DarkMaster - XBOX LIVE Launch Disc

[@rockin_fuzzy1236]

Dark Master is 35 years old now

[@rockin_fuzzy1236]

Otpez matt

[@johnnyblaze9874]

Holy shit lol Hats off to the man for being the star of what is now one of the best online service.

[@manicallydepressedclown]

@@johnnyblaze9874 lol sure. Are we forgetting that pc exists

[@SwedishRetroTechNerd]

How do you know that??

[@Samuel-Samuel1]

No 38 now

[@StanleyOpar]

notice that the word "PAY" never leaves his lips when he mentions about "downloadable content" that's the way it should have fuckin' stayed,

[@ultra6466]

God the 2000s were awesome.

[@thenostalgic9836]

+GameCube Rocks i know i had gameclube online

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

Saiyuki2o4 & Xbox Live is still awesome

[@beavis5691]

+Saiyuki2o4 No it's the 2010s he's talking about the decade

[@gameraddy9926]

It was a truly awesome time!

[@jackbollingmoore7554]

@@thenostalgic9836 PS2 had online

[@purmello]

I can't believe the dialogue between DarkMaster and TheHunk is more realistic than the Ubisoft promo player dialogue like a decade later.

[@matthumphrey8774]

Ikr lol

[@shortbtw]

So after 17 years. This ad is way better than the current gaming console ads.

[@allennavas3830]

The reason why seeing this was so awesome was because this was a new thing that no one has seen before on consoles. I know the PlayStation 2 and GameCube had online games, but the way Microsoft did their online service was something at the time.

[@b4ds33d]

Lsega Dreamcast had legit online multiplayer. Not just that, it was cross platform, I played unreal and quake 3 against pc players.

[@gregor3145]

Yes Xbox live and halo revolutionized gaming with online gaming and made gaming what it is today. people can shit on Xbox all they like but they at least have to acknowledge what the og xbox did for gaming

[@theTF2sniper]

@@gregor3145 Og xbox is still pretty dope to have in 2024 imo. I got a hardmodded 2Tb one with bunch of games, emulators, and online multiplayer options. Runs great

[@KiloIsKilo]

Fun fact: dark master is still on Xbox live till this day and he is about 35!

[@Dismal626]

Some say The Hunk is still muted to this very day.

[@Publicenemy1234]

meth0d lol

[@lionocyborg6030]

Don't forget Oil Slick.

[@StrongSolo]

meth0d But..........he talks in the next scene. :(

[@Caolan114]

This video is a relic Look at the fish eye lense How he talks It feels so early 2000's

[@IaconDawnshire]

Golden age of online gaming.

[@zzzzzz192]

Botheredhat360 that's dumb. Internet is faster now than before.

[@Publicenemy1234]

Lol

[@jumpman2326]

This was the golden age of gaming period

[@gam3xhazard89]

way before warzone trash

[@livebooty]

@@gam3xhazard89 yeah Warzone not trash bruh

[@Playjex]

The early 2000s, where everything had fish-eye and copied the style of The Matrix and Blade 2.

[@Hellraiser988]

But is that a bad thing

[@Playjex]

@@Hellraiser988 not at all, my friend.

[@GTChristmas2222]

I miss it

[@UberPanzerhund]

Over a decade ago trash-talking was encouraged now it's possible to be banned and even arrested for it oh how the times change :^)

[@Anex952]

+Jordan Garcia (Uber Panzerhund) except for COD

[@eastcoasteric]

That's because people could: A: handle it without crying over nothing B: people understood that they were talking to ACTUAL people, as it was still new and they weren't desensitized to the overload of being "hidden", or "unknown". That and people could take some friendly smack talking.

[@sammifigueroa7154]

That is so true it's bullshit now we can't do it

[@eyendsky1970]

+Eric Durant h

[@supershadowan]

SO TRUE DAW

[@rocketlaflare]

that broadband CGI is something you would only see in the 2000's. i miss those times.

