enjoyed, left a like just for you man good luck

[@valy225]

is not the only good channel there are some that talk in a similar way and talk about cartoons and games take mind pulp for example, they get mad at the games enjoy it and stil play only problem they barely play.

[@raleo7466]

Oh boy I sure hope that Nintendo's lawyer team doesn't strike this video for some bs, not many people dear to talk about this topic. Very informational video btw, I'd love to see some in-depth videos for each console's homebrewing or something like that, your script writing and intonation make your videos very easy to watch

[@marciomedeiros1617]

Dude, this video is awesome. It deserves so much more attention

[@bspacerex]

Thank you so much!

[@shinnith]

was kinda shocked your channel is up and coming- loving your content so far!!

[@bspacerex]

thank you!

[@Felecc]

dud, your sense of humor and mellow, weary voice is kinda chill af, have a nice day

[@JoseLopez-xp5wt]

I started my emulation journey on 2013 with an app on android called Genplusdroid (it seems like they took it down), I remember being super thrilled seeing all my Sega games in the palm of my hand and taking them were ever I went. I have a bunch of old games now on a samsung s8 ultra. And I soft modded my Wii about 2 years ago. Which took me about a week or less to make it work.

[@winlover37]

Oh man I remember the old look of Genplusdroid. What a throwback!

[@Meta_Productions]

Holy crap me too

[@ayan8136]

Its still up wdym

[@JoseLopez-xp5wt]

@@ayan8136 oh well that's great news, I believe i checked a few years ago and it seemed they took it down so I assumed, but maybe it's still there so that's good. If anyone has childhood memories with SEGA I definitely recommend, easy to use especially with today's technology.

[@mysticaxolotl8215]

Maaann, I remember Gebplusdroid XD

[@randonado]

The KZbin recommendations have blessed me yet again. Hope you keep growing!

[@Anonymous_user_1720]

The quality and commentary is better than most of the million subscribers channels this guy is so underrated man

[@ArthasProVEVO]

i felt that Too

[@valy225]

@@ArthasProVEVO He reminds me of Mind Pulp and other channels i seen with 200k subs

[@weatherman102]

This is legit equal parts hilarious AND informative. And you absolutely should end every video this way.

[@dolfinyeti561]

Your channel is underrated my friend. You have earned a sub!

[@bspacerex]

thank you!

[@valy225]

@@bspacerex you get my sub when you make more videos like this by then notify me xd (1 a month is ok)

[@Artsyca]

It’s called home brewing because the original nerds of Silicon Valley had a club where they would build their own computers, called the homebrew computing club or something like that and it’s exactly about creating your own buzz at home

[@ProjectInsight44]

Also an obvious allusion to Prohibition.

[@BadringerGronger]

The Wii Homebrew channel is my peak nostalgia (pls don’t sue me Nintendo).

[@Lilhajxjk274]

1:31 i choose the option on the right 😈

[@calamityalix_tfg]

you should have 100 times more subscribets holy shit, that was a top tier video essay

[@bspacerex]

thank you that means a lot!

[@TheDJLatex]

love the gran turismo background music

[@PilaCiu]

9:53 This is somewhat wrong, the way of creating ROM hacks changed a lot over the years. Nowadays we use specialized tools written by the community or ourselves, disassemblies and usually no hex editors unless you need to figure out a really specific thing.

[@bspacerex]

oh thank you for the clarification! sorry bout that

[@EvenFlow391]

Fantastic video! I like Homebrewing both Beer AND Video Game Consoles, so I chuckled at you bringing up the weird crossover of the two subjects. I hope you do videos like this soon! Happy new year!

[@chaotix3950]

HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE 1K VIEWS YET!? Very informational video my guy

[@bspacerex]

lol idk, thanks for nice comment!

[@batethan]

my guy

[@Hellwyck]

Jailbreaking and Softmodding are not the same as Homebrewing. *Jailbreaking* is exploiting system hardware of a locked-down electronic device to install software other than what the manufacturer has made available for that device. *Softmodding* is using software to gain access to a system to install custom firmware (for example) with the option to easily roll-back to the original settings. *Homebrewing* is making new, unofficial software for systems,

[@CeeJayThe13th]

I'm glad you're here

[@megamix5403]

Lmao pedantic much?

[@CeeJayThe13th]

@@megamix5403 yeah words don't mean shit and we should just say whatever we want to represent any idea we have. It doesn't matter. There's no need for things to be clear. Fuck it.

[@tyler8336]

congrats on the 200 subs!!!

