DF Retro Play: Magazine Demo Discs Were Awesome! Xbox Official Magazine March 2002 Revisited

The Retro Best Buds are back in town, and this time around they are going all the way back to March 2002, issue #4 of the Official Xbox Magazine demo disc! Demo discs were an excellent way getting small samples of games you might have otherwise missed, perhaps something lost in today's gaming scene? Jump on back with us as we take a look at a small offering of the vast world of the OG Xbox.
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[@domonon]

Before the internet went high speed, seeing an actual game outside of a magazine had such value and these demos were so valuable to us back then because it was the only way to experience a new game without having to buy it. It was so exciting playing demo discs back then.

[@ChrisGower]

When I was a poor teenager, each weekend I'd go to all the game stores in my local town and ask if they had any 'loosies' ; discs that had fallen off their magazines. If usually leave with 4 or 5 for free, some old some new - whatever they could dig out. Fond memories and my only way to play new games most of the time

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

im too young for that. but i was also a poor kid and played tons of demos on xbox 360. fun times and it made me discover some of my fsvourite games that i bought when i had money

[@robertcarr4172]

Yup. I used to go to a second hand book store In my area. They would get old issues that hadn't sold of gaming mags and sell them cheap.and as someone who had an Xbox In South africa where it wasn't officially available, these were absolute gold for a poor teenager

[@MrWhitesoxfalife]

On bro, all the the time, I used to write Down some of the codes that wud be in magazine too as well the demo discs...

[@SpartanX360]

Same here best demo pack since I had my Dreamcast went to Xbox.

[@zZiL341yRj736]

Don't know why I spent hours and hours on some demo from a disc but now I can buy any games I want but can't really get into anything. I want to go back to the mindset of a teen back then.

[@ZeitGeist_TV]

I'm 36 and damn this gave such nostalgia, the 90's and early 2000's were just so damn fun and laid back.

[@theexile4694]

For real man. I miss 1994-2002. Best time in gaming, in my opinion. Then WoW hit in 2003 and gaming has just gone downhill ever since.

[@Juzimaster]

@@theexile4694 WoW got released back in 2004.

[@theexile4694]

@@Juzimaster 2003, it was in alpha/beta and was shown off to people at E3 2003. 2004, it released to the masses but, I still remember how even in 2003, after E3, so many games made massive changes or plans to change that just absolutely destroyed those games.

[@anngo4140]

For me it went on until late 2000s, and then things got a bit stale yeah... Witcher 3 and some of the recent ambitious projects kinda help a bit, but things are few and far between, a lot of remakes that I don't think are that necessary.

[@myleghurts7419]

OG Xbox so underrated. Such a good console with so much to offer. That whole era of DC, PS2, Xbox, GCN was devs taking chances and interesting, different hardware. Edit: I also won a free Xbox game from IGN and chose Azurik. Was hype thinking it would be like Zelda.

[@bingobongo1615]

The original Xbox blew my mind coming from PS2 and gamecube. It was a few years after launch and a modern PC was stronger by that point but what teenager in the early 2000s had a beast of a PC? So I wasn’t prepared for just how great the games looked.

[@roncinephile]

Broadband only online meant OG Xbox had the best and most sophisticated online multiplayer. Also the first place I saw devs releasing actual DLC. The idea that a game could change after you bought it was completely novel. Blew my mind.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

I wasn't into gaming that much as a kid in the early 2000s maybe because I was too young and enjoyed playing outside. I had a PS2 and would play games like GTA3, Armored Core 2 and Final Fantasy X. In mid 2002 I remember going to KB Toys and they had an Xbox demo stand with Halo playing. I played the first level and thought the animations and graphics looked good........when the second level started and you crash land on Halo I was blown away but when the Pelican drops the Warthog and you drive around I knew I needed to get an Xbox. Halo did make me get an Xbox. I loved the PS2 but the Xbox exclusives are on another level. vertex shaders really did make the different along with the powerful pc cpu and nvidia gpu.

[@Moonfaster]

Yes, an amazing era! So many new franchise! I miss it, even though there are amazing game still being developed, but a lot of the creativity is gone.

[@casedistorted]

haha yeah I never had the original Xbox which sucked, everyone else I knew had it but I had every other console. Wish I did, and still wish I do today because I loved those controllers.

[@patrickstransky]

I would love it if you guys did more demo discs like this.

[@NetDive]

me too because it's a great way to showcase games I've never heard of!