[@RedSkylinex60]

Come to think of it. When’s the last time you heard someone use the term broadband???

[@oqocraft2661]

Now ​@@RedSkylinex60

[@nuka5608]

Things like this is history now and kinda makes you want to back in those days

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

R.I.P. Xbox Live 2002-2010 :(

[@theTF2sniper]

Its back!

[@roman11777]

I remember watching this on my XBox when I was six and was really bummed out because my family was too poor to afford Live. The nostalgia is overwhelming.

[@PerfectPrimarch]

Dude, same here! Watched these as if they were a documentary series on an alien species who were not as poor as I. This was the closest I could get to experience Xbox live back when it wasn't completely anti consumer/gamer

[@АлексейСвиридов-у9о]

​@@PerfectPrimarchMonthly paid multiplayer is already anti consumer enough. PC never had such bs even though it is best for multiplayer games.

[@proi07]

The 2000s nostalgia you won't find in a compilation

[@Airmaster360]

I was that guy that drove backwards in a motogp beta online game, crash into other people head on. Good times.

[@Joel-bh5xd]

What was cool back then was that everybody had a headset and most were around the same age. I made a couple of online friends back in the day and we would play halo daily. Good times.

[@Crypticstuff12]

And select your country

[@flextonio180]

Lol

[@TNLazer]

Yo I saw this as soon he said it

[@kizzychiz]

This shit was way ahead of it's time in my opinion. Underrated console.

[@emiliabonilla5423]

Its not

[@ImKbra]

@@emiliabonilla5423 yes it was

[@masterofspellign]

Sega stayed ahead of its time. Look up Sega Tv

[@deesnuts1]

Microsoft at its most competitive

[@x66Hawk66x]

@@emiliabonilla5423 The console was miles ahead of its time in every aspect. The hardware crushed it's rivals systems. and online multiplayer was state of the art when released.

[@Oogie88]

I remember watching the hell out of this when I got my Xbox when it came out. I was like 12 or 13 getting mad I wasn’t old enough to work so I could get online and play. Wish they’d bring back being able to play online on the og Xbox 😢 I still got one and would love to experience what it was like back then.

[@GTChristmas2222]

Insignia Live is a free Xbox Live 1.0 replacement for both softmodded hardmodded and stock Original Xbox consoles

[@TukumiZumkiGaming]

Sent a friend request to Darkmaster and he declined it. Lol!

[@apacheopenoffice4.1.14]

Sane to me

[@generalofg3377]

Poor guy gets friend requests every 10 minutes

[@bmg8655]

TukumiZumkiGaming my father is one of his friends he was a beta tester back in 2000 the account he used is now used by my sister but the gamer tag he used was "Shakain"

[@AverageYoutuber6615]

TukumiZumkiGaming haaaaas

[@Heyim18bro]

4:06 as you can see it's "Dark Master" u misspelled it silly

[@Dcook85]

I remember still having dial-up when this shit came out. Had to upgrade to.....wait for it.....DSL! Holy crap, I remember wiring that shit up in the middle of the night on release day for Halo 2 and plugging in my Halo 2 headset into the controller.......oh the days gone by.

[@GeoCrockerPot]

1:46 Getting connected is my most favorite part of the whole process! For a very long time since I was young in the 2000s, computer networking/networking has always been fascinating to me!

[@AddableStone13]

We need to have this guy make a updated introduction video for Insignia Live.

[@HALOBOY305]

Yes!!!

[@kaiba7756]

help ive been locked in a basement chained up and hes been making me watch this for 3 months

[@jdplaystuba]

Visible concern*

[@msalerno916]

Hi. I’m Matt. But you can call me DARK. MASTER.

[@greatstag]

If i had a time machine, i'd travel back to 2000 and live through the 2000's all over again

[@adventurebonnie4808]

12 month free!!!...Now a days you would be lucky enough to get a 2 day free membership.

