Be Excited For UFO50

[@SammySinner6]

Died in 1991 Born in 2024 Welcome back Action 52

[@AnthonyCapps]

this is legitimately such an exciting concept for a video game, i think the only thing that would be even better would a full game booklet in the style of the era (pdf or print)

[@hotcyder]

I'd love that

[@ah3611]

I wish it had 51 games

[@masonasaro2118]

@@ah3611it does, type EXEC-MIAS in the terminal

[@ZamWeazle]

​@@ah3611I thought that at 49 games lol

[@brokenbandit9018]

Downloaded it the second it released because of this video! Wasn't on my radar beforehand, and I couldn't be more pleased with the end result. Such a fun time so far!

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Oh man, when you shared that shot of all the screens at once from the games, got _yuge_ nostalgia vibes for things that don't exist!

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Dan please make a UFO 50 video one day I BEG YOU

[@QuintusCunctator]

Great! This seems like a more refined and curated version of "Action 52 Owns", which was in turn an attempt to remake the "Action 52" games. Look it up!

[@KaedeSmithOfTheKiller7]

This concept reminds me a lot of the Gamer Center DX game from the Nintendo DS (Known as Retro Game Challenge outside of Japan)

[@TectonicImprov]

"Action 52, but good" is a very enticing idea but it's no wonder why after over seven years later it still isn't out, haha. This is definitely on my radar now though.

[@ssg-eggunner]

This feels like a high quality meta mix of bootleg flashcarts and software fantasy consoles such as pico-8 and tico 80 Truly amazing

[@axelprino]

Never heard of this game before, it actually sounds super nostalgic to those multicarts from the early 90's that were my introduction to gaming, this definitely puts UFO50 on my radar.

[@raph2550]

I've also had UFO50 on my radar, only because Derek Yu is involved 😁

[@goblin1873]

I trust Derek Yu's game design skills with my life and this game is going to appeal to me on soo many levels. Can't wait to have something like this

[@ReversedMedia]

Really well articulated! Does a good job of explaining the appeal of this game. Cant wait to play it

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Huh, didn't expect an Action 52 in this day in age, and it having absolute bangers in them too.

[@rudeboyspodcast]

YES I'M SO READY! One quick correction: At 4:55 you mention it not being confirmed if all 50 games are unlocked at once, when they very much are! It's on the steam page :)

[@looloopaa]

Look man, you can't just jumpscare me with a clip of the game I'm working on in the preamble like that, geeze! It honestly startled me! (But I'm flattered you included Veritus in there, thank you!)

[@hotcyder]

Oh neat! I really enjoyed the demo and had footage incase I wanted to make a vid on it, so included it amongst other great indies this year 🙌

[@jmiquelmb]

Been waiting for this game for so many years. I love Spelunky so anything that has involvement by Derek Yu will grab my attention. Most of what they’ve shown has a pretty convincing retro vibe in both looks and philosophy even if it’s not really possible to be reproduced on the NES. My first video game ever was a gameboy pirate cartridge with 100 games (they were really just 30 that were repeated). When I was 6 I convinced my mom to buy me a game boy after weeks insisting and I didn’t even know what game to pick. When the store employee suggested me to pick a pirate compilation I didn’t even know what piracy was so first thought he meant a videogame about pirates lol. Crazy times, I doubt nowadays most stores would sell piracy in such transparent way. It was an amazing collection that had Super Mario Land, a Ninja Turtles game… They were easy games in retrospection but for a young kid who never owned a console they were so difficult and deep. I probably exchanged or gave this cartridge for free to a friend but I’d like to pick it up and try them again.

[@CSLucasEpic]

That console looks awesome.

[@bananabike279]

That's such a cool concept for a game I think no one has ever tried before, amazing!!

[@SameNameDifferentGame]

Been on my Steam wishlist for 5 years. 😂 Can't wait for it to be done.

[@KlausWulfenbach]

I want to be excited for UFO50, but I'm waiting until we get an actual release date before i get excited again.

[@BobbySchroeder]

this has been one of my most anticipated games since way back when it was announced, glad to see i'm not alone there!

[@MintyVoid]

i'm very surprised that i've never heard of this, but this looks awesome wowowowo. This is reminding me of retro game challenge for ds, looks equally charming and well put together. thanks for talking about it, i'm def adding it to my wishlist.

[@Ruler0fHyrule]

Never heard of this but kinda reminds me of arcade paradise in the whole playing custom but similar retro games with a story in the background. I liked that game so im excited to see what becomes of ufo50.

[@onnuhhhh]

i hadnt realized news had been announced !!! so excited to see more about this game ive been following as long as ive watched your videos

[@respecttheyoshi]

Fascinating, and a game I'm going to wishlist soon as I can

[@CABROWN]

I'm excited for it. I hope it gets mega attention so it escapes the indie game sphere.

[@QuestingRefuge]

This is really fascinating! It makes me wonder how this game will feel from a perspective I can't fully understand because being older I experienced this generation an older at that time. Which I imagine is quite different from intentionally going back to experience it as a piece of history. You've definitely got me excited to see people's responses to this and probably check it out myself as something to try with the kids.

[@reidfamilydroid]

Not quite a physical UFO50, but I did build a Pico 8 play and play arcade stick a few years ago!

[@enmay-n2l]

thanks for reminding me of this. I forgot about UFO 50 about 2 years ago

[@donov25]

So Retro Game Challenge. Cool could always use another of those frankly.

[@baconlabs]

Can't wait for the aliens to beam me down a copy!

[@joakkar]

You should check Retro Game crunch if you're so into this idea. It's just 7 games instead of 50 but it's a similar concept.

