This Lost Game Situation Gets Deeper...

[@hipkiddo1252]

Hey! Im one of the founders sons (not the one that sold the gamecube, his younger son by four years lol, so i dont remember the cat bite 😂) and my dad says he loves both of your Pickles videos I think my favorite bit of my dads past though is when he made a port of an old game called Kwik Snax and got permission from the company to publish it, and since this was such an early era of videogames, they didnt really care what you did. So my godfather (who also worked with my dad for art) made the credits scene have a little cartoon doodle of both of them. You can actually still find it online, its pretty funny. Oh! And there was a "beta" conceptual version of Pickles that wasnt called Pickles and didnt have monkeys but instead had weird geometric dudes. You be able to find some videos of it downloaded onto some old ds things that had a ton of random test footage downloaded on it, ask my brother about it! (I dont currently have good contact with my brother but I will soon)

[@hipkiddo1252]

Also I love the "A" nickname for my brother im gonna start calling him that lol

[@hipkiddo1252]

I love uncovering lost media videos and the cutting room floor community so suddenly having something from my childhood at the center of it is really funny

[@hiiambarney4489]

My Uncle works at Nintendo and he said that they almost went through with green-lighting Pickles but they must've forgot to call back.

[@hipkiddo1252]

@@hiiambarney4489 i actually got into contact with Cake and had proof idk what the "uncle works at nintendo" take is about. Also idk if it was entirely a greenlight situation but id have to ask him. I just dont think they ever finished anything before having to cancel due to money issues

[@fuseegelee]

@@hiiambarney4489this must be a joke

[@muddle3017]

This was probably the best person to have gotten their hands on this game. Not only tons of gameplay and information was shown, but now the game has been sent away for a backup, I really hope for the best with this game and channel!

[@cakehoarder]

appreciate that!! ❤

[@catethps]

yeah, not like a certain unreleased game collector who holds onto them like scrooge mcduck...

[@Gatorade69]

​@@catethpsWho are you talking about ? The Immoral John Hamcock ?

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

Definitely. Imagine DKOldies getting their hands on this. "Today we destroyed a bunch of fake Gamecube games..."

[@ztarburst]

This is why video game preservation is important. This game also genuinely looks fun!

[@hipkiddo1252]

It is!

[@dynamon911nz]

Too bad It didnt get much further beyond than prototype phase. It could gone potential

[@hipkiddo1252]

@@dynamon911nz It did! It was just never released and the copies are lost. Granted, it didnt get much further. But still.

[@dynamon911nz]

@@hipkiddo1252 what? For real? Wow...i didnt knew the Copy was Lost but the prototype version was found. I do Hope the original programers Who made the game had still the game intacted. At least the source code. Would be nice if they allow share them.

[@hipkiddo1252]

@@dynamon911nz I dont think they do but Eggy or Tweak might have it somewhere lol

[@overall_great213]

I love how happy he sounds when he plays the game and he’s just laughing at the overall fun and goofiness 😂❤

[@cakehoarder]

those giant rats were crackin me up

[@dopemopey]

Munster is probably pronounced "mun-ster", like the old black and white TV show. Dude probably looked like the Frankenstein character. I've heard my dad call people Munsters before when they looked large and ogre-like.

[@blistlelo1700]

It's sad that there are so many collectors just want to keep these unreleased games for themselves. I would just do like this guy and share it to the world while still keeping the real rare physical copy on the shelf. It doesn't ruin the special uniqueness and rarity for me to share the data so long you still have the original physical thing as well as making you famous for finding and sharing long lost media rather than just stayed forever hidden dusting inside your storage.

[@Pandymeez]

I feel a Pickles revival simmering somewhere in someone’s mind~! If the internet is good for anything, it’s reviving lost media made by good people!

[@JoBot__]

I would try if I knew how to develop for the GameCube.

[@spenserbeckerszs]

Thank you for covering this further! This is awesome! I dunno how this didn’t click with developers. This idea for gameplay is really unique even if it’s not fleshed out entirely due to it not being a finished game. The new levels you got to work actually look like they have better video quality output than level 1 from your first video. Nice! I would like to see this game fully fleshed out! It looks awesome!

[@UltimatePerfection]

Maybe some indie dev would make a spiritual successor on one of the modern engines.