[@batethan]

i could do better but ok

[@tyler8336]

@@batethan i dont like your attitude son

[@ivancebellansanchez]

How come you only have 318 subscribers?, gotta love your editing & humour

[@JamesTDG]

18:18 I have just 1 rule for myself when it comes to pirating content, don't pirate indie games UNLESS the game cannot be purchased legitimately. I draw the line there because I know the indie people need money to eat, I don't want to take away any potential sales, hell, I refuse to even download illicit copies of indie games if I can purchase the game and support the dev. (OFC for the people that complain about me pirating AAA games, just know, I only really do it to games dead in the water, mostly because I got ass hardware, so I can't even do stuff like emulate a wii, meaning I only really pirate N64 and earlier/weaker, since having Wind Waker would just waste space since it can't run smooth. It is not like I am gonna be able to legitimately nab a copy of Clay Fighter, dust off and repair my dad's N64, find a functioning RCA to HDMI converter in my house, and play it, I don't have the time nor money to do that)

[@Callieforniiaa]

Yesss I’ve been looking for a video like this for awhile!

[@bspacerex]

yea i didnt see many other videos discuss this topic, thanks for watching!

[@kenpanderz672]

that "turn of the 21st century" got me way better than it should have

[@markd.9538]

The frenetic pace and humour in this vid are all over the place - it might be funny to you but its really jarring to watch. Good effort; keep improving.

[@PilaCiu]

10:50 Homebrew really just means custom homemade software, mostly created by hackers, talented fans or pirates.

[@TheOneGuyUKnow]

Also a reference to prohibition of alcohol in the United States where people made their own stuff to get past the limitations

[@beaksters]

As anyone who grew up with early internet, we all emulated everything yet would still buy the actual game cartridge later down the world.

[@Clbull118]

Dolphin was an early codename for the Gamecube when it was in the early stages of design. The Dolphin emulator was named after the console's early codename.

[@oof5992]

The Gran Turismo OST is godly, keep it up

[@almukhtarnaser1791]

Such a nice video, and nice production 👏

[@discoballandchain]

This is fantastic content in general, even more so considering it's the first time you attempt this sort of video at that. Had to sub out of curiosity for what you'll start making from here out. Keep it up!

[@Globalastral5]

Emulators and roms, ruining 2000s middle school kid’s grades everywhere

[@Lim95]

Criminally underrated KZbinr

[@bspacerex]

thank you!

[@ApsuP]

I saw the joke about 87 subs, looked down and saw 420 subs. Congratulations.

[@battur_t]

this is some real quality video i have watched recently. keep it up

[@bspacerex]

thank you!

[@TheCreapler]

I used to love playing with my NEsticles back in the Early 00's. It is when i finally beat the first Zelda game, thank you save states.

[@kvrt_black]

I remember nesticle back in the day, playing on my moms windows 2000 laptop 😂 Great video man!

[@Clone9673]

Dude, you only have 200 subscribers and this video is amazing! Your channel is gonna be huge!

[@bspacerex]

Thank you that would be cool if i got huge lol

[@thefrostbytes]

it woulud be cool huh @@bspacerex

[@Dragonsurf3]

Omg webtv. You hit my nostalgia button. I had to pause just to see it for longer.

[@zixorY]

This is such a nice home-brewed quilt

[@RTplays69420]

your "idgaf" attitude and sarcasm had me dying. like, subbed, i need more

[@GameInterest]

George Hotz was also the guy who originally jail broke the iPhone and rooted Android. Without him there might not be an Apple App store.

[@Charsept]

4:46 idk why but I love this animation pun

[@indieemil]

Great video, really enjoyed the info, humor and the basic but effective animation 😂👌

[@hopelesscasual5580]

Too much quality for a KZbinr with less than 1000 subs. Def gonna leave a sun after this awesome vid

[@tiagomarques7149]

Dude I only found your sub count by you mentioning it on the video I had to check it cause I thought you had some 100k by the quality of the video, I'm following this channel from now on

[@twistedillusion-u4s]

WHY ITS THIS CHANNEL UNDERRATED???

[@flaffy2389]

Another common Squebus W

[@yukiyagami9744]

Bro this video was impressive and very informative, it deserves more attention

[@THETECHFROMJIMNIM]

Bro you content feels high quality why tf dont u have 1k subs

[@bspacerex]

i dont know why but thank you so much for the nice comment!

[@THETECHFROMJIMNIM]

@@bspacerex granted i always see birds in my room so take that ad you will

[@batethan]

don’t lie

[@THETECHFROMJIMNIM]

@@batethan bro read my second comment

[@bspacerex]

@@THETECHFROMJIMNIM thats my friend idk why he says that but its a joke dont take it seriously lol

[@Neucher]

Wow this is a really good video. I wonder how long it took to make. Also interesting how landyNES was first uploaded to youtube in 2020 and was "found" just days ago. Really makes you wonder just how "lost" lost media really is. Though it could be that nobody really cares about an ancient NES emulator.