[@LiquidSpartan117]

This rabbit hole is worth following

[@NetDive]

@@LiquidSpartan117 daaaang from what I've seen of your channel you got a good mix of XBOX and rabbit holes hahaha.

[@LeeroyJanky]

"Actually... I own this." "It's okay" That got a good laugh out of me. I definitely have some games I'm not proud of in my collection too

[@zzzzUS]

Deluxe edition of AC: AH for X360 for me... And then I bought Steam release :|

[@bluedragon219123]

I remember playing the Official PlayStation Magazine demo of Metal Gear Solid(PSOne) so very, very much until I could finally get the game. I also remember watching the Metal Gear Solid 2 preview video almost as much. Being poor and a kid wasn't too bad sometimes. :)

[@nickd1978]

That demo was my introduction to the MGS series. Did it have the playable demo and also a trailer?

[@Iamfirebird360]

I agree with that statement. Being a poor kid also, when I was able to get a game I enjoyed it more, I cherished it and beat it completely. Now I'm an adult with more disposable income I find i buy more than I play and tend to complete less game.

[@MakeLifeExtraordinary]

I absolutely loved these demo discs. Going the entire way back to Sega CD and 3DO, to Xbox. It was like Christmas damn near every month, getting to try new games that haven’t been released yet or those that were just released, along with rolling demos that showed off the hardware and simple things like Christmas screensavers and the such. Every time I got one, even in my 20s… I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. Now, it’s rare when we get any type of demo and when we do… Nobody ever hypes the fact that they released them. You would figure that a developer or publisher would be jumping up and down, especially before release, bringing all the attention they could get to a demo in order to sell the full game. Especially for Second and third party titles, along with Indies. Because it’s a form of essentially, free advertisement. In any case, this brought back lots of memories and I think you guys for making this video. God bless you and thank you for everything you do.

[@Wogle]

I still have a few of my PS1 demo discs. Demo Disc 42 from OSPM-UK is still peak demo disc because you got demos for: - Metal Gear Solid (all the way to DARPA chief) - Devil Dice - Coolboarders 3 - V2000 (3 levels!) - Max Power Racing - S.C.A.R.S. PLUS 14 full Net Yaroze games (Including Psychon, Terra Incognita Rocks 'n' Gems, and Clone) I played the shit out of that disc

[@orijimi]

The most important demo discs ever created were the one or two OXM ones that had hidden Metal Wolf Chaos demos. It was a heroic act of them to get some small portion of that game stateside.

[@brit1shboy]

Which ones? How do you access them? I've got almost every OXM disc from the OG Xbox era, and I'd love to try that game in it's original form.

[@orijimi]

@@brit1shboy Number 39 for sure. And it's a matter of inputting a button combination on one of the menus.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Personally always liked the demo disc BGM, little attentions to detail like that. 👌

[@ltl-cx9xs]

Now you need a PS Plus Extra membership otherwise you can't play the demo disc. Putting free content behind a pay wall is stupid.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

I remember there we got demo disk from xbox magazine but also some xbox games had demos inside of them as well. I remember the demo for Shenmue 2 had an awesome theme music I have not been able to find anywhere else.

[@AdiMercury]

@@ltl-cx9xs at the time the only pay wall was the magazine price 😂

[@AdmiralBison]

@@AdiMercury and you didn't have to continue paying for the same magazine over and over again... you actually owned it.

[@Garrad3]

One of my biggest regrets is throwing out my demo discs. It's perfect for quick nostalgic tasters of the Xbox library.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

I thankfully still have mine. The magazine with the discs were over 7 euros back then and throwing them away would have hurt me too much....

[@bmx7596]

The only console I've ever owned that felt like a real powerhouse.

[@martingarciaarvidson6684]

oh it was a powerhouse. back in the day ofc.

[@DEVILTAZ35]

When you consider Pandemic had the Xbox version of Mercenaries running at 60 fps and the PS2 version was only 30 fps it really showed how much better it was. My PS2 gathered dust from the moment i got the original Xbox. Only the PS3 with Uncharted series had me as excited as that system. Sadly after Uncharted 3 that series was a joke anyway.

[@benvids]

I jumped from a PS1 to an Xbox. Crash Bandicoot and FF8 to Halo and Splinter Cell. A huge upgrade.

[@zaidabraham7310]

@@DEVILTAZ35 Uncharted 4 is literally one of the best games of all time. Lost Legacy is good too but it should have been DLC instead of a standalone game.