[@hotcyder]

Looks neat! Thanks

[@videogameobsession]

The background music sounds like a version of WRECKING CREW (NES). Is that the music from one of these games in this collection?

[@hotcyder]

If you pop on closed captions, I’ve mentioned where a few of the tracks are from (most being Action 52!)

[@ssg-eggunner]

Ballbuster Blues is based on Wrecking Crew Track A

[@videogameobsession]

@@hotcyder Ahh, nice. Thanks for including this!

[@videogameobsession]

@@ssg-eggunner Thanks bud.

[@kitestar]

I too have this on my radar chiefly because the big names behind it, such as the aforementioned Derek Yu

[@masonasaro2118]

you should totally revisit the game under the lens of how the fictitious history of ufosoft is portrayed in the main collection vs the secret ARG set in the ufosoft offices

[@hotcyder]

@@masonasaro2118been thinking about it it 👀

[@futurewario9591]

ACTION 52 THE SEQUEL

[@hotcyder]

Finally: Action53

[@goblin1873]

Can't wait for September!!!

[@AmbrosiaPoly-yolkEgg]

I've definitely stayed excited for UFO 50

[@hotcyder]

Respect ✊

[@baconlabs]

Came back to say thanks for indirectly heralding this game's release date, it was just revealed to be September 18th!

[@hotcyder]

We did it!

[@jackiespaceman]

This video earned you a subscriber good sir

[@hotcyder]

Welcome aboard!

[@RhetoricaRhamnusia]

4:09 - "How is a point and click going to work if your mouse is a D-Pad?" NightShade Part 1: Claws of Sutekh (1992) has the answer to that question! (Not very well.)

[@heikkint]

Well it's out allright. Just beat the first Balatro game and feels like i scratched the surface. On a game of 50. And i have seen games being played by typing in commands to the terminal. Just what.... i am bewildered here. Just how big is this thing.

[@rethardotv5874]

This is a really great idea, the only thing I might dislike is the steam only release. I‘d love to be able to play it on a handheld that’s not as bulky as the steamdeck.

[@hotcyder]

Agreed!

[@ssg-eggunner]

2:59 tbh the simple styles don't really seem to exist solely to make smaller games and develop them faster I can easily imagine that just drawing mid size sprites in software such as ms paint is less costly and is faster to make than pixel art Aside that nowadays it's slowly evolving to incorporate the looks of "16/32bit" eras instead of being derivates of the Famicom So it's clearly just art direction done by taste or to appeal to a certain demographic/audience

[@Fachewachewa]

UFO50!!!!!

[@tepafray]

The narrative of UFO50 being a failed game console of the era also gives a few cheeky excuses to "Out of spec" moments. I can only wonder if they'll lampshade releasing a console that only works in widescreen in the 80s. So ahead of it's time.

[@Pridetoons]

I hope we'll be able to play this on Linux too.

[@erictrauman2879]

will buy if $50 or less

[@hotcyder]

Fingers crossed 🤞

[@NoiseCommander3DS]

Which of the games shown are part of the set?

[@hotcyder]

Should be anything I didn’t label

[@TheRealDioBrando]

There was a DS game with this exact concept already like 10 years ago

[@rile7648]

Why did I just get the notification for this vid 4 days later

[@hotcyder]

That’s weird!

[@rile7648]

@@hotcyder ”personalized notifications” was on, fixed now! Thanks for putting me onto ufo 50

[@JesseCFG]

You got me excited with the thumbnail. Now I'm disappointed to learn it's just software and not full-on hardware release. I mean, it's still pretty cool but I'm a little sad now.

[@hotcyder]

I’m hoping someone might pick up the gauntlet and make it for real 🙏

[@ssg-eggunner]

The devs of UFO50 already gave the color palette, it'd be nice to hear the other fictional specs of it, so someone can make the UFO50 real

[@Rubberman202]

So this is basically Action 52, but with games that are actually good/not broken/worth playing, is that right?

[@hotcyder]

That's the pitch!

[@GamerTowerDX]

Yes i was born with a Playstation 2 with SNES Station why do you ask?

[@Markm8]

Yea but weres the 1

[@ehhorve857]

you've never played a console point n' click?

[@seanthiem1176]

ill be honest, it doesn't look interesting it looks like a clone collection

[@JorArg-c7s]

Those doesn't look like nes games at all...

[@ssg-eggunner]

Only stuff such as foregrounds and backgrounds look famicom-like if you observe the games released in late lifespan famicom Anything else is too sophisticated

[@melibe5443]

They aren't exactly supposed to be, UFO50's games were all made for a fictional retro console called the Laser X, with its own color and technical restrictions and sound chip format.

[@ssg-eggunner]

@@melibe5443 >"own" "sound chip" >uses Huc6280 from the PC Engine Huh???

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

Back in the day Arthur 'Mr. Podunkian' Lee (most remembered now for Merry Gear Solid and WASTED) did a "Action 52 Owns" kind of project with all of the games being loose freeware remakes tied to Action 52 titles. Only 23 games seem to have been completed by various authors, and there were definitely some bangers in there. In particular held "Illuminator" saved on my drive for years like a precious treasure, sharing it around acquaintances, before I discovered it was available on the autor's. "loganames" itch page! I even vaguely remember Arthur having some sort of creative beef with Derek Yu, who was running the indie-famous TIGSource. Opinionated auteurs and all that, probably Oh, uh, back to UFO50: I filed it under "I don't want to remove it from the Wishlist, but I've lost hope of seeing it released" for years. Apparently added it to the wishlist back in 14.08.2020... To think that this might release before the third chapter of Deltarune, ha!