[@bettamidnightofdoom]

Theres a good difference between old MS and new M$

[@TAURASIIGamingTV]

Actually there was 2 month and now 2 day

[@excaliburr7789]

Lol Microsoft has always been cutthroat. That's the difference between a new service that needs users and an established service.

[@gaysonjiovanni1593]

Pointtakenbrah sony ist the samd

[@Nuisance_Bear]

It should just be free, period, tbh.

[@WYJAFAK2]

This brings back memories. I was 8/9 and I didn’t understand computers or how to connect to the internet with my Xbox and I just remember thinking how it was such an impossible task to get online because I didn’t actually understand what any of the terms meant and just guessed how to fix things when the configuration didn’t work. Eventually I just gave up on it. It was only until I was a bit older and the Xbox 360 came out that I finally understood how to get online and enjoy sweet online gaming.

[@kobwmoose]

I have dial-up. Is this going to stop me from connecting to the online world, dankmaster?

[@lashingrook7168]

Man 2000s were the best, but I hope to relive the experience with project insignia, im also just trying to spread the word for all of us players

[@jacobh7188]

Yeah I know, but unfortunately, gaming is dead in general. I'm so fortunate and lucky to have experienced the golden age of gaming and Xbox (2006-2013)

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

@@jacobh7188 yeah the 2000s to 2013 were the last best days of gaming unfortunately when it came to 2014 alongside the other years everything went downhill Bad games Bad everything I miss my fun days.

[@lashingrook7168]

@@n1njahawkssecondchannel84 in 2014, we see all the bad call of duty games come out, 3 years later have a game called fortnite and all the teens think its the best game ever, but to me, the best game may be halo 2, the 1 online game that introduced how we play today

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

@@lashingrook7168 Yeah nothing beats 2000s to 2013 I miss everything. speaking about an awesome game I’m playing one now LEGO Indiana Jones 1

[@jumpman2326]

@@lashingrook7168 Insignia is still in the works

[@VideoQuestEx]

Gotta love these old school demo discs!

[@MaddoxEscoberry]

Man this sounded amazing, even they knew trash talking was a thing

[@BeckoningSage]

5:30 they actually encouraged trash talking. Now you get banned for it......Times have changed.

[@realwizardry834]

Oh boy I remember asking my parents for 'broadband' for Christmas

[@hanskorn]

Legend has it that The Hunk can still talk about cheese, if you want.

[@justinnoname2069]

now i want a original xbox and xbox live

[@patwaddington]

Haha you’d be the only one on there

[@jacobh7188]

@@patwaddington sad but very true

[@GTChristmas2222]

@@patwaddingtoninsignia

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

I miss original xbox live :(

[@user-jv2id8vg9e]

why

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

AaronFUSION VX Was simpler, 90% free DLC plus games were not as big an install, and also Original Xbox controllers were the best the small ones, and also classics

[@SFC1912]

You can actually use XLink to play online on Original Xbox Live

[@jackarotva7072]

There’s a project called Insignia Live that is bringing it back

[@twixxtro]

Xbox live: you can trashtalk each other Also xbox live: you have been suspended

[@The_MAD_IT_LAD]

Bring back voice masking Xbox!!

[@pharmacykeyzs]

nah, bring back xbox live for the original xbox.

[@twin10broter]

DuccSucc you are stupid

[@ArchVileDaClown]

@@twin10broter no YOUR STUPID

[@thedeadninja4710]

Never before has a more accurate Wisconsin stereotype existed. As a fellow Wisconsinite, I can also speak Cheese.

[@Crackers0106]

Just looked this guy up, he has a Gamescore of 8850.

[@VideoGameStupidLC]

3:35 "The Legend you build"... and then years later his Gamertag ends up becoming TheLegend27.

[@ClintRayJohnson]

“You will never be left without an online game to play.” **laughs in Xbox 360 Orange Box TF2 matchmaking**

[@DaRUde117]

back when dlc was free :(

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

But there are some DLC on Xbox 360 & Xbox ONE has free DLC packs

[@BilczaTheHedgehog]

Name few.