[@AdiMercury]

@@DEVILTAZ35 also the HUGE difference between Xbox and PS2 for Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. Mind blowing. You had real-time shadow casting and lightning unlike PS2 version.

[@aodhanmorrissey]

I saw this and watched immediately. I completely forgot about demo discs until now, and have such vibrant memories of begging my parents to spend the obscene 4.50 on a games magazine hahaha

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

I loved how the Demo Disc in magazines were a continuation of the long standing Demo Casettes, or compilations that came with ZX Spectrum and other 8bit machine magazines.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Yeah i swear, there is a market for that. This would totally work today as well of there would be Magazines with Disc that features some full versions (preferably DRM-free GOG versions). I'm a Synthesizer nerd and years ago i always bought these Musician magazines that often came with software, Free or demo VST synthesizers and often lots of Sample libraries. Those were so awesome and i still have them. Some of them even came with redbook AudioCD tracks so you could play audio demos in your CD player and use the magazine material in the ROM part of it.

[@mcrazza]

I loved demo discs back in the day for PSX and PS2. I had a small collection of games but a large collection of demos. It kept me going between full game purchases.

[@lordxboss5700]

Gamepass is incredible 🤯 I also remember the XBOX demo disc and renting a single game for the weekend for about $10-$15. Now we get hundreds of games for that price and many are new Day 1 releases

[@Greenskull]

Man... I still have SO many of these demo discs. The highlight of my months. I used to LOVE playing splitscreen Bloodwake. Also played the demo for Hunter: The Rocking over and over again. Different times....

[@AdmiralBison]

If you can "dump them" on to your PC. Emulation such as Xemu and Cxbx Reloaded allows people to "relive" those times.

[@jimmyv3170]

Those demo discs were badass. I got to play Doom 3, Conkers Bad Fur Day, Psychonauts, Star Wars Battlefront, Urban Chaos Riot Response from those demo discs

[@jimpatterson1111]

Everything considered, relatively, the original Xbox was my favorite console. So many quality originals. ‘Only on Xbox’ had predominantly Western developed games, (racers, FPS), which are my favorite. Xbox Live, HDD. ‘Only on Xbox’ indeed.

[@ThaMobstarr]

I was too poor back then as a kid, but the Xbox/PS2 and Xbox 360/PS3 gens must have been the days.

[@timothylewis2527]

I used to LOVE demo discs with magazines. I loved the magazines more but the demos were always a nice bonus. I still have several. Unfortunately, other people loved the demos, too. They'd steal the disc and leave the the magazine. I often had no choice but to buy the mag with no disc.

[@justacollegestudent5147]

That’s horrible if you want the disk buy the magazine. Literal theft smh.

[@GoogleMoment]

Love me some demo discs. GB's Demo Derby was some of the best content they put out.

[@michaelpalmieri539]

Thanks guys! I love these let's play videos, they're so cozy

[@TheWaveBloke]

There's a new Dreamcast demo disc coming next month, which I *may* be involved in curating ;)

[@spideyman20015]

The PS2 Demo discs helped to discover some of my favorite games as a kid like Jak 3 and Battlefront 1 etc. Would love to see a playstation version of this video

[@neko_samurai]

Dead or Alive 3 DID have Aerosmith! Nine Lives plays in the intro. Dream On was the intro theme to 2 Ultimate, which is what John's talking about. But DOA3 had the 'smith as well.

[@charoleawood]

30:40 CORRECTION: Dead or Alive 3 DID feature Aerosmith in its attract video. DoA2 Ultimate does as well, but they are two different songs. It drives me NUTS that John set Audi down to play Xbox and didn't show him Dead or Alive.

[@DreyzieArt]

I spent so much time playing the first 30 minutes of random demos over and over again. I loved all the extras they used to have to.

[@ghost085]

Alex needs his own "Audi", so they can make videos watching old GeForce and Radeon tech demos.

[@jdk_360]

Oh man this takes me back. I still have almost the full collection of official Xbox magazine demo discs in one of those spring loaded trays that I got when I worked for GameStop back in the day. I forgot about some of these especially blood wake. I actually really enjoyed that one even though it doesn’t hold up that well today. For the era I was always so impressed by graphics. I always liked the tech that went behind making games. Nowadays even though everything looks 1000 times better it’s almost like a standard where back then this level of fidelity was new and exciting

[@mctapoutos7426]

As a 80s, 90s and 00s kid I remember that introduction of Demo disc's was a big deal I remember having Demo disc's for a two months before I got my first game and I absolutely loved them.