[@bspacerex]

took me a while due to me getting sick for 10 days and procrastination sometimes but yea its a really funny coincidence that landynes was found a couple days before I uploaded. Thanks for the nice comment!

[@BayAreaMike99]

17:25 YOOOOO You know damn well Sony settled it just because of this that line was more fire than PS4’s internals😮‍💨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nickthekidNL]

The first video game to be emulated was "Spasim" which was created in 1974 by University of Illinois student, Philip K. Dick. The game was a first-person space-themed shooter, it was designed to run on a IBM System/3 mainframe computer. The game was emulated on a PC in the early 90s using software called the "Spasim emulator" created by Joe Dellinger.

[@valley_robot]

Nice info

[@callmeshortiestuff5210]

Wow! This is certainly a wild topic video you explained about it. I truly appreciated the effort and time you made, much like I'm watching a Scott the Woz video.

[@NativS2002]

Less manic than Scott.

[@meteb10]

As the no.1000 viewer I gotta say great video

[@bspacerex]

thank you!

[@armareu7104]

Bro this small youtubers getting good man :D

[@nezzybitt99]

Nobody has homebrewed the PS5 because there's no games on it to pirate.

[@mushroomcloud5305]

Playing pokemon sapphire on my old windows phone was pretty awesome tbh

[@TheRageLivesOn]

instantly knew this would be a good video after hearing the gran turismo music

[@P2WOPRODUCTIONS]

Very good! Make more! The humor was *chefs kiss* 🤌🤌

[@valy225]

He should! But at the same time i dont think he care! 13 days no new video

[@batethan]

@@valy225 quality over quantity

[@batethan]

@@valy225 would much rather have 1 Amazing hand crafted video every month from b rex than one shitty daily video

[@aioptwen4641]

so glad this hit my algorithm! great video friend

[@Tyree42069]

0:55 family guys memes of today really made me think he was gonna say something…..more controversial 💀

[@sierra991]

I was expecting it too

[@joseaca1010]

12:26 took me a second to realize what was wrong

[@h.celine9303]

I didn't really learn anything new in this video, but I enjoyed it very much. :D Can't believe how low your subscriber count is. You have one more now.

[@EresirThe1st]

Man you're so right about pokemon, there are dozens of romhacks and fangames that blow gamefreak's dull garbage out of the water. I hope romhacking takes off in a big way for many more classic games.

[@SGR_Blackout]

Love the use of GT3 music in this vid

[@abildamil]

Thanks Ryan Magee!

[@thefanman2912]

Very high quality and funny video, great work, you got a sub.

[@eldertaxlet5952]

Best emulation video I can tell your gonna make it far on KZbin

[@m90nray]

Can't wait for this channel to blow up.

[@SnappySanad]

I have a feeling you're gonna be very popular, this video was quite entertaining

[@Noblecheesehead]

I hope this video blows up, this is quality content.

[@Toohard315]

This is a great video, your underrated, you will reach 1k subs

[@7koalabear7]

I just found this video, it's the forbidden topic amongst gamers where most don't know about it and people that do but never use them. I'm down the middle where I play new things, play xbox 360 games but will emulate ps2 games and I only played so many games growing up so it gives me a chance to either play the ones as a kid or ones I never got to play. I want a better understanding of homebrew and console modding but not a ton of well made videos like this

[@chrisgarcia9673]

Bro posted one banger and got all the attention he needs congrats hope u follow up cause u funny asf

[@ambiguousmartin4593]

Great video man. I watched the whole think without looking at the view count/ subscribers. Honestly thought you had 50k - 100k based on your quality. Keep it up man and you will get there. May you be blessed by the algorithm!

[@aldwinflores7029]

This channel will blow sooner. Good content!

[@Agent-Spear]

I thought you were a 1M channel, Nice video quality

[@marcosoduardo3018]

This video is so intresting!! I'm loving it lol keep it up

[@oromain]

I have this extension on my browser, Enhancer for KZbin. Among its many features is a button under the video that lets me change the playback speed, with finer control than what KZbin offers. It's changed by hovering over the button and using the mouse wheel to scroll up and down. Sometimes, I accidentally scroll this down and end up playing at 0.7x speed, and it takes a bit for me to notice but I do notice the person's voice slowed down. All this is to say- you talk so slowly I could have _sworn_ I had accidentally slowed it down but sure enough it was still at 1x speed.

[@DaMu24]

Thanks for the high-level meme post.

[@bspacerex]

lol thanks for watching!

[@marfins]

Great video dude! I hope your channel gets the recognition it deserves ;)

[@gameplaynia5021]

This is an awesome look back at this stuff

[@ppomoura17]

Really cool video, looking forward to more!

[@JD.78]

Excellent video, highly entertaining and informative while still being fun and quite adventurous. Good stuff.