[@illjan]

Except for horse armor

[@Aparou27]

Nigga what you mean you posted this comment back then😂😂

[@XXXXD]

xbox/ps2 era games almost never had dlcs either rerelases or expansion pack but the second one was pretty rare .

[@CeeHoff]

Ah, the fish eye lens... the 2000s were a charismatic time.

[@TylerPKegger]

Is that tmartn' solder brother?

[@jacobh7188]

Damn, the 2000s nostalgia hits so deep here. Lol

[@piccolo56000]

10 years of the xbox live only in 10mintues

[@tagoboy6164]

Legends say he is still playing

[@alyxgraff9121]

I occasionally come back to this video from time to time since it's no only an interesting way to see how much Xbox Live & by extension Online Multiplayer has changed over the years but because it's a 2004 time capsule too. If you slow down the spinning, fast-paced footage at 1:34, you can see that the fish eye lens B-roll was shot inside an EBGames. Considering that EBGames, GameStop/Babbages & Barnes & Noble were all under the same company at this time, I suspect this was one of those giant EBGames next to a Barnes & Noble. I know this since one of my friends grew up in a town that had one of these combination Gamestop/Barnes & Nobles when they were young & it looks exactly as he described it from the time he went to it for the Midnight Launch of the Nintendo DSi (which was a few years after 2004 but still new at that time). It's sad that after GameStop & Barnes & Noble split, both companies faced financial hardship & as a result, the store my friend went to doesn't exist anymore. Same goes for EBgames since that's mostly used as the name of GameStop locations in places like Canada & Australia now.

[@jay3745]

My man is still playing till this day

[@neo674]

Xbox live guests should still exist to this day

[@YonsonTurbowski]

This brings back so many memories way back when going to my friends house to play on his Xbox playing halo 1 for hours on end doing missions and a ton of multiplayer

[@TICSTUDIOSLLC]

This is nostalgic

[@SailorLarkspur]

"we know you're out there dad" had more weight than i think they intended it to

[@super.hero.landing]

When life was simpler.

[@fsanmiguel666]

Dark Master is 40 now, damn....

[@timeking6829]

7:04 when your step sister gets stuck in the dryer

[@domki366]

Oh my fucking god

[@lionocyborg6030]

Ah. So his name is Matt. I never knew that, as it was never brought up on the Xbox Live trailer that came with Blinx. (The one where they all play the unreleased beta of Revolt's Xbox port) What is Matt doing these days?

[@jbgamerjr.1796]

I just friended him and said a dark day for dark master and all his friends are (offline)

[@kris8120]

I wish i was a teen in 00's.

[@Omar777i]

OMG this takes me way back i have this disc but my xbox is broken so i cant play it. I used to watch it all the time. I remember setting up xbox live for the first time it was soo epic!

[@user-jv2id8vg9e]

This is history

[@Lu-e]

May was probably like 22, now he’s 44. Let that sink in for a moment.

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

20 years of Xbox Live 20 years ago that's when we had Xbox Live for the first time Since we're now in 2022 Xbox4life

[@Kit_Bear]

The old Xbox Live is back, service provided for free by INSIGNIA

[@marvinrodriguez7971]

@@Kit_Bear awesome bruv Xbox4life

[@GeoCrockerPot]

He should promote Insignia when it launches here soon. Currently we're beta testing

[@FUNKCAT1]

I seriously missed out on the old Xbox Live. Man if I had the chance I'd play that when it was popular

[@jumpman2326]

Insignia is bringing back the old Xbox live

[@MATTE.U.K]

Probably the best invention/service ever created and i think that ever will.

[@TheVgamer14]

Back in the day when Xbox and PS2 were going at it in the good days of the console wars, But most people know that both of those consoles had killed off the Sega Dreamcast

[@jackbollingmoore7554]

Lagoon don't forget the GameCube

[@Kit_Bear]

Yeah but Playstation gave you free online, free DVD player capability and free games through the post, I got "Hardware Online Arena" It was awesome.