[@Moonfaster]

I remember getting a VHS-tape in a magazine with gameplay videos of Nintendo 64-games. I watched a hundred times probably 😂

[@samjam64]

YES, please do more of these! Get to see forgotten titles that have probably had very little exposure since that era

[@dang9059]

Audi looks at John so lovingly it’s beautiful

[@noelmartinez6704]

My dad used to work at a magazine distributor as a truck driver, he'd always bring me several of the gaming magazines including the original Xbox magazine. I remember playing several of these disks. Thanks for memories.

[@LucianTheWorldGamer]

How I wish these magazines with demo discs could make a comeback... I would still buy them!!

[@waverazor]

Its a waste of resources.. demos exist in consoles' proper store app

[@SlamVanderhuge]

Great job guys. Would love more of this. Lots of fond memories of running through DC, PS1 and Xbox demo disks every month

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

Who here remembers the original Xbox live commerical with "DARK MASTER" It was so good, I miss playing Mechassault 1/2, Crimson Skies, Unreal Championship 2 and Halo 2 on the original Xbox. such a great time to grow up

[@eliet.1965]

Demo discs are the reason I got so interested in all kinds of gaming genres, for all kinds of ages, as a kid. I was pretty devastated when my parents threw away 3 years worth of PS2 magazines/discs because they were considered outdated old junk. Demos are awesome.

[@peterGchaves]

Damn, such awesome memories!! 😊 I started having these demos DVD's for PS2 by 2002, which came with several PlayStation magazines!! They also had trailers, artworks and some of them even came with save files to help on some games. Even for my PS3 I bought many of them, and since I hadn't mine connected to the internet by that time, those demo discs were very handy because they always came with the latest firmware update for the console 😅

[@James-gj8rn]

I have a nostalgia for PS2 Demo Discs myself, i remember playing the original Yakuza demo on one and now it's become my favourite game series of all time, i'll always remember playing that over and over at the time and then years after that, i finally got the game :)

[@chrisr529]

I've heard that at the time Kiryu's story really resonated with you .

[@James-gj8rn]

@@chrisr529 ah so you watch Happy Console Gamer too :)

[@ooiiooiiooii]

The battlefront demo disc had a function not in the final game. The rebel (sniper class maybe?) could disguise themselves as a storm trooper. It was amazing. My best friend and I were so bummed it wasn’t in the final product.

[@zZiL341yRj736]

I played the Tekken 2 demo over and over but now I can buy everything I'm not even interested in Tekken. I missed being a kid in 1998, your brain is different when you're young.

[@ScrapKing73]

I remember demo collections on magazines all the way back to the C64. Game Pass combined with game streaming is actually a pretty reasonable substitute. But there was some magic to getting a new magazine with a disc. And every once in a while you’d get a demo for a game that didn’t come out. There was a demo for a Tom Clancy game on a Dreamcast demo disc that I played the heck out of, that didn’t get released, for example.

[@charliehustle2591]

Great video! Great era for gaming. I miss these times.

[@mayamanign]

84 to 2006 the absolute golden age. We'll never have that again.

[@EndrzGame]

Very cool! Would love to see more of these!

[@YannBest]

Mad Dash Racing mostly makes me want to play Dreamcast run-em-up (and swim- and slide-em-up) Pen Pen Tri-Icelon, sadly missing from the list of vehicle-less racers in the video. That was probably my favourite of the Dreamcast's Japanese launch titles (and is definitely my favourite game in this diminutive subgenre) even if it's not exactly the most critically lauded game of all time!

[@SocialBandit]

next ya gotta do a live play of you guys at different Best Buy demo kiosks. Gotta capture that feeling of some lone kid standing right behind them waiting for their turn.

[@TheNova24]

This was my first magazine subscription! I was there from the beginning! I absolutely loved it and how everyone moved on to new and exciting things in the industry! (Sorry you're at IGN Ryan 😬)

[@bdre5555]

I definitely would love to see more demo disc videos with John and Audi! Would be awesome to have an extended long video where they play multiple discs.

[@2wleeg]

Protip: If you own the OXM or PS2 demo disc that has the Rogue Ops demo, entering the door code from the release version unlocks more levels from the full game. You can then play until the mission where Nikki has to stop a missile from taking off. There's no way to escape the area she gets stuck in, but it's a pretty great exploit.