[@peaplushie1073]

Something about old cancelled games like Kirby GCN and Pickles are so cool seeing how much potential they had but we're cancelled for unknown reasons or had no funding or didn't have enough time to publish said game for the console it was made for from how the Wii released. Old game prototypes and betas and demos are always so amazing and sad seeing what we could've got but didn't.

[@glassvial]

Found the first video on a random KZbin recommendation, these other levels look more polished (yet still buggy/unfinished, of course) than your first video, and this game looks like it would have been fun as hell if it had ever seen the light of day. Glad it's been dumped for others to enjoy.

[@VorteXofHarmony]

I have a working version of this game on Xbox and would love to correct a few facts and provide more detail on its history if you're interested. Loved your video!

[@cakehoarder]

Really? You should message me! I’d love to talk about it more

[@eShopbag]

man. to believe there’s a alternate universe where pickles was released and has maybe a small fandom.

[@Monsuco]

I'm curious about what all was planned for this game. I could imagine some rather interesting multiplayer modes for it. It seems like having 1 player control the movement while another controls the riding monkeys (kinda like Mario Kart Double Dash) would've been neat. I kinda wish we could find one of the more complete builds. Oh and on the subject of rare Gamecube stuff, I did notice your copy of Pokemon Box. Impressive!

[@Sethamphetam1n3]

Thank you so much for documenting and dumping this peice of history. I can see a pc port for this in the near future

[@saladplainzone]

ty so much for being set on preserving this ❤ a lot of other people would have hoarded something like this to themselves

[@panasonicdiet3691]

It may be possible to get the code from the NR disc using the NR reader which should show the other levels (if they are on there)

[@CasualCaden]

video game lost media is a great niche for this channel. Really good stuff here cake. 👍

[@cakehoarder]

thanks bro. sadly this stuff doesn't come around often lol

[@TheRudenz42o]

"Tweak, was not a tweaker", shit had me rolling because that's the 1st thing that came to mind, like if he was tweaking all night programming.

[@vincestrollo5689]

It would be amazing if an indie dev used this game for inspiration. A spiritual remake of a game that never was.

[@FortheloveofThomas84]

We definitely need a game like pickles! If some indie developer used this canceled game as an inspiration we would definitely have something that was like a spiritual remake of a game that never saw the light of day everyone would want to buy it!!!! Including me

[@hipkiddo1252]

Unironically id be interested in working on that myself. Taking on the mantle and reviving one of my dads games would be hilarious. Ive thought about it before, even before I saw how much people loved Pickles lol

[@zgzbvwvsjsu]

​@hipkiddo1252 You should do that and make the early game build's publicly available so that people get live progress updates imo Also hi founders son

[@hipkiddo1252]

@@zgzbvwvsjsu Id probably do that anyways yeah. And hi! lol

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@hipkiddo1252 Are you good with programming and stuff? Because I would be interested in working on such project as a programmer and level designer, if you aren't too good on the technical aspects of the gamedev. I have made (sadly on permanent hiatus) a 3d platformer in the past so I know how to do it.

[@blistlelo1700]

It sounds so strange that they couldn't find a publisher as I'm very sure it would easily been picked up by some Japanese publisher consider there's so many much more absurd and obscured games releasing in Japan. Heck, it could even be a real hit in the west too as the premise and execution wasn't really that absurd or risky for a western audience as I'm very sure many kids would absolutely love this hilarious game about stacking monkeys with different abilities on a unicycle. Maybe almost all publisher was already busy with so many other games and didn't really have the time and space for adding one more game for their schedule at the time.

[@Crackalacking_Z]

Thank you for sharing this with us. We need more games with monkeys on unicycles XD

[@GameCubeGalaxy]

Such a fascinating find and story about this game’s development. Really glad to see this game being preserved after all these years, and can’t wait to give this a try myself! Thanks for covering this man!!

[@cakehoarder]

ofc. love your channel btw bro!

[@GameCubeGalaxy]

@@cakehoarder thank you man! That means more than you know!

[@thatzaliasguy]

This is being uploaded to The Archive for preservation.