[@itsyourswifty1791]

I actually watched this all the way through

[@gnoldubderaj]

Happy 10 yr anniversary!

[@JuriSins]

17 year*

[@thetrickster9885]

25 years*

[@charizardag]

this takes me back

[@Alexzw92]

I remember begging my mom to buy me the starter kit that came with crimson skies.. But we didnt have broadband.. Just dialup..

[@GeoCrockerPot]

They should've had Dark Master introduce the MN-740 Xbox wireless-g adapter in 2003 when it came out then so that more people could've known about Wi-Fi connection between the console and the router earlier on and invest in one in case you had the console in a room beyond the reach of a router.

[@kayivey83]

Wow, I didn't know there was an original Xbox wireless adapter.

[@GeoCrockerPot]

@@kayivey83 Yep, a Wi-Fi to ethernet and ethernet to Wi-Fi adapter/bridge with Wi-Fi 2.4ghz b/g only. Configurable from the Xbox console, but no longer configurable from a computer I don't think.

[@wilfredynunez5263]

Who's here after Project Insignia was announced?

[@cartman1226]

welcome back

[@RyneMcKinney]

The most 2002 video ever

[@envinced3008]

5:31 He knew.... HE KNEW HE HORROR OF COD LOBBIES

[@IkeSan]

Reasons why I loved the original Xbox.

[@GenesisFan01]

About 10 years. It came out at the launch of Xbox live. Nov 2002.

[@Jbush69]

The voice mod things would be cool if they were a thing now tbh just with upgraded things you can do

[@moogibeans9822]

Xbox was so edgy, wow

[@nayru1855]

Moogi Beans the entirety of the early 2000s were “edgy”

[@StrongSolo]

better then now

[@virileagitur7403]

@@ericahmed8831 This comment connected with me spiritually

[@virileagitur7403]

@@ericahmed8831 This comment connected with me spiritually

[@shitsheet7277]

@@nayru1855 and back when you didnt even know what edgy means so these people were cool to you

[@embedded_software]

The name "Dark Master" would never fly nowadays.

[@SparkingSkeline]

Awesome I had xbox and now I Miss it so much but I have a Xbox 360

[@Noobsaibot21]

@TheZoneShowUK I think I have a slightly longer version of this movie / disc. I worked in Virgin at the time and I got a special retailer pack which included 100 '1 month' Xbox Live codes, a free XB communicator headset, a disc which included a bunch of Live demos (and the longer movie) and a free copy of Mechassault. And yes, i'm still enjoying the benefits of those 100 month codes :D

[@SmokeyOwOs]

I'm glad to see that the whole inv taking up your entire screen is gone

[@TaitTv]

Tommrow is dark masters 39th birthday

[@jpesicka492]

Came with mech assault and a headset with the headset card adapter thing when i got mine. Halo ce came out before xbox live so when halo 2 came out, it was the golden age for me. I also played counter strike for a change of pace but plays halo 2 for years. And im kinda playing right now

[@kahlaniterito9625]

All these comments are like from 4 years ago and so go I'm from 2020 2000s we're so good

[@OfficialSpookyXO]

He said trash talk but I get banned for that

[@zac9181]

3:58 Dark Master knowns where my dad is!?

[@jjbonner]

Thanks this video was really helpful

[@007spudman]

I remember getting an Xbox membership card at blockbuster.and picking up halo 2 as it said online enabled man I didn't regret it.

[@TheCreeperkill4]

1:34 old GameStop?

[@SundreeOFFICIAL]

Dark Master is old enough to be my dad.

[@Squiggy2010]

Major Nelson looked so young back then.

[@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457]

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! That's Major Nelson?

[@Modingo11]

My dad when i was a kid: Hey just going out for smokes Me: Becomes FBI agent 3:57