[@6373billy]

I remember getting the PlayStation UK magazine each month that would have the demo discs on the front. This was really early into the PS2s lifecycle. They honestly were the best. I remember playing demos of so many games True Crime streets of LA, Agent Under Fire, Jak 2, Battlefront. They were really good at seeing if the game was worth buying but even renting from the video store on a Friday night.

[@shaggysweetness]

Be cool to see you look at more demos like this. Fun to remember them

[@seikb-9228]

This hits the spot this morning. Never was much of an Xbox player nowadays but the very first Xbox is something special I'll always appreciate.

[@101phil101]

Great idea of a video. Hope to see more in the future!

[@ryanz4772]

More of these demo disc vids please! So much nostalgia

[@megavolnutt4629]

More demo disc exploration would be extremely welcome guys. It's a fun trip back to the past

[@MikkoHiiri]

Great video, love to see more demo disc videos.

[@untitled4841]

Ah, PGR. It aged well. If there’s a resolution upscale, it’d be perfect. Miss JSRF too. Fuzion Frenzy was great too

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

shame that MS abandoned them because they had Turn10 and Forza. Bizarre Creations the devs that made PGR ended up being bought by Activision and they made Blur. after that Activision closed them down. what a shame

[@AdiMercury]

@@tHeWasTeDYouTh some of them went into Playground Games. They recreated a PGR2 track in Edinburgh in Forza Horizon 4 and was intentional

[@kingotime8977]

8:57 I didn't expect for John to know this joke/reference. Lmao What a man!

[@Biggus_Dickus_69]

"Pre Bangle era"...this is how you know he's a real car guy!! Great video 👍👏

[@thesargs]

these videos are so zen. love em

[@robertlawrence9000]

I still have a bunch of demo discs from PS1,PS2 and original Xbox. Those were always an anticipated highlight of the month. Awe the good old days.

[@CaptainOblivious23]

Huge nostalgia for OXM demo discs. 2003-2006 DSL didn't cut it in the rural areas we lived in so magazines, G4, and the demo discs were the only way my brother and I could discover new games. I particularly remember one where the OXM office was working all weekend on 5 starring every Guitar Hero song. Good times!

[@MatticusFinch1820]

This was great! please do more! :)

[@swampthing94]

More please! This was great

[@dedecoVGMDJ]

What a great video for a Sunday morning. Would love to check some Saturn demos!

[@ajmetz82]

That's gotta be the calmest realisation of an avalanche I've ever heard, =).

[@matsnilson7727]

Nice video! Definitely brings back memories. I have hundreds of demo discs, mostly PS2 and PS3, but some Xbox and PS1 as well. Haven't checked them out in quite a while but I'm glad I've kept all of them. If I remember correctly there is a demo of an unreleased Lamborghini game on one of the Xbox discs. Could be fun to check out again after all these years.

[@GreatBeardofWisdom]

I remember playing a whole lot of demo discs across the PSX/PS2/Xbox years and having lots of fun with them. The first one I had for the Xbox featured Ninja Gaiden and took you up to the first boss fight. It was the first time I was introduced to games of that difficulty. As much as I loved the demo discs, I must confess I enjoyed the cover DVDs with review commentaries more. They're the things I really hold nostalgia for.

[@DenkyManner]

Audi makes a good point about demo discs. Consoles should do demo bundles to give exposure to games people wouldn't bother downloading by themselves.

[@lordxboss5700]

I can see XBOX offering the game trials directly from the game store using XCloud

[@ichrismoku]

Absolutely love these videos thanks guys you rock 🍻🚨

[@_TheElMan]

I love the splash screen on 4x4 "up to 30000 trees per track". Great!

[@Saberyoko]

Pretty good video, used to have a lot of demo discs too(mostly PC though). John, I would love to see more demo dics videos like this one! Namelly the Saturn and GC demo disks you have, really curious about!

[@ClellBiggs]

I really miss these. Not only did they introduce me to games I normally wouldn't have bought but they were a great way to spend an afternoon.

[@AdiMercury]

Nostalgia hit me hard! We had this magazine in Italy too and still have all my demo discs ❤️

[@charoleawood]

31:15 Munch's Oddysee is a GREAT game, a diamond in the rough, one of the best games I've ever played. It's one of those games that is so unique it's hard to believe that it exists even as you play it.

[@VGAPixel]

i love how these discs had hidden demos in them.