[@ilikejelly4099]

That “By me…” is crazy

[@monkeyman123321]

People love to complain about working on license projects, but to me it is a good way to find ways to work things out while having to a keep to strict criteria. But talk about a money passion project I will jump on board.

[@v1x4z]

This build definitelly looks very early. I hope we find a more complete build some time in the future. Pickles must live on.

[@feIon]

i'm so happy that you got in contact with hard4games!! he's the goat

[@matgeo_]

Bro the walrus 😭😭😭 all the critters in this game are crazy. Looks like it could've been a fun game. Maybe some fan out there will expand it into a full game one day. Great video, and thanks for sharing and documenting video game history 😄😄😄

[@loool72]

would support a kickstarter to reboot this game without a second thought 🙏

[@NyxTheNerd]

Agreed. I'd love to get my hands on this game in a completed state.

[@damian9303]

It was simply a much funner time back then, it’s a shame to think that what was could never be again. It’s at least aspiring to hear that some of the original developers who used to work at Santa Cruz used their time from then to inspire future indie projects of theirs. It’s at least good to hear that they’ve all been doing well, I’m glad that you thought of sending it to Hard4Games as when he used to be involved with Forest of Illusion he helped the purchase of another game that could’ve been, Dinosaur Planet with the iconic Rare charm most familiar on the N64. I hope that just like it, the community can do what it can to complete development for the game Pickles.

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

Reminds me of Glover, Super Monkey Ball, and all those weird games we used to get back then. We need Pickles for next gen!

[@deathbunny1718]

I think the idea was to fling the monkeys on your tower at the Boss (big elephant , or clown). the way you fling them is using the ramp mechanic to make the tower lean then release them as it leans forward.

[@nullbyt]

Make sure those Gameboy prototype stickers are properly adhered or risk flashing it

[@raincin]

Idk much about nr discs, but surely you can use a disc resurfacer to try and fix the issues on the disc?

[@roberthelm87]

im from Santa Cruz i had never heard of this company. neato

[@LuluTeala]

Laserbeak! It's good to know there's transformers fans in the dev team! This is so cool to see uncovered.

[@godlovestommy7562]

You’re such a legend it’s crazy

[@wirlogx]

Did you know gaming is making a 40 minutes video about this... if it's about a nintendo game, they'll crawl over you to get the info

[@TheBic4]

Wondering how their payroll worked if they didn’t know their real names.

[@MeowRealest]

They did know their real names, just didn’t use them

[@GamrSquad]

That’s super cool man. never knew this existed till now

[@karmicknight]

This game is obviously a passionate project and had potentially, but it might have had a really tough time trying to compete with other games of the time because the stacking mechanics is very limiting.

[@dellarae]

That elephant is right out of diddy Kong racing!

[@mikewzowske]

I am very glad this is a real game cause I was very skeptical this was one of those generic creepy pastas or Args

[@maxmouse3]

Great work! It looks like a very fun game. Thanks for sharing it with the world and I hope someone pickups up this concept

[@karlinl4433]

THE music from the first level played in this video is from super Mario sunshine hotel delfino

[@eddieg-unit4093]

Tell them to release Pickles for the switch. I’d buy it.

[@alpha-boss]

This game looks like it had potential and could have been a cool IP. Too bad it wasn't given a chance to prove itself..The level you showed in the other video is my favorite the other ones looked meh...Later

[@Cobra_427]

My guess to free the elephant is you need to grab the anvil that's floating and then ring the bell

[@UltimatePerfection]

I think I recognize a couple of sound effects from Jazz Jackrabbit 2. Perhaps same sfx library or those sounds were used as placeholders?

[@nightshade8262]

Hi cake, keep up the great work bro!

[@atomicbrain9401]

2:31 you said “BALLS”

[@aweawd]

PLEASE GO VIRAL

[@snooz221]

Level 3 seems to be a scrapped boss fight

[@Venomalia]

there is also a second world on the iso and old versions of world 1 that seem to have more data than the current version.

[@ceedubs]

I think the idea in level 4 to unlock the little elephant is to stack the monkeys high enough to ring that bell, but clearly the bell is unfinished.

[@HighFuel90]

Thank you for paying it forward

[@ErikvsLenny]

What a fkn cool Rabbit Hole. You struck Gold sir.