[@SPac316]

Demo discs had a cool presentation to them. Another Running race game is Running Wild on PS1. It's similar to Mad Dash.

[@julianburford3713]

Love it! Is this inspired by Giantbombs Demo Derby? This is a great idea! More please!

[@FrancoisRoy]

OXM disks even had DLCs. I remember an early one packed with extra outfits for DOA3 and the one with Kola Cell for the original Splinter Cell..

[@devinco1]

Mannnnnnn I miss demo discs so much

[@vanceg4901]

Got OXM, Gamefan and Next Generation mags back then. Won't ever forget the SEGA Saturn Powerslave reviews which made me get a Saturn. Duke Nukem 3D Saturn version was another great review in these mags.

[@DrPacman]

I really enjoyed this. more please

[@conchobar]

I still have at least 10 of those demo discs. The most memorable for me was the one with the first level of Ninja Gaiden. I must have replayed that demo a hundred times. Day one purchase.

[@davidtobin1]

Very fun guys! I’d love to see a GameCube demo disc episode in the future.

[@alarak2159]

Brilliant video - more like these! Couple of things for me - 1 - I need a copy of Arctic Thunder for my Xbox now, damn. 2 - 4x4 Evo 2 was also semi-sim - a sorta Gran Turismo of the 4x4 world. That above view was extremely useful for mission based scenario part of the game where you would complete various tasks across a sem-open world map. 3 - On the question of most memorable demo disc - mine would be Official PlayStation Magazine UK - number 45. The Ridge Racer 4 demo I played to death, the excellent Tekken Iron Fist Tournament 3 featurette, Gex: Deep Cover Gecko where you played the Sherlock level, R-Type Delta - another demo I played over & over then lastly T'ai Fu the Tiger - surprisingly cool adventure game!

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

Our public libraries had PS2 an Xbox demo disk's to borrow that came with the magazine's. Also PC demo disk's with games and software.

[@balaam_7087]

Loved this episode. Man, demo discs were so awesome back in the day. I remember getting a great Pizza Hut exclusive demo disc for ps1 and it had some pretty great stuff on it.

[@PFBM86]

I loved getting my OPM demo discs in the mail every month... so many memories!

[@NEXUSREIGN48]

I’d love for you guys to cover Playstation Underground demo discs. I fondly remember getting those in the mail, and enjoying a variety of games as a result because they’d diversified my tastes. I truly appreciate these little gems of videos which showcase gaming history.

[@tmole4060]

I have over 40 of the xbox official demo discs also have the hard to find one with Lamborghini on it, that never got released due to the company going broke.Hours of fun and loved these to bits.

[@pferreira1983]

Good demos of games. There's some fun to be had here.

[@Stupoider]

The kudos ticker in PGR is just as satisfying to hear today as it was back then

[@johnny7285]

More demo videos like this in the future I hope.

[@FreddyFritz]

Great video. xbox was so much fun. I even got mine back this month from a friend, I sold it 15 years ago. Also I have a couple of PS2 Demo discs from German magazines. If you want them John, let me know.

[@GenesHand]

I'd love to see more of these!

[@nonyabusiness6084]

30:27 - 30:34 "Who would wanna watch just 2 dudes talking about playing video games?".... Um... yeah.... 😂 That look from Linneman at 30:34 is priceless.

[@vedocorban]

I'd love to see more demo disc showcases like this. Hopefuly from all sorts of different systems.

[@chudmonkey275]

This is awesome!! I attempted to get my collection of ps2 era demo discs and accompanying magazines (every PSM from 2002 to 2006) archived by the video game history foundation (going so far as to offer to give them away for archival purposes), but unfortunately they ghosted me. Point here being, thanks for highlighting the magic of demo discs, as it feels like no one cares about them.

[@haukkes8546]

I have a complete set of OXM demo disks from the magazine. A few of the demos i still play. They had a Sega GT Christmas demo i really liked.

[@CRhodesDesign]

I've still got a box of my Playstation Magazine demo discs I think I might have to dig them out and see what was on offer back-in-the-day.

[@Paulie8K]

This really brings me back as I had the original Xbox and GameCube. I used to love getting demos. I've since switched over fully to pc gaming, but times were simpler back then. Now I have Gamepass for PC which is kinda sorta a demo system, but it can be overwhelming since there's so much to choose from.

[@hotfooted8011]

awesome vid. cloud play is the new demo disc for me. not having to install and just being able to play and test out a game is great.