[@totallynottwo5727]

You look like my middle school music teacher lmao, great find** can't wait to watch the dump video after this one!

[@user-em4lz3zw2m]

SpongeBob finally remembered the pickles

[@glitchy_weasel]

The game looked so fun too, it's a shame no one gave it a chance back in the day. But hey! At least it now belongs to gaming history!

[@edvard-swift3645]

I'm enthralled and I'm all in this amazing history of this game

[@nakayoshi93]

Heck yeah! The more preservation, the better!

[@tbmusician]

“yOu fOrGotT the PICKALLLLSS” -Bubble Bass🐟🥒

[@Agent_OB]

9:40 did you try ringing that bell ? probably have to grab the anvil first then hit the bell with it

[@BeautifulMadeline]

I would have loved this. Especially in the ds/wii era

[@kazii_the_avali]

ngl this feels very much like an arg. not saying it is but it does feal like it.

[@circjit]

this game's 1st level has a resemblance to beach buggy racing's 1st level

[@aweawd]

someone should try and finish making this game.

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

With Microsoft gaining ownership of Rare, this could have filled the void for Nintendo Monkey games on the Gamecube!

[@stronggaming2365]

i would LOVE to see this game picked up again. i would pre-order asap lol

[@mangArtist5]

I would love to crowdfund a physical verison of this

[@panasonicdiet3691]

Question for you cake! How did you find these levels? Was it just constant completing level 1 as last video you couldn’t get further

[@cakehoarder]

I’d constantly turn off and on the system and try booting a new level. 99% resulting in a crash 😂

[@TheCoolDave]

Thanks for releasing this, and very cool to see, looks like it could of been a interesting and fun game, too bad it never really hit the light of day...

[@lukeisthebestguy]

i remember when u were at 8k subs, you've come so far

[@goatbone]

7:39 Big seagull aka a pelican.

[@feelsjeffman7787]

crazy ass discovery. great video cake!!

[@CinnaBox]

we need there to be an indie game that plays like pickles

[@4amLaundry]

Yoow didn't know about this game! Good shit homes

[@AxellSlade]

Dude, this game couldn't be in better hands!

[@TwistedNation01]

Thanks for sending it to get dumped!

[@MochaFrap4]

This game looks fun, i did wish it did went to the public, but sadly it didn't.

[@MrLoveMonkey02]

this is a sick find dude

[@someonecool32]

FUN FACT: I HAVE THE WORLD TWO OF THIS GAME ... IN MY BASEMENT! [not for sale]

[@IanMackey-z5l]

Someone needs to complete the game

[@grannateTY]

I like the game but sas that it did not came out on any console it seem was fun to play

[@RPLAsmodeus]

Reminds me of: Rolo To The Rescue

[@nataliemoreno763]

Epic game channel can’t wait for this to drop

[@TheCoolSmashGamer]

This is insane

[@Keeb_the_mof]

I would love to see the just finish the game.

[@GonnaShineForever]

also forgot to say the gba video cartridges would only have 2 episodes on em, I had a few the dragon ball gt and I forgot the others

[@Consteee]

Amazing looking game!

[@arcaedias]

since SC is my home town this is especially interesting to me

[@MrXslim]

Wow 😮 more Content about this game can’t 😊

[@RougeOrange]

I love prototype preservation :)

[@oswaldoculo]

Here come dat boi: the game

[@JDSSMan]

Or this is an amazing new game discovery or is a very well made ARG/creepypasta. Either way i'm enjoying a lot.

[@ATalkingSock]

I hope I'm not the 100th person to comment this, but I feel like in Level 4 you're supposed to ring the bell hanging from the ceiling to free the little elephant

[@plattyppus]

My guy be talking into a makeup brush.

[@panasonicdiet3691]

Free the baby elephant: Does ringing that bell in the air by jumping work? There was a cage flying on the left, maybe jumping and hitting that? Collect all GEMs on that level?

[@cakehoarder]

I tried all that but it seems the bell is unringable in its current state

[@panasonicdiet3691]

@@cakehoarder hey cake, you should speak to the person who going to dump the rom. It would be awesome to get the source code and for that to be shared. I’d love to work on getting level 2 working and seeing anymore data. Please consider and let me know your thoughts

[@L721-d5i]

we need more pickles prototypes